The Video from Magic Nats

Well, I guess the sad news that we all washed out of the grinders falls to me to deliver, since Fugie is in his undisclosed location and TooSarcastic has decided to emulate Ansel Adams rather then Ernest Hemingway for once.



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And as an added bonus, more photos!


Richard Garfield is an officer and a gentleman. Not sure about the officer part actually. Sorry about the flash. New camera. New to me anyway.



TS's opponent! Will he be good? Will he not be good?


That's an Underground River and a Grove of the Burnwillows on the other side. Umm, no.


There are rumors of the existence of photos of Alan Comer not smiling. These rumors are unconfirmed, of course, because Alan Comer is always smiling.


See. I told you.


He also signs autographs for obvious pedophiles.

And finally, your moment of zen for the day.



Yes actually, that is a luck counter on a Gemstone Caverns. In Standard. In a sanctioned 32k event. I knew I misbuilt!

Magic the Gathering Nationals 2008 Chicago: A Photoblog.

On the road with the boys to Nationals. With the top down. What could be better? Wait, what's that noise?

Captain Bondage Goth inspects a flat tire while The Fugitive Wizard observes. TooSarcastic takes photos and watches for drunken Illinois drivers swerving.

Yeah, that lug nut is stripped. What we need is...

An Illinois State Highway Tow Truck, and in less than fifteen minutes!

The doughnut is on! We are headed to Nationals. The venue is huuuge!

Ah. Here we are!

This is where the fun stuff happens!

That's one festive Goblin King!

That's Richard Garfield in red, giving me the eye.

Rich Hagon interviewing Richard Garfield, creator of Magic the Gathering.

That's one big stack of Menger Cubes!

Fugie laughs it up with an opponent in an 8 person Constructed flight. Then Fugie crushes him.

Judges open up several thousand dollars worth of boosters for a massive two headed giant sealed event.


Players draft online- to win the computer they are playing on!

This guy is seriously considering raredrafting that Graven Cairns for his fifth pick.

Rich Hagon hosts Magic: the Game Show.

A pack of Zebras walk by.

The WUBRG closing montage.

Sorry for the short post. I reckon CBG and probably Fugie will fill you in on the pertinent details of the trip in non-pictorial form.

T