Bonus #mtg content: a friend told me I was a featured opponent on another guy’s Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZOqgz2uMg It’s standard, he’s running UW control, I’m on Temur adventures. Our match goes long and is like almost half of this video! Spoiler: I lost!)
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Sep 2020
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Zendikar Rising draft! ep2 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgznr
This draft went much better than the first 2 did! Went with UW party
Oops, forgot the YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtrGmk9cxqA
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Zendikar Rising draft! ep1 (contd) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgzkr
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Zendikar Rising draft! ep1 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgzkn
So I managed to play one game (and lost) before server-related issues. Will continue later, but here’s my draft deck
I managed to play 2 drafts during this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2rcdcJSloo
Unfortunately (spoiler!) I performed very poorly D: Have to figure out what I’m doing wrong (aside from the obvious misplays), feel free to give feedback!
2nd draft deck (BG):
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Amonkhet Remastered draft ep12 (series finale) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Thankfully, the planned series finale and 13th draft didn’t suck, actually went relatively well! But do we get the 7? YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvN3bQZz39k
Aug 2020
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Decided to risk my precious gems playing Ikoria Turbo Draft on #magicarena. Turned out well! Just need to draft crystals (essentially moxes). Draw cards and counterspells are great, so blue is best in this format apparently. #mtg
Okay, I had a lot of fun so I did another one. No Boon of the Wish Giver meant the deck wasn’t as strong. This one was a lot closer, but managed to get there.
I went for a third one and was struck down for my insolence. Only got three crystals this time and even fewer card draw! I think that’s enough for this event lol
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Thursday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep11) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgakr #twitch
I decided to do two drafts and both were terrible! Sigh. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmExO-0s_yQ
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Wednesday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep10) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
The draft deck was so-so, but we ran up against a few bombs so things didn’t go well. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2n3Z7VD4bA
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Tuesday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep9) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Draft was mediocre; luckily I didnt pay gems for this one. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzWPJGRgpg0
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Monday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep8) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Managed to break even again this time. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2dKxl5_To
Attaching draft deck screenshot:
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Friday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep7) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Ugh, that was terrible. Worst draft of this series by far. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWUAYmyZ61s
Attaching draft deck screenshot:
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Wednesday afternoon Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep6) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
This draft was meh, and the outcome was meh. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwK2y2W8wY0
Attaching draft deck screenshot:
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Tuesday afternoon Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep5) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
The draft wasn’t as good as the last one, but we still broke even. I wasn’t too dumb this time, but I did sneeze out some luck. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2QNniqY6fc
Attaching draft deck screenshot:
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Monday evening Amonkhet Remastered draft (ep4) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Draft was good, but I was too dumb to get to 7 wins D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcI0CRqRlwM
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Sunday afternoon Amonkhet Remastered draft https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
Draft was meh, but I rare-drafted a lot lol. YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz3iXDVyPDQ
Attaching draft deck screenshot:
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Late afternoon Amonkhet draft! (ep2) https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
2nd draft went better than the first! Really wish I had gotten to 7 though. Here’s the VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkmiPNcqt0
Also attaching deck screenshots from draft1 (UR, no scarab god, 1-3) and draft2 (UR, with scarab god, 5-3)
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230am Amonkhet Draft! Keep me company? https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgakr
it did not go well D: lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsD8jNRlYkw
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Between Jumpstart in mid-July, Amonkhet Remastered in mid-August, and Zendikar Rising in mid-Sept, MTG Arena is seriously challenging my F2P-ness. (Pretty sure that’s what they intended!)
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Casually streaming some Jumpstart on Magic Arena https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #twitch #magicarena
Played 3 Jumpstart decks! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCF4vLlcKQ
Jul 2020
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Streaming some Jumpstart on Magic Arena https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg
Played two Jumpstarts! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KtPh_xoLo
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Thread of #mtg JumpStart results: Attempt 1: Milling Elves, 2-0.
Attempt 2: Heavily Armored Enchanted (terrible choices - no way to get things off the board, Thriving lands are bad when monocolored, annoyed whenever I draw Gird for Battle), 2-4
Attempt 3: Feathered Friends + Basri. These white decks aren’t good for my daily quests. Even less removal. 2-5. I think that’s enough for today.
