PRO TOUR–AMSTERDAM
- The Metagame Runaround by PT Amsterdam 1 (16.6MB)
- How To Be Good At Magic by PT Amsterdam 2 (11.7MB)
- Working for Wizards by PT Amsterdam 3 (12.5MB)
- Unreal Top 8 Looms by PT Amsterdam 4 (10.5MB)
- Winner Interview by PT Amsterdam 5 (13.5MB)
- Friday, 10:55 a.m.: The Metagame Runaround, New Extended Remix (16.6 MB)
- Friday, 3:10 p.m.: How to be Good at Magic (11.9 MB)
- Saturday, 11:22 a.m.: Working for Wizards (12.7 MB)
- Saturday, 6:20 p.m.: Unreal Top 8 Looms (10.7 MB)
- Interview with Winner Paul Rietzl (13.8 MB)
It's always fun to check out what the Pros are playing on the first morning of the Pro Tour. It's even more exciting when there's a totally brand new format waiting to be explored, and that's the shape of New Extended – completely unknown. In a frantic fifty minutes of information gathering, we talk with the great and the good. Will it be Combo, Aggro, or Control that dominates?
So many different things go into making a good Magic player, but what are the really important things that separate the great from the good, and the good from the merely average? Bram Snepvangers, Quentin Martin, Kenny Oberg, Adam Yurchick, Brett Blackman, Simon Gortzen, Olivier Ruel, and AJ Sacher share their thoughts. Illuminating stuff.
Nobody ever said it would be easy, but looking around at the website, the Pro Tour, at every new expansion, tells you that – yes, gasp, really! - actual people work for Wizards of the Coast. Undoubtedly the number one question we get asked is how to get a foot in the door. It can seem like an impossible dream, but everyone who gets the Wizards of the Coast shirt lives that dream, and if you really want it, so can you. We talk with website editor Kelly Digges about he went about fulfilling an ambition he's had since he was eleven. Fun chats, and lots of good advice. Want to work for Wizards? Click here.
I can say this with confidence – the lineup for the top 8 of Pro Tour Amsterdam is going to be amazing. I can say this too with confidence – nobody yet knows who will be in that lineup. The good news is that round fifteen is going to provide us with a bunch of answers. Brad Nelson faces the Belgian Jan Van Nieuwenhove. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa and Marijn Lybaert go at it for a slot. Brian Kibler faces Hall of Famer Kamiel Cornelissen. And guess what? The ultimate Magic Pro, Kai Budde of Germany, is still going. Now all he has to do is beat Conley Woods. Who hasn't lost a match of New Extended. Ever.
It was called one of the greatest Top 8s in Pro Tour history. It was the debut of the new Extended format. And Paul Rietzl wrote his name in the Magic history books by going 3-0, 3-0, 3-0 in the Top 8 with his White Weenie deck to become the first person to sweep a Constructed Top 8. Paul shares his thoughts on victory and his evolution as a Magic player in this exclusive interview recorded immediately following his victory.
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