Raphael Levy is a Magic Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Toulouse, France. He holds the record for most consecutive Magic Pro Tours played.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Playing 90-plus Pro Tours in a row
9:40 Happiness, finding balance
13:38 How Raph’s PT streak ended
19:05 Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) journey
28:20 All-in…or all-out
31:18 BJJ mental game, big guy vs. small guy theory
40:26 How Raph ran his first marathon
53:42 State of today’s competitive Magic
1:03:42 COVID-19 and the Magic Pro League
1:09:23 Magic vs. parenthood
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Raphael Levy is a Magic Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Toulouse, France. He holds the record for most consecutive Magic Pro Tours played.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Playing 90-plus Pro Tours in a row
9:40 Happiness, finding balance
13:38 How Raph’s PT streak ended
19:05 Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) journey
28:20 All-in…or all-out
31:18 BJJ mental game, big guy vs. small guy theory
40:26 How Raph ran his first marathon
53:42 State of today’s competitive Magic
1:03:42 COVID-19 and the Magic Pro League
1:09:23 Magic vs. parenthood
Modern Innovations, Pro Tour Learnings - Aspiringspike
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Modern Innovations, Pro Tour Learnings - Aspiringspike
Evart "Aspiringspike" Moughon is a Magic player and streamer. He is best known for his deckbuilding innovations in the Modern format.
0:00 Intro
0:50 Streaming Dark Souls
6:02 Personal off-stream projects
7:58 Value of effective practice
13:45 Viewership drop when variety streaming
15:53 Deckbuilding process
23:17 Innovating (and breaking) the Modern format
27:50 The Crokeyz tweet
31:30 Right place, right time
36:01 Talking about success
37:42 What Spike learned from Kai Budde and Reid Duke
46:59 Level-up - Pro Tour deck selection process
53:01 Questioning assumptions, intuitive learning, stream feedback
58:28 On expressing negative emotions on-stream
1:01:55 Working on the Lord of the Rings set
1:15:34 Making a tabletop RPG with TCG elements
1:19:12 Boundaries of creative output and personal life
1:22:06 Five questions with Aspiringspike (lightning Q&A)
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Humans of Magic
Raphael Levy is a Magic Hall of Famer and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Toulouse, France. He holds the record for most consecutive Magic Pro Tours played.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Playing 90-plus Pro Tours in a row
9:40 Happiness, finding balance
13:38 How Raph’s PT streak ended
19:05 Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (BJJ) journey
28:20 All-in…or all-out
31:18 BJJ mental game, big guy vs. small guy theory
40:26 How Raph ran his first marathon
53:42 State of today’s competitive Magic
1:03:42 COVID-19 and the Magic Pro League
1:09:23 Magic vs. parenthood
