June 11th, 2009 by messels

For this post, I thought I thought it would be interesting if I pooled a number of different perspectives from the Power 9 Pro team. In that sense, we have a virtual round table discussion of the recent rules changes. I’ll start the discussion. James: So, team, we have a new set of rules rolling [...]
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June 9th, 2009 by messels

Our team member Bryan Greer posted another walk through for us. This one covers Fae vs. Doran Rock. Both solid decks with Doran by Yann Massicard taking the top-slot at GP Seattle, where the top 8 was dominated by faerie.dec. Here’s your chance to get an excellent walk through with commentary from both players. Let [...]
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June 3rd, 2009 by messels

GP Seattle went off big. With over 1100 participants at the main event alone, Tacoma, WA definitely experienced a ground swell of competitive Magic players from all over the world. I arrived in Tacoma–about 30 min outside of Seattle–at 5:30 pm Friday, to find that already the GP event had over 700 registrants. Moreover, by [...]
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May 22nd, 2009 by messels

the following video is a play by play walk through of a post-sideboard match up of B/W tokens vs Jund. the video is done by our team deck builder which bryan does with stan bessey. for an example of a deck list for b/w tokens, you can see my previous post where i discuss the [...]
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May 21st, 2009 by messels

this past weekend i was down in san jose at superstars game store, a new partner location for power 9 pro products btw. there i had the opportunity to participate in regionals. though the day was not a successful bid for a national champs invite, i did have a great time playing with all the [...]
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May 21st, 2009 by zak

Well, after a rather grueling set of computer science exams I’m back and ready to talk Magic. As I’m sure you’re well aware, Regionals were last weekend and I’ve got some stories to share. We left Edmonton at 6 in the morning on the 16th, and got into Calgary at 9:30, with plenty of time [...]
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April 18th, 2009 by Dillon

When I was first approached by James to get onboard with Power 9 Pro I had only seen the logo from memory, and he was just a fella contacting me about chatting it up on the topic of Magic. I couldn’t refuse. It later turned to a team member discussion and here I am slinging [...]
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February 27th, 2009 by messels

i thought it would be a good idea to discuss the various reasons for forming power 9 pro. i don’t think the full explanation would do well in a single blog post, and so i’m going to make this a series of posts–making this part one. before discussing the various allures that entrepreneurial activities have [...]
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February 3rd, 2009 by messels

Team Power 9 Pro member Roberto Gonzales is hosting Power 9 Pro’s first ever tournament in Rio Rancho, New Mexico at the Inquisitive Coffee and Gaming. The tournament will be held on Valentine’s Day (Saturday, February 14), because we know that Magic is your true love! Registration starts at 9AM and the tournament starts at [...]
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January 21st, 2009 by messels

joe and i were able to meet with volkan baga for a sitdown interview. we discussed everything from his Magic the Gathering work to art in general. if you ever have the chance to meet him, he’s very approachable. great to speak with. you can also look at the pieces he has available on his [...]
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January 20th, 2009 by messels

before getting into the details of the tournament and a brief outline of the decks and opponents, some quick updates. first, power 9 pro will be shipping the Dragon’s Egg to local vendors starting tomorrow and we’ll be opening the online store to consumers by friday. second, we did get a great interview with volkan [...]
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January 15th, 2009 by messels

just a quick note to let our readers konw that we’ll be attending GP – LA (Wizards’ site) not only as competitors (team power 9 pro) but we’ll also be on the scout to get you the best footage possible, including event break downs, discussions about meta-game, player impressions and hopefully an interview with volkan [...]
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