Raging Bull 2023

As some of you know, I live in the small city of Linköping, Sweden, 2-3 hours away from Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö. The city does have an international airport, however, which currently has only one connection: KLM to Amsterdam. Therefore, I have flewn through Schiphol more times than I can count, and I used to …

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N00bfest 2023

There was to be no real N00bCon this year, but that doesn't mean Easter wouldn't be filled with old school magic in Gothenburg. In fact, what is and what isn't a n00bcon is largely a question of nomenclature. Does it need a shark? Does it need to be at the Rotary pub? Who knows? From …

How to Keep Warm During the Winter

I don't play much online anymore. Small events don't really feel fun enough, and leagues are too much of a hassle to schedule. However, I rarely get the chance to play a 4-strip format, and combined with the size and importance of the Winter Derby, getting to be a part of the discussions and hype …

Some light reading

This is out of order a bit, as I haven't written about the Winter Derby yet, but first, time doesn't really flow as it should anymore anyway, and second, this one is short and simple and the other one isn't. First, the facts. Arvika Festivalen 2023, this year's Shark tournament in Sweden, 120 people at …

BSK 2022

After playing the Kalle-curve Erhnam deck in July, I chatted a bit with Kalle about the deck. I felt like this kind of midrange deck almost needs some number of Swords, and I arrived at a list that cut green for white, running Serras but still on the Copy plan. I presented a list that …

Reign of Fire

Editor's note: Today I have the honor to present a tournament report by the winner of the Summer Derby, Simon Christie. Enjoy! Reign of Fire – a LDB, Fantasy Zoo, 12 Bolt Tournament Report I am not sure what my magic writing voice would, could or should be so I took the easy route and …

Some Short Summer Stories

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …