Fire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:35:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Fire | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 MH2 Overview, Pt. 2: Playing the Part https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/mh2-overview-pt-2-playing-part/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/mh2-overview-pt-2-playing-part/#respond Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:00:13 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23152 To quote a great doctor, "the M.H. saga continues." Yesterday, we considered the decks to be impacted and created by Modern Horizons 2, and today, we'll look at at the many role-players present in the set. Let's begin with the Incarnation cycle (ranked!), after which we'll check out new removal, utility, and build-around options. Finally, it […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/mh2-overview-pt-2-playing-part/feed/ 0 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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Hello, everybody and welcome to a new week of the Daily Stock Watch! Standard cards are starting to move in the wake of new brews with cards from Guild of Ravnica, and we're all but ready to see which deck will be the new Black Red Midrange (arguably the best deck from last season) of […]

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Mike gives a competitive and financial breakdown for several of the key cards revealed so far from Hour of Devastation.

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Ryan's arm has been twisted enough for him to give. He has a Tiny Leaders decklist and he's ready to battle!

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Adam retells the many storylines of Grand Prix New Jersey. He also shares the top-performing decklists, reveals the secrets they hold, and explains their metagame position moving forward.

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Scott Fielder provides a deck primer and sideboarding guide for RUG Delver in Vintage. This deck has been tearing it up on MTGO, and is certainly one that should be on your radar.

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Adam goes over results from the first Magic Online Vintage Premier Event, noting a few interesting Vintage card choices.

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Ryan competed in this past weekend's SCG tournaments. On a last minute whim and revelation, he decided to run Izzet in the Legacy Open. Check out his deck list and recommendations for improvement.

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Today Alexander Carl interviews Vintage guru Stephen Menendian! Read on for their discussion of the impending release of Vintage Masters and the future of the format online.

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Ryan constructs a U/R Legacy deck from the ground up, built around the brand new Young Pyromancer.

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This past weekend RUG Delver took a big step back into the limelight in Worcester. By coincidence, Ryan was busy taking down another Legacy event with the same archetype, though a significantly different list. To Probe or not to Probe, that seems to be the question.

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