Tournament Preparation Like A Pro: Ladder And Series
French pro Rémi Fortier's practical framework for structured tournament prep: using ladder grinding and tournament series as stepping stones instead of sporadic one-offs.
Fortier is a Pro Tour veteran and one of the most structured minds in competitive MTG. This piece is the process — specific, time-boxed, actually executable. Nothing like it in the English-speaking scene at this level of rigor.
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