The Long Road Down: From Pro Tour Playa To Golden Ass

By 10:30 in the morning of September 2 nd , I was certain that I had written my last real article on Magic. It had been almost a year since my column work on Sideboard.com had ceased to be, I was far from in love with Wizards – and I’d just lost the first round of draft day at Worlds, prompting me to become the second of three-hundred-and five players to drop from the tournament. Forty-some Pro Tours and a few hundred articles later, I was done. …But then came a shocking development.