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AuthorTim Aten

A regular on the Pro Tour before growing weary of globetrotting, Tim Aten put up several respectable finishes at Draft events, including 17th at PT San Diego 2004, 7th at the team PT in Seattle 2004, and 15th at PT London 2005. In addition, he won Grand Prix Chicago 2004 as a member of :B.

Drafting With Tim – Time Spiral #5

With Mr Hoaen off galavanting around the world, top-eighting Grand Prix tournaments left and right, the brave Mr Aten steps into the “Drafting With X” breach until the grumpy Canadian’s return. Tim will be presenting a draft a day, sharing picks one through forty-five, and adding his own brand of lyrical commentary at the end of each article. For a more in-depth critique of his process, be sure to visit the forums!

Drafting With Tim – Time Spiral #4

With Mr Hoaen off galavanting around the world, top-eighting Grand Prix tournaments left and right, the brave Mr Aten steps into the “Drafting With X” breach until the grumpy Canadian’s return. Tim will be presenting a draft a day, sharing picks one through forty-five, and adding his own brand of lyrical commentary at the end of each article. For a more in-depth critique of his process, be sure to visit the forums!

Drafting With Tim – Time Spiral #3

With Mr Hoaen off galavanting around the world, top-eighting Grand Prix tournaments left and right, the brave Mr Aten steps into the “Drafting With X” breach until the grumpy Canadian’s return. Tim will be presenting a draft a day, sharing picks one through forty-five, and adding his own brand of lyrical commentary at the end of each article. For a more in-depth critique of his process, be sure to visit the forums!

Drafting With Tim – Time Spiral #2

With Mr Hoaen off galavanting around the world, top-eighting Grand Prix tournaments left and right, the brave Mr Aten steps into the “Drafting With X” breach until the grumpy Canadian’s return. Tim will be presenting a draft a day, sharing picks one through forty-five, and adding his own brand of lyrical commentary at the end of each article. For a more in-depth critique of his process, be sure to visit the forums!

Drafting With Tim – Time Spiral #1

With Mr Hoaen off galavanting around the world, top-eighting Grand Prix tournaments left and right, the brave Mr Aten steps into the “Drafting With X” breach until the grumpy Canadian’s return. Tim will be presenting a draft a day, sharing picks one through forty-five, and adding his own brand of lyrical commentary at the end of each article. For a more in-depth critique of his process, be sure to visit the forums!

White Weenie In Time Spiral Standard

Tim has his States deck figured out already. Sadly, it’s not White Weenie. This article, however, concentrates on the ever-popular beatdown archetype. Where do the Time Spiral cards slot in? Is Knight of the Holy Nimbus a sufficiently fake Hand? What can we do about the loss of Isamaru? And does Griffin Guide warrant a slot in the deck? (Hint: there’s a reason its initials are GG…) Looking to run with the little White guys? Then this is the article for you!

SCG Daily – The O.C.(D.)

I was a little mean at some points earlier this week, but today’s article is going to be all sunshine and cuddles. I’m not really a vicious, angry person, and the few people who saw me drunk can attest to this. You really have to take what I say with a grain of salt, which of course means it’s what I really think, but I don’t want to suffer the consequences of saying it. Thus, if I insulted you in some way – this week or ever – then I was kidding. Ha ha!

SCG Daily – About a Burning Fire

From the time he was a mere pup, Fang knew he wasn’t like the other dogs. While his friends enjoyed fetching sticks, burying bones, and chasing cars, Fang found himself more interested in posting blogs and listening to Panic! At the Disco…

SCG Daily – The Interview

As promised yesterday, today I’ll be posting my interview with Nathan Zamora, the surly, crazy dude in the Jigglypuff shirt. Most of you probably don’t know who that is, and most of you probably don’t care. I personally wanted to find out more about Mr. Zamora, and I was hoping he’d give some entertaining responses.

SCG Daily – N 2 Gether Now

The sum of my argument is this: If it is your inclination to whine to your opponent (or anyone) about your misfortunes during a game of Magic, don’t. No one wants to hear it, so just shut your miserable mouth.

SCG Daily – Hello and Good Luck

This week, we’ve a double-dose of SCG Daily goodness. There’s the mighty Ken Krouner, and the people’s favorite Tim Aten. Tim’s first foray in this week’s daily series deals with an important issue plaguing the cyberhalls of Magic Online… wishing your opponent “Good Luck.”

Understanding in a MODO Crash: Pro Tour Prague Revisited

RGD Lessons from Pro Tour: Prague!

Yes, that’s right… a second Tim Aten article in less than a month! Before the inevitable deluge of Regionals reports and Standard tech threatens to devour us all, Mr Aten brings us an irreverent look back at the players and performers of Pro Tour Prague. He also highlights some of the important additions that Dissension brings to the Limited arena…

Understanding in a Modo Crash: Tricky!

Tim is back! After a fair few begging emails, a fortuitous meeting on Modo, and some thinly-veiled threats, Mr Aten has finally put virtual pen to virtual paper. Today, he takes us through the last waltz of the RRG draft format with a comprehensive draft walkthrough. Remember to take everything he says with a pinch of salt… and enjoy!

Gol Gari Yourself

The foreigner name game, Tim’s weekly Top 5, and a complete guide to drafting Black/Green in Ravnica. The Limited master is back and is sure to leave his fans clamoring for more.

Evil: A Pro Tour London Report

Bowing to popular demand and trying to make up for only writing four of his five daily articles, Tim Aten steps to the fore with an awesome London report written as only Tim Aten can.