You only KINDA miss Urza's block? It was the last block we had where the developers could, ya know, make the game FUN! Without having to worry about all that pussy shit like; Is your precious format "BaLaNcEd"?! 3 dozen cards have to be banned?? OOPS! My bad . . .
Yup I miss old magic too and I wasnt even playing at this time lol... Nowadays the game is just meh and the company and community for the most part is way to woke and political smh.. Its all garbage. Miss the days we didnt need to Care about some weird trash pronouns as well.
Starter set 1999 when I started playing it was rhox on the cover of the box came with a cd rom and 4 decks I think me and my friend put them together and play many memories I love magic
For anyone thinking why they are playing without sleeves its because non glare sleeves are not yet made during this time.they had to remove the sleeves just for the filming
So weird to see them play with all those cards that are worth big money today without sleeves! Urza block was so ridiculously powerful. Academy blue, Brokenjar, Tinker and Bargain in standard, Trix in extended: those were some crazy powerful decks. .
The more cards because money the worse the game became IMO... I don't mind cards being worth something.. But the amount these pieces of card board go for is just stupid and makes more sense to buy counterfeit cards... Double sleeved u can't even tell the difference. Proxies and counterfeits should be tournament legal... There's no reason they aren't. Or WoTC could easily just reprint everything that is worth alot so players can get the game pieces we need for tournaments.. There's no reason my 6 modern decks and my legacy decks cost more the a damn brand new car smh. Miss this game when others could afford it to play and have fun.
I can remember watching this on ESPN, at that time. My reasoning behind why ESPN canceled it: the fact the random shuffling and flipping through the card was to much to the viewer.
I would have them set to record on VHS and set my alarm for 1:50am sense they only showed Magic at around 2am. So I would watch and record it. I still have the VHS of Long vs ( I can't remember his name now but will change it when I do.) Long was playing Prosperous bloom And his opponent was playing Mono white. Long lost game one and the suddenly games 2 and 3 he somehow ALWAYS drew a Gloom right when needed it.... Because he lapped them and could just go get one as needed.
It was good, but there were more insane matches. Brian Kibler vs Finkel comes to mind. That ending was so close for Finkel. ua-cam.com/video/jedseuxEvxk/v-deo.html
2024 i'm happy to see this for the first time, i used to have a white and blue nice deck with good combos. Most of my cards needed only one or 2 mana and 3 maximum... It was a very fast attacking deck...
@@swimcrafters1743 SO many.. And even AFTER the bans there were still something like 3 viable combo decks, stupid efficient sligh & draw go decks... I mean this was a special time in magic, never to be seen again, where you could play creatures like Morphling & Masticore !
God, this was truly the last gasp of the "Wild West" Type 2 (what they used to call modern during this time), with gigantic banned/restricted lists cus of Urza's block just being beyond ridiculous. There were still something like what? 4? 5? Viable Combo decks: (Bargain, Time Spiral, Enchantress, technically/arguably Tinker), MONSTER fucking archetypes: Angry Hermit (which became angry blastoderm with no hermits), Sligh, draw go (because fucking MORPHLING)
Type 2 was the name for Standard, not Modern, but you're right otherwise. The internet was much different then, netdecking and access to information was much more limited. I think the late 90's, early 2000's era of Magic was, by far, the best era. These old videos got me feeling quite nostalgic.
This isn't a counter argument to your post, but how is this any different from watching poker on TV and listening to them endlessly unstack and restack their fucking chips? lol. So it boggles my mine as to why they would need to mute this. Anyways, again not an attack towards your post just me questioning reasoning haha.
Brian Well... I don't watch poker, for one... Second, yeah... That sounds like it would be annoying. You know what else is annoying? Lots of things, but thanks for the super specific comparison, I guess...
Crumbling sanctuary is esentially a lifegain spell. Everybodys life total becomes their libraries instead. And since the tinker deck dealt damage in huge chunks with minions and colossuses the symmetrical efefct didnt hurt you.
I realize it's been 4 months since you asked but I'll answer anyway. With crumbling sanctuary in play they can pay 19 life when casting phyrexian processor to make a 19/19 creature every turn, which wins the game on three turns, assuming a 60 card deck.
against the super aggressive decks, it buys the tinker deck a few turns to stabalize the board. After that, you can just tinker it away for a threat to do damage.
