5c humans | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png 5c humans | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 What to Watch: 2019 Banlist Candidates https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/what-to-watch-2019-banlist-candidates/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/what-to-watch-2019-banlist-candidates/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:00:42 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19282

Every few weeks, speculation begins to rise about the next Banned and Restricted Announcement. Whenever something actually does happen, I frequently see laments over being blindsided and calls for Wizards to implement a banning watchlist. While an official list will never happen as it would unduly influence the secondary market, I do think it useful […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/hindsight-2018-metagame-review/feed/ 2 Green Sun’s Zenith Testing: Quantitative Results https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/green-suns-zenith-testing-quantitative-results/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/green-suns-zenith-testing-quantitative-results/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:00:34 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19077 Finally, it's time for everyone's favorite part of the banlist test: the experimental data. After playing 500 matches with GB Elves over several months, I can finally put some data to the speculation about the impact of unbanning Green Sun's Zenith. I will be revealing the hard numbers and their statistical significance. As always, these […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/green-suns-zenith-testing-quantitative-results/feed/ 2 Anticipating the GP Las Vegas Metagame https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/anticipating-the-gp-las-vegas-metagame/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/anticipating-the-gp-las-vegas-metagame/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:00:58 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18153 At last, GP Las Vegas is upon us. Unfortunately, work-related complications mean I will not be going. But that won't stop me from examining the latest Modern results to anticipate the metagame. While these results are not entirely unexpected, interpreting the data with care ensures a more accurate metagame read. The data from the past […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/anticipating-the-gp-las-vegas-metagame/feed/ 0 It Was Foretold: Jeskai Control’s Return https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/it-was-foretold-jeskai-controls-return/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/it-was-foretold-jeskai-controls-return/#comments Tue, 22 May 2018 17:40:13 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18039 I've been doing a lot of theoretical work over the past few months. With Dominaria's release there was plenty of need—and opportunity—to explore and brew. During this process I was constantly underwhelmed by Modern's ostensible top deck, Humans. It was a fine deck, but it didn't really shine. As I explained last week, this left me perplexed about […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/it-was-foretold-jeskai-controls-return/feed/ 28 Why Not Control? – Attacking the Humans Meta https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/why-not-control/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/why-not-control/#comments Tue, 15 May 2018 16:00:45 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17985 Humans is currently the best deck in Modern. The data is very clear about this: Humans is on top everywhere and has been for most of the year. This is causing a kind of dynamic stability to take over the format. The top decks have remained relatively the same for some time while the rest […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/why-not-control/feed/ 5 Video Series with Ryland: Humans #2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/02/video-series-with-ryland-humans-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/02/video-series-with-ryland-humans-2/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:00:55 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17213 I've largely avoided repeating decks for this series to keep the content fresh and interesting. That said, I think the Humans deck has gone through a slew of changes, and while the core of the deck remains the same, the gameplay can be quite different. On top of that, it seems we still haven't found […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/02/video-series-with-ryland-humans-2/feed/ 1 The Strange Case of the Metagame and the Unbannings https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/10/strange-case-metagame-unbannings/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/10/strange-case-metagame-unbannings/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:30:21 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=15865 It begins, gentle seekers of glory. Today is a day of great opportunity and gangrenous rot. The pallid sun meekly illuminates the great ravenous hordes as they linger, eager and anxious, waiting for their moment, when they shall be unleashed upon the world to slack their unending hunger for inadequately-proportioned sugary confections. For those whose […]

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