Last weekend MKM hosted its third major tournament of the season in the Czech capital of Prague, one of my favourite cities to ever play Magic in. Not only is it relatively close to Munich, but also the city itself, the venue, the food and especially the people you get to meet always make the…
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Some of you will remember the amazing Too Much Information articles series the legendary Hatfield brothers used to run on SCG many years ago. In the spirit of this complete analysis of tournaments, including all the matches played, we have now analyzed the first big tournament of the post-Miracles era: the 437 player MKM Series…
Read MoreLast year, MKM Frankfurt saw me Top8 their 600+ player Modern event, while only placing 19th in Legacy following an 8-2 finish. On top of that I had also won the Grand Modern Trial on Friday and finished as runner-up in the Legacy Super Finals taking home over 1,000 Euro for the entire weekend. I…
Read MoreIt’s the start to a fresh new season! The previous weekend in Milan some of the best and brightest minds in European Eternal gathered in the Lombard capital of Milan to crown the first champions of the season. And I was there, too! With MKM introducing the so-called “Power 8” rewards system, my plans are…
Read MoreFirst of all: big Shoutouts to MKM and their tournament organizer JK Entertainment for finally putting Germany back on the map of big international tournaments. Ever since the disaster of GP Xbox in 2009, where local laws caused WotC to substitute cash prizes for consoles and other stuff, German tournaments had earned a reputation for…
Read More“In the beginning, there was Chaos as a primaeval state of existence. Chaos was the primal emptiness — a dark, silent, formless and infinite oddity with no trace of life. Out of Chaos, Gaea first came to existence.” — Hesiod, Theogony (c. 700 BC) For longer than I can remember, has been the most sided-out…
Read MoreThe weekend before Christmas I went back to the roots of my international Magic career in Madrid. Despite having played the game for much longer, Grand Prix Madrid 2010 marked both my first ever major and international event. I remember being super excited but also a bit scared about the sheer size of what at…
Read MoreDid you know that in Back to the Future II, Marty McFly travels to 21st October 2015? That is this Wednesday! I’m already super excited for my new hoverboard and all the other awesome toys we are about to get! But did you know also that one of the most relevant parts of the entire…
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