Pro Tour Philadelphia: Top 8 Quarterfinals

[Maximxj750]

its depressing to watch this because this format has since been watered down bigtime. I am almost at the point where I am expecting grizzley bears and giant spider to become tier 1 creatures after the nect bannings.

[Minion066]

why do they keep shuffling their hands?

[Combustion7]

my god it looks like there using there cards for magic tricks

[P4r4k]

What? 1 hour? its 3:37 am and i need to go to school at 6 am.

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

[fightclub4u]

Cut your damn fingernails!!

[LostprophetPL]

G zenith, tarmogoyf, channel, Survival?

What's the name of card that Samuele Estratti cast at 54:04 for U?

BTW. Foil Primeval Titan in Momir Vig, Simic Visionary, nice! I'm playing Sen Triplets.

[simpsonboy77]

@LostprophetPL Sleight of Hand

[MrJoey2gunns]

also why is it that green can never get really broken cards. after all blue always gets the most powerful cards thru the history of magic

[MrJoey2gunns]

ok somebody plz tell me why hampton did not just slam down ulamog and kill blacks inkmoth

[zabihio]

ok at about 59 minutes, how in the devil does estratti win?

[redvsblueftw]

@zabihio He cast Splinter Twin on Pestermite, whenever Pestermite enters the battlefield he can tap or untap target permanent, which allows him to create an infinite amount of Pestermites through the use of Splinter Twin.

[Poopaskull]

@greymon767 Because of the poison-counters. Jesse had 1 counter already, and when Sam swung for 1, he buffed it when it went unblocked - Then he won

[LennoxLewis86]

@greymon767 Because the creature that attacked has the infect ability, dealing damage in the form of poison counters. If a player has 10 poison counters, he or she loses the game. Sam played a Blazing Shoal, paying its alternate cost of exiling a red card. The Blazing Shoal then gives +10/+0 until end of turn to the infect creature which then immediately kills the opponent.

[Nirro90]

Because Burning Shoals gives Blighted Agent +10/+10 and he is infect so that is enough for the kill.

[provx1234]

never mind i didnt see him put a counter on both walls thought he may have forget that his vezuva didnt copy a locus

[provx1234]

around the 30 minute mark jesse only taps three lands and plays titan did i miss something

[6Anonymous6]

dear wotc,

we only care about the board state. please stop showing the players for extended periods when they're actually playing.

[bbbbbb222222]

I dont undestand. It'd be nice if wizards added an image of the card they are playing on the screen. Not all of us are pros who know a card by their name.

[Combustion7]

@bbbbbb222222 If you don't know the cards by name then just have another tab open with Gatherer and look them up thats what im doing.

[bbbbbb222222]

@Combustion7 Thanks for the tip but I stand my grounds that doing that it would be benefitial for everyone.

[LolwutJ]

@bbbbbb222222 been watching too much Klotzproductions? lol (although i know hes not the only one that does it)

[bbbbbb222222]

@LolwutJ I don't have a fucking clue on what you are talking about.

[tialdfswntta]

@bbbbbb222222 When they do the live cast, the wizards website has a sidebar with relevant card images. This was meant to be watched live

[bbbbbb222222]

@tialdfswntta Sure, but tehy can edit the videos. It wouldn't take that much work, and WotC is a company of billions. Not to mention Hasbro. Money that they got from us the players, by the way.

[synaru]

@bbbbbb222222 Except I'd expect that most of us don't want to have images large enough to read taking up screen space when we're watching replays. Especially when the card is usually only there for 2-3 seconds.

Just have a tab open on Gatherer if you want to know what they do. Don't be lazy and complain about something that doesn't need to be fixed.

[bbbbbb222222]

@synaru Suck my dick for breakfast, kid.

[synaru]

@bbbbbb222222 Hahahaha wow, seriously? That's your response to a legitimate reply?

"Oh shit...he made a logical argument.. Must...insult...like...a...chi­ld!!!!"

They're not going to change it, because there's no reason to change it. They already use the full names of cards, and sometimes they explain the effects. That's the best they'll do with uploads of live coverage.

If you want to see the cards, watch the live broadcast with the chat stream, or the shorter recaps they put up after.

[bbbbbb222222]

@synaru are you still mad about my suggestion?

[ChronicVisionZ]

What type of card sleeves do they have?

[itsahurricane]

Wait... At 1:00:50... Did Andrejs really need to concede? Or did Estratti have mana to pay for the pact next turn?

[jacbenmdz]

@itsahurricane Estratti its going to kill him on that turn.

[itsahurricane]

@jacbenmdz Ah, forgot they had haste...

[lnmylife]

They should get a better mic which can be turned completely off... Instead of hearing him whisper all the time.

[spicynugz]

i wish i didn't have to hear rich hagon telling people shit "off mic"

[MrKaiizenn]

When we saw the rome guy all I saw was him shuffling the whole entire time...

[strigen]

Wizards, you have no idea how much more professional HD videos make your company look. Keep it up!

[hatriarch]

no homo but hampton is a really good lookin' dude.

[Nic0Arg]

17:14 look behind the players, 2 judges are kissing !

