Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir Quarterfinals (Standard): Shota Yasooka vs. Jason Chung

[@RhysticStudies]

Yasooka, like so many other Japanese players, are an absolute pleasure to watch. they're always so respectful, meticulous, and clean in their actions, as well as being really, *really* good.

[@lynmar]

TheMagicManSam thats how their raised to be over there, very disciplined, very respectful and all around very orderly people. while americans here grow up without having any respect for anything, being rude and obnoxious, and just being down right horrible people. the majority of stuff that happens here in america, youd be beaten half to death over there for, and thats why their people grow up better then ours

[@prescotnelson8048]

Brandon Jones You've obviously never been raised in the south

[@lynmar]

uh actually i was born and raised in the south and still live here, and it is no where near the level of that kindof classmenship and kindness, along time ago yes but times have changed majorly

[@rapidcore100]

Brandon Jones Labeling all Americans. Nice dude. I'm glad you're so open minded and rationalize things so reasonably.

[@rapidcore100]

Snaker571 Being entitled and ignorant is not something specific to Americans. Why do people always feel the need to act like people from different nations are like a different species? We're all human. We're all the same whether you like it or not. You'll find people to fit every trait you can think of, in any society you can think of. No matter where you go, there will be assholes, and there will be saints. If you say hello to a hundred different people every day for a week and asked to remember each of their names, chances are you couldn't. However, one of those guys decides to slap you across the face, chances are you won't forget his. What I'm getting at with the analogy is the assholes will leave a far deeper impression on you, but don't blame everyone

[@Lightmane]

I could be wrong, but I think Shota kinda knows how to play Control.

[@Doggy_Styles_Coding]

Lightmane321 no shit sherlock

[@Lightmane]

TheLipflip34 you do know that was sarcasm, right?

[@Doggy_Styles_Coding]

Lightmane321 No man ... i didnt realize ! Thats why i upvotet you comment. I usually upvote dumb comments to spread stupidity .... ^^

[@Lightmane]

TheLipflip34 dammit! I hate when my youtube sometimes, for reasons that escape me, doesn't let me know that somebody gave my comment a thumbs up. Ya gotta love it when you think the other person doesn't realize you were being sarcastic & instead it's you who didn't realize they were being sarcastic. you got me. I'm a goof.

[@djsacuna]

He sure know how to tap a fetch land without sacking it that's for sure.

[@MrGunwitch]

A masterclass from Yasooka. I remember watching this game live...awesome stuff!

[@nathanWrobinson]

hey wizards, thanks for not posting a spoiler in the description or anything...

[@kevinkim3479]

The reason that shouta makes mana at 40:54 is to make xenagos survive the thunderbreak trigger. Can't believe that the commentators thought he was "just making mana". bit of an afterthought after rewatching this match.

[@MrGunwitch]

Great pickup, not many people pick that up. Yasooka in the zone, straight master.

[@SaucyNight]

brilliant match. in reference to the meta break down at the end of video, no body playing RW aggro? Or are they getting swept under the rug of jeskai? Its a really powerful deck, would be very surprised if not a one player ran it

[@jangeertbruggink7040]

I really wish they would put up more tabletop events on youtube. I dont like the online stuff.

[@ExtraVictory]

This was from the old system. Professional magic doesn't exist anymore, either online or tabletop. but there are still backlogs of content you can watch going back to like 2003-2004 or even further maybe.

[@MicroWazzle]

You can do it Jason!

[@MrJakNZ]

A new zealander in top 8!!!!! Wooooooh go you kiwi

[@chorong1e327]

I feel jason Chung is using a modified version of the DoT Event deck. He is also from NZ just like me!

[@adamwilliams7241]

And Me!

[@chorong1e327]

Adam Williams WEE!

[@eyeforaneye8785]

commentators don't even seem to know that you can't cast draconic roar on your dragons to deal 3 dmg to your oppo lol

[@coltonholder4649]

Can someone explain why no one played Dragonlord Dromoka. I feel like the Abzan/Green White Control Decks would benefit from shutting down instants on their turn.

