Rolex drove two-thirds of the Christian Hunters, featuring the Obliterator, and Connor “Purple” Hayes to the Providence Convention Center. Before we waged war with the elements we drove to Forbidden Planet, a comic book store in Union Square where I’ve spent many hours and dollars over the years. Rolex had a tip that there were getting boxes of Modern Masters and selling them for MSRP (like $164). The tip was correct. Hunter and Connor went in and each bought a box. I walked in and my hook-up there said, “This guy’s awesome, he can buy two, and he’s the last one to buy any boxes.” I wasn’t planning on buying two but how could I turn that down? I didn’t.

Obviously I couldn’t wait to open some cards. We opened half a box on the way to Providence. I kept the in groups of six packs so we could still build sealed pools for GP Las Vegas practice.

We decided to get into a draft with Dana, Jess, and Zach. I lost round one to Dana. She didn’t want her photo taken for the blog this time so I have no record of our match. Her deck was good. Hunter lost, too. We signed up for a second draft.

This is my deck:

GP Providence Sealed Deck

Let’s all understand that I’m horrible with names. HORRIBLE.

I played Jund Midrange. It’s a deck I keep going back to. The list was mostly Hugh Kramer’s. Notably absent are Bonfire of the Damned. I never wanted the card in any of the three games I played. Here’s the list:

Jund Midrange

We went 5-3 and didn’t play round nine of the main event. Our decks were not insane, our card pool wasn’t awesome. We built solid decks and played really well together. I’m proud of how well we did!

I was 2-1 in Standard when we left Providence and was feeling pretty good about how the deck was performing. Hugh’s Jund list, hell, any Jund list, is so adaptable and excellent. I love it. It’s clear why Monique’s been playing it for so long!

During Sunday’s portion of the GP I interviewed Steve Prescott for Arting Around. He’s one of my top five favorite Magic illustrators and he was excellent to speak with. Look for the interview in the coming couple of weeks!

I’m gonna go drink some psyllium husk water and try to get my bowels moving again. Thanks for the constipation, Providence!

Very best wishes to all,

Matt

MTGO: The_Obliterator