Written by Alex on January 14, 2005

1. Please introduce your self (name,age,country)

(Djinn) Pablo Giner, 17, Spain.

2. How long do you play magic in general and when did you started playing in the league?

(Djinn) well, I started playing magic like 8 years ago, my brother got me to the place where he used to play and I learned how to play, but I started to play "competitively" around invasion. I started playing in the league maybe I'm wrong, but I think before mirrodin.

3. What attracted you to the game? Do you believe it is something more than just a strategy game?

(Djinn) long time here , when I was young and I played with my bro I didn't really enjoy the game, but when I saw a friend of mine and he told me to play mtg again (that was on the invasion age), I started to discover what the game was but in fact I started liking it when I started winning around onslaught or so.

And yes I think it's more than just a strategy game, I enjoy with all the aspects of it both the game and what it involves, travel, friends, tourneys, etc.

4. How is the local mtg scene in spain? you get the chance to attend regularly fnms, ptqs etc?

(Djinn) I haven't played in my town for like 1 month and a half or so, but the scene is quite good atm, there're tourneys every week here. And about ptq's I've gone to 3 sealed ptq teams, which doesn't seem bad but they're very expensive (travel+hotel :S)

5. Do you playtest with a local team of friends or resort to online testing in magic-league?

(Djinn) irl I made some team-sealeds, but I don't really test irl since testing online is faster, u can test more ideas and so but

I prefer to test a lot with the friends I already know that are good testing in m-l is just a reference to decide if test a deck or not and just make lot of matches, which is always good when you are testing ^_^

6. Are you satisfied with the current activities/organization of the League and would you change anything?

(Djinn) the current activities are fine, I miss those random formats trials, but I think Koen'll include one of two per month if we beg for them.

And about the organization the league is growing a lot, so the organization is more difficult, I'll change a couple of things, but mostly it's fine like it's now.
I hope to see asap those old features like country ratings and so :D

7. Are there any league players you consider very tough opponents and why?

(Djinn) well, besides Thalai who's the greatest manta in the league, I think roelof-stalin-mw|core and all those league pros are the hardest to beat but I've been 1st in league for 2 months, so it's not impossible :D

8. What do you think of the play applications, apprentice is classic while mws is newer. Do your prefer a specific one?

(Djinn) that's a newbie reason, but I like to see the pics, so I choose mws besides of that I prefer mws cos I'm walled and well, it's safer than appr u can't play t1 in appr :/ because when I play t1 is to enjoy playing magic, and u must see the pics :P

9. If prize support/features were increased would you be willing to devote more time playing here?

(Djinn) I lost 3 times in a 20$ master final, so I think I'll devote time here even if the prizes aren't the best ppl like prized master, the prize is not that relevant.

10. Right i am out of questions, anything you would like to add?

(Djinn) well, u didn't ask me the unique question I had prepared :P
the one about "who'd u like to meet?" besides of that, the interview has been ok :D

10b. Who would your like to meet from magic-league ? :D

(Djinn) heh :P
well, I've met most of the .es league players, and I've had good times with them and well, I'd like to meet most of the .nl guys since I already know Lydonius :D
and I'll mention Stalin, he's nice too ^_^

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