Why did Stevenson keep his hand game 2? Quint took a mulligan down to 5 cards and thought that going to 4 would have been a death sentence anyway. It was a bad spot either way! Sorry that I missed that context in the video.

@ProgressiveMelodicMe

Жыл бұрын

He had a spell pierce in hand and hoped to hit the land. He played 2 in his list in the board. Was his only interaction and hoped he made it

@ProgressiveMelodicMe

Жыл бұрын

It was all in good fun. Had been on that deck for all of just a few days at that point. Wasnt even the fastest version i had.

@pejmanhaghgou6887

Жыл бұрын

just a question because I stoped playing MTG modern/extended a long time ago (and I only played standard again for a while on arena) but isn't mindbreak trap a sideboard card against combo decks anymore ?? I used to love that shit back in the days, storm ?? : straight to exile, any combo in a single turn with a big payoff : straight to exile uncounterable win condition: I kid you not, straight to exile

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Against the right version of storm, yes. But it's a very narrow piece of hate, only good vs Storm.

@brianhelmick1105

Жыл бұрын

That makes sense. I was thinking he was holding 7 and kept a no lander

He was 7-1 by the time he was in that match. Seems like it wasn’t a waste of a drive.

@aquireeverything9382

Жыл бұрын

Whoever commented before me might be a shadow van

@JoHn-if6wy

Жыл бұрын

@@aquireeverything9382 everybody is shadow banned. If you have two different accounts on two different devices you can truly see he horrific in play.

@uzielmartinez203

5 ай бұрын

😊⁰⁹​@@aquireeverything9382

I don't understand the problem. Nikachu's Grandpa used to walk 16 miles in the freezing snow to his lgs and if he died on turn 2 he would say: " That's Magic"

@drmajalis1583

Жыл бұрын

Uphill both ways!

@esergio

Жыл бұрын

@@drmajalis1583 🤣

@itoldyall9437

Жыл бұрын

Love it lol

@smokelikeahippi4538

Жыл бұрын

I thought you was gonna say to get to school 😂😂 , but this works too 😂

@christopherbrush7906

Жыл бұрын

I think we are all overlooking the fact he was wearing no shoes.

As a yugioh player who gets destroyed in 0 turns I can relate

@JmBlast

Жыл бұрын

Facts😂

@theautisticguitarist7560

9 ай бұрын

Yugioh is such a busted game that I don't even play and I still lose regularly.

@Nado.Pencil

8 ай бұрын

😂

@Lueibarkall

8 ай бұрын

redeyes fusion inferno fire blast ftk?

@bert_gimspon

7 ай бұрын

You Gay Yo

As a close personal friend to the antangonist, I can confirm he is in fact the fun police. He plays a Titan in Destiny and tower camps in Warzone. If you have hopes and dreams to just smile slightly, he will crush that instantly....

@Innistrads_Voice

Жыл бұрын

Your friend and I both play Titans in Destiny, but we would not get along. I don't play with the fun police players from my old play group

@Duransurik

Жыл бұрын

If I actually liked the guy I would just do what he does to people back at him but better tell he didn't have any fun any more look up and say what you wanna play next I'll crush your shit again

@InWitheNew

Жыл бұрын

@@Duransurik pretty sure I just stroked out trying to read your comment.

@tn_mateo5974

Жыл бұрын

Scum

@mukmowf9402

Жыл бұрын

Haha your boy is a bastard we would get along. One return creature would work well

7 - 1 vs. 7 - 1, other than this round I'd say he did pretty good on the whole

@parkermacinnis3977

Жыл бұрын

Oh good. Just from the video I thought he was out after just one matchup. Glad he got to play some other games first.

@TuberTugger

Жыл бұрын

@@parkermacinnis3977 Yes, the video misleads you into thinking he shows up, loses and goes home. But he played probably 8 matches before that one and at least 1 more after.

@prestonpicante

Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you clarified this because I swore I was about to loose sleep tonight 😂

@ClarkPotter

Жыл бұрын

@@prestonpicante Brah, how do you not know how to spell "lose" on a gaming channel?

@TheOldMan-75

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was feeling really bad for the poor guy.

The man drove 500 miles to give his mortal enemy such a resounding victory that he gave him a false sense of security and caused him to ultimately not become champion. Mission accomplished!

