From then to now, the only thing in magic that hasn't changed is Randy's commentary.
@nathana57184 ай бұрын
He really loves the game lol
@taq858 жыл бұрын
I kinda miss the old magic, especially from Urza's block time.
@KalosPVP4 жыл бұрын
for me it was early type 2.
@williamepperson34433 жыл бұрын
You only KINDA miss Urza's block? It was the last block we had where the developers could, ya know, make the game FUN! Without having to worry about all that pussy shit like; Is your precious format "BaLaNcEd"?! 3 dozen cards have to be banned?? OOPS! My bad . . .
@Cactusiano3 жыл бұрын
Play premodern. It is a beautiful old school format.
@subzero3085 күн бұрын
Yup I miss old magic too and I wasnt even playing at this time lol... Nowadays the game is just meh and the company and community for the most part is way to woke and political smh.. Its all garbage. Miss the days we didnt need to Care about some weird trash pronouns as well.
@AF-nc2fc Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that HD recording exists now.
@themagicmanpage7 жыл бұрын
"Oh Tangle Wire, what does thaat do?" LOL
@offbrandsoup9803 жыл бұрын
Starter set 1999 when I started playing it was rhox on the cover of the box came with a cd rom and 4 decks I think me and my friend put them together and play many memories I love magic
@leonard96244 жыл бұрын
For anyone thinking why they are playing without sleeves its because non glare sleeves are not yet made during this time.they had to remove the sleeves just for the filming
@nickfanzo7 жыл бұрын
I wish they had more consistent filming back then. No quarter finals or semis sucks.
@bhpoal3 жыл бұрын
Jon Finkel was my hero back then.
@duxd14525 жыл бұрын
So weird to see them play with all those cards that are worth big money today without sleeves! Urza block was so ridiculously powerful. Academy blue, Brokenjar, Tinker and Bargain in standard, Trix in extended: those were some crazy powerful decks. .
@leonard96244 жыл бұрын
They have sleeves, but at that time sleeves are not yet matte so its not good for the camera,so they had to remove it
@subzero3085 күн бұрын
The more cards because money the worse the game became IMO... I don't mind cards being worth something.. But the amount these pieces of card board go for is just stupid and makes more sense to buy counterfeit cards... Double sleeved u can't even tell the difference. Proxies and counterfeits should be tournament legal... There's no reason they aren't. Or WoTC could easily just reprint everything that is worth alot so players can get the game pieces we need for tournaments.. There's no reason my 6 modern decks and my legacy decks cost more the a damn brand new car smh. Miss this game when others could afford it to play and have fun.
@RLA19839 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching this on ESPN, at that time. My reasoning behind why ESPN canceled it: the fact the random shuffling and flipping through the card was to much to the viewer.
@MTGThrownDown6 жыл бұрын
Richard Akers that bugs the hell out of me and I really can't stand people playing without sleeves
@velocitable53855 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, they all played with sleeves at this time but you had to unsleeve if you played on stream because of the glare from the sleeves at the time
@Str8edgejon4 жыл бұрын
I would have them set to record on VHS and set my alarm for 1:50am sense they only showed Magic at around 2am. So I would watch and record it. I still have the VHS of Long vs ( I can't remember his name now but will change it when I do.) Long was playing Prosperous bloom And his opponent was playing Mono white. Long lost game one and the suddenly games 2 and 3 he somehow ALWAYS drew a Gloom right when needed it.... Because he lapped them and could just go get one as needed.
@skizzik1214 жыл бұрын
@@Str8edgejon name you are looking for is Matt Lindhe playing old school white weenie with emperial armor and cataclysm.
@eDDyL6664 жыл бұрын
@@skizzik121 and I recall getting a free vhs tape of that event when I attended a prerelease
@h.a.l.39809 жыл бұрын
Seems like some really really fun standard.
