Gonti Lord of Luxury | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Gonti Lord of Luxury | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Team Up! Five Legendary Pairings for March of the Machines https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/team-up-five-legendary-pairings-for-march-of-the-machines/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/team-up-five-legendary-pairings-for-march-of-the-machines/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127422

It's time to team up and take down the Phyrexian threat. Adam picks his top five legendary creature pairs he hopes to see in the new March of the Machines!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/team-up-five-legendary-pairings-for-march-of-the-machines/feed/ 0 How to Win When the Table Unites Against One Player… You! https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/how-to-win-when-the-table-unites-against-one-player-you/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/how-to-win-when-the-table-unites-against-one-player-you/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=119808

Joe aka "Beardy" examines the critical timing in a Commander game when one player takes a big lead. If the table unites against you, can you still win?

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/how-to-win-when-the-table-unites-against-one-player-you/feed/ 0 The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Digital Magic: SpellTable https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-to-digital-magic-spelltable/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/04/the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-to-digital-magic-spelltable/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=113106

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 MTG Metagame Finance #25 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-25/#respond Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90930

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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/feed/ 0 Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-arena-has-been-framed-who-is-the-real-mtgo-killer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90705

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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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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Hello, all! Last weekend at the Dominaria prerelease, I was able to experience not only the new cards but also the MTG Brawl format for the first time. Brawl is a relatively new addition to the MTG format arsenal. It is essentially a 60-card version of Commander that restricts deck building to only Standard-legal cards. Deckbuilders […]

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Guillaume's back to break down both the Standard and Modern metagames from the last couple weeks.

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Guillaume breaks down both Standard and Modern over the last week. Spoiler: both metagames are pretty diverse right now!

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The best way to make money on the upcoming rotation is to be ahead of the curve. This week, Kyle begins a series aimed at helping MTGO speculators do just that.

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David pores through the Commander 2017 spoiler for all the cards with eternal potential, covering their chances of seeing competitive play and in what archetypes.

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Mike gives a competitive and financial breakdown for several of the key cards revealed so far from Hour of Devastation.

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Last week, I wrote about the Pro Tour and all of the competitive and financial implications from that event. If you missed it, be sure to check it out. At this point, everyone knows that the biggest deck to emerge from that event was Zombies. Both versions are great, so whether you like the black-white version […]

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Chaz has a full set review for Kaladesh, replete with information from his testing sessions!

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