[KlotzProductions]

OMG... It's actually in HD!!!

[Axtitios]

in game 1 why didnt hampton play the glimmerpost instead of dryad arbor then play ulamog destroying the agent?

[darkdudewas]

@Axtitios he dies to the land if he does that?

[VMSAWRSMSZ006Z]

@darkdudewas Jesse would've had 14 Mana. Ulamog costs 11. He plays it to kill the Agent. 2G left in mana pool casts Beast Within targeting Inkmoth Nexus. No he doesn't die to the land if he mainphased it.

[LennoxLewis86]

@Axtitios then he would tap out and die to inkmoth nexus the same way. the difference is he wont have mana to play beat within to at least try and stop the combo.

[quansora]

@Axtitios yeah i noticed that too, haha

[VMSAWRSMSZ006Z]

@Axtitios I asked this same question.

[1Daxx7]

What's a sideboard?

[roxas7578]

@1Daxx7 it's a separate deck of 15 cards to exchange cards with the mainboard (maindeck) betwwen games.for example, between game 1 and 2, you use sideboard to use cards that give you advantage against your opponent

[Zenebar28]

Yeah, please upload in the correct order.

[Toversnol]

the shuffeling of the itallian dude take ages... f*cking anoying to watch someone shuffel for 5 minutes.

[MugiwaraNoShanx]

@Toversnol What's the problem ? Just go five minutes later, it's not live dude.

[Toversnol]

@MugiwaraNoShanx ok

[Kutan]

I love how there are so many people complaining about the Finals being uploaded first when they had the choice to not watch it and not be spoiled. I feel no pity for them.

[eoyn]

Black's fingernails are revolting.

Pro tip - cut your fingernails if you're gonna be on camera. ¬¬

[Hexedtemplar]

@eoyn

He probably doesnt leave the house often so it doesnt matter much.

[daviejoness]

It was in time spiral timeshifted

[GodlessCitizen]

Wait. Cards from sets as old as Mirage are legal in tournaments? Is that just because the card he had is also reprinted in the sets that are legal?

[AOXV]

45:04

[Plagueis1017]

finally a full length pro-tour finals. None of the Even Irwin commentary bs.

[VMSAWRSMSZ006Z]

Why didn't Jesse play Ulamog on his 4th turn? He could've killed the blighted agent or inkmoth nexus? He would've had 14 mana to play that and beast within.

[MagicTheGathering300]

FUCK YEAH WISCONSIN YEAH YEAH YEAH FUCK YEAH

[MrFreak0r]

josh is supposed to cut the cards at 0:38:42.

he shuffles for one and a half minutes -_____-

rly obnoxius

[jvdthwip]

@MrFreak0r with no time limits and the stakes this high, better to be thorough

[darkprince909]

too much shuffling!!!

[shadowofthewarriors]

42:00 for the game with kibler and the italian with the 100 mulligans

[270233]

link to the finals plz

[TeamMagePowerSS]

Modern sounds amazing!!!! Now i can start playing again cuz i can use all my old cards!!!! :D

[CtlAltWin]

Its funny because I still don`t know how to play this game.

[Just4UGaming]

@CtlAltWin This channel has walkthroughs on how to play trust me its really easy once you get rolling

[Burningdemon23]

Damn....josh shuffled that guys deck for like 2 minutes lol

[Crhistof]

best quality ever.. nice job WotC!!

[flracing84]

I'm starting to love modern!!!

[ertai222]

holy fuck josh utter leyton needs to slow down, his hand go way to fast

[NivMizzetFiremind]

worst filming ever.

[LotanRaz]

that realy wird wizards. i first saw the finals and than the quarterfinals, please wizards i don't think i'l ever see a live pro tour, but me and lot others think that way

[jvdthwip]

@LotanRaz more people are interested in the finals right away than the quarters, and also uploading in reverse causes the videos to be in order when viewed in the channel (which lists them with newest first).

[discblizz]

they might have fucked up the timing, atleast the got better camras

[Organicflava]

Wizards posted the results before posting any video...why people are complaining that the finals video ruined the quarterfinals is beyond me

[djgiga]

Why is Estratti wincing so much? Weirdo Italians lol

[ringotomb]

u do relize this was all shown live

[piplup10203854]

I watched the finals but actually I really only listened to them and not payed a lot of attention, I was playing magic myself so i was a little distracted you got lucky Wizards lol I will go watch it this time :D

[Cold94DFA]

I agree with the current 3 comments. Upload your videos in the correct chronological order.

[ManusCelerDei]

I watched the finals YESTERDAY. gg wizards, gg.

[MalikarVampire]

@ManusCelerDei cryy

[toxikblood]

Please Wizard, for the love of god, upload quaterfinals simefinals and finals in that order please.

This make the experience of watching your videos so much better..

[dylancool2]

Wish this could have come up before the finals did. -.-

[GeOhDe001]

@dylancool2 This video wouldn't have made any difference of it coming out before the finals because as soon as a winner is crowned its posted on the offical website so most people knew even before the final video was put up that estratti won it all.

[nicknsk8er]

@dylancool2 ikr