Duress | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:05:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Duress | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Magic 30: Tournament Reports https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/magic-30-tournament-reports/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/11/magic-30-tournament-reports/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=123534

Sig's focus at Magic 30 was talking to vendors, but he did manage to play in two side events that weekend. This week he shares brief reports of both events.

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Joe AKA "Beardy" talks about SpellTable, an awesome way to play Magic remotely. What does SpellTable have to offer that other digital Magic platforms do not?

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-to-digital-magic-spelltable/feed/ 0 So You Want to Build a Cube: A Card Kingdom Starter Cube Review for 2019 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/so-you-want-to-build-a-cube-a-card-kingdom-starter-cube-review-for-2019/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/so-you-want-to-build-a-cube-a-card-kingdom-starter-cube-review-for-2019/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:34:55 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=93858

It's time for an update to QS's review of the latest iteration of the Card Kingdom Starter Cube! Is the product still worth it for prospective cube builders?

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/so-you-want-to-build-a-cube-a-card-kingdom-starter-cube-review-for-2019/feed/ 0 War of the Spark Standard: SCG Richmond and MCQ Season https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/war-of-the-spark-standard-scg-richmond-and-mcq-season/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/05/war-of-the-spark-standard-scg-richmond-and-mcq-season/#respond Thu, 09 May 2019 12:54:23 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=92689

This week, Chris reviews the decks of SCG Richmond, the first Standard event since War of the Spark's release, and looks ahead to the cards that could be winners going forward.

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With Mythic Championship II in the books, Chris takes a look at the decks that benefited from the London Mulligan, and their key cards he's considering as specs.

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The Mythic Invitational this weekend will be the first debut of official War of the Spark spoilers! Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in.

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Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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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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Mox Opal and Ancient Stirrings are on the rise again in Modern via a new combo deck. Find out if you should join 'em or figure out how to beat 'em.

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In light of an important announcement from Wizards coming later this month, Eddie makes a bold prediction about Magic's future. Plus, more metagame finance insight.

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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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The sequel to Guilds of Ravnica and the 80th expansion set in Magic: The Gathering's history is due to release on January 25, 2019.  Here's what we know about Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) so far, including any cards in the spoiler, the guilds represented, and cards to speculate on before the full spoiler is released.   The Guilds […]

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Eddie takes a look at some cards to pick up during the winter lull, and prepares us for more Ravnica Allegiance spoiler speculation.

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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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Ultimate Masters is still in full bounce back mode, and the last World Magic Cup has come to a finish. Plus, some sweet Ravnica Allegiance spoilers have hit the market so there’s gonna be a nice mix of things to talk about again in this piece. Owing to the spoilers, this might be a little […]

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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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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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This is the first article from my new series, MTG Questions. You might be familiar with the Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em series (rebranded as MTG Metagame Finance), which takes a tournament-oriented perspective. I decided to start this series to focus on more general aspects of MTG finance. The two series will work together, as when […]

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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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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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