[@spa9876]

Colton Holder I doesn't really help that much in any matchup. The shutting down instants ability is only really relevant against a control deck. But a control deck will most likely have an answer to a a big 6 drop threat like dromoka, so it's probably just going to die once you pass the turn back. And they can still just cast any instants they really need to cast that turn in response to dromoka. Not having any sort of lingering effect doesn't make it very good against the control decks that can just hero's downfall it. Having more tempo efficient plays with lingering effects like siege rhino or tasigur do a better job of pressuring control decks and match up better against aggro decks cuz they come down sooner.

[@coltonholder4649]

that makes a lot of sense, thanks. I'm only playing at an casual level, so shutting down instants seemed game breaking but at higher levels makes sense.

[@ethanbrogan3716]

Id like Jason chung to win

[@maxsernoffsky5751]

So i know that it suck new zealand didnt get a platinum pro but it is ok because lands in front players deserve some sort of punishment.

[@ExtraVictory]

Bad take. Lands is front is justice

[@maxsernoffsky5751]

@@ExtraVictory you are just wrong dude lands in front just hides your board state and can make it harder to tell what you are doing which should never be the case in a competitive game.

[@ExtraVictory]

@@maxsernoffsky5751 what format are you playing where you don't recognize your opponents cards? and what they're doing with them? but yet it's somehow still a "competitive game" lmfao. Not that I'm some kind of accomplished competitive player, I'm really not. so don't take this the wrong way. It just sounds pretty strange to me that a competitive player wouldnt have up to date info on all the cards realistically being played at the premier level. In each format and good enough knowledge of the ins and outs of how those cards work to not be constantly reading them. Lmfao. Like, I haven't even played magic in ages. But i used to play a lot of vintage, with the maximum possible cardpool magic has to offer, and never had to grab someone else's extremely expensive ancient cardboard relics, which were printed well before I was born. To read them and understand what they do. Nor did anyone really have to grab and read mine. That's in a format where cards from 2010 coexist with cards from 2018 and 1993. And everything in between. There really just aren't that many variables involved when identifying a card your opponent is playing or action they are undertaking lmfao. Every deck is built around a fundamental strategy after all. Aggro, control, prison, ramp, graveyard etc. And each of these strategies only plays the best possible cards to serve that strategy. So if you know the format well and know your own deck well and know the matchups well. Which i would assume any "competitive player" does. Then you wouldn't exactly have a lot of trouble following your opponents gameplay and maybe even trying to track the cards you expect them to have in their deck before you've seen them, let alone when they're right in front of you but behind some cardboard lands lmfao. Especially considering most formats don't exactly have a 30 year cardpool either lmfao. Or even that many viable decks

[@maxsernoffsky5751]

@@ExtraVictory I am not gonna read that entire ass paragraph but missing stuff on an opponents board state because their lands are in the way is an issue

[@ExtraVictory]

@@maxsernoffsky5751 this is the internet snarf. Nobody convinces Anyone of anything on the internet, I wrote out a detailed rebuttal of your claim for unbiased third parties who find this in the future. Do read it, because that's what curious people browsing the comments do. And realize I'm right and you'r wrong lmfao

[@mattm7798]

Watching this in 2018...please bring back a dragon plane for more than a Core set soon...please!!!! And dont have an OP set like Khans to over shadow it

[@jeremysnowden1286]

I will never understand why he puts his lands above his creatures

[@bradgribbins7885]

12:42 you can't tap polluted delta for mana

[@YoshikikiOG]

+Brad Gribbins Urborg on the field

[@soso30735]

why are they so mean to Jason Chung

[@GullyRooster]

soso b Because he's the hero Magic deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, they'll be mean to him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A New Zealander in the top 8.

[@soso30735]

hahah ok then

[@SucidalPopsicle]

He tapped a fetch for mana 6~ minutes in.

[@0rwan]

SucidalPopsicle Urborg

[@danielengdahl]

Urborg was in play.