Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:24:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 I Built a Deck with All Number 13s That Doesn’t Need Luck to Win https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/04/i-built-a-deck-with-all-number-13s-that-doesnt-need-luck-to-win/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/04/i-built-a-deck-with-all-number-13s-that-doesnt-need-luck-to-win/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=128945

What's in a number? Joe aka "Beardy" explains his deckbuilding process for a unique challenge. With a bit of creative thinking and luck, anything can be built!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/04/i-built-a-deck-with-all-number-13s-that-doesnt-need-luck-to-win/feed/ 0 Devotion to Pioneer: Why Only Green? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/devotion-to-pioneer-why-only-green/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/09/devotion-to-pioneer-why-only-green/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=120846

The lack of non-green devotion decks in Pioneer has always perplexed David E. His experience with Mono-Black Devotion has finally revealed the answer.

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David E. goes deep on a couple new Modern decks before Streets drops, weighing the pros and cons of Tameshi combo and Cabal Coffers-powered Mono Black Control.

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With the new set Time Spiral Remastered coming out later this month, how might it perform on the secondary market? Kai explores the info and makes predictions.

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David gives us a detailed rundown of the important non-basic lands in Pioneer, and where they might fit into your decklist.

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Differentiator - one that shows a contrasting element that distinguishes. What sets your store apart from everyone else? David offers his insights.

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The Modern metagame, War of the Spark spoiler season, and the London mulligan are all making an impact on the Magic market this week. Adam covers the details.

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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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Mox Opal and Ancient Stirrings are on the rise again in Modern via a new combo deck. Find out if you should join 'em or figure out how to beat 'em.

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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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As Ravnica Allegiance spoilers flood in, Eddie highlights cards you should probably get rid of based on hype. And he takes a deeper look into Box Toppers.

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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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Ultimate Masters is still in full bounce back mode, and the last World Magic Cup has come to a finish. Plus, some sweet Ravnica Allegiance spoilers have hit the market so there’s gonna be a nice mix of things to talk about again in this piece. Owing to the spoilers, this might be a little […]

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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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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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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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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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Hello, everyone and welcome to a new edition of the Daily Stock Watch! Pre-release weekend is near and everyone's hyped for Assassin's Trophy Guilds of Ravnica. The return of fair decks in Modern is coming as they say, so everyone who will be trying to take care of their prized possessions from the hottest thing […]

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