Tainted Strike | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 16 Feb 2023 06:38:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tainted Strike | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 ONE Commander Decks: Buy One, Ditch the Other https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/are-the-one-commander-decks-worth-buying/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/02/are-the-one-commander-decks-worth-buying/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=127092

The Phrexia: All Will Be One Commander precons are out! After testing, Joe aka "Beardy" found one to be surprisingly adequate and the other woefully lacking...

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Joe aka "Beardy" sizes up the latest set, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, for Commander, pointing out the most interesting and splashy cards for now and the future.

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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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Carlos scours Avacyn Restored for some potential Commander sleepers, then walks us through a budget version of Balthor the Defiled.

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Gotta love the bad guys, this week Kellen goes into the ichor oiled waters and tries an assortment of standard deck lists involving infect. Who says your opponent's at 20?

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[This is an offering from Zach McNair, fresh off a Top 16 and a Top 32 finish each during his PTQ: Paris season. Zach actually wrote this article for us more than a month ago, so please keep that in mind as you share in the comments whether you'd like to read more from Zach […]

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I’m going to be honest, this article was hard for me to write. Why? Because this weekend’s limited PTQ was the worst Magic tournament I have ever played in over ten years of playing tournaments. Was I unlucky? No. Was my pool bad? No. I played absolutely terrible Magic. There wasn’t even a game where […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/12/hungry-for-highlander-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you/feed/ 5 Why We Fall – Scars of Mirrodin Draft 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/why-we-fall-scars-of-mirrodin-draft-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2010/11/why-we-fall-scars-of-mirrodin-draft-1/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:50:35 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=5279 [Note: This will be among the longest articles published on Quiet Speculation. Rather than split this up into two smaller pieces, it's published here in its entirety. Block out as much time as you need to read it start to finish: This article is a must-read if you intend to improve your drafting. -Dylan] Mistakes […]

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