2012 Players Championship Semifinals: Yuuya Watanabe vs. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

Watch Yuuya Watanabe battle Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa in the semifinals of the 2012 Magic Players Championship. The format is Modern.
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[@I3and1t]

Seeing the original zoo lists and comparing them to today's guildpact/scion decks, good lord they've come a long way...

[@Jedicake]

🥳🥳🥳

[@BobJacobs10]

Card viewer, good job wizards!

[@Black_RoseGaming]

Modern is the best format ever o/

[@ishboh]

they are called card sleeves. they serve many purposes. 1) they make it easier to shuffle the cards without damaging them. 2) they make it harder for people to mark their cards 3) it protects the cards from being damaged by things like shuffling and normal wear and tear.

[@noworldforeric]

Yuuya Watanabe won a Grand Prix... at twelve years old? No fucking way.

[@aurelienx4924]

2011* it's an error

[@aposto94]

He thought of everything, but could think of an inquisition to take out his tribal flames, it cost him the game.

[@laleyes]

He played the land Twilight Mire which is a filter land. it works like this, you tap a land for green or black and then Twilight Mire and you have a choice to create either BB, GG or GB.

[@HodMaster]

Thanks mate.

[@Arcturus115]

another fact is core set and innistrad dual lands have a triggered ability that unless you control a certain land type(plains, island, swamp, etc.) they come in tapped, so in three color decks dropping a shock land makes all those lands come in untapped which speed up those decks dramatically

[@Arcturus115]

Also some interesting fact about the player's background, like if they were working with other finalists, who developed the deck concept in the first place, and also speculation on how their sideboards could interact with their opponent is very informative and improves viewer's experience. Which this is my point of view, and im not being negative, just offering constructive criticism.

[@BernardoHenriques4]

At 43:43 how did yuuya casted the kitchen finks? It's an honest question, I really didnt see his second green mana source.

[@dustincullihall9963]

8 years late but the land he is using is twighlight mire filters into two green

[@Arcturus115]

Little advice to one of the commentator's, you don't need to say every little thing that happens, we can see that going on. What is helpful is insight on the player's hand, relevant deck information to a situation(i.e. # of copies of a certain card in a deck), and possible plays they could make during a lengthy turn. That kind of commentating is informative and improves the experience of a viewer, rather that listening to someone tell a story of the match as we watch.

[@bbsolpico1]

Jund remains formidable even if it dipped in terms of raw power (bloodbraid elf) it was replaced with an equally good utility card== deathrite shaman. Jund was suffering for so long when it has less than 4 lands, jund can now consistently its mana up with deathrite shaman and can dish out a variety of powerful 4 cc cards.

[@GOSH1406]

maybe when Watanabe stops playing competitive, PV can win something...he's PV nemesis.

[@MARIOGARCIA-dg4rn]

GOSH1406 i

[@user-tf4pz5yo9q]

Time proves you were right. PV just become magic world champion!

[@KeepingTheBlade7]

Can you please work on making the volume on your videos louder? I can hardly hear any of these...

[@ShineyRcus0103]

It keeps the cards in good condition. From what I understand in any trading card game tourney, they're required.

[@HodMaster]

Can someone explain something to me? At the beginning of Game 2, Paulo attacks with his two Kird Apes for 4 damage. However, he doesn't seem to "control" a forest at that point. How then do the Kird Apes get pumped to 2/3 creatures? Perhaps I misunderstand what "control" means?

[@vinimcortes]

I agree that the sound needed work on this video, but there's no need to be so aggressive about it. Chill, dude.

[@TheMrPyjamas]

2020 who else?

[@markofthenewells]

Stomping Grounds, the first land that he played, is both a mountain and a forest.

[@NetjunkyXXX]

you're right, thanks :)

[@RedzicMuharem]

what a fun format

[@deviltrigger85]

Can't enjoy a game where someone puts their lands on the top and their creatures on the bottom. I wouldn't be able to play against someone like that.

[@BlackAceKisachi]

4 real

[@Goblin_Wizard]

its old school, esp for non american players

[@motherspitchfork]

Is there a reason the volume is so low?

