phase | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 25 May 2018 16:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png phase | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Just a Phase, Pt. 3: Mains and Ending https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/just-a-phase-pt-3-mains-and-ending/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/just-a-phase-pt-3-mains-and-ending/#comments Fri, 25 May 2018 16:00:38 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18065 Experienced Magic players stress the importance of testing matchups sideboarded—after all, more than half of all games in a given tournament are played sideboarded. So too must I stress the importance of mastering the main phases, of which there are two per turn! Just a Phase focuses on the nuances of priority and phase manipulation […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/04/just-a-phase-pt-2-combat/feed/ 12 Just a Phase, Pt. 1: Upkeep and Draw https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/04/just-a-phase-pt-1-upkeep-and-draw/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/04/just-a-phase-pt-1-upkeep-and-draw/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:00:28 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17837 I knew when I wrote Colorless Eldrazi Stompy Mini-Primer: Play Tips that I was leaving out plenty of juicy information. Not on purpose, of course; there's just only so much I can fit in one article, or that comes to me at one time. It's been recently pointed out to me by spectators that I […]

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