And also leave themselves wide open to a cheap burn spell, the sanctuary is honestly one of the most commonly tinkered into cards against any aggro deck.also that 19/19 doesn't have trample and can easily be blocked by any chump. The tinker deck requires patience and time to set up the win. you can't over commit on the processor without something like crumbling sanctuary in play to keep you in the game if they ax your tokens or even lightning bolt to the face.
Yeah but that's a three turn clock as opposed to a two turn clock... if you hit a player for 19 damage twice that's 38 damage which is plenty enough to kill them...
He's dead on board. Colossus can only be blocked by three or more creatures. Maher has to tap down all his lands to Tangle Wire, Finkel untaps his Colossus with the 2nd key he topdecked on his turn, blocks Masticore, swings back for lethal.
+Michael Kasif so what? They didn't care. First of all, sleeves weren't allowed. Moreover, they were proplayers, not noobish traders. With their gains, they could have affored a few hundreds rishadans
Michael Kasif You didn't get it... Whatever. Top 8 roplayers back then just didn't think like that. They could afford any cards with their gains and didn't see card market as a business. They were way over it.
Michael Kasif Yes, it's hurting when you think at actual prices, from a collector pov. But in that case, cards should be regarded as sport gears, nothing more. It's funny tho how today's playthings can become tomorrow's treasures. Times change.
From what I can tell, his deck has a lot of effects that damage him. So you can use Crumbling to mill instead of hurt yourself, and you can also sacrifice the Crumbling to Tinker when you're ready to go in for the kill.
Sanctuary was there initially as an answer to aggro, Tinker it into play when you are short on life to give you time to stabilize. Also worked well with Processor.
This is the game that made me hate competitive mtg. since then maro has been trying to repeat this same shit show and its turned the game into an unfun controlathon or a yugioh shit show. And 6:15 . Why is his ear twitching like that?
From then to now, the only thing in magic that hasn't changed is Randy's commentary.
He really loves the game lol
I kinda miss the old magic, especially from Urza's block time.
for me it was early type 2.
You only KINDA miss Urza's block? It was the last block we had where the developers could, ya know, make the game FUN! Without having to worry about all that pussy shit like; Is your precious format "BaLaNcEd"?! 3 dozen cards have to be banned?? OOPS! My bad . . .
Play premodern. It is a beautiful old school format.
Yup I miss old magic too and I wasnt even playing at this time lol... Nowadays the game is just meh and the company and community for the most part is way to woke and political smh.. Its all garbage. Miss the days we didnt need to Care about some weird trash pronouns as well.
I'm so glad that HD recording exists now.
"Oh Tangle Wire, what does thaat do?"
LOL
Starter set 1999 when I started playing it was rhox on the cover of the box came with a cd rom and 4 decks I think me and my friend put them together and play many memories I love magic
For anyone thinking why they are playing without sleeves its because non glare sleeves are not yet made during this time.they had to remove the sleeves just for the filming
Jon Finkel was my hero back then.
I wish they had more consistent filming back then. No quarter finals or semis sucks.
So weird to see them play with all those cards that are worth big money today without sleeves! Urza block was so ridiculously powerful. Academy blue, Brokenjar, Tinker and Bargain in standard, Trix in extended: those were some crazy powerful decks. .
They have sleeves, but at that time sleeves are not yet matte so its not good for the camera,so they had to remove it
The more cards because money the worse the game became IMO... I don't mind cards being worth something.. But the amount these pieces of card board go for is just stupid and makes more sense to buy counterfeit cards... Double sleeved u can't even tell the difference. Proxies and counterfeits should be tournament legal... There's no reason they aren't. Or WoTC could easily just reprint everything that is worth alot so players can get the game pieces we need for tournaments.. There's no reason my 6 modern decks and my legacy decks cost more the a damn brand new car smh. Miss this game when others could afford it to play and have fun.
Oh how I love you 240p.
Welcome to 2000
Vhs
ESPN coverage lmao
I can remember watching this on ESPN, at that time. My reasoning behind why ESPN canceled it: the fact the random shuffling and flipping through the card was to much to the viewer.
Richard Akers that bugs the hell out of me and I really can't stand people playing without sleeves
Fun fact, they all played with sleeves at this time but you had to unsleeve if you played on stream because of the glare from the sleeves at the time
I would have them set to record on VHS and set my alarm for 1:50am sense they only showed Magic at around 2am. So I would watch and record it.
