Simic | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 01 Jan 2021 01:16:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Simic | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 One Time at Banned Camp: The March ’20 Ban https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/one-time-banned-camp-march-20-ban/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/one-time-banned-camp-march-20-ban/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:00:23 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21410 Well that was fast. It's only been two months since Oko, Thief of Crowns was banned. It's pretty rare for Wizards to issue Modern bans in consecutive announcements, except for during emergencies like Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis's reign of terror. So I wasn't actually expecting anything to happen in Modern. However, last Thursday, that changed; I […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/one-time-banned-camp-march-20-ban/feed/ 2 Inviting Change: SCG Invitational Analysis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/inviting-change-scg-invitational-analysis/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/inviting-change-scg-invitational-analysis/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:00:44 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=21001 An analysist goes to work with the data he's given. With Modern on the competitive backburner for the past few weeks, I've lacked the means to properly dig into the metagame ahead of GP Columbus this weekend. As a result, I am looking a bit further afield into events that I normally wouldn't analyze. Fortunately, […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/inviting-change-scg-invitational-analysis/feed/ 0 Forming the Meta: Regionals and Atlanta https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/forming-meta-regionals-atlanta/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/forming-meta-regionals-atlanta/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:00:21 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20905 It has been a frustrating year for analyzing the Modern metagame, as multiple bannings and an influx of new cards have churned its natural state. Things are finally starting to stabilize, which means that a reasonable picture is forming. We've got a burst of new data to thank for that quieting down. Nonetheless, the new […]

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Join Chris Martin, Sam Lowe, and Chris O'Berry as they jump into Throne of Eldraine's impact on Standard, Modern, and EDH going into release weekend.

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Kyle follows up his article from earlier in the week with the uncommons from RNA. There are only a few of note, but they're significant as potential speculation opportunities.

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The Mythic Invitational this weekend will be the first debut of official War of the Spark spoilers! Be sure to check back with Quiet Speculation as the info rolls in.

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This week, Eddie takes a deeper look into how Ravnica Allegiance is starting to affect all formats, along with his resulting portfolio updates.

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In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/mtg-metagame-finance-29/feed/ 0 Walking on Water: Merfolk After Rivals https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/01/walking-on-water-merfolk-rivals/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/01/walking-on-water-merfolk-rivals/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:00:20 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=16962 I normally prefer waiting until spoiler season is over to begin publishing think pieces on the upcoming cards, but had to make an exception this week. The announcement of Merfolk Mistbinder in Rivals of Ixalan has profound implications for my Modern deck of choice. While adding green to Merfolk is something pilots of the deck have […]

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