It's amazing how much better the commentary is from SCG. Pat and Ced just sound so much better than WOTC's, they sound more like inexperienced, normal joes talking about the game, not that their doing a bad job.
It's kind of like football though, I want me some Jim Nantz or even Romo telling me about the game on the mic.
Oh, wow, did you just hear what they said they'd do in the constructed trio? They're going to focus the bulk on modern and legacy, and show standard last. At least they know the format is a disaster.
It's amazing how much better the commentary is from SCG. Pat and Ced just sound so much better than WOTC's, they sound more like inexperienced, normal joes talking about the game, not that their doing a bad job.
It's kind of like football though, I want me some Jim Nantz or even Romo telling me about the game on the mic.
If I had to guess, I'd say this is because SCG knows they have a fairly knowledgeable audience, and Wizards/Hasbro believes they have an audience that needs more elementary explanations. Football is an interesting analogy here. You never see NFL/College commentators explain the fundamentals of the game. It's assumed you know all the rules and the "metagame" for any given season. We don't see this with Wizards' coverage of Modern and Legacy. We also don't see confident commentators. Almost all sports commentators are supremely knowledgeable about the games they are commenting on. They are ex-coaches, players, and/or lifelong veterans. We see this a lot more with SCG commentators, but rarely with Wizards ones.
Also, Magic commentating has a lot of random, unfounded complaining. It's really annoying. Sports commentating has annoying elements too, but at least it's not people whining about some strategy, player, team, coach, etc. that they perceive as unfair. We also see WAY more stats in any given sports coverage instance than we do in more than 2-3 times that many hours of Magic coverage.
Todd took down Esper Death's Shadow on the play in 2.
I'm just parroting the chat but is sounds like Stevens got the list from one of his stream subscribers and ran it b/c he lost a bet/got 100 subs over Xmas streaming.
Todd took down Esper Death's Shadow on the play in 2.
I'm just parroting the chat but is sounds like Stevens got the list from one of his stream subscribers and ran it b/c he lost a bet/got 100 subs over Xmas streaming.
Love Todd Stevens, but this was kinda like akin to a publicity stunt. I don't think he expected to ever hit top 8 with this deck. I don't think this deck is better than what's out there. At all.
Love Todd Stevens, but this was kinda like akin to a publicity stunt. I don't think he expected to ever hit top 8 with this deck. I don't think this deck is better than what's out there. At all.
Oh for sure. 5-3 is acceptable, but he missed Day 2 didn't he? Still, the FB Modern Eldrazi group went nuts and Delay "spiked". It's interesting to see some new brews and this kind of interaction between a pro and his fans. He's definitely on my radar now, such as it is.
grixis DS vs kiki moon. The kiki moon player had shackles on tasigur. the opponent i believe asked a question about shackles so they backed up to end step and the grixis player called a judge saying he untapped shackles.
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grixis DS vs kiki moon. The kiki moon player had shackles on tasigur. the opponent i believe asked a question about shackles so they backed up to end step and the grixis player called a judge saying he untapped shackles.
I've heard people saying he didn't touch the card. What was the result of the judge call?
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grixis DS vs kiki moon. The kiki moon player had shackles on tasigur. the opponent i believe asked a question about shackles so they backed up to end step and the grixis player called a judge saying he untapped shackles.
I've heard people saying he didn't touch the card. What was the result of the judge call?
Judge ruled that he didn't untap vedalken shackles and he was allowed to untap for his turn with his opponents tasigur. He proceeded to draw a land and have double burn spell with his opponent at 2 so ultimately it was irrelevant
it would have been relevant though had he not had double burn because the grixis player drew temur battle rage on his turn so would have had lethal for the upcoming one.
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it would have been relevant though had he not had double burn because the grixis player drew temur battle rage on his turn so would have had lethal for the upcoming one.
I mean sure, if one player had topdecks five lands in a row he would have lost.
It's an interesting occurrence with the judge call and conversation about how to navigate these complex interactions, but I'm not sure what your point was about drawing a certain card?
