Magic Pro & World Champion - Javier Dominguez

Humans of Magic

Javier Dominguez is a Magic pro player from Spain. He won the 2018 Magic World Championship. 0:00 Intro 1:24 The language of Magic 3:43 Repeatable decision-making 5:23 Leveraging poker skills, studying the game 10:20 Frustrations 12:49 Being competitive vs. having fun 16:46 Choosing Magic over poker (and Hearthstone) 24:57 Was the old Magic Pro Tour ACTUALLY good? 34:42 The love of the game 37:42 Nature of competitive games 42:43 How Javier wants to be remembered 43:15 Becoming World Champion - did Javier change? 49:40 Preparing for Worlds (work-life-happiness balance) 59:33 Javier's climb to greatness 1:01:49 Hitting a ceiling and starting over 1:05:54 "You can be wrong" - a healthy approach to doubt 1:08:16 Goals and process for 2024 1:10:31 Lightning round Q&A Patreon: patreon.com/humansofmagic