***** , if you want to learn how to play, the best way is to find someone who does and has another deck you can use, and just fuddle your way through a couple games. You'll pick up the basics right away.
+jacob siegersmapieters she just needs more experience i mean the thing is lsv and marshal work together on a regular basis so they have a report and they have commentated on so many pro tours and gp's they're old hands at this so i would say put her in at some gp's let her get her feet wet and then when she's more confident bring her up to the pt
What was Steve Rubin thinking at 56:35 playing the linvala over flipping westvale abbey? Mengucci had already played 3 reflector mages by then. The risk is quite low for such a high payoff.
+Dizzeler The risk of Reflector Mage vs Command was the same (1 of each in the deck), though there is the added possibility that Command just wasn't sided in making Mage more likely. Not to mention if he HAS Mage, then Rubin loses his whole board and is almost certainly dead. If he plays Linvala, he gains 5 life and has a 5/5 blocker (meaning he gains roughly the same amount of life). This almost means he can theoretically attack for 5 damage that turn and 10 the next. Either way it is an apparent 2 turn clock for Rubin, but it is more likely that Mengucci has Mage rather than Command
+TheHengKong recent standard formats have been dominated almost completly by a single deck with small variations. This top 8 had 6 different decks, while i believe it was pro tour khans of tarkir which had 6 out of the top 8 decks being essentially the same deck which is not fun to watch. There looks to be more viable stratagies this time around and that always makes for a better standard enviroment. its better to play in as its not endless mirror matches and its better to brew in as more cards and decks can be viable if built well.
May I rephrase what you said? Standard format before the Shadows was dominated by decks that is just tier 1 and 0 that anyone can make and not very varied. Now, More strategies and fun cards/decks are coming out.
I'm 100% sure this is a stupid question but what does the guy who sits at the Mac during all of these games do? My friends and I were talking and none of us knew
Question for someone with more experience. Where do they get parts of deck names? for example "Bant" Company I know the company part comes from the card collected company but where does Bant come from.
Alfred Smith it's not a clan their the names of the shards of the plain Alara. Which is split into four Pieces Bant Jund Grixis Esper And the clans of tarkir Mardu Temur Abzan Jeskai Sultai
32:40 Yeah, I remember being down two games in a Pauper tournament. I was piloting Mono Black Devotion, and just had to tell myself that it wasn't my playing that was at fault but that it was a result of bad draws. Against Selesnya Counters, I finally drew into my Faceless Butchers and Snuff Outs to force 2-for-1s and climb my way to victory.
As a newer player, it is extremely difficult to tell what's going on here, even at full screen. It would be nice if the commentators would spend more time explaining what's going on rather than speculating about what they might do in 10 turns, or even if the UI made even a passing attempt to show us what cards are being played, rather than sticking on one card from 3 turns back for several minutes.
@@Blazicle Clearly. That's a big part of why Wizards ended up shuttering the PT since I posted this comment 5 years ago: extremely inaccessible to all but the most enfranchised players. Your pro scene needs to draw in new players, but Magic's seemed almost hostile to accessibility.
If im Steve Rubin im talking to dad about if hes ever visited Italy, specifically about *Mengucci's Age* years ago. And if im Mengucci i get an ice cream/MTG tattoo on my face and only let people refer to me as MenGUCCI Mane
+William Patrick the glare is unfortunate but the problem is not the camera men but the venue, the lighting in the venue results in a flooding of light because the fact the venue needs a lot of lighting in order for you to be able to see
+francis thorpe camera operators are either accompanied by or have training in lightning. There are ways to offset and correct any out side light sources that are distorting your image.
Game 4, Nissa, voice of zendikar costs 2 green 1 generic, but he had 2 plains and a dual green white ( looks like canopy vista) how did he cast Nissa??
After begging his teammate to please conced to him (instead of having a draw that would benefit neither of them) Andrea actually did well. Must be a great consolation for Mori.
+Ekte Boi You can see it at the end of the round 16 video. That said, you can't really blame him. With a draw both him and his teammate would have missed top 8.