@swimcrafters17436 жыл бұрын
Haha, they had to ban so many cards
@williamepperson34433 жыл бұрын
@@swimcrafters1743 SO many.. And even AFTER the bans there were still something like 3 viable combo decks, stupid efficient sligh & draw go decks... I mean this was a special time in magic, never to be seen again, where you could play creatures like Morphling & Masticore !
@csys6906 жыл бұрын
2:29, This is why they mute the audio now.
@briano2956 жыл бұрын
This isn't a counter argument to your post, but how is this any different from watching poker on TV and listening to them endlessly unstack and restack their fucking chips? lol. So it boggles my mine as to why they would need to mute this. Anyways, again not an attack towards your post just me questioning reasoning haha.
@csys6906 жыл бұрын
Brian Well... I don't watch poker, for one... Second, yeah... That sounds like it would be annoying. You know what else is annoying? Lots of things, but thanks for the super specific comparison, I guess...
@barrywatson10404 жыл бұрын
Bongeler That sound is great you baby. Brian’s absolutely right btw. You don’t sound like you like cards why are you here anyway? 😂
@hamatatag663715 күн бұрын
2024 i'm happy to see this for the first time, i used to have a white and blue nice deck with good combos. Most of my cards needed only one or 2 mana and 3 maximum... It was a very fast attacking deck...
@darthpapa8 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love you 240p.
@fireemblemistrash758 жыл бұрын
Welcome to 2000
@kcsnipes5 жыл бұрын
Vhs
@sdoren_90745 жыл бұрын
ESPN coverage lmao
@Jaryism11 жыл бұрын
Greatest mtg game of all time. Finkel and Maher were so awesome back then, these were the good times :)
@jeffwads3 жыл бұрын
It was good, but there were more insane matches. Brian Kibler vs Finkel comes to mind. That ending was so close for Finkel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJbHpJirraqprs0
@williamepperson34433 жыл бұрын
God, this was truly the last gasp of the "Wild West" Type 2 (what they used to call modern during this time), with gigantic banned/restricted lists cus of Urza's block just being beyond ridiculous. There were still something like what? 4? 5? Viable Combo decks: (Bargain, Time Spiral, Enchantress, technically/arguably Tinker), MONSTER fucking archetypes: Angry Hermit (which became angry blastoderm with no hermits), Sligh, draw go (because fucking MORPHLING)
@FictionExistence3 жыл бұрын
Type 2 was the name for Standard, not Modern, but you're right otherwise. The internet was much different then, netdecking and access to information was much more limited. I think the late 90's, early 2000's era of Magic was, by far, the best era. These old videos got me feeling quite nostalgic.
@yamchadragonball69833 жыл бұрын
I miss the days where Morphling was a good creature.
@UHPhilipA4 жыл бұрын
I really miss Randy's commentary. haha
@igs6082 жыл бұрын
I would contend that he is one of the very best commentators of all time, in any game or sport. Incredible passion.
@Acolon778 жыл бұрын
this block was so broken...
@xaer0knight6 жыл бұрын
Combo Winter made me quick playing til about Odyssey(6 sets later), Birds for the win!! Ravnica also made me frustrated with its B/U decks.
@eluherrahaz11655 жыл бұрын
And then ther was Mirrodin lol
@KalosPVP4 жыл бұрын
This was on ESPN? I'm amazed.
@johannesvanlaken779710 жыл бұрын
Saw this in Brussels live .... ah the memories :-)
@TheCartajay10 жыл бұрын
Did you play in the tournament?
@johannesvanlaken77979 жыл бұрын
No I did not play in the main event, but did play and Win a few side-events. Just returend to playing, most recently GP Utrecht.
@pirkkala5 жыл бұрын
Have finkels championship deck, was so fun playing people with it
@mindgoblin7068 Жыл бұрын
Holy fuck man watching them shuffle those unsleeved cards knowing there's Metalworkers in there got me fucked up
@apocchime8 жыл бұрын
Cut to spore frog @9:56 .....
