Elves | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Elves | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Howling into Autumn: Midnight Hunt Spoilers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/09/howling-into-autumn-midnight-hunt-spoilers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/09/howling-into-autumn-midnight-hunt-spoilers/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:00:23 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23456

And here we are again. Another spoiler season. One that will barely be over before the next one begins, because for some reason, Wizards is doing a dual set this fall. Innistrad is such a popular setting that I imagine they'll do well, but it feels like Wizards is pushing our wallets to the breaking […]

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In this episode of Budget-Focused, UndyingMTG takes us on another tour of overlooked aggro cards in Pioneer.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/08/budget-focused-aggro-picks/feed/ 0 June ’19 Brew Report, Pt. 1: Tribals, Tribulations https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/june-19-brew-report-pt-1-tribals-tribulations/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/june-19-brew-report-pt-1-tribals-tribulations/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:00:30 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20353 In "Stitched Together: Early Successes from Horizons," we looked at some of the breakout cards in Magic's newest expansion. The month has now ended, and it's left plenty of new developments in its wake. Today, we'll look at the veritable explosion of tribal aggro strategies in Modern as well as a few novel takes on […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/07/june-19-brew-report-pt-1-tribals-tribulations/feed/ 0 Final Check-in: Pre-London Cleanup https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/final-check-in-pre-london-cleanup/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/final-check-in-pre-london-cleanup/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:00:57 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19953

This is a very busy week. War of the Spark is now completely revealed, and so I have a few final cards to discuss. There have been a number of interesting cards for Modern, but we haven't seen any obvious all-stars. Of course, that may be a lot to ask for, and more role-players are always […]

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The Mythic Invitational this weekend will be the first debut of official War of the Spark spoilers! Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in.

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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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Spinning off from a section in article #23, Eddie starts this new What's Next series by looking into what could be in store for Modern after the KCI banning.

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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 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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Eddie weighs in on the latest developments in the finance world, from Guilds of Ravnica, to Worlds, to an odd new combo deck in Modern featuring Runaway Steam-Kin.

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This week Eddie circles back around to rotation to highlight Standard and Modern. He also provides a new way to keep tabs on cards he mentions in his articles with a public spreadsheet.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/hold-em-fold-em-8/feed/ 2 Video Series with Ryland: Jund Elves https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/video-series-with-ryland-jund-elves/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/video-series-with-ryland-jund-elves/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:00:50 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17575 Tribal decks in Modern have seen their fair share of popularity for the past couple years. Eldrazi, and more recently Humans, have been roaming free—by far the most popular tribes. Elves is an archetype that has been around for quite a while, but has never been able to reach the same popularity. After the printing […]

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Happy All Hallows' Day, Nexites! Hopefully your diabetic coma isn't too severe. Otherwise you might miss out on the second part of my discussion of playing with and against Modern's aggressive decks. Last week we dealt with the classic aggressive decks, linear aggro. Today we'll be dealing with the less fair versions. That's not to say […]

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Ah, Triple Modern GP Weekend. Nothing compares. Chocolate and peanut butter falls short, metalcore music comes close, dominating unsuspecting children in a friendly game of chess in the local park almost beats it, but still: nothing beats Modern GP Weekend. Today, we’ve got a ton of information to go through, a mountain of decklists to […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/analyzing-scg-somerset/feed/ 7 The SCG Elventational and Bant Eldrazi Staples https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/scg-elventational-bant-eldrazi-staples/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/scg-elventational-bant-eldrazi-staples/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:00:20 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11156 Score one for the budget guys: Elves won the Star City Games Invitational in Somerset, NJ. While Liam Lonergan's deck still retails for about $800, almost half of the price is in 4 Cavern of Souls and 3 Horizon Canopy. If you're tight on cash (or waiting for a reprint, like me) you can get away with some […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-elves/feed/ 2 Observations from an IQ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/observations-iq/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/observations-iq/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:00:27 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=10440 Rejoice Nexites, for the Modern PPTQ season fast approaches! The Modern Pro Tour may be gone but at least we still have an entire season to grind away for our shot at the big stage. While the season doesn't actually kick off for most until the end of the month, I got a taste of […]

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