Christian Calcano vs. Jake Beardsley | Finals | Pro Tour The Lord of The Rings

[@SomeOne-bi7qr]

Just for that game 4, calcano wins in my heart. Some of the tightest play I've ever seen

[@DikkeRoman]

bro it was just him popping ostone and scam not being able to recover, how low is the bar for pro play when players are commending that shit

[@sqrlmonger]

​@@DikkeRoman Achievement Unlocked: Tell me you don't know high level magic without telling me.

[@cooljoe500]

​@DikkeRoman you would have lost.

[@phillipthompson1670]

I would love to know if he held the Chromatic Star specifically to play around Kroxa, or if it was primarily just to put the extra counter on Walking Ballista. Either way, absolutely incredible playing from him the entire match.

[@soup8786]

​@@cooljoe500100%

[@jellysandjamz250]

Him tossing the Ulamog was so funny 😂

[@_____kb]

I laughed out loud, magic is fun! Both players smiling. I love seeing high level play not being too serious.

[@SuicidalPanda2]

Honestly love how he rejected the hand shake and went for a hug instead.

[@filippodardi2180]

For real! Such a combination of skill and sportsmanship is what I love to see at the top tables.

[@zfast619]

Game 4 was one hell of a game.

[@sebass4379]

Game 4 will forever be burned in my memory as one of the greatest games of Magic I have ever seen! I was on the edge of my seat like “AHHH DON’T PLAY IT! DON’T PLAY IT!” And he said go I lost my mind! Just an absolute masterclass on display

[@billynicholson6572]

I did the exact same!! I was literally begging to my screen not for him to play the chromatic star and when he said go I just lost it

[@th3giv3r]

I knew the outcome of the tourney unfortunately but STILL was entranced and emotionally invested. I love that man, what an amazing player

[@JimmyMcCheese]

Please stream on KZbin in future, getting the match after the event just doesn't give it the exposure these players deserve.

[@fatalbert357]

Please spread the word. They need to stream games live on KZbin like they used to. I much preferred watching pro tours on KZbin than twitch.

[@greensmoke420ftw]

#LIVEMtg

[@h3rtzen]

Same, twitch is just lame and laggy

[@joebomie6642]

Small indy company,they can only do so much with the limited resources at their disposal.

[@vulcanh254]

Yeah Twitch is also garbage. The ads have improved a bit it seems, you no longer need to sit through 10x 40 second ads every 30 minutes but I still prefer watching on youtube.

[@trith72]

Probably one of the greatest matches in a final ever. Sure the last hand felt weak but 4 was absolutely amazing, Calcano is my new Spirit Animal...

[@Zarbon000]

Lol

[@bbbeware]

most entertaining pro tour final in awhile

[@GabrielSilva-mv4fm]

and that tells something about the state of the format... T3 win on a final is so yugioh-ish

[@charyou3167]

@@GabrielSilva-mv4fmyeah it says those wins are more entertaining. It’s the most entertaining pro tour finals we’ve had in awhile and also the first time modern has been the format in awhile. That’s not a coincidence.

[@jessicalundholm2773]

What a match... I've never been so invested in a game of magic as that 4th game. These players are awesome and i love the friendly attitude they have

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Thats how you know the game is not competitive, “friendly”

[@BenziTrain]

That was SO MUCH FUN. I LOVE watching coverage like this.

[@AstrologorumMonarcha]

19:36 the ulamog throw

[@P_Tookay]

It was a perfect toss to his hand too lmao

[@cdude665]

Can we just all appreciate we have ceddy back in the booth?! Best commentator ever

[@nthnthms1212]

Him and Psulli are legends

[@th3giv3r]

Cedric is a beautiful, warm, eloquent, and gracious human being.

[@sashn1]

1:09:35 "This is a game of magic right here!" I couldn't help but smile when i heard that. Peak commentary by Cedric Phillips.

[@microdog]

Man I miss this. Pro magic feels like home. I hope Cedric lives forever.

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Laziness and obesity feels like home?

[@Karmotrine42]

game 4 was onde of the most beautiful games i ever see, holy cow

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Beautiful, nothing about mtg is beautiful lol

[@benjamincortina7755]

Game 4 is Magic The Gathering.

