Man Drives 500 Miles to MTG Tournament, Loses in 2 Turns 

Why did Stevenson keep his hand game 2? Quint took a mulligan down to 5 cards and thought that going to 4 would have been a death sentence anyway. It was a bad spot either way! Sorry that I missed that context in the video.

He was 7-1 by the time he was in that match. Seems like it wasn’t a waste of a drive.

I don't understand the problem. Nikachu's Grandpa used to walk 16 miles in the freezing snow to his lgs and if he died on turn 2 he would say: " That's Magic"

As a yugioh player who gets destroyed in 0 turns I can relate

As a European, I find it amazing how someone can drive for hours without ever having to make a turn!

7 - 1 vs. 7 - 1, other than this round I'd say he did pretty good on the whole

The man drove 500 miles to give his mortal enemy such a resounding victory that he gave him a false sense of security and caused him to ultimately not become champion. Mission accomplished!

As a close personal friend to the antangonist, I can confirm he is in fact the fun police. He plays a Titan in Destiny and tower camps in Warzone. If you have hopes and dreams to just smile slightly, he will crush that instantly....

I had this exact experience at my local pro tour qualifier, came in with my barely polished 8 Rack deck with no modern experience. First match up was Cheerios, and I just sat there, questioning myself and my decisions. The other guy was nice enough to show me his deck and how it worked after he beat me, but yeah it was such a gut wrenching experience. The good aspect was that I didn’t drive 500 miles though 😅

Keeps 0 land hand, gets mad because he can’t play. Seems logical

I like how he starts helping turn the dice

Man, look at that sadistic smile in the judge's face at 8:35 (when David starts casting his artifacts) hahaha

"Alotta combo decks look good against zero land" followed by the commentators laughter will forever be my favorite MTG moment of all time LMFAOO

What did we learn; never drive 500 miles just for a tournament

I got kicked out of my playgroup because they would drive 30+mins just to get Lock out and/or combo out by turn 2 each game lol. So one day they invited me out to go play over there. 45 minute drive just to get teamed up on the whole night. I asked why? They said, now I know how it feels to waste gas time and money not to play. 😅

Damn. My heart goes out to that guy. He looked to defeated. That sucks.

I would drive 500 hundred miles, and I would drive 500 more, just to be the man to lose at Magic.

This is one of my favorite videos ever I didn't expect you to react to it hahaha. You could tell his soul was crushed and perfectly represent everyone's reaction to loosing to belcher/storm lmao

Hey, Nikachu. I just wanted to say thank you for your content- I really love the format that you do where you "react" (I assume it's not the first time you've seen the videos, but seeing your expressions really helps me understand the gravity of something when it's happening), along with all the graphics and explanations. Awesome stuff.

That commentary was savage: "a lot of combo decks look good against 0 lands"... couldn't stop laughing! Also, my coworkers asked what was so funny, but it was impossible to explain that without explaining how to play magic and then explaining the archetypes, and so on...

And he had to pay for gas Edit: Tysm for likes and a heart

The best part of this video is getting to hear Cedric and Patrick on commentary again

''A lot of combo decks look good against 0 lands'' this is the best call in broadcasting history

Nothing like watching a combo deck play solitaire at high-level competitive play expecting deep-thought plays.

The work you put in to your vids really makes this top quality viewing. You deliver it the way the stories (of such context) deserve to be delivered; sensibly structured unfolding, with that mild dash of drama

This feels like the time i built a new commander deck, went to the store to test it, and then proceeded to be wiped every turn cycle. I ended up playing my 3 mana commander for only 17 mana!

Watching him help track his opponents storm causes me so much emotional pain

The best part about these videos is how we always find out later that the combo guy went 7-1 by trick-shuffling his deck.

Man drives 500 miles home contemplating his own existence

oh wow how nice - Quint even moves the dice counter for David so he has something to do!

I loved your professional advice, Nikachu - it was brilliant! I’m sure he (Stevenson) appreciated it.

I love good story-driven videos. Love it.

I love the punch out theme. The music choice is very fitting.

TBH he is up to round 9 @ 7-1 with merfolk, so he had a good time. IDK if merfolk does play chalice, but chalice on 0 is a FU to the cheerios deck and he doesn't get affected either. I hate that salt too, he kept a no land hand round 2 and like what?

The official at the very end kills me. Even he was like, damn that sucks brah. Good luck next year. That quick head shake says it all.

