Roy Varney

Luckiest Spotlight Champion.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

Thanks to my friends over at @MtgRebellion for having me on their show to talk about Prowess! https://t.co/vBDJwVfmxe

[Robert Taylor 🔥 @fireshoes]

The Week That Was: To Brisbane, Dallas, and Beyond

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Featuring Magic Spotlight champions @Jeffleez28 and @royvarney

#mtg #mtgModern

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[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@DebevoiseDrew You’re going to crush it tomorrow!

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@diet__cruella My friend Brendan is an Austinite who is playing this event with MonoG Broodscale, and he is going to crush it. 🦎

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@ToniLail I don't have any changes that I'd make. I think the most questionable cards are the sideboard Charmaws, which can be hit or miss. I do think that Prowess is still a good choice. The metagame is so diverse that it's difficult for most decks to commit additional hate.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

At the behest of some friends, I have written an old-school tournament report recapping my win at last weekend's Dallas Spotlight. @fireshoes https://t.co/fXqFKBDg8N

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@ToniLail Unfortunately, I don't have the bandwidth to create a guide this week, at least not to the level that I feel would be satisfactory. But I am more than happy to answer questions to the best of my ability! :)

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@ToniLail @fireshoes Hi! I think swapping a Mutagenic for an Urge is totally reasonable. It's going to give you more burst damage potential at the cost of slightly less consistency in enabling Steel Cutter and less insulation on your creatures from opposing Burn spells.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

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[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@jn14_mtg I haven’t decided yet. Definitely not going to do a Patreon. Might do like a $5 guide if I can dedicate some time to it over the next couple of days to be useful for people playing RCs.

[PlayMTG @PlayMTG]

And we have a winner! Roy Varney made his first Top 8 at a major event, defeated three pros in a row once there, and walks away as the champion of #SpotlightTheHobbit with Izzet Prowess!

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@DisgruntledElk @ZacSinger25 They brought back a handful of GPs, but still not enough support to overcome the financial/stigma hurdles to create a healthy RCQ system.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@DisgruntledElk I haven't played Pauper in years, but I love how financially accessible it is, especially compared to Standard as an entry point. However, I very much doubt Wizards ever takes it in the direction that Mengu is suggesting.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@BasicMountain Agreed. JED streams on Twitch semi-regularly, but he speaks French. His content creation is never mentioned as a reason to add him to the HOF, which is fine, but just speaks to your point about English speaking bias.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@DisgruntledElk @SpiderSpaceMTG I agree with the Spell Snare recommendation. It’s felt well positioned to me!

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@Koda02K @redrock_bball I think a "3&D" player is just kind of an arbitrary term, so Josh's definition of it is probably different than ours.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

Boros ( and Mardu) Energy players, I have found the card that STOPS Boros Burn non-sense. For the low cost of TWO LIFE, you can remove one of the THREE DAMAGE spells from their entire deck!

[EL_Zanetti @MtgZanetti]

ATTENTION Boros (and Mardu) Players.

I may have found the card that stops the BOROS LD non-sense.

Its not an i win buttom, BUT if they cannot remove it they are cooked.

When they cant doble LD you or Keep up with your threats they are in deep trouble. This slows Karns, Rokus, and double removals / LDS!

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@DebevoiseDrew Four mythic wildcards to the winner.

[Roy Varney @royvarney]

@SanchoWest Apparently, this one :P