Premodern Round Table
PLUS: Enchantress wins German Nationals, Premodcast's 2022 recap, has Fpawlusz cracked the code on Aluren and BUG Control?
You’re in luck as I have a special treat today: Premodern’s first round table discussion featuring a handful of the format’s familiar faces. Inspired by Joe Dyer’s round table series covering Legacy and Vintage, I’ve offered up a potpourri of questions about the format to a stacked array of players, content creators, and community leaders (a major thanks to all the contributors)… let’s meet them:
Aaron Dicks, has foil Urza’s Baubles, won back-to-back Easter Championships, winner of the Premodern Showdown Series (Season 2)
Anton Glans, co-host of Monster of the Week podcast, event organizer, music video inspiration, and has +3/+3 and trample active in real life Instagram
Brian Kowal, inventor of Ponza, owner of Misty Mountain Games, Top 8 finisher at 2022 North American Champs, and Top 3 Premodern Facebook group contributor (by points) Twitter
Cristian Wisner, first non-North American resident to compete in the PSS, winner of 2022 Argentina Premodern Championship
Francisco Pawluszek, video content creator and winner of MTGO Premodern Champs (Season 4)… Twitch YouTube Twitter Patreon
Gabe Farkas, has encyclopedic knowledge of black removal spells and the opponent of my favorite match during PSS2 (NetherHaups vs. Sunder Nic Fit)
Manos Kokkinis, semi-finalist in the European Premodern Invitational Challenge and Terrageddon innovator Twitter
Michael James Heup, video content creator, “Prince” of Premodern, and organizer of PSS and the Spring Fling/Fall Brawl events Twitter Twitch YouTube
Michael Flores, legendary writer, Top 4 finisher at 2022 North American Champs, and the king of the hill of the NYC meetups
Raphaël Caron, inventor of Parfait and Premodern brewer extraordinaire (beat me with a Banding deck once) Twitter
Rich Shay, Atog enthusiast, venerable Vintage streamer, runner-up at 2022 North American Champs, and winner of the PSS4 and the 2022 Fall Brawl
What are your thoughts on the health of Premodern’s meta?
Aaron Dicks: Strong overall. Every event is seeing a variety of decks represented but the top tables are starting to look very similar. We’ve reached the point where we have 40+ viable decks and while many of them are tier 1 against the field, certain decks elevate themselves to tier 0 when fighting other tier 1 decks.
Anton Glans: While the meta is pretty defined in tier status, it’s also somewhat in flux and we continue to see innovations evolving the meta. There’s no other format where so many different archetypes are viable and could win a tournament. In that regard, I think Premodern is very healthy and shows longevity.
Brian Kowal: It is quite healthy and super diverse. Combo is a bit better than I would like and Aggro is a bit worse.
Cristian Wisner: I think it is a very healthy format, although it has its clear tier decks, there are many decks with possibilities to fight and the meta is adapting all the time to the decks of the moment.
Francisco Pawluszek: I think the format is the most healthy in all of Magic. There are a couple of cards that are a little bit above the rest in terms of power level (Survival, Oath, Gush...), but the very nature of the format keeps them from being overly dominant (by which I mean that people will play the decks they love regardless of how well or poorly positioned they are). Also all of these cards can be used in different decks that approach them in completely different ways, making them not feel as monotonous as you’d imagine. It’s wild how much brewing potential the format has (and I have been doing a lot of that myself!)
Gabe Farkas: As the format has gotten spikier over the past year, the meta has started to coalesce around key cards and more refined strategies. An increasing portion of my opponents in the online monthlies have also come across as spikier players, as awareness of Premodern has increased and players from other more competitive formats have started to dabble in it. That isn’t entirely a statement about the meta, but more an observation on the format as a whole. When you start to see the same names over and over again at the “top tables”, to me it’s a sign of a format becoming increasingly segregated between a set of more competitive players and a set of more casual players. It will be interesting to see how this tension is resolved in the coming year.
Manos Kokkinis: As long as people don’t play only Parfait, Elves and Stiflenought I think we are fine! Jokes aside, we all witnessed from the recent major paper tournaments how specific archetypes in the right hands can dominate the field. However, I do believe that people will still play lower tier decks either because they are too attached to them (pet decks, brews, nostalgia etc) or because the want to explore the wide range of cards and/or decks Premodern has to offer.
Michael Flores: Seems great! The fact that people are so adamant about the same decks being good / unplayable is a weird and healthy sign. Example: Rich Shay disliking Astral Slide but then it going on to win / place in a bunch of events in a row. Or me disliking The Rock; but, like, people persisting in playing it.
Michael James Heup: Overall, healthy and diverse as the format is known for. Earlier in the year we saw a rise in Parfait Oath as Rich Shay tuned his list and we saw the deck perform well in some of the larger tournaments. The later half of the year the tuning of the Mono U Stiflenought list has made it a force in the current meta. One note would be that as lists like these get refined and more efficient, it does make it a little bit harder for someone’s brew to do well against the top tier decks
Raphaël Caron: IMO, the meta is healthy because we’re seeing a lot of different decks having good results. People tend to remember mostly winning decks, but recent content shows that a lot of archetypes are doing well. There will always be “decks of the moment” that get a lot of attention, but the Premodern card pool seems to have enough answers to deal with anything that wins too often, without hating it out of the format forever. The diversity of the format also helps: sideboards can only contain 15 cards, so there are always neglected angles to exploit. One thing I'll say though: 2022-2023 Premodern is a maindeck-Disenchant format.
Rich Shay: Premodern is probably the best and most healthy Magic format of all time. Sure, there are some decks that are better than others. But the top-tier deck seems to change constantly, meaning that people find a way to adapt. Further, whatever archetype you want to play is at least reasonably viable in this format.
What do you consider the Tier 1 decks in Premodern?
Aaron Dicks: Elves, Stiflenought, Parfait with Noughty Hermit, Sligh and Goblins knocking on the door.
Anton Glans: Elves, Parfait, Sligh, Goblins, Stiflenought, Hermit Nought, UW Control
Brian Kowal: Parfait, Elves, Goblins, Mono U Dreadnought, Rock
Michael Flores: The original Tier 1 definition refers to how popular or populous a deck is in the metagame. So I’d have to go with RDW and UW Control from that standpoint. But the “best” decks? Mono-U 12/12, Parfait, and Elves. Followed by RDW and Astral Slide. If someone, for example my old friend and teammate BK, says The Rock that is literally just to troll YT. And it is a god tier troll.
Cristian Wisner: Survival Elves, Parfait Oath, RG Goblins, Stiflenought
Francisco Pawluszek: Elves, Parfait, Goblins and Dreadnought decks (of course Mono Blue being far and away the most popular, even though I personally think UW is the more well rounded version and extremely untuned). I personally think that if Elves and Parfait were played as much as they should (if they weren't as expensive as they are) they’d be the actual two best decks in a tier of their own.
Gabe Farkas: Probably not surprisingly, the format has coalesced around 2 types of cards. First are cards banned in other formats because of power level but legal in Premodern. The most notable of these are Survival of the Fittest, Oath of Druids, and Gush. Following not too far behind them are Tinker and Hermit Druid. Second are cards whose functionality improved with the modern rules compared to when they were Standard-legal. A good example is Mishra’s Factory in Old School and tapped blockers now still dealing damage. By far the most notable of these in Premodern is Phyrexian Dreadnought.
So, we’ve got Survival decks, mostly Elves and FEB, but now also things like Survival Madness, Survival Stompy, etc. I have even seen a Survival Life deck! In terms of Oath decks, there are a plethora of different builds and archetypes that exploit this card’s triggered ability, typically to prey on creature-heavy decks. Gush decks appear most often as Stiflenought variants or Stasis, but also occasionally in Psychatog or GAT. The most notable Tinker deck is the Devourer Combo, with MUD seeing some action as well. And finally the eponymous Angry Hermit decks are where you’ll usually find Hermit Druid. I guess the good news is they seem to be forming a rock-paper-scissors symbiosis with each other, which will hopefully keep things in check.
Manos Kokkinis: The decks that can play around any strat and have the tools to actually beat any archetype of the format. Such decks are either way too fast, applying pressure too early while the opponent still assembles enough mana to deal with them, or way too slow on scoring the winning point but being extremely versatile and proactive with their plan. Some other times they just ignore on what the opposing side plays and focus more on getting the job done.
Michael James Heup: Parfait Oath, Mono U Stiflenought, Survival Elves, Sligh, Goblins
Raphaël Caron: Survival Elves, Parfait, Dreadnought variants. However, in my opinion, in Premodern the Tier 1 decks are Tier 1 not only because they are strong, but also mostly because they’re popular. The community is too small for us to really know what's the best and pet decks also skew the results. The scene is growing though, so maybe the aggregated results coming from a lot more events will help us define better tier lists in the future.
