Once you've played with these cards for a while you learn to recognize the art at a glance. The shuffling is just a tic you pick up. Originally you start it to make sure your opponent doesn't know if you've just drawn that card this turn or had it all along, but eventually you can't help yourself and it just happens...
I didn't realize that! That's so smart, and does explain why they shuffle so fast! I find it hard to believe they could read the cards (or know what the cards are) that quickly, so this reason makes so much more sense.
So... Kibler misplays at the end of game 1. Ochoa is at 7, he cast Clique and saw Ochoa's hand. He sees Arid Mesa and Geist of Saint Traft. He puts Geist on the bottom and Ochoa puts step lynx. So Kibler knows there is only Arid Mesa in hand. He could have won outright that turn, but instead risks it by only attacking with Clique. I think its risky just to see maybe 2 more cards, especially since he already knows what is in Ochoa's deck by virtue of published deck lists.
Because Ochoa had one unknown in hand after drawing from Clique. A better question would be why Kibler decided to tuck Ochoa's Geist despite having lethal in the air next turn.
I jokingly shuffled my hand around once, now I do it all the time. It's just a habit and is one of those things that keeps your hands busy and reminds you what every card in your hand is when you flip it to the front.
Cryptic Command needs a target to resolve. So when Kibler was trying to bounce the ape and draw 1 card. The priority gets pass back to Ochoa and he responded with a Lighting Bolt targeting the same ape. So the stack resolves with Lighting Bolt hitting the ape. Because the Bolt killed the ape making no longer on the board. Cryptic Command attempts to resolve but since the ape is gone it cannot resolves it fizzles (countered) by default, including the drawing.
may have been while he was on 2x energy drinks per day. He talked fairly recently about finally being off energy drinks and being a lot better because of it.
At that point, Ochoa is at 10. He had used lightning helix a few turns later putting Kibler at 5, and himself at 10. The life totals just weren't updated for a while. So, attacking with both puts Ochoa at 3, and he loses to a topdecked tribal flames.
This must be a problem with RU-vid because I always see this in the comments but never have a problem with the sound in the videos. The volume is the same as any other video I watch on RU-vid.
I completely agree they're playing on a different level, but I find it hard that they would rely on a quick glance to choose a card...seems like a method that is prone to mistakes.
Here's how I explain it: Let's say I have a creature in hand that I want to protect from removal (with something like Mizzium Skin.) If my opponent sees me draw a card then play the creature even though I've had the mana for it for the past two turns, they can safely assume I've just drawn something to protect it. Among some other reasonsI shuffle my hand because I don't want my opponent to know whether I've topdecked my play, or whether it was premeditated. At least that's how I explain it. :p
Why did kibler not blow up the temple garden with tec edge? it turns off loam lion and kird ape it takes away his second green source for thrun it also takes away ochoas only white source for elspeth?
6:00 or so, isn't it better to let pridemage resolve, snapcaster before attacks, flashback path, then spell snare helix, therefore killing geist? That way, you keep an extra spell snare in hand.
No, it does not. Modern is an eternal format, which means sets don't "switch out" as in Standard. In Modern you can use cards from all expansions set starting from the Mirrodin one up to today, and all basic sets strating from 8th edition. Other common formats are Standard(probably the most popular one, using cards from the two newest sets at the moment) and Legacy, which includes the"older cards" you're talking about, meaning those printed before 8th edition (there are, of course, banned cards)
Good work Zac Hill. Dude had to politely maneuver around Sheldon Menery's amateurish comments while trying to maintain the flow of the commentating. As Sheldon, please just leave.
Sound has been terrible on the last dozen or so Videos. You guys have such great production value on these and then ruin it with such terrible sound quality. Hire a sound guy or have someone learn how to set your levels properly.
