This is The Magic Studio with your host Robert Martin, the interview podcast with the best in Magic: The Gathering. I'd like to thank GatheringMagic.com—where you can find this show and some of the best articles in Magic—and CoolStuffInc.com. Our guest this week is Gerry Thompson.

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0:00 – 0:17 – Intro to the show and guest

0:17 to 1:16 – With one weekend, it seems the world of Magic has changed for you. With the elusive Pro Tour Top 8 now under your belt, talk a little about how that weekend was for you.

1:43 – 2:40 – Also, instead of being the person who had to make the deck for the team, you were able to be a part of a team instead of guiding it. Has that altered how you view yourself when it comes to playing on the Pro Tour?

2:40 – 3:59 – Whom did you enjoy working with most during the Pro Tour?

3:59 – 5:16 – Talk about just how good of player Josh Utter-Leyton is?

5:16 – 6:00 – Would you enjoy working with Team ChannelFireball again?

6:00 – 6:39 – What did the players at the event talk to you about when they knew you had made the Top 8 of a Pro Tour?

6:39 – 7:34 – Is the pressure off you now that you have made a Top 8 of a Pro Tour? What about the comments that you might’ve, at the time, been the greatest Magic player never to make a Top 8 of a Pro Tour?

7:34 – 9:03 – After that Top 8, you deviated from your normal view of the Grand Prix schedule, going overseas to chase Platinum status. How difficult is it to go after Platinum?

9:03 - 10:30 – Is there a part of you that wants to chase after the World Magic Cup or Players Championship?

10:30 – 11:59 – Above the Curve really allows you and Brad to showcase yourselves in format that is well-suited to your skills; what makes the show work so well?

11:59 – 13:18 – The last few times we talked, there was an acceptance on your part that where you are in Magic is where you are going to be in the long term. Has what happened recently changed this perspective?

13:18 – 15:58 –- I was looking over your Top 8 history in GPs . You have six Top 8s in a Draft/Sealed/Rochester environment. Has the Magic community overlooked your Limited skill because of your deck-building/tweaking skills?

15:58 – 18:19 – Does a stagnant Standard environment inspire you to work harder?

18:19 – 19:45 – Why is green such a bad color for you?

19:45 – 21:38 – You always say not to ask about the Hall of Fame, but is it something you can see happening?

21:38 – 25:17 – When you are playing with the team and other Hall of Famers at the Pro Tour, you have to feel your skill level is right with them.

25:17 – 29:16 – I have to ask about you drafting two Boros Reckoners in a deck.

29:16 – To End – How is your better half handling all the changes with your success lately?