tron | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png tron | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Losers from Modern Horizons 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/losers-modern-horizons-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/losers-modern-horizons-2/#respond Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:00:33 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23211 All decks aren't created equal: some are Splinter Twin, others are Mono-Green Aura Stompy. The same goes for every set: some are Dominaria, others Legions. Thus, the impact of every new set will be felt unequally both by Modern as a whole and by individual decks. Not every set can have Modern-playable cards, and not every […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/06/losers-modern-horizons-2/feed/ 0 Remember Me: Forgotten Lessons https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/03/remember-me-forgotten-lessons/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/03/remember-me-forgotten-lessons/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:00:31 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22797 The time after a set release or a major ban is always exciting. The format is in flux, the metagame undefined, and everything seems playable. This is even more true right now, thanks to the ban taking away a metagame pillar. This has in turn renewed interest in Modern, bringing an influx of players and […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/03/remember-me-forgotten-lessons/feed/ 0 Fortune Telling: MH2 Speculation, Part 3 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/12/fortune-telling-mh2-speculation-part-3/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/12/fortune-telling-mh2-speculation-part-3/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:00:27 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22474 Everything eventually ends. As the year wraps up, it's time for me to bring my Modern Horizons 2 speculation to a close. I need to clear space for the upcoming Kaldheim spoiler season. And hopefully, the return of paper Magic; I've spent considerable time and energy trying to figure out how I'm going to incorporate […]

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Full bellies? Droopy eyes? Scrolling and clicking? It's the new year, all right! But why focus on the future when we could dwell on the past? Read on for an after-holiday treat: the spiciest brews to come out of 2019's death throes. Technologic Urza and Oko might be hogging the spotlight, but artifacts have a […]

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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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Monday's Banned and Restricted Announcement has turned the Modern metagame on its head, and Adam is here to explain what it means for the future of the market.

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Chris makes his final picks before Modern Horizons spoiler season starts this weekend.

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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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Spinning off from a section in article #23, Eddie starts this new What's Next series by looking into what could be in store for Modern after the KCI banning.

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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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Magic news culminated last week with the announcement of Ultimate Masters and the Box Toppers. Eddie surveys the developments and offers recommendations.

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Guilds of Ravnica has hit, and the finance waves are already being felt. Eddie covers news from this week and reports back on the first QS office hours session.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/10/hold-em-fold-em-13/feed/ 4 Testing the Consistency of Ancient Stirrings https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/testing-consistency-ancient-stirrings/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/09/testing-consistency-ancient-stirrings/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:00:12 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18821 There was much debate a little while back about the Modern bannings. Should Mox Opal get the axe? Is the card selection of Ancient Stirrings too good for Modern? I saw a lot of people making arguments on either side, but I did not see a lot of solid evidence for either case. It was […]

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Eddie weighs in on how the bombshell new tool for BGx decks, Assassin's Trophy, will affect other cards, all while covering his latest holds and folds for the week.

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