Ya know, I was thinking about building a modern deck… thanks for bringing me to my senses.

Sounds like every tournament I have ever signed up for.

Ah I remember my first tournament when I just started out. I had a rakdos vampire list I threw together and my first match up was against mono red prison and I ended up pulling through it mainly because I ran so many basics. The second match was what got me into combo decks lol. The guy went by the name Kirby and he introduced me to birthing pod combo. The first match he gained infinite life and just dumped a giant bag of dice on the table and said that was his life total. The second he dealt me infinite damage.

My friends and I drove from Massachusetts to Richmond for a prerelease (Dissension I think). We all lost spectacularly. We even only chose to go the night before. Drove all night and got there an hour before the tourney. Only reason we went was because Rob Alexander was the guest artist. We got like 500+ duals signed between the five of us.

Love the punch out references and the bad corner advice 😅

Feels like my first Legacy tournament. Saved up enough for a few Scrublands to put together a decent Maverick deck. Immediately bodied by Storm. Watched a man play solitaire for a few minutes straight trying to make sense of what was even happening.

You know that guy got bodied hard when he got "destoryed"

God I genuinely miss Cedric and P Sullys banter. I worked computer based jobs during this time and having on SCGs coverage on my 2nd monitor featuring them was GOLDEN.

“A lot of combo decks look great against zero lands” 😂

Could have won if he didn't keep the No land hand and the side in those counter spells

This was Yugioh. Plain and simple

Yeah that's a pain, what I hate is when you go to a major tournament with some friends and there's like 50=60 people there and you end up getting paired with someone that you went to the tournament with - and then it happens 3 times you're like "Why the hell did I come here, I should've just stayed home and played you guys at home instead of going 100 miles to play you guys like I do at home." That's why when I ran events I made sure that people didn't play people they came with in round 1, after that I can't control who plays who but at least you know in the first round it's someone new.

That 500 miles back home must have turned into a thousand miles

I drove all the way to a tournament (Nashville to Loiusville) while giving someone a ride. I managed to day 2 but had to take my friend back. Should have drove back and slept in the car along the way or something but went home and over slept. Missed my chance to even make it back in time for round 10.

This is why you make sure to cover your weakness when you build a deck. That way you have something in case something like this happens. And since most MTG players use net decks, then it shouldn't be a problem figuring out what your weakness is.

Bro, the fact you put the Punch 🥊 Out music in the background makes this so good. Bro, bro, so so so good. Great video man. Love this.

That announcers laugh was hilarious 😂

Yeah I never got into magic when I was young the second I realized you could get land lock/drought. Saved so much time and money.

Imagine drive 500 miles to forget your sideboard at home 🤣 Quint could have plenty of answers in a blue deck

All I can think of is the Zuko meme "That's rough buddy" 🤣

David looked like he could have been stacking his deck on the shuffle

After getting bouned from competitive play I hope our hero was able to enjoy the rest of his time there.

I don’t get it, why didn’t he mulligan that no land hand in game 2? Was he on too much Turkish amphetamines for his long drive?

“Blue can’t destroy creatures” Looks at Pongify and Rapid Hybridization

I love the guy in blue just laughing the entire time 😂

the 2nd game as soon as sram hit the board I would of just scooped and walked away knowing that I was fucked either way..

This is just a typical yugioh experience

I remember Grand Prix Birmingham in the UK one time. Drove 200 miles or something to play. In the full day, 9am to 6pm wizards only managed to get 5 rounds done. Told everyone to go home and come back the next day to play round 6 of 'Day 1', at which point they would do the cut to see who makes it to 'Day 2', so if you were on the borderline they wanted you to do a 400 mile round trip for maybe only 2 games.

That’s crazy 🤣 the power of card advantage is truly amazing when used correctly

The only thing I don’t like about all in decks is when they get countered a lot of players scoop, and if I had to sit there and watch you take a 20 minute turn casting artifacts and bouncing them you damn well can sit there a few turns and lose gracefully.

Gotta admit, I like Quint’s sense of humour. He had an F6 piece of paper ready (visible at 9:17) to stop having to interact. For context for those unaware. F6 in MTGO would cause you to pass priority until the end of the turn. In the program, it was an easy way to stop the game from prompting you for asking for a response. It would be quite useful against long combo decks like Cheerios or Eggs.

