We're proud to announce the addition of Brandon Mendselon to the ManaNation.com writing team. We will be initially cross-posting his articles from HuffingtonPost.com, but there will be more content coming down the line. Brandon has set out on a very difficult road, driven to qualify for the Pro tour by 2012, and the column will follow his journey as well as teaching others about Magic the Gathering.

Brandon has written for a number of news outlets and media sources, HuffingtonPost.com, Mashable.com, CNN and more. He also keeps a Magic blog at: http://www.brandonvsmagic.com/

[easybox]Brandon Mendelson is the co-author of Dracula And Kittens and a Magic: The Gathering player. He hopes to qualify for the Pro-Tour in 2012 ... That is, if he can figure out how many copies of a card he should put into his deck. You can have twelve Lord Of The Pits, right?[/easybox]