linearity | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:18:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png linearity | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Death’s Shadow: Hero or Villain? Metagame Impacts https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/deaths-shadow-hero-or-villain-metagame-impacts/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/deaths-shadow-hero-or-villain-metagame-impacts/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:18:02 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=14866 The "Death's Shadow is the best deck" narrative we saw emerge in force around Grand Prix Vancouver has now split, with some claiming Eldrazi Tron is in fact the best deck. I tend to agree with the former, and will softly make a case for that inclination in this article. Regardless, we can surely agree […]

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Looking solely at the Top 16s of recent events, observers might argue that Modern has become shockingly interactive. Todd Stevens' Sun and Moon, a white-red prison deck with a midrange slant, just won a Star City Games Open in Knoxville, headlining a Top 16 packed with more Sun and Moon, Skred Red, and Jund. Earlier this month, […]

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