Rich Stein
Giaco Furino
Zac Clark
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Zach B.
Li Xu
Matt Jones
Monique Garraud
David McCoy
Jess StirbaState of the Meta—Year One
Just over a year ago I entered my first Sanctioned Magic Event in over five years. I was in for a few surprises—”What do you mean damage doesn’t stack?” “You’ve actually gotten better since the last game.” Monique told me during the second game of my first match back, as I remembered that I could … Continue reading
State of the Meta—Doubters Gonna Doubt
It’s been a couple of months since I really started trying to wrap my head around the Modern format. Between the expanded card base vs Standard and my limited amount of exposure to the format there wasn’t a real reason to deal with it seriously until Twenty Sided Store announced its PTQ. And while I … Continue reading
Pondering—Twenty Sided PTQ
My tenure in the fighting game community has taught me, ironically, humility. In a scene so fueled by adrenaline and shit-talking, failure to deliver is almost always a one-way ticket to ridicule. So I did a bit of growing up, and over time, I regressed from thinking everyone was a scrub and started focusing on … Continue reading
Pondering—Twenty Sided Store Championship
It had been a long season. Months of trials and tribulations finally culminated in the reward that we had all worked so hard for: the Twenty Sided Store Championship. By now you’ve probably already read Jess and Matt’s reports on the event. Here’s how this whirlwind of a weekend all went down for me. We … Continue reading
Pondering—Atlantic City Postmortem
I didn’t do so well this weekend. I made some changes to my deck at the last minute, went into the Grand Prix with a single bye and died at 3-3. Definitely not my strongest showing, and I’m not going to bother writing up a tourney report as it will be pretty unexciting. I will, … Continue reading
State of the Meta
(Everyone at HoTC has divided into our various player archetypes and writing strengths. We’ve each picked names for our weekly posts and well as a couple of non-scheduled posts. Jess Stirba has Eternal Hope and Command of Etiquette where she’s discussing eternal formats and Commander respectively. Matt Jones has Power and Toughness discussing creature based … Continue reading
Pondering—PTQ Selden
We say it often, and it bears repeating: we are spoiled by Twenty Sided Store and the amazing community and environment Luis and Lauren have created. I joined Monique and Rob today for another Modern PTQ, this time in Selden, NY. I had some fun games throughout the day, but there were two matches in … Continue reading
On Being EVIL in Standard FNM to TNM
Evil, according to Evil Tim Akpinar, known Bant sympathizer and Jace Beleren look-a-like, “… just means wrathing and countering a lot.” I was very evil and have been for most of this Standard meta. With a new set on the horizon I’m certainly looking forward to what new wrathing and countering strategies might be on the … Continue reading
Power and Toughness—GW(b) in Modern and a Holiday Week Recap
What a lousy holiday week(end) for winning! Holy cow – something like 6 and 12 over a variety of formats (draft, standard, and modern). Regardless, I had a blast and reacquainted myself with a major personal truth. I’m a “fuck the system” kinda guy. I grew up listening to lots of Rage Against the Machine, … Continue reading
Hipsters of the Coast 
Limited Possibilities—Gatecrash
Posted by Zac Clark on January 7, 2013 · 6 Comments
Now obviously, you can tell from my bio and from my articles that I’m a constructed player. I love deckbuilding to the meta and I like getting sneaky in my sideboard. What I also love is Limited theory. Actually, game theory on the whole is very interesting to me. Statistics are fun if there’s a … Continue reading →
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