Phage the Untouchable | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:13:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Phage the Untouchable | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Getting Back to the Heart of Commander https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/11/getting-back-to-the-heart-of-commander/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/11/getting-back-to-the-heart-of-commander/#respond Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=101649

Is your Commander playgroup lacking social interaction these days? Joe, AKA "Beardy" is here with some tips to take you back to The Heart of Commander.

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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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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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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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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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Alternate win conditions provide an interesting case study for analyzing a specific category of cards. Niels looks in depth at the prices of this subset of cards.

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Eldritch Moon previews start today, but before we know a single card Sheridan is here to point out some hot spec targets.

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Mike takes a break from his usual constructed brewing and walks us through his X-2 sealed pool at Grand Prix Nashville.

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Jules shares the chorus in his head as he covers a deck around Chorus of the Conclave.

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How may bad commander choices can you name? Jules says there really isn't any! See how he breaks down crafting decks, and why you should consider something a little more unconventional!

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The man with a million deck ideas takes a look at the 15 new commander options from the new decks! Ready for some ideas to get your deck-building juicing flowing? Hop inside!

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Neale's back with a new deck to tune! He starts with a controlling Korlash build and ends fawning over Dralnu and Jin-Gitaxias. You'll have to read to find out why!

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With a tale of two Commander decks, Neale shares everything that's right and wrong in Commander!

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Neale is new to QS but not to Commander, and wastes no time jumping into his first rule: play to win.

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Speculating on the contents of From the Vault: Legends, Dr Jeebus shares his perspective on what's going into it, and why.

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