The Magic Show #109e - US Nationals Finals Coverage Game 4

UNEDITED. This is the raw Game 4 footage from the finals of US Nationals 2008 with Sam Black versus Michael Jacob. I did not have time to edit these any further.

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• Sam
• Black
• Michael
• Jacob

[canman87]

The guy with the green sleeves needs to relax a little bit. He's really twitchy.

[asseeninYOURDREAMS]

why is he shuffling his hand so much ... calm down!

[776WOLFMAN]

@canman87 Its a psych technique. You use it to distract your opponent. Your opponent is busy looking at your twitching and not focusing on his cards. All the while your leading him into a false conclusion of your nervousness.

[redheadedeskimo]

@TheDoomToaster Not true. He did it in response to the Primal Command, and state based effects would get checked before the Primal Command resolved to go to the graveyard. It would only be a 2/3, and would die to the lethal damage.

[littlteapot]

lol a 0/1 Tarmogoyf.

[GreelTheMindRaker]

Someone needs to make a tutorial on how to shuffle your hand like Micheal does... it looks cool. I can't figure it out! >.>

[TheDoomToaster]

The incinerate didnt killt he goyf o.O there was "instant, sorcery, creature" in the graveyard the time the state based effects are checked again... and the goyf is 3/4 o.O fail

[darkchenowth]

Where can you get that kind of playmat?

[4fing3rz]

woal these guys are slow at magic

[BottledFairie]

Well, that's an odd insecurity, I've never had that problem in my life. Whatever, it's their preference, and I've changed my opinion over sideways decks over the last 5 months, it's understandable.

[NothingSpecialBand]

BottledFairie, actually, putting your deck sideways makes it easier to draw, and less likely that your opponent will accidentally see the card you draw.

[xlxVernxlx]

Have you ever been in a stressful situation and rocked back and forth or side to side or cracked your knuckles or any other distraction? How bout playing in the finals for a large cash prize? lol. I find myself doing this at FNM... I couldn't imagine how hardcore it would be at Nationals.