1) Something I did regarding my senior project over the winter break was homebrew. I cannot stress how important this aspect of MtG is. It literally is the main reason why I'm still interested in the game. You take a few hours analyzing the cards from a set and you constantly question. How can I improve this deck to it's ultimate form. Sometimes that even requires replacing cards that are essential of the former deck to cause the newer deck to perform better in each stage of the game. In the end it all boils down to numbers and ratios, and too much of a good card can actually hinder the overall performance.
2) The, most important thing I learned during break was to not force that many different aspects and colors into one deck. For example, a deck with 1 or 2 colors will generally perform better than a deck with 3, 4 or even 5 colors. The reason being is that there isn't enough support for multicolored decks. You'd often find yourself struggling to find 1 mana to play a card in your hand, but unable to. This would result in things such as a dead hand and a dead draw. Useless cards that are unable to win you the game because you simply can't use them.
3) If I could talk to anyone regarding interview questions, I would talk to the legendary Brian Kibler or Frank Lepore. Brian has always been involved with the core of MtG, and the decks he usually builds are mimicked by many. I would just love to hear his opinion on the current set and future ones to come to know what he thinks their impact will be. Frank Lepore would also be an enjoyable interview candidate for his always helpful analysis and insight of the meta game. What seems to work, what doesn't and why.
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