traverse shadow | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.quietspeculation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon.png traverse shadow | Quiet Speculation https://www.quietspeculation.com 32 32 To Be Continued: Post-Ban Snapshot https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/to-be-continued-post-ban-snapshot/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/to-be-continued-post-ban-snapshot/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:00:23 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21431 It's been just over a week since Once Upon a Time got the boot in Modern, so we don't have a lot of information with which to decisively answer the question on everyone's mind: where does the format go from here? We do, however, have some data points. Today, we'll look at a few decks […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/03/to-be-continued-post-ban-snapshot/feed/ 0 Love What You Play: Taking the Taste Test https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/love-what-you-play-taking-the-taste-test/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/love-what-you-play-taking-the-taste-test/#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 16:00:39 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=18021 Modern has at times been described as a format hostile to Spike, the player demographic in search of winning at any cost. Indeed, "spiking" tournaments as players do in other constructed formats—by playing the best deck and understanding the mirror—isn't a reliable path to success in Modern. Rather, this format rewards players for picking a […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/05/love-what-you-play-taking-the-taste-test/feed/ 19 Unlikely Gifts: Brewing with Precognition Field https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/unlikely-gifts-brewing-with-precognition-field/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/unlikely-gifts-brewing-with-precognition-field/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:00:15 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17539 By now, most Modern players have seen the Chinese Dominaria spoiler leak going around. If not, head on over to the Mothership, where Wizards themselves confirmed the leak and graciously posted translations of the cards. While unsolicited spoilers can ruin the season for some, for players experiencing a brewing lull, they can serve as a much-needed […]

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]]> https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/03/unlikely-gifts-brewing-with-precognition-field/feed/ 14 December 2017 Metagame Update https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/01/december-2017-metagame-update/ https://www.quietspeculation.com/2018/01/december-2017-metagame-update/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:13:48 +0000 http://quietspeculation.com/?p=17049 Welcome back for the December metagame update. This month saw two large-scale Grand Prix delineate an extremely diverse metagame. Perhaps it's just my own personal bias, but I believe Modern is in a great spot right now—healthy, diverse, with interactive games and relevant decisions in deckbuilding and sideboard construction. This is the "metagame to beat" as […]

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