Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir, Round 8 (Standard): Brad Nelson vs. Jamie Parke

[@Drecon84]

Swiftspear is so fast, it comes into play before the mountain used to cast it.

[@lorenranberg]

"You don't have mana to do that!!!!"

[@propk9147]

BRAD IS MY FAV MTG PLAYA EVA!!!!!!! lol i get so excited to see him play. met him once... such a cool dude

[@FrenchDavid50]

How do they play when camerman are snapping and everyone is staring? I'd screw up constantly when everyone is staring at me and lots of other people are depending on me to win.

[@veggie88]

+FrenchDavid50 They get used to it i guess.

[@DamienO3194]

wait, how is he able to assign blockers and tap them for stoke on the rabble master at the same time?

[@veggie88]

+Damien O'Riley When you tap your blockers they come out of combat and the attackers have no combat targets so they deal no damage. Very basic strategy.

[@dariusmcmanus4691]

what happened to the deflecting palm i saw him drop a card so can someone tell me what actually happened

[@diendoftime4597]

darius mcmanus he took back the deflecting palm(the card he dropped into his hand cards) since he don't have the correct mana to cast it after the judge spots his error

[@dariusmcmanus4691]

ah thank you for the clarification

[@diendoftime4597]

yup no problem:)

[@kikohernandez5188]

Anyone got the decklist from Brad Nelson's deck?

[@cbro_]

4 Swiftspear 4 Rabble 3 Seeker 4 Hordeling 2 Sarkhan 4 Jet 4 Strike 4 Stoke 3 Searing Blood 1 Titans Strength 4 Chained 1 Crag 4 Temple 4 Forge 11 Mountain 3 Plains SB 3 End Hostilities 3 Elspeth 3 Chandra 2 Suspension Field 1 Hammer of Purphoros 2 B.Light 1 Wind-scarred Crag

[@Youhavetoloveirony]

Potentially better/different line of play at the final play in the 3rd game there (Not that it changed it much with pain lands in relation to the deflecting palm but he could of had negate or something, so this is purely for the best play discussion): Brad DOES NOT chain to the rocks the mantis and attacks with 3 goblins, Parke will block 1 and he will take 2. (It is safe to assume he wouldn't drop to 2 and increase the % of spells/sources that can kill him) Parke is now at 3. Brad then uses Searing Blood on the Mantis Rider and with the damage from the Goblin will cause it to die and potentially hit the 3 damage which is lethal to Parke. The reason this seems better is because if Parke then casts negate or a deflecting palm (lets assume painlands are irrelevant) on the Searing Blood (either counter or the damage to him) on the stack you can lightning srtrike for lethal with him 100% tapped out. Anyway great game, gratz to Brad for winning. Please note, I am not trying to say Brad is bad, I think he is a great player just discussing the possible plays for the purpose of discussion/working out the best plays.

[@devonknapp9168]

Brad realized that but he's like me he likes to punish them for the miss plays and burn them out for the win. At least that's what I think but you're right kind of.

[@Youhavetoloveirony]

I mean, I am only looking at the best line of play, in the "just in case" "% plays" type way, in that game it might of not mattered though.

[@devonknapp9168]

Youhavetoloveirony k

[@j.mj.m3549]

Iam from germany so can anyome say me: Is the comentary british or american english.

[@gamescism7425]

American commentary.

[@GToul13]

Brad Nelson was the bassist of Linkin Park, right? :)

[@kenzorelentless3473]

"You don't have the mana to do that! >:( " Chill the fuck out Mr.Nelson lol

[@Pickardlol]

I thought he was pretty chill considering it was a fairly silly mistake to make at the pro level.

[@JBoxing4U]

Lol dude u need to chill the fuck out. No mana

[@miketm57]

how does he cast the stoke the flames with no mana and 4 creatures...

[@miketm57]

44:18

[@Kate-yd6nx]

He casts it because Stoke the Flames has convoke

[@miketm57]

Jayden Davison yes but it has 2 red mana symbols... not 4 colorless

[@Kate-yd6nx]

miketm57 The tokens are red and can be used to pay for the red mana

[@2ndPerk]

Convoke, it allows you to effectively use your creatures for mana. You can tap a creature to gain a colourless or one of its colour, for the purpose of casting the convoke spell.

[@SonicStriker43]

Brad FTW :D

[@moddedmediaofficial]

I'm playing Abzan Aggro it's so much fucking fun.

[@tomnajera4906]

@Jaime Parke "what the fuck are you doing puto???"

[@chicagomademan7989]

glad i actually sit and flick my cards to get used to the sound or it would bug the hell out of me during games. which is what it is meant to do but we already knew that.

[@SpartanDeluxe]

No one even bothered about the Strategy board game ad...

[@maxkester919]

11:07 that card bending..... -.-

[@AlleonoriCat]

The pain i felt...

[@BzERKCLANHD]

Leon Cat Ouch....

[@ryanlunzen388]

33:00 BDM going off

[@LordKishi]

Parke needs to lay off of shuffling his hand

[@msump99]

SHIK SHIK SHIK SHIK SHIK

[@GoDLik3Darion]

:D GJ nelson .

[@SamCampbellz]

Bard narson

[@supertrace666]

really not a fan of jeskai temo (aka mono red burn) being a vast majority of this format. makes it really bland when everyone is just turning dudes sideways and playing burn spells

[@JBoxing4U]

Lol dude tokens FTW

[@david1913]

skill diff

[@MrFreak0r]

blahck blahck blahck

[@grabbity]

parke looks like your old buddy from high school who's a tweaker that wants to make good lol

[@JesseParkAutomotive]

summons storm breathe... doesn't pay for battlefield forge lol

[@PeteDoesGames]

Summons stormbreath, doesn't take damage from battlefield cause tapped it for colorless, lol.

[@thatguywiththefaceofawsomn231]

IF I WERE BRAD, I WOULD OF ADDED BLACK FOR MARDU CHARM, MARDU ACENDCY AND SORIN

[@hellasforever6242]

As per the usual, wizards providing absolutely rubbish coverage.

[@hunteroffire9]

Better than any other video game coverage or card game

[@hellasforever6242]

have you seen SCG's magic coverage?

[@MrMasterMing]

Steve Stamopz Yeah I have, multiple times. What exactly makes the difference between "rubbish" and the SCG coverage?

[@hellasforever6242]

the commentators... we get idiots who have no idea what they're talking about from wotc, and professional magic players from scg. work it out grasshopper.

[@soulseek2]

Steve Stamopz yeah it's not like randy buehler is a pro tour hall of famer...