gruul zoo | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png gruul zoo | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Deceptively Poor: Spoiler Week 3 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/deceptively-poor-spoiler-week-3/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/deceptively-poor-spoiler-week-3/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:00:05 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19399 The set release is nigh! With all of Ravnica Allegiance spoiled, speculation can end and brewing begin. I'm pleasantly surprised by all the potential Modern playables. This expansion might not go down in history like Khans of Tarkir, but I expect plenty of cards to see play, if only because they're too interesting not to brew with. However, […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/01/deceptively-poor-spoiler-week-3/feed/ 8 Got There! PPTQ Report (1st Place) https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/pptq-report-1st/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/pptq-report-1st/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:00:14 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=10762 Ah, the first PPTQ of the season. When hope springs anew, the Colorado metagame is still in its default, Burn-heavy state, and everyone thinks that their preparation was absolutely flawless and that this one is theirs for the taking. Then I usually bomb out of the Top 8, everything goes into wildly overblown flux when some […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/pptq-report-1st/feed/ 10 Modern Metagame Breakdown: 4/8/16 – 5/1/16 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/05/modern-metagame-breakdown-4816-5116/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/05/modern-metagame-breakdown-4816-5116/#comments Wed, 04 May 2016 16:00:39 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=9265 Who tuned in to watch the Star City Games Milwaukee Open? I was going through some Modern coverage withdrawals since the horrors of Eldrazi Winter, and I deliberately blocked off time to enjoy as much of the Day 1, Day 2, and Top 8 action as possible. Milwaukee did not disappoint! With one of the […]

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