Magic-League Coverage: 11th March Modern Master: Top8 Interviews

Written by CMA-Flippi on March 12, 2012

Alot of useful information about the Master has been collected here:
http://tinyurl.com/Master110312

This item contains the Top8 participant interviews:
Hi, before the Top8 matches start, I'd like to do a quick interview for the coverage. The answers will be posted on the magic-league coverage section. Are you available for it ?

Interview with TPT
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
TPT: Andrés Iniesta , Spanish
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
TPT: UB Control TiaPacaTeam
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
TPT: Spell Pierce because AndrewHP (stalling player) recommended me
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
TPT: Yes , it´s good
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
TPT: Lorwyn ??
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
TPT: Constructed , limited if not play troll players using cards of others days :D
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
TPT: Enchantress
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
TPT: Less obviously
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
TPT: Wasteland
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
TPT: Tia Paca Team for the win ( searching merfolk deck for andrewhp... )


Interview with neosyoshiran
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
neosyoshiran: Jose Luis Quiroz, Bolivia
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
neosyoshiran: Affinity with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
neosyoshiran: nothing
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
neosyoshiran: all ok
derflippi: 5. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
neosyoshiran: modern and Standard, it’s great
derflippi: 6. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
neosyoshiran: Zombies
derflippi: 7. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
neosyoshiran: more!
derflippi: 8. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
neosyoshiran: Plains, Island and Swamp
derflippi: 9. Anything you want to add?
neosyoshiran: nothing.


Interview with MitchMachine
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
MitchMachine: Mitchell den Hollander 21 Rotterdam, Netherlands
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
MitchMachine: Affinity, cuz i love goldfishing
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
MitchMachine: Glimmervoid, it can completely screw up your draws
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
MitchMachine: Its sweet, disliked the 100+ refreshes to see something tho
MitchMachine: I didn't like the metagame breakdown though, if a deck is very representive, people can get efford from it
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
MitchMachine: IDK!
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
MitchMachine: Constructed, testing rewards
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
MitchMachine: Delver obviously
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
MitchMachine: more Draft Minis
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
MitchMachine: Island
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
MitchMachine: props to team #RCC & #metalcraft, and thx for TC-ing the master it went really really smooth

Interview with milikin
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
milikin: Dmitry, Russia
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
milikin: BW Tokens
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
milikin: All cards are good - very balanced deck
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
milikin: Master page is very informative- i think its good upgrade to master
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
milikin: Odyssey?
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
milikin: I like constructed more for sure
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
milikin: I think its GWU Birthing Pod deck - i have it in real life and it won GPT Lille - i like it so much
milikin: I got T4 with it on one of masters here
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
milikin: As for me i den’t like casual Formats / I like competitive play too much and i want to have more tournaments like Masters
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
milikin: Plains
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
milikin: Just one - can u start master a little bit earlier - because its about 10 pm in russia when it starts - and i just slipping now )))

Interview with Kaesh
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
Kaesh: Karol, Poland
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
Kaesh: RDW
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
Kaesh: There aren't really any bad cards in my deck, but if I had to choose a card that I am least glad to play, it would probably be Rift Bolt. Sorcery burn is bad, and suspend makes it even worse.
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
Kaesh: It's nice to have all the master stuff available, but I didn't like that there were no direct links to pairings/standings posted in the master channel. Also I hate webpages with music >:[
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
Kaesh: uh oh
Kaesh: hmm
Kaesh: Shards of Alara?
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
Kaesh: Definitely Constructed. The only kind of limited I ever really liked was Rochester/teams
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
Kaesh: The results clearly say Delver.
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
Kaesh: Definitely more!
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp? Wait. Mountain, Mountain or Mountain ?
Kaesh: Close, but Mountain.
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
Kaesh: Nah, this interview was pretty long already :P

Interview with Duodax
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
Duodax: Ilja Tchernomazov, German
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
Duodax: Jund
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
Duodax: Thoughtseize, drains life and terrible topdeck
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
Duodax: Everything was clear, Music was nice
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
Duodax: don't remind
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
Duodax: Constructed
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
Duodax: Delver
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
Duodax: MORE
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
derflippi: Well, everyone answers this question the same way..
Duodax: Forest
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
Duodax: Reprint Thoughtseize in M13!

Interview with Arcannys
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
Arcannys: Marc Samarra, Barcelona, Spain
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
Arcannys: UR Twin
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
Arcannys: Sleight of Hands and Serum Visions, because they're not Ponder & Preordain
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
Arcannys: It was awesome, specially the music. GJ Flippi :)
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set?
Arcannys: uh....Lorwyn...?
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
Arcannys: My favorite format is Legacy, then Limited
derflippi: 7. Best 3 commons of Dark Ascension in Boosterdraft?
Arcannys: Fires of Undeath, Loyal Cathar, Nephalia Seakite
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
Arcannys: I've broken the BYOT2 format, but missed the last 4 Trials, so more of those please!!
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
Arcannys: Islands! Die Mountains
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
Arcannys: Looking for some difficulty. Does anyone have some for trade?
derflippi: pfft.

Interview with Adderfist
derflippi: 1. Your name and origin?
Adderfist: Scott, Green Bay WI
derflippi: 2. Which deck did you chose today?
Adderfist: Affinity or Cranial Plating.dec :P
derflippi: 3. Worst card(s) of your deck? Why?
Adderfist: Today; Steel Overseer. It's usually one of the first cards I board out, otherwise it's very solid.
derflippi: 4. Did the master homepage help you see what's going on? What did you like/not like about it?
Adderfist: It was a little confusing finding the link all the time, but the format of the page itself was a huge help. I loved how I could check all the information I needed with less than 3 clicks.
derflippi: 5. What is the oldest Extended-legal set? Answer quick! :)
Adderfist: Don't know- Don't play Extended :P
derflippi: 6. Do you like Limited or Constructed more?
Adderfist: I prefer Modern>Sealed>Standard>Draft
derflippi: 7. What is the best Standard(T2) deck right now?
Adderfist: Wow that's a toughy. I would have to say Wolf Run Ramp or Delver.
derflippi: 8. Magic-League hosts several casual tournaments (RFT, BYOT2,..CUBE Sealed..). Would you like to see more, or less?
Adderfist: I like the Build your own block and the new Filthy Casserole. I actualy like how it it's spaced right now, It's enough to keep things fresh and still let the T2 and modern apply to IRL
derflippi: 9. Forest, Mountain, Plains, Island or Swamp?
Adderfist: Island
derflippi: 10. Anything you want to add?
Adderfist: Nom Nom Nom Nom, Babies! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2rBWbvDbA

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