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Commander Legends Speculation Revisited

David Schumann — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:00:31 +0000

David takes a look back at the last supplemental set of 2020, Commander Legends, with a focus on some cards flying under the radar.

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Insider: Taking a Second Look at Commander Legends

David Schumann — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:08:33 +0000

David does a deep dive on Commander Legends box opening, outlining his most important cards of the set and whether it's worth it to open a box.

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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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Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #20

Edward Eng — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:15:32 +0000

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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Daily Stock Watch – Vivien Reid

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:18:51 +0000

Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Daily Stock Watch – Champion’s Helm

Jamie Robertson San Juan — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:59:31 +0000

Rob is not so high on this wonderful equipment from Commander. Read more about it here!

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Insider: Recapping the Modern Invitational

Douglas Linn — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:30:20 +0000

Doug Linn looks over the results from the Modern Invitational this weekend, to see how the meta is shifting and what cards look promising.

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Insider: Sideboarding with Modern Izzet Delver

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 07 May 2014 09:00:41 +0000

Ryan explores the exhaustive reasoning behind crafting a sideboard for Modern Izzet Delver.

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Battling with Bruna

Carlos Gutierrez — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:05:52 +0000

Back to form, Carlos builds another Commander deck right in front of our eyes. This time its a rather enchanting affair that showcases the power of Bruna, Light of Alabaster.

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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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Dark Ascension and Wars Waged

Carlos Gutierrez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:15:18 +0000

In the last segment of his artifact extravaganza, Carlos is looking at Dark Ascension and Kataki, War's Wage. This guy has typically been considered unplayable for Commander; but when you build around his effect, he can be pretty nasty.

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‘Tis the Season, Zedruu the Greathearted

Carlos Gutierrez — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:05:16 +0000

Carlos is getting into the spirit of the season with Zedruu the Greathearted, but it seems Zedruu is better equipped to be dishing out vengeance instead of gifts!

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With Our Powers Combined!

Carlos Gutierrez — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:02:43 +0000

Who lives in some value inside your deck? Cromat! Cromat! Who's Carlos commanding this week for us? Cromat! Cromat!

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The Devil’s Carpenter

Jules Robins — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:02:50 +0000

The Devil's come to collect his due: everything you own for the next six cards.

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Unloading Extended

Mike Lanigan — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:45:41 +0000

Extended is a complex competitive format and that most importantly can be extremely profitable. There are some important things you need to know about Extended in order for it to be profitable to you. Earthquake, Great Sable Stag, Mind Shatter, Open the Vaults, Pithing Needle, Polymorph, Siege-Gang Commander, Twincast, Master of the Wild Hunt, Time […]

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New Cards = New Decks

Gregory Marques — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:40:12 +0000

This week we have some new deck ideas for Standard, and a solid review of the Time Sieve deck for Extended.

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Picking and Choosing

Noah Whinston — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:40:58 +0000

Hey everyone, and how nice to see you again on QuietSpec’s corner of the interwebs. We’re back this week with more Whinston’s Whisdom, revamped to take some reader feedback into account. Today’s article is less theory oriented, and more about looking at specific cards that you, as the savvy traders that you are, might want […]

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