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One interesting thing about competitive Magic compared to seasonal sports competition is that not all event weeks are created equal. There are peaks and troughs to the schedule – and this last fortnight has been quite an intense peak! The release of Secrets of Strixhaven has added a ton of significant cards to the Constructed card pool, opening up new …
Pro Tours spark innovation and grow formats, as the best players use the best decks they can find to walk away the big winner. That held true in Barcelona at Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings last weekend, as players demonstrated the power of the new additions to Modern. With that in mind, we’re going to examine some of …
Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings will bring together a collection of the game’s best players in Barcelona this weekend, leaving us asking the question “who will come out on top?” I’ll start by saying that every player in this tournament has accomplished something great to be there, but at the end of the day there can only be …
Paper Pro Tours are some of my favorite Magic events, and last weekend we were lucky enough to watch a fantastic event in Pro Tour: March of the Machine. It was an exciting tournament with all the hallmarks of a quality event: new cards making their big-stage debut, fringe decks making deep runs and a stacked top 8 field. Before …
The most exciting part of professional Magic returned last weekend with Pro Tour Phyrexia. I’m back from playing in the event myself, and let me tell y’all, the format is NOT where it was just two weeks ago. There are three breakout decks to examine from last weekend, one of which was piloted by the event’s winner, ChannelFireball’s Reid Duke. …
Welcome to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’ll be taking a look at a piece of Magic’s competitive history: Pro Tour Chicago. The event ran from Oct. 10-12, 1997, and it matters more than most because it was the very first Pro Tour for the Extended format. As a result, it was largely dominated by the …
