Robert Berni
Age: 28
Hometown: Austin, TX
Occupation: Sports Betting Consultant
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
Top 8 GP KC
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Mono Black, Thoughtseize + Pack Rat is pretty good.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Won the Hunter Burton Memorial a few weeks ago.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Mono Blue
Nathan Holiday
Age: 22Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Occupation: Student
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
GP San Diego 2013 Winner, 27th PT San Diego 2013, cashed a couple other Gps.
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Mono Blue! Thassa good card.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Tested with Michael Boland, Sam Pardee, and other NorCalers. Jammed a bunch of matches on MTGO.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Thassa!
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Mono Red Weenie
Gary Wong
Age: 25Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Occupation: Phimus, Jax, and Abong Look-a-likes
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
States Champion
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
U/W Devotion. Meta shifted and Esper has declined.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Southern Ami Tournament (Local)
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Detention Sphere
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Mono Black, Red, R/G/B Monsters, Mirror. Basically everything but Esper.
Art Marcurda
Age: 27Hometown: San Diego, CA
Occupation: Student
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
JSS, Nationals, SCG Top 8
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Jund, It has something for everyone.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
MTGO
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Stormbreath Dragon!
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Sphinx Control
Will Levin
Age: 36Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Occupation: Engineer (Software/Electrical)
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
Game Day Born of the Gods winner
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Jund Good Stuff - It matches well against the field with Esper/Black Devotion/RG Monsters so prevalent. It is also a lot of fun.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Playing with friends and at FNM.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Sire of Insanity has been an ALL STAR against Esper. Stormbreath Dragon was the heavy worker pulling a lot weight. Domri/Xenagos did some work too.
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Esper Control
Eric Froehlich
Age: 30Hometown: Las Vegas
Occupation: Poker Player/ChannelFireball Writer
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
3 PT Top 8s, 11 GP Top 8s
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Black/Red Devotion, tune into ChannelFireball.com for details.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Tested solo, talked to Orat.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Whip of Erebos won 5 matches. Erebos himself was fantastic, and Rakdos’s Return is busted.
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Bring It.
Brandon Bercovich
Age: 31Hometown: San Leandro
Occupation: Lead Systems Administrator
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
Went 11-4 at the largest GP ever.
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
Mono-Black Devotion. I wanted to play Thoughtseize and didn’t like the mana issues with Esper.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
I playtested with friend and used Magic Online.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Splinter Twin
Daniel Ward
Age: 29Hometown: Catskill, NY
Occupation: Air Traffic Control
Previous Magic Accomplishments:
Lots of win and ins.
What deck are you playing this weekend and why?
BANT. I like it against the other control decks plus creature decks are free wins.
How did you prepare for this weekend?
Watching John Kassari test online.
Which card in your deck has performed the best for you this weekend?
Aetherling (It’s Bonkers).
Which deck have you most hoped to face this weekend?
Mono Blue.