Thank you so much WOTC for bringing back the table top format with the pro tour set up. I will now be returning to watch pro scene again. I haven’t been this excited since eldritch moon pro tour

It is a PLEASURE to watch reid playing! He exsudes honesty and clarity and all the best practices! Such an amazing player

@Sea-Voyager

Жыл бұрын

Yo the meat 🍖 glazing is amazing

@Shugg12

Жыл бұрын

​@@Sea-Voyagerlmaoo fr niggas tlk like these mfs God or sum😂

These games were fantastic, and Marshall and Paul put on a clinic with their commentary. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, and couldn’t help but share in their excitement. It’s great to be back to paper magic!

Absolutely Epic Comeback! Such a thrilling Game 5. Congratulations to Reid!

It is SOOO great to have paper magic tourneys back! The coverage is fantastic such a professional operation. Great job all around!

Great coverage as always! Thank you Marshall and Paul ;)

What a match ! When both players can win from scratch in a single turn, we're in for a nail biter. Loved to see all the clutch interactions from both side. Boy that was amazing.

Duke has so much grace. He is a real credit to the game and always a model to emulate . What a show!

man! this is so epic and I can;t help but smile after that win

Thanks for sharing the live talk of the players

Best MTG match I`ve seen! Congratulations Reid, played like a champ

@makorikuu

Жыл бұрын

he ultimately became a champ

@carlograbielbutler

7 ай бұрын

he is a champ

Please do more of these I love the pro tour

Amazing match from both players!

What an awesome match! lethal with the little shark token that could

Loved this, paper magic is 🔥🔥🔥

Awesome match!

That first face to face was soooo akward by Nathan XD

Hey! That's Marshall Sutcliffe from Wristwatch Revival!

this was so impressive

what a round! GG

Haha, I kept thinking that one of the commentators sounded just like Marshall from Wristwatch Revival which is one of my favourite channels. Well, I wasnt wrong 😅

Congratulations Reid Duke on Making it to the Finals! This was a great Match to Watch! Also Nathan’s deck is super sweet!

Reid getting hit hard TWICE by Boseiju. He's never going to forget that card again

@deggdegg2005

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine if he lost the match after not doing Creativity for 3 in game one? I was curious why he didn't do that in the first place given that you know deck lists.

@saintofelsewhere

Жыл бұрын

@@deggdegg2005 Considering he played into Boseiju twice, I think it was intentional. He wanted to keep up Make Disappear g1 I think

Epic !!

woah! that game 4 by Reid!!! surprise!!!

I'm glad Duke got the win, but I got a say this was a much more entertaining match then the Finals... No, I won't spoil anything.

@KingTheLines

Жыл бұрын

"won't spoil anything"... 10 secs into this vid an I know who wins.. 👍

That Curiosity combo was fun to watch.

This was the moment Reid deserved to become champion. Such calmness and composure with decisive answers really made the difference. That attack at 1:30:00 won him the match.

I love watching paper over Arena

Wow Reid Duke Epic Comeback!

Thats my 🐐

Reid was tired of playing fair. Beautiful reverse sweep! As reid was flipping cards in game 5 LET HIM COOK!!

Damn the legend vs the champion

Congratulations to Reid. Long live to paper mtg.

does omniscience allow u to play cards from graveyard for free?

Absolutely looove playing combo decks, hate playing against them and saying "yeah it resolves" 370 times

Only Magic Pro Tour would leave a 3 minute timed break in the video they had time to edit :/

Can somebody please explain to me how did he managed to counter Sphinx of the final word? It has hexproof.

@masraphael603

10 ай бұрын

Hullbreaker horror can send it back on Nathan's hand while it is still on the stack. Hexproof only works if the permanent is in play. You can counter hexproof creatures

@eragonl7

10 ай бұрын

@@masraphael603 Thank you man!!

@user-ex5me7bd8h

7 ай бұрын

while you can counter creatures with hexproof Sphinx of the final world explicitly says it cant be countered. The difference here is that it wasn't countered just send back to hand while on stack

Reid Duke is very consistent 4 so many years! Definetly the best MTG player that I know.

@noworldforeric

Жыл бұрын

You must have never heard of a guy by the name of Jon.

@Cephalid432

Жыл бұрын

@@noworldforeric Jon Finkel

What format is this? Pioneer?

Is it me or does Nathan Steuer look younger than last year ? Vs Eli Kassis I'm certain he looked much older From the view of the stream I was like whose this kid that Reid Duke is playing lol , no disrespect !

They just smile and stare at eachother...

Why isn’t lotus field not playing reservoir ?

