Magic Pro & World Champion - Javier Dominguez

Javier Dominguez is a Magic pro player from Spain. He won the 2018 Magic World Championship.

0:00 The language of Magic
2:19 Repeatable decision-making
3:59 Leveraging poker skills, studying the game
8:56 Frustrations
11:25 Being competitive vs. having fun
15:22 Choosing Magic over poker (and Hearthstone)
23:33 Was the old Magic Pro Tour ACTUALLY good?
33:18 The love of the game
36:18 Nature of competitive games
41:19 How Javier wants to be remembered
41:51 Becoming World Champion - did Javier change?
48:16 Preparing for Worlds (work-life-happiness balance)
58:09 Javier's climb to greatness
1:00:25 Hitting a ceiling and starting over
1:04:30 "You can be wrong" - a healthy approach to doubt
1:06:52 Goals and process for 2024
1:09:07 Lightning round Q&A

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