In the first week of 2019, Big-Cat Aaron Coleman arranged The Mid-Atlantic Premodern Championship in Baltimore on the US east coast. With 23 players, it was the largest US tournament so far. Today’s guest post by MJ Worsham is the runner-up’s report from that event (this seems to become a…
Premodern is a community format, its success being the sum of your interest and engagement in playing it, promoting it and organizing events. I hereby introduce the Premodern Magic Community Award, acknowledging a person who has done something extra for the format during the year. The award for 2018 is…
Today’s guest post by Per Rönnkvist is all about ‘dem goblins. Enjoy! / Martin Introduction Hi everyone, This is an in-depth article about one of the most powerful and robust decks of the Premodern format—Goblins! I’ll be covering my journey so far with this deck—all the way from Joel Larsson’s…
Today we have the honour to enjoy a deck tech by Erik “Sigismund” Sundberg, candidate for Sweden’s most enthusiastic Premodern player and runner-up of the 2018 European Championships! As usual, you’re welcome to discuss the article on Facebook or on Discord. / Martin Intro New horizons, untouched land, unsolved meta. There…
Hi Premodernists! Recently, we finished the first ever online Premodern tournament—the Premodern Online Open—played with real cards on webcam via Skype or appear.in. The whole thing was flawlessly organized by Clifford Mathieson and out of the 24 participating players, Jared Doucette came out on top with his mono-red Sligh deck. Congratulations! 🙂…
Prologue Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, I’m not a very nostalgic person. But one thing I really liked about playing Magic in the Premodern era was the unified geographical tournament structure, with Nationals feeding the European Championships, in turn feeding the World Championships and the whole Pro Tour circuit. No matter at…
Every now and then the Grand Prix circus hits town, and I figured that this time was a good opportunity to gather some Premodern players from places far away for a casual tournament. I opted for day two, Sunday the 16th of September, since this would allow those who didn’t…
Today’s guest post is written by Stefan Guttenberger from Germany. As usual, you are welcome to discuss the article in the international Premodern Facebook group. Enjoy! / Martin How many players do you need to play a Magic the Gathering match? Two, of course. But how many players do you…
Today we have a guest post from Iñaki Puigdollers from Barcelona, Spain. If you’re in the International Premodern Facebook group, you might have noticed his deck techs and reports from their weekly tournaments, which are held at the store Ingenio. In this post, he digs deeper into the Psychatog archetype.…
The first Italian National Championships in Premodern were held on Sunday the 26th of August, hosted by the local game store Gamic in Massa, Tuscany. With 24 players, it was the largest Premodern tournament held so far. Not surprising, as the Italian Premodern community has grown rapidly lately, having the…