@omegahyperes96

Жыл бұрын

This comment deserves ten thousand likes and more.

@robertherlihy917

Жыл бұрын

The false sense of security was so profound the man truly felt invincible, decided to cross the street without looking both ways and got churned into meat sauce by an oncoming vehicle. Justice.

I had this exact experience at my local pro tour qualifier, came in with my barely polished 8 Rack deck with no modern experience. First match up was Cheerios, and I just sat there, questioning myself and my decisions. The other guy was nice enough to show me his deck and how it worked after he beat me, but yeah it was such a gut wrenching experience. The good aspect was that I didn’t drive 500 miles though 😅

@dr.jambonius7479

Жыл бұрын

1 quadrillon years ago, I went in a snow storm, to another town (Ok... not 500 miles) only to die round 1 to a channel fireball turn 2 win (Was not best of 3, only 1 match)... HOWEVER, during and after that tournament, I traded so much that I ended "earning" way more than the first prize. One one my favorite mtg event ever, even though O played very litttle actually.

@juventus1201

Жыл бұрын

My first tournament I ever played, I lost to a guy running some Karn deck. He looked at me and said “remember this moment” before he went off as I sat there helpless and empty inside

@bretbonner

Жыл бұрын

@@juventus1201 he's the kind of lame that gets throat chopped in the lot.

@MrLaughingcorpse

Жыл бұрын

That deck is what I call an idiot deck. Anyone could play it and win. It's not even challenging.

@natben6099

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLaughingcorpse most decks are, these days

As a European, I find it amazing how someone can drive for hours without ever having to make a turn!

@georgek5737

6 ай бұрын

True...

@asdfssdfghgdfy5940

6 ай бұрын

Europeans also found it weird when I hired a car when I was on holiday there and drove like 3500km in two weeks 😅

@RanOutOfSpac

6 ай бұрын

Don’t be too impressed. It’s literally the only way to travel here, which sucks for people who hate driving.

@joush0vosman

5 ай бұрын

he turned around to go home

@ENCHANTMEN_

5 ай бұрын

I remember getting on the PA turnpike and hearing my GPS say "continue straight for 674 kilometers"

I like how he starts helping turn the dice

@vroomzoom4206

Жыл бұрын

His opponent asked him to

@ThomasBauer95

Жыл бұрын

he would get bored otherwise

@jareddoucette7193

Жыл бұрын

no way im keeping track of my opponents storm count. give me a coloring book instead

@quintstevenson6292

Жыл бұрын

No; I just did it because i had nothing better to do.

@Ryan2K900

Жыл бұрын

@@quintstevenson6292 I’d say it’s a bit of good sportsmanship too.

Man, look at that sadistic smile in the judge's face at 8:35 (when David starts casting his artifacts) hahaha

Damn. My heart goes out to that guy. He looked to defeated. That sucks.

Keeps 0 land hand, gets mad because he can’t play. Seems logical

@aklepatzky

Жыл бұрын

Prolly played 1 vapor snag only or something and felt desperate

@mds7569

Жыл бұрын

For real

@mds7569

Жыл бұрын

I played a few nice tournaments in competitive pauper and for god's sake I would have mullied to 5 cards if needed to find a frkin land, better than starts with 0 and concede at turn 2 or 3.

@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514

Жыл бұрын

@@aklepatzky wow.....

@aklepatzky

Жыл бұрын

@@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514 👨‍👨‍👦this is you in the future having a gae relationship

What did we learn; never drive 500 miles just for a tournament

@alanzhu4473

Жыл бұрын

I'd do 499 miles, but never 500.

@fliw7114

Жыл бұрын

@@alanzhu4473 but.. I WOULD WALK 500 MILES and I WOULD WALK 500 MORE. Just to BE THE MAN WHO WALKED... LADAADADADADADA LADADADADADADA LAIDILAIDILAIDILAI

@dennisstockhaus1171

Жыл бұрын

Never drive 500 miles just to keep a no-lander

@nathanielbass771

Жыл бұрын

@@davestephens3246 well...look at it in terms of fuel cost. most tournaments have prizes in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars (the bigger the event, the bigger the prize pool), 1000 miles of driving in this economy at maximum fuel efficiency is roughly: 1000 / 40 mpg = 25 x $5 = $125 minimum also, a blue deck with no "mess with the opponent' spells?

