Wilderness Reclamation | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Wilderness Reclamation | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 An Empty Promise: Crimson Vow Spoilers https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/11/an-empty-promise-crimson-vow-spoilers/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/11/an-empty-promise-crimson-vow-spoilers/#respond Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:00:04 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23638

A short spoiler season means we already have the full Innistrad: Crimson Vow spoiler. David looks at what, if anything, the set has to offer Modern.

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Wizards just announced a swath of exciting bans hitting Historic, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage. Today, Joe takes a look at the bannings, celebrates Oko finally leaving Legacy, and discusses what these bans could mean for the MTG Finance world.

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Pioneer is set to pop off when paper Magic returns, and this week Joe takes a look at five Pioneer all-stars to speculate on.

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As many players were expecting, Wizards released a new Banned and Restricted announcement on October 12th, 2020. After the results of the 2020 Season Grand Finals, it was pretty clear that there needed to be a shakeup for Standard.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/october-12th-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement/feed/ 0 August ’20 Metagame Update: Red’s Ahead https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/august-20-metagame-update-reds-ahead/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/august-20-metagame-update-reds-ahead/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:00:50 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22074 It's the start of a new month, and that means it's time for a new metagame update. Yes, I do intend this to be a regular monthly feature. Based on how discussions are going, there's never been a greater need for clear data. Additionally, I've been doing it piecemeal via events for quite some time […]

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Today brought one of the most significant bans in recent memory, and at breakneck speed. Surprise?! The August 3rd, 2020 Banned and Restricted announcement is live!

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/08/banned-and-restricted-list-update-august-3rd-2020/feed/ 0 June ’20 Brew Report, Pt. 1: Yorion, Un-Yeeted https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/june-20-brew-report-pt-1-yorion-un-yeeted/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/06/june-20-brew-report-pt-1-yorion-un-yeeted/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:00:31 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21814 Last week, I wrote about the possible directions companions go in Modern now that their rules have been changed. It seems there has been plenty of stretching to make companion work despite the nerf, and today, we’ll take a look at some of the breakout decks wielding Yorion, Sky Nomad. Here’s a quote from my […]

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Did you know there was a Players Tour event last weekend? Tournament organizers caught on that successful events can still take place over Arena despite COVID-19. As competitive Magic migrates from paper to online, Sig examines how this may further impact card prices.

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Kyle follows up his article from earlier in the week with the uncommons from RNA. There are only a few of note, but they're significant as potential speculation opportunities.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/04/ravnica-allegiance-financial-power-rankings-uncommon-edition/feed/ 0 Brew Report: February Decks, Pt. 2 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/brew-report-february-decks-pt-2/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/brew-report-february-decks-pt-2/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:00:43 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19707 Halfway through last month, I published "Brew Report: Perfect Pairs," picking out happy couples from among Wizards' decklist dumps. As is common in Modern, more innovative decks were published in February's latter half, including ones built around Standard-legal enchantments, age-old Modern artifacts, and even a few known staples. Today we'll unearth and assess that tech. […]

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Eddie has decided to take a break from writing, but not before leaving us with one more article. Today he discusses Mythic Championship Cleveland and the London mulligan rule.

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Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That's right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]

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