9:52 I would think that, at a MTG tournament of all places, running out of dice would never be a problem. P.S. I have made well over a hundred of my own "counter" dice out of different materials. The easiest way is to take blank wood cubes and write on them (I prefer a Sharpie-brand oil-based paint-marker for this).
I don't understand the constant fidgeting with cards in their hands. maybe it's a nervous tick like with a fidget spinner or poker chips. i don't know but for me it's distracting :P
Its called card flicking. It can be used as a stress relief, but it also shuffles their hands. That way the opponent cant tell if a card they played was their draw, or if it was already in their hand
It's a mind game. A lot of pro players that I've noticed shuffle their cards in their hands quickly to try and throw off their opponent and distract them so that they maybe make mistakes.
I like him too I just think it's a murky area having one of the competitors weighing in and doing commentary. He should do that at events he isn't playing in and when he retires from play.
47:02 there is zero benefit to making a Gideon emblem after combat and that was clearly the best loyalty use on Gideon, such a terrible play for such a good player. I guess the big lights make people do really stupid things.
yeah standard is fun again i hated the last few formats it was a awful three to five colors and every deak needed 200$+ of lands just to stand a chance.
I love how green white tokens became black red angel/demon beatdown in that one game. Amusing flavour. Innistrad never fails
+ArkticChibi exactly. That's gotta be the most Zendikar-Innistrad flavored awesome deck ever
+ArkticChibi
Yeah, that was pretty disgusting.
wot
i have no idea what is going on but i watched some of the how to play videos still confused but this looks awesome
***** , if you want to learn how to play, the best way is to find someone who does and has another deck you can use, and just fuddle your way through a couple games.
You'll pick up the basics right away.
Marshall and Luis are so good in the booth together
+pinedas20
The best you can have. I don't think that girl has much too offer in the booth.
+jacob siegersmapieters she just needs more experience i mean the thing is lsv and marshal work together on a regular basis so they have a report and they have commentated on so many pro tours and gp's they're old hands at this so i would say put her in at some gp's let her get her feet wet and then when she's more confident bring her up to the pt
BIG BOSS don't you mean tragic arrogance
i like how the first few turns look like a limited game
When LSV started going into the details of how X spells work I lost it 😂.
+Greg Hazlett minute?
+UrbanRedBull around th-cam.com/video/LCZtwDL0fcM/w-d-xo.htmlm59s
+UrbanRedBull 8:40 i think
love watching when LSV is commentating, only problem is I also want him to go far in the tornement
+Jerome OfMarmite yeah and im sitting here an only weant to learn to mix like Rubin xDDDDDDDD
Oh my god, if I wasn't into magic before I sure am now; these guys are beautiful
+Luis Ceron A magic game with two good looking guys who aren't total slobs...WHAT??? (I'm so happy)
First time I have seen some hot magic players in a while.
It's cute that Mengucci helps his opponent with the +1/+1 counters :P
this season/rotation/meta is so friggen exciting
so many styles
Just started playing magic for like a week and yesterday I got Gideon on my very first toolkit shadow of innistrad! so stoke. MTG is awesome
It is!
Does anyone know what size those dice are 19mm or 25mm? and where I can get some... Thanks
Steve Rubin is lucky Shota Yasooka lost in the semi final because Yasooka had the deck to smash Rubin for sure.
What was Steve Rubin thinking at 56:35 playing the linvala over flipping westvale abbey? Mengucci had already played 3 reflector mages by then. The risk is quite low for such a high payoff.
+Dizzeler The risk of Reflector Mage vs Command was the same (1 of each in the deck), though there is the added possibility that Command just wasn't sided in making Mage more likely. Not to mention if he HAS Mage, then Rubin loses his whole board and is almost certainly dead. If he plays Linvala, he gains 5 life and has a 5/5 blocker (meaning he gains roughly the same amount of life). This almost means he can theoretically attack for 5 damage that turn and 10 the next. Either way it is an apparent 2 turn clock for Rubin, but it is more likely that Mengucci has Mage rather than Command
for the first time in a while standard looks good again.