Rich Shay: Parfait, Stiflenought, and Elves appear to be the top decks.
What decks or cards do you think are underplayed in Premodern?
Aaron Dicks: The easy answer is Noughty Hermit. Why are people not playing this? Fluctuator is still hilariously underplayed. It’s more resilient than people give it credit for and it has a tendency to just flat out win game 1. It’s also strong against a number of tier 1 decks. It was my most banned deck in the PSS for a reason. I feel the same way about Replenish. Why are we not seeing it more?
Anton Glans: When it comes to raw power level and actual representation, the three most underplayed decks are Elves, Parfait and Angry Hermit. Apart from those, I think Enchantress and Replenish are two extremely powerful decks that doesn’t see much play. Decks with narrow cards that are quite expensive tend to be underplayed.
Brian Kowal: Terrageddon. I feel like it has everything going for it. Weathered Wayfarer is in general super underplayed. There are a bunch of other sweet powerful cards that don’t get played as well such as Hunting Grounds, Quiet Speculation, and Intruder Alarm.
Cristian Wisner: Aluren, I love that deck but is not played too much :( ( sadly, not with the best results )
Francisco Pawluszek: I think Pernicious Deed is the best card that doesn’t see enough play simply because it doesn't have a good home (and no, The Rock is not it, I really wish it were!). Besides that, Frantic Search just feels like its out there waiting to be broken.
Gabe Farkas: Several thoughts/categories come to mind:
Big board wipes, such as Balancing Act, Obliterate, Wrath of God, or Armageddon.
Black hand disruption. It is simple and effective, and can take your deck into the middle game in a good position.
For a long time I thought Black was the best color in Premodern. That may not be as clear anymore, but I think lots of decks could get better by at least splashing Black. Terminate, Lim-Dûl's Vault, Vindicate, Pernicious Deed, are all great examples. Out of the sideboard are Engineered Plague and Phyrexian Negator, among others.
Manos Kokkinis: One of my favorite archetype in magic is STAX (pure MUD or Tinker Stax strats) which sadly does not see much of a play nowadays. Aluren is also underplayed for its power level. Both decks though are victims to the insane amount of Disenchant effects that are being played nowadays and especially in the main. Another reason would be that most of the top performing decks/archetypes (Tax/Rack, Dreadnought, Burn, Elves) atm are favored against those two.
Michael Flores: Abeyance, Thawing Glaciers, and especially Gaea’s Blessing. They aren’t the “best” cards but they are elegant and low cost solutions to many of the format’s most dangerous strategies.
Michael James Heup: Nothing really comes to mind for a deck that is underplayed right now. I think about building around Cataclysm a lot lately, so I will say that it is underplayed (though it probably isn’t great at fighting the Dreadnought decks).
Raphaël Caron: The decks that come to my mind are Show and Tell (this has the potential to be huge; let’s give the deckbuilders time to refine the lists), Angry Hermit (is it victim of the simplicity of the Mono-U Dreadnought deck?) and Enchantress (this has the potential of being at the top, but unfortunately it's a corollary victim of the enchantment hate running around).
Rich Shay: Angry Hermit is probably a deck that should be played more given how strong it is.
Would you ban or unban anything? Or is anything on your watch list?
Aaron Dicks: I hate answering this because the format is always evolving and Martin has curated such an elegant and balanced card list. Enlightened Tutor remains my #1 watch target, as I've been on record saying multiple times. It’s not the best card in any deck that plays it but it provides consistency, redundancy and opens the door to silver bullet strategies. 4 extra copies of a combo piece or 4 extra copies of the perfect card for this boardstate is big. Removing it leaves archetypes viable but detunes them just a hair.
Anton Glans: The most obvious cards on my watch list are Enlightened Tutor and Survival of the Fittest. However, I rather see unbans than bans to preserve the identity of Premodern. I wouldn’t mind unbanning:
Mystical Tutor. I think this would enable various combo decks while also boost control decks (naturally making it a fair trade in meta balance).
Worldgorger Dragon. C’mon, it’s a badass deck. I do get the problematic logistics of being able to reset games, but it’s fairly clunky to set-up without Entomb. It also completely dies to Swords to Plowshares, Disenchant effects, Tormod’s Crypt and Stifle – cards that are everywhere in Premodern. I think it’s fair to unban the dragon and possible re-ban it if it turns out too volatile.
