Magic the Gathering

The ManaNation Team

Trick Jar­rett

Trick is the edi­tor and head of Man­a­Na­tion, lead­ing it in is direc­tion, edit­ing, con­tent and gen­eral plans. He also is the per­son behind the XMTG web comic. So his role really tran­scends any of the “lists” below.

Writ­ing Staff

Dan Eck­stein

Dan is a High School Teacher who does every­thing he can to squeeze Magic into his sched­ule. Between being a Father, Hus­band, and Coach it’s pretty hard. Arti­cles by Dan focus on tips and lessons for begin­ners that he has learned while teach­ing his stu­dents how to play their best. As a player Dan has a propen­sity to go Crazy For Com­bos so occa­sion­ally these arti­cles hap­pen as well.

Ben McDole

My name is Ben­jamin McDole and I’m a level 2 judge from Tampa, Florida. When I’m not teach­ing math at a local col­lege or spend­ing time with my wife I’m usu­ally play­ing EDH at Armada Games or run­ning some events. My long term goal is to make sure every­one enjoys Magic and espe­cially EDH as much as I do. I’m a mem­ber of a few orga­ni­za­tions, Team Lives in the Red Zone and the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion for the Advance­ment of Pie (I’m the only member!)

Kelly Reid

Kelly Reid, edi­tor of finan­cial news site http://www.quietspeculation.com, has been play­ing Magic the Gath­er­ing since 1994. With 15 years expe­ri­ence in the game, his goal is to teach oth­ers to fund their gam­ing through proac­tive spec­u­la­tion and intel­li­gent trading.

Sam Fee­ley

Sam Fee­ley is a Timmy-Spike and PTQ semi-regular orig­i­nally from Con­cord, Mass­a­chu­setts. He enjoys Magic, sports, cook­ing, and writ­ing. He cur­rently attends Berk­shire Com­mu­nity Col­lege in Pitts­field, Mass., going for an associate’s degree in lib­eral arts. He is also stranded in the mid­dle of Magic nowhere, where the clos­est FNM is 45 min­utes away, and he has no car. Send help.

Andres Gar­cia

Andre is the main force behind the T:apped web­comic, head­ing up the art, the story, and the direc­tion. Andre has been play­ing since the days of 4th Edi­tion, when Shivan Dragon was still cov­eted and rar­ity was the sort of thing that required mys­ti­cal scry­ing to deci­pher. He was a bad Magic player back then and is a ter­ri­ble Magic player today, but he refuses to give up.

Lau­ren Lee

Lau­ren Lee, edi­tor of Mulldrift­ing, has been play­ing Magic com­pet­i­tively since Con­flux and in that time has devel­oped a strong pas­sion for the game and in teach­ing oth­ers to be the best play­ers they can be. Sight­ings of her have been recorded at var­i­ous events around NYC.

Rus­sell Tassicker

Rus­sell is a his­tory stu­dent, avid gamer and MTG blog­ger from Perth, West­ern Aus­tralia who takes every chance he can get to sling some mag­i­cal cards. Here he shares his occa­sional insights into the com­pet­i­tive and finan­cial realms of Magic: the Gathering.

Other Team Members

Katie Pace

She is the brains behind the entire oper­a­tion, she is Trick’s fianceé and she the one who makes sure he remem­bers his pants in the morn­ing. She has pro­vided count­less hours help­ing with events, brain­storm­ing ideas, and sup­port­ing Trick as he got the site launched. Her value to the project can­not be overstated.

Devon Man­ners

Devon Man­ners, is from a small Cana­dian com­mu­nity, with a strong Magic com­mu­nity. His unortho­dox style and tastes make him stand out in local tour­na­ments, but he is a reg­u­lar there any­way. Although he makes con­sis­tent top 8 fin­ishes at local tour­na­ments, his skills are still very much in development.

Jimmy McCul­lough

Jimmy is an Orlando local who has writ­ten for Man­a­Na­tion before but his main role is the rarely seen sher­iff of the Man­a­Na­tion forums. He keeps an eye for spam­mers and such. It’s a thank­less but appre­ci­ated job.

Jes­sica Jarrett

Trick’s younger sis­ter is a writer and aspir­ing jour­nal­ist. He has called on her from time to time to assist in the edit­ing of arti­cles for the site. Though she knows noth­ing about the game of Magic, her knowl­edge of Eng­lish is a major benefit.

Pre­vi­ous Team Members

Lee Steht

Lee was co-host on Man­a­Na­tion from 2007 into 2009 when he left the show to devote more time to his per­sonal life and work. He wrote numer­ous arti­cles for the site and was an amaz­ing resource for com­pet­i­tive play and strategies.

Dar­ren Humphrey

Dar­ren was our never seen video guy. He han­dled the shoot­ing, the equip­ment, and orig­i­nally the edit­ing of Man­a­Na­tion pod­casts before part­ing to work on other projects.