primers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 07 Dec 2017 02:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png primers | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 November Metagame & Announcements https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/12/november-metagame-announcements/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/12/november-metagame-announcements/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2017 02:00:23 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=16661

Well, it's been a long time since I've written the full metagame update, but you folks haven't gotten rid of me that easily. Know that our plans here at Nexus have always been to resume these and make them regular, but in a way that was sustainable moving forward. Rather than make speculative promises I […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/12/november-metagame-announcements/feed/ 7 Primers – Nahiri Jeskai Control https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/primers-nahiri-jeskai-control/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/07/primers-nahiri-jeskai-control/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2016 16:00:22 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=10360 Enough theory, enough lists. I’m back from Rome, (and back to streaming!!), which means I’m back to playing a whole lot of Magic. Today we’ll be talking about Jeskai Control with Nahiri, the Harbinger, breaking down the decklist, exploring variations, and discussing its strengths and weaknesses in Modern. Let’s get to it! Jeskai Control in […]

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Splinter Twin is a deck that needs very little introduction. One of the premier combo deck’s since the formats infancy, it has continued to put up results over the entire history of the format. Bannings and unbannings have occurred, but Splinter Twin always rears its ugly head as soon as you tap out on turn […]

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