Final Canvas Draft
.Last night was the last sfmagic draft at Canvas, which closes on Saturday. We had 23 people, three draft groups, and I took some photos of the occasion.
The sfmagic group has drafted there for years. I’ve gone there almost every Wednesday night since late 2003, so over three years, and the group apparently met there for months (possibly a year) before I joined. But it’s closing, so we have to find a new spot (tentatively, Milano’s Pizzeria about a block up on 9th Avenue).
We had two pods of eight and one of seven. This is a shot of (most of) the A and B pods:
The guy on the right in the black hoodie is Ben Rubin, 1998 World Championships Finalist, who won pod B. In the far corner in the red jacket is Brett Allen, occasional PT player, who won Pod A.
Pod C was on the other side:
The guy farthest on the left, who appears to be sitting on a stool or standing, is Nick Lynn who won the pod. I don’t know any links for him, unless he’s the Nick Lynn who won Ohio Regionals in 2003.
I played in Pod A, and left to right these are Andy and Standish, my third and first round opponents respectively:
I’m pretty sure that’s Will’s hand behind Andy.
Round 3 (the empty seat with the pen and results sheets is mine, as I’ve already lost at this point):
Davey and Standish battling it out:
Davey would go on to win this match 1–0–1, securing a 2–1 record and 4th place in the process.
Seth and James, who like me ended up with 1–2 records for the evening, play a post–draft game of Constructed—likely the last game of MTG to be played at Canvas:
It’s all over, as Dralnu and Phyrexian Totem swing in to give James the last victory:
