Uh... So I Accidentally Became a Professional MTG Player 

After all this time, it finally happened. Pro-Projared

6:40 - Behind the scenes detail: The opponent that Jared lost to at the end of his qualifier run was likely a stream sniper. Five minutes before the final match on stream, someone came into chat and typed, "!decklist" in an attempt to pull a listing of all the cards Jared was playing from the Untapped Twitch plugin. It was the first message that person had ever typed in Jared's stream, and shortly after they left the chat, never to be seen again. I didn't think anything of it until I remember that Jared was streaming on a 5-minute delay, meaning that at the time they requested the decklist, Jared was actually playing the final game! Fortunately Jared didn't have the Twitch plugin enabled, so if they really were the opponent they were unable to see Jared's deck list. It's possible they were still lurking on stream after that (just not in chat), though not sure they would get much out of seeing his cards on a 5-minute delay. It doesn't change that they were probably trying to stream snipe for unfair advantages, though.

That part at the end reminds me of one of the last things my uncle ever told me. "Being at the bottom of the best still makes you better than the hundreds who couldn't handle it and the thousands who never even bothered to try." Granted, Uncle Q said it with a lot more swear words but the sentiment is the same.

Alchemy: Rebalanced Standard Also Alchemy: Only one type of deck is viable

Jared’s headshot for the tournament was killing me

Jared now have the privilege to said. *"I'm a wizard"*

That is the best way to look at it. You may have finished 30th at the final tournament, but you were there, you qualified for it. Out of the hundreds of thousands of people who play the game and play ranked or strive for that chance, you earned the shot at it that so many are trying to get. There's nothing wrong with that, it sounds like the competition above was still pretty fierce and doing an unfamiliar format doesn't help, and no matter what, you proved you belonged among the best in the world at Magic. It's really cool that you made it that far at all, I'm sure you'll get more chances in the future

Magic isn’t really my jam, but you can tell when something means a lot to someone else, and it’s awesome that you made it where you did. It was a good story to listen to. Congrats on placing in the pro category. :) I hope things continue to look forward for you.

Jared the fact you took 1 loss and managed to get 7 w's back to back is cool and you got to play with the big dogs is incredible you deserved to be at that tournament regardless what others say

Congrats on everything you go through on this tournament Jared! Keep going, keep learning, and beat your placement record next year! I hope this becomes a yearly endeavor for you!

DUDE! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! I usually tune out on these update videos, but this is one hell of a story! Congrats man! You are fantastic and I can't wait to see what you do next.

Wow! Congratulations! This is HUGE that you were able to qualify in the first place! You're among the best drafters playing on MTGA in the world!

I'm so happy to hear this story! I remember seeing you playing Sealed at the Grand Prix in 2019. Congratulations on making it so far!!

Been really missing these kind of storytime videos! I know its probably not the most popular form of videos, nor it's the more high-effort video format essays and long-form content you usually do, but like your LetsPlay channel, it's always a nice treat and change of pace when you're telling us stories like these regarding things going on in your life! _(especially goes great with a nice cup of coffee in the morning, hehe~)_ But either way, congratulations on the accomplishment again and always great to see how much this meant to you that was worth sharing with us! Hope to see more story-like videos every so often!

Dude, I'm glad you're still around. And your content is only getting better. Thank you for all you do.

Congrats on 30th man. Was a really good story.

My favorite part of the video was when Jared said "its magic time" and turned into a vampire.

SUCH a great story! I’m so happy for you, Jared! Very well done! God bless you and guide you as you go forward!

I'm sure this means very little from a typical internet denizen, but I am truly proud of you. MTG and DnD are what drew me to your content (aside from the retro game reviews which are also sick) and I'm happy to see you doing well with something you enjoy. Keep it up and as an aside, I'm sure I and many others would love to hear more stories from you from MTG or DnD. (I hella miss DnDecember)

I swear, Jerd, your sponsor segues are legendary. Anyway, congrats on making it to the championships. You have truly earned the 'Pro' in 'ProJared'.

Jerd is such a good storyteller, those DnD roots shine through.

Congrats Jared! It's super exciting to see something like this happen, helps keep the dream alive! ❤

Great story man! I loved watching the live stream and freaking out with the rest of the chat when you were mentioned.

Super happy for you Jared. Saw your post on Twitter and couldn't believe it.

Seriously, People can you "oh you shouldn't be there" but Jared come on. you were still 30th out of everyone in the WORLD because it was the first event. They weren't there meaning clearly you are already better than them anyway! So that's amazing in it's own right! Congratz! That is Fantastic! 30th beats everyone who didn't make it so Great job!

0-1 to 7-1 is quite something good job!

Very interesting. Love videos with a style like this

Hell yeah Jared! Congrats!

Congrats Jared!! That was a crazy journey but I'm glad you didn't give up!!! Nice job!!

Dude that's awesome!! Congratulations, super proud of you! Shows that you're way more skilled than even you probably realized!!

Always enjoy your stories!

Hell yeah, Jerd. I loved following this saga live!

Congrats on getting all the way there! Even if you didn't rank high. You got there! An you did your best with what you had. Getting as far as you did, regardless of what circumstances helped you. You made it there. That is an accomplishment in its self no one can take away.

After all the difficulties from the last couple of years it's a huge inspiration to see you come out the other side talking about accomplishing something you're so proud of. Amazing job, mate. I wish you all the best for the next tournament!

Hell yeah man, so happy for you! Gratz.

This is so cool. Super excited for you. Awesome that this came to be.

