I assume you have heard the Mel Brooks line about the difference between comedy and tragedy. This picture of the nattily attired Steve Sadin and Gerry Thompson reminded me of it. I don’t recall the exact text but was something along the lines of:

“Tragedy is when I get a papercut. Comedy is when you fall into a hole and die.”

Tragically Steve Sadin finds himself in an 0-3 hole to start his Pro Tour Berlin experience including a third round loss to Battle of Wits! To rub salt in things for him, the breakout deck of the event is an Elfball build featuring Nettle Sentinel and Glimpse of Nature that was a deck Steve had flirted with very early on in testing.

If Steve wants to play through to Saturday he is going to need to rattle off five straight wins. That would be comedic relief for Steve after his rough start and tragedy for each of his opponents along the well.

*Update* Steve dropped after round four. His first three losses were almost comicly insane losing to — in succession — Azami Lady of Scrolls, a Tron deck, and Battle of Wits.