interactivity | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png interactivity | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Speed Check: Is the Metagame Faster or Slower? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/speed-check-is-the-metagame-faster-or-slower/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/speed-check-is-the-metagame-faster-or-slower/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:00:38 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17633 As the metagame continues to settle after the unbans of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Bloodbraid Elf, an interesting dichotomy has arisen: some players claim that the presence of these powerful four-drops has made the format faster and less interactive, while another sector espouses the opposite belief. I took it upon myself to find out […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/speed-check-is-the-metagame-faster-or-slower/feed/ 7 King of the Hill: Using Your Flex Slots in an Open Meta https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/king-hill-using-flex-slots-open-meta/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/king-hill-using-flex-slots-open-meta/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:00:42 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=16013 If you’ve been playing Modern over the last few months, you may have noticed an interesting trend in the metagame results: no one deck is top dog. While a familiar cast of characters inhabits the top of the charts, it seems as if any one of them can do well in a given tournament, all […]

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I really enjoy Modern as a format. This wasn't always true, though I think that the format is moving in an increasingly positive direction over time. What I don't care for is the fact that I can't express my interest in Modern without somebody feeling the need to remind me why they think it's a bad […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/09/addressing-modern-critics/feed/ 34 Three’s Company: Exploring Modern’s Metagame Parameters https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/09/exploring-metagame-parameters/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/09/exploring-metagame-parameters/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:00:51 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11463 In last week's article, I considered a Death's Shadow Zoo variant that gave up some speed for Modern's most efficient interactive spells. The question at the heart of that project: what does a deck gain from leaning further towards interaction or linearity, in relation to the overall metagame? Even obviously linear decks like Infect and Affinity […]

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