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There is a reason that card dominated standard, especially RTR through the release of Theros (when it rotated.) PT RTR she went from a $5 to $40 mythic in 1 weekend.
The Hungarian player got his hand stripped down to one card with a Rakdos' Return, and took a healthy amount of damage from it, too, the one card he kept was Olivia Voldaren, which then took over the game, knocking the French player down to below 10 life, one attack away from doom, the French player then ripped a second copy of Rakdos' Return to win him the game at the very last moment. It was a fantastic thing to see live. ^^
When you lose in a situation like this.... damn, you are 1 turn away from winning, your oponent has nothing on the board, theres 1 card that gives him the game thought... and then it happens... damn, you are clearly the champion, and 1 second later youre not :D
@@guydror7297 Poker is a skill based game. Mtg is skill + variance based. The Danish player choosing to keep Olivia over Thragtusk was a call that was not in line with one of the best in the game (lsv) and it was the right decision. If he chose to keep thragtusk then it wouldn’t have even been close. Also, the opponent likely had multiple copies of RR in his deck but still, he got lucky. It’s unfortunate but this match displays the skill and variance components that make magic so great.
@@joe.5103 Poker is skill + variance based too. I've seen so many hands won on the river when they had nothing in the end. The 52 cards are always the same compared to MTG, but the 5 cards in play will always be the uncertainty.
@@joe.5103 to be fair, playing to your outs is also a part of the skill that makes up this game. He probably knew building that deck that there might come a time when topdecking the rakdos return was going to be the reason he won the game, simply because its such a powerful card late game like that. although i will admit that it does feel cheap when your opponent gets a fireball of top and you haave zero counterplay even though you played everything else near perfect until that point lol
what so amazing about this match was that Hungry was leading 1-0, and Simonot was behind 1 game, and game 2 was just so close game becuz Hungry sweeped the board with Bonefire. and CUD have won, with miracle instant speed Bonfire with Underworld Connection. After wining that, French reversed the game.
I love this Great Moments series, but I think you sometimes cut a bit too much of the matches. Making it more climatic but less understandable so less climatic!
Moments like this are why I stopped playing standard. Making the correct decisions based on information and still losing to a topdeck against the odds. Welcome to swingy standard, where I drew a crappy wincon but because you don't have the right crappy answer I win. At least this wasn't a freaking miracle bonfire. There's no fun in that, its just "oh look how much luckier I am than you".
Agreed. Hungary came all skill and finesse and then lucker topdecks what he needs to steal victory from the better of the two players. This is why I don't do ranked Magic and only play for fun.
