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AuthorDan Barrett

Dan Barrett is a Magic player of 3.5 years, from London, England. His questionable tournament “successes” include finishing 77/166 and 170/172 at GB Nationals, a PTQ 9th place, winning a 23 player Game Day, getting match wins in one of the three vintage tournaments he has played in, and conceding the finals of a drinking competition. While he clearly won’t be your go-to guy for deep strategy and hot tech, he more than makes up for this with strong opinions on all aspects of the game

An Attempted RTR Limited Article

Dan is excited by his idea of a new way to approach Limited, but when he attempts to put it into practice and report his findings, things don’t exactly go to plan…

The Hall of Fame And The Dredge Box

Dan Barrett details his ballot for the 2012 Hall of Fame and provides a comprehensive list of every card you need to play Eternal Dredge.

Hall Of Fame 2012: A Little Help?

Dan Barrett will be casting his ballot for the 2012 Pro Tour Hall of Fame shortly and wants your input! What should we look for in a Hall of Fame candidate?

Drafting with Dan – Cube #1 And A Tale Of Magic Theft

Dan Barrett shares a Magic Online cube draft with a controversial first pick via video and details a story concerning Magic theft at Grand Prix Manchester.

Anything Is Possible: Modern In (Rogue) Review

Dan Barrett takes a look at 50 of the best performing rogue lists from the Modern PTQ season, showing it really is a format where you can play anything you want to at all! Try one out at your next Modern event.

GP Manchester Preview And City Guide

Dan Barrett enlists the assistance of Manchester natives Kat Donohue and Michael Maxwell to tell you what’s what in this upcoming GP city!

Every Magic Article Ever

Strong writing and opinions from [serious columnist] and an [irrelevant finish] report from [some grinder’s] recent trip to [tournament name]! Read Dan Barrett’s parody of every Magic article ever.

Putting Dark Ascension To The Test

Dan Barrett takes some new Standard decks out for a spin and reports on his findings, including Zombie and Glissa lists! Get some new ideas spinning for StarCityGames.com Open: Cincinnati this weekend.

Twelve Things I Meant To Say

Dan didn’t have quite enough for a full article, but he did have twelve amusing snippets from his notebooks that have been Voltron-combined to create amusement!

Drafting With Dan! ISD #1

Watch, laugh, and maybe even learn a little as Dan takes on an Innistrad 8-4 draft!

Just A Game

What happens when Magic becomes just another game? Dan Barrett explores the effect of OP changes to non-US, non-pro players.

Innistrad Sealed Four-Pack

Dan Barrett takes a look at Innistrad sealed, with four pools you can build yourself right now using our new sealed deck widget!

Tradin’ Tales Of The Wild West

It’s the mid-19th century, and everyone is heading to a new land of opportunity out West. But in this brave new world, not everyone plays fair…

Innistrad Prerelease – Report And Sealed Musings

This is an article on Innistrad Sealed Deck, which is the format of the next PTQ season, so sit up and pay attention. You want to go to Hawaii, don’t you? Well then, you need to build every pool you can lay your eyes on!

A Trio Of Treats

Dan Barrett dishes out some quick thoughts on: Planeswalker Points and FNM, a night of drafting at home, and the most infuriating cards in Innistrad Limited.