This matchup is so much more fun to watch than it is to play!

@MrFruxion

18 күн бұрын

Actually I m thinking the opposite ...

@MrFruxion

18 күн бұрын

What kind of player you are ? The none creature man or the one that try to play things but veery slowly ?

@SchizophrenicRuneterran

14 күн бұрын

Hahahaha, so true!

To who ever Admins this channel. I really appreciate the effort to get all the Vods up for this event quicker again this event. Kudos to you and I hope this keeps up!

Petion for wizards to hire translators for pro tour (for interviews and gameplay {I hope they have some for judges})

@briancavanaugh9470

18 күн бұрын

It’s Seattle, they could have found a fluent person by in 5 mins outside

@rsm014

18 күн бұрын

FR FR

@jerryli5879

18 күн бұрын

Small indie company

@Guevon_Pajaro

17 күн бұрын

They Def always have translators for the players. But yeah it'd be nice to get translation for the broadcast. Love that we had so many Japanese in the top 8!!

I play UW control since a longggggggg time. Never saw an opponent as patient as Ikawa... Congrats to him for the win

@iworshipM40A3

17 күн бұрын

dang spoiler as first comment, yeesh

Wow! Standard looks like so much fun actually, I never knew! And very strong cards as well. What an awesome game to watch, both are incredible players.

@davidsantiago7808

18 күн бұрын

it looks like fun but playing against azorious control isnt fun at all xD

@brian742

18 күн бұрын

Standard is incredible right now. Outside of convoke, every matchup is decision driven and rewards tight, smart play.

@recusantvessel

18 күн бұрын

@@brian742 unless you run into slickshot in BO1 lol

@whitepanda34

17 күн бұрын

@@recusantvessel Is bO1 standard tho

@recusantvessel

17 күн бұрын

@@whitepanda34 well, yes BO1 and BO3 depending lol

Carvern of souls won 3 games. What a play

@whitepanda34

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, as if control needed cavern to be edited... ffs

@lordsinister707

14 күн бұрын

There's a reason why it is still 30 to 40 dollars even after reprint

@fay4874

12 күн бұрын

Yeah that’s like the only reason that their deck has a chance against control lol

Man standard is so dope right now. Lots of cool decks at the top level, and then tons of other cool brews out there to mess with. Really hope paper standard can come back strong

I haven't watched any PTs since return to ravnica my cousin and I were in my grandmother's living room watching while play with our standard decks at the time.

I knew 90% of the cards in this match so it was easy to follow along 😊

What a finish, great game. Great Decks, great Players!

What an awesome PT and top 8, standard is healthy and as annoying as the ramp decks are atm, they're very strong and it isn't a combo winter situation, it could be worse. Love to see some nihon representation! 🇯🇵🇯🇵

Good to see Azorious control in a final.Yuta really dont want to face Ramp and he did 😂 I was expecting these two to be in the final 😁

@jii-ro7083

18 күн бұрын

UW control is favored against domain ramp

@benyseus6325

18 күн бұрын

⁠but not Yuta’s build. Not enough board wipe, no Jace

@jii-ro7083

18 күн бұрын

@@benyseus6325 Has plenty enough board wipes but true doesnt have a single jace in the 75 which is absolutely weird. Jace on its own just straight up wins this matchup

@benyseus6325

18 күн бұрын

@@jii-ro7083 no he doesn’t only 3 sunfalls, and no mass removal on 4, no depop. The guy that was spectating the match was also completely wrong: “Yuta’s build has less boardwipes but more counter magic which is favourable versus domain ramp”. This statement is completely erroneous. You saw how worthless his phantom interferences and no more lies were getting as the RAMP player played more lands? You saw how useless wandering emperor also got as Yuta just stalled the board. This is where wrath and aoe effects are the most useful in this matchup. And discarding temp lock down to hand size by Yuta was ridiculous as that card deals with herd migragation. Neither his main deck nor his sideboard are equipped to deal with domain ramp (only a few tidebinders from the sideboard which are ez to play around) because they cut a bunch of cards to make room for 3 steps ahead. And also no Jace

@jii-ro7083

18 күн бұрын

@@benyseus6325 im not arguing how his counterspells are useless.

Great tournament run by Ikawa! Props to Yuta for another strong showing.

This was a really sweet game, super high level magic.

Truly a wonderful match!

Magic players love to argue for no reason in these comments SMH

Why Jason Ye and Rei Zhang have a planeswalker flag instead of a country flag?

Yoshihiko Ikawa seems like such a great dude

Why is it so hard to find this video on KZread yall need to tag the videos better

just noticed that yuta takahashi plays guru basic lands.... dang, i am envious.

@richnasty806

12 күн бұрын

Thought I was the only one who noticed. Baller.

Game 3: Can someone explain to me why Yuta *main-phased* Memory Deluge flashback instead of waiting? He had a clue & counter & field of ruin to use on a Cavern instead.

So frustrating seeing so many comments about masks and pronouns instead of on the awesome games. This is some of the best patient anti-control play i've ever seen, hats off to both players

@koolaiddude7685894

18 күн бұрын

There have been plenty of overly whiny comments about everything BUT the damn game being played 😂😂 Let's just be happy that there are a few of us who just enjoy the spell slinging!

