I discuss drafting at the Zendikar Launch Party.

I discuss the sealed and draft environments provided by the Zendikar expansion.

FNM Magic Report 7.24.2009 Still in Wellington, and out of work on time, so I make the 6:30 draft.   I get in a 7 man pod and we open packs. First pack is a Clone and a motley assortment of 1/1 dorks.  There’s a diabolic tutor and I take it.  In retrospect it may have [...]

So the first thing you might be wondering (or at least what I wrestled with) is why write about a draft you didn’t enjoy or win at? I believe that ultimately, if my goal is really to improve my game, I need to post-mortem all of my drafts. Ask myself what worked and what didn’t [...]

FNM tournament report for 7.16.2009 I show up at 6:30 loaded for bear – we have 18 players so we separate into 2 pods – most of the players seem pretty casual – the binder carrying dudes from last week apparently are boycotting the store and they’re actually outside the store at a table in [...]

With the Magic 2010 Prereleases just around the corner, we’re going to have a much more interesting time playing limited with this core set than any other. So, in order to give you a better shot at winning your tournamnt, I’m going to discuss which common cards you should look out for, in both draft and sealed events.

Won the invite to the Gold Championship at the 2008 World Championship in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 10:00 AM. There were only 15 of us playing so we played four rounds and cut to a top-four draft. The only person I lost to ended up winning completely.  I conceded the last [...]

This past Saturday I had the great pleasure to compete in the Pro Tour Qualifier: Kyoto at Superstars in San Jose. We had a pretty good turnout considering there was a PTQ: Kyoto a few weeks ago in Sacramento–I wasn’t able to go. I believe there were 188 players; I finished 16th which I was [...]