+Callum Flude (Thunderbug) What do mean by that?(I am a new player)
+TheHengKong recent standard formats have been dominated almost completly by a single deck with small variations. This top 8 had 6 different decks, while i believe it was pro tour khans of tarkir which had 6 out of the top 8 decks being essentially the same deck which is not fun to watch. There looks to be more viable stratagies this time around and that always makes for a better standard enviroment. its better to play in as its not endless mirror matches and its better to brew in as more cards and decks can be viable if built well.
May I rephrase what you said? Standard format before the Shadows was dominated by decks that is just tier 1 and 0 that anyone can make and not very varied. Now, More strategies and fun cards/decks are coming out.
+Callum Flude (Thunderbug) yeah its actually fun atm U/b zombies G/r wolfs and obv several other decks
I am currently making R/B Vamps Aggro, Will I be able to compete with other people or am I at the bottem of the list of meta decks?
Would be nice to see infographics every time a spell is played. They seem to miss some from time to time
I'm 100% sure this is a stupid question but what does the guy who sits at the Mac during all of these games do? My friends and I were talking and none of us knew
website report
They both have the same glasses, face and haircut..
Twins. So if one wins, the other still wins.
is it just me, or these coverages are way better than the crap we have with Arena PT's?
3 cards in hand, must flip cards furiously for 40 seconds
Choices.
Dead
Question for someone with more experience. Where do they get parts of deck names? for example "Bant" Company I know the company part comes from the card collected company but where does Bant come from.
***** Thank you! That explains it.
Bant is a clan there's bant
Jund
Esper
Grixis
Abzan
Temur
Mardu
Jeskai
They are all 3 color combinations
Alfred Smith it's not a clan their the names of the shards of the plain Alara. Which is split into four Pieces
Bant
Jund
Grixis
Esper
And the clans of tarkir
Mardu
Temur
Abzan
Jeskai
Sultai
Could I have the full decklist from both sides please?
Google is your friend.
That game 3, crazy game, beautiful
How did Avacyn flip triggered multiple times? Didn't they change the rules for flips when SOI was released?
32:40 Yeah, I remember being down two games in a Pauper tournament. I was piloting Mono Black Devotion, and just had to tell myself that it wasn't my playing that was at fault but that it was a result of bad draws. Against Selesnya Counters, I finally drew into my Faceless Butchers and Snuff Outs to force 2-for-1s and climb my way to victory.
As a newer player, it is extremely difficult to tell what's going on here, even at full screen. It would be nice if the commentators would spend more time explaining what's going on rather than speculating about what they might do in 10 turns, or even if the UI made even a passing attempt to show us what cards are being played, rather than sticking on one card from 3 turns back for several minutes.
These aren’t designed for new players, clearly
@@Blazicle Clearly. That's a big part of why Wizards ended up shuttering the PT since I posted this comment 5 years ago: extremely inaccessible to all but the most enfranchised players. Your pro scene needs to draw in new players, but Magic's seemed almost hostile to accessibility.
At 58:30, couldn't Rubin have kept two thopters since Tragic Arrogance allows a creature and an artifact?
If im Steve Rubin im talking to dad about if hes ever visited Italy, specifically about *Mengucci's Age* years ago. And if im Mengucci i get an ice cream/MTG tattoo on my face and only let people refer to me as MenGUCCI Mane
It's unfortunate that there is a glare on all the cards. You'd think wizards would hire camera operators with experience in lighting
+William Patrick the glare is unfortunate but the problem is not the camera men but the venue, the lighting in the venue results in a flooding of light because the fact the venue needs a lot of lighting in order for you to be able to see
+francis thorpe camera operators are either accompanied by or have training in lightning. There are ways to offset and correct any out side light sources that are distorting your image.
+William Patrick i'm aware of this but it doesn't make it easy because the location.
and although i don't do camera work i work on shows on the sound and lighting side.
