Taking a Walk on the Broken Side: A Novice Type One Player at the SCG P9

Into this gloomy summer, a glimmer of hope appeared: the StarCityGames.com Power 9 Type 1 tournament. When it was first announced, I really didn’t pay it much attention. I mean, the last few Type 1 tournaments I played in I hadn’t been very impressed with neither the format nor my performance. It seemed that the great divide between Powered players and non-Powered players was huge and made the game elitist by necessity. If you didn’t have the resources to get Powered up, why bother playing? But later on I learned a few things that made me reconsider going to the tournament.

I’m usually a”glass half-full” kinda guy. I try and be chipper and positive. But this summer has sucked for me on the Magic front, for several…

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