Pro Tour Columbus 1996 Final - Sean Fleishman vs Olle Rade

[@mattcampbell4150]

Olle Rade, sleeve pioneer

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

The best video on youtube period That deck from Olle is magical

[@greyman419]

Imagine winning PT's with a fucking deadly insect

[@christopherlapp4553]

@@greyman419Doesn’t die to removal

[@Mightypoo007]

Whoa, SLEEVES!

[@whoami7566]

AgentOrange ha thats what i said man. i didnt know they had em that far back

[@addisonkindel8245]

+Layne Lo They were banned shortly after

[@barath4545]

I played back then, and in EU where everything was 6 months behind the US. We had sleeves from at least 1995 when Mirage came out. And when I bought my first expensive singles in late 1994 (iirc either $11 dual lands or a $15 Fork) they were mailed in sleeves. People played their oooh-so-expensive $50 Lotuses (Unlim, Betas were "insane" at $80) in sleeves too from early 1995 so all cards from then on were sleeved. Interestingly enough for the rest of us with no P9s, we mostly played sleeves because they made the cards easier/smooth to handle when shuffling and didn't smash the edges so bad. And for a 15 yr old making $9/hr a $11-12 dual land was still a lot of money to not sleeve.

[@meatlessbalz]

D

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

He must be a cheater. = old logic

[@philistineau]

Just watched the deck review of Ollies deck - really smart synergies. Genius deck for its time.

[@yourboyvic]

the review of olle's deck brought me here also, very cool deck

[@markvankempen1437]

Olle casually playing out 7 lands against Jokulhaups while playing Stormbind. Good stuff 23:02

[@blearghbleorgh4663]

Judge asking if they want to put the pro tour final on hold until they're done with the booster draft. Priorities have changed.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Isn't that fantastic?! And what a draft it is, they're opening Beta boosters!

[@greyman419]

I mean, a Beta booster draft (real one not a cube) would absolutely take precedence over any event nowadays

[@Flayerthehatebound]

I came across this and im laughing as people are most likely dying from the lack of sleeves on these beta cards hahah

[@Megatraum504]

the match is ice age block

[@Coeurebene1]

Force of Will VS Wooly Spider

[@yamchadragonball6983]

Honest opinion: Playing with force of will main deck is a terrible choice in this slow-ass format. I dare anyone to look over the card pool and come up with 5 decent decks. It's Ice Age + Alliances, no other sets allowed. Glossing over the two sets i came up with 3 decks. Necropotence (BR, possibly UBR), Glaciers control (WUR) and....RG Spiders. I believe the only restricted card is Zuran orb. There where no bans in standard, only restrictions. Glaciers and Zuran orb would be banned the following year.

[@cripson114]

would love to done the beta draft

[@VinnieMTG2024]

Analogic Life Counters. NICE

[@davidsidney725]

ahh the good old days of the lazy tap and dude man takes way to long to decide he doesn't have a play the entire time

[@tarekt8427]

how bonkers is it that someone is playing a fucking 3 mana 2/3 essentially in a final. how times have changed. Wooly meet Uro.

[@jimmydean3076]

i mean, theres plenty of good 3 mana drops when the ability is going to for sure get you value. look at cards like shadowmage infiltrator. he knows the ability will score value, so the card is worth the 3 mana. it was a well thought out plan, not just autopiloting the most effecient numbers

[@SacredAmbulance]

omg SLEEVES!!!!

[@24tommyst]

i remember being soooo pumped for this set. it was a bit disappointing but god was it better than homelands lol

[@murphymediji5095]

Huh, just realised Mark called it the Professional Tour, but Pro Tour stands for Promotional Tour...

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Murphy Mediji , I seriously thought that pro stood for professional until I read your comment 👍 thnx for spreading the knowledge

[@broodironworks]

StormbindでIvory Gargoyleを除去し続けることで、相手のドローは止まったまま。 何もできず…か

[@KalosPVP]

holy shit Rosewater was part of it way back then and the prize was $2,200 lol.

[@PaullyDM]

Your missing an 0 there pal.

[@coprographia]

@@PaullyDM $2200.0??

[@PaullyDM]

@@coprographia Did you even watch the video? The guy said 22k r

[@yawgmoth6568]

How was this even broadcast back in those days?

[@thenoobdestroyer100]

are those sleeves in 1996?!?!?!

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

😂 I still have those and mine are from 96 too

[@gluonpa6878]

Set the concept of pyroclasm/3+ body creatures

[@jackmchale249]

Im still confused as to what ollie was playing the last couple rounds to make him keep taking turns. Bad resolution on my phone and cant make out the cards. Anyone help ?

[@markvankempen1437]

@@CypherDND Ivory Gargoyle, not golem.

[@markvankempen1437]

@@CypherDND Just must miss out on a lot of parties because you take offence at people helping out.

