Sign ups are now live for BOTH Pioneer events! Winners for each also get byes at HBMO!
1/31 Spotlight: Ricky
Loc: Gamerz-Pair-A-Dice in San Antonio, TX
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
2/01 Happy-Go-Lucky $1k
Loc: Clockwork Games in College Station, TX
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
Fresh off of his Top 8 performance at Regional Championship Portland, Nico Ferrigno and Team Main Phase bring you..
Sultai Reanimator - A Comprehensive Guide
Become the Superior Spider-Man for your next tournament by getting the inside scoop for all the matchups.
Link below ⤵️
If Omniscience is more your style, Team Main Phase has another strategy guide for you!
Bant Omni- A Comprehensive Guide
We put all 3 of our Bant Omni pilots into Day 2 with @GabrielJoglar punching his Pro Tour ticket finishing in 13th place. Take YOUR first steps. Link below ⤵️
Texas Pioneer Double-Header weekend! 🏆🐦🔥
JAN 31ST - Spotlight: Ricky
Gamerz-Pair-A-Dice
San Antonio, TX
FEB 1ST - Happy-Go-Lucky $1k
Clockwork Games
College Station, TX
Winner of each receives a 1-round Bye at HBMO in March.
Sign up below! ⤵️
Saturday, January 31, 2026
San Antonio
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
Sunday, February 1, 2026
College Station
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
We are ONE WEEK away from the Texas Pioneer Double-Header weekend! 🏆🐦🔥
JAN 31ST - Spotlight: Ricky
Gamerz-Pair-A-Dice
San Antonio, TX
FEB 1ST - Happy-Go-Lucky $1k
Clockwork Games
College Station, TX
Winner of each receives a 1-round Bye at HBMO in March.
Sign up below! ⤵️
Bant Omniscience is a rogue Standard control-combo deck that cheats Omniscience into play with Kona, Rescue Beastie and ends games through clean, repeatable infinite loops.
This guide shows you exactly how to pilot it and steal wins from an unprepared field.
metafy.gg/guides/view/...
Sign ups are now live for BOTH Pioneer events! Winners for each also get byes at HBMO!
1/31 Spotlight: Ricky
Loc: Gamerz-Pair-A-Dice in San Antonio, TX
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
2/01 Happy-Go-Lucky $1k
Loc: Clockwork Games in College Station, TX
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
Not sure if this is your scope but Mana Pool is hiring for Ops/Finance, and its mtg related!
manapool.com/jobs/marketp...
We are big porter fans in this house!
HE DID IT AGAIN!!!!
Top 8
Congratulations to the Magic Spotlight: The Avatar Top 8 in Atlanta, GA! They are:
Maxx Kominowski
Kye Nelson
Javier Ramos
Christopher Kral
Oliver Tomajko
Eli Swafford
Corey Burkhart
Kenneth Oswald
17th Chris Kral 7-2 19th Nico Ferrigno 7-2 27th Gabriel Nicholas 7-2 75th Jacob Koshak 6-3 84th Alan Hubbard 6-3 147th Drew Debevoise 6-3 176th Josh Willis 6-3
Team Main Phase and our testing partners navigated a talented field of 792 players at Magic Spotlight: Atlanta and put SEVEN into Day 2!
The squad is locked in for Sunday to chase those Pro Tour invites and our share of the $50K prize pool. Let’s go! 💪
#MTGSpotlight #SCGATL
@fireshoes.bsky.social
Team Main Phase now has openings for coaching sessions and is LIVE on METAFY.
Anyone can join Metafy for free and join our community page! Browse our content and if you want to join a session, enrollment is easy! We even offer a FREE consultation!
metafy.gg/@teammainphase
(@fireshoes.bsky.social)
Why do US players sign up for events last minute? This is a strange phenomenon.
1,100+ are registered for Spotlight Toronto Lorwyn Limited main event in 51 days on 2/6/26.
Only 64 are registered for Spotlight Atlanta Standard main event in 24 days on 1/10/26.
Sign ups are now live for BOTH Pioneer events! Winners for each also get byes at HBMO!
1/31 Spotlight: Ricky
Loc: Gamerz-Pair-A-Dice in San Antonio, TX
2/01 Happy-Go-Lucky $1k
Loc: Clockwork Games in College Station, TX
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
melee.gg/Tournament/V...
@fireshoes.bsky.social
If you're in Houston for the Riftbound Regional Qualifier and need some food recommendations, don't forget to check out the guide below for some epic choices.
@riftbound.riotgames.com
#RQHouston
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Huge Congratulations to Mitchell Tamblyn, a Team Main Phase Pro Tour testing partner, who finished in 12th place at World Championship 31! Mitch went 4-1-1 in draft portion and 5-3 in Standard on Jeskai Control, overall 9-4-1. We are all proud of you!
(Photo credit @fireshoes.bsky.social)
@fireshoes.bsky.social
@captain1nsano.bsky.social
@crew3mtg.bsky.social
@manaricflair.bsky.social
📢 BIG NEWS..
Stay tuned for an announcement of TWO Pioneer tournaments in the Central Texas area. Details to come.
Save the dates:
1/31/26 in San Antonio and
2/1/26 in College Station
One will be a $1K and BOTH are HBMO qualifier events (1 round Bye awarded to each winner).
teammainphase.bsky.social
Chris is currently 7-5 with 4 rounds remaining.
Played Sacrifice in the Pioneer Cup & Top 8ed! Sephiroth feels solid, probs not a 2 of
R1 UW Control 2-1
R2 Esper aggro 2-0
R3 RB Demons 2-0
R4 Insidious Roots 2-0
R5 Niv Mizzet 2-1
R6 🤝
QF Humans 2-1 vs @cavernonhumans.bsky.social great games & chat 🙂
SF Convoke 2-0
Finals Rona Combo 1-2
In about an hour, @ChrisKral4 will be making his way to the tournament hall to play in his first Pro Tour along with 3 others from @TeamMainPhase. Very proud of him as his dad, watching his dreams come true.
#PTFinalFantasy
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Not to mention 11th overall at SCG Spotlight Series Atlanta in January, and 2nd at Hunter Burton Memorial Open in March.
Are there any Standard Mardu Pixie gamers out there? Thinking about it for Hartford and wanna share thoughts.
Congratulations! Happy to hear you did so well.