aaron forsythe | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png aaron forsythe | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 New Beginnings: Implications of a Modern Pro Tour https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/new-beginnings-implications-modern-pro-tour/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/07/new-beginnings-implications-modern-pro-tour/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:00:57 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=14991 Modern's had some year. Star City Games kicked off its Modern-heaviest SCG Tour schedule yet, Modern Masters 2017 dropped containing a slew of much-awaited reprints, and multiple pros came around on the format (with some even calling Modern the "The Greatest Format"). And—most recently—Wizards of the Coast announced Modern is back on the Pro Tour. Wait, […]

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Between the Platinum fee changes, the ensuing #PayThePros fallout, and Wizards' subsequent retraction, it's no wonder most Magic and Modern players have lost sight of Aaron Forsythe's seminal article, "Where Modern Goes from Here," released that same week. Talk about getting overshadowed. I can only imagine how the poor documentarians behind Enter the Battlefield felt […]

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It's been weeks since our last "Fixing Modern" column, and that has everything to do with format-wide excitement surrounding the April 4 banlist update. I intentionally tabled the column to see how the new Modern shaped out. Early results show promise, and although we're still a month away from Grand Prix Los Angeles on May 20, I remain cautiously optimistic […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/03/winter-ending-report-gp-detroit/feed/ 2 A Last Word on the Splinter Twin Banning https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/last-word-splinter-twin-banning/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/01/last-word-splinter-twin-banning/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:35:46 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=6864 I made a New Year's resolution to minimize participation in ban discussions throughout 2016. Modern has more than enough banlist din in Twitch chat, Reddit threads, and article comment sections across the content-sphere. Then the Splinter Twin banning happened. Wizards' announcement has made it impossible to discuss any aspect of 2016 Modern without some reference […]

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