@neverwintersbard751

16 күн бұрын

Right!! Also they are both Japanese and Japanese culture been wearing masks long before covid!!

@duckispve5283

5 күн бұрын

Because people are tired of that shit. Pretty simple.

@williamw8590

5 күн бұрын

@@duckispve5283 why? It has no impact on you lmao

@duckispve5283

4 күн бұрын

@@williamw8590 no effect on my daily life at all. Just annoying to a lot of us is all I’m saying. As I’m sure I’m annoying to a lot of people as well. It’s okay that I think it’s fucking goofy to identify as a season the same as you may think it’s goofy I like to fish and play golf 🤷🏼‍♂️ lol

The real reward. Designing your own magic card. Immortality…. in cardboard form. Something humans have been chasing forever.

Ice age Adarkar Wastes ❤❤❤❤

Cavern of souls is the showstopper of this tourne as I already knew it would be

It would be great if we could get more precise info on how the players sideboard. Also, highlighted cards shouldn't obstruct the list of hand cards, which are displayed on the left. Rather, they should be shown on the right side.

Congratulations Ikawa

1 hour and a half of land go ❤❤❤

Yoshi CRUSHED

He only needed two Jace in the deck

Cavern of Souls!

Can we have a tournament with world championship winning decks?

@martyrytlewski7081

18 күн бұрын

Would be pretty cool to see what deck wins

Japanese guys destroyed in this Pro Tour, incredible

Domain Ramp it rules!!!

1:13:00 cant yuta cast three steps ahead for 1 as a trigger for hullbreaker?

@aeolus7762

18 күн бұрын

Any of the Spree spells require you pay one of the additional costs to even cast the spell, so unfortunately, no.

@paupanades9957

18 күн бұрын

@@aeolus7762 well I imagined rip

Thank goodness they stopped trying to force Arena into this. (and this is coming from someone that plays Arena every day.)

Commentatora here is much better and speak slower than the one in round 6, they were talking over the game.

i love Cedrick lol

no seriously why is this standard lasting so long

Just wanna remind ya guys two level 3 judges are breathing down these guys necks. It’s just funny

I appreciate all the hard work but I will say the commentary is not where I think it should be. Maybe there isn't a big market for Magic commentary, because it sounds like the two people are having a good time, but they certainly don't sound like they commentate as a profession.

It wouldn’t be a strip mine it would be a wasteland

I’m shocked yuta only had two matches go to draw!

No jace is criminal though

Game 3: Takahashi leaves an Up the Beanstalk in play for several turns while having an answer for it... Final result Takahashi loses the finals by 3-1... As a control player you shouldn't leave your opponent with an almost infinite card draw engine for several turns as he did... He eventually got overwhelmed by all the value generated by that card

32:10 How can he chump block a 4/4 Trample with a 1/1? The dino has trample!

@michaelmahn4373

17 күн бұрын

No, it only has vigilance.

This is why UW control runs Jaces, unfortunate that they were cut from this deck. Should have at least 1 copy.

@fabianbarre5461

18 күн бұрын

Ahaha ! Yeah, try to be better than Yuta and explain him how wrong he his 😂

@benyseus6325

18 күн бұрын

@@fabianbarre5461 ^typical meaningless bronze rank comment that doesn’t understand UW control at all. Please don’t pipe up if you have nothing to add

@williamw8590

18 күн бұрын

he made a hedge for Esper in the decklist and it got him to the finals. I'm sure he realized this list was weaker to domain but didn't expect to face it very often

@BrewerFiremind

18 күн бұрын

Domain was a lot less popular than esper, cutting jace was a reasonable hedge but it cost him the match here.

@fabianbarre5461

18 күн бұрын

@@benyseus6325 Bronze for sure yeah. Try to qualify for any major event in your life 😊

I despise control. How can someone play that? It’s only react react react and not doing anything. And the easiest counterplay is not to play the game yourself

@Marionettetc

16 күн бұрын

It's the pro tour, the people here are doing what they're doing for money or ego not because they enjoy what they're playing

@reaperreaper3071

14 күн бұрын

​@Marionettetc you would come to be surprised that people actually like to play the game reactively rather than proactively. It's just as efficient to deny your opponent to play by dictating their moves as it is to overwhelm them quickly with aggro or combo off. People who say he isn't playing should play a few rounds of UW and see if they can make the correct reads. It's very similar philosophy to poker, read the board, read their hands, understand tempo. Especially when decklists are known and you're counting cards waiting for the threat points and choke points in the play. If you don't know BOTH decks, you can't control anything, you're just making blind reads based on only the common knowledge on board, which is only 1/3 of the assessment.

@isaakward4393

6 сағат бұрын

@@reaperreaper3071people fail to realize how difficult control is, they always seem to believe control is simply counters and board wipes ezmode. lol control is a mental workout most matchups

At 1:13:00, Yuta could have cast three steps ahead without any modes for just U, so there actually was a possible response.

@marcellopozzessere1656

18 күн бұрын

No, spree spells require one mode at least

@GeorgeBolas

18 күн бұрын

Reading cards explains them btw. "One or more" etc

@josefinacabrera589

18 күн бұрын

No