Congrats Jared! I enjoyed this retelling of your experience

Dude, I love this format. You need to do more of these. It may even be worth thinking of Podcasting!

I'm so proud of you Jared. I've been watching you for probably close to a decade now and I know what a big milestone this was for you. Love you buddy.

That's an incredible tale, quite the experience, and who knows, perhaps a harbinger of even better things to come in the future. Congratulations Jared!

Congratulations man! I remember when you talked about wanting to do this in your old magic of shandalar videos an do it's great to see it come to fruition

Dude I just back into MTG and Arena. This video is awesome timing lol can’t wait to watch this!

Pretty cool Jared. Congrats!

Congratulations Jared! That's awesome! I´m really happy for you, man. Hope you give it another try In the future!

Damn, ProJared the goat, your videos actually taught me how to play, and thanks to you I've been playing the game I love for quite a few years now. Keep it up Projared!

Awesome story mate. I haven't played MTG in over 20 years, I swapped my step bros all my cards for a Sega Saturn back in the day haha. I had a rare card called Gia's naval, never played it because it was so rare. Man I miss getting blazed and playing Magic for hours with mates haha

Hell yeah!!!!! Congratulations!!!! You are the reason I started playing MTG

Congrats man! i really enjoyed the story and thanks to your playthrough of the old PC game i got into magic and really enjoy it.

I love that you finally got to live the proplayer dream and that you had a great story to go with it. Congratulations on being one of the best Jared!

I'm so so proud of you Jared! I know how much this must mean to you, and I'm super stoked you got to participate in such a big event. Top 30 is no joke!

I'm so happy for you Jared. I wish I was there to cheer for you in the chat. You a self made pro, and I have nothing but respect for you my man. Keep it up 👊🏼😎

Jerd, you're pretty much the whole reason I enjoy Magic at all! You're a good player and definitely deserved that spot. Now I'm thinking about doing the draft tournament stuff, too.

Top tier segue into the ad promo.

Looks like you're a Pro Jared. Congratulations for making it as far as you did. You deserved it my dude!

Glad you got there Jared

Congrats Jared! That's amazing.

Congratulations Jared!

hey projared, your video on MTG from forever ago got me into magic :) Thank you.

I never learned Magic or even so much as owned a single card but this story really drew me in. Looks like a lot of fun and I'm super stoked for Jared!

So happy for you PRO+JARED. You've earn it. Keeps it up ;)

great job man. Im sure its been a dream for you for a long time!

Fantastic work Jerd Sucks you didn't get a chance to really prep for the alchemy part but glad you got to shine in your specialty in the beginning there.

Hey, good job, Jerd! I didn't understand half the things you said, but I'm proud of you! Good luck in the next tournament. You have my support.

good to see that you're still doing your thing

Dude you're an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your story!!

Congratulations! Not much into Magic but the fact that you made it really says a lot. Guess you put the Pro in ProJared now!

Way to be a great story Jared😁👍 keep up the magic action

Always happy to see the smelling card parks bit return.

Living up to the "Pro" in ProJared! Awesome story!

Ayyyy new pro jared video, yay :D

Congrats man I know you this isnt the last we heard of Projared de MTG profesional player!!!!!!!!!!!

I literally just switched over from your original Shandalar series to this video.

That's really cool! Congrats on getting to the tournament!

Nice job Jared!!!!

Man, what a story. And really happy you understand the people saying "you can't make it", couldn't reach for themselves anywhere near where you did.

This is really awesome. I remember seeing your Instagram post about the tournament, I loved this video explaining the experience, In the MTG world we don't see many POVs, so it's really interesting

Good on you, Jared! You'll get 'em next time

I guess this means you have to compete in more tournaments. We're rooting for you man. You can do it!

LFG!!!! Congrats bro!

Great job Jared

Glad you made it, a lot of people would freeze and leave facing all this pressure!

Literally Pro Jared

Congrats man

good job regardless, keep your chin up would love to see the whole journey as super cut vids if you plan to continue your MTG pros' journey; you could make this into a seasonal content reach day's ups and downs as a vid(or each section of the competition)

Congratulations, Great story

I'll have to watch. I havent played since Innistrad. That human deck build was brutal.

Big congrats!

Ohhhh, a Jared storytime???? Count me in

I loved this. This story had me sucked in, and I don't play much magic. Congrats to you, my man. You'll get em next time for sure! haha

I'm playing in my second qualifier weekend tomorrow, wish me luck

Putting the professional in projared. Wonderful job Jared, I've been very very very casually playing magic for about 8 or 9 years, and it's wonderful that you made it that far. While I know you may not have the time to properly dedicate to practice I know you are very passionate about this game and it wouldn't surprise me to find you at the top again. I believe in you, most professional of Jareds.

Congrats, I know nothing about magic but I can appreciate what an achievement this is. I hope you try again for the next tournament!

Congrats Jared , hopefully get into more turnies 👍

Congratulations!

That’s awesome dude!!

Whoa. This is actually sick. I never really liked you, nor disliked you but this now puts me on like side. Grats man! Ive been playing since core 2014 and im a sucker for Dimir theme decks.

If anyone’s curious *SPOILERS* Jared got 30th place which was $1,500 in prize money

I love to see u growing in the meta

Jared, never let people tell ya you can't do anything or let them make you think you're not good enough. There's plenty of people out there that didn't make the cut and you did. Congratulations buddy

Following you on and off for years Jared and I just started playing magic with the gf it's really cool seeing you push through all your stuff it makes me wanna push through with my goals and dreams thanks man and keep at it