@l0lan00b3

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanielbass771 I mean the man went 7-1

"Alotta combo decks look good against zero land" followed by the commentators laughter will forever be my favorite MTG moment of all time LMFAOO

I got kicked out of my playgroup because they would drive 30+mins just to get Lock out and/or combo out by turn 2 each game lol. So one day they invited me out to go play over there. 45 minute drive just to get teamed up on the whole night. I asked why? They said, now I know how it feels to waste gas time and money not to play. 😅

@NoName-pf3mr

Жыл бұрын

Deserved lol

@AwakenedAvocado

Жыл бұрын

Just troll them all

@wickederebus

4 ай бұрын

see, I do that same stuff, but I do all the driving for my group. We actively play with me as the antagonist/Villain against all 3 of them, and I still win more than I lose.

I would drive 500 hundred miles, and I would drive 500 more, just to be the man to lose at Magic.

@user-bm9tj2nl5z

Жыл бұрын

I would listen to that cover all day

@Wiseblood2012

Жыл бұрын

Prior to round four.

@williamdrum9899

Жыл бұрын

Gonna be that man who walks a thousand miles just to lose to effin no skill solitaire netdecks smh

This is one of my favorite videos ever I didn't expect you to react to it hahaha. You could tell his soul was crushed and perfectly represent everyone's reaction to loosing to belcher/storm lmao

''A lot of combo decks look good against 0 lands'' this is the best call in broadcasting history

This feels like the time i built a new commander deck, went to the store to test it, and then proceeded to be wiped every turn cycle. I ended up playing my 3 mana commander for only 17 mana!

@N3mdraz

5 ай бұрын

Sounds fun!

The best part of this video is getting to hear Cedric and Patrick on commentary again

@nullpointer5695

Жыл бұрын

ngl. this was exactly what I was thinking

@TheeMasterSword

Жыл бұрын

Truuu

@stephenmoran5855

Жыл бұрын

#bringbacktheresleevables

Nothing like watching a combo deck play solitaire at high-level competitive play expecting deep-thought plays.

@jasontepp5319

Жыл бұрын

I once told someone at casual play that he could've stayed home and played with himself when he played a combo deck.

@simonwilson2413

Жыл бұрын

@@jasontepp5319 dick move but ok

@williamdrum9899

Жыл бұрын

@@jasontepp5319 Lmao true

Watching him help track his opponents storm causes me so much emotional pain

Hey, Nikachu. I just wanted to say thank you for your content- I really love the format that you do where you "react" (I assume it's not the first time you've seen the videos, but seeing your expressions really helps me understand the gravity of something when it's happening), along with all the graphics and explanations. Awesome stuff.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Glad you love them!

The best part about these videos is how we always find out later that the combo guy went 7-1 by trick-shuffling his deck.

@juniperburton7693

8 ай бұрын

He was cheating?

@henlohenlo689

Ай бұрын

cheating or not the deck is actually legit. my first match testing the deck i had infinite card draw on turn 4 and casted 2 grapeshots for 14 damage and 15 damage total 29 damage. also i didn't even need to use mox opals or simian spirit guide. simply having 4 untapped lands entering into the turn was enough. the match went onto 4 turns mainly cause my opening hand didn't have mox opals or simian spirit guides.

And he had to pay for gas Edit: Tysm for likes and a heart

@TheShattubatu

Жыл бұрын

Thats why his hands were so bad, he used up all his gas getting there

That commentary was savage: "a lot of combo decks look good against 0 lands"... couldn't stop laughing! Also, my coworkers asked what was so funny, but it was impossible to explain that without explaining how to play magic and then explaining the archetypes, and so on...

