First Pick:

Pro Tour

Winner - Lucas Blohon - B/W Control

LSV third Top 8 in a row!

 

Hall of Famer - Owen Turtenwald & Yuuya Watanabe; Mark Herberholz a distant 3rd.

 

Owen Turtenwald - Player of the Year & National Champion by making Top 8 over Seth Manfield.

 

Kaya, Ghost Assassin

http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/148459722916/if-you-read-yesterdays-magic-story-laid-to-rest

 

Gather the Townsfolk

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4we7wb/randy_buehler_retires_from_coverage/

 

Organized Play Announcement: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-eldritch-moon-organized-play-announcement-2016-08-02

 

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-eldritch-moon-organized-play-announcement-team-series-2016-08-02

Team Series - “Soft Launch” for $50k; Full Launch for 2017 - 2018.

 

Platinum players will receive a $500 appearance fee for the first six Grand Prix main events that the player competes in in the current season (currently, Platinum players receive a $250 appearance fee for each Grand Prix main event that the player competes in).

 

Platinum players will no longer receive hotel accommodations for each Pro Tour during the 2017–18 season.

 

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-eldritch-moon-organized-play-announcement-world-championship-pro-tour-2016-08-02

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-eldritch-moon-organized-play-announcement-bookkeeping-2016-08-02

No PES

 

Desperate Ravings

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/vault-lore-2016-08-01?

 

The Red Zone

https://twitter.com/bmkibler/status/761653531648458752

Cut Draft from PT

 

Splash Damage

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4wrghs/hearthstone_developers_making_mtg_rd_look_like/

 

The Finisher

 

Sunday 10PM ET - Patreon Hangout

Magic players rejoice! Because Wizards of the Coast is better at something than Blizzard! The Hearthstone expansion One Night In Karazhan came out recently, and Hearthstone players immediately took to the internet to complain about the set that many claim adds nothing to the Standard environment, gives no meaningful tools to the class that needs it most, and also makes Limited more of a crapshoot based on the printed rarities. But Magic has had its own Homelands and Prophecies and Saviors of Kamigawas that equally pooped the bed, so what advice would you give to Hearthstone from you as a seasoned Magic player?