Brian Kowal: Ban Enlightened Tutor. It lets combo and prison decks be too versatile. I get that it enables a lot of crazy decks, but have you tried attacking for 2 lately. It is miserable. I don’t even play all 4 Piledrivers anymore.
Unban Yawgmoth’s Will (you cowards!). I'm not sure how serious I am but I am not entirely not serious. It is one of my all time faves. I think decks that use it would have the same Tormod’s Crypt problem lots of other graveyard decks do. I think it fits the style of the other powerful flagship cards in the format like Survival, Land Tax, Dreadnought, etc.
Cristian Wisner: I really don’t like Wirewood Symbiote hahaha. The rest is fine.
Francisco Pawluszek: When I just started playing and getting familiar with the format (which wasn’t that long ago, since I really dug in with Euro Champs this past year), I was afraid that Elves might be too good, but quickly I learned that somehow the metagame is extremely volatile in this “fixed” format. Still think that Survival should be on the watch list, but I don’t think it’s bannable since this is literally the only format where it’s playable (and it’s only absolutely broken in Elves specifically).
I do believe spell based combo is quite underpowered in the format, and would not mind seeing it get some love. Again, I am not familiar with the history of the format so I could be way off and these cards might be too good, but I’d like to know how things would look like with cards like Mystical Tutor or Worldgorger Dragon in the format. Also I think Mind Twist would be A LOT worse than people may expect it to be.
Gabe Farkas: A knee-jerk reaction would be to ban one of the cards I mentioned that the Tier 1 decks revolve around. But since they are part of what make Premodern unique, I would not advocate for banning any of them.
Manos Kokkinis: I am not a fan of bans to be honest. This approach only solves problems temporary until others appear. Unbans on the other hand make room for brewing, create excitement and kind of reignite the spark due to the urge of playing again with cards which have been sealed away for too long. Regarding ubans, I’d love to see Grim Monolith being legal in order to give that boost MUD decks need.
Michael Flores: I don’t have an informed opinion.
Michael James Heup: I wouldn't ban anything on a power level basis. I think Survival of the Fittest is the closest card that we have that could be banned on a power level basis, but from my experience, the Survival decks didn’t dominate this year.
From a play experience basis - I have never been a fan of Oath of Druids. Not because I think that it is too powerful, but because I don’t like the idea of punishing the person playing creatures. A very similar idea goes for Land Tax.
Raphaël Caron: I don’t think anything needs to be changed as long as the format is still seeing innovation like we've seen in 2022.
Rich Shay: I think nothing should be banned or unbanned. If pressed to name one card, it would be Survival of the Fittest, which is a completely broken card that pushes Elves from being top-tier into being possibly a little too good. But I think the best course of action is for nothing to be banned or unbanned.
If you could add one card or cycle of cards to Premodern from the existing Magic card pool, what would you choose?
Aaron Dicks: Probably something like a Thalia to push White Weenie a bit. That deck is so close to great it just needs a little something.
Anton Glans: I’ll carefully name one card of every color that I think would enrich the gameplay and enable more archetypes: Ancient Grudge; Life from the Loam; Thalia, Guardian of Thraben; Night’s Whisper; Vendilion Clique; Pithing Needle.
Brian Kowal: Nephilim! They would fit right in. I would only add stupid cards that wouldn’t be usable in any other format. I don’t really want to change Premodern. Maybe Negate since it has tons of different artworks people could argue about. I always feel like Kird Ape should be legal but isn't.
Cristian Wisner: Enemy Fetchlands for sure, other cards I love, Dark Confidant, Life from the Loam, Gift’s Ungiven.
Francisco Pawluszek: Answer number 1 has to be enemy color fetch lands. The discrepancy in consistency between enemy and allied color decks’ mana bases is way too massive, and I think with access to better mana decks like Deadguy Ale, The Rock or UG Madness could benefit immensely and jump up a tier based on that alone. Besides that, I would love for Imperial Recruiter to be legal (I’m a sucker for creature toolbox/combo decks, and Aluren is a bit of a pet deck for me).
Gabe Farkas: I think the mini-boons from Fallen Empires could be interesting. Aeolipile offers another colorless source of damage, Conch Horn is reasonably close to Brainstorm without being busted, Elven Lyre might be good in aggro decks, and Implements of Sacrifice could help with mana fixing. Another one that comes to mind is Avoid Fate, maybe to somehow help protect combo decks?
