Veil of Summer | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 05 Apr 2021 04:07:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Veil of Summer | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 The Re-opening Trade…of Magic https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/04/the-re-opening-trade-of-magic/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/04/the-re-opening-trade-of-magic/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:00:07 +0000 https://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=97756

Players, Vendors, and WOTC are all anxiously awaiting the time for MagicFests to resume. What will happen to the market once this happens? This week, Sig speculates on the format that stands to gain the most from the re-opening trade.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/04/the-re-opening-trade-of-magic/feed/ 2 Building a Sideboard Redux: 2020’s New Rules https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/building-sideboard-redux-2020s-new-rules/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/building-sideboard-redux-2020s-new-rules/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:00:56 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22196 Time waits for no man, as they say, and Magic is the same for all players. Good advice will always be good advice, but relevance is relative. By the same token, Magic players need advice that is relevant to formats as they actually exist. And that must be re-evaluated periodically. The second Beginner's Guide article […]

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The March 9, 2020 Banned and Restricted List Update is live! Here's the full list of cards in every format.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/banned-and-restricted-list-update-march-9-2020/feed/ 0 2020 Visions: Modern Cantrips, Part 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/2020-visions-modern-cantrips-part-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/2020-visions-modern-cantrips-part-2/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:00:25 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21347 Back when Opt was spoiled, I wrote "Opting In: Modern Cantrips," a piece dissecting the intricacies of and nuances between Serum Visions, Sleight of Hand, and other Modern draw-a-cards. Two years and some change later, Modern is all but crawling with cantrips, albeit not even the ones we had access to in 2017. Today, we'll […]

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Brady returns with the next part in his Bulk to Bayou series, this time outlining his picks for bulk staples in Throne of Eldraine.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/02/picking-pioneer-bulk-picks-from-throne-of-eldraine/feed/ 0 Modern Top 5 (Christmas Edition): Green Cards https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/modern-top-5-christmas-edition-green-cards/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/12/modern-top-5-christmas-edition-green-cards/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:00:32 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21107 Ho, ho, ho! Welcome to another edition of Modern Top 5, this one held together by tinsel-thin Christmas allusions. Although it's no "illusion" which color's on top at this year's end! Today, we'll break down the format's piniest players. Trimming the Tree Our first gift is actually a hand-me-down: an older Modern Top 5 metric […]

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Sam is battling every day to get up-to-date Pioneer info, with one goal in mind: The Invitational Trophy!

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SCG Indi was an important week both for Sam and for Magic at large. Check in with Sam here to find out what he learned over the weekend and what lies ahead.

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