health | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:31:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png health | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 State of Modern: 2021 Edition https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/state-modern-2021-edition/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/state-modern-2021-edition/#respond Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:00:13 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23762

Modern changed significantly in 2021. David looks at the state of the format with his eyes on what might be in store for Modern in 2022.

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How do you measure the health of a metagame? Is the Modern metagame healthy right now? David attempts to unpack these questions, and what their answers mean.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/first-strike-scg-dallas-analysis/feed/ 1 Meditations on Format Health https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/05/meditations-format-health/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/05/meditations-format-health/#comments Fri, 26 May 2017 16:00:09 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=14476 Since the Golgari Grave-Troll banning, the Modern banlist hasn't been updated. But the format has changed dramatically, welcoming Fatal Push into its upper crust and appropriating Death's Shadow for a Probeless era. Of course, the format's recent stability hasn't stopped detractors from clamoring for bans or unbans. Today, we'll explore what makes a format healthy, and why the notion of metagame health […]

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