Portcullis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 12 Jun 2023 01:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Portcullis | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Adding a Personal Touch to Commander Decks https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/06/adding-a-personal-touch-to-commander-decks/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/06/adding-a-personal-touch-to-commander-decks/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=130965

Sig shares pet cards he uses to add a personal touch to Commander games. They don’t increase his win rate, but they make games with friends more entertaining.

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Sig is a fan of nostalgic Magic, so it's no wonder recent rumblings about PreDH, Commander before 2011, have caught his eye. This week Sig explores this concept.

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The return of CommandFests motivated Sig to reexamine his Commander decks--he shares some of his favorite whimsical inclusions.

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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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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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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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After a year of ups and downs in Magic finance, Sig has new optimism for a profitable 2017. He looks back at valuable lessons from 2016 and strategies for the new year.

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It's far too difficult to know the price of every relevant card, and it's best rely on others in the community to ensure you remain in front of the hottest trends. This week Sigmund covers this topic in light of the up-and-coming Tiny Leaders format.

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Hello, and welcome to our exploration of Urza's Legacy! The second set in the Broken Block amped up the power even more for Magic. It was the first set to be printed in foil, as well. Foil-mania swept collectors around this time; fresh from $100 Pokemon foils, people scrambled to make sets. Importantly, foils were […]

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