SCG Invitationals | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:30:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png SCG Invitationals | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Filtering Information: Analyzing SCG Somerset https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/analyzing-scg-somerset/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/analyzing-scg-somerset/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:30:55 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11206 Today, I figured we’d take a break from brewing and get back to analyzing some pure tournament results. I’m still winning with Spell Queller, but high-level Modern events don’t come around often enough to ignore them completely. This past weekend, Modern got a lot of love in the form of the split-format Star City Games […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/analyzing-scg-somerset/feed/ 7 The SCG Elventational and Bant Eldrazi Staples https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/scg-elventational-bant-eldrazi-staples/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/scg-elventational-bant-eldrazi-staples/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:00:20 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11156 Score one for the budget guys: Elves won the Star City Games Invitational in Somerset, NJ. While Liam Lonergan's deck still retails for about $800, almost half of the price is in 4 Cavern of Souls and 3 Horizon Canopy. If you're tight on cash (or waiting for a reprint, like me) you can get away with some […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/scg-elventational-bant-eldrazi-staples/feed/ 14 Deck of the Week: Elves https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-elves/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-elves/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:00:02 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11138 If you tuned into the Star City Games Invitational in New Jersey this weekend, you had the pleasure of seeing somewhat fringe contender Elves take down the Top 8. Elves is certainly not an unknown quantity, but it also doesn't exactly make the list of decks Moderners expect to face at every tournament. Going into this weekend […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-elves/feed/ 2 Deck of the Week – RG Titan Scapeshift https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/12/deck-of-the-week-rg-titan-scapeshift/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/12/deck-of-the-week-rg-titan-scapeshift/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:00:20 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=6092

When I predicted Scapeshift would hit the Top 8 of Grand Prix Pittsburgh, I expected a traditional Temur shell built around the namesake finisher. Thien Nguyen skipped the countermagic and went right for the kill. Piloting an explosive, linear, and focused Scapeshift list, Nguyen blasted his way to a 7th place finish at the Grand Prix. Was […]

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