Eli’s Lotus Event (05/31/2009) — 10th Place
The EPIC Syndicate was supposed to get together the night before to test for the event, because that’s what real teams do. That’s not what we did, the team has good intentions which eventually lead to us just playing Elder Dragon Highlander and Skittles. It went way later than we ...
Read MorePlay the Game | Winter Wonderland (01/04/2009) — 3rd Place
About two weeks ago, I was testing against Geoff Smelski (konsultant) and Geoff was just destroying me with Landstill. The issue wasn’t being over-loaded against too many counterspells or being outdrawn, it was that Ad Nauseam kept on failing. I knew I needed to make a change (see below). ...
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Play the Game 1k (07/20/2008) — 4th Place
Alright, fare warning: I didn’t have any truly difficult match-ups — I accept this. Originally, I wasn’t going to write a report, because of that, I didn’t take very good notes. the epic Storm Main Deck 4 Burning Wish 4 Infernal Tutor 4 Brainstorm 3 Ponder 4 Orim’s ...
Read MoreLibrary of Alexandria (05/24/2008) — 1st Place
About a week ago, I was looking for a ride to Hadley, MA and was trying to get some of my teammates to go — that wasn’t happening. I was trying to persuade Zach Tartell into coming, when I said this: Entry fee is $10 and gas will be around $15. You can’t afford 25$...
Read MoreEPIC Dual Land Draft (10/08/2007) — 1st Place
I end up coming home from college (it’s my first year) and when I get there, it turns out that the Japanese Abeyance I ordered came in! I begin to goldfish my list for when Ponder is released from Lorwyn using Serum Visions as proxies. In order to add in the slots, I had to...
Read MoreNorthern Virginian Legacy Draft (08/07/2007) — 4th Place
My tournament report from the Northern Virginian Legacy Draft event! I opted to play a deck I am quite familiar with and understand — The EPIC Storm. After Kadilak’s Dual Land Draft I decided I needed a new sideboarding plan. I decided that I needed “blasts” (Pyroblast and Red ...
Read MoreThe Mana Leak Open (03/05/2007) — 1st Place
I wake up to get ready for school when my mom tells me, “You have a two-hour delay, also, happy birthday!” I go back to bed with no intention of going to school that day. I wake up hours later but am now excited for my trip to Connecticut! Before I know it, it’s almost...
Read MoreThe Running GAGG (02/17/2007) — 15th Place
The weekend begins as I wait in line at the bank, that’s when my phone rings, “Hey, you ready to pick me up?” and I reply back “Yeah, I’ll be there in 20.” as I go to pick up my childhood best-friend Pat. In the car on the way home, I ask Pat if he’s...
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