Top 8 Profiles
Name: Emanuele Giusti
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Where do you live? Arezzo, Italy
Where do you play FNM? Fumetto di Angelo Rossi in Arezzo
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Jund, because it is the strongest deck
What is your best matchup? Blue white allies!
What is your worst matchup? The mirror match
What was your record in the swiss? 8-1 on day 1, 6-1 on day 2
What did you lose to in the swiss? Mono red burn and Boros
How do you beat Jund? By playing Jund and having better draws
What’s the best thing about Belgium? The beer!
Name: Tamas Nagy
Age: 27
Occupation: I.T. Manager
Where do you live? Hungary
Where do you play FNM? Online in my clan at New Times
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Mythic. I like to attack, and I had all the cards to test online.
What is your best matchup? White weenie
What is your worst matchup? Allies
What was your record in the swiss? 13 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws
What did you lose to in the swiss? Allies
How do you beat Jund? By killing my opponent before he can kill all my creatures
What’s the best thing about Belgium? I had my finest hours here (cue audience groan)
Name: Zoltan Szoke
Age: 25
Occupation: Office assistant
Where do you live? Budapest, Hungary
Where do you play FNM? www.szellemlovas.hu
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Mythic, because the blue/red Runflare Trap deck is bad
What is your best matchup? Everything!
What is your worst matchup? Mythic
What was your record in the swiss? 13-1-2
What did you lose to in the swiss? Jund.
How do you beat Jund? I’m faster than Jund
What’s the best thing about Belgium? This tournament!
Name: Steve Bernstein
Age: 27
Occupation: Finance
Where do you live? London, England
Where do you play FNM? Tom Baker’s house in Pimlico
What deck did you play this weekend and why?
Foil Jund. Lots of foils Jund.
What is your best matchup? Everything. It’s the best deck.
What is your worst matchup? Naya allies?!? Kabira Evangel???
What was your record in the swiss? 13-2-1
What did you lose to in the swiss? Jund and Allies
How do you beat Jund? Join them.
Name: Nicolas Lambach
Age: 20
Occupation: Student
Where do you live? Colman, France
Where do you play FNM? Baka Neko in Colman
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Naya, because I didn’t want to play Jund
What is your best matchup? Jund
What is your worst matchup? Jund
What was your record in the swiss? 13-2-1
What did you lose to in the swiss? Two Jund decks (I beat the other nine though!)
How do you beat Jund? Skills
What’s the best thing about Belgium? The beer
Name: Christophe Gregoir
Age: 25
Occupation: IT consultant
Where do you live? Belgium! Gent in Belgium
Where do you play FNM? Outpost Gent
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Jund, because it is the best deck in the format for sure
What is your best matchup? Anything that isn’t Jund
What is your worst matchup? By process of elimination, Jund I guess
What was your record in the swiss? 13-2-1
What did you lose to in the swiss? Jund and Mythic
How do you beat Jund? Play more Bituminous Blasts than my opponent
What’s the best thing about Belgium? Beer! And Erika Van Tielen (a Belgian radio/TV personality)
Name: Francesco Cipolleschi
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Where do you live? Arezzo, Italy
Where do you play FNM? Fumettopuli di Angelo Rossi in Arezzo
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Jund. I tested Naya a lot, but in the end I could not get all the cards. Many thanks to Samuele Estratti for the list!
What is your best matchup?
Meddling Mage naming ‘Mind Funeral’. It happened to me in the second round after I had only played a tapped Savage Lands (!)
What is your worst matchup? Jund
What was your record in the swiss? 13-2-1
What did you lose to in the swiss? Jund (twice)
How do you beat Jund? By playing Jund
What’s the best thing about Belgium? The beer.
Name: Ludvig Londos
Age: 20
Occupation: Student
Where do you live? Hōōr in Sweden
Where do you play FNM? At a local score in Lund
What deck did you play this weekend and why? Jund, because it’s a completely unfair deck.
What is your best matchup? Everything but Jund
What is your worst matchup? Jund
What was your record in the swiss? 13-2-1
What did you lose to in the swiss? Jund twice
How do you beat Jund? I don’t
What’s the best thing about Belgium? French fries!