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because had the call gone his way he had lethal for his turn. that is why he was angling. the grixis player had a stubborn denial and temur battle rage so if he had got tasigur it opened the way for lethal. the only thing that stopped that was the fact the kikimoon player drew his land and was able to cast 2 burn spells because the first one got denialed. honestly that match came down to drawing a land off the top.
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SCG Columbus
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/scgtour
Coverage: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/060118_columbus.html
GP Santa Clara
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/magic
Coverage: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/gpsc18
Here's hoping for an exciting Modern weekend.
It's kind of like football though, I want me some Jim Nantz or even Romo telling me about the game on the mic.
If I had to guess, I'd say this is because SCG knows they have a fairly knowledgeable audience, and Wizards/Hasbro believes they have an audience that needs more elementary explanations. Football is an interesting analogy here. You never see NFL/College commentators explain the fundamentals of the game. It's assumed you know all the rules and the "metagame" for any given season. We don't see this with Wizards' coverage of Modern and Legacy. We also don't see confident commentators. Almost all sports commentators are supremely knowledgeable about the games they are commenting on. They are ex-coaches, players, and/or lifelong veterans. We see this a lot more with SCG commentators, but rarely with Wizards ones.
Also, Magic commentating has a lot of random, unfounded complaining. It's really annoying. Sports commentating has annoying elements too, but at least it's not people whining about some strategy, player, team, coach, etc. that they perceive as unfair. We also see WAY more stats in any given sports coverage instance than we do in more than 2-3 times that many hours of Magic coverage.
So what's occurring in the modern coverage?
Anything interesting? What kinds of decks are on show?
I'm just parroting the chat but is sounds like Stevens got the list from one of his stream subscribers and ran it b/c he lost a bet/got 100 subs over Xmas streaming.
EDIT: Decklist
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/788752#paper
Todd Stevens is just so good he can win with a random pauper deck.
Modern Tallowisp Spirits - A Modern Tallowisp Deck UW
Eldrazi Ninjas - Summoning Octopus Jutsu YYYYAAAHHHH!
STANDARD
Naban Wizards
Oh for sure. 5-3 is acceptable, but he missed Day 2 didn't he? Still, the FB Modern Eldrazi group went nuts and Delay "spiked". It's interesting to see some new brews and this kind of interaction between a pro and his fans. He's definitely on my radar now, such as it is.
Tooth & Nail........Grishoalbrand....Living Dominance....Tezzerator.........Vannifar Pod
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What happened? I'm jumping between SCG and the GP, so I didn't see it
SCG top8 looks good.
2 Jeskai Control
1 UR Kiki Jiki
1 Storm
1 Skred
1 Humans
1 GW Company
1 Grixis Shadow
WGUBR 5c Humans
GWR Naya Zoo
Legacy:
GW GW Maverick
R Goblins
Spirits
Standard: lol no
Modern: BG/x, UR/x, Burn, Merfolk, Zoo, Storm
Legacy: Shardless BUG, Delver (BUG, RUG, Grixis), Landstill, Depths Combo, Merfolk
Vintage: Dark Times, BUG Fish, Merfolk
EDH: Teysa, Orzhov Scion / Krenko, Mob Boss / Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
Spirits
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DRS Jund | Kiki-Pod | Bloom Titan | Splinter Twin | KCI
I've heard people saying he didn't touch the card. What was the result of the judge call?
Judge ruled that he didn't untap vedalken shackles and he was allowed to untap for his turn with his opponents tasigur. He proceeded to draw a land and have double burn spell with his opponent at 2 so ultimately it was irrelevant
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I mean sure, if one player had topdecks five lands in a row he would have lost.
It's an interesting occurrence with the judge call and conversation about how to navigate these complex interactions, but I'm not sure what your point was about drawing a certain card?
It was near the end of round 15; here is the reddit topic with the clip and the judge's point of view in the comments
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/7otixg/korey_mcduffie_angle_shooting/
edit: and as some users pointed out in the comment, korey is currently banned from playing yugioh for cheating
"Are you serious?" Chandra replied.
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