I still have the VHS of Long vs ( I can't remember his name now but will change it when I do.)
Long was playing Prosperous bloom
And his opponent was playing Mono white.
Long lost game one and the suddenly games 2 and 3 he somehow ALWAYS drew a Gloom right when needed it.... Because he lapped them and could just go get one as needed.
@@Str8edgejon name you are looking for is Matt Lindhe playing old school white weenie with emperial armor and cataclysm.
@@skizzik121 and I recall getting a free vhs tape of that event when I attended a prerelease
Greatest mtg game of all time. Finkel and Maher were so awesome back then, these were the good times :)
It was good, but there were more insane matches. Brian Kibler vs Finkel comes to mind. That ending was so close for Finkel. ua-cam.com/video/jedseuxEvxk/v-deo.html
2024 i'm happy to see this for the first time, i used to have a white and blue nice deck with good combos. Most of my cards needed only one or 2 mana and 3 maximum... It was a very fast attacking deck...
Seems like some really really fun standard.
Haha, they had to ban so many cards
@@swimcrafters1743 SO many.. And even AFTER the bans there were still something like 3 viable combo decks, stupid efficient sligh & draw go decks... I mean this was a special time in magic, never to be seen again, where you could play creatures like Morphling & Masticore !
God, this was truly the last gasp of the "Wild West" Type 2 (what they used to call modern during this time), with gigantic banned/restricted lists cus of Urza's block just being beyond ridiculous. There were still something like what? 4? 5? Viable Combo decks: (Bargain, Time Spiral, Enchantress, technically/arguably Tinker), MONSTER fucking archetypes: Angry Hermit (which became angry blastoderm with no hermits), Sligh, draw go (because fucking MORPHLING)
Type 2 was the name for Standard, not Modern, but you're right otherwise. The internet was much different then, netdecking and access to information was much more limited. I think the late 90's, early 2000's era of Magic was, by far, the best era. These old videos got me feeling quite nostalgic.
I miss the days where Morphling was a good creature.
2:29, This is why they mute the audio now.
This isn't a counter argument to your post, but how is this any different from watching poker on TV and listening to them endlessly unstack and restack their fucking chips? lol. So it boggles my mine as to why they would need to mute this. Anyways, again not an attack towards your post just me questioning reasoning haha.
Brian Well... I don't watch poker, for one... Second, yeah... That sounds like it would be annoying. You know what else is annoying? Lots of things, but thanks for the super specific comparison, I guess...
Bongeler That sound is great you baby. Brian’s absolutely right btw. You don’t sound like you like cards why are you here anyway? 😂
Saw this in Brussels live .... ah the memories :-)
Did you play in the tournament?
No I did not play in the main event, but did play and Win a few side-events. Just returend to playing, most recently GP Utrecht.
this block was so broken...
Combo Winter made me quick playing til about Odyssey(6 sets later), Birds for the win!! Ravnica also made me frustrated with its B/U decks.
And then ther was Mirrodin lol
Best Game of magic EVER
I really miss Randy's commentary. haha
I would contend that he is one of the very best commentators of all time, in any game or sport. Incredible passion.
Have finkels championship deck, was so fun playing people with it
This was on ESPN? I'm amazed.
Holy fuck man watching them shuffle those unsleeved cards knowing there's Metalworkers in there got me fucked up
Cut to spore frog @9:56 .....
apocchime SPORE FROOOGGGGGG
Did we just discover 120p?
+kekers Music This is during Urza's/Merciadian Masques standard.
@ 2:48 I love the sound when shuffling the 2 cards in hand, I always do this *{::>_
Crumbling sanctuary is esentially a lifegain spell. Everybodys life total becomes their libraries instead. And since the tinker deck dealt damage in huge chunks with minions and colossuses the symmetrical efefct didnt hurt you.
Cool story.
Classic match from 2 greats. So sad to see Maher misplay though.
Funny that there was a point in time where sleeves were not allowed and nowadays they're mandatory.
Espn? Really? Never knew that.. how about today?
glen2003 today espn shows MOBAs
It was the deuce
Took like 18 years for them to broadcast mma lmao
FROM ESPN TO NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
I realize it's been 4 months since you asked but I'll answer anyway. With crumbling sanctuary in play they can pay 19 life when casting phyrexian processor to make a 19/19 creature every turn, which wins the game on three turns, assuming a 60 card deck.
against the super aggressive decks, it buys the tinker deck a few turns to stabalize the board. After that, you can just tinker it away for a threat to do damage.
how the hell is this on ESPN?
