Robert Santana is an up and coming star who made top 16 at the Star City Games Open in Las Vegas in 2014 and is the Grand Prix Portland 2016 Champion.
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Lorwyn
Worldwake
Primeval Titan and Ishkanah
Call the Bloodline
The competitive scene drew him in.
Creature combat. Robert played more control decks to get around not playing creatures.
SCG Las Vegas 2014. Robert dropped from the Invitational and joined the open. Playing win and in for top 8. Robert played against Steve Robin and got demolished. This led Robert to really doubt his ability to play. He forced himself and asked "is this something I really want to do ?". Once he committed he went all in.
Champion of GP Portland 2016.
Started attending a competitive FNM. Associating with better players really helped.
Robert felt like he hit a wall. Tournament result were stagnant. Connecting with other players is key to his success.
Players have deck ADD. Stick to a certain deck and get to know it really well.
Find a group of like minded individuals. Build the gauntlet and attend PTQs and GPQs together.
Clothes and Magic Cards
Hard work
Get on MTGO ; Reach out to players, connect and ask for advice.
Brian Kibler
Go to LGS and get Intro decks, augment those and more up.
MTGO
Cockatrice
SCG Premium
CFB
r/spikes
Twitter: @itsRobbSon
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