I had the honor of competing at Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3. Playing this level of tournament is something I’ve been dreaming about since I watched RIW’s own Patrick Chapin win Pro Tour Journey into Nyx a decade ago.
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The Magic world was hoping for a shakeup. Last Monday was a Banned and Restricted announcement that many people hoped would lead to splashy unbans in the Modern format like Splinter Twin or Field of the Dead, as well as bans from Mono-Green Devotion in Pioneer. What we got was tame by comparison: Preordain was unbanned in Modern and Mind’s Desire was unbanned in Legacy.
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This past weekend, I competed at the 2022 NRG Championship and finished in 5th place. I would have loved to win the event, but I was stoked to see my RIW teammate Raja take it down! The stacked 16-player tournament was one of the most fun I’ve ever played. Everything from competition, preparation, and atmosphere the Nerd Rage Gaming staff provided made this an event I will be shooting to qualify for again in the 2023 season.
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I can still remember the pain in the heel of my hand. Light, but throbbing. The only light in the cavernous hallway spilled out from the near-empty event hall, where tournament staff waited for eight players to finish their matches in the final tournament of the year. I paced up and down the still escalators. Keep moving… try not to focus on what was happening in that room….
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For the last five years, I’ve wanted to qualify for the Pro Tour. It’s been my biggest goal since I first traveled out of Michigan to play in a tournament. I had a lot of near misses in online tournaments during the pandemic when there was no paper play. I was always disappointed after the semis and finals losses, but each time, I tried to rally and change something about my process to give myself a better chance for the next time. There were a few times when I…
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This past Monday, we received a ban announcement featuring two cards, one from Standard and one from Modern
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Last weekend, Maxx Kominowski, Theo Jung and I won the Nerd Rage Gaming team event in St. Louis. I was in the Pioneer seat and played Mono-Green Devotion, Maxx played Modern UR Murktide and Theo played Legacy UR Delver.
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