314: Try Your Best to Be Your Best with Zac Turgeon (5th GP New Jersey)

314: Try Your Best to Be Your Best with Zac Turgeon (5th GP New Jersey)

Author: Shaun Penrod talks tips and stories with professional Magic: The Gathering December 7, 2018 Duration: 41:33

Zac Turgeon is a New England MTG grinder, who has top 8ed 1 Grand Prix and won an SCG Legacy Classic. He also enjoys cooking, music, writing and hopes to one day open an Ice Cream Shop. Zac lives in Dracut MA.

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First Set

Ice Age

Favorite Set

Khans of Tarkir

Favorite Card

Trinisphere

Early Challenge

Not sure what he was good at. Zac started to critically analyze his own games to learn what he was good at.

Worst Magic Moment

Zac struggled for an entire Standard season. He realized he was misevaluating the meta and kept losing to cards he thought was bad.

Proudest Magic Moment

Making top 8 for the first time at Grand Prix New Jersey.

What Have You Learned From Magic

Zac has learned to try and be very accepting of others.

Biggest Mistake Players Make

Not being critical enough of your own games. Players sometimes think they're favored when they're not. 

Parting Guidance

Be kind to people. You feel better and the people around you feel better. It eventually circles back and keeps growing.

Magic Resource

SCG, CFB, TCG Players, Twitch.tv

Connect With Zac Turgeon

Twitter:@The_Amazing_Zac 

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