Michael Ma

10-0 in the London Extra Grand Battle with Mihawk! It was a nice send off for Mihawk after his ban next week.👋 Now it’s time to work on EB05 testing in the meantime 👀

2nd place in Nationals with Purple Enel! Congrats to @nicky_goldman for his Nationals win; I’m glad to see him finally qualify after some crazy close runs. I’m happy for him but I’m definitely getting revenge at Worlds 😈 I’m ecstatic to be able to qualify for worlds again! It was bittersweet watching great NA players represent us for the past few years on the sideline but I’m happy to compete alongside the other finalists early next year.

And we’re going to Worlds again! Quad El Thor for lethal!!

8-1 in the Toronto Regional with Purple Enel! I really wanted to play Teach again but I think I would’ve went 2-7 with the bracket I had 💀 I hope the UG Luffy hype wanes a little bit so I can play Teach but I don’t think that’s happening soon enough.

Top 8 in the Peoria Regional with BY Teach! It was a pleasure playing against so many new players in top cut this time. Mike really navigated the Nami matchup well against me in top 8. Also don’t ask about Pizzaro. He’s my goat 💪🏾

9-1 in the Orlando Friday TC with Purple Enel! Glad to win my first Serial Zoro! Props to Nick Pao for getting his 3rd consecutive top 8 with Sky Luffy this weekend after destroying me R8

Lost in top 32 with Purple Enel against @rlaparre! I wish him luck in top cut as well as @fabby_gg @LukaTCG and @ClydeTCG who are currently playing in top 16! Matchups: R8 Enel ✅ R9 Mihawk ✅ R10 Ace ❌✅ Top32 Nami ✅❌❌

Top 8 in the Lille Regional with Purple Enel after a 9-1 finish in Swiss! Señor Pink is a messed up card when paired with Gamma Knife and Mamaragan. The card advantage is obscene. I’m pretty sure that my Snoopy sweater I was wearing on Saturday was super lucky though 😂

I know things got messy in my Top 8 match but I wanted to address what happened in game 3 against @Progress_2126. Mirko accidentally attached 1 extra Don with leader effect than allowed and attacked for 8k instead of the max 7K swing that he had. I was able to counter out of the 7K swing but not the 8k swing that was declared at the time and I conceded the game on the last turn of overtime. After a few minutes, the judges reached out to me regarding the mistake and any potential remedies. I stated that I’ve already conceded to Mirko and I was willing to honor that concession. All in all, it was definitely an awkward interaction and it’s unfortunate that I couldn’t go further into the tournament but I’m genuinely ecstatic that I was able to get another top 8! Mirko was a class act the entire weekend and immediately apologized to me for the infraction. I wish him luck in top 4 and I’m looking forward to playing in another EU tournament in the future!

I’m super thankful to be able to get 2nd place in one of the first One Piece Regionals with the new Serial Luffy. It was a great tournament and I had a blast playing against some great players. I’ve been fortunate enough to lock in a sale for my ungraded Luffy for $30,300 earlier this week. While some people might have better deals lined up, I wanted to help other top 8 competitors make more informed decisions regarding the sale of their prize cards.

9-1 for a 12th place finish in Swiss with PY Rosinante in the Mesquite Regional! Shoutout to @XellTweets for hooking me up with Endgame sleeves for me to use today! Hopefully they continue to be lucky tomorrow. Vergo is bait 😈