@The_Murder_Party

Жыл бұрын

yeah, where was the mulligan? why do you keep no lands on the play without having allready mulled down to... honestly I think down to 1, just... having something to play on one is *very* real, baring a way to win in the back pocket, 1 island in play is better then two spells you can't cast in hand

@nathanielbass771

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Murder_Party if you mulligan down to 2, odds are you're not going to win that match because you'll have no way to draw cards except for the rare 1 mana draw 1 card and most matches are decided around turn 3 on either side

@nathanielbass771

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Murder_Party also, the reason for that was that the opponent's deck was designed around a turn 1 or 2 victory

@kazhuyan7533

Жыл бұрын

Say in Joker voice "You wouldnt understand"

@The_Murder_Party

Жыл бұрын

@@nathanielbass771 true, but you have a chance aside from no and pass on turn one, you need *something* for a spell pierce or whatever, at least go to 5!

My friends and I drove from Massachusetts to Richmond for a prerelease (Dissension I think). We all lost spectacularly. We even only chose to go the night before. Drove all night and got there an hour before the tourney. Only reason we went was because Rob Alexander was the guest artist. We got like 500+ duals signed between the five of us.

TBH he is up to round 9 @ 7-1 with merfolk, so he had a good time. IDK if merfolk does play chalice, but chalice on 0 is a FU to the cheerios deck and he doesn't get affected either. I hate that salt too, he kept a no land hand round 2 and like what?

@quintstevenson6292

Жыл бұрын

Cut chalice for additional tron hate that weekend. Mainly was tilting at myself for not having played my chalices that weekend. But really laughed it off and had a beer with David after he kicked my behind that evening…

@iFireender

Жыл бұрын

@@quintstevenson6292 it's the man himself!

@alexanderthegreat3424

Жыл бұрын

@@quintstevenson6292 Wooah.. The man himself! You're a legend! Thanks for sharing your side on this ridiculous match-up.

@taylorbates4742

Жыл бұрын

@@quintstevenson6292 What was your thought process between keeping a 0 land hand game 2?... That just seems like a huge punt, too risky for my taste.

@quintstevenson6292

Жыл бұрын

Only had a couple sb cards that did anything. 7 had no lane. Drew 6: single land, No sb card. 4 had sb cards but no land and had to go land, on top and potentially have David stumble on his second mana source. Drawing 4 wasn’t going to cut it and this wasn’t ‘London Mulligan’ where I get to see 7 each time and throw 1/2/3 back. It was draw your hand-size and scry 1. It was the proper play to keep the 5 -had I known the 5 was gonna be no land, I’d have risked it with the 6; but that’s not the deal… still made two PTs that year, starting the second 6-0. Post-Covid sold my collection, but kept fish/UR Delver (legacy) and D&T (legacy)… but haven’t more than a handful of tournaments since 2019.

I love the punch out theme. The music choice is very fitting.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy some people notice!

The work you put in to your vids really makes this top quality viewing. You deliver it the way the stories (of such context) deserve to be delivered; sensibly structured unfolding, with that mild dash of drama

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for noticing my effort ☺️

@steelWindAlchemist

Жыл бұрын

Except for his voice, he does an OK job.

Yeah that's a pain, what I hate is when you go to a major tournament with some friends and there's like 50=60 people there and you end up getting paired with someone that you went to the tournament with - and then it happens 3 times you're like "Why the hell did I come here, I should've just stayed home and played you guys at home instead of going 100 miles to play you guys like I do at home." That's why when I ran events I made sure that people didn't play people they came with in round 1, after that I can't control who plays who but at least you know in the first round it's someone new.

@williamdrum9899

Жыл бұрын

This is why I only play edh

Man drives 500 miles home contemplating his own existence

Could have won if he didn't keep the No land hand and the side in those counter spells

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I don't think it was going to matter :P

@jaxsonbateman

Жыл бұрын

He's obviously pretty decent to have gotten 7-1 in a competitive event - so while I couldn't see what he sided or what he kept, I can only imagine that it included one or more answers to the Puresteel deck, and if so he decided to bank on that rather than drawing a 6 card hand hoping to get both land and answers.

@arivald6677

Жыл бұрын

Sideboard slots are usually super limited in modern. I wouldn't be suprised if he had like 2 answers top to this matchup one of them being something like dismember. Imagine this: 1x dismember, 1x vial, 5x merfolk. What do you do? You have only 2 dismembers in deck that you desperately need to remove enemy combo piece. You cannot win withouth this card. Yes there is no way you can win withouth lands as well but at least you have like 18 of those in your deck. Magic is complicated game, sometimes you are boned no matter what but a true pro will take any chance he can get and In this case it could had been 33% chance to draw a land. Not great. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fWyFr8yqpZPFfbw.html This guy is a pro at chess. A grandmaster. In this game he was running out out of options, opponent was outplaying him. There is no RNG in chess, he was simple destinied to lose. What he did? He forge himself a fighting chance. All magic players should take that lesson and be like that.