Thanks for explaining everything

Lol, that's pretty amazing. You could hella see all the salt from Quint!

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more. Just to be that man who walked a 1000 miles to lose in 2 turns? Wow don’t remember those lyrics………..

It’s a tournament. The goal is to win. It shouldn’t matter who your opponent is. You try your best at the tournament and that’s what David did. Stevenson gave up entirely the second game also. He deserves no pity because he didn’t even give it his all.

Dude keeps adding his opponnets dice lol. Thats icing on the cake IMO

Quint definitely made the right decision playing a deck in his wheelhouse; as piloting a deck like Death's Shadow requires a lot (Especially if you haven't put in the reps). The mental fatigue (And misplays) that comes from piloting a deck you're less familiar with can do you in a lot more than unfavourable match-ups in many situations.

It hurt watching that. I play EDH with my playgroup every Sunday, there have been a few times where I get knocked out on turns 4-6 and I need to just sit there and wait for an hour for everyone else to finish.

Blue has rapid hybridization and Pongify. Arguably two of the better creature removal spells in the game

Truly a golden era in commentary.

I got to commend you. You've gotten better at not sounding like Frankie who brings us the weather.

I hav maaaaad respect of the losing guy… he was pissed but he showed great sportsmanship

Why did he keep that hand in game 2?

This shit was funny lol u had me rolling . I dropped a to drill and next turn armageddon and they all cried . that's prolly the most fun I had

Theres gonna be a fight in the parking lot, that dude is pissed.

Good thing that most of Magic games aren't like that where you do nothing for 10 minutes while your opponent takes all the actions on Turn 1 or 2. But if you do like that for some reason, there's always Yugioh where 90% of games are just like that.

I love Storm as a mechanic so much because it leads to insane plays that most people wouldnt have expected until its to late

Just IMAGINE what words he uttered to the emptiness of his car on that 7 HOUR drive back home... Jesus lol

Thanks for giving me those Tendrils of Agony flashbacks....

I know how he felt. I was playing years ago at a Charleston, WV PTQ with a counterburn deck. I was in a hurry and last second adeed SWAMPS instead of ISLANDS and went 0-8, even though I nearly won one match with just burn. The tournament staff were so impressed by my not dropping out that they gave me some packs, not in sympathy but in respect. It was announced and aftera little laughing, I got a standing ovation. I just wanted to have fun. I still did.

Mono blue, and he keeps a no land hand in game two. I have zero sympathy for him.

That was too funny!

At least it was a fairly straight drive

Yeah he's not a protagonist Or a villain that's just magic I don't care how far he drove its not a tragedy it's magic

My story is way worse: this weekend i went to a legacy 1k in Arab Alabama. I was on manaless dredge, so chose to go second both games. My opponent turn 0d me both games vs oops all spells. I TOOK 0 GAME ACTIONS and had to drive 3 hours back home

Now THAT'S a genuine LOL moment.

This man will never leave home without Pongify ever again

I think all-in strategies are really bad, and they innately end up only performing well when they are unexpected, or people don't back anything good enough to deal with them. That said, those moments happen, these decks win, and they are not a bad thing for the game. Despite disliking them myself, they are fine. I got a bone to pick with you though, Nikachu. I'm just a nobody on the internet, and maybe I'm taking this the wrong way, but you are painting this scene a bit...skewed. You paint Dannewitz as the antagonist here; you use that exact word. You continue on to make him out as this bad guy; all because of a deck choice he played. First, Magic is Magic; at the end of the day, decks exist. Sure, it sucks to get a game like this here, and variance happens; but it isn't Dannewitz's fault for playing the deck. It isn't even Quint's. It's just how the game went. To be frustrated in Quint's position is reasonable, totally, I'd be bummed too; but to paint Dannewitz as the "fun police" is a really huge dick move, and I don't think that's remotely fair. It sucks this happened to Quint, but you really drive it home Dannewitz is the bad guy. He's just playing his best at a Magic event. Why do you need to act like this about Dannewitz?

hahaha the line " a lot of combo decks look good against no lands" xD

Dude said “cool!”

😂 The thumbnail you used for the video! Looooool!!! We all know that face...

Thats a neat deck. I shall build it!

At least he got a story to tell to his friends.

hats of to him for shaking hands at the end :D

Omg the Punch Out theme playing in the background makes this so much funnier