My Marvellous/Mediocre Magic Thread

[Dom Harvey]

Had my first paper tournament in 18 months this weekend and Chris' playgroup tore it up:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1446980246209765379

Zach and I split an Ampersand set of D&D, a rare item that will hopefully/apparently sell for a few thousand USD?

 

[Kirblinx]

Nice job on making it to the Mythic Championship. No player deserves it more. And in Pioneer no less!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1477847477738950659

 

[Dom Harvey]

I've been on a bit of a break from Cube preparing for that Set Championship - decks are locked and I get to battle on Friday!

If that doesn't go well, I'll have another shot at it!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1490498638312873984

 

[Dom Harvey]

I went 9-6 in that Set Championship - good for $3000! - and got to prepare with some of the best in the game.

Before the next one they announced the overhaul and reintroduction of the paper Pro Tour - to seed the initial round, the same record of 9-6 at this one would get you an invite to the first Pro Tour of next year.

After starting 1-3 at this one I was pretty despondent but won the last three to make Day 2, then after a rollercoaster of a day I won my last round to get the Pro Tour invite along with my three Regional Championship invites, and another $3k to boot!

Now I can think more about Cube again!

 

[Dom Harvey]

Haven't updated this thread for >6 months but thought I should now that I had a nice finish to end the year:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604622366860091394

 

[Erik Twice]

Congratulations Dom! That enchantment deck looks like a lot of fun.

 

[Dom Harvey]

Wrote about my Magic ups and downs of 2022 and the lessons I'll take into this year:

https://trialofknowledge.blogspot.com/2023/01/2022-review2023-goals.html

 

[TrainmasterGT]

Wrote about my Magic ups and downs of 2022 and the lessons I'll take into this year:

https://trialofknowledge.blogspot.com/2023/01/2022-review2023-goals.html

Just so you know, you're writings are the only reason I visit SCG for content. I find their Cube writers to be sub-par for the most part and I don't care about Commander, but I always like to read your constructed takes.

 

[landofMordor]

+1 to that! (Although, @TrainmasterGT , have you read the backlog of Cube content on SCG? Justin Parnell, Usman Jamil, Thea Steele all wrote a lot of nice, design-oriented articles back in their days.)

 

[TrainmasterGT]

+1 to that! (Although, @TrainmasterGT , have you read the backlog of Cube content on SCG? Justin Parnell, Usman Jamil, Thea Steele all wrote a lot of nice, design-oriented articles back in their days.)

Oh for sure, the old Starcity catalog has a lot of nice foundational theories from the earlier days of Cubing. I'm not familiar with Thea Steele but JP and Usman's old articles are all very nice!

Today the only person they have consistently writing about Cube is Ryan Overturf who... is not the best Cube writer. Granted, that's partially because his content is very narrowly focused on the MTGO Cubes and their derivatives, but his content is still not my favorite.

 

[Dom Harvey]

I wrote what may be the most detailed deck guide of all time about the coolest deck in Modern

 

[Dom Harvey]

I went 8-8 at the PT, losing the last round to not requalify and with a lot of regrets about my preparation and play.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1665442148714463234

Luckily I Top 8ed the Toronto RC with Green Devotion to get another shot at it!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1665415058619236354

 

[alvoi]

Good luck tomorrow in the top 8!

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Congrats on the top 4! A bit unlucky to meet the sole scam deck, but what a performance! And now you get to prepare for World Championship!

 

[Dom Harvey]

^here's me and my budde Kai

Lived a lifelong dream making T8 of the Pro Tour, am I a ~professional Magic player~ now?!

Worlds is in <2 months (ahhh!) so the Cube posting is still on hiatus but I'll be (so) back soon!

 

[inscho]

Keep crushin' it Dom!