Crush | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 17 Dec 2018 15:13:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Crush | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Preparing for the December 6th Announcement https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/12/preparing-for-the-december-6th-announcement/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=90668

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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Mike Lanigan discusses the impact of the cards of New Phyrexia on Standard's Vampire archetype.

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My quest led me down past Mirrodin, into the evil depths of Darksteel, and out along the treacherous path of Fifth Dawn. As I pressed onward, I looked back through the Scars of Mirrodin. Looking back from that perspective, it didn’t seem quite as bad. Nightmares of the Ravager long since overcome, only to be replaced over and over again. With the [card Jace, the Mind Sculptor]evil demon[/card] lurking everywhere, sometimes it’s hard to remember clearly what it was like in the past.

This time around, things are different. The story is not the same. We have [card Jace, the Mind Sculptor]the villan[/card] but no clear path to victory. In that regard the present is like the past.

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The next few short weeks, this CawBlade deck continued to dominate tournaments from local FNM’s to large Star City Games hosted events everywhere. The young mage, Mike Lanigan, read articles, built decks, and tried his best to build a comparable strategy that could take down this "Jund-like" beast (or "Faerie-like" if you prefer).

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After DC, I knew I didn't want to wing it again. I decided to do my homework for the upcoming SCG Open in Memphis in order to select my deck properly this time. Time to break out the spreadsheet and analyze the metagame! You can download it and change the relative score of SCG events […]

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No, this isn't English class, but it is a look into why wording can be so important in Magic.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/intervening-if/feed/ 2 Mirrodin Besieged Design Review, Pt. 1 (WUBR) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/mirrodin-besieged-design-review-pt-1-wubr/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2011/02/mirrodin-besieged-design-review-pt-1-wubr/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:20:08 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=9116

Gregory gives you a full-set card by card design review of Mirrodin Besieged.

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