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Don’t Worry, Wizards Is Watching Modern

David Ernenwein — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000

After not touching Modern in the latest B&R announcement, Aaron Forsythe took to Twitter with a trove of valuable insights. David dissects their implications.

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The Case Against Power

David Schumann — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000

Today's article subject spawned from a discussion that began in the QS Discord chat. One of our members was contemplating stepping away from the game for a while and wanted to know the best place to park his money and/or what to trade into. As expected, a lot of people immediately jumped to Power. The general […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #25

Edward Eng — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000

The holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!)

Edward Eng — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000

Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]

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Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer?

Kyle Rusciano — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000

Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That's right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]

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Preparing for the December 6th Announcement

Kyle Rusciano — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000

Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]

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Insider: Commander 2017 – Arcane Wizardry

Morgan Wentworth — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:00:10 +0000

Morgan's here to cover today's Commander 2017 deck review: Arcane Wizardry.

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Insider: Prepping for an Event – Competitive and Financial Aspects

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:13:32 +0000

The way you prepare for a large event can have big implications for your competitive and financial success alike. Mike discusses some important details that may be easy to overlook.

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The Blackest Rose: Marchesa, the Black Rose Commander

Julian Biondillo — Fri, 01 May 2015 11:55:22 +0000

Julian Biondillo shares his Commander list helmed by Marchesa, the Black Rose in his first article for Quiet Speculation!

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Ertai’s Trickery

Carlos Gutierrez — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:05:38 +0000

As a rule Carlos isn't a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!

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Why so Blue, Myojin?

Carlos Gutierrez — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:05:18 +0000

Some of Magic's older curve-topping titans have fallen out of favor for newer, crazier bombs. This week features a unique take on one of the first cycles of gigantic creatures.

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Insider: The Money in Morningtide

Douglas Linn — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:14:09 +0000

Hello, readers! We move ever deeper this week into the fairy tale of Lorwyn with its expansion, Morningtide. These two sets were supposed to be the "light side" version of fairy tales - giants, dwarves, toadstools with faeries sitting on them and more.

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My Most Hated Deck

Carlos Gutierrez — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:02:55 +0000

This Commander deck is dumb, and Carlos feels dumb.

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A Modern Melira Birthing Pod Primer, Part 2

Douglas Linn — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:59:26 +0000

You can check out Part 1 by clicking here! (new window) Thank you for joining me on Part 2 of our look at the Melira combo in Modern. We will be covering fundamentals of design, along with serious "give a man a fish" lists of stuff to look at; I guarantee there's something in here […]

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Deck Tuning: Infinite Bosh

Neale Talbot — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:30:05 +0000

Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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Trash for Treasure

David Lee — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:18:46 +0000

To kick off the new year, this week David talks about building an affordable Commander collection, finding obscure cards to play, and fawns over more Invasion block cards!

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