Ian Cormick

He/Him;
TCGs, Theatre + Basketball;
MTGO: Comrac

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

First big Riftbound event in the books!

I played mostly-stock Kennen at RQ Singapore and went 4-1 in the Pre-Regional to split a metal Jayce with a friend, then 9-4 in the main event.

Good games, good friends, good food: A+ trip!

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

Split the Challenge finals with Slogurk.

Pioneer is dead and I'm barely playing Magic, but I love this deck so much I'm jamming anyway.

@fireshoes

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@AdamPalmgren98 Yes, they're purely a narrow (but very effective) SB card for control - the only time I brought them in this weekend was my semifinal against UW Control

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

I won the Australian Open $10k at Commandfest Melbourne!

UW in sealed; no deck pic but I had United Front, Legend of Kuruk and UW Katara.
Esper Pixie in Standard, largely because I didn't have access to new cards.
Started 1-2 in Sealed, rallied back then didn't lose in Standard.

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

"The Selected Letters of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis" is a work of art.

If you're not reading Jake's writing, you're missing out: it's consistently the highlight of my week (twice a week!)

[Jake Browne @brownefordenver]

The Wednesday night edition of Mana Club is up!

I talk about moving, the @sherwood_news feature, why Magic isn't in more gift guides, short fiction about @RhysticStudies' Travelin' Gaak , @kanister_mtg's proposal for a new hand size, and more.

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

Just binged all three editions of this that are out, already looking forward to a new one this weekend.
Feels like having a friend bounce between topics, dumping their rambling tnoughts (in the best way)
I wish there was more content like this

[Jake Browne @brownefordenver]

Giveaway time! I'll pick four winners, shipping (gulp) worldwide, to take home a Mox Diamond, Rainbow Foil Cap Lair, Beta Terror, or this adorable playmat. How to enter:
1. Retweet this
2. Subscribe to my substack (free!)
Full details in my latest post: https://t.co/XW4c5vGcgv

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

Chiming in here as a 66-month subscriber whose monthly fee went up ~$5 (almost a 25% increase)
In the end, $5/month won't break my budget in this luxury hobby, but the total lack of warning or communications from Manatraders is heinous and really erodes the last slivers of trust

[G Ryan Donkin @GR_DONKIN]

My brain is absolutely melted at the decision from @Mana_Traders To nuke rental limits and HALF ALL PAST AND FUTURE LOYALTY BONUSES. It is mind blowing to me that the company has decided that my 3+ years of loyalty means so much less.

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@Bullwinkkle6705 Finally finished reading this and it was excellent! Strongly agree with your comment about Magic content being dominated by monotonous articles, for valid reasons, and I'd missed more personal pieces like this

[Brennan Crawford @BrunnanCrawford]

Gurked the ANZ RC and qualified for worlds! Can’t believe it, so stoked. @Busstop_mtg q’d 3 more for the next PT this weekend, and has multiple qualified for worlds! Unbelievable team, couldn’t do it without them 🖤

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

5-2 to top 8 the Manatraders monthly while prepping for the RC in a few weeks.

Core Gurk cards are set, I still think AJU is powerful even though Sanctum didn't end up on it, but will keep changing the flex slots and SB.

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@DINGLEgg @DannyBambinoMTG If you play them for X=0, they just die with the Tribute trigger on the stack right?

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

(I'd ideally want 2 weeks leave: to get over jet lag and have time after to holiday a bit and make the trip worth the cost of flights)

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@leemcleo @emmmzyne Strongly echo this
Day 1 Patron because I love the show, but still waited for it to come out on YouTube so I could rip and convert to audio so I can listen whilst travelling
Can't imagine I'm alone in almost exclusively listening to podcasts while doing other things

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@GR_DONKIN Second @RaestMTG 's Patreon: was what I used to get back up to speed before the last round of RCs
Tonnes of content, super in-depth thoughts from one of the best Lotus players in the world

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@XxdarkhorseX @NBAMemes Some of these are so bad 😂
At least they're finally starting to clamp down on some of this nonsense

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

Finished 5-3
Roughly sad that I couldn't convert from 4-1, but very happy with my deck choice, fairly happy with my play, and ecstatic to the Brennan top 8 with Lotus

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

One of only 2 Greasefang players in the room, alongside a friend who also audibled to Lotus 4 days ago.

2-1 so far, but feeling good about my deck choice.

[PlayMTG @PlayMTG]

Let's have a squiz at the Pioneer metagame at the #ANZSuperSeries here in Sydney! 🇦🇺🇳🇿

Rakdos just beats out Mono-G as the most popular deck; Phoenix falls off a bit while Greasefang is on the up.

Keep an eye on that "other" category - we'll share some spicy lists later on🌶️

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

*two Lotus players, guess my brain was too focussed on Magic and not enough on words

4-2 now

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@GR_DONKIN Fable is one of the main draws of Mardu Greasefang over Abzan (though the Fable gameplan looks like RB, so might not be what you're looking for

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

@ProSkill_Genius @pioneerplayable @JohannWalraven @fireshoes Different numbers from each region: eg America gets more

[Ian Cormick @ComracTCG]

Won a 32-person RCQ today with Mardu Greasefang!
Felt like the work I've put in paid off - highly recommend the deck if you have a Pioneer event coming up.

Looking forward to Sydney!

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@fireshoes