Pro Tour-Tokyo 2001: Finals, Game 1

[HadesDoomOcculta]

god zvi used to be so fat

[bocina1]

Gayest voice i've seen in 16:08

[SkillfulSwordsman]

@bocina1: ROFL.

[maxxus176]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhh

[AllyMind5Star]

I miss watching this on ESPN. They made this game look good!

[iansquared3]

im still torn up about this, and i want some of your opinions youtube! what is the best number of land cards to draw at the beginning of the game, and what grounds should i mulligan on? i never really know.

[Bassdaddy404]

@iansquared3 Depends on my deck, and my focus. I have decks I will play with just one land in my hand, others I want at least two. Some I won't unless I have three.

[Tent316]

Man havent played in years wanna start up again. Its hard to know whats going on though in a magic game thats casted cant see the cards, and being based only on commentary, unless you know the cards names by heart and what they do. :(

[Artisn]

@Tent316

ttp://gatherer.wizards.com/Pag­es/Default.aspx

Seriously, no bottage, it's a searchable database of all cards from the wizards of the coast website.

[erty768]

lol why is the quality the same or better than the 2010 pro tour video?

[CheaneRmaN]

zvi looks like such a douchebag

[Speedygi]

@CheaneRmaN And a hall of famer.

[StoneThrowingDevil]

Ahh...

When Zvi was Fat

[MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt]

i first though the format was draft.. but obv not.. why are they playing without sleeves?

[EdRulez2306]

@MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt maybe they are transparent sleves

[entrailsgalore]

@MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt . Most pro players have always played without sleeves up until around 2003/2004 time frame, so you will see a lot of old matches where players don't use sleeves. I don't think sleeves were even allowed in sanctioned tournaments until around 99ish time frame. Don't quote me on that though.

[LordSageMirentus]

Tsuyoshi looks so young here. The battle of two of the best minds in the game. Epic.

[IbanTheClown]

That Zvi Moscowich or waever seriously looks like me!!!!

[chad4mvp]

that's unfortunate

[SalchichaPolaca]

before or after he lost like a 100 pounds? D=

[MugenMuffin]

I really like Fujita's deck. ^-^

It looks really fun to play, and powerful to boot.

Anybody have a clue how well it runs from personal experience?

[DanielHoward777]

blue black ^^

[Lestat13TheVampire]

Zvi looks like a dick laughing in the middle of the game when he starts winning.

[Lobsterkin]

@Lestat13TheVampire Yeah. I can't blame him, though, I'd probably laugh, too, after something so ridiculous happening.

[MagicTheGathering300]

Omg Zvi is why everyone stereotypes nerds his voice is shit, his style is shit, he looks like shit. he gives nerds a bad name

[1NiceOne1]

I saw a recoil in his hand, would the correct play have been to recoil his land before he can absorb, let him take the burn for floating the mana...?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Ardileslash]

tap land

[check4v]

It's a tap land. Mana abilities don't use the stack anyway, so he couldn't respond to it.

[Skateboykyle]

Too bad no mana burn soon. They are taking it out.

[effovex]

He can only play one spell per turn, so if he tried to recoil, he wouldn't have been able to answer the voice of all.

[illuzion30]

Give us GP London!

I wanna see Kai piloting domain!

[Stijnhoofd]

Cool, classic footage!

[AvatardesLeids]

so where are the other games of the match? 0_o

[youstarleopard]

And that is why you don't scoop up the cards!

[UltraProMulticolored]

Why doesnt ppl use sleeves in Pro Tours? Or isnt sleeves normal in MTG?

[UltraProMulticolored]

Tsuyoshi Fujita rox..

[UltraProMulticolored]

Even though he lost..

[hybridx111]

Ah, Invasion... I loved MTG back in 2000-2003. Way better than it is now.

[JeffStm]

why is the japanese dude wearing a scarf

[jonjonteru]

SUPER NOOB + BIAS COMMENTATOR

[Kriati]

Ok don't get me wrong Im a fan of magic and I do like these videos, but seriously the fucking announcer should be punched in the face he is soooooo anoying

[xXLibertyPrimeXx]

Lol i kinda agree

[shooksonv2]

what rats were thoes

[xex999]

ravanous rats, B1 1/1 when it comes into player tager player discards a card.

[afeape]

May 15, 2009 is when this was uploaded...but this game as in 2001?!

[CoryI]

You always gotta share the classics. :)

[wickerman2006]

Amazing what technology can do these days... uploading a video file if a game that happened in the past?? no way...

[MasterOGA]

Christ, those announcers were dumbfounded that Zvi came back against a rat-only board position?

[phaviel]

with that card disadvantage + that tempo disadvantage and that board disadvantage ? o yea i'd be surprised too.

[mercenarybdu]

This was before the world was outraged by this unsleeved stunt. The unsleeved hoax was in part by the company to force the players to buy a clean set of cards from the same sets before they could play. Wizards would lie about it when it was proven that not all Pros have the money for clean sets of cards for a single event. The practice would stop after 2005 to constructed events. As cards are more expensive that sleeves.

[WilltheAtheist]

Can you explain further?

[mercenarybdu]

Back when there were not many sets, it was possible for players to acquire the clean copies they needed for the constructed events they wanted. With the introduction of sleeves, came regulations for the protectors. As time moved forward, it became more and more difficult to acquire the clean copies needed for any constructed event. So the players would move toward using the sleeves more often, then search for clean copies...

[mercenarybdu]

Before 2005, most of the R&D were still stuck in the past. So they would force the players to play without sleeves, or be DQed from playing in the Top 8. So the players would either had to rely on their player groups, ask the judges for cards, or say this is an outrage. The practice would be on and off from 2002 until the 2004 World Championships, where they would then do it again. Then in 2005, they Randy confessed to why Wizards did it, which blew the whole thing through the roof.

[DarkVelizar]

Good old invasion! In my opinion the best edition beside Ursa!

[reallycalm]

I don't like how the judge was so handsy when telling fujita to take his hand off the table.

Seemed almost disrespectful.

[Sforschondetta]

@reallycalm yeah that was rude

[DJDuzzie]

@reallycalm Why arent he allowed to rest his hand on the table?

[Nottybastard]

@reallycalm

I do agree with you. The only reason i can see for having your hand on the table during the game is to rest your hand....or cheat a card onto the battlefield, which is totally absurd. Nothing wrong with resting your hand.

[Dandramere]

@reallycalm Well I guess with cards slight of hand is very easy, so they have to be vigilant.

[Urbog]

Fantastic game

[rampardos89]

i hate when u cant draw any lands thats so annoying

[rabblerouser]

Zvi is so skinny now

[SaintInferno]

i know, i started watching this and was like no way that's zvi, he's too big to be zvi

[CoryI]

Lol. I said the exact opposite when I saw him at the Hall of Fame ceremony.

It's incredible how much weight he's lost, just like Randy.

[sotijas]

i just wish i could see the cards : /

[Tootatis]

Never let Blue-White get set up. :)

[myfriendisalvl2elf]

yeah I know. I play against my uncle and he gets fricken man o wars all the damn time. I start to do damage and he blocks it with protection. I then get pissed and then out of no where he has a bajillion creatures and I have nothing.

[manudosde]

wow