
I made common mistakes that most players make when they first pick up the game. It wasn’t until I continued to play and devoured every decklist I could find that it dawned on me: I wasn’t very good. Magic quickly evolved into a competitive outlet for me, but I became frustrated when basically everyone I played at any sort of tournament setting crushed the living pants off of me. Now that we're fast friends, I'll let you in on a secret I’m a competitive person, and Magic took over that mantle in my life once I joined the working world and had to hang up my baseball glove and cleats. What's that? You haven't heard of me? Well, are you in for a treat! I’ve been playing Magic: The Gathering since the original Innistrad block and kept playing mostly on the local level.


Hi everyone! My name is Neil DeMarco (yes, THAT Neil DeMarco).