[@LostprophetPL]

Game 1: 1:45 Game 2: 17:33 Game 3: 28:20 . . . Game 4: 38:14 Game 5: 1:16:03

[@blackdragonwave9415]

From how gracious he is the entire time, including right after losing game 5, I can tell Christian Calcano has a really good/pure heart. :) Congrats to Jake Beardsley!

[@GM-by7tc]

the game has come a long way. Great to see Pro Tour back and proper coverage!! Cedric and Paul are great on the call!

[@draytonyork4811]

What. A. Match!! That was amaxing to watch. Congrats to Jake, and to Calcano, too! Two great players, neck and neck the whole way. You kove to see it!

[@georgepappas6746]

Game 4 was an all time classic

[@paperskate654]

The tension of game 4 of this match will go down in mtg history lol

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Mtg history lol thats a good joke

[@solarsystemwulf96]

Great to see paper magic again. It feels like the world is back to normal with the Pro Tours back

[@baigpigpig]

yea, back to the normal awful viewing experience..

[@_____kb]

@@baigpigpig Ah, you're one of those. Bet you're a blast a parties!

[@epi1763]

could go down as one of the greatest games of magic ever played

[@jadenkerr914]

Watching an eldrazi deck in the finals, gives me great comfort coz my friend just recently died at 43 years of age and he was an avid eldrazi master in all aspects from pauper to modern to commander. Rest in peace my friend, and know that the blind eternity still lives on.

[@BobbyRunout]

RIP to your friend.

[@juventus1201]

RIP to your friend, I hope he is playing his Eldrazi rn

[@jadenkerr914]

@@juventus1201 yahh me too his a good friend, we started playing yugioh against each other. He uses elemental heroes while i used cyberdragons, then vanguard and finally he started to play mtg with focus on eldrazi. Me i went back to mtg after a 10 year hiatus and started playing standard and modern then focused on edh. We had some epic games against each other

[@yagami999913]

I just got into MTG two weeks ago, and heard about how amazing these finals were. And i gotta say Beardsley holding the thoughtseize to combo with Dauthi and take Ulamog, and Christian holding the chromatic star to not die to Kroxa was some of the craziest decision making i've seen in my life. I'm so excited as i just start my journey in this beautiful game !

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Lol these decisions arent tough, you act like you need fast reactions for this game

[@12post]

Paper Magic is what I’ve been wanting to see! Did not disappoint!

[@Meddling_Mage]

this was WILD to catch live, had me on the edge of my seat. literally stood up and clapped and cheered for jake, even though i was rooting for calcano. excited for worlds!

[@calenhoover1124]

great to see proffesional magic played in person again. it feels like faith has been restored.

[@michaedove3562]

That was some great magic. LOVED IT.

[@OutlawCabin]

I was on Live there seen this match and was so intense, one of the best Magic Games i've seen in my entire life.

[@Duskraven377]

Game 2... never saw such a satisfyingly painful Tron loss. And I _play_ Tron. But Game 4? That's a candidate for game of the year.

[@z-super4782]

Okay but when did we go back to paper magic 😮 I've been missing this.

[@LawrenciumMTG]

February 2023

[@AerenUP]

@@LawrenciumMTG Really appreciate that info, thanks 👍

[@roydjesse]

Can't wait to see those championship decks back on sale again.

[@Jacob-ee8ux]

Calcano is the definition of a class act. What a great representative of the game. Both of these guys are, frankly. Great match, great sportsmanship, just love of the game.

[@g4lb4n59]

Congratulations to all players from the Pro Tour. They have given us an amazing show. Special congratulations to the eight finalists. My personal admiration to Calcano. His attitude, suffering, having fun but always with lots of respect and sportmanship to the end, clapping and congratulating the winner. A great competitor

[@andrewp6738]

There has got to be a better way to post tournament rounds than this thumbnail + title. I was working my way through the day 1 VOD and KZbin has recommended me the finals, spoiling the players and decks that make it. Please stop ruining the hard work that goes into this production with these spoilers lmao

[@hexproof44]

Before coming across this video I was searching for movie suggestions for today! forget about movies!! xDThis match was even more exciting than any movie I could have watched xD great game!!

