Living Death | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 26 Jan 2023 05:46:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Living Death | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 From 1v1 to Multiplayer: 3 Steps to Revamp Your Mindset https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/from-1v1-to-multiplayer-3-steps-to-revamp-your-mindset/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/01/from-1v1-to-multiplayer-3-steps-to-revamp-your-mindset/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=126422

Joe aka "Beardy" discusses retraining a 1v1 duelist mindset into that of a multiplayer master, exploring three skills necessary to win games with more players.

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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 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, 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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Rob returns this week with one of his favorite picks from Battlebond!

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Rob ends the week with another crazy Friday card!

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Rob starts the week with a look at Dictate of Erebos.

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Welcome back readers! The Amonkhet set draws inspiration from ancient Egypt so it seems appropriate that it bears a lot of eternal potential with it. This set has me pretty excited as I think we will see some cards greatly alter the eternal landscapes. Now I will start by saying that I am an avid […]

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Join Chaz and Tarkan as they discuss more Aether Revolt spoilers.

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Ermagerd! Sperlers! It would appear things are going at a normal clip following the worst dump of private material since those Jennifer Lawrence nudes. There aren't any black cards to spoil but the other colors more than make up for it. Scrap Mastery Oh, good god. This is a beautiful card. Living Death for artifacts? […]

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The MTG community was bombarded with new information from SDCC this past Saturday. What does it all mean? This week Sigmund digests the information and shares his initial reactions in a financial context.

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Let's get back on it, shall we? Scourge of the Throne Yep, that's a Dargon alright. The community seems split on Dethrone as a mechanic. I personally like the dimension it adds to the game. Layers of decision making are skill testers and they separate the good players from the bad. This Dargon is very […]

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From the Vaults: Annihilation appears spoiled. I say "appears" because everything is a little murky right now. The only site that appears to have this story is a site called "Magic Spoiler" and I am not going to even link to it on the off chance that they invented this story to drive up traffic. […]

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David Schumann continues to examine the peculiar and rare side of Magic, this time delving into the early expansions to the game.

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