Belcher | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:47:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png Belcher | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Rebuilding Time: A Store Championship Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/rebuilding-time-store-championship-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2021/12/rebuilding-time-store-championship-report/#respond Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:00:32 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=23736

David has much to report on the metagame from his local game store's Store Championship event. How can this knowledge prepare you for your next Modern event?

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Owning land has always been touted as a sound investment strategy - both in the housing market and when talking about lands in Magic. What about all of the new, exciting lands featured in Zendikar Rising? Joe takes a look at each new land cycle and their potential as potential speculations for MTG investors.

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/10/real-estate-is-key-looking-at-zendikar-rising-lands/feed/ 0 Busted Doesn’t Equal Good: Testing ‘Belcher https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/busted-doesnt-equal-good-testing-belcher/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/busted-doesnt-equal-good-testing-belcher/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:00:42 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=22170 Magic can get weird at times. There are utterly incomprehensible cards like Ice Cauldron. Sometimes it's rules weirdness, like Blood Sun not stopping Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth's ability. Other times it's a deck that makes no sense, like Inverter of Truth combo. And sometimes it's because of logical paradoxes and other contradictory truths. Case in […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/09/busted-doesnt-equal-good-testing-belcher/feed/ 0 Belch Please: What Is Hogaak? https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/08/belch-please-what-is-hogaak/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/08/belch-please-what-is-hogaak/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:00:44 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20485 In terms of data, it seems Modern is at a crossroads. This is the problem I found myself with last week. Half the data said that Hogaak was a busted, dominate deck. The other said that it was successful, but only as a function of its popularity. The narrative coming out of last weekend is that […]

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