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... was a little underwhelming, probably for a variety of factors.  However, I got one of Steve’s newer cards alongside a ton of Oketra stuff in my sealed pool.  

Suggested alternate flavor text: “Why cling to these trappings?  They’re all covered in cat hair.”

Grand Prix Denver Top 16 Metagame #MTG #Standard #GPDen

The Top 16 decks of Grand Prix Denver were extremely diverse. With seven completely different archetypes represent in the Top 16, the Standard format continues to have a wide open metagame. Here is a brief breakdown by archetype: 4 x Ramunap Red 3 x Temur Energy 3 x URW God Pharaoh’s Gift 2 x Mono-Black Zombies 1 x UW God Pharaoh’s Gift 1 x UW Oketra’s Monument 1 x UR Emerge 1 x Mono-White…

The Temur Trio™ Dominates Grand Prix Denver #MTG #News #GPDen #MagicMinute

On today’s Minute: Brothers Brad Nelson and Corey Baumeister Top 8’d their second Standard Grand Prix in a row, and, along with teammate Brian Braun-Duin, dominated the tournament with the exact same 75-card Temur Energy deck. https://soundcloud.com/themagicminute/the-temur-trio-dominates-grand-prix-denver Last weekend’s Grand Prix Denver shook up the Standard format once again. After Mono-Red’s…

Grand Prix Denver Recap: The Temur Trio™ Dominates #MTG #GPDen

Grand Prix Denver will go down as one of the most memorable GPs in Magic history. While Standard continues to be wide open, Brad Nelson and Corey Baumeister continue to dominate the format regardless of deck choice. Both of them, as well as teammate Brian Braun-Duin, played the exact same 75 cards, and all of them made the Top 4. The story coming out of Pro Tour Hour of Devastation was the…

The Magic Minute: GP Denver and Nationals Coverage #MTG #News #MagicMinute

On today’s Minute: GP Denver is this weekend and will be our first look at Standard since GP Minneapolis. Plus, all three Nationals weekends will be broadcast, from Japan, England, and the US. https://soundcloud.com/themagicminute/gp-denver-and-nationals-coverage This weekend’s Grand Prix Denver returns to the Standard format. When we last left Standard at GP Minneapolis, Red had faded from the…

Long post is long! So GP Denver was a blast. I’m having so much fun attending GPs and I plan on going to many many more. A huge shout out to Cascade Games for being so welcoming and making sure I’m comfortable and having a good time. And thank you @wizardsmagic for making such a fun and creative game. Chandra is one of the few characters I cosplay who I really love and feel connected with. She is such a badass and I plan on wearing this cosplay for many many more events!!

And yes. That Pia Nalaar cosplayer is indeed my actual mother! She made it all herself in a week! So mad props to her on her first cosplay and GP! I’ll see if I can drag her to Vegas next ;)