Attempt 4: Plus One Dragons. 2-0. The sad thing about this format is that you tend to spend more time with the suckier decks and not enough time with the fun ones. (I know, I know, that’s actually up to me, but I want to sample as many pairs as possible!)
Attempt 5: Archeology Under The Sea. Why did I go monocolor again? 2-6. Deck was fun, but way too slow (check out that “curve”). Aaaaand I’m out of gold, so that’s enough JumpStart for a while.
Attempt 6: Dinosaurs Reanimated. 2-1. Power level reasonably high, with removal coming mostly from the green side (surprisingly!).
Attempt 7: Vampires Devilish. Quick 2-1. Kinda boring, but eh. Way too many fours.
Attempt 8: Liliana Tree Hugging. 3-3. Played a bit extra to complete my quest.
Attempt 9: Milling Wizards. 2-0. My first repeat! As usual, Milling is super strong.
Video of attempts 8 and 9 here:
Quoted roytang's tweet:Played two Jumpstarts! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KtPh_xoLo
Attempt 10: Chandra Angels. 2-2. Losses were due to clunky hands (drawings fives and sixes while being stuck at 3-4 lands)
Attempt 11: Witchcraft Goblins. 2-1. The wins were due to the opponent timing out or randomly quitting early, so that sucks. Out of gold again so I’ll just keep this one around for daily quests for a while.
Attempts 12-14! Rogues Cats 2-1, Seismic Predatory 2-3, Phyrexian Plus One 2-3
Video here:
Quoted roytang's tweet:Played 3 Jumpstart decks! YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCF4vLlcKQ
Attempts 15-17! Rogues Above the Clouds 2-3, Smashing Legion 2-4 (forgot to get a deck list screenshot for this one), Dinosaur Dogs 2-0. YT of the games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6-lNKfyis
Attempts 18-19! Seismic Doctor (DAMNIT 5th Lavamancer!) 2-2, Basri Walls 2-1. Still missing Garruk and Teferi =/
JumpStart Attempt 20, the final one for this set (a nice round number): Reanimated Teferi. Got one of the two missing PW packets, although this combination wasn’t too great, only went 2-4. Still missing the Garruk one, hopefully we get it if/when JS returns in the future
Overall, JumpStart was a reasonably fun casual experience, and I fully expect them to bring it back every so often as I think it’s very good for the casual new player experience, especially for anyone wanting to build casual historic brews
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M21 draft Episode 6 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #m21
FINALLY managed to hit 7 wins in M21 draft! This is also the SEASON FINALE for M21 draft for me I think. Maybe more limited when Jumpstart comes around?
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrx5KOMn3FM
YT playlist for all my M21 drafts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZO7Ukg5Xk&list=PLmU0vkKslGXiz0shcCJgV1YTP5emzWgr4
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M21 draft Episode 5 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #m21 #twitch
Bleah. Went RB but it didn’t go well.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSNpxY5NYoc
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M21 draft Episode 4 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #m21
Draft was mediocre, but I had fun so that’s what’s important right? Right?
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0o9At_aEmg
Jun 2020
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M21 draft Episode 3 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #m21 #twitch
Had to do 3 drafts just to jump from Gold 1 to Platinum lol. 1 draft was terrible, 2 were mediocre. 3rd draft was a WG deck (no screenshot here). At least I finally got to try some archetypes other than WB!
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Q6LfipbRo
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M21 draft Episode 2 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #m21
Draft deck was fine, games were terrible; lots of misplays. Last chance tomorrow to rank up before rollover!
