This week Jason Alt explains the difference between sheep and speculators in his usual mix of insight and snark.

This year’s Modern season departs with one last huzzah, GP San Diego. Mike Lanigan looks over decklists and discusses the last-minute developments.

In response to purrs of Monoblack’s revival, Ryan reviews the color wheel and the distribution of card strength amongst the colors in the Standard environment.

Mike scours the M13 spoiler for the best Constructed cards soon to be released. Read on to see his top ten picks for Standard.

Mark reviews the full spoiler of M13 and analyzes its impact on Standard. What cards will we no longer have after rotation? And what their replacements, if any?

What high dollar card is going to plummet in the very near future? Chad picks a soon-to-be loser, details his reasoning, and tells you when to jump back in. Don’t miss it.

Ian Ellis recounts piloting Dark Horizons to a first place finish at this past weekend’s Star City Games Madison Legacy event.

Mike offers a view of his top ten Standard constructed cards from Avacyn Restored. Read on to find out which new cards will be appearing in tournaments near you.

What cards should you target at your prerelease? Corbin Hosler offers his Avacyn Restored card predictions in his standard Prerelease Primer!

In his first article for Quiet Speculation Ryan delves into a few spoilers from Avacyn Restored and the impact that they will have on Standard.

Mike examines the various Standard decks that aim to power out early praetors and titans. Read on to make sure you’re prepared for a turn three Elesh Norn at your next tournament.