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Lauriol's three-color goblins trumps Berkowitz |
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Berkowitz hits Lauriol with "The Eyes" |
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Round 6 Feature Match: Nieminen vs. Zajdner |
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Mark Zajdner in a rare moment of placidity |
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Tuomo Nieminen has a heck of a board |
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Sylvain Lauriol vies for 6-0 |
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Round 6 Feature Match: Berkowitz vs. Lauriol |
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Round 6 Feature Match: Okamoto vs. Sonne |
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Jin Okamoto relaxes with Compulsion on board |
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Jon Sonne has somehow gone drawless on the day |
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Round 5 Feature Match: Berkowitz vs. Baberowski |
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Human Caricature Jordan Berkowitz |
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Dirk Baberowski, foppish dandy |
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Cunningham tries to still the voices for another five minutes |
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Round 5 Feature Match: Ishida vs. Cunningham |
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Ishida passes it back |
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Round 5 Feature Match: Cornelissen vs. Bilsel |
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Eda Bilsel, Turkish National Champion |
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Kamiel Cornelissen gets ready to cut |
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Mug Shot: Daren Bader |
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Well, the fun IS trying to guess, when you're playing "Guess Who?" |
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Ed Beard, Jr., and his signature Birds of Paradise |
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Artist Daren Bader basks in his fandom |
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Garfield lays the smack down |
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Round 4 Feature Match: Thoren vs. Kibler |
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Brian Kibler plays at light speed |
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Jens Thoren meticulously busts out the beats |
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Possibly a Sharpshooter field-day |
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Round 4 Feature Match: Jensen vs. Haim |
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Jensen checks the lay of the land |
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Christophe Haim casts a sideways glance |
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Eager fans fill out all manner of surveys |
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"Do *you* come with the car?" |
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Henry Stern and Richard Garfield pose with the timeline |
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The opening ceremonies |
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Event Staff explore the wonders of the internet |
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Turkey's flagbearer is nonplussed |
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Ruel shows off a killer grip in his Round 3 Feature against Nassif |
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Sometimes, you just need counters |
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International rules dispute |
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Jet lag catches up with Henry Stern |
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Nassif frowns |
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Olivier Ruel sports slacker-hair |
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Justin Gary swings with Soldiers |
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Jin Okamtoto |
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Round 3 Feature Match: Jin Okamoto vs. Justin Gary. Gary hopes those mental death-rays start working soon |
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Carlos Romao, looking to repeat |
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Jonny Magic still knows how to work it for the camera |
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Ben Rubin, a study in shadow |
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That baseball hat casts Maher in a sinister light |
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Brady Dommeruth, smiling politely |
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R&D's Randy Buehler |
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A brief tête-à-tête |
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World Championships, as far as the eye can see |
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Down there, the best strut their stuff |
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Gamers game |
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Hipster alert! |
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Everyone struggles to do their best |
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Tomi Walamies wrapped in an angelic glow |
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Round 2 Feature Match: Tomi Walamies vs. Gary Wise |
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Gary Wise gets ready to serve |
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Bob Maher, incognito |
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Gary Wise pauses to do some calculations |
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Round 2 Feature Match: Witt vs. Shvartsman |
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Alex Shvartsman shows off his tech Sharpshooters |
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Alexander Witt shuffles up some goblins |
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Ready to take Side Events by storm! |
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Jon Finkel, shocked to be caught playing Magic |
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Wayne England gets ready to greet his fans |
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Guest Artist Randy Gallegos shows off his Dive Bomber |
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Just in case you forgot ... |
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Hey! It's Magic Online Qualifier Champion Andrew Cuneo! |
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Near the end of the round, everyone's at the Feature Match area |
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Everyone loves to crowd around |
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Trouble a'brewin'. |
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Already spectators are filling the stands |
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Round 1 Feature Match: Krempels vs. Place |
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Craig Krempels is hopped up on goofballs |
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It's Matt Place! Remember him? |
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Round 1 Feature Match: Swannack vs. Kastle |
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Darwin Kastle checks out Swannack's hand |
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Cole Swannack narrows his eyes |
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The Press are on-hand to cover all the action |
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Check out that Feature Match Area! |
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Round 1 is underway! |
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The colors! The colors, children! |
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A truly international game |
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"Shifty-eyes" Baberowski gets ready to make a dash |
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Big applause for The Creator! |
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Richard Garfield, bow-tie and all, makes an appearance |
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Dirk Baberowski, hometown champ |
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Wagener buckles under the weight of Old Glory |
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A good-looking group |
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Hoist the Icleandic flag high! |
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National Pride |
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Players are eager to start fighting |
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An awe-inspiring assembly |
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Richard Cornish, Head of WotC Business, Europe |
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Chris Galvin acts as Master of Ceremonies |
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Already Judges are up to their elbows in deck checks |
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US Champ Josh Wagener in the flag ceremony |
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Gabe Walls trips an inebriated Fabiano |
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Eivind Nitter, Party Guy |
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"I'm sorry, Opportunity is not in 8th Edition." |
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Masashi Ooiso, still looking a little stunned from his finals appearance at Yokohama |
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Itaru Ishida in his favourite pose |
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Tsuyoshi Ikeda resists showing "The Guns" |
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Jin Okamoto, Last Emperor of Asia |
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Japan's Finest get ready to crush some skulls |
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Last year's champ Romao with what looks like a Wake sideboard |
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The Bald Brigade: Fabiano, Wise, Blume, Larkin and De Rosa |
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Raphael Levy is about to get swindled |
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Some lost hikers seek sanctuary |
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The Keepers of the Peace |
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"RuneH is now known as RuneHJ" |
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Chances of Disaster: High! |
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Diligent Judges gear up for a weekend of thankless work. |
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The Hotel Estrel hosts World Championships |
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It's not hard to find your way to the tournament |
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Banners are up everywhere in the hotel/venue |
Site |
Country Flag Jumble! |
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Ehrnam and Sengir tangle on this rad board |
Site |
Snowboards emblazoned with Magic Art! |
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Every card that has appeared in a Base Set, EVER! |
Site |
Ten Years of Magic never looked so good. |
Site |
Showing off the guest artists' fine work |
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