Manos Kokkinis: I'd love some really powerful artifacts in order to boost a bit the MUD/Tinker archetype. Cards like Lodestone Golem, Pithing Needle, Wurmcoil Engine or Painter's Servant! Oh boy, imagine those with a Goblin Welder in play, especially the last two :)
Michael Flores: Nah dawg. I like it how it is.
Michael James Heup: The obvious answer here is enemy Fetchlands, but I think people slightly overestimate how big their impact would be. I thought about this for a bit and didn’t find anything that truly stood out to me - but I’ll go with the Hideaway lands from Lorwyn (Windbrisk Heights, Shelldock Isle, Howltooth Hollow, Spinerock Knoll, Mosswort Bridge). I could see people doing some neat things with a lot of these.
Raphaël Caron: I'd love to have Ancient Grudge around. It would be great in the current meta.
Rich Shay: Nothing from the post-Premodern era should be allowed in. We should not let subsequent card design corrupt our format. Some people might want new fetchlands, but I'd rather we ban the Onslaught ones rather than add the off-color ones. Fetchlands are miserable and broken and result in a lot of time wasted due to extra shuffling. I guess I do wish that we had Piracy Charm, which would let mono-blue decks handle Goblin Lackey in a reasonable way.
So I will limit myself to the Old-School era for this exercise. And I can’t think of anything that would make Premodern a significantly better format. There are plenty of Old School (93-94) cards that would be incredibly good in Premodern, but I am not sure if any of them would actually make the format better as a whole.
What’s your prediction for how Premodern will change in 2023?
Aaron Dicks: The established decks will be forced to adapt to the current meta shift. Combo will have the easiest time doing it as there are less decks with discard at the top tables. By mid year disruption will make a resurgence.
Anton Glans: As long as WotC continues with their product fatigue, we’ll get more players from the eternal formats who are tired of keeping up. I hope we’ll get more Commander players because they tend to come with innovation of obscure combos/synergies that people from 60-card constructed are not familiar with. Regardless, players will for sure keep refining established archetypes, and some new innovations are bound to happen. Can we please make Burning Wish happen?
Brian Kowal: I think more new players are going to keep finding it. Honestly keep finding people getting into the format even though they never even played the cards.
Cristian Wisner: The nice thing about this format is that you never know what to expect, at the end of 2022 Parfait Oath and Stiflenought ended up very well positioned, I imagine the metagame adapting to respond to those decks, personally I would like to see some Dream Halls deck fighting.
Francisco Pawluszek: New decks will for sure arise, though I am not sure if they’ll make it all the way to the higher tiers. I do think, however, that new technologies will come out and reshape some currently established archetypes. I am doing my best to help the format reach new audiences with my YouTube channel, so I of course have high hopes on that department. Also I understand that the vast majority of people play the format to use their paper cards (that’s why I got into it myself), but I feel like having a Magic Online community is something that the format was missing. Right now I perceive quite a bit of “lack of credibility or legitimacy” from the community when it comes to MTGO events (results are basically ignored for the most part), but the truth is that there are REALLY GOOD players on MTGO that have been making major innovations in certain archetypes. Also the tournament structure created by Cyberpunker and LambDaMan (the two main Magic Online Society Premodern TOs) is ever evolving and improving, and it’s an absolute delight to play in those events.
Gabe Farkas: I expect it to continue to get spikier. It will reach some new audiences, but also lose some existing long-standing players.
Manos Kokkinis: Judging from the previous years, I am certain that Premodern will evolve, perhaps not so much in terms of new decks and strats, but definitely in terms of new tech and innovation to already established archetypes which will push them in new levels. The community has been on the rise especially the last two years and I can’t see any reason why it should not grow even more. Premodern has actually nothing to be jealous about any other format. Wide range of cards with hundreds of decks to choose from and play, it’s fun and casual yet it can be very competitive with powerful plays and interactions that even Legacy and Vintage would envy and last but not least, it has most likely the most balanced banned list out there.
Michael Flores: There will be persistent improvements to existing viable strategies, a la the addition of Survival of the Fittest to Elves or Urza’s Bauble to RDW. I think Sleight of Hand to Mono-U 12/12 is the leading candidate, followed by Foil to Parfait and huge sideboard creatures to Elves (e.g. Tempting Wurm and Lhurgoyf). Elves will probably quit playing Tangle Wire as a result.
Michael James Heup: I do think the format will grow as it seems that more and more people (outside of my Premodern circles) have been talking about it. I think the biggest growth will be from in person tournaments. Some of the end of the year tournaments in Europe were very well attended and I can see Premodern having more mid to large sized in person tournaments in the US in 2023.
