and to reopen the section devoted to interviews of players wl nicest and remitted, we are here today to have a chat with Matthew Fragale, finalist of the eighth stage wl!
But hear what he has to say ...
1) Hello and welcome to the site wl! Name and nick?
aka Matthew Fragale bartbrat
2) how to play magic?
My approach to Magic 'started with the release of Assault and I must say that it is not' was the best. I started with the belief that I would only play mono white decks and I soon realized that was not a realistic option.
3) What was your first deck?
My first deck that does not belong to the category, "Take 40 cards at random from the 20 basic land and put EXERCISE 'and' was a parfait, but I never led any tournament. Then I tested Two Land Belcher for a long time.
4) your first good result for a tournament?
E 'was last year, fourth place to fifth WL in which I participated. After he came to top8 the first time and winning the quarter-finals against Oath I was ready to smash everything, unfortunately, a little later into a wall of goblins and good pen makes me realize how crucial the recruiter against zoo ...
5) a result of which you are proud of? The last
WL last year I came in the final game against Ivanohe zoo, a deck which will remain forever attached ~. E 'was also my first p9 splitted in the final, impossible to forget.
6) It 'important to be good players in t1?
E 'key, in small tournament anything can happen (yes, even a Gramps like me with a bit of luck comes in the final) but eventually Magic is purely a game of skill, mistakes would pay dearly, especially in T1 where the wrong game can 'really affect the game much more than in other formats.
7) testing will improve your skill or you just play in tournaments?
been testing and 'important but not' the only way to get prepared for a tournament, you must also spend some time reading the primer and the articles that are published to get an idea of \u200b\u200bhow they played the decks that we can meet in the tournament. The testing would be enough if there was a chance to test with continuity and with different deck, unfortunately due to time / players this is not always' possible.
8) What makes a good player from a mediocre? The
not think only in the shift that is taking place but also in subsequent years and can play the opponent might do, say that this is' the first step to becoming a good player, then there are other factors not less important, such as literacy when mulligare, stay focused long etc etc..
9) do you like the current metagame? Would it matter if I was the wizard?
It excites me, in my opinion with the limitation of Sete have lost too many archetypes of decks at the time t1 of the tournaments you see always the same deck and this affects the very sull'appetibilit Vintage than other formats. Unfortunately, not 'an easy thing to deal with, Sete was really a card in the days Sbrocca Tezzeret.deck and create a fair balance between the decks balancing it all with the b / r with the new expansion is not' far from easy. The problem 'that this is already having a history, even with the limitation of Branzi had died several archetypes, fortunately now blue c' little to limit ...
10) c 'a person, player or otherwise, that made you like this game or that you consider worthwhile, and why?
Baratelli, aka The Entertainer and the 'cause of my Magic rapprochement in recent years, introduced me to the environment Savona, unfortunately my wallet is not 'my own idea.
11) who is the strongest player you played against?
^ ^ you get me off guard, I would not know what to say
12) talk about the tournaments wl: Like the environment?
obvious question ... personally one of the factors that convinced me to wake up on Sunday morning at 8 am instead of sleeping until 3 am to watch the games and 'Savona know that there' s a great atmosphere. It 's a bit like going to the cinema to see a film of Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo. Whatever you do go home happy ...
13) Ciccio's too casino tournaments? Or too little?
obviously too little, you should clone it and let the world know how much fun playing with Ciccio in a room.
14) you really know who the mystery man?
I had some suspicions due to a couple of clues around the room of the tournament, when I decided to tell everything to the national press two shady individuals have approached me and told something about a walrus .... At that point I decided to retract it.
15) is more important to top8 \\ win or have fun?
A good balance of three factors. As I said before the environment within the WL and 'great, but sometimes need a good result for morale and it 's also a good recognition for taking the time to play.
16) If I could print a card of your choice, what effect would it have?
Right now I'm curious about the mechanics rebound I was hoping for a CATCH with this skill. An interesting paper could be 1U Instant, Draw a card, Rebound. Otherwise, view the policies of the last days of a Wizzy Eldrazi 30/30 50 cc would not be bad, as an alternative instant U, clones Ciccio
17) it is time to say goodbye, you want to add something?
hope to peck at the next WL (the et you know having you never know ...)