@quintstevenson6292

Жыл бұрын

I had mulled to 5 -it was a 5 with 2 answers (or the most ‘answer’ thing available, having not run chalice (easily the best card alongside a 1-mana kill spell against this deck)) -had to have him keep 1 land and me draw lands back-to-back.

I loved your professional advice, Nikachu - it was brilliant! I’m sure he (Stevenson) appreciated it.

Ah I remember my first tournament when I just started out. I had a rakdos vampire list I threw together and my first match up was against mono red prison and I ended up pulling through it mainly because I ran so many basics. The second match was what got me into combo decks lol. The guy went by the name Kirby and he introduced me to birthing pod combo. The first match he gained infinite life and just dumped a giant bag of dice on the table and said that was his life total. The second he dealt me infinite damage.

oh wow how nice - Quint even moves the dice counter for David so he has something to do!

Ya know, I was thinking about building a modern deck… thanks for bringing me to my senses.

Feels like my first Legacy tournament. Saved up enough for a few Scrublands to put together a decent Maverick deck. Immediately bodied by Storm. Watched a man play solitaire for a few minutes straight trying to make sense of what was even happening.

The official at the very end kills me. Even he was like, damn that sucks brah. Good luck next year. That quick head shake says it all.

This was Yugioh. Plain and simple

@linxzta

Жыл бұрын

More like “ this is yugioh “ now

I drove all the way to a tournament (Nashville to Loiusville) while giving someone a ride. I managed to day 2 but had to take my friend back. Should have drove back and slept in the car along the way or something but went home and over slept. Missed my chance to even make it back in time for round 10.

That 500 miles back home must have turned into a thousand miles

This was me- mid 1990’s; I drove from Key West FL to go to a single elimination Classic format tournament in Tallahassee FL. And yeah, I blew out first round….

God I genuinely miss Cedric and P Sullys banter. I worked computer based jobs during this time and having on SCGs coverage on my 2nd monitor featuring them was GOLDEN.

Yeah I never got into magic when I was young the second I realized you could get land lock/drought. Saved so much time and money.

@williamdrum9899

Жыл бұрын

Just play green and you're gucci

Sounds like every tournament I have ever signed up for.

“Blue can’t destroy creatures” Looks at Pongify and Rapid Hybridization

I don’t get it, why didn’t he mulligan that no land hand in game 2? Was he on too much Turkish amphetamines for his long drive?

@tychoMX

Жыл бұрын

Just frustrated and pissed, I think. Just going through the motions.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

5 card hand, 2 outs in list, 1 in hand. Odds of drawing a land are better than a hypothetical 4 card hand having both an answer AND a land.

You know that guy got bodied hard when he got "destoryed"

I remember Grand Prix Birmingham in the UK one time. Drove 200 miles or something to play. In the full day, 9am to 6pm wizards only managed to get 5 rounds done. Told everyone to go home and come back the next day to play round 6 of 'Day 1', at which point they would do the cut to see who makes it to 'Day 2', so if you were on the borderline they wanted you to do a 400 mile round trip for maybe only 2 games.

I love good story-driven videos. Love it.

This is why you make sure to cover your weakness when you build a deck. That way you have something in case something like this happens. And since most MTG players use net decks, then it shouldn't be a problem figuring out what your weakness is.

@matman3499

Жыл бұрын

How do you cover your weakness in a game where it is pretty regular to lose in 2 turns?

@raventalks3695

Жыл бұрын

@@matman3499 That's something ya gotta figure out.

@BlackfeatherMain

Жыл бұрын

he had covered his weaknesses-he actually had an interaction spell. He didn't draw it in the first game and the second game he did draw it-but never saw a single land. The announcers didn't really go over it (and neither did this guy), but Spell Pierce is a spell that stops any one card from hitting the battlefield unless the opponent pays more mana-and his opponent comboed out as soon as they could both games.

