With the growing popularity of Vintage online, Brian aims to showcase different arch types and introduce newer players to how those decks evolved into their current iterations. With Brian’s long history of playing competitive card games and knowledge of Vintage, his articles will help readers succeed in this niche format. They create a level of excitement and drama that’s fun to watch and participate in. It always has been and continues to be his favorite format -and game for that matter, because he enjoys playing with broken cards.

Playing casually off and on, he eventually started playing competitive MTG during Invasion/Odyssey Standard however no format really ever held his attention like Vintage. Although Brian can’t boast the same national success in Magic, since returning to the game in December 2013 (left competitive MTG during the Affinity and 4x Trinisphere era) he keeps putting up great results: except for one tournament, he’s made top 8 or cashed in every Vintage event he played in during the 2014 season.īrian originally started playing Magic in grade school when the newest set was Alliances. Most notably he qualified and played in all but one invitational for Kaijudo, won the equivalent of a Grand Prix in the WOW TCG as well as placing 9th at the 2008 Continental Championship.

He competed in invitational events for Kaijudo, WOW TCG, VS System, and Magic: the Gathering. Read more Over the past twenty years Brian Durkin played countless trading card games. He competed in invitational events for Kaijudo, WOW TCG, VS Sys. Over the past twenty years Brian Durkin played countless trading card games.

Mtg dredge casual