Niels Molle is the frontrunner to be the Irish National Champion, he has made multiple cash finishes and has 1 Grand Prix Top 8.
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Portal / Stronghold
Urza’s Saga
Tarmogoyf
Fantasy setting, build your own decks.
Competitive outlet.
“How good can I become?” Get to see friends
Play a variety of formats to keep it fun.
Lost Irish National Champion at last moment. Played a little less Magic.
Played a little less Magic afterwards to cool off.
Won first PTQ (Pro Tour RTR)
In Limited: mistapping mana and not representing combat tricks.
Mana issues. Sometimes you get ... screwed at a tournament.
Sometimes you get mana screwed at a tournament.
Experience. They play Magic with players on their same level.
Find the best player at your LGS. Ask to play and get advice.
Play Magic online. Skill level is high and you can play against the best.
Paul Rietzl, PVDDR, Frank Karsten
Play a lot and focus on the game
Time management skills really helps Niels.
Niels is an emotional player, meaning he plays intuitively, he makes plays that feel right. He’s trying to slow down and think.
Podcasts – Limited Resources
Articles –
CFB (deck breakdowns)
Videos
Set a long term goal and make it your focus.
Twitter: @nielsmolle
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Clay Spicklemire is an Indianapolis area Magic player who has been playing competitively since INN/RTR Standard and on and off since M10. He generally plays on the Star City Games circuit, and has had reasonable success there. He has 1 Grand Prix Top 8 where he was the Champion of GP Colombus.
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10 Ed.
Innistrad
Electrolyze
Deep interactions, competitive outlet.
Made friends through Magic.
Just cause you lose doesn’t mean you’re a bad player.
Play super fast without thinking.
Slowing down
PPTQ, game 3, full board state, Displacement Wave from opponent
Clay didn't read the card and scooped. His opponent needed to return creatures too.
Win Grand Prix Columbus.
Legacy - Watch a lot of coverage, start playing
Most fun when working with others.
Manage resources sloppily when he's ahead. This gives opponents extra draw steps.
Players sideboard poorly. Talk to better players about your sideboard. Lay it out and take pictures.
Talk to better players about your sideboard. Lay it out and discuss it.
Play the match ups you’re unsure of and tweak your sideboard strategy.
Have a friend watch you play.
Get a good group
Dice, Playmat, Deck, and Water
Don’t buy packs.
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Christoffer Larsen is from Denmark and has 4 Grand Prix Top 8’s and has competed in at least 10 Pro Tours. He was on the Danish World Magic Cup team in 2015. Currently locked in as a Silver level pro.
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Apocalypse
Ravnica: City of Guilds – Selesnya
Sulfuric Vortex
Travel a lot. Likes going to Grand Prixs with friends.
Damage on the stack.
SCG team event. Had a really bad UR deck.
Top 8 of World Magic Cup with team (back-to-back 2HG wins.)
Christoffer hates losing.
Take some time to move past it. Don’t whine.
Know your opponent’s deck. So many players don't think of their opponent.
Watch videos!
Ask other for input and adjust
Decks, clothes, code names
Talk to tournament players, ask for help, borrow decks.
Be kind and helpful to new players.
Work out, get byes (they allow you to sleep in), eat breakfast.
Don’t take it too seriously and have fun.
Christoffer is on Facebook
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Edward Eng is from Chicago and lived in Taiwan for 10 years but lives in Houston now. He started playing Magic in 1994. Stopped in 2000. Came back in 2010. He’s the creator of galactictreasures.com. He’s played in 2 Nationals and has top 16ed a Star City Games invitational.
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Revised
Tempest, Stronghold, Urza's Legacy (first foils)
Psionic Blast
Magic is a tool to help you build relationships.
Losing a key match to qualify for nationals.
Won an annual tournament at LGS.
Standard
Tools to get into Standard: Trading (PucaTrade), MTG Price, Quiet speculation, Spare deck
Still tilts.
To combat this, be cognizant of the fact that it’s a game.
People give up too early. Stay in it. Stay focused.
"I'm a perfectionist."
Sideboarding – players over sideboard
Play to your strengths.
Read a lot
Goldfish - When you goldfish think of a specific deck
See the game grow. Reach out to others.
“Play the game from your own perspective.”
Twitter: @edwardeng
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Christopher Walton is well known in the Michigan legacy community, he piloted U/W Miracles to a top 4 finish at Grand Prix Columbus 2016.
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Revised / Unlimited
Tempest
Land Tax
Interaction with friends.
Tried to quit Magic in 2008-9. His shop was closing and his friends were getting out.