[@lqdreality]

Game 2: 16:26 Game 3: 30:15 Game 4: 40:30

[@luminousmage]

I believe his third land was Twilight Mire, which is a filter land that can produce double green

[@HodMaster]

Ahhh cool. Thanks.

[@TheLimitlessTruth]

It's true though I think the deck is strong enough to be able to find something else as a drop in that will just continue to work. I was thinking about taking out the kitchen finks with messenger's and then bloodbraid for huntmasters. Huntmaster doesn't give you the same card draw advantage but huntmaster will gain you 2 and give you 2 different 2/2 creatures one with the slight possibility of becoming a 4/4 trample with a little tacked on damage.

[@whoaitstiger]

Nice one Captain O.

[@GTFOnDIE]

This game's like a lot of stuff, anyone can get into it for fun but it gets expensive real quick

[@Darkslayer105]

The green/black land is not a owergrown tomb, but a twilight mire

[@GenzaiDandy]

Where are them Quarterfinals?

[@bladeflesh]

the land he uses is called stomping grounds and is a forest and mountian

[@DrivingThunder]

He used his Twilight Mire to gain 2 green mana I hope this helps

[@Wojttqq]

How Yuuya cast 2 inquisitions of kozilek when having swamp and raging ravine (around 32 min.)

[@TheSmithing321]

he had a filter BG land

[@TheAcad3mic]

Legend.

[@ProxyMaker]

wich sleeves does watanabe uses?

[@xx415pato7xx456]

Only last February.

[@chrispriest4131]

what set are yuyas swamps from?

[@jacobkilford5807]

It's the Japan APAC promo swamp.

[@chrispriest4131]

Cool, thanks

[@mjgardner33]

volume too low :(

[@Flapjack6678]

Whats that plasticy stuff on the stuff on the front of the cards

[@Wojttqq]

Sorry, it's no swamp, it's overgrown tomb

[@Nordozan]

buy microphones please

[@Khazuki_]

I think PV's 4.5 color Zoo deck is my favorite deck ever.

[@hanniballecter2359]

2021

[@blenga2]

True.. I am Brazilian just like Paulo, but I cannot defend him on that one ! It's quite annoying indeed !

[@YouWedge]

helix deals lethal damages, finks could have healed 2 damages but the non blocked ape also deal 2 damages.

[@NetjunkyXXX]

am I the only one noticing that watanabe couldn't cast his kitchen finks at 3:20 ? There's no second green or white source on his lands

[@patrickchesnut136]

47:13, the screen on the back has Borborgorymos Enraged. This is dated September 1st. Weren't those cards spoiled after that?

[@GeekNamedCj]

What sleeves did yuuya watanabe use in this match? I need real answers please

[@TerrySnipers]

+Cj Apale Pretty sure he's using the old KMC super series

[@debumbivandebumbo3570]

+Brigadier Prime the old KMC are the same than the actually KMC series slevees? i need good sleevs

[@TerrySnipers]

They're both good quality. I said old KMC cause KMC's Hyper Matte are their more recent sleeves and more commonly found. At least from what i've seen.

[@2001lupin]

the cards weren't, but some of the art was

[@DarkArtMagic666]

yes

[@mamasmilkshake]

Blood Crypt is far superior. A rakdos guildgate is simply a dual land that comes into play tapped. A Blood Crypt is a shock land, it comes into play tapped or untapped if you pay 2 life, it can also be searched for with cards that say "search your library for a mountain or swamp card" in that circumstance you could get a blood crypt, mountain or swamp.

[@LAZERPEOPLZ]

He could do that because that's a twilight mire, not an overgrown tomb.

[@nicolaslombino6289]

I'm glad it wasn't just me that noticed that horrible misplay

[@MrGunwitch]

Which misplay was that?

[@perekasstor1426]

When lightning Bolt was a good card in Modern...

[@DJBarrister]

....Did he call Rich Marshall?

[@TheArcv2]

saying the amount of games spoils who wins as soon as someone goes to 2 wins

[@blackbaki]

Wait if yuuya won a event in 2001 he was 12 when he won a grand prix....

