Truly peak magic

@Duncan Billy nope, nobody cares

Definitely agree, Riley is much better than most of the other commentators that Wizards use more regularly.

@@kielyi I'll fight you. if you think LSV and Marshall Sutcliffe are worse then you are wrong.

They are goofballs but it works great

@@joebutcher7456 LSV is condescending to most commentators and sort of low key flirty with Gaby Spartz Watch when they commentate together it’s sort of cringe Cedric Phillips is good on commentary Riley knight is good Marshall is good

@bad voodoo year late but I definitely agree. Although I’ve never liked Marshall Sutcliffe. Just something about his obvious calls just doesn’t keep me engaged when he talks.

Is Really your grandpa?

he is awful

You mean most cringe ever

Tee Jay behind people like LSV and Gaby... I enjoyed this so much more than LSV & Co.

Weeb

Gary! Gary! Gary!

Whilst the Thopters can still attack (Gary has one card in hand), the Delvers have flipped into Insectile Aberration which has flying. Ensnaring Bridge only stops creatures attacking, not blocking so the 3/2's would block the 1/1s. Hope this has helped.

They just called the creature as grey ogre is a 2/2 and the vintage name for a 2/2 for 3 like squire is a 1/2 for 2, the actual card played was Simian Spirit Guide which can exile itself for mana from your hand

not a judge, so I can't be sure, but I think Trinisphere does not change the converted mana cost, only the amount of mana you have to pay, just like any other cost reduction/increase effect (Thalia, Goblin Warchief, etc.)

Marco Della Torre,,,, It seems that is true because later in the match when his opponent tried to play a lightning bolt he pointed to the chalice and it went to the graveyard with no effect, I think. P

Chalice only considers the converted mana cost, and Trinisphere only adds an additional cost. Trinisphere is worded differently than other things that make spells cost more (Thalia, Guardian of Thraben for example). The CMC is still one even if you end up paying 3. It's commonly confused because of the way the sphere is worded.

At Comp Rel and up (this was Pro Rel), you are not required to remember your own triggers. It is not scummy or cheating to cast a spell your opponent's Chalice would counter, just good play because what if they miss it? Obviously, casting spells into your OWN Chalice would be Cheating, which is drastically different. Basically, wasn't a mistake, also wasn't scummy.

You are not required to remember your own triggers, but not remembering your own chalice would be cheating? You are contradicting yourself.

Colgate Lampinen sorry that was a typo. You are not required to remind your opponent of their triggers, but ignoring your own intentionally is cheating.

If it was mtgo, you can't forget. Game rules says it should happen. It shouldn't be "if he forgets and I get to resolve it because he forgets...". It seems scummy to play into a chalice on the off chance he forgets to get a win. Even if it's not against the rules, anyone who does that at any level of play knowingly (forgetting the chalice on accident is reasonable, but if you know it SHOULD be countered and hope it doesn't) then you lose my respect as a human being. It's like breaking a law because it's only illegal if you get caught.

Jacob Arnold you should definitely not leave fnm and move up to comp rel and pro rel then because you're in for a world of hurt. Mtgo doesn't allow you to forget because it would slow everything down irreparably if you had to click yes I want to remember this trigger every time something wants to resolve. Also, by entering a comp rel event it is assumed you have a basic understanding of the magic tournament rules, which dictate that it is the responsibility of the players to remember their own things and avoid making mistakes. If your opponent forgets to attack you when you're tapped out with no creatures to block are you going to remind them to attack you and take damage? People make mistakes and better players should be allowed to capitalise because they've put in the effort NOT to make mistakes. If your opponent registers 27 basic lands in their 40 card limited deck at a GP are you going to fan out their deck before the start of game 1 and fix it for them? It's no different.

Its crazy to see how much this grixis deck has changed since this video!

Chalice of the void on 1

15:27 Is why I hate a deck check from the judge....

Searched way down here at the comments section just to find this comment pertaining to these ball-scratches moment caught on the camera. Glad to found one.

Blood moon removes that text :)

Bolt is only 2 bucks or so, are you sure you have a collection?

I believe he did a mistake in forcing the rabblemaster. among pyro, angler, and delvers in the worse case... he had a lot of answers for it. force instead was the only one against blood moon and 1 of the 2 against chalice (grudge being the 2nd) so he should have saved it. that being said, that match looked so bad for delver that anything he may have done he would have probably lost anyways. blood moon, chalice, trinisphere and ensnaring bridge all in multiple copies are just way 2 much to manage for grixis delver. this prison deck was quite bad and subject to several disjointed and bad draws in general compared to the blue based brainstorm/ponder decks... but it was the perfect meta call. in fact he should have not made it to the finals had his opponent in the semis played properly with his steel stompy deck but he gave him instead a free win in g2 with a terrible blunder so good on the old man

Avacyn yeah!

well not cambpell's deck... probably that was the cheapest one of the tournament

@@odoacredacalcutta5085 sure... because an complete foil deck including 7th edition Ensnaring Bridge's doesnt cost a dime...

MrSonictheOtter he had 2 mana with for SP and delver blow the force on 3sphere

I just don't understand why he was afraid of Gary playing around sp. He knew his hand from probe and if he waited a turn for deathrite, he could still hold sp up.

If he holds SP and Gary plays the City first (as in playing around SP) then he still gets to resolve his Blood Moon and Grixis can pretty much scoop it up.

Right, I actually didn't even see he had that city of traitors. Thanks for clearing that up

EvilSanta it's a triggered ability that goes on the stack, and yes you can forget it. The chalice triggers when a spell of the correct cmc is placed on the stack, it then attempts to counter that spell. Meaning casting a lightning bolt into a chalice on "1" and declaring a target is a correct play. It just gets cpunter when the chalice trigger resolves.

Putting a spell on the stack is always legal. Part of putting a spell on the stack is declaring legal targets. There was nothing illegal about the play

Zooescape no it's a force of will is a 5 drop no matter what and Gary was just playing redundant artifacts to sacrifice to pia and kiran nalaar