whirza | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png whirza | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Metagame’s End: GP Columbus Analysis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/metagames-end-gp-columbus-analysis/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/metagames-end-gp-columbus-analysis/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:00:33 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21038 The end of the year is approaching, and with it a slowdown in competitive Magic. In fact, GP Columbus was the last Modern event of the year. As such, it is the final opportunity to look at the metagame before 2020's SCG Columbus, so GP Columbus provides extremely important data. It not only defines the […]

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Urza is everywhere. As the latest it deck in Modern, it's getting most of the attention when eyes can be torn away from Magic's new baby, Pioneer. The deck's impressive results do recall the banned Krark-Clan Ironworks deck. Today we'll examining how to fight Urza, starting with the overall archetype and then looking at specific […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/11/dismantling-bomb-how-fight-urza/feed/ 0 Metagame’s First Look: SCG Indianapolis Analysis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/metagames-first-look-scg-indianapolis-analysis/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/metagames-first-look-scg-indianapolis-analysis/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:00:26 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20852 With a few weeks of online events and an SCG Team Event, the metagame is finally taking shape. It's nowhere near enough for any real analysis to take place, but it is a good starting point. With SCG Indianapolis in the books it's time to start pulling apart the data and contextualizing it. Modern has […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/10/metagames-first-look-scg-indianapolis-analysis/feed/ 0 Tall Tales: Throne of Eldraine Spoilers, Week 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/tall-tales-throne-eldraine-spoilers-week-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/tall-tales-throne-eldraine-spoilers-week-2/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:00:20 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20702 Thrones of Eldraine spoilers are rolling on, and I'm having more fun watching them than any other set I can remember. That's not to say that  Modern Horizons was boring nor War of the Spark lacking content. Rather, there are more opportunites to make your own fun with Eldraine than the other sets. Rosewater showed how the cards […]

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