@henlohenlo689

Ай бұрын

i dont think spell pierce is an answer. blocks 1 copy of storm thats it.

the 2nd game as soon as sram hit the board I would of just scooped and walked away knowing that I was fucked either way..

@ThePhysicalReaction

Жыл бұрын

Yea. He would have had extra time to get a decent meal or some cigarettes and cool off before the next round (if there is one)

@quintstevenson6292

Жыл бұрын

It was last round of Saturday; and had to wait for my crew to finish the round anyway -there were still 45 minutes left in the round for them to play. 😂

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

A single draw piece isn't a guarantee for Cheerios... It's basically Sunny Side Up without the fiddly-ness. You sit there for a couple minutes while he tries to do his thing, and sometimes the game just tells him to pack it in.

@foxypotato3094

Жыл бұрын

it's not a guaranteed you can keep drawing cards or have the mana sources to cast grape shot

Many years ago I had some friends who flew down from North Carolina to play in one of the "grinder" tournaments - hoping for a chance to play in National championship tournament. The grinder tournaments were single elimination. They ended up getting paired against each other in the first round. The winner of that round got deck checked at the beginning round 2. The judge ruled that the sleeves on his sideboard cards were less worn as slightly cleaner than the sleeves on his main deck cards (which is very understandable because the sideboard cards get played less than the main deck cards) and declared the sideboard cards to be marked. He was eliminated from the tournament by that ruling. So, the two of them flew at least as far as Stevenson drove for this tourney and were both eliminated after only having a match that they could have had at home.

Love the punch out references and the bad corner advice 😅

The only thing I don’t like about all in decks is when they get countered a lot of players scoop, and if I had to sit there and watch you take a 20 minute turn casting artifacts and bouncing them you damn well can sit there a few turns and lose gracefully.

@jaxsonbateman

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, it's your decision to not scoop after they go off. While true, they might not have it, at a certain point they very likely do, and it's your call to make them prove it rather than scooping. I play a OTK deck in explorer on MTGA, and I'm always amazed that so many players don't scoop when I reanimate Omniscience and play Mastermind's Acquisition to tutor a card out of my sideboard. Seems pretty clear at that point that I've got the game if they can't immediately interact, yet they usually make me play it out. Now, if I lose access to all my copies of Mastermind's Acquisition and Invoke Justice (to mill or discard, perhaps, or they all get countered), I'll scoop - I know I can't win at that point, and we both have better things to do. Keep in mind this is competitive play - if it was casual at a kitchen table I might let my friends play around a bit.

@kevind6723

Жыл бұрын

@@jaxsonbateman I hear what your saying. Me personally, I try not scoop as long as someone isn’t messing me with me. For example, they have the win that turn, but they take we to long to do it or are playing cards they don’t need to. I find that annoying. I guess I’m just coming at from more of a casual angle. Like you as the OTK get to have your fun or you scoop, while say the control player doesn’t cuz either they get otkd or just quit on. I agree in a competitive sense when time is valuable then yeah scoop away if your chances of winning are zero. Lol, I guess I’m not sure where I stand on this now. I guess as long everyone is having fun the fuck it. That’s all that really matters in the end.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

@@jaxsonbateman You're playing online; there's every possibility that you netdecked and have zero idea how to actually WIN.

@jaxsonbateman

Жыл бұрын

@@ccggenius I feel like you're implying that people that netdeck don't know how to win, and that's a common misconception. Netdecking is fine. I can't remember a Magic tournament giving out bonus points for originality of the deck.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

@@jaxsonbateman No, I'm implying that people exist who copy a deck, and, without knowing how it works go to play games with it "because it's a good deck". Case in point: Arin Hansen's guest spot on TCC. ALWAYS make them show you the win.

After getting bouned from competitive play I hope our hero was able to enjoy the rest of his time there.

You know, for me, it's less about driving 500 miles just to lose to a Cheerios deck in the first match, and more about him driving 500 miles just to play a merfolk deck.

This man will never leave home without Pongify ever again

Gotta admit, I like Quint’s sense of humour. He had an F6 piece of paper ready (visible at 9:17) to stop having to interact. For context for those unaware. F6 in MTGO would cause you to pass priority until the end of the turn. In the program, it was an easy way to stop the game from prompting you for asking for a response. It would be quite useful against long combo decks like Cheerios or Eggs.

