Tournament Report | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:47:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Tournament Report | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Rebuilding Time: A Store Championship Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/rebuilding-time-store-championship-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/rebuilding-time-store-championship-report/#respond Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:00:32 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23736

David has much to report on the metagame from his local game store's Store Championship event. How can this knowledge prepare you for your next Modern event?

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As January comes to a close, it's time to start looking forward to the new Modern. Kaldheim hits shelves next Friday, and while its impact on Modern will be muted, there will be new brews and deck adjustments which will cause some turbulence. The only question is whether there will be a major change, either from a […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/01/practical-experience-mtgo-all-access-week/feed/ 0 Practical Example: A League Story https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/practical-example-league-story/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/practical-example-league-story/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:00:18 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22324 Alright, now. Everybody exhale. Last week is over. We can all try to grind our way through the rest of the year. We've been through enough already. Now it's time for some lighter fare, especially the kind that used to be my bread and butter. Then, the lockdown rendered then impossible. I am of course […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/11/practical-example-league-story/feed/ 0 Christmas Comes Early: A Tournament Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/christmas-comes-early-tournament-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/christmas-comes-early-tournament-report/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:00:21 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21118 The competitive season has come to an end, but that doesn't mean that Magic just stops in December. Local tournaments and MTGO never end. And some competitive scenes don't have official Wizards support or the backing of a massive store. Some are built by and for the local players. The Colorado Magic scene, deprived of Star City […]

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This is an odd feeling for me. For all its flaws, the PPTQ system meant that grinders like me always had competitive level events to grind and keep our skills sharp. The MCQ system is functionally the same as the old PTQ system, which means very few events and very spread out. Since I'm a […]

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The competitive drive always burns, no matter how many setbacks I suffer. After all, what's the point in doing anything unless you strive to improve and grow? So, it's once more into the breach for the last PPTQ. I failed to win a PPTQ this year, but that didn't mean giving up on making the […]

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After a lengthy hiatus from playing the deck, I brought Colorless Eldrazi Stompy to SCG Regionals last weekend, and duked it out with around 250 players over nine rounds of Modern. I ended up finishing in 9th place. Despite my Top 8 miss, it was exhilarating to again play Colorless at this level. This report […]

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And so, the season comes to a close. While I didn't get there, I can't say that this season was a complete bust. As a consummate grinder, the near misses just fuel the competitive fire and are a stark reminder to keep pushing myself. In the meantime, Guilds of Ravnica spoilers roll on. While there are […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-to-the-pptq-grind-final/feed/ 4 Return to the PPTQ Grind: Week 6 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-6/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-6/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:00:46 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18680 I definitely peaked too soon. There's no possible way to follow up to last week's Jurassic Park intro and not look pale in comparison. I can't even go for the ironic method of pointing out this out, I've done that before. My remaining option is to just awkwardly forge ahead and feel relief that the qualification system […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-6/feed/ 2 Return to the PPTQ Grind: Week 5 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-5/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-5/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:00:59 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18628 The article must always have an introduction, and it has to be fresh: the essence of column writing. The short version is you have to draw in the reader's attention with something new, but that's a big ask. You have this article series which has a repeating topic area but each article's content never repeats […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/return-pptq-grind-week-5/feed/ 2 Return to the PPTQ Grind: Week 4 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/return-to-the-pptq-grind-week-4/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/return-to-the-pptq-grind-week-4/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:00:19 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18594 Another week, another failures to qualify. Yes, plural. Spoiler alert: I didn't win either PPTQ last weekend. Fortunately, there are still plenty of chances ahead. And more opportunities to find novel introductions for this series. In lighter news, Spirits had a very good weekend. The fact that SCG Baltimore was won by UW Spirits while […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/return-to-the-pptq-grind-week-4/feed/ 0 Return to the PPTQ Grind: Week 3 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/return-pptq-grind-week-3/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/08/return-pptq-grind-week-3/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:00:41 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18557 And now, back to the grind. I skipped last week due to the travel distance involved, but I wasn't about to miss this week. That said, I want to call out that both PPTQ's last week were at stores that I didn't know existed, and one was in a town that as far as I […]

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Eddie's back with another edition of Hold 'Em and Fold 'Em. It's a Spirits and Dragons kind of week!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/ground-level-view-testing-for-las-vegas/feed/ 2 Gutting Worcester with Colorless Eldrazi Stompy https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/gutting-worcester-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/gutting-worcester-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:00:41 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17475 Last weekend, I took down the 400-player SCG Classic in Worcester with my tried-and-true Colorless Eldrazi Stompy deck, losing only four games over 12 rounds. I've long championed the deck as a sleeper behemoth in the format, but haven't had much time over the last year to show it off in tournament settings. My previous […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/gutting-worcester-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/feed/ 20 Back on the PPTQ Grind: Week Seven and Wrap-Up https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/09/back-pptq-grind-week-seven-wrap-up/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/09/back-pptq-grind-week-seven-wrap-up/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:30:20 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=15417 Yes, you read that title correctly. For better or worse, this series is coming to its end for the year. The only remaining PPTQ for PT Rivals of Ixalan is Sealed Deck, so this is the end. Until the Modern grind resumes next year, anyway. I really wasn't sure what to expect this week. The PPTQs […]

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