2023-12-30

A Year in Retrospective: 2023

Overall match score: 268-122-12

I played paper Magic 119 days out of the year, with a total of 402 recorded matches. Some were actually splits, and IDs were not included.
I traveled to Dallas, Columbus, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Atlanta.
I nearly top 8'd the Vegas 100k, and missed top 16 on tiebreakers.
I played in 7 RCQs, winning 3 and missing top 8 only once (30-13).
Above the RCQ level, my overall match score was 29-24-1.
Ignoring my exceptional performance in Vegas, that scoreline drops to a much humbler 18-21-1.

Format breakdowns - Constructed (189-88-11)

  • Modern: 269 total matches, 178-80-11 (66.17% WR)
  • Pioneer: 17 total matches, 9-8 (6 of which being the Mana Bar RCQ win)
  • Legacy: 3 total matches, 3-0
  • Standard: 2 total matches, 2-0

Format breakdowns - Limited (76-34-1)

I loved playing against strong limited players in Vegas, and wish that stores would run more limited events. But with product direction & digital focus, it's certainly trending away.

  • NEO: 3-0
  • ONE: 8-3 sealed incl. league, 8-1 draft
  • MOM: 3-5 sealed, 7-3-1 draft (skewed, two losses were in first round single-elim)
  • LTR: 5-1 sealed, 2-3 draft, 2-1 Jumpstart, 2-0 Rochester draft
  • WOE: 13-3 sealed, 7-5 draft
  • LCI: 0-1 sealed, 2-2 draft
  • DMR: 7-1 draft
  • TSR: 2-1 draft
  • Mystery booster: 2-1 
  • Chaos draft: 3-3

241 Unique Opponents

4 players faced 10+ times, 12 faced 5-9 times,  12 faced 3-4 times, 20 faced 2x (193 faced once)
Stats for opponents faced three plus times, first initials only.

  • V: 11-4
  • M: 7-4-1
  • A: 5-2-4 (????)
  • S: 3-5-2
  • J: 6-3
  • S: 4-4
  • A: 2-6
  • D: 7-1
  • C: 6-1
  • J: 6-0 (!!!)
  • M: 5-1
  • A: 4-2
  • T: 4-2
  • N: 2-4
  • A: 4-1
  • Z: 4-1
  • P: 3-2
  • G: 3-1
  • M: 3-1
  • S: 2-2 
  • S: 1-3
  • J: 3-0
  • A: 3-0
  • W: 3-0
  • C: 3-0
  • C: 2-1
  • A: 2-1
  • M: 2-1