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Until it is… When the world came to a grinding halt in March of 2020, the consolation prize for those of us playing niche Magic formats was a community of players ready to move our formats forward against great odds via webcam matches and the tireless work of some extremely dedicated TOs. One month intoContinue reading “It’s Not About Winning”

When I got back from LobsterCon last summer I had a fever, and the only prescription was more Premodern. I immediately built a gauntlet of decks I planned to play in the Fall Brawl and upcoming monthlies. When all was said and done I built The Rock, Sligh, Pit Rack, Goblins, FEB, Naughty Hermit, MonoContinue reading “Premodern Online Monthlies”

With great excitement the Syracuse-based Team Sped members read a message from Mano on the Sped Discord informing us he’d around for some hangs the week of Thanksgiving! As the big day approached we got another message from Mano on November 15th: “Reminder: We will be in Cuse next weekend, looking to hang out FriContinue reading “A Very Sped Thanksgiving”

As the days get colder and shorter here in good old Syracuse, NY my normal person activates like swimming and BBQs taper off and my nerd hobbies like webcam Magic are really heating up. Drinking and gummy intake stays roughly flat. The big plus in the seasonal change is I’ll have something to blog aboutContinue reading “Premodern Fall Brawl 2022”

People occasionally talk about the silver linings of the pandemic. I suppose I can tease a silver lining out of asymptomatically testing positive for Covid (or was it just coronavirus?) the night before our last Sped Weekend, which was about a month before LOBSTERCON 2022. My wife knew how devastating it was to miss aContinue reading “LOBSTERCON 2022”

Here comes the deluge of 6 month old tournament reports. A couple of years ago when I won n00bCoM and started this blog it didn’t take much to fire up a post. I had so many jokes Team Sped had beaten to death over the years, but most of which the world had not yetContinue reading “LobsterCon 2021”

I used to think Old School Magic was just about sitting around the pub drinking a few beers, shuffling around cardboard trolls, and drawing the occasional dick with a Sharpie. And of course making some new and awesome friends from around the world. Then I played Seth Roncoroni in the semifinals of the 2021 SummerContinue reading “Summer Derby 2021”

It’s all about value, at least in our beloved Bryan Manolakos’ eyes. Turns out Hell didn’t actually have to freeze over for my man to sign the Deep Water. Instead all it took was the price of chlorine tabs to spike 3x like 7/16 OSB plywood, any used vehicle and toilet paper. The Manos wereContinue reading “Signature 5: Chlorine”

To this day I don’t know why, but when I started playing Old School I started messing around with Candelabara and Mana Flare. I’d never played these cards once before dabbling in Old School. I’m not even sure I knew Mana Flare existed. But here I am, 3 years later, still tinkering with the listContinue reading “Back to My Roots – Candle Flare Reboot”

It’s been one year, one global pandemic and only four signatures since the Magic gods saw it fit to see me through to victory at n00bcoM I. As much as I didn’t want to admit it for fear of being let down, in the dark, twisted depths of my soul I was secretly hoping thereContinue reading “n00bcoM II”