Alex Majlaton's guest appearances

Alex Majlaton

The Cedric Phillips Podcast

Humans of Magic

Ross Merriam

Ally Warfield

Matt Sperling

Bill Burr

Paul Revere

Baker Mayfield

Mark Rosewater

Kevin Owens

Marshall Sutcliffe

Shivam Bhatt

Vince McMahon

Seth Rollins

Finn Balor

Eric Bischoff

Dean Ambrose

OwlTail

In the second of two parts, Cedric Phillips sits down with long time pal and Mythic Championship Cleveland Top 8 competitor, Alex Majlaton, to break down his blog post about his experience at MC Cleveland. In Part 2, Ced and Alex talk about the frustration of making Top 8 of the MC and still not being a Gold level pro, why Alex hated the article he wrote for StarCityGames.com, the type of content Alex wishes he saw on Magic websites, and the difficulties of coordinating a content website in 2019.

In the second of two parts, Cedric Phillips sits down with long time pal and Mythic Championship Cleveland Top 8 competitor, Alex Majlaton, to break down his blog post about his experience at MC Cleveland. In Part 2, Ced and Alex talk about the frustration of making Top 8 of the MC and still not being a Gold level pro, why Alex hated the article he wrote for <a href="http://StarCityGames.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StarCityGames.com</a>, the type of content Alex wishes he saw on Magic websites, and the difficulties of coordinating a content website in 2019.

Chats With Alex Majlaton: Part 2 (MTG)

In the first of two parts, Cedric Phillips sits down with long time pal and Mythic Championship Cleveland Top 8 competitor, Alex Majlaton, to break down his blog post about his experience at MC Cleveland. In Part 1, Ced and Alex talk about the good and bad portions of Alex's weekend including what it's like for Alex to finally have a crowning achievement in his Magic career, why Alex continues to play Magic after all these years, why he suffers from Imposter's Syndrome after playing 34 Pro Tours, and the anxiety he suffers from when watching himself make mistakes in prior matches.

Chats With Alex Majlaton: Part 1 (MTG)

“There’s really no reason to not be direct about what you want, or what you’re going for.”Alex Majlaton is a pretty darn good Magic player, with 26 Pro Tour appearances and 8 Grand Prix Top 8’s. He is doing solid work as the mathematical mind behind Team East-West Bowl. But more importantly, he’s humble about his status as a player and incredibly passionate about giving back to the community.Alex and I talk about his early childhood days, forays into competitive Magic, learning from experiences, and more. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to chase Pro Tour dreams, this episode is worth the listen.Time stamps:[3:15] Introduction[5:50] Growing up[9:02] Childhood hobbies[10:21] Washington, DC / Maryland / Baltimore[13:42] How Alex got into Magic[16:12] Earliest Magic decks[18:11] Alex’s two favorite cards of all time[20:37] Getting competitive — the why and how[27:04] The advantages of being a mathematician[30:20] The Pro Tour scene / First major success with Affinity[33:09] Affinity for Affinity (pun intended)[36:49] Alex’s approach to Magic improvement[39:11] No sacred cows — a learning breakthrough at the Pro Tour stage[44:35] Lessons from Pro Tours / Quantitative approach to Limited[49:46] Maintaining the fire[51:34] Questions that people ask Alex about[55:16] Contributing to the community = personal improvement[57:51] Team East-West Bowl / Breaking the format / Analyzing Limited[1:01:46] Magic-related goals[1:04:57] What needs to happen for Magic to advance as a game[1:07:03] How Alex plans to get from Silver to Gold status[1:09:23] What would Alex tell himself, if he could go back five years?[1:12:58] Shout-outs to Ben Friedman, Team East-West Bowl, the Maryland community, and Andrew Mitchell

“There’s really no reason to not be direct about what you want, or what you’re going for.” Alex Majlaton is a pretty darn good Magic player, with 26 Pro Tour appearances and 8 Grand Prix Top 8’s. He is doing solid work as the mathematical mind behind Team East-West Bowl. But more importantly, he’s humble about his status as a player and incredibly passionate about giving back to the community. Alex and I talk about his early childhood days, forays into competitive Magic, learning from experiences, and more. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to chase Pro Tour dreams, this episode is worth the listen. Time stamps: [3:15] Introduction [5:50] Growing up [9:02] Childhood hobbies [10:21] Washington, DC / Maryland / Baltimore [13:42] How Alex got into Magic [16:12] Earliest Magic decks [18:11] Alex’s two favorite cards of all time [20:37] Getting competitive — the why and how [27:04] The advantages of being a mathematician [30:20] The Pro Tour scene / First major success with Affinity [33:09] Affinity for Affinity (pun intended) [36:49] Alex’s approach to Magic improvement [39:11] No sacred cows — a learning breakthrough at the Pro Tour stage [44:35] Lessons from Pro Tours / Quantitative approach to Limited [49:46] Maintaining the fire [51:34] Questions that people ask Alex about [55:16] Contributing to the community = personal improvement [57:51] Team East-West Bowl / Breaking the format / Analyzing Limited [1:01:46] Magic-related goals [1:04:57] What needs to happen for Magic to advance as a game [1:07:03] How Alex plans to get from Silver to Gold status [1:09:23] What would Alex tell himself, if he could go back five years? [1:12:58] Shout-outs to Ben Friedman, Team East-West Bowl, the Maryland community, and Andrew Mitchell

#016 - Alex Majlaton is the Affinity master! On Pro Tour dreams and Team East-West Bowl