barbed batterfist | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:23:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png barbed batterfist | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 March Madness Rooting Guide for Magic Limited Players https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/march-madness-rooting-guide-for-magic-limited-players/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2023/03/march-madness-rooting-guide-for-magic-limited-players/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=128210

Rob loves March Madness. Rob loves Limited Magic. Today, he takes readers through the Final Four teams, exploring what basketball and Magic have in common.

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As the sun sets on yet another Limited format, Rob sends off the misunderstood ONE the way he always does: with a retrospective on its good, bad, and ugly.

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With the Arena Qualifer Weekend on the horizon, Rob switches focus from Draft to explain the nuances of ONE's Sealed format in a best-of-three environment.

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It took a week to figure out ONE Draft. Rob discusses the way we should approach our pods to improve win rates in this fast-paced and punishing CABS format.

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Dive into ONE with a compleat analysis of the format's two-drops. This week, Rob analyzes how the common two-drops influence ONE's best decks.

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