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clajhTE3Q-M
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Casual M21 draft https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #twitch #mtgarena #mtg
Draft went reasonably well, all things considered. Lost 2 games to mana flood/screw, but that’s fine.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXZO7Ukg5Xk
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Got my internet back and immediately did an #m21 draft. 5-3 isn’t great, but I guess it’s not bad for a first foray? #mtg #magicarena
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Cube draft is about to rotate out, let’s waste some gold #mtg #magicarena
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After some back and forth from Diamond 1, this filthy casual finally hit Mythic with some weird totally unoptimized Gruul thing. #magicarena #mtg
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That grind from Diamond 1 to Mythic is always the worst =/ #mtg #magicarena
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Took me a few tries, but I finally managed to get to 7 wins in Arena Cube draft (with a control deck no less!) #mtg #magicarena
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I forgot to take a screenshot because I was so confused, but someone finally gave me a 3-0 split with Atris lol. #mtg #magicarena
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Casual Standard - Monogreen https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch
Deck played great, here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUlJXFMNNVs
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Casual Standard - Jeskai Mutate https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #twitch #mtg #magicarena
deck performed terribly, here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indF6Dyu5OI
May 2020
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Played some Historic Merfolk last night on #twitch, forgot to tweet about it #mtg #magicarena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMULYRXj7g&feature=youtu.be
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Third #mtgiko quick draft went 6-3. Last couple of losses were close, almost got the 7. Are games just easier to win in quick draft? My win rate is at like 72% currently for QD vs < 60 for premiere. Or maybe I just got lucky and I’m gonna eat these words later? #mtg
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#mtgiko quick draft: while this Extinction Event was on the stack, I can see my opponent’s cursor mouse over each of his creatures in turn, realizing 2 out of 3 were even, then over mine one at a time, realizing they were all odd. Lol. #mtg
That was my 2nd quick draft. I haven’t been streaming them because I don’t plan to do a lot, but this one went surprisingly well, so documentation:
And yes, that was a P1P1 rare-drafted Eerie Ultimatum lol. I think it won me like 6/7 games
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Got stuck in this state after winning the game. Bug I guess? Lol #mtg #magicarena
Apr 2020
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Ikoria draft no. 18 | Series Finale https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgiko #twitch
Final draft didn’t get there. That’s a wrap!
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2GPoqgMvM
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Ikoria draft no. 16 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgiko #twitch
Ugh, did two terrible drafts. Tried two different decks for the first one.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmmwURaTdqI
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It’s the end of an era: Wizards is sunsetting PWPs and DCI numbers https://www.wizards.com/Magic/PlaneswalkerPoints/36918016
I had exported my own PWP data and DCI match history already, but posting here for posterity:
If you’re looking to export your own data for any reason, I found this script: https://github.com/giventofly/exportpwp/blob/master/README.md from https://www.reddit.com/user/heyzeto/ to export everything to a CSV, I tried it and it’s pretty good! (I can’t recommend my own code, it’s super messy!)
More of my own data, lifetime ranking: 230th in the PH isn’t so bad, given how inconsistently I’d played through the years. (I tried to get my worldwide ranking too, but the site kept coughing up errors, too many people searching for their own data after the announcement?)
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Ikoria draft no. 14 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgiko #twitch
I totally screwed up the broadcast for this draft due to playing around with some settings. Still exported to Youtube anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uqnm9t3U6c (The draft itself also went poorly!)
I got disconnected too! Then I played one more so here is draft no. 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mbmyqm-_NM It also did not go well, though I liked this deck better.
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Ikoria draft no. 13 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgiko #twitch
Today’s draft went well! I forgot to take a screenshot though so below is a still from the stream.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1QfJDmMDQ
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Ikoria draft no. 11 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgiko
Ended up doing two drafts because the first one was so terrible, so these are Ikoria drafts 11 (RWb) and 12 (GBu)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X8DW-AyyUw
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Ikoria draft no. 10 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgiko
Not as good as the last one of course, but still pretty decent. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPqkl47BJk
Oops, here’s the draft deck
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Repost from MTGRemy:
I wrote a song about playing Modern for the first time.
#MTG #MagicTheGathering
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Ikoria draft no. 9 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #mtgiko #twitch
7 and 0! Best Ikoria draft so far! I even won one game where I was stuck on one color for the first 6 or 7 turns!
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7Cm7QxbD0
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Ikoria draft no. 7 (contd) and maybe no .8 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgiko
Back half of draft no. 7 didn’t go well, but draft no. 8 went a bit better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQeobS_CEYY
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Ikoria draft no. 6 https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #mtg #magicarena #twitch #mtgiko
Ended up doing one and a half drafts on-stream because no. 6 (R/W) was so terrible. Paused no. 7 (B/W) at 3-1 and will pick up tomorrow. Youtube export: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQeobS_CEYY
