2010’s Grand Prix Madrid has been an EPIC and LEGENDARY weekend. It isn’t easy to explain everything that happened this past days. There’s too many stories, too many great moments, too many friendly moments, too many people!!!!
I’m going to divide this report in three chapters. Each chapter represents one day: Friday, Saturday and Sunday (How [...]
Focus on Legacy – Ad Nauseam Doomsday Hybrid
In the world of Legacy Storm combo there are a handful of shells and options available to the Real Men Who Play Combo. There are speed versions of Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT), versions with the powerful Burning Wish as a tutor (which also give you the power of Empty the Warrens), and other unique creations [...]
ICBM Retro Vintage Open 1 Results
Vintage players have either grown to love or hate the card Gush, and the effect that it had on the metagame over the past half decade during the times when it was allowed to be played. When Gush (and Brainstorm, Flash, Merchant Scroll, and Ponder) landed on the Restricted List again on June 1 2008 [...]
The GP Madrid epic report! Part III
Chapter 3: The rise of the golems.
So it’s finally Sunday, our last day in Madrid, and we are heading again to the GP with brand new objectives. I still need to visit Mark Poole to get some stuff signed & altered, and I’m planning on conquering the Vintage side event that starts at 9 am.
So, [...]
Thoughts on Breaking the Reserved List
Over the past couple of months there has been much consternation and discussion in online forums and articles discussing the rise of prices in older Magic cards. There has also been much discussion lately of the Reserved List on the Official Reprint Policy.
In Stephen Menendian’s recent article Visiting Wizards, Reprints, and the Reserved List [...]
The importance of playing competitive
When it comes to games such as MtG, Poker, Settlers, etc… where’s the edge between playing casual or doing it like a pro?
When you play a game, no matter which, you should always be able to distinguish the line between fun and competition. The real key to answer the question is finding the right balance [...]
Focus on Legacy – Alternative Sideboarding With Bant Survival
Following up on our previous Focus on Legacy columns Constructing Bant Survival and Playing Bant Survival, we can now look at some alternative sideboarding strategies with the deck. This can provide opportunities to shore up weak matchups, throw an opponent off guard, and take the deck in a new direction with different and unexpected lines [...]
The “Real men play combo” T-Shirt is up for grabs!
I don’t know if you guys noticed that we are running a Team Pataners Store (you can find it at the upper menu tabs). Right now we can only offer few designs, and we hope to be adding more really soon.
If there’s a T-Shirt I would wear while playing at GP Madrid would definitely be [...]
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Report
The GP Madrid epic report! Part I
General
You can’t beat GP Madrid!
I’m back home from Madrid. WHAT A WEEKEND! We’ve had one of the greatest mtg parties of all times. Insane amount of people, including the new World Record of attendance in the history of mtg (2220 players); excellent organization, who solved quite well all the problems generated by having 2K+ players; tournaments ran very smooth [...]
Decks
[Video]: LCL3 February @Ripollet (Barcelona)
The February tournament of the Third Catalan Legacy League (LCL3) was held in Ripollet (town near Barcelona) with a turnout of 92 players. As usual, Enric Luzán has released the videos of the Top8 games. So far there’s the quarterfinals and semifinals. The videos from the final will come up shortly. You’ll find the decks [...]
Articles
GP Madrid, the eternal event of the year
Grand Prix Madrid is coming soon, very soon! At this point, no one doubts about this tournament being the most important event on eternal this year.
Europe has a huge tradition of playing Vintage and Legacy. Tournaments like the Eurovino, Bazaar of Moxen, UAL Power9 Series, DDAY, etc… had proven to be successful at gathering eternal [...]
Pimp
Pimpest Island you’ve ever seen!
And no, it’s not a paradise island in Hawaii! Raphy from Paris (France) showed us in the SCG boards his awesome Island.
It’s a Guru Island that’s been sun color faded for a long time (probably a year or so), signed and altered by Terese Nielsen.
I love how Terese Nielsen altered it! It’s a very simple [...]
Articles
Extended Tech – BUG Faeries
Normally on TP we focus on Magic for big boys, that being the Eternal formats of Legacy and Vintage. But that won’t stop us from dropping the knowledge about some Extended tech for our loyal readers who are trying to take their game to the next level by qualifying for the Pro Tour. Extended is [...]
Fun
Pentavus
Sorry for the offtopic here but, today while searching for some images I managed to find this awesome Pentavus illustration ala M.C. Escher style, and couldn’t resist sharing it.
I’m a huge huge fan of M.C. Escher since my early days at the Architecture University. I’ve always reproduced his impossible illusions myself in order to find [...]
Articles
The importance of playing competitive
When it comes to games such as MtG, Poker, Settlers, etc… where’s the edge between playing casual or doing it like a pro?
When you play a game, no matter which, you should always be able to distinguish the line between fun and competition. The real key to answer the question is finding the right balance [...]
Fun
How much did you say it costs?
I know this issue of the price of some Legacy staples has been discussed enough over The Source and other forums on the net. So, I’m not gonna give you my opinion here but instead I’ll show the latest vignette from Pro MTG Online, the ultimate self-aware Magic strategy web comic, that updates itself.
I just [...]
Pimp
Avatar Eternal Witness by Terese Nielsen
Terese Nielsen is back for all of you Avatar fans! This time, she’s released an alteration on an Eternal Witness featuring NEYTIRI from Avatar.
Click on the image to go to the eBay auction!
Did you missed her last Avatar alteration on a Force of Will? Don’t worry, you can see it here!
Pimp
[Video]: JACO meets Mark Tedin
JACO asked me if I could repost the video we recorded 2 years ago at GP Madrid. In the video, mr. Tedin draws JACO’s playmat, what I believe, is the best art he did in the whole weekend; a Drain-hearted Necropotence. I hope you guys enjoy the video again!
Fun
It’s teh win!
Once you reach a certain age, the concept of winning might be different than it was 10-15 years ago. I’m 100% sure I’m gonna win GP Madrid, in many different levels. Let’s have a look at what winning would be depending on your age.
When I was 16-19 year old, my “win” concept was:
Reaching day [...]
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