25 is a lot of life. Why not just try to deal 10?

There’s a downside to playing control decks in multi-round events.

Witness the unveiling of Ryan’s pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.

Have you practiced sealed? A format distinct from draft, Jason Schousboe shares the value and process of constructing your very own sealed cube in preparation for testing the pool.

The best decks of Scars Block. No Caw-Blade here: Jay walks us through the best five Intro Decks you can grab off a shelf!

Gotta love the bad guys, this week Kellen goes into the ichor oiled waters and tries an assortment of standard deck lists involving infect. Who says your opponent’s at 20?

Fair warning: This article is about the adventure that is a Grand Prix and has less tech than most articles.  I will have another article soon with more tech for upcoming tournaments. 0-2 Drop. Oops. I had high hopes going into GP: Denver.  I had done well at the local drafts leading up to the […]

[This is an offering from Zach McNair, fresh off a Top 16 and a Top 32 finish each during his PTQ: Paris season. Zach actually wrote this article for us more than a month ago, so please keep that in mind as you share in the comments whether you’d like to read more from Zach […]

This week we have some new deck ideas for Standard, and a solid review of the Time Sieve deck for Extended.

Warning: this article’s spreadsheet nerd status goes to 11. If you want to skip the how-to and go directly to the data I’ve compiled, click this link. For formats that are well-explored, it is often a good idea to select decks based on what’s been winning. However, Magic is a game with inherent variance, and […]

I’m going to be honest, this article was hard for me to write. Why? Because this weekend’s limited PTQ was the worst Magic tournament I have ever played in over ten years of playing tournaments. Was I unlucky? No. Was my pool bad? No. I played absolutely terrible Magic. There wasn’t even a game where […]

Hello! My name is Alex Ruggeri, and my very first pack of Magic was from Fallen Empires. I remember afterward borrowing some cards from my brother and piecing together a bad Thrull deck. It wasn’t bad because it was a Thrull deck, although that does count too; it was bad because it was poorly constructed. […]

[Note: This will be among the longest articles published on Quiet Speculation. Rather than split this up into two smaller pieces, it’s published here in its entirety. Block out as much time as you need to read it start to finish: This article is a must-read if you intend to improve your drafting. -Dylan] Mistakes […]