Early 2016 was also tough.
But the worst was using outside information to determine a game and getting DQ’d.
He learned how to move past it by sharing with others.
Top 4 GP Columbus 2016.
Cultivating Legacy scene in MT.
Taken losing a lot worse.
Need to enjoy the game more.
Empathy is the key to enjoying magic when you lose.
Casting spells before attacking.
Legacy Swag, MTG The Source Playmat“Barn” the person who
Christopher is his groups “Barn”. (The person who lends out cards.)
Enjoy the game as much as possible. Be sure you want to step up. To step up: Try everything.
Be sure you want to step up. To step up: Try everything.
To step up: Try everything.
Borrow and proxy to break into Magic.
Christopher is on Facebook
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Jonas Friberg is a Swedish Magic: The Gathering player who played his first Grand Prix in 2014 and since then has played in 8 others including GP Barcelona and GP Manchester where he top 8:ed in both!
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Coldsnap
Innistrad
Electrolyze
Jonas is very creative with his hands and mind. MTG creative in another way. He gets to think and make plays 2 turns ahead
GP Krakow 2005 – Jonas traveled out of country and it was very expensive.
He went 0-3 drop. Outside of comfort zone.
He learned to practice more and learned to balance playing the best deck vs. one you know better.
Won first Game Day. Born of the Gods. Hadn’t been playing long.
Standard – Look at the best deck and play a deck that beats them.
GW Tokens – Bad removal, can’t handle PW
Full of myself. Think I’m better than I am. Over confidence is your worst enemy. Respect your opponent. Beware always. Think about his outs, what you can do to stop it.
Play cards, not opponent. You should play your opponent. Don’t over extend into effects that wreck you.
Theorize about decks and match ups.
Deck, Playmat, Dice, Pen, Life Pod, Clothes, Water bottle
Look for Tier I budget decks. Play on Cockatrice, use proxies, and borrow the cards you need.
Jonas is on Facebook
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Arne Huschenbeth started playing in Khans of Tarkir. He Top 8’d ten out of 12 PPTQs last season, and won 2 of them!! He Top 8’d his fourth Grand Prix in Paris. And made Top 64 at GP Manchester.
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8th Edition
Khans of Tarkir
Dragonlord Ojutai
It's so fascinating. You can get better at it every day. Magic is the first time Arne really loved doing something.
Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad. Arne was crushed in the draft and didn’t make day 2. Sleep well.
He learned you should sleep well before events. He stayed up until 2 am the night before.
Top 8 @ GP Paris - He felt a feeling of freedom He was screaming “You did it!” in his head.
Arne loves to travel and be with friends.
Tapping mana wrong. Untapped mana represents something. Sending messages is part of Magic, make sure you're sending the right messages all the time.
Also, players often think they are the aggressor when they’re not.
Arne traveled every weekend to a tournament somewhere. He consumed Magic content (articles + videos) and played a lot on XMage. This helped him make his GP top 8.
Apples, Bananas, Water, Deck, Back Pack
Arne uses visualization techniques to envision winning and what that feels like.
he also draws on his strategy and management skills.
Be confident and keep going.
You can find Arne on Facebook
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Pascal Maynard was on the Canadian National Team in 2010 and Top 50’d his first PT (which was Worlds Chiba 2010) by making it to 5th place in the team portion. He’s played in over 15 Pro Tours and has 10 Grand Prix Top 8s (including 2 wins!) in his record. He currently has 1 Pro Tour Top 8 and is gunning for more.
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5th Dawn
Time Spiral (Block)
Tooth and Nail
The competitiveness.
Pascal never wanted to play the best deck but he still remembers the first time he swapped decks with a body who ran an aggressive deck and the eye opening experience that was.
All of 2014.
Pascal could not win that year. He considered leaving the game until he top 8'd a Grand Prix on his way to go visit a friend.
If you are going through a slump, consider what you are doing wrong. Always turn the lens inward. Ask friends to watch you play.
Making top 8 of a Pro Tour.
Pascal likes being competitive and doesn't like not learning.
Magic has made Pascal a more organized person.
People care too much about what's around them and how others think of them.
Players who are good at ABC Magic play too fast because they don't want others to think they don't know. Great players slow down, think, and don't care what others are doing or thinking.
Evaluate whether you are the aggressor or on defense often. Make a note, especially when you sideboard.
Go to Wizards Coverage site and do a search for a specific deck or a specific player and you can watch all the coverage of that deck or player. It's all right there! No digging through hours of YouTube to find the right one. It's all right there. :)
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Twitter: @PascalMaynard
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