A surprise 5/6 Time Walk? Yeah that’ll do.

More cats. Thank you artists!!

Lastly I wanted to shoutout all my opponents for this event who were super fun to play against (everybody was actually so nice) and for assisting with a special request. @ravesinthesky.bsky.social was unable to go so I had everyone make cat tokens for them! Here are just some of the ones I got.

I did end up getting the 3-0 with UBR Breachmaster. I had some spicy games and Bowmaster looked phenomenal. Also shout out Waste Not because it played way better than I could've hoped.
I did get (functionally) T1'd in the single game I lost by my opponent with an Urza+Gleaner to put me in check.

I unfortunately ended 1-2 again, meaning top 8 was definitely cooked.
I don't have my deck build picture, but I felt like I had the vehicles but just not enough ways to crew and interact profitably. I lost a match to my good friend Griff, who would go on to make top 8.

I drafted a sweet WRG Winota deck that ended up 2-1. Some of my wins weren't very close, where I was just too fast for some decks, but my loss felt winnable with better play. Would definitely draft this again.

I went 1-2 in Jund and I think I should've more highly prioritized fixing because by the end of the draft, I wish I could've been a consistent 3c deck over trying to focus 2 colors.

After Jund, I got to eat some of the catered food and it was phenomenal. Juan sure knows good Philly food.

After dinner we met up at Redcap's to cube/submit cubes before the event.
I ended up getting to play @improphilo.bsky.social 's Cascade Cube for the first time. (cubecobra.com/cube/overvie...)
I was in Boros Burn with some sweet pitch spells and was 2-0 before we decided to head back for some sleep.

I drove in on Friday with Forrest, another Pittsburgh local, and got to grab dinner with a bunch of cube people at an Ethiopian restaurant called Abyssinia. It was delicious and I'd definitely go back the next time I am in town.

🏆 MTGO Trophy #7: Jeskai Twin
Managed to squeak this one in before the cutoff. 7 wins this week, not too bad.

🏆 MTGO Trophy #6: UR Oko Turns
This is the kind of deck that gets me going, I love this.

🏆 MTGO Trophy #5: UB Clampables
Matches 1 and 2 were both pretty tense. Match 3... Opponent made a mistake and left the whole match. 🤷

🏆 Vintage cube has been good to me this week. I think I've been alternating 2-1s and Trophies.

🏆 Opponent Mind Twisted me for 4 cards AND Upheaveled in game 3, but we got there in the end.

MTGO Vintage Cube Trophy #3 this week

"An unlikely trophy, but we take those."
Another MTGO Vintage Cube trophy 🏆.

Oh! I also trophied 🏆 the current MTGO vintage cube with this monstrosity.

3 seasons in a row. Someday we will grind for GM, but tonight we sleep. 🏆🏆🏆