In this game they put the term "mirror match" on another level...
What was carrot top doing there at the end?
Some hot magic players here.
Am I missing something or shouldn't the 0/0 Hangerback have flipped Rubin's avacyn, saving it from the other avacyn?
+Fred Muppet Read the cards.
+Fred Muppet You are missing something.
+Fred Muppet Avacyn flips at the beginning of the next upkeep, not immediately.
Game 4, Nissa, voice of zendikar costs 2 green 1 generic, but he had 2 plains and a dual green white ( looks like canopy vista) how did he cast Nissa??
Neverrrr mind, went back and had to read oath of Nissa.
So at 6:47 Steve Rubin Tapped 3 plains to pay for Nissa. Did I miss something or is this an illegal play?
+Beaux McKenty He has Oath of Nissa out.
What happened at the end of game 2?
Such entertaining games as the commentators pointed out, I liked seeing a flipped Avacyn and Ormendahl beating down someone.
Yes! LSV commentary!
what are these dices they put on top of the cards?
+1/+1 counters
is this without eldrich moon?
After begging his teammate to please conced to him (instead of having a draw that would benefit neither of them) Andrea actually did well. Must be a great consolation for Mori.
+Drecon84 He did that? Wow, lame.
+Ekte Boi You can see it at the end of the round 16 video. That said, you can't really blame him. With a draw both him and his teammate would have missed top 8.
Ye okay, but controlling results like that always makes me a little uneasy.
+Ekte Boi I feel the same way.
1:37:49 How come no one mentioned that Carrot Top was in Channel Fireball!
When a minute its the same guy on both sides, hows that fair or even possible?
at 55:30 could Steve have added a counter to Hangarback to get an extra thopter after TA resolves?
+Quinn Skoog yeah he even noticed after the TA resolved. You could even see him bang the table for it.
This season looked so promising. Now it's just GW and Bant everywhere
Steve rubin during the award ceremony looked like Brad Pitt from curious case of Benjamin Button
+Ryan S Cannot be unseen!
andrea mengucci has 6 cards of refelctor is that legal? 24:00
58:45 why is thopter token tapped?
When randy was playing, was he better then LSV?
I dont think so. He just played blue control old school control lsv plays everything
In my opinion atleast
Its funny how the top 8 had so many veterans and the finals ended up being 2 fairly new young players.
is budget green white tokens possible?
+SuperHumblewarrior Not really withought nissa and gideon its not really possible
That's okay. I brewed up a white black allies/life drain deck last night. It's pretty awesome.
SuperHumblewarrior yeah they're pretty fun to play with
I miss Reflector Mage in standard.
And now Steve Rubin is the one in charge for balance changes in LoR
Love to see LSV vs Ivan Floch one day. my two magic idols.
that secure the wastes is deadly
umm... so at about 7:08 Nobody else saw the incorrect mana tap...? for the nissa?
oath of nissa allows you to tap any land for any color if youre gonna play a planeswalker
+Jose Nell Andrew Tumulak didn't see the oath, thnx
Wait how can Gideon attack? I thought he was a planeswalker
He has an ability saying he turn into a human that can attack
On the last game, when Andrea transformed his Nissa, Vastwood Seer, wouldn't his Nissa planeswalker destroy Steven's Nissa planeswalker? I'm confused.
no, this worked in kamigawa, i think. :)
The misplays in game 3 were staggering. I guess the tension got to them.
I love Steve's deck, it's a killer!
Wasn't Mengucci given a lifetime ban?
No, a Bant xD
OH NO YOU DIDN'T
Nice GW planeswalkers splashing Avacyn Rubin got there
8:20 )sv casually roasting the coverage 😂😂😂
why dont people dress up in cosplay for this? they dont look like wizards...
That's because they are Planeswalkers.
this match is beautiful
does anyone else think these two look related in some way? or is it just me?
i run a naya speed deck and i can turn 3 win in standard and now I'm sad because both swiftspear and seeker is gone :-(
i would make a prowess deck with stormchaser mage cuz that shit is terrifying.
