Test of Endurance | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 13 Sep 2022 04:19:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Test of Endurance | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Fundamentals: When to Playtest vs Goldfish https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/fundamentals-when-to-playtest-vs-goldfish/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/fundamentals-when-to-playtest-vs-goldfish/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=120143

When players build new decks, they often skip straight to playtesting. David E. explains why that's like skipping from concept design to full product release.

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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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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, readers! I've been doing a lot more macro-level stuff recently, and I felt it was time to jump back down to the micro level (i.e. single card) speculation discussion. What prompted me, you might ask?   These two Inventions flipped the switch on that part of my brain that loves Commander brewing. Wow. These last […]

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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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The week Jason delves into how tribal cards find their homes, both in casual and competitive formats.

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For a third set, Judgment is packed with winners. Let's take a look at the valuable cards!

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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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