I laughed out loud, magic is fun! Both players smiling. I love seeing high level play not being too serious.

For real! Such a combination of skill and sportsmanship is what I love to see at the top tables.

bro it was just him popping ostone and scam not being able to recover, how low is the bar for pro play when players are commending that shit

​@@DikkeRoman Achievement Unlocked: Tell me you don't know high level magic without telling me.

​@DikkeRoman you would have lost.

I would love to know if he held the Chromatic Star specifically to play around Kroxa, or if it was primarily just to put the extra counter on Walking Ballista. Either way, absolutely incredible playing from him the entire match.

​@@cooljoe500100%

Please spread the word. They need to stream games live on KZfaq like they used to. I much preferred watching pro tours on KZfaq than twitch.

#LIVEMtg

Same, twitch is just lame and laggy

Small indy company,they can only do so much with the limited resources at their disposal.

Yeah Twitch is also garbage. The ads have improved a bit it seems, you no longer need to sit through 10x 40 second ads every 30 minutes but I still prefer watching on youtube.

I did the exact same!! I was literally begging to my screen not for him to play the chromatic star and when he said go I just lost it

I knew the outcome of the tourney unfortunately but STILL was entranced and emotionally invested. I love that man, what an amazing player

and that tells something about the state of the format... T3 win on a final is so yugioh-ish

@@GabrielSilva-mv4fmyeah it says those wins are more entertaining. It’s the most entertaining pro tour finals we’ve had in awhile and also the first time modern has been the format in awhile. That’s not a coincidence.

Lol

It was a perfect toss to his hand too lmao

Him and Psulli are legends

Cedric is a beautiful, warm, eloquent, and gracious human being.

1:09:35 "This is a game of magic right here!" I couldn't help but smile when i heard that. Peak commentary by Cedric Phillips.

yea, back to the normal awful viewing experience..

@@baigpigpig Ah, you're one of those. Bet you're a blast a parties!

RIP to your friend.

RIP to your friend, I hope he is playing his Eldrazi rn

@@juventus1201 yahh me too his a good friend, we started playing yugioh against each other. He uses elemental heroes while i used cyberdragons, then vanguard and finally he started to play mtg with focus on eldrazi. Me i went back to mtg after a 10 year hiatus and started playing standard and modern then focused on edh. We had some epic games against each other

February 2023

@@LawrenciumMTG Really appreciate that info, thanks 👍

P Sully has probably moved on to a new career. It may not be possible to recruit him if he's doing well enough somewhere else....

@@trith72 Cedric and Pat have been working together nonstop for like 15 years and even lived together for long periods lol. In fact they still make content together consistently. They have ongoing series like Unsleeved and Resleevables with the two of them. The most recent episode came out 11 days ago lol. So its not like they moved on or something, they have multiple ongoing projects together and again have been working together and an iconic duo for like my entire life almost lol.

I was wondering about that. Do you know any specific reason why they would avoid the common parlance? I feel like they've always called the decks by their given names.

@@_____kb Most likely because of a negative connotation.

Because “scam” makes no sense. It’s “Rakdos Evoke.”

@@KSE828 It's the actual name of the deck because your opp feels like they are getting scammed. What are you talking about?

19:36

@@AstrologorumMonarcha thanks

$500k USD, with $50k for the winner and $30k for the runner-up

If only you listened to the commentators, or are you just repeating it to try and sound d smart?

@@burnsboy101 why are you triggered by that?

@@robertdarnhofer536 why are you commenting on something that was already explained in the video?

@@burnsboy101 they said he could have played fable and missed the carddraw... i added a timestamp and an explanation what would have happened after he drawed 2 extra cards... seriously i do not understand why you are so triggered by that as he did win the match and i did not say something personal about him...

@@robertdarnhofer536 different part of the video mate

Verdant catacombs doesn't have a basic land type, so it can't be destroyed by sundering titan

Ok. At the end, they said it's his girlfriend. Now I know why they kept zooming on her.

Its more he should have used the treasure to do the Fable copying. That would have left the 3 lands untapped after combat for the fable.

It's true he can't use the treasure for the fable cast on his 2nd main, but can he use the treasure to activate the mirror breaker that is getting killed by the O-stone?

Missing those draws could've easily been the difference between a win and a loss.

Imagine drawing another bolt or something. Potentially huge.

@@bigperk345 (that wouldnt have been possible)

He cast Feign Death on it so it returns to the battlefield after being sacrificed.

It's so obnoxious

Anxiety

The main reason at high level play is to conceal what you've drawn. When you don't shuffle your hand your opponent will know what cards you keep holding and what are the ones you are playing from the top of your deck. Like for example, let's say an opponent thoughtseizes you and sees a lightning bolt, now next turn you top deck another lightning bolt, if you dont shuffle your hand and just play it immediately your opponent will know that you still have one left, if you shuffle your hand first he will probably assume it's the one he saw with thoughtseize. The same is true for cards you expect but dont know according to the deck they're playing and might be holding, over time most skilled players can estimate a range of cards that players could be holding, if your opponent always plays cards without shuffling the hand first you will get a much higher accuracy for reads into your opponents possible hands. So shuffling your hand is a good habit to get into because you want to do it after every draw.

the most simple answer is that hand shuffling feels good

It's a form of stimming. Most mtg players are either on the spectrum, neurodivergent, have anxiety, ADHD, etc. It's a way to give yourself short bursts of sensory stimulation in a tense situation. Also, it feels good...

@@corvinhc This is an answer I had not considered! I wish I was able to do it fast and cool.

well they did have the one ring and orcish bowmaster, thats close enough right?

@alexandersepa3037 lols. Not what I was hoping for. More along the lines of a tom bombadil deck or a sauron amass deck. Just made powerful with all other modern cards

@@darthcaedus9130 that would be cool but those cards are unfortunatly there wasnt nay cards goood enought a create a new deck

it's more than a bit weird, especially for casual fans. i would have enjoyed seeing a single-set tournament for LoTR. actually, it would be fun to see more single set tournaments in general. thematic consistency is nice.

Lord of the Rings is a Modern legal set

Just keep 5/6/7 only land hand with natural Tron then its fair /S

Tbf you need to invest 3 cards and have a 2 1/2-ish cards combo in your opener

@@wernerbeinhart2320 It's not about card advantage. You can completely disrupt your opponent on turn 1 on the play and put a 4/3 menace creature on the table.

Doesn't happen every game, Its not good in every matchup and the undying effects become pretty dead topdecks late game. All these factore balances out the upside.

The cope from people trying to defend undeniably busted things in magic is so annoying

Scam

Bowmasters too

To be clear, for the other 99% of the games played they should be paper for ease comfort and general fun of using your own cards. But for the major main stage feature matches, they should be on arena just for veiwability, ease of interaction, less judgecalls, and general amount of information available to be viewed as a spectator

Have you ever played Modern on Arena?

You cant make this tournament on Arena. Arena is a different Environment with own algorithms and own problems (starting Hand, thoughtseize Bug, set stops and so on...). Magic on Arena is a different game.

Yeah that was super weird. I figured maybe I missed some background, like that's Jake's wife or friend or sister or something. Edit: Ah, at the end of the video she goes on the stage and they say she's his girlfriend. I'd say the pan overs make sense now.