WOW!Amazing games!
The real angel in all of this is Gaby Spartz in the back ;)
9:52 I would think that, at a MTG tournament of all places, running out of dice would never be a problem.
P.S. I have made well over a hundred of my own "counter" dice out of different materials. The easiest way is to take blank wood cubes and write on them (I prefer a Sharpie-brand oil-based paint-marker for this).
p
Please bring back Randy. :(
Rubin look so different now lmao
I don't understand the constant fidgeting with cards in their hands. maybe it's a nervous tick like with a fidget spinner or poker chips. i don't know but for me it's distracting :P
Its called card flicking. It can be used as a stress relief, but it also shuffles their hands. That way the opponent cant tell if a card they played was their draw, or if it was already in their hand
Tell me you haven’t played competitive magic without telling me you haven’t played competitive magic.
1:37:19 mike sigrist at the ceremony ... "lose all my sandals" ... "better get them back" .... "fk it, one is enough" :D
Mengucci and Rubin could be brothers lol.
STOP SHUFFLING! Your cards won't change.
It's a mind game. A lot of pro players that I've noticed shuffle their cards in their hands quickly to try and throw off their opponent and distract them so that they maybe make mistakes.
...urhm, it's literally the same as fiddling with a pen, there's little thought behind it
Chameleon EDM If there are several cards in hand it is also used so your opponent doesn't see which cards are staying in your hand constantly.
Yeh man its super anoying its like they all snorted coke or drank 8 red bulls. literally cant watch it had to stop the vid lol
Steve Lubin' dat CoCo deck up! Kreygasm
If Luis beats shota in the quarterfinals he wins this whole thing. He stomped everyone of these decks
I think Steve Rubin's deck should have a always watching card
+Anthony Munoz non-token
+Anthony Munoz Not even. He's a token deck. Always watching reads "NONE-TOKEN creatures you control get +1/+1 and vigilance."
+Martin McGuire I think he thought it was the opposite
yeah sorry I forgot it said non token other wise it would be perfect
Actual meta seems interesting :)
"Crack my evolving wilds."
i swear that at 1:21:48 rubins sylvan advocate triggered (6 or more lands) giving all his stuff +2+2!
It's not a trigger and only works for itself and animated lands
oh thanks
I don't think LSV should do commentary seeing as how he was competing in this tournament. Blurs the lines a bit. He's great but he shouldn't do both.
+killustrator He's the only commentator I enjoy.
I like him too I just think it's a murky area having one of the competitors weighing in and doing commentary. He should do that at events he isn't playing in and when he retires from play.
+killustrator nah go fuck yourself his great
What's "murky" about it?
11:29 Collected Company into 2 collected Company's and a Archangel Avacyn that he can't play, BUUUUURRRN.
Great match!
STEVE Rubin cast gideon with 2 colorless mana in game 3. 41 minutes in and no one caught it.
Oath of Nissa allows you to spend mana as though it was any colour if you’re casting a plansewalker
MenGucci losing feels like justice. begging for teammate to concede is greasy.
Waldo vs Waldo
ALL HAIL OUR STANDARD METAGAME OVERLORDS! #ProTourCoCo :V
who win?
BBD was on his team, cool
Steven looks like Mr.Fruit lol
Destiny!! xD
yeah he does holy shit lmao
Ahhhhh a fellow nobleman!
Looking like a young Brad Pitt tbh
Those guys look so much like the same guy it's hilarious
LSV looks so salty that he's there commentating instead of playing.
sylvan advocate should be at least three mana not 2
47:02 there is zero benefit to making a Gideon emblem after combat and that was clearly the best loyalty use on Gideon, such a terrible play for such a good player. I guess the big lights make people do really stupid things.
40K, "'sure"
yeah standard is fun again i hated the last few formats it was a awful three to five colors and every deak needed 200$+ of lands just to stand a chance.
my god that 1st game avacyn
I wish Werewolves got more love :( But great anyway
Forza Italia!