Cube | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:58:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Cube | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Collecting Magic Long Term: Building a Set Cube https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/09/collecting-magic-long-term-building-a-set-cube/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/09/collecting-magic-long-term-building-a-set-cube/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=99770

This week Paul dives into building a Set Cube for his favorite limited format: Invasion Block. What steps did he take to get there?

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Watch Ryan work his way through a Holiday Cube draft!

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Ryan returns this week with his promised update to the pauper cube, complete with a shiny new Google doc to keep the 540 organized.

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Witness the unveiling of Ryan's pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.

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With the rise of theft in the Magic community, Ryan Abcede addresses the idea of "Depimping" your cube to put those profits elsewhere.

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Corbin Hosler concludes his series on flipping collections, this time walking you through the process he used to sell his latest purchased collection!

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Corbin Hosler explains why he targets Casual cards and why you should too!

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Carlos takes a break from weekly post-FNM Commander when someone brings a Cube! Check out his thoughts on designing a limited environment while following along with his draft. What would you do the differently?

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Jules laments the last Worlds of its kind with a tribute to the happenings and people that made the event worth remembering.

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The "Standard Cube" continues, now digging into White creatures!

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Jay continues his development of "The Standard Cube" by looking at white instants and sorceries. How many Wraths? Find out inside!

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If you've played enough Magic Online, you know what the F6 key does. Don't let that happen to your cube. Anthony's breaking down the benefits of combat tricks (and linking to more Internet memes)!

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Jay continues building a Standard cube, and looks at options available for white enchantments!

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Want to build a cube, but not sure where to start? Join Jay as he uses the Standard environment as a blueprint for building! This week covers creating an initial template from all Standard-legal sets!

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Magic 2012 is almost here! Anthony's back with his acerbic wit for a spin down the lanes of the latest Core Set, dishing up a Cube review worth reading.

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10 Magic players of superior skill enter a single team cube draft. How do you handle the volume without taking up an entire day? Anthony has the clever, and fun, solution of Survivor Draft!

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Getting your feet wet building a play group in a new town can be awkward. Anthony shares his experiences from doing this repeatedly. Don't let potential good times go to waste!

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Anthony Avitollo, our resident cube master, breaks down or completely blasts some of the best (and overhyped cards) for cubes from New Phyrexia!

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Usman's farewell article shares why he believes there's more to cubing than just optimization and winning.

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Cube systems? How do they work?

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