EDT – Not Just a Time Zone Anymore

This Grand Prix victory serves to firmly plant Eric “Danger” Taylor on the map in the Pro Tour circuit. No longer will he be known merely as “The dude who ate his hat” or “Chef Extraordinaire” or “That guy who invented fire.” Of course, Pro Tour regulars already know EDT, and very much respect his ability to sling spells, but perhaps now when he walks into the tournament hall there will be less pointing and commenting.

“Dude! That’s the guy who ate his hat! Nuh-uh! Dude I read it on the sb dot com, he totally scarfed it! No-way! Uh-huh! Whoa! Dude, do you think he would sign my Devouring Strossus?”

Zero “Terminator” Decks in Top 64?

In fact, there was only ONE Spiritmonger played main deck in the Top 64, in David Petersen’s 4 Color Braids deck. Isn’t it amazing that at such a large tournament, none of the top level pros decided to run “The Terminator” which is, according to Jarrod Bright, the best deck in the format? No, not really. You see, U.S. Nationals is right around the corner, and it is likely that the pros are keeping their best technology under secret wraps. It is likely that their best technology is some “Terminator” variant, perhaps tuned to the U.S. metagame. So, while the “Terminator” may have been a no-show for this Grand Prix, it is a pretty safe bet that “he’ll be back.”

William Jensen Proves That Size Doesn’t Matter

While most seasoned veterans of the game will attest that it is best to keep your deck as small as possible, William “Baby Huey” Jensen piloted his 244 card Battle of Wits deck to a top 8 finish last weekend. Jensen was the only man in the tournament to play Battle of Wits, and he can honestly say that he had the biggest deck of them all.

While we are excited at the success of a rogue archetype such as Battle of Wits and wish Huey a heartfelt congratulations, we wish the man would just the size of his deck to himself. “. . .many times he taunted us with its size” head judge James Lee recalled, in his sideboard.com interview, “. . . I'd have to characterize the general atmosphere as being full of laughter and good humor.” Well good humor for you perhaps, but what those of us who have serious inadequacy issues about the size of our decks? So the man has a really enourmous deck, does he really have to rub it in your face?

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EDT – Not Just a Time Zone Anymore

This Grand Prix victory serves to firmly plant Eric “Danger” Taylor on the map in the Pro Tour circuit. No longer will he be known merely as “The dude who ate his hat” or “Chef Extraordinaire” or “That guy who invented fire.” Of course, Pro Tour regulars already know EDT, and very much respect his ability to sling spells, but perhaps now when he walks into the tournament hall there will be less pointing and commenting.

“Dude! That’s the guy who ate his hat! Nuh-uh! Dude I read it on the sb dot com, he totally scarfed it! No-way! Uh-huh! Whoa! Dude, do you think he would sign my Devouring Strossus?”

Zero “Terminator” Decks in Top 64?

In fact, there was only ONE Spiritmonger played main deck in the Top 64, in David Petersen’s 4 Color Braids deck. Isn’t it amazing that at such a large tournament, none of the top level pros decided to run “The Terminator” which is, according to Jarrod Bright, the best deck in the format? No, not really. You see, U.S. Nationals is right around the corner, and it is likely that the pros are keeping their best technology under secret wraps. It is likely that their best technology is some “Terminator” variant, perhaps tuned to the U.S. metagame. So, while the “Terminator” may have been a no-show for this Grand Prix, it is a pretty safe bet that “he’ll be back.”

William Jensen Proves That Size Doesn’t Matter

While most seasoned veterans of the game will attest that it is best to keep your deck as small as possible, William “Baby Huey” Jensen piloted his 244 card Battle of Wits deck to a top 8 finish last weekend. Jensen was the only man in the tournament to play Battle of Wits, and he can honestly say that he had the biggest deck of them all.

While we are excited at the success of a rogue archetype such as Battle of Wits and wish Huey a heartfelt congratulations, we wish the man would just the size of his deck to himself. “. . .many times he taunted us with its size” head judge James Lee recalled, in his sideboard.com interview, “. . . I'd have to characterize the general atmosphere as being full of laughter and good humor.” Well good humor for you perhaps, but what those of us who have serious inadequacy issues about the size of our decks? So the man has a really enourmous deck, does he really have to rub it in your face?

Discuss this article in the Magic: the Gathering Forums!