Steve Olliff was on the deuce
Does anyone have the Benedict Klauser and Ryan Fuller Matches from this Worlds. Those 2 matches show how broken this deck was.
Gerardo Ritchey no wizards slacked on this coverage
is it part of this tournament rules that sleeves are not allowed?
And also leave themselves wide open to a cheap burn spell, the sanctuary is honestly one of the most commonly tinkered into cards against any aggro deck.also that 19/19 doesn't have trample and can easily be blocked by any chump. The tinker deck requires patience and time to set up the win. you can't over commit on the processor without something like crumbling sanctuary in play to keep you in the game if they ax your tokens or even lightning bolt to the face.
Top four players ever: Finkel, Kai, Maher, Nassif. IMO, Of course.
Is this before sleeves became legal for tournaments? (Does anyone know when that happened?)
WLDFLD yes
soo overpowered
even in 000 they did the annoying card shuffling that makes games unwatchable too bad.
Printing Tinker was a huge mistake.
Joel Monteiro tinker wasnt even good in type ii until they banned academy and megrim jar decks....THEN tinker was played.
@@nickfanzo urh, Megrim-Jar played 4 tinker to get the jar :)
Yamcha Dragonball yes you’re right
Hello from 2022
Yeah but that's a three turn clock as opposed to a two turn clock... if you hit a player for 19 damage twice that's 38 damage which is plenty enough to kill them...
Wait still no sleeves !?
No sleeve was seen that day
I played magic and this is a clusterfuck what's everything do can you IMAGINE people just flipping this on XD
and if they both pay 19 life then they only need to connect once.
Look at these studs. lol
What would stroke do, mill Jon out ? For the win
Why Bob conceded? 12 life to 4 but he got an Colossus and masticore... He's not ded yet..
He's dead on board. Colossus can only be blocked by three or more creatures. Maher has to tap down all his lands to Tangle Wire, Finkel untaps his Colossus with the 2nd key he topdecked on his turn, blocks Masticore, swings back for lethal.
what the hell is that. hearthstone?
Please tell me they aren't rishadan ports played without sleeves
+Michael Kasif so what? They didn't care. First of all, sleeves weren't allowed. Moreover, they were proplayers, not noobish traders. With their gains, they could have affored a few hundreds rishadans
hapjiwaya If they knew what the price would be now they would have cared.
Michael Kasif You didn't get it... Whatever. Top 8 roplayers back then just didn't think like that. They could afford any cards with their gains and didn't see card market as a business. They were way over it.
hapjiwaya I understand what you're saying. It's all context. Doesn't change that those are unsleeved Rishadan ports being riffle-shuffled though...lol
Michael Kasif Yes, it's hurting when you think at actual prices, from a collector pov. But in that case, cards should be regarded as sport gears, nothing more. It's funny tho how today's playthings can become tomorrow's treasures. Times change.
JUDGE, MARKED CARD
@Disburden
Oh and...BROKEN!
cant believe how long it took for people to invent and use sleeves lol
Tayo Gabriel sleeves werent allowed on camera
why woulld they play a card like crumbling sanctuary? why wouldn't they just do the damage?
From what I can tell, his deck has a lot of effects that damage him. So you can use Crumbling to mill instead of hurt yourself, and you can also sacrifice the Crumbling to Tinker when you're ready to go in for the kill.
Sanctuary was there initially as an answer to aggro, Tinker it into play when you are short on life to give you time to stabilize. Also worked well with Processor.
Because they are paying 19 life to make the 19/19. Its a 3 turn clock with sanctuary that also means they aren't dead to a random burn spell.
No fucking sleeves really
Lol, they didn't really have any back then. Even if there were, they probably weren't very good.
+CommanderSh!mi X actually, they had to play unsleeved on coverage because the sleeves caused glare
Ultra pro sold sleeves from like 97 on
Dem unsleeved decks
This is the game that made me hate competitive mtg. since then maro has been trying to repeat this same shit show and its turned the game into an unfun controlathon or a yugioh shit show. And 6:15 . Why is his ear twitching like that?