Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir Semifinals (Standard): Shota Yasooka vs. Ondrej Strasky

So. Many. Dragons.
Dragons on top of Dragons as Shota Yasooka and Ondrej Strasky throw many of the alpha predators at one another until only one is left standing in the Semifinals of Pro Tour Dragons of Tarkir.

[@fatalbert357]

That Game 1 was one of the funniest games I've ever seen!

[@enigmaticspirit08]

fatalbert357 "Give it right back, now!" :D

[@evanz7839]

Yeah. Lol.

[@maxguim64]

First game amazing and LSV, BDM and Rich's commentary adds some considerable amount of giggles to it.

[@RhysticStudies]

Silumgar's Scorn is insanely flexible. Awesome design.

[@whoshotya117]

TheMagicManSam How do I learn to read a card like that? I just go.. "oh another counter spell", whereas you see all the flexible possibilities.

[@bigfella1612]

iiXeno 2 mana force spike/hard counter with a dragon seems pretty easy to see

[@whoshotya117]

Life Story. Early April I just came back into Magic after being away from it for about 4 years, even then I was playing kitchen table games with my family for about 11 years, so I didn't have a strategic competitive mindset, we just gathered our collection and made decks... little did we know, we were playing modern pretty much the whole time. Between the time I made that last comment and today I've learned to read magic cards a whole lot better now. I've been buying cards left and right, playing tournaments every weekend, learning what "meta" is in magic and watching numerous videos deck tech videos, pro tours, how to vids. I think for the most part, I can read a card and know if it's good or not, but still sometimes I need to think a lot more for some cards that seem good but wouldn't really know how to use them, for example... the exploit and delve strategy cards still confuse me, I get what the effect does, but I don't know what groups of cards would be good together to make them useful just yet. If you have many delve cards, it seems like I'm burning myself trying to get more cards into the graveyard than onto the battlefield which seems kind of scary, and exploit.... just the thought of sacrificing a creature is heart wrenching, granted it's probably a small one, but if there are no small ones, it may cost the game?

[@bigfella1612]

iiXeno tldr

[@whoshotya117]

JoyDivision19 damn.

[@Lightmane]

Game 1 was awesome. Great match.

[@GamerGuyKirby]

Shota Yasooka is probably the best control player yet.

[@whoshotya117]

God I love Shota... When I see him play... he's like this dark void of energy with his dark black and blue scenery, like a black widow spider or a zerg player in sc2. Evil, dark, and smart.

[@evanz7839]

So true!

[@rd30000]

I miss dragon decks...so much fun

[@NeetoPp]

Great match, and great display by Shota.

[@Euclides287]

Five years on, anyone else missing *Dragons of Tarkir* Standard?

[@harlan7979]

I play a uw dragon control deck (w 4 dragonlord ojutai and 2 ice fall regents) in pioneer, last Saturday I won first place at my locals

[@kmp101]

@@harlan7979 Thats cool. Do you still play it?

[@kmp101]

Yes! Fate Reforged is when I started playing

[@HollywoodModelling]

Shota without guru lands makes me sad

[@Ja256]

Rich should do more commentary.

[@omgbeardd2651]

4:45 can confirm, it's like watching a commander dragons mirror lol

[@garretthartley7044]

What sleeves are these pros using? Can't tell if it's the sleeves or their skills but the shuffling looks amazinh

[@bigjim2times]

The first round HOLY FUCK

[@MrSkxawng119]

Match 1 is what Magic should always be. So intense O.O

[@TJ-xf2sd]

bascially, shota won the 2 games using his opponent's creature

[@joshuaph85]

The music of the intro is awesome, someone knows the name of the song or where i can hear it?

[@makorikuu]

remember DTK?

[@GotCubesGames]

So why was Yasooka marked at 20 throughout the game if his Foul Tongue Invocation was paired with a dragon reveal?

[@elvishmystic1282]

But he had 2 legendary creature elder dragons! Can someone tell me the rule on that

[@connornance3073]

As long as they have different names, the legend rule does not apply. Strasky played Atarka, Shouta played Silumgar to take Atarka, Strasky played Atarka to kill Silumgar. The legend rule applied, and he had to sacrifice an Atarka. Shouta then took the second Atarka with a second Silumgar. The next turn, he played the other Silumgar (that has a different name), so only one instance of the legend rule took place.

[@c2w200]

Remember ddk

[@RacinZilla003]

Oh, you member?! I member, too!!

[@jccarter19]

What set are strasky's forests from? Love the look

[@stormcry0]

Jonathan Carter APAC lands, from the red booster shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/apac-lands/forest-red-pack-(venters)?partner=dckstts The booster is $70 in starcity, so, yeah..

[@jessiesandoval1269]

Remember DTK lol yes i do

[@sittingpsyduck4583]

Did no one catch the missed Whisperwood Elemental trigger in game 3?

[@bondeulv]

sittingpsyduck4583 Both copies of Whisperwood Elemental Ondrej cast got countered (Disdainful Stroke and Dissolve, respectively), so I don't believe there was a missed trigger.

[@eddiechen9968]

no fucking way....... blue-black control is genius!!!!!

[@jdunlapmusic]

Star Trek reference at 31:57.

[@Tymon0000]

DRAGON PONG :d

[@CodeProvider]

awesome match, but they really gotta learn to pronounce Shota's first and last name. it gets annoying. It's not that hard.

[@jcm_studios_]

OOOH!!!

[@2001lupin]

Stuff

[@jkhowells]

Fun match to watch, commentators super biased towards the control player, need to be more objective IMO.

[@xahhfink]

That third game was absolutely awful to watch :( Really shows what an anti-fun deck that Shota has, in such huge contrast with Adrian Sullivan's deck. Despite both being the same archetype, Adrian's is a blast to watch while Shota is dreadful. I find myself rooting for his opponent every match.

[@MrMinecraftMasterpie]

Last time I checked, most control decks were stone cold killers.

[@killustrator]

Control counter magic sucks

[@kozaridis]

killustrator ye using the brain sucks !!!

[@MrRamzzis]

killustrator so what does not suck? Adopt to it or suck it, scrub.

[@kozaridis]

killustrator Hehe nice kids are in magic aswell it seems go play Lol or smthing

[@michaelmcdonald2005]

@@kozaridis Imagine thinking control sucks. This is one of the few instances where this is actually applicable: get good.