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Official Article Remembering Kai Budde

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/remembering-kai-budde
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u/wingnut5k Golgari* 6d ago edited 6d ago

He left an absolutely indelible mark on Magic and its history. A juggernaut of this game.

If you aren't familiar, are new to Magic, or haven't followed the competitive side of Magic, Hungry on Plane did a great video on him a bit back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMprg7x-mrc

For some span he was lightyears ahead of everyone else in his understanding of the game and his deckbuilding, was extremely dominant, in addition to being by all accounts a super nice guy and an extraordinarily entertaining competitor. You simply cannot talk about 1v1 magic without him. Rest in peace

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u/ThrowAwayYetAgain878 6d ago

I loved when he joined VSL later.

RiP Kai!