Rupture Spire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 01 Dec 2022 21:08:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Rupture Spire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 $12 Commander: Is It the Cards… or You, the Player? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/12/12-commander-is-it-the-cards-or-you-the-player/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/12/12-commander-is-it-the-cards-or-you-the-player/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=124369

Joe AKA Beardy reveals just how far a cheap eBay Commander deck can take you, delving into the age-old question of cards vs. Commander vs. card-slinger.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/12/12-commander-is-it-the-cards-or-you-the-player/feed/ 0 MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/mtg-metagame-finance-23-free-giveaway-2/#respond Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90756

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 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/feed/ 0 The Five Color Cascade Shuffle https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/01/the-five-color-cascade-shuffle/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2012/01/the-five-color-cascade-shuffle/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:05:31 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=24794

Feeling lucky? I hope so, because this week's article is all about the Cascade lottery!

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One of the most popular and powerful approaches to Commander is to play out of your graveyard. This week Carlos wants to find out what happens when someone decides to aggressively attack them instead. Turns out, this unique constraint yields a very interesting list!

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

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Corbin Hosler explains why you are missing out on potential profits by letting all those Commons rot away underneath your bed, and explains how to use commons to pad your margins when trading or buying collections!

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