The Blog of Sam Craven

With a charity Legacy tournament coming up, Sam wants you to pledge to make a small donation for each time he activates Griselbrand during the tournament.

This past weekend, I attended the Grand Prix here in my hometown of Houston. This was my first Grand Prix since Channel Fireball took full control over the Grand Prix circuit. Note that

I had a funny match yesterday. Here's the story.

You see, back in the days before "Miracle" meant anything more than, "an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs**," we had to earn our Counterbalance-Top wins. This was a day before Mentors. Before Miracles. Before the facists in Seattle took our Tops away***.

How does the Tin Fins sideboard change in the couple of months post-Miracles banning? My thoughts

It's late in the Legacy rounds. I'm X-2 and on track to money. I have several friends with the same record, so we meetup before the round to check pairings and share information about our opponents. Ben recognizes my opponent and tells me what he's playing. I immediately forget.

There's a couple of guys who come in to play casual games on the same night as our legacy tournaments. Last night, they decided to sign up for the tournament to try it

Earlier today, I tweeted: Played against a 100% deaf player for the first time. Had zero communication-related errors which felt nice. #MTG This got more feedback than I'd anticipated (which is to say, any feedback), so I thought I'd talk about it a bit.