Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad Round 5 (Standard): Jon Finkel vs. Seth Manfield

World Champion and No. 2 Ranked Seth Manfield is playing Esper Control. Cool, right? That's something you'd watch.
Now forget that. How about Jon Finkel playing a Black Green Seasons Past deck? Does anything else matter? Is this everything you want out of Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad? I thought so.

[@RhysticStudies]

I'm not sure there is anything scarier than Johnny Magic searching his library for a card.

[@Moonmerism]

maybe Johnny Magic casting seasons past for six cards?

[@SlappyBag9]

remember when seth manfield didnt look like he was going to break down and sob? yea me neither

[@clearasil11]

I made my own budget Seasons Past for my casual group with Nissa Worldwaker and even still many many years and decks later it's by far my favorite deck to play!

[@shanegedekoh121]

Haha, Seth was beyond pissed.

[@AFunkyFresh1]

ooooooh Gaby Spartz

[@artemoila1]

49:50 Ian says "[Avacyn] finally getting revenge on the Eldrazi" Emrakul confirmed

[@admirallarry5466]

Seth Manfield being saltier than the Dead Sea.

[@sam-wv2ds]

I miss this time in Standard

[@AB-sw4kb]

I like underpowered standard environments, where the mana fixing isn't as good and the cards aren't as busted. It rewards deckbuilding and fundamentals more than having T3feri, companions, and energy bail you out. Although in Dragons of Tarkir, another great overpowered standard, everything was OP, so every little thing mattered so much more. Busted cards like Ugin and Siege Rhino still dominated the format, but there was a surprising amount of deck variety. It wasn't all Siege Rhino. In fact, some players (I think PVDDR) argued that Abzan wasn't even in the best deck in the format, and that Esper Dragons was. But that standard format too rewarded the player who took advantage of every little detail. Bile Blight my own Sylvan Caryatid, wait to crack my fetchland because I like the card on top from my Courser, bring Roast in from the sideboard to kill Siege Rhino, maindecking draft chaff like Goblin Heelcutter, Abzan Charm to put counters on my opponent's creatures so that they die to Elspeth, etc.

[@rd30000]

So much room for original stuff. I loved this standard

[@DunhamFan11]

I don't think I've heard a commentator pronounce Dan Lanthier's name correctly yet.

[@TheZombieSlayer2186]

Pretty cool that they had half the top 8 already in the feature match area

[@matthewrichman6652]

Gaby seemed a little nervous. She did great though. Looking forward to more commentary from her in the future.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Great to see Finkel still play at this hight level 👏

[@m4k11k4m]

Thank you magic for diversifying the coverage team. It makes the matches much more accessible to so many more people instead of only us old geeky guys. Great magic as well.

[@dragonestea]

+m4k11k4m I'd rather they didn't pay any attention to diversity and instead focused on hiring qualified commentators. Thankfully, Gaby qualifies either way.

[@SlappyBag9]

At 26:23, Jon draws his card, we can see his hand, then the director decided to cut to a shot where we can't see what card he just drew... >:-(

[@elvishmystic1282]

If anyone wants to know deck lists I'm pretty sure lots of them are on MTG Goldfish

[@forgamesok6189]

What a great matchup. Season's Past looks so good.

[@LeRobb3]

Gaby is so much better than Buehler, and Hagon seems really good in the news desk. This PT seems like a step in the right direction booth-wise.

[@TheDinoDump]

+LeRobb3 lol.

[@warriorbeta]

+LeRobb3 all she says is "what do you think Ian"

[@benjaminward5363]

+LeRobb3 really, RANDY BEUHLER FORE HEAD IS FANTASTIC thOUGH

[@RetroLavaGaming]

Gaby really doesn't know what she is talking about, she just say "oooh look at this" "oooh look at that"

[@TheDinoDump]

Gaby is alright, she knows the game. She just needs time to become a true commentator. Buehler is awesome though imo, he knows Magic like the back of his hand and tells it how it is at every turn.

[@Haannibal777]

Omg., Jon Finkle and his scary deck!

[@karmajarrule]

27:33 hehehe mad voice crack

[@rowan1036]

28:05 The salty flick of the dice

[@Spaccaspecchi]

Remember when Spell Shrivel was playable in Standard?

