Jeskai Ascendency | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:31:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Jeskai Ascendency | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Dismantling the Bomb: How to Fight Urza https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/dismantling-bomb-how-fight-urza/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/dismantling-bomb-how-fight-urza/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:00:25 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20947

Urza is everywhere. As the latest it deck in Modern, it's getting most of the attention when eyes can be torn away from Magic's new baby, Pioneer. The deck's impressive results do recall the banned Krark-Clan Ironworks deck. Today we'll examining how to fight Urza, starting with the overall archetype and then looking at specific […]

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Today's article subject spawned from a discussion that began in the QS Discord chat. One of our members was contemplating stepping away from the game for a while and wanted to know the best place to park his money and/or what to trade into. As expected, a lot of people immediately jumped to Power. The general […]

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The sequel to Guilds of Ravnica and the 80th expansion set in Magic: The Gathering's history is due to release on January 25, 2019.  Here's what we know about Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) so far, including any cards in the spoiler, the guilds represented, and cards to speculate on before the full spoiler is released.   The Guilds […]

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating important events in the online market and highlighting a “trade of the week.”

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Matthew Lewis presents the MTGO Market Report for this week, evaluating the important events in the online market and highlighting a "trade of the week."

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Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell

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Over the weekend at the Star City Open, someone started the day 5-1 with Ascendency Combo. "Big deal" you're probably thinking. "Ascendency Combo is old news". Well, you're thinking of the Jeskai Ascendency combo deck. This deck wins by comboing with a different ascendency - Temur Ascendency. The decklist is as follows.   It may […]

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Come see all our Fate Reforged spoiler coverage I polled some judges on Twitter, and unless a lot of us are mistaken, this card is busted with Jeskai Ascendency. It's not as busted as it could be because of how the card is templated. The ability that lets you draw cards is tied to giving […]

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Jason Alt looks at the trajectory of Kuldotha Forgemaster after its Top 8 in GP Edison, which surprised many by being so lackluster. Why did it break the mold, and what does that tell us about other cards?

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Differences between the paper and MTGO markets are substantial, but they are not unrelated. Jason Alt explains how careful examination of the MTGO landscape can suggest promising specs in paper.

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Sigmund made some critical mistakes in his assessment of the Jeskai shard a couple weeks ago. This week he comes clean and analyzes his errors, highlighting a valuable lesson everyone could learn from.

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This week Sigmund kicks off a week of Khans of Tarkir coverage, focusing on The Jeskai Way. Will this shard have an impact on Standard and demonstrate financial relevance? Read on to see what Sigmund predicts for this URW clan.

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