Some updates are long overdue. First, I went to Malmö for Tier1Con, a large, GP-wannabe event featuring a Modern main event, numerous vendors and side events, including a classic Danish Old School tournament and a Premodern one the day after. It was all held in a convention center, and largely a disappointment for everyone, since … Continue reading Some Short Summer Stories
Consider the Lobster
What a trip, huh. Eleven days of mising, traveling, eating, drinking. Wandering around, playing magic. Honestly, the magic playing was not among the highlights of the week, except as a pretense, but that's what you want to read about so that's where we're going. First, just after landing from Europe, due to Mano we got … Continue reading Consider the Lobster
Olly Reid World Tour
Report from The North American Premodern Championship in Boston, May 2022 by Olle Råde "When you go out on the court, you should say this is great, I'm going to hit the tennis ball, I'm going to try to win every point, and I like to make a good shot. If you don't think and … Continue reading Olly Reid World Tour
The time of the orc has come
Hello! Two topics today: the process for choosing a deck for N00bCon, and the tournaments at the N00bCon weekend. I won't, however, spend very much time on the ambience, the hangs, the beers and the misadventures on the way. There's too much magic to be had now. Listen to some podcasts if you want to … Continue reading The time of the orc has come
Some old rugs
Hello. It's been a while. Why has it been so long? This is a quick recap of the larger tournaments I've been playing. I've mostly stayed out of any leagues, only playing the occasional private 1-day online tournament really, so these are the more major ones. I don't do this for "the community". The community … Continue reading Some old rugs
Disco Universe
Last week, I played Ivory Cup VI, the first online version of the classic Stockholm Swedish event (last year was local and very small for obvious reasons, and I wasn't there). It was quite small, and with Swedish reprint policy I didn't expect all spikey powered decks, so I decided to try out a brew … Continue reading Disco Universe
The Combo School of Magic That Never Was
Ages ago, when I first started this blog, I was just about to leave The Deck and explore other archetypes in 93/94. My first interest was the combo decks. I had a plan: to outline what I was going to call the Combo School of Magic through a series of articles. First, I was going … Continue reading The Combo School of Magic That Never Was
Some Notes on the 2020 Winter Derby
This will be quick. There are no really interesting matches, no travel stories and no deck tech worth talking about, really. I played this: Not a very exciting list, but I had never cast Flying Men outside of Unified before so I figured it was time I gave this old classic a try.I should have … Continue reading Some Notes on the 2020 Winter Derby
Doomsday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Qj2x3gAXQ So, the world didn't quite end. Hang on out there. We are getting through this. I hope any regular readers will excuse me talking about Premodern for once. I originally meant to write about more things than just Old School here, so this doesn't mark any kind of departure from the plan. I spent … Continue reading Doomsday
Out of the Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLf9q36UsBk No, Taylor, we're not out of the woods yet. Last Saturday I played in Florian von Bredow's 1-day online event Lockdown X-mas Tournament. 36 players trying out Slanfan's brand new Tolaria platform. And for some reason, I played this: I acquired the mono-green cards during the summer for several reasons. One is that I … Continue reading Out of the Woods
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