Reid Duke and Ken Takahama playing Round 8 Game 2 is a really great game to watch. It starts at around 1:24 of the Day 2 stream, with Ken up 1-0. Ken is playing a crazy strong BR rats deck with a lot of good removal and Reid is playing a UG splash B ramp deck with a lot of [[Hamlet Glutton]] and [[Up the Beanstalk]] spells.
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Match 6 coverage of Gab Nassif vs. Anthony Lee is awesome! Starts at around 6:30 in the stream I think.
A disappointing end to the Edel/Takahashi match, good show though.
Coverage info for the weekend, all streaming at https://twitch.tv/magic:
- Friday 9/22 and Saturday 9/23:
- 6 rounds of WOE draft and 8 rounds of Standard.
- Start time for both days is 11AM PT / 2PM ET / 6PM UTC / 8 PM CEST / 3AM JST (September 23 - 24)
- Sunday 9/24:
- Standard Top 8 single elimination.
- Start time is 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM UTC / 7PM CEST / 2AM JST (September 25)
More background info:
- Magic World Championship XXIX Viewer's Guide: Never watched a Pro Tour or World Championship before? Start here! This has everything you need to follow along.
- The Magic World Championship XXIX Preview: Meet four front-runners of the Magic pro scene and other favorites to watch.
- World Class Teams: This is an individual event, but pros tend to test in teams for optimal preparations, and we cover the main ones competing.
- Standard with Wilds of Eldraine: What Standard decks will the pros be considering? We cover the hottest decklists benefiting from WOE's expanded card pool.
- World Championship Draft: Get the crash course on Wilds of Eldraine draft! With fewer Constructed rounds than the PTs, Limited performance is even more important.
Ken Takahama's Day 2 draft deck is just insane. This is what I aspire to play and never come close:
FYI the standings are on Melee for some reason: https://melee.gg/Hub/View/115
6ish unique decks in the top 8!
Lorenzo Terlizzi kept a 1 land hand O_O Playing Esper Midrange. I don't know if that's nerves or what but that cannot ever be the right play.
Oh it would have been a mull to 5 otherwise. That's definitely less clear.
Oof that's a tough one... mull to 5 is rough, they probably figured they'd have a better chance to draw those lands, especially if the curve was good.
Hype! I love full weekend paper events and Worlds the most, so great to have on the TV all weekend.
Always rooting for Reid Duke and my favorite players from way back, Gabriel Nassif and Kai Budde.