1) My essential question is: What is the best way to win a Magic: the Gathering Pro Tour?
My first answer is using the options available and bending that knowledge to your advantage.
My second answer is that your sideboard is the most important asset in winning a Magic the Gathering Pro Tour.
My first answer is using the options available and bending that knowledge to your advantage.
My second answer is that your sideboard is the most important asset in winning a Magic the Gathering Pro Tour.
My third and final answer is that the best way to win a MtG Pro Tour is finding your playstyle.
My Best Answer is answer two because it drastically increases your chances of winning in multiple matches by removing dead cards from your hand and replacing them with more effective ones depending on the matchup.
My Best Answer is answer two because it drastically increases your chances of winning in multiple matches by removing dead cards from your hand and replacing them with more effective ones depending on the matchup.
2) The process that i took to arrive at this answer involved several hours of playtesting different deck compositions online and determining which cards work best. I soon noticed that when playing against meta decks, some cards in my main deck hadn’t any purpose. I often lost because of the dead cards in my hand. Which got me thinking about the importance of substituting those cards with more effective ones depending on the matchup. Each card was classified by what they did for me on the sideboard and by which matches they would be useful for. This process required that I look up information regarding my answer two and the statistics behind that.
3) I didn’t face many problems except not being able to go to qualifier tournaments. This was due to their distance from my home. Most of the qualifiers for standard in California had already passed and the closest ones were in Las Vegas or Albuquerque. However I was still able to get the testing information I needed online due to Cockatrice and Tournament Deck Stats that were provided.
4) Turtenwald, Owen. "Owen’s a Win – How Do You SideboardBy Owen Turtenwald // 6 Apr, 2014." Channel Fireball. N.p., 6 Apr. 2014. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. <http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/owens-a-win-how-do-you-sideboard/>.
Wescoe, Craig. "Becoming a Better Magic Player: Seven Exercises by Craig Wescoe - Magic the Gathering TCG Article." Becoming a Better Magic Player: Seven Exercises by Craig Wescoe - Magic the Gathering TCG Article. N.p., 19 Apr. 2012. Web. 17 Jan. 2014. <http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=10422>.
The first sources gives me so much information on how to sideboard and pretty much answered any doubts I had about my answer two being the best answer. It provided scenarios that any player would need to consider when sideboarding properly. The second sources gives an overall solid rundown of the key points of what makes you a better magic player. If the points emphasized in the article are followed then an enhanced performance is the only thing that can become of it.
