Utopia Sprawl | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:58:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Utopia Sprawl | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Up to Eleven: Learning to Play Faster https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/up-to-eleven-learning-to-play-faster/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2022/08/up-to-eleven-learning-to-play-faster/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=118336

Every player has their own pace of play. For those who want to speed up, there's no substitute for practice. David E. has some additional techniques to help.

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Andrew continues his layers series by delving into triggered abilities, especially missed triggers, and with the murky waters of handling this common error.

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Paper Magic tournaments are going to come back someday post-pandemic which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in paper Magic card prices. Modern especially seems like a format prime for price increases, and today Joe takes a look at three popular decks from the Modern meta that are full of prime speculation targets.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/zendikar-rising-and-the-future-of-modern-part-1/feed/ 0 The Little Goyf That Couldn’t: Ponza vs. GRx Moon https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:00:55 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21923 Earlier this week, David dissected RG Ponza, the format's sleeper centralizer that may well overtake other Modern decks in the numbers soon. The deck exploits a peculiar vulnerability of Modern manabases: their softness to turn two Blood Moon. Of course, reliably powering out Moon effects isn't something any old deck can do with great consistency. […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/the-little-goyf-that-couldnt-ponza-vs-grx-moon/feed/ 2 Blood Moon’s Zenith: The New Police https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/blood-moons-zenith-the-new-police/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/07/blood-moons-zenith-the-new-police/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:00:38 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21904 Tracking events and collecting and then presenting data is all well and good. It's how observations are turned into good science and how we analyze Magic's metagame ecosystem. However, saying that Bant Snow and Eldrazi Tron are tied for most played deck is only half the story. Why this is happening is a far harder, […]

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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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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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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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Magic news culminated last week with the announcement of Ultimate Masters and the Box Toppers. Eddie surveys the developments and offers recommendations.

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It's time for another Hold 'Em & Fold 'Em! With a recent rotation, what's on Eddie's mind this week?

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Rob goes penny hunting on today's edition of the Daily Stock Watch!

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Kyle breaks down in detail the financial implications of drafting Masters 25. Is it worth spending your tix on?

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Rob talks about his first pick for 2018. Find out more about it here!

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Rob loves the idea of picking up copies of this card now. Check out why!

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Adam explains how Channel Fireball's decision to support Pauper at upcoming Grand Prix could impact the market, and he identifies what cards he specifically has his eyes on.

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Eldritch Evolution from EMN has the trappings of a major Modern player. Sheridan explores Evolution's strategic and financial possibilities.

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