Both players played really well and that last game could've gone either way. I really think the finals should be a best of 5 games match, that would be even more exciting. Congrats to Jun Young Park.
You sac any number of lands and fetch that many lands tapped. So you sac, lets say seven lands. You fetch a Valakut, The Molten Pinnacle. You fetch six mountain cards. The triggers will stack to deal 18 damage to target player. Bam, win.
Scapeshift allows you to sacrifice any number of lands, then search your library for that many lands and put them into play. Since you can search for any lands, you get at least 6 mountain and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, to deal damage equal to the number of mountains times 3 to target creature or player (usually only player).
Didn't he know the scape shift was on the top from the two serum visions he played two turns ago? Putting it below the land ensures it can't get hit by liliana and not sacing the Sakura tribe elder meant he didn't shuffle his deck. It was an amazing game but I'm fairly certain that wasn't of the top exactly.
Andrew conceded because Scapeshift would have put enough mountains on the battlefield for Valakut to deal lethal damage to him. If you have no way to counter it or gain life at instant speed, the game's over.
If you have "Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle" and use Scapeshift to bring in at least 6 Mountains each Mountain deals damage to the opponent because they all come into play at the same time.
for the love of god STOP putting the names of the finalists oh the title of the videos! put it somewhere else but on the title? we are reading to see if it is the semi or final or quarter and we get spoiled and other two videos before this are POINTLESS
If Andrew had a turn 2 play, I would have taken the remand. If he didn't, then allowing park to ramp to 4 allows him to snapcaster remand, which just buys park another turn with a clump blocker. I would have taken the snapcaster mage
Jun's Scapeshift allows him to play Valakut and Mountains from his deck. Since all the lands played with Scapeshift enter the battlefield at the same time, as long as there are 5 or more Mountains after Scapeshift resolves, Valakut will trigger for each Mountain played with Scapeshift and deal 3 times the number of Mountains he searched for to target creature or opponent.
The Grad Bag! That is exactly right, this is not a game like yugioh where it runs 3....running 4 of the same card has a much higher chance of opening similar hands :)
They play multiple copies of each card they play in the deck. This ensures consistency, the thing they have to make sure is that the cards in their deck are good enough to handle every situation they need to, while having the least amount of diversity. Modern is especially good at demonstrating the power of doing this, compared to legacy and vintage, where you need the diversity to handle the sheer number of different decks that exist, or standard where the cards aren't strong enough to see the effect as well.
Just a line he felt was necessary. He had to deal with the Obstinate Baloth at some point and felt the need to get his beats on in order to pressure Jun.
Kills Baloth, pumps his own Tarmogoyf (getting Creature in the yard), gets rid of a useless card (Thoughseize), etc. This is one of those games where you make all the right plays but you still lose. I think Andrew played that game really well.
Jund wins tournaments, cards get banned. Jund loses tournament, people still want cards to be banned. Let's just ban every powerful cards and let combo be king.
He used a mana fixing land to do that. He paid one color to make 2 black off the mana fixing land and also tapped his Raging Ravine to make a colorless mana.
What a ridiculous deck. Jund might be powerful, but it always has interesting games. Scapeshift wins on top decks, and it makes me want to stop playing the game altogether.
I know, I know. Don't want to take anything away from Jun Young Park, but I just think it's ridiculous, when people come out with some silly combo that no one is prepared for and thereby have no answers for. There's a reason Second Sunrise was banned. It was fun the first time, but it would be boring to watch, probably wouldn't do all that well in the next tourney. I much prefer seeing good players with consistent decks well-positioned against each other, just grinding out wins with good plays.
multeyemeteor Scapeshift has been a deck for years, this is not something that's new. Scapeshift is a sorcery that costs 4, any counterspells stops it and the deck easily folds to good aggro decks, which is why it does not place that well, most of the time, but this deck has existed for a long time. Also, "Scapeshift wins on top decks", how is this different from any other deck? The deck plays as lot of digging, so finding a scapeshift is not that hard. Are you okay with someone topdecking a lilliana and winning the game but not when someone spends 8 turns searching for a card to win with?
I'll grant you that whole first paragraph, but winning on top decks is not the norm. Most decks don't have their player sitting and waiting on that card that will trigger the exact combo, which will finish off their opponent. That's a combo-deck thing. Also, no one wins by top decking a Liliana. They would have to have worked hard on solidifying their board state, taking away their opponent's resources and chipping away at life total first. That's not Liliana winning them the game. Scapeshift only requires a sufficient amount of lands, and then you just need to draw the spell. There's a huge difference, because that card does everything except for building up your land base for you. I'm not saying it's unbeatable, but it feels like such a fluke victory, when it wins against a deck that doesn't run counterspells.
