The coverage has gotten so much better in just the span of months between this and dark ascension. My only request, if I may be so bold, I would love to hear the chit chat between the players, especially after a match has been decided. The chat between Alexander Hayne & Jon Finkel at the end would be priceless.
At around 1 hour in, really big moment for me, the way Finkel shows sportsmanlike behavior in a situation where a lot of players would have taken the (more than likely) free win.
Love the "First World Problems" reference, rofl XD. Also VERY impressed with John Finkel, he has shown an immense amount of character in a situation where he had so much to lose. I've played with people who show poorer character when all that was at stake was their standing in my local FNM. More people should strive to show the sportsmanship that Mr. Finkel has shown today :)
+Jacob Smith At the time of this Pro Tour, there was a rule that you needed to always have 15 cards in your sideboard. Having 65 cards in your deck was legal, but having only 10 in your sideboard was not.
Actually I believe he did. I think it was in the Walking The Planes episode covering this pro tour they mentioned that after Hayne called it out on himself, the head judge gave Finkel the decision of whether he wanted Hayne to take a game (and therefore match) loss or to play their final deciding game.
You have to understand that they are in a very high stakes games and they are trying to think ahead. Also, if you already have lands on the field and you shuffle your cards around after a draw, you have to try to bluff that you have an answer to whatever they drop on the field.
Typically it would result in a game loss, but since Alexander Hayne called it on himself and called the head judge, they brought the penalty down to just a warning The combo of Alex calling it on himself and John being a ridiculous sportsman and saying "I'd rather play a 5th game than have you take a game loss" just made it so that they could go on to a last game.
Miracle reads "when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn." Miracles can be played anytime you would draw your card, so long as it's the first card you draw THAT turn (yours or your opponents'). Otherwise, miracle sorceries would be uncastable, as they're cast during the draw step, not your main phase, if drawn as part of your own draw step.
The rule is you have X cards in your deck (60 in this case) and 15 in your sideboard. Between games you can swap cards from deck to sideboard but you have to start the game with the SAME number of cards that you started with. Basically he brought 5 cards from his sideboard but forgot to pull out 5 cards from his deck. Since it was before the game started and didn't help him, he was given a warning (2 warnings and you drop a game) instead of having to lose the game.
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Shout out to all the peeps coming back for this epic comp
The coverage has gotten so much better in just the span of months between this and dark ascension. My only request, if I may be so bold, I would love to hear the chit chat between the players, especially after a match has been decided. The chat between Alexander Hayne & Jon Finkel at the end would be priceless.
The respect for Jon Finkel has increased one thousandfold for me.
At around 1 hour in, really big moment for me, the way Finkel shows sportsmanlike behavior in a situation where a lot of players would have taken the (more than likely) free win.
Hayne has such a cool deck. miracle is a cool ability and its always cool to see a deck based around it kicking ass.
Cheated? He made an honest mistake and CALLED HIMSELF OUT. That's not cheating. That's good sportsmanship by both Finkel and Hayne.
Love the "First World Problems" reference, rofl XD. Also VERY impressed with John Finkel, he has shown an immense amount of character in a situation where he had so much to lose. I've played with people who show poorer character when all that was at stake was their standing in my local FNM. More people should strive to show the sportsmanship that Mr. Finkel has shown today :)
+Jacob Smith At the time of this Pro Tour, there was a rule that you needed to always have 15 cards in your sideboard. Having 65 cards in your deck was legal, but having only 10 in your sideboard was not.
Actually I believe he did. I think it was in the Walking The Planes episode covering this pro tour they mentioned that after Hayne called it out on himself, the head judge gave Finkel the decision of whether he wanted Hayne to take a game (and therefore match) loss or to play their final deciding game.
Round four was indeed miraculous.
love Finkel's sportsmanship..and I can't wait to test out my new green/blue soulbond aggro deck this friday!
You have to understand that they are in a very high stakes games and they are trying to think ahead. Also, if you already have lands on the field and you shuffle your cards around after a draw, you have to try to bluff that you have an answer to whatever they drop on the field.
Damn that Alexander Hayne deck is amazingly funny to watch ...how he turned that 4th game around was just bad ass !
Vast improvement on including a card viewer on the right hand side. Well done!
Alexander Hayne's deck seems SOOO much fun! Expensive, but fun.
Typically it would result in a game loss, but since Alexander Hayne called it on himself and called the head judge, they brought the penalty down to just a warning The combo of Alex calling it on himself and John being a ridiculous sportsman and saying "I'd rather play a 5th game than have you take a game loss" just made it so that they could go on to a last game.
Miracle reads "when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn." Miracles can be played anytime you would draw your card, so long as it's the first card you draw THAT turn (yours or your opponents'). Otherwise, miracle sorceries would be uncastable, as they're cast during the draw step, not your main phase, if drawn as part of your own draw step.
The rule is you have X cards in your deck (60 in this case) and 15 in your sideboard. Between games you can swap cards from deck to sideboard but you have to start the game with the SAME number of cards that you started with. Basically he brought 5 cards from his sideboard but forgot to pull out 5 cards from his deck. Since it was before the game started and didn't help him, he was given a warning (2 warnings and you drop a game) instead of having to lose the game.
Alexander Hayne is my new favorite player cuz that deck and he is Canadian.