[@rowan1036]

At 25:15 John didn't take any damage from his pain land

[@laxgoalie888]

Gaby and Ian need to do more commentating. They are great together!

[@Nalianna]

+Jose Guzman Ian yes, Gaby, please no. She doesn't appear to know anything about the game, just parroting what we already know.

[@filipwestling1549]

Manfield should be called Mr. Pokerface or Mr. Belly shuffle.

[@parkerdixon-word6295]

It feels like blue is useless in the current standard- not enough good counter spells, no good card draw low enough on the curve to be useful, all it's got to bring to the table pretty much is Origins Jace and a few strong tempo effects like Bounding Krasis and Reflector mage. There's strong stuff in there, but that's not enough for a whole color. Instead black does all of the control spells, draw, and more.

[@paradoxdriver4094]

+Parker Dixon-Word The lack of card draw is the real killer. Other than that Blue has all the tools it needs.

[@WindyDelcarlo]

+Parker Dixon-Word I literally just said this to my friends. "Blue exists only in the faded memories of Bant Company" (Faded memories because the deck is being heavily hated on in the metagame because it was expected)

[@noworldforeric]

24:36 Seth puts his Duress back in GY instead of exile off Snapcaster -3 from Jace. Should've been a penalty.

[@rickylife8310]

he corrects it about 10 seconds later

[@tonyquigley6543]

Hm, i wonder why Gaby got the job she has? I wonder if it was because of her amazing knowlege of magic that no other guy who was interested in the job had? yeah, i bet thats it. 16 thousand 500 cards, and everyone is using the same couple of decks and the same few cards.

[@wintermute8242]

back to the basement with thee

[@runtolive1000]

Shota's basics

[@fitzlock8349]

+darth saber Them Guru lands tho.

[@spencernadeau]

Does anyone know the complete decklist for Finkle?

[@wavingatfat9650]

It will be released after the PT. Currently its not on the internet, because he doesn't want his PT Opponents to know the deck

[@spencernadeau]

+Tappingplayer Alright, thanks for the information.

[@Ty-cd2xf]

+Spencer Nadeau If you're still looking for it, he posted it on ChannelFireball. www.channelfireball.com/articles/team-pantheon-deck-tech-greenblack-seasons-past-control/

[@spencernadeau]

+Ty Arnold Thanks, for the link. I assumed that he would make the decklist public soon after his feature match.

[@gustavogaia2615]

47:45 miss play flip den protector, i not have mana green :v

[@gustavogaia2615]

and not have*

[@anstytroll11]

anybody got brad nelsons deck list?

[@Smesh_U]

Mtgtop 8

[@M1dv4lley]

wooohoo! finally a female caster!

[@Finaljustice101]

+Aj V Time to watch them RUMBLE in.... NotLikeThis

[@colbyfong5502]

Finkel always looks depressed

[@sankethbhaskar4236]

Who are comentators?

[@sankethbhaskar4236]

Ian Duke and ?

[@marcusmahring4342]

+Sanketh Bhaskar (S3) Gaby Spartz

[@BobiwaneKilobits]

+Sanketh Bhaskar (S3) Gaby Spartz

[@doomtomb3]

+Sanketh Bhaskar (S3) Gaby Spartz

[@jeremysegal1334]

"Gonna see an untap for John" Are you sure? Maybe he won't go with the 'untap my permanents during that phase of my turn.' Maybe I'm a little salty.... still.

[@colbyfong5502]

Jon's deck is so oppressive

[@Lime-gs7hu]

First XD

[@ashbeef4358]

The female commentator says "rumble" waaaaaaaaaay too often.

[@WorksGreat]

+Ashbeef Magic players identifies a commentator (Gabby) by her gender WAAAAAAY too often.

[@ashbeef4358]

WorksGreat ...I didn't even say anything regarding her gender; I was just identifying who I was talking about. Had I been talking about the male commentator, I would have said, "the male commentator says 'rumble' waaaaaay too often." I have absolutely nothing to say about her gender, but I have everything to say about how often she says, "rumble". There may be plenty of people out there commenting on "women in MTG", but I personally couldn't care less. Please go look elsewhere for people with misogynistic tendencies, because you won't find them with me.