[@danielavila7914]

Thanks for sharing. This channel need to avoid spoilers, before all of these videos uploaded, they posted on community some results lol

[@ne0komodo]

Which timestamp is the Ulamog throw?

[@AstrologorumMonarcha]

19:36

[@ne0komodo]

@@AstrologorumMonarcha thanks

[@Akumaspkplayer26]

What was the prize pool for this?

[@BobbyRunout]

$500k USD, with $50k for the winner and $30k for the runner-up

[@mikemurphy9960]

Cedric Phillips is the man. Hands down, favourite magic broadcaster.

[@RoninNinja47]

This was so awesome

[@Anteater_Taming_Masterclasses]

Best match in a while. Players are so nice with each other! Great atmosphere. Very funny!

[@mcgroom8515]

Had to comeback and watch one of the best finals ever

[@snoddythefreak]

Haven’t watched PT coverage in a while, I like Cedric but where is Marshall Sutcliffe?

[@ExtraVictory]

Shouldn't you guys move heaven and earth to hire Patrick Sullivan to work with Cedric Phillips since those guys are the most iconic commentary duo ever in this game? I mean we have nothing like them in YGO you could really distinguish yourselves

[@trith72]

P Sully has probably moved on to a new career. It may not be possible to recruit him if he's doing well enough somewhere else....

[@ExtraVictory]

@@trith72 Cedric and Pat have been working together nonstop for like 15 years and even lived together for long periods lol. In fact they still make content together consistently. They have ongoing series like Unsleeved and Resleevables with the two of them. The most recent episode came out 11 days ago lol. So its not like they moved on or something, they have multiple ongoing projects together and again have been working together and an iconic duo for like my entire life almost lol.

[@robertdarnhofer536]

at 55:00 jake throws the game because he tapped a land instead of using a treasure... he could have played fable after stone to draw into kroxa+bowmaster earlier and pressure calcano more... that way calcano loses titan to kroxa and has no pressure...

[@burnsboy101]

If only you listened to the commentators, or are you just repeating it to try and sound d smart?

[@robertdarnhofer536]

@@burnsboy101 why are you triggered by that?

[@burnsboy101]

@@robertdarnhofer536 why are you commenting on something that was already explained in the video?

[@robertdarnhofer536]

@@burnsboy101 they said he could have played fable and missed the carddraw... i added a timestamp and an explanation what would have happened after he drawed 2 extra cards... seriously i do not understand why you are so triggered by that as he did win the match and i did not say something personal about him...

[@burnsboy101]

@@robertdarnhofer536 different part of the video mate

[@mrman3724]

where's patrick sullivan????????

[@ohhaisydaisy]

whats the yellow paper they read between rounds?

[@andrewmeyers6243]

Love Cali....cheers

[@nthnthms1212]

I love how they didnt want to call the deck scam. So ridiculous.

[@_____kb]

I was wondering about that. Do you know any specific reason why they would avoid the common parlance? I feel like they've always called the decks by their given names.

[@nthnthms1212]

@@_____kb Most likely because of a negative connotation.

[@KSE828]

Because “scam” makes no sense. It’s “Rakdos Evoke.”

[@nthnthms1212]

@@KSE828 It's the actual name of the deck because your opp feels like they are getting scammed. What are you talking about?

[@Megaslunk]

1:05:02 couldn’t he have chosen mountain , swamp and forest and just left him with 1 land ?

[@ebwvanced590]

Verdant catacombs doesn't have a basic land type, so it can't be destroyed by sundering titan

[@lordofbible]

19:30

[@03thinking]

Why the video doesn't have subtitles to other languages?

[@dariodrawer]

37:45 round 4

[@KSE828]

Cedric is the Michael Cole of Pro Tours. He is the voice of coverage.

[@projectgarage61]

This is why i love the game of Magic: The Gathering. Big thanks to the father of MTG, Richard C. Garfield. Love Cal-C playing the green tron deck. Hated always Rakdos.. cause its a no brainer deck. Hehehe. But hey a win is a win so congratulations to Beardsley. Keep it coming.

[@Lexsonation]

game 4 kiki jiki no summoning sickness?

[@benolzinoproductions7110]

its sad how youtube channels have better production quality than WOTC when it comes to broadcasting gameplay. Their hud is so 2010 and they dont change camera angles. So strange how they havent grown.

