I really appreciate all the work that went into this documentation. You guys make amazing content!

The best thing to come out of those swiss rounds is that Jund will forever Jund.

Super appreciate that you guys uploaded the breakdown of the swiss matches! I was fiending to see the results of some standard decks but this is just as good too! Amazing content as always

Thank you for this! Just to let you know, there’s a small error in the article - in the results writeup for Uro Pile, it says it went 2-1 against Uro Pile instead of 1-2 against Eggs.

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Yeah :) Andrea is a friend now! We love having him over

Thank you for your kind words :) we try our best

Thank you :) that is very kind of you to say! I'm glad you enjoy them

@@CardmarketMagic Fele is that you?

@synxsnacks1552 no Fele doesn't answer youtube comments, that's always me, Carl :) I also edit most of the videos

You are the GOAT Carl! @@CardmarketMagic

@@CardmarketMagic oh! hi Carl! thanks so much for the bangin’ edit!!!

Oh yessss, that would have been juicy :)

It's a lot easier to edit when you are in the videos :) I often say things purposely similar in the gameplay and interview so can blend them later when I edit

Scam is just unfair Jund

Having looked at the Swiss rounds, Hogaak more or less dominated the field, and it's not likely to be very close at all. There's a reason that Hogaak was the card banned once the deck pivoted so smoothly away from the Bridges to the other shenanigans the deck had. Honestly, Hogaak was even better without Bridge, too, which is the more terrifying part.

Considering what's planned, it'll be determined by whether scam can kick out Hogaak or not. The issue is, you'd need to have a very dedicated sideboard to deal with Gaak. I don't think Scam is favoured at all.

@@Geroaergaroe Looking at the Rakdos Midrange/Scam deck in modern, according to MTGGoldfish, they run 4 Voidwalkers maindeck, and 2ish Hearses in the Side, which would generally be enough graveyard hate. However, I get the feeling that Gaak won't necessarily care about either, since Hearse is really slow and the combo is instant speed. Voidwalker is fast enough, but likely eats a push or similar removal spell at the earliest time that Gaak sees one. Fury and Grief are generally pretty bad against Gaak as well.

Idk, I feel like eldrazi aggro will be able to handle scam shenanigans. Especially on the play g1. Shitting out multiple mimics and top decking a thought-knot seer is not out of the question, and pre-lurrus shadow will not likely be able to keep up with the raw power of eldrazi aggro.

The only person who could stop Hogaak from winning a Pro Tour is in the building tho 😅

Gaack ain't all that great. Eldrazi aggro is around, and with other powerhouses like scam... it just doesn't seem like it can win g1 on play or draw vs. 16 power on t2

@@fabulous_finn7810 Hogaak was 4-0 in the Swiss and won 2-1 vs Scam with Dauthi Voidwalker in play. I would be very surprised if Hogaak were to lose the tournament, if piloted well.

Imagine if Hogaak lost to Eggs/Second Breakfast. But nobody voting for decks had any TASTE.

@@brothertobias Eggs lost out in swiss. KCI lost on breakers. Hogaak 4-0'd facing 3 top 8 opponents.

I can't get enough of Carl saying "my lightning skelemental"

@@Logan-lz5guI think you meant “MY LIIIGHTNING SKELEMENTAAAAALLL!”

@@Logan-lz5gu oops, all skelementals

If you do get back in, I'd heavily recommend pauper :) you get to play a ton of old cards and the decks are budget friendly

I'm happy you enjoy them :) I knew I was taking a risk when I started the first one because dedicating so many resources to 7 videos could be a big flop, but it's exactly the kind of tournament i'd want to watch so I forced it into existence 😅 I'm happy that I'm not the only one who would enjoy this kind of series :) thank you for your comment

Thank you :)

I'm happy you enjoyed it :)

Unfortunately that would be waaaayyyy more expensive than you think 😅 we don't have enough cameras and overhead rigs so we'd have to have each match played individually. So we'd have to pay people for multiple days of playing or buy a bunch more equipment. We'd also need an editor to go through all of that. I'm sorry but I doubt footage of the swiss will ever happen

​@@CardmarketMagiceven if it was just straight vod footage of a "feature match" area? The other games happening in the same room, but not necessarily filmed?

@cking636 I mean, we could do that. But the video's poor views would ruin our youtube algorithm (because it's not as snappy as our regular videos) and people would then mostly complain that we are not showing the other matches. I get you, if I had infinite budget, you'd see all of the games with coverage

@@CardmarketMagic It's cool that you're talking openly about the logistics of it, thanks for the insight.

@@CardmarketMagic I'll continue daydreaming, then. On a side note, if cardmarket ever hosts a tourney, the three of you would make up the most dynamic and fun coverage team!

That's very kind of you to say :)

That's a really fun idea :)

Thank you :D that's so kind of you to say!

Thank you for your tribute to the algorithm gods :)

Thank you :D that's so kind of you to say!

Unfortunately, we stopped having guests play against other guests as they tended to be far less watched than when one of us three was involved. Which surprized me as well 😅

Interesting. But I think I can understand. People would just go watch tournaments if they want a full competitive set up. Amazing content nonetheless.

I voted for both when they came up, but the other decks were far more powerful. Honestly, Affinity is probably a Swiss exit anyway, but Twin absolutely could have won rounds. I doubt it makes it very far with the busted stuff other decks would be doing, but it would at least be a nice deck to have seen in Swiss.

People did not vote for either in the voting rounds. I do wish we had a twin list to at least see how it would have performed in the swiss, althoug I doubt it would have made top 8...

@@CardmarketMagic It did have the counters to deal with many more modern decks, and, with how weak the bottom of the top 8 were in Swiss, I could see the deck making the top 8 decks overall. However, it's going to be hard pressed to beat out things like Hogaak and Scam.

I'm happy you enjoy it :) it's, by a long way, my favourite series ro make. I'd do it for free even

I'm happy you enjoy the series :D it's truly my favourite part of my job!

I actually think I piloted the pauper fog deck really well 😅 I assume you are referring to not using deserts to target the tolarian terror, which I could not... because of ward :)

@@CardmarketMagic it wasn’t any one particular play (although milling a deck with deep analysis is very suspect), it was more the general principle of the deck that I think you got wrong. The whole point of playing fogs (or weather the storm) over removal is that they are more mana efficient, the downside is they are card disadvantage. You need to be constantly drawing multiple cards a turn for it to work. So your card advantage spells need to find you fogs AND more card advantage to keep it going. Several times you were just looking for fogs and so you eventually just ran out. When you were returning cards from the graveyard (I forget the name of the card that does it) you needed to be returning the card advantage spells not the fogs. Once you have enough gas to keep yourself drawing multiple cards a turn THEN you can start returning the fogs.

20 life is not so bad when you only have one opponent :)

WHEN IN DOUBT JUND EM OUT 50% DECK NO BAD MATCHUPS