@donaldtaylor724

Жыл бұрын

Karn the Great Creator says hello

@dsnavely13

Жыл бұрын

Approach is a much cleaner kill

Reid is the 🐐!

Is this modern or legacy?

@nkling02

Жыл бұрын

Or pioneer? Why isn’t this information in the description?

@pietropiersanti3347

Жыл бұрын

@@nkling02 It's pioneer. It's technically written on the cover image of the video but nonetheless, writing it more clearly wouldn't hurt 🥲

I wonder what reid did for sideboarding here? In game 2 it seemed like he maybe boarded out his combo, but then boarded it back in for the other games??

Is this lotus field combo yugioh? Holy crap 😂

Don't hate on Lotus Field, it's cool

Paul

i want reid duke to play canadian highlander 1 time

That sideboard between games 3 and 4 where Reid put the combo back in was such a power move.

@wigglegenie

Жыл бұрын

It's not a power move. He needs the combo to threaten a quick win.

I really wanted the lotus player to win

I absolutely like to watch a game of magic and then see the commentators wear serious suits and look like they are debating on politics.

Ah yes PvE Lotus field combo gameplay lol

Paper tournaments, best tournaments

I hate that lotus field snorefest deck, im so glad it didnt win.

@garagavia

Жыл бұрын

I think it's great. Weird how so many people don't like it, maybe it's because they don't understand what's going on?

@thunderbug8640

Жыл бұрын

@@garagavia I think everyone who’s ever played against it understands what’s going on since they have plenty of time to watch it while the other guy is playing solitaire. It’s just an unbelievably tedious deck to play against which is unfortunately numerous. How field of the dead is still banned but they are ok with this less interactive, more boring, more resilient and generally more powerful land is dumb as rocks.

Remember everyone, when playing Lotus Field make them play out their combo even if you can't stop it. If youre lucky, the match will go to time and you'll get a draw...and maybe the Lotus player won't make top8.

Mulligan is the true winner of this tournament

@cosmotect

Жыл бұрын

Well if you are playing a wonky deck with a lot of moving pieces, you get got. Fair play to me

there is a simple way to nerf a lot of these decks. add a 25 minute timer that runs down on each player during their turn. they run out of time, they lose

@iankane3732

Жыл бұрын

This literally exists on mtgo and these decks still perform lol.

games like game 1 make me think there should be player timers, thats just absurd. keeps many people away from the format imo.

@garagavia

Жыл бұрын

I think it's cool that those kind of deep combo lines are also available.

Every match lotus field dont win is a good match.

@Scoob3rs

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it was a match between two combo decks

@hd_1635

Жыл бұрын

@@Scoob3rs Yeah but one of them kills you in a blast and dont take 5 minutes

@ThomasL.116

Жыл бұрын

@@Scoob3rs yes... but at least creativity is finishing it very fast

@NMerriott80

Жыл бұрын

​@@Scoob3rs at least creativity has some interaction, and can win in other ways beyond combo off. Lotus Field combo does nothing but combo. No interaction whatsoever.

@tedybear6592

Жыл бұрын

​@@Scoob3rs creativity doesn't take my afternoon to resolve the combo

They don't bother to even tell us the format anymore? I guess they retired modern and legacy so hard they don't even bother to act like there's multiple formats anymore.

Lol, pro's don't even know what some of it means, they just go "lostus field combo go brrr!".

why is reid wasting peoples time?

nothing against the players but that was kind of boring magic..... very little interaction and mostly " 2 ships passing in the night" magic.

@Skytho

Жыл бұрын

i mean, lots of countermagic and boseiju shenanigans but that's just what combo decks do. I'd argue that a red deck pointing 7 burn spell at your face is no more interactive, and a white deck running you over on turn 4 with a god draw isn't either. Not all matchups can be midrange vs midrange. Also much rather this than control vs control snoozefest

@badvoodoo2097

Жыл бұрын

@@Skytho control vs control is about the mental breakdown of the players

@sambeussman7239

Жыл бұрын

​@@Skytho Games 3-5 were much better, but 1 and 2 were two players essentially playing solitaire. Give me a red deck vs a white deck over those two games any day, because at least those go quick.

@paulonavarro7095

Жыл бұрын

What do you mean, all matches were very entertaining, specially the sideboard mental games Reid played on Nathan! Very interesting decisions, the gameplay itself is just a fraction of the skills the players had to showcase during this match

@Trivedi_Tuesdays

Жыл бұрын

All good, you just aren’t skilled enough to see the game within the game 🤙

Remember when winning the pro tour was important? Now this is a glorified grand prix (Grand Prix was replaced my Magic Fest, which in turn was replaced by Magic Con), and WotC cared more about previewing new product than it did who won this event.