2019 MTG Old School World Championships Finals. Matchup Analysis
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2024
- And here we are at last, the grand finals of the 2019 MTG Old School World Championships! Over four years of waiting are over, time to get down to business.
In this video, Sam Tang and I break down the matchup, starting with a full analysis of the contents of both combatants. This finale features a near-mirror match between two Esper designs. I bring a more traditional build to the table, while my opponent Jonathan Salem has done some innovative experimentation. The next few games will determine who will be crowned the victor in this monumental event, stay tuned for coverage and commentary in the days to come! - Hry
It's been great watching all of these videos, thanks for putting them out. The Phantom Monster Delver deck sounds amazing.
Love all the old school Magic stories and interesting and the insightful perspective!
I remember Joel Unger! When I met him, he was the #1 Ranked Player in the DCI! (back when it was a points system, so he traveled to a lot of tournaments to rack up all those points!)....and then the DCI went to a Ratings system (like Chess), and eventually Joel fell into legendary history.
So cool to see you recollecting all of the dynamics 1995. It would be cool to see a video about when we went to infinity at the Cow Palace in San Fran on Team play second turn. I know team play isnt as popular now, but the supporting mechanisms for the main deck were cool to execute. Also, You used to hate it when I dropped Serra Angels on you but I couldn't find a deck fast enough to make them more relevant from a mana standpoint.
In 1994 and 1995, I coined a turn called the "schism" which partially is now known as the metagame. A few players or a few decks (and two-card combos) warped the entire local LGS and that is the local meta. This including not only tournament scenes but also casual combos such as the serious casual Icy/Royal or the uber casual Lure/Thicket Basilisk. The "schism" not only described this serious and casual metas but also the resulting demand on singles. You go one place, you can buy Instill Energy (uncommon in ABUR) for 25 cents and buy them by the dozens. You go to another place and because two casual combos popular in the local group want the card, it sells for 2.50 (this is back when 15 card boosters wholesaled for 1.35 and retailed for like 2.50) and people want dozens of them.
That was great part of MTG back then, having trade folders to sell/trade cards both with dealers and other players. Since there was no internet MTG presence in 1994 and only decklists for tournament-aimed decks later on The Dojo, traveling to each place and seeing what they valued high or undervalued was a terrific part of the Magic adventure.
Loved these videos, such a learning experience. cant wait to see the final games🙏
Thank you for the videos and card by card analysis. I actually ran 2 Abyss and 2 Hive back in the 94 since it was what my older brother came up with since they were also good as mana drain sinks. I was that annoying girl that would say Juzam go down the hole. I still run 1 Hive in Old School. Hive is really good win condition and against creature decks although slow and 2 wasps do block and kill a Hypnotic Spector. I really like the Hypnotic Specter sideboard tech. I had Guardian Beast in my board for awhile its better if you run more artifacts like Hive and sideboard Disrupting Scepter in addition to Tomes, Moxes and Felwar Stones. Argivian Archaeologist seems pretty good to retrieve artifacts and reusing Chaos Orb seems ridiculously good may have to try that out.
Awesome to hear the analysis of every card. That alone made me a better player!
Fellwar Stone is very versatile now that its playable because there are so many splashable "super good" cards in 1994 plus City Of Brass, dual lands, etc. Black has Mind Twist and Demonic Tutor; Blue has Ancestral, Recall, Time Walk and maybe Timetwister; Green has Regrowth; Red has Wheel Of Fortune and maybe Shatter and/or bolts; White has Swords, Disenchant/Offering, maybe Balance. So there are many two color decks splashing two other colors so Fellwar often generated 3-5 colors...often times you're splashing the same cards too so you can use all of the colors.
Specter costs cmc same as Disrupting Scepter, costs 0 to activate, is a random discard...not a choose and discard and is 2 damage a turn with evasion.
The best is when the opponent Swords your Specter during your combat, your 2nd main you cast a second one. I will cast that and look into the other person's eyes as I put it into play.
Mana Short for proactive, Power Sink for defensive.
He does appear to have 1 Scepter mainboard on the right, between Disenchant and Chaos Orb, but I have the benefit of looking at the deck list here.
hats off to the guy listening to the same stories over and over lol