This scapeshift deck is good, the combo is consistent and hard to deal with, but it can be beaten. The meta is always shifting, so if people start thinking that scapeshift is something they'll be facing a lot, more decks will be prepared to beat it, or at least have a sideboard that can help doing so. There will always be a modern deck that is very powerful and 'scary', but there will also be a deck that can beat it.
@ 17:40 How did Huska cast Lilliana? He taps 2 Raging Ravines and Overgrown Tomb. That's not 1BB. The judge even points to it? What am I missing? Or is that Twilight Mire?
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Ouch..... The basic lands out of the Scapeshift deck put a little hole in my heart each time the unmatching, white-bordered, gross lands came out.
WotC should add the national flag to each players name box.
why...?
Both players played really well and that last game could've gone either way. I really think the finals should be a best of 5 games match, that would be even more exciting. Congrats to Jun Young Park.
6:36 jung plays a land and fetches, 7:42 plays Breeding Pool on the same turn
He takes it back immediately after playing it.
I'm glad it's not another bloody Jund on Jund with only three cards in the deck being different.
Awesome! Man, round 3 was crazy.
sorry, i'm still new to modern, could someone explain to me how scapeshift decks work? first game andrew just said gg after seeing scapeshift...
You sac any number of lands and fetch that many lands tapped. So you sac, lets say seven lands. You fetch a Valakut, The Molten Pinnacle. You fetch six mountain cards. The triggers will stack to deal 18 damage to target player. Bam, win.
Scapeshift allows you to sacrifice any number of lands, then search your library for that many lands and put them into play. Since you can search for any lands, you get at least 6 mountain and Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, to deal damage equal to the number of mountains times 3 to target creature or player (usually only player).
damn! thanks for explaining that!
will M15 pro tour feature standard?
Question: What's the average deck size these guys use?
Didn't he know the scape shift was on the top from the two serum visions he played two turns ago? Putting it below the land ensures it can't get hit by liliana and not sacing the Sakura tribe elder meant he didn't shuffle his deck. It was an amazing game but I'm fairly certain that wasn't of the top exactly.
Seems like he bottomed both visions. Also, the land he supposed to "hideaway" was a steam vents and he drew breeding pool instead.
in the second game how could he play liliana with only one black mana source?
6:35 2 lands in the same turn
they figured that out right away, so why bother about it in comments?
nice matches!
2:30 haha someone thought he fetched :D
why did he concede when he casted scapeshift? I don't get whats so powerful about it?
Andrew conceded because Scapeshift would have put enough mountains on the battlefield for Valakut to deal lethal damage to him. If you have no way to counter it or gain life at instant speed, the game's over.
How long until liliana is banned?
great games
Im not very modern savy. Can someone please explain why scapeshift wins the game? I dont understand.
If you have "Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle" and use Scapeshift to bring in at least 6 Mountains each Mountain deals damage to the opponent because they all come into play at the same time.
Anyone else disturbed by Jun's hand speed when shuffling?
for the love of god STOP putting the names of the finalists oh the title of the videos! put it somewhere else but on the title? we are reading to see if it is the semi or final or quarter and we get spoiled and other two videos before this are POINTLESS
Game 2 didn't he not have 2 black for Vess?
He has a filter land, Twilight Mire between his 2 Raging Ravine.
If Andrew had a turn 2 play, I would have taken the remand. If he didn't, then allowing park to ramp to 4 allows him to snapcaster remand, which just buys park another turn with a clump blocker. I would have taken the snapcaster mage
im confused how scapeshift alone won him the game can someone explain
Jun's Scapeshift allows him to play Valakut and Mountains from his deck. Since all the lands played with Scapeshift enter the battlefield at the same time, as long as there are 5 or more Mountains after Scapeshift resolves, Valakut will trigger for each Mountain played with Scapeshift and deal 3 times the number of Mountains he searched for to target creature or opponent.
is it just me or the guy said "Kim jong un" at 6:34 ?
Radom question but does anyone want to play magic on Skype?
what is this sorcery where they get the same cards everytime!
