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Draft Diary, 5-13-12 – DII 8-4

Posted on May 18, 2012 by JMatz
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Draft Diary, 10-11-11

Posted on October 11, 2011 by JMatz

With the Innistrad pre-release events starting tomorrow, I wanted to revisit my Draft Diary goals to perform some self-analysis.
“1) Maximize in-game opportunities to improve. In essence, this goal is just a commitment to focused, meaningful gameplay. I want to minimize … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, MOCS Season 9 Championship: Part 5 – Rounds 9 and 10

Posted on September 24, 2011 by JMatz

Here are the last two videos from the MOCS season 9 championship.

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Draft Diary, MOCS Season 9 Championship: Part 4 – Rounds 6, 7, and 8

Posted on September 10, 2011 by JMatz

In the last post, I had just won round 5, leaving me at 4-1 for the tournament so far. A great deal of the between round discussion focused on what it takes to make top 8. After running … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, MOCS Season 9 Championship: Part 3 – Rounds 3, 4, and 5

Posted on September 5, 2011 by JMatz

For those of you who missed the first two posts, I am playing a Blue/White deck, splashing Black for Doom Blade. I won round 1 to a disconnect and then won round 2 fair and square. Sitting at … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, MOCS Season 9 Championship: Part 2 – Rounds 1 and 2

Posted on August 31, 2011 by JMatz

I feel like my card pool was pretty average. It wasn’t the best I’ve ever opened, but it certainly wasn’t the worst either. Would I rather crack a Grave Titan? Yes, of course, but this pool was … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, 8-19-11 to 8-24-11

Posted on August 26, 2011 by JMatz

8-19-11
I only had time to get in a single draft today, but I recorded it with live audio:

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Draft Diary, 8-15-11 to 8-18-11

Posted on August 20, 2011 by JMatz

8-15-11
This was a bad time to take a day off, since I am just ten days away from the end of the season and I still need six QPs to qualify. As usual, life intervened and my return trip … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, 8-7-11 to 8-14-11

Posted on August 15, 2011 by JMatz

8-12-11
Sometimes the best laid plans go to waste. My son’s illness threw a wrench in my diary upkeep and now I only have a vague recollection of what went down in the past five days. I believe I … Continue reading →

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Draft Diary, 8-3-11 to 8-6-11

Posted on August 7, 2011 by JMatz

A lot of drafting going on the last couple days, so I’m doing a midweek update. On August 3rd, shortly after the scheduled downtime, I played my first draft, which was a 4-3-2-2, because that is what was firing … Continue reading →

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