@sushimandaddi6 жыл бұрын
apocchime SPORE FROOOGGGGGG
@Nalianna5 жыл бұрын
Did we just discover 120p?
@JonaxII6 жыл бұрын
Funny that there was a point in time where sleeves were not allowed and nowadays they're mandatory.
@williamepperson34433 жыл бұрын
Best Game of magic EVER
@rommelalastra59927 ай бұрын
is it part of this tournament rules that sleeves are not allowed?
@9288Savior4 ай бұрын
@ 2:48 I love the sound when shuffling the 2 cards in hand, I always do this *{::>_
@st33pestasc3nt9 жыл бұрын
Classic match from 2 greats. So sad to see Maher misplay though.
@smolensk838 жыл бұрын
Crumbling sanctuary is esentially a lifegain spell. Everybodys life total becomes their libraries instead. And since the tinker deck dealt damage in huge chunks with minions and colossuses the symmetrical efefct didnt hurt you.
@barrywatson10404 жыл бұрын
Cool story.
@AnubisApprentice9 жыл бұрын
+kekers Music This is during Urza's/Merciadian Masques standard.
@steveo_8010 жыл бұрын
how the hell is this on ESPN?
@kcsnipes5 жыл бұрын
Steve Olliff was on the deuce
@glen20039 жыл бұрын
Espn? Really? Never knew that.. how about today?
@JackTR219 жыл бұрын
glen2003 today espn shows MOBAs
@kcsnipes5 жыл бұрын
It was the deuce
@OrcistCleaver5 жыл бұрын
Took like 18 years for them to broadcast mma lmao
@GerardoRitchey11 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have the Benedict Klauser and Ryan Fuller Matches from this Worlds. Those 2 matches show how broken this deck was.
@nickfanzo7 жыл бұрын
Gerardo Ritchey no wizards slacked on this coverage
@GerardoRitchey11 жыл бұрын
against the super aggressive decks, it buys the tinker deck a few turns to stabalize the board. After that, you can just tinker it away for a threat to do damage.
@maco345763 жыл бұрын
FROM ESPN TO NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
@Siegorius11 жыл бұрын
I realize it's been 4 months since you asked but I'll answer anyway. With crumbling sanctuary in play they can pay 19 life when casting phyrexian processor to make a 19/19 creature every turn, which wins the game on three turns, assuming a 60 card deck.
@WLDFLD7 жыл бұрын
Is this before sleeves became legal for tournaments? (Does anyone know when that happened?)
@Calvert12127 жыл бұрын
WLDFLD yes
@joelmonteiro141911 жыл бұрын
Printing Tinker was a huge mistake.
@nickfanzo7 жыл бұрын
Joel Monteiro tinker wasnt even good in type ii until they banned academy and megrim jar decks....THEN tinker was played.
@yamchadragonball69834 жыл бұрын
@@nickfanzo urh, Megrim-Jar played 4 tinker to get the jar :)
@nickfanzo4 жыл бұрын
Yamcha Dragonball yes you’re right
@kcsnipes5 жыл бұрын
Wait still no sleeves !?
@tfms1andy2 жыл бұрын
Hello from 2022
@Disburden12 жыл бұрын
Top four players ever: Finkel, Kai, Maher, Nassif. IMO, Of course.
@mintybean91782 жыл бұрын
No sleeve was seen that day
@drop0ut60611 жыл бұрын
And also leave themselves wide open to a cheap burn spell, the sanctuary is honestly one of the most commonly tinkered into cards against any aggro deck.also that 19/19 doesn't have trample and can easily be blocked by any chump. The tinker deck requires patience and time to set up the win. you can't over commit on the processor without something like crumbling sanctuary in play to keep you in the game if they ax your tokens or even lightning bolt to the face.
@NathanWubs8 жыл бұрын
even in 000 they did the annoying card shuffling that makes games unwatchable too bad.