Running 4 of's is marvelous
The Grad Bag! That is exactly right, this is not a game like yugioh where it runs 3....running 4 of the same card has a much higher chance of opening similar hands :)
Sheeshaking
Oppps sorry that was for the other guy ahaha
They play multiple copies of each card they play in the deck. This ensures consistency, the thing they have to make sure is that the cards in their deck are good enough to handle every situation they need to, while having the least amount of diversity. Modern is especially good at demonstrating the power of doing this, compared to legacy and vintage, where you need the diversity to handle the sheer number of different decks that exist, or standard where the cards aren't strong enough to see the effect as well.
evilmankey123456
Well, there's also Melira Pod with tons of 1-ofs and UWR Control with (usually) lots of 2-ofs and some 3-ofs and 1-ofs.
sorry but I hate Huska for the some fact he plays land in front
What a topdeck. :X
Game 3, huska could have slaughter pacted steve, discarded lily to lily and played courser. That would have got in 5 damage and gained him life
That really sucks for Andrew Huska. He should have won that IMHO.
it would be funny if he gained the extra life but then dark confidant relieved lightning bolt
would have bin funny if he mixed up his deck when he scooped ha u loose when u were going to win
way better than some dang pokemon
Thoughtseize for Baloth into Liliana... what.
mind fart, thats what
Just a line he felt was necessary. He had to deal with the Obstinate Baloth at some point and felt the need to get his beats on in order to pressure Jun.
Kills Baloth, pumps his own Tarmogoyf (getting Creature in the yard), gets rid of a useless card (Thoughseize), etc.
This is one of those games where you make all the right plays but you still lose. I think Andrew played that game really well.
Right, I wasn't saying that it was a bad play, just that it seemed a little unusual.
Some Person Yeah, I know. I was pointing it out to atilalexander.
wooooooo
Jund wins tournaments, cards get banned. Jund loses tournament, people still want cards to be banned. Let's just ban every powerful cards and let combo be king.
second place now mean "lose the tournament"?
He did lose the match right?
you told about tournament, not about match
lol he played 3 lands in one turn.
Scapeshift Grabs Valakut the Molten Pinakle Tod win hat way
Game 2, Andrew definitely cheated. He didn't have the second black to play Liliana...
He had a Twilight Mire to filter a green into double black.
***** Dang it, you're right, sorry.
No worries. Just trying to help people understand.
You shouldn't use definetly that often, son
Please don’t try and make iok a thing randy lol
Liliana in g2 was a cheat, no 2 black mana :D.
Ops no, there was a filter
Andrew Huska cheated in minute 18 e put liliana with 2 green mana and only one black
He used a mana fixing land to do that. He paid one color to make 2 black off the mana fixing land and also tapped his Raging Ravine to make a colorless mana.
Jun Young Park CHEATER!!!!!!!!!!!
First.
What a ridiculous deck. Jund might be powerful, but it always has interesting games. Scapeshift wins on top decks, and it makes me want to stop playing the game altogether.
Scapeshift hardly ever wins Top 8's, whereas Jund is always in Top 8 or winning Top 8. This Scapeshift deck was actually well-built and well-played.
I know, I know. Don't want to take anything away from Jun Young Park, but I just think it's ridiculous, when people come out with some silly combo that no one is prepared for and thereby have no answers for. There's a reason Second Sunrise was banned. It was fun the first time, but it would be boring to watch, probably wouldn't do all that well in the next tourney. I much prefer seeing good players with consistent decks well-positioned against each other, just grinding out wins with good plays.
multeyemeteor Scapeshift has been a deck for years, this is not something that's new. Scapeshift is a sorcery that costs 4, any counterspells stops it and the deck easily folds to good aggro decks, which is why it does not place that well, most of the time, but this deck has existed for a long time.
Also, "Scapeshift wins on top decks", how is this different from any other deck? The deck plays as lot of digging, so finding a scapeshift is not that hard. Are you okay with someone topdecking a lilliana and winning the game but not when someone spends 8 turns searching for a card to win with?
I'll grant you that whole first paragraph, but winning on top decks is not the norm. Most decks don't have their player sitting and waiting on that card that will trigger the exact combo, which will finish off their opponent. That's a combo-deck thing.
Also, no one wins by top decking a Liliana. They would have to have worked hard on solidifying their board state, taking away their opponent's resources and chipping away at life total first. That's not Liliana winning them the game. Scapeshift only requires a sufficient amount of lands, and then you just need to draw the spell. There's a huge difference, because that card does everything except for building up your land base for you. I'm not saying it's unbeatable, but it feels like such a fluke victory, when it wins against a deck that doesn't run counterspells.
This scapeshift deck is good, the combo is consistent and hard to deal with, but it can be beaten. The meta is always shifting, so if people start thinking that scapeshift is something they'll be facing a lot, more decks will be prepared to beat it, or at least have a sideboard that can help doing so. There will always be a modern deck that is very powerful and 'scary', but there will also be a deck that can beat it.
@ 17:40 How did Huska cast Lilliana? He taps 2 Raging Ravines and Overgrown Tomb. That's not 1BB. The judge even points to it? What am I missing? Or is that Twilight Mire?
It's Twilight Mire.