[@gragrim]

In game 2 with the natural tron, he had a chance of drawing an out to karn liberated off the top..

[@ben_clifford]

Does anyone know the random red-head girl in the audience that they keep zooming on?

[@ben_clifford]

Ok. At the end, they said it's his girlfriend. Now I know why they kept zooming on her.

[@catteleported]

Don't like the matchup, but wow, what a final! Glory to da winna!

[@julianseidel7926]

Oh my god im 12 minutes in and starting to hate the one ring. Lets See where this ist going...

[@_____kb]

That thoutseize/voidwalker stealing Ulamog was pretty sick.

[@calebmacdonald6189]

The constant shuffling of ones hand should be illegal. It’s so irritatingly disruptive to sit across from.

[@lukasdefrancis6813]

Game 4 - Why are the commentators going on about Jake not saccing the treasures to cast Fable in response to Oblivion Stone? Wasn't the Stone popped in combat, so the mana would disappear anyway?

[@petercarr8890]

Its more he should have used the treasure to do the Fable copying. That would have left the 3 lands untapped after combat for the fable.

[@bigperk345]

It's true he can't use the treasure for the fable cast on his 2nd main, but can he use the treasure to activate the mirror breaker that is getting killed by the O-stone?

[@bigperk345]

Missing those draws could've easily been the difference between a win and a loss.

[@bigperk345]

Imagine drawing another bolt or something. Potentially huge.

[@alexandersepa3037]

@@bigperk345 (that wouldnt have been possible)

[@georgeresso6835]

ragavan is the 2nd best 1 drop ever printed......THRABEN INSPECTOR

[@GioRamos-ge6hk]

I really hate the new position of the camera, so awkward to watch.

[@renaudgass3146]

Why they said 'kill blood moon" it is not a creature...??!!

[@PRrrr_neutral]

FREE ULAMOG BABY!

[@DaCoolDawgs]

Love this coverage, but the way this channel uploads and doesn’t even stream is so chaotic. Ruins the suspense and excitement of following the tournament.

[@matheusvportela]

Not cool to post the game *after* the spoiler of who won

[@danielnilsen5555]

how did Beardsley get to keep the fury on the battlefield after evoking it???

[@camdenwaldron9496]

He cast Feign Death on it so it returns to the battlefield after being sacrificed.

[@xGeneralShrikex]

Just watched Jake B win the Pro Tour. Glad to see him moving up from when I played FNM modern with him. He just needed a better deck then Mono U Tron

[@MTGFoil]

Simian spirit guide ban is a joke compared with printing of Fury and Grief.... #999 never forget

[@ArenaRat-xd8fu]

Mtg players are crybabies

[@Enchurito]

That last game Calcano kept a really bad hand.

[@ukaszkonopko3263]

Awful coverage! For more than a decade you have been showing side view. Why did you change it to POV?!

[@williamw8590]

game 4 was incredible but game 5 was a STINKER. Hate how many of those non-games scam creates, but when its playing more like a normal rakdos midrange deck it creates some sweet games

[@geeksquad626]

why do they repeatedly shuffle if their hands? Does it throw your opponent off? Are they hoping to magically produce another card?

[@RafitoOoO]

Anxiety

[@corvinhc]

The main reason at high level play is to conceal what you've drawn. When you don't shuffle your hand your opponent will know what cards you keep holding and what are the ones you are playing from the top of your deck. Like for example, let's say an opponent thoughtseizes you and sees a lightning bolt, now next turn you top deck another lightning bolt, if you dont shuffle your hand and just play it immediately your opponent will know that you still have one left, if you shuffle your hand first he will probably assume it's the one he saw with thoughtseize. The same is true for cards you expect but dont know according to the deck they're playing and might be holding, over time most skilled players can estimate a range of cards that players could be holding, if your opponent always plays cards without shuffling the hand first you will get a much higher accuracy for reads into your opponents possible hands. So shuffling your hand is a good habit to get into because you want to do it after every draw.

[@P_Tookay]

the most simple answer is that hand shuffling feels good

[@sindividual]

It's a form of stimming. Most mtg players are either on the spectrum, neurodivergent, have anxiety, ADHD, etc. It's a way to give yourself short bursts of sensory stimulation in a tense situation. Also, it feels good...

[@_____kb]

@@corvinhc This is an answer I had not considered! I wish I was able to do it fast and cool.

[@BlazingSerenade]

this is playing with portals

[@mikkelsimsek]

Is this Standard format? (I only play Commander XD)

[@Mimz670]

Lord of the Rings is a Modern legal set

[@matthewwhale4514]

How is Jake discarding card and drawing?

[@DDNEV]

I thought the deck was called rakdos scam

[@Jedicake]

good lord..... Modern is nuts these days

[@marcogoncalves3207]

Scam is so lame! How is a 4/3 menace + 2 Thoughseizes on turn 1 fair?

[@martianvideo]

Just keep 5/6/7 only land hand with natural Tron then its fair /S

[@wernerbeinhart2320]

Tbf you need to invest 3 cards and have a 2 1/2-ish cards combo in your opener

[@marcogoncalves3207]

@@wernerbeinhart2320 It's not about card advantage. You can completely disrupt your opponent on turn 1 on the play and put a 4/3 menace creature on the table.

[@alexandersepa3037]

Doesn't happen every game, Its not good in every matchup and the undying effects become pretty dead topdecks late game. All these factore balances out the upside.

[@someguy3429]

The cope from people trying to defend undeniably busted things in magic is so annoying

[@patmacrotch5611]

USA USA USA!!

[@bradleycox8835]

Jesus the card flipping.....😅

[@darron614]

It's so obnoxious

[@darthcaedus9130]

For a tour being called "Lotr", i was expecting lotr theme decks. I was disappointed 😞

[@alexandersepa3037]

well they did have the one ring and orcish bowmaster, thats close enough right?

[@darthcaedus9130]

@alexandersepa3037 lols. Not what I was hoping for. More along the lines of a tom bombadil deck or a sauron amass deck. Just made powerful with all other modern cards

[@alexandersepa3037]

@@darthcaedus9130 that would be cool but those cards are unfortunatly there wasnt nay cards goood enought a create a new deck

[@BobbyRunout]

it's more than a bit weird, especially for casual fans. i would have enjoyed seeing a single-set tournament for LoTR. actually, it would be fun to see more single set tournaments in general. thematic consistency is nice.

[@kolbybryant1]

They need to do something to make it easier to see and know the cards on a casual watch, i know people arent fans of watching arena gameplay but paper is actively worse from a spectator perspective

[@kolbybryant1]

To be clear, for the other 99% of the games played they should be paper for ease comfort and general fun of using your own cards. But for the major main stage feature matches, they should be on arena just for veiwability, ease of interaction, less judgecalls, and general amount of information available to be viewed as a spectator

[@Maniaco1612]

Have you ever played Modern on Arena?

[@44KoRn44]

You cant make this tournament on Arena. Arena is a different Environment with own algorithms and own problems (starting Hand, thoughtseize Bug, set stops and so on...). Magic on Arena is a different game.

[@lynchs0323]

Commentators all excited about busted cards that just got added and broke the format smh

[@someguy3429]

Game 4 was pretty wild, but the modern horizons format still sucks

[@ReyaadawnMTG]

Maybe we should stop calling the deck "scam".....

[@Darth_Man_X]

I don't know what I hate more tron or scam

[@NateBullock-ow6on]

Scam

[@jangrokortenhaus3036]

ban the one ring.

[@billranes8541]

Bowmasters too

[@EvaSlayAllDay334]

“Pro” Tour lol

[@AngelBaby-ct9kf]

Someone’s gotta talk w/ production about the weird zoom ins on that random woman, very jarring and odd!

[@ericbarr734]

Yeah that was super weird. I figured maybe I missed some background, like that's Jake's wife or friend or sister or something. Edit: Ah, at the end of the video she goes on the stage and they say she's his girlfriend. I'd say the pan overs make sense now.

[@th3giv3r]

Dauthi Voidwalker is disgusting

[@THESUP3RULTRA]

one ring high key ruined the game.

[@VedranPrema]

These stupid elementals are the reason I don't enjoy current modern metagame

[@SSJSephiroth]

Most played deck. The originality is so dead in this game 🙄