SCG Regionals | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png SCG Regionals | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 Metagame Snapshot: SCG Regionals Analysis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/metagame-snapshot-scg-regionals-analysis/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2019/03/metagame-snapshot-scg-regionals-analysis/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:00:51 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=19721 With data reduced to a relative trickle and the overall metagame picture clouded, there hasn't been much information to work with. However, the data from SCG Regionals is always a strong indicator of the US metagame, so today I'll be looking at the data. While there is very significant result to dig into, the overall […]

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After a lengthy hiatus from playing the deck, I brought Colorless Eldrazi Stompy to SCG Regionals last weekend, and duked it out with around 250 players over nine rounds of Modern. I ended up finishing in 9th place. Despite my Top 8 miss, it was exhilarating to again play Colorless at this level. This report […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/11/colorless-eldrazi-stompy-at-scg-regionals/feed/ 16 Anticipating the GP Las Vegas Metagame https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/anticipating-the-gp-las-vegas-metagame/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/06/anticipating-the-gp-las-vegas-metagame/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:00:58 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18153 At last, GP Las Vegas is upon us. Unfortunately, work-related complications mean I will not be going. But that won't stop me from examining the latest Modern results to anticipate the metagame. While these results are not entirely unexpected, interpreting the data with care ensures a more accurate metagame read. The data from the past […]

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Sometimes it's necessary to revisit older topics. Whether it's previously unavailable data coming in, or assumptions and beliefs evolving, it's good to revisit previous statements and articles to see if they're still valid. Today I will first finish off my Regionals update, then I need to revisit some Ixalan cards both because I missed them and […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/enter-clean-up-step-metagame-ixalan-updates/feed/ 0 Metagame Developments: The Regionals Update https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/metagame-developments-regionals-update/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/metagame-developments-regionals-update/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:15:51 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=16023 So, here it is, the big update. After today, we will definitely have enough data to make actual conclusions about the metagame. I won't go as far to say that it is the definitive metagame—it's not that big. However, this will show what you can expect going into Grand Prix Oklahoma City. The online metagame has […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/11/metagame-developments-regionals-update/feed/ 4 Seeing the Light: Top 4 at Regionals with Colorless Eldrazi Stompy https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/02/seeing-light-regionals-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/02/seeing-light-regionals-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:00:09 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=13287

A couple months ago, I took Counter-Cat to an RPTQ and had my ass handed to me on a silver Shriekhorn. The lesson I learned: bring only a deck you're intimately familiar with to an event you want to do well in. While I've put in plenty of games with Counter-Cat during my Modern career, I […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2017/02/seeing-light-regionals-colorless-eldrazi-stompy/feed/ 15 I’ll Take It: SCG Regionals Report https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/ill-take-it-scg-regionals-report/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/02/ill-take-it-scg-regionals-report/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:00:34 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=7369 Quite the weekend, wasn't it? A colorless Pro Tour Top 8, a Broncos Super Bowl victory (WOOOOO!!!!!), and also Modern Regionals. Because we mere mortals needed something to do as well. As I'm writing this we're still waiting for all the Regionals results to be posted (I find it odd that two days after the event […]

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Well, it's been quite a week hasn't it? The banning of Splinter Twin really touched a nerve with the whole community. However, that is now firmly behind us and continuing to bemoan (or extoll) that decision adds nothing new or useful. Instead, let us look to the future and answer the burning question: What now? Looking to the immediate future, […]

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