@robersniper11 жыл бұрын
soo overpowered
@FanosSlapVt8 жыл бұрын
I played magic and this is a clusterfuck what's everything do can you IMAGINE people just flipping this on XD
@Whitebread14511 жыл бұрын
Yeah but that's a three turn clock as opposed to a two turn clock... if you hit a player for 19 damage twice that's 38 damage which is plenty enough to kill them...
@atomparticle32575 жыл бұрын
what the hell is that. hearthstone?
@Whitebread14511 жыл бұрын
and if they both pay 19 life then they only need to connect once.
@Whitebread14511 жыл бұрын
why woulld they play a card like crumbling sanctuary? why wouldn't they just do the damage?
@Darkpawra6 жыл бұрын
From what I can tell, his deck has a lot of effects that damage him. So you can use Crumbling to mill instead of hurt yourself, and you can also sacrifice the Crumbling to Tinker when you're ready to go in for the kill.
@barrywatson10404 жыл бұрын
Sanctuary was there initially as an answer to aggro, Tinker it into play when you are short on life to give you time to stabilize. Also worked well with Processor.
@MapRef41N93Wx2 жыл бұрын
Because they are paying 19 life to make the 19/19. Its a 3 turn clock with sanctuary that also means they aren't dead to a random burn spell.
@MichaelKasifMusic8 жыл бұрын
Please tell me they aren't rishadan ports played without sleeves
@hapjiwaya8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Kasif so what? They didn't care. First of all, sleeves weren't allowed. Moreover, they were proplayers, not noobish traders. With their gains, they could have affored a few hundreds rishadans
@MichaelKasifMusic8 жыл бұрын
hapjiwaya If they knew what the price would be now they would have cared.
@hapjiwaya8 жыл бұрын
Michael Kasif You didn't get it... Whatever. Top 8 roplayers back then just didn't think like that. They could afford any cards with their gains and didn't see card market as a business. They were way over it.
@MichaelKasifMusic8 жыл бұрын
hapjiwaya I understand what you're saying. It's all context. Doesn't change that those are unsleeved Rishadan ports being riffle-shuffled though...lol
@hapjiwaya8 жыл бұрын
Michael Kasif Yes, it's hurting when you think at actual prices, from a collector pov. But in that case, cards should be regarded as sport gears, nothing more. It's funny tho how today's playthings can become tomorrow's treasures. Times change.
@Callibretto7 жыл бұрын
cant believe how long it took for people to invent and use sleeves lol
@nickfanzo7 жыл бұрын
Tayo Gabriel sleeves werent allowed on camera
@cberg2731Ай бұрын
Look at these studs. lol
@Disburden12 жыл бұрын
@Disburden Oh and...BROKEN!
@mariofox83774 жыл бұрын
Why Bob conceded? 12 life to 4 but he got an Colossus and masticore... He's not ded yet..
@MapRef41N93Wx2 жыл бұрын
He's dead on board. Colossus can only be blocked by three or more creatures. Maher has to tap down all his lands to Tangle Wire, Finkel untaps his Colossus with the 2nd key he topdecked on his turn, blocks Masticore, swings back for lethal.
@kcsnipes5 жыл бұрын
What would stroke do, mill Jon out ? For the win
@JBBost5 жыл бұрын
JUDGE, MARKED CARD
@jonsurran97169 жыл бұрын
No fucking sleeves really
@fireemblemistrash758 жыл бұрын
Lol, they didn't really have any back then. Even if there were, they probably weren't very good.
@Ishsa8 жыл бұрын
+CommanderSh!mi X actually, they had to play unsleeved on coverage because the sleeves caused glare
@chriswilliams60146 жыл бұрын
Ultra pro sold sleeves from like 97 on
@DunhamFan1111 жыл бұрын
Dem unsleeved decks
@cavemantero2 жыл бұрын
This is the game that made me hate competitive mtg. since then maro has been trying to repeat this same shit show and its turned the game into an unfun controlathon or a yugioh shit show. And 6:15 . Why is his ear twitching like that?