Thousand-year Elixir | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 03:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Thousand-year Elixir | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Case Against Power https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/02/the-case-against-power/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=91686

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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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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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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Corbin Hossler re-joins the QS Cast! Tune in to hear everyone’s thoughts on Aether Revolt, Commander, and more!

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Carlos builds a rebel Commander deck from the ground up, headed by --who else?-- Lin Sivvi. Read on to see his unique take on a classic archetype from years past.

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As a rule Carlos isn't a fan of countermagic, but this weeks he goes off the deep end with a deck that tries to counter all the spells! Check out Ertai, the Corrupted and his horde of Merfolk minions!

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In his final article, Jules is, once again, Going in Blind.

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Welcome back! If you missed us last week, we were looking at the first part of Lorwyn. Take a look at the article as a refresher and then jump right in with me! $2.00 What's funny about Merfolk in Legacy is that it used to be a budget deck! The thinking at the time was, […]

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Sometimes you find the most wonderful treasures in the bargain bin of forgotten Commanders!

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Tired of the same silly peanut butter spread for your Commander sandwich? Try the velvety Nutella that is an underused commander!

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Bash bashed, but for how much and how well? Neale takes a reader submission and works with magic, discovering that planning must be proper to avert the dangers ahead!

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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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Sets like Shards of Alara and Ravnica owe a lot to Invasion's gold theme. Invasion was the first set of a block that took a look at how colors matter and interact with each other. It is a favorite set for fans, because lots of people like gold cards. Gold cards tend to be more […]

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