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This match pits Maximilien Bouchard of Team AttaQc against Michael Jacob of The Donkey Club. |
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The players wished each other luck and surveyed their hands. Both players kept. Predictably, they both missed on the first turn. |
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In this quarterfinal match, Maximilien’s Mental deck faced up against Nicolas’s Wrecking Crew combo deck. |
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The most spectacularly diverse metagame ever has yielded an extremely unusual Top 8. |
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These players are friends from Ottawa. But one of them goes home today; the winner will make Top 8, and the loser will not. |
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These players are both Americans visiting Canada for some weekend $10K action. |
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The players are sitting at table 1 this round, and Michael is the only undefeated player. |
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You’ll note that while this lunch is representative of the well-established chicken finger archetype, it’s been teched out with a lemon wedge, a basil leaf, and a container of what was described to me as “plum sauce.” |
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Both of these players are from Toronto. They each have one prior $10K Top 8 from the previous $10K Toronto. |
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You want variety? You got it. Players have tried pretty much every viable, semi-viable, and not-even-close-to-viable team combination for this event. |
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These players are from the same Toronto store, and they’re both undefeated going into the fifth round. |
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Michael Jacob needs no introduction. Devin is a local player from London, Ontario. This is his first $10K, and he’s 3-0 going into this round. |
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Maximilien is a frequent Pro Circuit contender. He has two $10K Top 8s to his name and he’s looking to add a third. This is Andrew’s first Constructed $10K. |
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Loren is a seasoned Vs. professional, equally recognizable for his win at $10K Detroit as for his extremely stylish hair. David is just as experienced on the $10K scene, but not as a player—he’s head-judged two $10K events so far. |
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Dan Clark is a player from Michigan’s RIW Hobbies who Michael Jacob credits as the original inventor of the X-Faces deck. Wes is a local player without any major finishes to his name. |
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Ninety-six players have come to Hamilton, Ontario to re-break the Silver Age format. |
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