This is just a typical yugioh experience

He should have just shaken hands, smiled, and left. When you fall, fall with grace.

@AwakenedAvocado

Жыл бұрын

Never accept defeat

this is why pongify exists, it's a 1 blue instant that kills a creature. sure it gives them a token but you're not killing a creature to make them have 1 less creature, you're killing a threat

Imagine drive 500 miles to forget your sideboard at home 🤣 Quint could have plenty of answers in a blue deck

@henlohenlo689

Ай бұрын

what would be the answers for mono blue?

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more. Just to be that man who walked a 1000 miles to lose in 2 turns? Wow don’t remember those lyrics………..

@jesuse.montano2

Жыл бұрын

Duuuuuudeeeee Recently heard that song!! So cool!

Quint definitely made the right decision playing a deck in his wheelhouse; as piloting a deck like Death's Shadow requires a lot (Especially if you haven't put in the reps). The mental fatigue (And misplays) that comes from piloting a deck you're less familiar with can do you in a lot more than unfavourable match-ups in many situations.

“A lot of combo decks look great against zero lands” 😂

It’s a tournament. The goal is to win. It shouldn’t matter who your opponent is. You try your best at the tournament and that’s what David did. Stevenson gave up entirely the second game also. He deserves no pity because he didn’t even give it his all.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

He kept a 5 card hand with one of the few answers in his deck and no land. He ONLY wins if he has an answer. Are you saying he should have mulliganed to 4 in the hopes of drawing a card he only plays 2 of AND a land? The odds of that happening are WAY worse than the ~1/3 chance he draws a land.

I hav maaaaad respect of the losing guy… he was pissed but he showed great sportsmanship

David looked like he could have been stacking his deck on the shuffle

Truly a golden era in commentary.

Why did he keep that hand in game 2?

@arivald6677

Жыл бұрын

Merfolk player could be bluffing Mindbreak trap but this idea doesn't work since glass cannon's user can't play around that so storm player will just go for the win anyway.

@EmperorTiberiusII

Жыл бұрын

Step 1: Keep a no lander on the play. Step 2: Lose. Step 3: Shocked Pikachu face

@arivald6677

Жыл бұрын

​@@EmperorTiberiusII There are situation where keeping zero lander is fine. Even on play. If he had like 2 sideboard dismember and he drawed a single one of them then its worth the risk. Dunno man. If the matchup is really bad you do desperate things and cross fingers. Its super easy to judge but playing modern is diffrent game than your avarage arena daily.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

5 card hand, 2 Spell Pierce in deck, and one was in hand. Odds of drawing a land ~1/3. Odds of a 4 card hand containing one of the two Spell Pierce AND a land... don't know the exact number, but the odds of hitting a pierce are ~2/15, and therefore the odds of hitting a pierce + a land are worse than that.

Blue has rapid hybridization and Pongify. Arguably two of the better creature removal spells in the game

That’s crazy 🤣 the power of card advantage is truly amazing when used correctly

Just that background music made this whole video magical...

Good thing that most of Magic games aren't like that where you do nothing for 10 minutes while your opponent takes all the actions on Turn 1 or 2. But if you do like that for some reason, there's always Yugioh where 90% of games are just like that.

It hurt watching that. I play EDH with my playgroup every Sunday, there have been a few times where I get knocked out on turns 4-6 and I need to just sit there and wait for an hour for everyone else to finish.

@BigWeebEnergy

Жыл бұрын

same, once had to sit for an hour and a half and they were using my phone as the table life counter :/

@WolfLarson

Жыл бұрын

@@BigWeebEnergy Oof, salt on the wound haha

Bro, the fact you put the Punch 🥊 Out music in the background makes this so good. Bro, bro, so so so good. Great video man. Love this.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate everyone that recognized the punch out integration.

@danielwhitten2479

Жыл бұрын

@@NikachuMTG truly art. I don’t usually ever rewatch any videos but I did this one. Five out of five stars 🌟 Had me laughing so hard I cried. 😹 Totally relatable content man.

@NikachuMTG

Жыл бұрын

@@danielwhitten2479 Thanks!

