August 4 2013
Top 5 Cards of Worlds Weekend by Nate Price5. Act of Treason One of the fairly obvious build around me synergies of Magic 2014 Limited is the powerful red-black deck centered around Act of Treason and the varied sacrificial...
TOP 4 COVERAGE
Shahar Shenhar came to the World Championship as the youngest player in a field filled with Hall of Famers, Pro Tour Champions, and multiple Player-of-the-Year winners. After five days of grueling competition, the 19-year-old from Israel defeated Reid Duke to become the Magic World Champion. Shenhar's Blue-white-red Flash deck appeared to be a major underdog against Duke's Hexproof deck, yet Shenhar found a way to win in a thrilling five-game final.
The top overall seed heading into the Top 4, Duke defeated reigning Player of the Year Josh Utter-Leyton in the semifinals while Shenhar dispatched 2013 Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame-elect Ben Stark in the other half of the bracket. Shenhar then came back from losing the first two games of the finals to to defeat Duke.
Battling over three days across four formats tested these 16 players unlike any tournament before. Playing against 15 of his peers, Shenhar demonstrated skill, creativity, and passion seldom seen in a player of his age. Duke, also a young master at the age of 23, came up one game short on his mission of redemption after his last-place finish in the 2012 Players Championship.
Shenhar and Duke represent the new age of Magic pro, tempered by Magic Online, hours of preparation with think-tank superteams, and a desire always to get better. Through this performance and their bright futures, expect Shenhar and Duke to be in many more amazing matches like this in the years to come.
August 4 2013
Top 5 Cards of Worlds Weekend by Nate Price5. Act of Treason One of the fairly obvious build around me synergies of Magic 2014 Limited is the powerful red-black deck centered around Act of Treason and the varied sacrificial...
August 4 2013
Finals: Comeback of the Ages by Josh BennettReid Duke (Hexproof) vs. Josh Utter-Leyton (Redless Jund) Reid Duke(Hexproof) vs. Shahar Shenhar (Blue-White-Red Control) Reid Duke's whole year has been leading up to this one match....
THURSDAY COVERAGE
Shahar Shenhar came to the World Championship as the youngest player in a field filled with Hall of Famers, Pro Tour Champions, and multiple Player-of-the-Year winners. After five days of grueling competition, the 19-year-old from Israel defeated Reid Duke to become the Magic World Champion. Shenhar's Blue-white-red Flash deck appeared to be a major underdog against Duke's Hexproof deck, yet Shenhar found a way to win in a thrilling five-game final.
The top overall seed heading into the Top 4, Duke defeated reigning Player of the Year Josh Utter-Leyton in the semifinals while Shenhar dispatched 2013 Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame-elect Ben Stark in the other half of the bracket. Shenhar then came back from losing the first two games of the finals to to defeat Duke.
Battling over three days across four formats tested these 16 players unlike any tournament before. Playing against 15 of his peers, Shenhar demonstrated skill, creativity, and passion seldom seen in a player of his age. Duke, also a young master at the age of 23, came up one game short on his mission of redemption after his last-place finish in the 2012 Players Championship.
Shenhar and Duke represent the new age of Magic pro, tempered by Magic Online, hours of preparation with think-tank superteams, and a desire always to get better. Through this performance and their bright futures, expect Shenhar and Duke to be in many more amazing matches like this in the years to come.
August 1 2013
Magic 2014 Draft Pod 1 Recap by Frank KarstenHere's the overview of what colors everyone drafted and how they did in the pod that was featured on the draft viewer. At this draft table, there were three good stories: Brian Kibler's song,...
August 1 2013
Round 12: No Pressure by Josh BennettReid Duke(Hexproof) vs. Ben Stark (Blue-White-Red Control) With the results of Round 11 locking the Top 4, the pressure was off for the competitors. "This is nice," said Ben Stark, "We get to...
WEDNESDAY COVERAGE
Shahar Shenhar came to the World Championship as the youngest player in a field filled with Hall of Famers, Pro Tour Champions, and multiple Player-of-the-Year winners. After five days of grueling competition, the 19-year-old from Israel defeated Reid Duke to become the Magic World Champion. Shenhar's Blue-white-red Flash deck appeared to be a major underdog against Duke's Hexproof deck, yet Shenhar found a way to win in a thrilling five-game final.
The top overall seed heading into the Top 4, Duke defeated reigning Player of the Year Josh Utter-Leyton in the semifinals while Shenhar dispatched 2013 Magic Pro Tour Hall of Fame-elect Ben Stark in the other half of the bracket. Shenhar then came back from losing the first two games of the finals to to defeat Duke.
Battling over three days across four formats tested these 16 players unlike any tournament before. Playing against 15 of his peers, Shenhar demonstrated skill, creativity, and passion seldom seen in a player of his age. Duke, also a young master at the age of 23, came up one game short on his mission of redemption after his last-place finish in the 2012 Players Championship.
Shenhar and Duke represent the new age of Magic pro, tempered by Magic Online, hours of preparation with think-tank superteams, and a desire always to get better. Through this performance and their bright futures, expect Shenhar and Duke to be in many more amazing matches like this in the years to come.
July 31 2013
Round 6: Anything But a Flash by Frank KarstenShahar Shenhar(Blue-White-Red Flash) vs. Yuuya Watanabe (Blue-White-Red Flash) With eight out of sixteen players opting for Blue-White-Red Flash in Standard, a mirror match was bound to...
July 31 2013
Modern Masters Pod 2 Recap by Frank KarstenWell, that was an interesting Modern Masters Booster Draft. Here's a little rundown on what everyone played and how they did. And here are some quick highlights. A Gift for Brian...
(1)Reid Duke, 3-2
(4)Josh Utter-Leyton
(2)Shahar Shenhar, 3-1
(3)Ben Stark
(1)Reid Duke
(2)Shahar Shenhar, 3-2