Musings on old school magic
Has it really been two years? My very first tournament report on this blog covered Ivory Cup 2, and a couple of weeks ago, I played Ivory Cup 4 (having missed last year's tournament due to vacation-based scheduling conflicts). Apparently, yes. Two years. Time flies, huh. Ivory Cup is Gordon Andersson's annual large summer tournament in … Continue reading Ivory Cup 4
A bit over a week ago, Stockholm in a Bottle organized the fourth annual Magic Island Tour: King of the Archipelago. This year, I was a small part of the organizing group, but the absolute majority of the workload was done by Elias Gröndal. He handled everything concerning logistics or economy, whereas I just gave … Continue reading Magic Island Tour IV
I hope we didn't fuck up. Last Friday, I played some Swedish 93/94 at the Danish Old School 3.5 event in Copenhagen, a side event at the Grand Prix taking place during the weekend. This meant no beers, the location being the event hall (and even in Denmark no beers on site, what is up … Continue reading Living on Borrowed Time
These are some random thoughts about the whole Mobstercon experience. For a more comprehensive account, see Will's report. I am still quite disappointed that we didn't do better, and all of that is due to my deck-building and playing. I failed spectacularly at building a good The Deck list for the format. It was too … Continue reading Mobstercon Mixtape
Editor's note: Today we have a guest report by my friend Will M, with whom I teamed up for the Mobstercon tournament. I might say something about the format later, but probably not. In the meantime, feel free to take a look at my instagram @svantelandgraf if you want to follow my travels. /Svante I … Continue reading Mobstercon Quick Hitters and Highlights
I've been testing a this list a bit. It's an Atlantic deck, based on Temple of Sped, but with a lower curve, using Icatian Javelineers, to support more card draw in Braingeyser and both draw-7s. To fit these in, I've cut the Power Sinks and any Serra Angels or Control Magics from other versions. The … Continue reading Brewing Temple of Power
Edit: Oh, fuck it. I've been asked by people I highly regard to not spread so much negativity, and I can respect that. So I removed a small part of this post. Sorry. I haven't played a tournament for a month but have a bunch of upcoming events: Mobstercon, Danish Old School 3.5, Magic Island … Continue reading Alpha, Heroes, Vault
I think I broke it. Last time I played The Deck, I got into some serious issues with the format, having fun, playing to win, and the like. Apparently, the solution was to drink beer in Denmark and not care. A month ago, I played the following deck at the Danish Old School 3.0 in Copenhagen: … Continue reading A quick trip to Copenhagen
And here I thought I was the villain. But Martin Lindström is sitting across from me, playing flawlessly like an alien machine from the future, not one hair on his head out of position, perfectly relaxed in his sharp shirt. Looks like a Bond villain, as somebody commented. The Deck versus my Eyetog deck. He … Continue reading Almost Getting There Again: N00bCon 11
First of all: sorry for not updating more. March was insanely busy for me, with a bunch of work-related deadlines on papers and grants applications, along with moving to a new apartment. Back to an at least monthly schedule from now on. On to the content! On the weekend of February 23rd, there was the … Continue reading Recall Should Stay Unrestricted
