Ben Weitz is a Gold Pro Magic Player and one of the resident deck builders for East West Bowl. He has 4 Grand Prix Top 8s and is working on improving his game to get his first Pro Tour Top 8.
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Ice Age
Time Spiral
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
Sideboarding. Ben would have sideboard powooos with friends and learn how the built sideboard.
Ben terribly at a Grand Prix with a deck that he created. His friend (piloting the same deck) did very well. The dichotomy really stung.
Hitting Gold after his second year on the Pro Tour.
Ben built a deck that Top 8'd in a Grand Prix and he realized "Wow, I'm a good deck builder".
Competitive environments is Ben's preferred way to socialize.
Not sequencing your spells correctly.
Note whether you are building for a known metagame or an unknown metagame. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the metagame and either take a deck that has a way to address what's going on or build a deck that does the same.
Magic is about having fun. If you burnout, take a break or skip a Grand Prix.
Twitter:@bsweitz123
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