mardu | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png mardu | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Mechanical Fancy: Eldraine Spoilers, Week 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/mechanical-fancy-eldraine-spoilers-week-1/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/09/mechanical-fancy-eldraine-spoilers-week-1/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:00:42 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=20644

This has been an utterly insane summer for Magic. Three set releases in close proximity, followed by Hogaak, and then a major banlist update. Modern players are struggling to remember what it means to have a metagame, much less investigate one. We've barely had time to catch our breath for the past four months, and […]

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Many people have been saying there’s been a little less movement regarding Magic finance during the past few weeks or months. Some people are saying there’s a slowdown. Others are saying it’s normal because the holidays are around the corner and players have less money to spend on Magic cards. Regardless, Magic continues to move […]

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Eddie weighs in on how the bombshell new tool for BGx decks, Assassin's Trophy, will affect other cards, all while covering his latest holds and folds for the week.

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It's only February, and we've already seen the most high-profile Modern event of the year. Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan went totally according to plan: no Eye of Ugin shenanigans; no team of baby-genius-pros breaking the format in half; no flurry of bans raining down on the winning deck. So, business as usual, right? Wrong! […]

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