David E. explains why Vintage on Magic Online is way underplayed, offering a crash course on its rules of engagement. Be warned: here there be dragons.

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The Modern Metagame Update is out. Modern continues to be stable, despite efforts of rogue decks to make a mark. Some unexpected decks did well in May.

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Today, LessAlex looks at Mono-White Humans, a deck bolstered by the new card Coppercoat Vanguard. How good was the deck before, and what does Vanguard add?

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March of the Machine may have seemed underwhelming during spoiler season, but David E. has found had surprising luck testing cards in Modern... even a battle!

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Proactive decks are tougher to play and design than they look. David E. measures their proactivity and explores how pilots can fatally swerve out of lane.

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This week Adam Plays Magic is legen—wait for it—dary, with Esper Legends! These disruptive creatures will put the opponent on the back foot, then in the ground!

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The data from the first round of Regional Qualifiers is out. David E. looks into the results, analyzing whether the data reflects Pioneer's metagame and health.

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Tapping In: Welcome back to another installment of rules stuff. This week we're looking at mana, mana values, and mana costs.

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This week, Adam brings Standard MonoW Aggro to the table. This aggressive deck pinpoints and exploits the weaknesses of the rest of the metagame to snatch wins.

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Magic streaming viewership is on the decline. Paul looks at how long it's been going on, discusses some theories of what's causing it, and some solutions.

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The Alchemy format has Paul excited for the future of Magic Arena. Today he shares his qualms about the Arena economy and looks at ways it could be improved.

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Tax season is upon us in the US. David does a deep dive on taxes related to online sellers, and some tips for the year ahead.

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Time Spiral Remastered spoiler season is here and the Quiet Speculation team is hyped! Joe takes a look at the highlights from the set and talks about which Timeshifted cards he's most excited for.

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Paper Magic tournaments are going to come back someday post-pandemic which will undoubtedly lead to an increase in paper Magic card prices. Modern especially seems like a format prime for price increases, and today Joe takes a look at three popular decks from the Modern meta that are full of prime speculation targets.

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Zendikar Rising is one of those rare Standard sets that has more than just a few cards with eternal format potential. Joe walks us through five cards he's got an eye on when considering the future of Modern and Legacy.

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Paper Magic is going to come back someday and people are going to start wanting paper copies of cards featured in competitive decks again. Joe takes a look at his top choices from Double Masters for players looking to pick up cheap, competitive reprints before paper tournaments begin again in earnest.

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Core Set 2021 is proving to be one of the most exciting core sets in a long time! Joe takes a look at the 4 spoilers he's most excited about, breaking down potential speculation targets related to each of them.

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UndyingMTG examines Alseid of Life's Bounty, and how he thinks it has the potential to be the next Mother of Runes!

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David does a deep dive on Secret Lair series, with a focus how these reprints have affected overall prices of the reprinted cards.

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With Mythic Championship II in the books, Chris takes a look at the decks that benefited from the London Mulligan, and their key cards he's considering as specs.

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