[@Heinztomatoejuice]

no. you're the only one who doesn't know what they're looking at.

[@TheKris911]

I Miss BBE.

[@Cryxboy]

Yuuya's cards snap so loudly...

[@DavidSJr]

So much louder than all the other audio...

[@crapzo]

he had 1 white/black mana and the black on in the middle was green/black i think

[@KM613]

g3 he had a filter land that made two black by putting in a green from raging ravine. Game 4 he had the same filter land to make 2 green... so no he didn't cheat

[@RhacsandMTG]

Rich stalks Yuuya's mom on twitter?

[@DiEgOo440]

but still watching just like me ;D

[@whoaitstiger]

That seems like a pretty arbitrary requirement for watching this. Plenty of people don't know the cards. Tournaments in competitive gaming are a great way to draw new people in.

[@Drecon84]

So... Jund won that last game because it has better mana? Modern is really a weird format.

[@origin15minutesofame]

Um this was in 2012, BBE was banned after this.

[@i5m1thy]

If you're smart you can get along fine with minor costs.

[@arthurcoutinho9266]

Kitchen Finks won all three games for Watanabe

[@DiEgOo440]

yeah they forgot but it's fixed

[@DrDuck7700]

yo so why doesnt he take damage every upkeep due to confidant?

[@callhanquinn1314]

I LOVE MONDERN

[@phyter123]

he's using a twilight mire.

[@LanoreMusic]

Yeah, I've tried, doesn't feel natural

[@jbames]

dark confident? lol

[@winstonchamora]

wasn't BBE banned in modern?

[@GorillaRadio88]

It was for a while after this and then it came back

[@albinoxrhin0]

I have no idea what's going on

[@NetjunkyXXX]

oh forgive me for not being a pro and not knowing every card by picture -.-

[@Eltonlin1998]

Why isn't wild nacatl in Paulo's zoo deck?

[@alexanderthegreat3424]

Banned during that time. WotC realized then that a efficient-but-conditional vanilla creature like wild nacatl isnt ban worthy in modern thus unbanning it thereafter (sometime after this tourney).

[@PS3Camern40]

Too bad for Jund players that bloodbraid elf is now banned in modern

[@origin15minutesofame]

he fetched, got a Bloodcrypt and then a Swamp.

[@CJTongue]

Oh, Twilight Mire is a GG source, gg.

[@MattyBnH]

You forgot combo

[@TheAcad3mic]

Any chance you've been the hero and done that for all of these vids so lazy buggers like me don't have to? XD

[@phyter123]

not security guards. they are judges

[@keyes53ljh]

you obviously don't play magic then...everything you do in the game is all about when you do and what you do it to

[@tobias-hastings]

and still volumne issues :(

[@CJTongue]

Is it just me or does Watanabe cast Kitchen Finks with only one green source of mana?

[@MrGunwitch]

He uses Twilight Mire which can create double green.

[@CocogoatGaming]

This movie is too loud. Its too easy to hear. #Sarcasm

[@stevenkirton6373]

its a balanced card that isnt that bad to play against. i dont mind if everyone plays jund cuz my deck SQUASHES it

[@GrimmScreams]

maybe i'm wrong but at turn 3 if Watanabe would have bolted his own finks it would have came back then gained 2 life been at 5 then lost 3 from the helix then blocked one ape taken the other and went to 1 i'm not sure how he could comeback maybe drawing a baloth but it would have been possible

[@mtgbsasmtgcards7350]

He was down to 5 life, Lightning Helix resolved, he was down to 2 life. They attack him with 2 Kirp APe 2/3. he loses.

[@BernardoHenriques4]

didnt see white mana either...

[@t806trae]

Im lost

[@KurdishGoblinn]

I hope the Brazilian wins

[@Johankoll]

Wow that lightning bolt was so insane! The timing.. the execution.. wow..! Who am I kidding? Don't understand any of this..

[@ximbabwe0228]

if we were in the magic world rich hagon would be a nerd imp who bickered and sold weapons to everyone

[@Azngundam888]

Watanabe for the win！！！

[@Nordozan]

I hate that the caster with the stupid accent doesn't let the other one talk at all.