Mike and I sat down last night to discuss recent Magic events, Rise of Eldrazi spoiled cards, and a new/old idea for a deck that has been itching at the back of Mike’s brain recently.

Blink it Like Becker Part 5

Here is a list of the players with 5 or more Pro Tour Top 8s which I use as evidence for my case that Anton Jonsson is HoF worthy:

Name #Top8s
Jon Finkel*    12
Kai Budde*     9
Gabriel Nassif  9
Darwin Kastle   8
Masashi Oiso    6
Kenji Tsumura   6
Dirk Baberowski*5
Alan Comer*     5
Kamiel Cornelissen*      5
Rob Dougherty*  5
Nicolai Herzog* 5
David Humpherys*5
Scott Johns     5
Anton Jonsson   5
Shuhei Nakamura 5
Olle Rade*      5
Olivier Ruel*   5
Tomoharu Saito  5
Michael Turian* 5
Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa 5

Mike and I sat down last night to discuss recent Magic events, Rise of Eldrazi spoiled cards, and a new/old idea for a deck that has been itching at the back of Mike’s brain recently.

Blink it Like Becker Part 4

Mike and I were debating the merits of this year’s Hall of Fame eligible players. Here is the list of players who come onto the ballot for the first time this year:

2010

Akira Asahara
Jan Doise*
Willy Edel*
Eugene Harvey
Ken Ho
Richard Hoaen
Anton Jonsson
Shu Komuro
Antti Malin*
Quentin Martin*
Katsuhiro Mori
Masahiko Morita
Gabriel Nassif
Ryo Ogura
Jeroen Remie
Johan Sadeghpour
Tomoharu Saito
Jonathan Sonne
Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
Ruud Warmenhoven
Shota Yasooka

BDM and Flores are finally reunited in an intimate one on one podcasting session. In Part 1 they discuss the Hall of Fame ballot and the increasing presence of MTG players in the World Series of Poker.

Reunion Cast Part 1