Raphaël Caron: I see a steady growth for the format and I think old strategies like UW Control and The Rock will make a comeback as those decks can be tuned to beat anything if built correctly. I also foresee an identity crisis for the format: with more players coming from different backgrounds, what happens to the casual/competitive balance of Premodern? That’s a question that we’ll answer another day though. :)
Rich Shay: The only constant is change. We’ll continue to see the rise and fall of top-tier decks. Today it is Dreadnought, but it was only recently that Tide was the problem, and Elves before that. That is a healthy format -- we have the tools to handle whatever rises to the top, even if it pushes us out of our pet decks.
Results
Enchantress by Max B. won the 69-player German Nationals over the weekend. The rest of the Top 8 included two Goblins decks, Burn, Elves, Mono U Stiflenought, RW Rift, and UW Tide. Deck lists should be on TC Decks soon!
The Top 8. Photo courtesy of elRon on Discord and the JK Entertainment team that organized the event! 
Enchantress by Max B. Courtesy of elRon on Discord and the JK Entertainment team that organized the event! The 44-player MTGO January Semi-Monthly, hosted by the Magic Online Society, was won by Thursdayisgod on UR Tinker. The rest of the Top 4 included two Elves (one with sideboard Wall of Roots and Defense Grid; one with Tempting Wurm and Zuran Orb) and one RG Goblins.
One of my goals is to do a deeper dive into the MTGO scene on Premodern, including an explanation of the structure of the events. It also seems to be a good time to dive in…
Content
The Premodcast, hosted by Mike Harris, Andrew Walker, and Jared Doucette, are out with their 2022 Year-end Review episode!
Fpawlusz shares his take on Aluren and records a league… potentially one of Premodern’s most intriguing combo decks that doesn’t get enough attention. He also takes a crack at creating a competitive BUG Control deck (my favorite color combo).
Elves expert Pablo Suárez Fernandez has released a Spanish-language guide to the deck on Png Premodern.
I Play Magic is back with another deck tech, this time covering the Replenish combo deck.
Iñaki Puigdollers completed his 32-deck Premodern gauntlet after five years! Check out this beauty on Facebook, along with his deck choices. False Cure didn’t make the cut this time around so it looks like I’ll finally have to win a few tournaments this year…
Artist Jeff Miracola revealed that he was the model for John Matson’s Tradewind Rider artwork. Miracola also shared that he and his wife were used as models for Matson’s Worthy Cause artwork, as well as the Mage il-Vec artwork.
TC Decks is continuing to expand their Premodern social media and content presence, including twice-a-month recaps of the largest Premodern tournaments!
Upcoming Happenings
If you have any events you’d like me to feature, let me know. Italics are events that were featured previously.
[United States, Jan. 21] Premodern pick-up games at The Gathering Place in Chapel Hill, NC at 1pm. These will start to be monthly or bi-monthly. Reach out to Gabe Farkas for more details.
[United States, Jan. 21] The first annual Battle for Richmond tournament will take place at Battlegrounds in Midlothian, VA. The tournament will allow proxies as well.
[United States, Jan. 22] Battlegrounds Gaming in Norwalk, CT are hosting their first Premodern event with the hopes that it could become a more regularly scheduled event. Details on Facebook.
[United States, Jan. 25] The monthly New York City meetup is happening with mind-blowing plays and charming players. Reply to Phil Nguyen (me) if interested in attending.
[United Kingdom, Jan. 28] Callum Smith is organizing a Premodern event in London. The Legacy events he’s hosted have already become legendary so I would definitely try to make this if you can! Details on Facebook.
[United States, Feb. 11] Registration for the tournament in Seattle hosted by the Emerald City Trolls has opened up! The event is soft capped at 24 so be sure to pre-register if interested in attending. There will also be a charity raffle to benefit Mary’s Place, an organization that aids unhoused children, women, and families. More information can be found here.
[United States, Feb. 25] Collector Legion in Southern California is hosting another Premodern tournament. Registration on their website.
[United States, Jun. 2-3] The North American Premodern Championship is once again taking place at LobsterCon in Boston.
[Argentina, Aug. 12-13] Dates and location (Buenos Aires, Argentina) are now confirmed for the South American Premodern Championship!
Before You Go
I love seeing new Premodern communities sprout up around the world. There was a second weekly in Malaysia as well as this event in Singapore:
