Grand Prix Oklahoma City 2015 Finals: Zac Elsik vs. Brian Braun-Duin (Modern)

[@RhysticStudies]

one of the sweetest and deepest matches of Magic I've watched in a long long time.

[@nickcoucke8915]

Ehr Mhr Gherd, Br Br-Dr

[@obeycelestia]

+Nick Coucke I laughed harder at that than I should have. :)

[@obeycelestia]

+TheMagicManSam Who knew that Surgical Extraction cosplayed as Hymn to Tourach on the weekends? Haha!

[@nickcoucke8915]

+Dennis Crenshaw Glad I made someone laugh :P

[@jarrybryant718]

I'd love to see a video on this Lantern deck. :)

[@Rinin.]

What a crazy world we live in that both of these decks are now banned even in a post Modern Horizons format.

[@coreys9598]

You can still play lantern without opals, although probably not so good.

[@bobbyt2197]

@@coreys9598I’d argue Urza’s Saga is more important to the deck now than Opal was then. It’s just a different deck now tbh.

[@skylar5257]

Lantern is still my favorite deck because of how legitimately creative it is and it takes the ultimate approach of control because you literally just control their hand.

[@skirk248]

It's like a counter spell but better

[@TNTColonel]

MtG equivalent of Chinese Water Torture is still beautiful to watch. =D

[@xxPow3rslave]

I really wish WotC made their pro players dress up as wizards when filming these iconic tournaments

[@hachi9404]

I love both decks, great magic match and I hope to see more of the lantern

[@maelstrom197]

Oh boy, that double Surgical Extraction was delicious. That was a beautiful play.

[@limjitkoon3346]

Lantern Control is so funny to witness in action.

[@TheDave1769]

Watching this for the 4th time now.

[@imaginarymatter]

Who's here from the Rhystic Studies video?

[@sinthorasalb5467]

Seen it live back then, came back to enjoy it another time after the watching the video. No less fun the 2nd time around

[@joevonpoison834]

" that spellskite is super tapped out" lmao

[@goldenarmour7975]

the first game was beautiful. A work of art.

[@Valindonn]

bbd probably has PTSD because of this deck now. Whenever anyone brings it up he'll just black out and repeat 3 and 0" over and over XD

[@eXdXgXe4life]

I love derpy decks that work!

[@lollel3974]

I think I know what deck im going to save up for next I think I might give my friends a permanent fear of lanterns after im done

[@505PSU]

Still the most interesting game of pro magic i´ve seen.

[@nathantoothaker3096]

game 2, zac shouldn't have played the second bridge when he did. he should havve gone ancient stirrings - ghoulcaller's bell so he could fight over the keranos more effectively.

[@brunoalexandre2299]

bbd should had bolt wait for the redirect, if zac payed 2 life he would remand his own bolt, draw a card then bolt always to the face, either zac took 2 or 3 for each bolt

[@NathanJ666]

I highly doubt the sequencing can allow that to happen. I'm pretty sure the spell resolves when Skite's trigger is on the stack. If that was the case, you could counter after he pays two life with nothing happening.

[@kyleorlowski2364]

+Mitchell Lewis no it just changes the target, BBD gains priority again after the ability resolves, and can remand bolt.

[@JakeMGolle]

+Bruno Alexandre Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Force him to pay the life on skite and then finish him off with the remaining/remanded bolts.

[@doomtomb3]

The reason that wouldnt have worked: Zac had Mox Opal untapped for blue mana. So he could've bolted him to 1. Then Zac pays 1 blue to redirect to Spellskite, with it surviving and never allowing another burn spell to touch him.

[@saltedllama2759]

Every d-bag who gets remotely comfortable in Modern eventually plays Twin with it's undercosted, overly efficient and mindless-to-play value elements. This grindy Lantern deck not caring about any of the spells in the Twin deck, while it miserably bleeds the life out of it, was an absolute joy to watch! :D

[@colorblindboxing7207]

Amen.

[@Ironigloo]

+Archibald Doogan Twin is fairly easy to play around for a player in the know. How exactly are people dbags for playing twin? A little out of your budget level maybe?

[@martonlerant5672]

Not anymore... :)

[@pbmdh]

This game wouldn't exist if his 'capitalist drain' didn't exist, you autistic moron.

[@BkxLounge]

man this lantern control is such a slow ass deck but so good, had this built as mono blue like a year ago...

[@EzWin]

no you didnt

[@KakiTee]

i think bbd had a chance game 1 if he double bolted spellskite then played twin on clique the turn before zac drew the grid, to deny it

[@ComicsandThings]

In the third game playing the second Splinter Twin on Vendillion Clique would have won him that game

[@pblaser1774]

Nah he can spellskite the splinter twin

[@jordansurefire9447]

that is some insane wizardry. ftw

[@charlievlogs3900]

I'm am 9 here old and I play magic the gathering with my dad

[@benweber888]

Ok

[@coreys9598]

Now you're 17 and addicted to drugs?

[@snesk43]

Shoutout to my boy Corbin in the background

[@batistutajogos5361]

Great match

[@xxPow3rslave]

One of the judges at the table is Corbin from Brainstorm Brewery. I did not expect to see him in this!

[@PrussianPirate]

Can someone explain me why there is a Stomping Ground in the Twin Deck? I've also seen this in several Burn Decks and I'm completely clueless what's its use in those Decks.

[@esjames458]

+NeoMJay Sizzlack Ancient Grudge

[@n.h.2543]

+NeoMJay Sizzlack It's because of Ancient Grudge which requires Green for it's flashback cost

[@PrussianPirate]

ah, perfect. Thank you very much!

[@xAnonymousss]

+NeoMJay Sizzlack In burn decks, though, it's there for Atarka's command, which is their 5th-8th skullcrack, and some sideboard cards.

[@aqxbjc5879]

+NeoMJay Sizzlack I think it's so misty rainforest can touch red and blue

[@kim15742]

How does the control deck win? lol I built it myself and when I was playing it the first time I locked out my opponent, but had no way of wnding the game

[@josephpement9285]

+Mein Kanal! Veeerrrryyyy sssslllloooooooowwwwwlllly. You wait until either you draw your Aether Grid, Spell Bomb, or 40 turns and their deck later.

[@tyleradams2162]

You can Aether Grid or mill them, though with the Sword of the Meek unban I have found a lot of success putting the Thopter Sword combo in it.

[@scalcon1]

Whats device is he using to keep the life totals? (looks like a tablet)

[@YourPalJamieEllis]

Boogie board

[@Goblin_Wizard]

love lantern. nothing like it

[@succulent6123]

And if you close your eyes…

[@leonardozande8739]

decklist of lantern control?

[@RandomGuyCDN]

+Leonardo Zande check the mtgsalvation thread for decklists

[@leonardozande8739]

Ok thanks

[@alexforbes7812]

Watching this wistfully in the post MH3 world

[@Fogshaper]

This game is amazing, but it's nothing to do with the Magic I once loved. It was all about Goblins smashing into Elves until a Beast or a Dragon would win the game. That was cool. This is also cool, but so, so very different.

[@MrRaelian]

+Johannes Hartmann in fact that magic never existed in the competitive scene. Just look at decks like cadaverous bloom and the combo summer. Obnoxious decks have been there forever.

[@Finngrinder]

it was rather like, look at that beautiful Necro or Academy or Memory Jar or Dark Rit that just is winning the game :3 but Dragons and Elves won too, with Wildfire and Glimpse of Nature^^

[@dis-guygaming]

At 16:10 if he would have cast bolt remanded bolt ,and drew bolt .To wind up winning off 3 bolts

[@drakeblood4]

That doesn't work unless he can find a way to make Zac spend both blue mana on skite.

[@bariltrailette]

Zac d'ont scry game three after he conserve hand why??

[@nathantoothaker3096]

the scry rule was added to mulligans after this event.

[@bariltrailette]

thanks for the answer

[@Wutwut1n1]

GG

[@williamsabato361]

Bbd could have used desolate lighthouse to get that bolt

[@fairygoodmuller8065]

which game? game one, zac had pithing needle calling it

[@Mrbigmike311]

Time for a riddle? I cut the tip one card at a time, who am I? The barber alias lantern control

[@AIMLESS-NAMELESS]

Huh?

[@maxsl-111]

lamp boi

[@awe_re_ah7107]

Underrated comment

[@willemboele2079]

why is remand so much money? isn't counterspy like 20 times better?

[@willemboele2079]

counterspell*

[@DKazzix]

counterspell is not modern legal, sadly

[@raulperez2308]

Kazzix or luckily. i can't begin to imagine esper control with counterspell on it, it would be literally impossible to resolve pretty much anything

[@e5205]

plus never underestimate the power of 'draw a card'

[@ajax4709]

@@raulperez2308 oh how the times change

[@Architectofawesome]

How is thes lantern deck legal in modern ?

[@fairygoodmuller8065]

what do you mean?

[@Architectofawesome]

Bridge is broken for most decks in modern atm to hnadle, just trust me on thes.

[@nathantoothaker3096]

+architectofcosmos The lantern control deck is legal because its control method simply loses to having no lantern. there are only 4 "copies" of it in the deck, and there are cards like stony silence, ancient fridge and shatterstorm to fight it

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

+Nathan Toothaker I don't care if it was a typo or not, 'ancient fridge' made me choke on my Pepsi XD

[@nathantoothaker3096]

Unconquered Sun I didn't notice that typo xD

[@ErikID142]

Ban Ensnaring Bridge.

[@Ironigloo]

+Erik B Pmsl, why exactly?