[@gluonpa6878]

Ivory gargoyl + Jokulhaups is a badass combo, but very bad against aether flash

[@Trip_Fontaine]

I remember in a tournament having to explain to my friend the true horror of what my Aether Flash did to his Ivory Gargoyle and I felt bad, lol.

[@MalikarVampire]

mind warp is legendary for being 100% unplayable

[@Thebrianweissman]

Untrue! I had it in my top 8 deck at this same Pro Tour, and it did solid work. It was a VERY slow format, filled with tons of 5-6 mana spells and Thawing Glaciers everywhere.

[@christopherlapp4553]

Also decent in Necro builds with Lake of the Dead

[@kcsnipes]

Ali raid or ole raaday ? And is he related to domri rade ?

[@williamepperson3443]

Raaday

[@robertlaporte4626]

Did he just ask Olle if he could shuffle it anyway?

[@Alex_Atticus]

Mark Justice was in the PT Coverage? How?

[@miaouew]

Cheaters are warmly welcomed in the MTG community as long as they are sociopathic humans who never apologize.

[@williamepperson3443]

By my memory, this was at least a year or two prior to getting caught, it was while playing the cadaver bloom combo in 97' was when he started to get noticed for his "creative shuffling techniques"

[@williamepperson3443]

Wait, I was thinking about Mike Long! Sorry...

[@eyeforaneye8785]

so force of will was legal in t2 back then? is this t2 right ? did it alreaday exist as a format those days? lol

[@hippojump]

The format was actually Ice Age block constructed. (Which at the time included Ice Age and Alliances. Coldsnap had not been conceived yet)

[@MalikarVampire]

force was best in t1

[@nickfanzo]

@@MalikarVampire still is

[@gluonpa6878]

Yeah, Wooly Spider is legal too !!!!

[@thepixalking6589]

To actually answer your question, yes, FoW was legal in Type 2 (Standard) back then, although this was block.

[@csajhr]

Jesus, I thought current commentators couldn't pronounce the cards. Keldajoran outpost? Might want to check where that j is. Joke ul hops? Those Js are Ys in nordic countries.

[@pogwigginsprod.7702]

Are they... in a Nordic country?

[@parkertheorc1994]

This is so funny to watch

[@headwrinkle9896]

Judge should've done something when Sean blatantly cheats after trying to rules lawyer Olle

[@DihColorado]

I love how these old decks had no synergy at all it was just a bunch of cards thrown together lol. Aside that, old school magic was so cool and fun

[@AnsticePalo]

+Swell Their decks have plenty of synergy.

[@DihColorado]

AnsticePalo nah

[@33Hossa18]

+Swell yah

[@DihColorado]

Jesus Christ pfft...nope

[@DihColorado]

***** nay

[@erricred2]

31:46 😃

[@malcolmweissman5602]

Thats restoration angel's secret flavor text! 😅😅

[@whatgrowsaroundcomesaround792]

So uh, 2/3 for 3's were not only playable, but tournament winning back then? Wth lol

[@0yst3in]

It was ice age/ alliance-block. Not alot to choose from.

[@0yst3in]

And pyroclasm was all over the place.

[@Trip_Fontaine]

I've played the game since almost the beginning, and it's amazing how much better creatures have gotten. In many cases, common creatures today are better than the rare creatures of 25+ years ago. I remember decks used to splash for Derelor - a rare 4/4 for 4 mana with a drawback. Nowadays there are common 4/4's for 4 mana with positive abilities.

[@nuraby_9228]

@@Trip_Fontaine The sad part is that because Wotc is run by nerds who were used to blue being the best color growing up, blue somehow gets better creatures than green, and mechanics like trollshroud/hexproof which used to be green are now taken by blue.

[@eyeforaneye8785]

btw i got the combo fleishman used to fuck himself up just now ahah this game is supercool

[@nickfanzo]

ice age block.

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

About a third of my library is ice age. Guess how disappointed I am that none of the cards are worth dick.

[@mircodurrbaum9064]

was / is it really that difficult for americans not to butcher names ? i was wondering for the first 10 min. who the F is ALI !? XD

[@theodogaronwarrior7738]

Young Mark Zuckerberg VS Per Yngve Ohlin

[@Optimator7]

Lordy

[@33Hossa18]

Force of Will

[@humphrex]

sean shouldve played wrath instead of haups

[@nickfanzo]

This is ice age block

[@billepperson2662]

8:59 A fucking BETA booster tourney?! 😳

[@greyman419]

Literally my face when I heard that

[@jared1932]

Sleeves!

[@pogwigginsprod.7702]

Olle looks so tiny

[@miaouew]

"This is Soyboy Prime, I'm here with Gigacheater..."

[@yosemitemoyemite4470]

Reprint the reserve list.

[@gustavo6059]

Ivory Gargoyle, stupid card hahahaah

[@greyman419]

amazing art tho

[@plaguedr8831]

How Mark Backwater has fallen