Lurrus | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:26:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Lurrus | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Reality Check: The Real Metagame Driver https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/10/reality-check-real-metagame-driver/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/10/reality-check-real-metagame-driver/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:00:32 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23583

Is Lurrus of the Dream-Den the most broken card in Modern right now? David examines the effect this companion has on the modern metagame. Is it banworthy?

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Alright, no more distractions. It's time to find out if the companion rules change actually worked. When the change came down, I hypothesized that there would be a general drop-off in playability, but companions would remain a factor in Modern. Lurrus of the Dream-Den would take the biggest hit, while Obosh, the Preypiercer would be […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/performance-review-companion-errata-checkup/feed/ 0 Errant Errata: June B&R Reaction https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/errant-errata-june-br-reaction/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/errant-errata-june-br-reaction/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:00:54 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21770 Here we are again: another set, another set of problems, and another banning... oh wait, nothing's getting banned in Modern. Awkward. And more to the point, a waste of a perfectly good rant setup. Why am I even bothering... oh right, something else happened this time around. And it is consequential. Though not in the […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/errant-errata-june-br-reaction/feed/ 4 Companion Modern: Consistency vs. Certainty https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/companion-modern-consistency-vs-certainty/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/companion-modern-consistency-vs-certainty/#respond Tue, 26 May 2020 16:00:25 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21740 Another week of data, another update to the Ikoria metagame. The trends had been moving towards companion stabilizing in Modern. Last week, the individual companion cards seemed volatile in terms of usage, but the mechanic itself appeared to have achieved saturation. We observed some signs suggesting that companions might be been fading in Modern, which […]

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Did you know Ikoria currently has the lowest EV of all Standard-legal sets? When is the last time the NEWEST set was also the cheapest? To Sig, this screams opportunity. This week he writes about his favorite Ikoria picks for a world that one day recovers from COVID-19.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/soft-ikoria-prices-could-mean-opportunity/feed/ 0 Companion of the Week: Metagame Breakdown https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/companion-week-metagame-breakdown/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/companion-week-metagame-breakdown/#comments Tue, 19 May 2020 16:00:47 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21685 When working with data, scale is everything. Just as an area looks very different when using Google Streetview versus Google Maps, the context, meaning, trends, and ultimately the conclusions reached from the data will depend heavily on the scale it's examined on. This is the reason that economics is split between micro and macro level […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/companion-week-metagame-breakdown/feed/ 1 On Fire: Lurrus Burn https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/on-fire-lurrus-burn/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/05/on-fire-lurrus-burn/#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 16:00:49 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21621 Modern is on fire. I've come to expect this declaration every time there's a noticeable shift in the format. Sometimes it's justified. Sometimes it isn't. And sometimes its semi-literal. Burn appears to be dominating Modern at the moment. Red decks have been doing well since Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned, but it was Prowess […]

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Joe takes a look at his top four picks for Ikoria commons to add to your speculation box.

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The COVID-19 government checks are providing cash to players itching to buy Magic cards. But Sig believes Ikoria may the greatest catalysts for MTG finance in quite some time. This week he touches on the numerous formats impacted by this set.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/ikoria-and-government-checks-two-mtg-finance-catalysts/feed/ 1 Here Be Questions: Ikoria Spoilers, Week 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/here-be-questions-ikoria-spoilers-week-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/04/here-be-questions-ikoria-spoilers-week-2/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21530 Well, that was fast. Normally we have three full weeks of spoilers, but Wizards has really rushed out Ikoria. I'm guessing the quarantine is a factor here and they're in a bit of a scramble. In any case, the entire set is now out. And it's a little mediocre, Modern-wise. As I mentioned last week, this […]

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