This physically hurt to watch. It's like watching a modern meta yugioh deck.

I know how he felt. I was playing years ago at a Charleston, WV PTQ with a counterburn deck. I was in a hurry and last second adeed SWAMPS instead of ISLANDS and went 0-8, even though I nearly won one match with just burn. The tournament staff were so impressed by my not dropping out that they gave me some packs, not in sympathy but in respect. It was announced and aftera little laughing, I got a standing ovation. I just wanted to have fun. I still did.

@caramel7149

8 ай бұрын

Respect!

@kirkprospector4958

6 ай бұрын

At least you only had to play the pure magic of red and none of that yucky blue.

I love Storm as a mechanic so much because it leads to insane plays that most people wouldnt have expected until its to late

That announcers laugh was hilarious 😂

Theres gonna be a fight in the parking lot, that dude is pissed.

Mono blue, and he keeps a no land hand in game two. I have zero sympathy for him.

Yeah he's not a protagonist Or a villain that's just magic I don't care how far he drove its not a tragedy it's magic

Thanks for explaining everything

All I can think of is the Zuko meme "That's rough buddy" 🤣

My story is way worse: this weekend i went to a legacy 1k in Arab Alabama. I was on manaless dredge, so chose to go second both games. My opponent turn 0d me both games vs oops all spells. I TOOK 0 GAME ACTIONS and had to drive 3 hours back home

I think all-in strategies are really bad, and they innately end up only performing well when they are unexpected, or people don't back anything good enough to deal with them. That said, those moments happen, these decks win, and they are not a bad thing for the game. Despite disliking them myself, they are fine. I got a bone to pick with you though, Nikachu. I'm just a nobody on the internet, and maybe I'm taking this the wrong way, but you are painting this scene a bit...skewed. You paint Dannewitz as the antagonist here; you use that exact word. You continue on to make him out as this bad guy; all because of a deck choice he played. First, Magic is Magic; at the end of the day, decks exist. Sure, it sucks to get a game like this here, and variance happens; but it isn't Dannewitz's fault for playing the deck. It isn't even Quint's. It's just how the game went. To be frustrated in Quint's position is reasonable, totally, I'd be bummed too; but to paint Dannewitz as the "fun police" is a really huge dick move, and I don't think that's remotely fair. It sucks this happened to Quint, but you really drive it home Dannewitz is the bad guy. He's just playing his best at a Magic event. Why do you need to act like this about Dannewitz?

@jaxsonbateman

Жыл бұрын

Characterising a combo deck as all-in though was a bit of 'propaganda' on the part of Nikachu too though. I mean, if the criteria of a deck being all in is "does what it intends to do in order to win", which is essentially what a combo deck does, then aren't most decks all in? Isn't a mill deck all in on mill in order to win? Isn't a creature based strategy all in on creatures in order to win? I've been playing an esper OTK deck in explorer on MTGA for the past few months now, and it's very much all in itself. But when you build a combo deck you're aware of this, so you either make the combo fast enough to get in under the counterplay, or you incorporate other options (I use Thoughtseize myself, with Duress and Spell Pierce in the sideboard). But sure, sometimes your opponent has the right answers or the right cards. Happens to all types of decks - a player might just have the cards to beat yours.

@ccggenius

Жыл бұрын

@@jaxsonbateman "All-in" means it runs zero interaction, and either does it's thing or it doesn't. You are running answers in your deck, and therefore it is by no stretch of the imagination all-in.

Dude keeps adding his opponnets dice lol. Thats icing on the cake IMO

hats of to him for shaking hands at the end :D

I would have ACTUALLY flipped the table and walk away

Lol, that's pretty amazing. You could hella see all the salt from Quint!

I love the guy in blue just laughing the entire time 😂

I was at this Open. I watched this match and it was brutal. He just threw up his hands and said, “what can you do?”

At least it was a fairly straight drive

Just IMAGINE what words he uttered to the emptiness of his car on that 7 HOUR drive back home... Jesus lol

@andreasklein525

Жыл бұрын

Bruh . . . I would listen to that rage recording

At least he got a story to tell to his friends.

I thought Cherios was dead. Then I saw Mox Opal and realised this was a very old video.