Worst Magic: The Gathering Blunder In Pro Tour History 

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This is one of those situations where you keep picking the card up to read it again to see if the rules text changes.

Yeah, following the "play cards as late as possible" rule sometimes can make you do some dumb stuff. I do this all the time, so it's fair to assume anyone would while under the pressure of a grand final.

That was just heart breaking. I knew what I was getting myself into when I clicked on the video... but my heart still sank when he turned that card sideways. God damn. I had to pause the video and walk away.

This oddly reminded me of a game I played at an LGS years ago. Opponent attacked, it was my turn, went to combat on my turn, and then my opponent went "oh wait, no, I want to go back and attack with this instead, so I win". Don't miss playing against that guy.

So intense! I definitely feel for Yam. Reminds me of a kaladesh standard match where I was playing simic energy/+1 counters and on my last attack completely forgot to use my hashep oasis for the last bit of pumping I needed to win

13:22 Look at how nervous he is after the blunder. Almost as nervous as if he has to use a toilet, on an airplane, but he can't open the toilet door, and then someone comes up and opens it, but quickly goes inside, and now he has to wait for that person to finish, and he really needs to poop.

As a person who plays fighting games for fun. The blunders you make are as much your own fault as the great calls you make. It goes back to the old saying of, "The first to flinch loses." Chun flinched at a crucial moment and it cost him. Happens to the best of us.

I love this series, Nikachu, please keep it going. This one in particular makes me so nostalgic. This pro tour, the one where Wyatt Draby won, and the last tournament where Izzet Phoenix was legal and kicking ass will always make me almost cry. Those tournaments are so memorable and bring me back to some of the best times I ever had playing magic.

This moment sticks out in my mind so much, cause Yam Wing Chung always slow rolled the card off the top, yet he rushed into combat and performed the blunder.

RU-vid suggested some of your videos to me and I really appreciate you explaining keywords like Indestructible. I haven't played MTG in decades but these are still very easy videos to follow along with.

People probably underestimate how hard it is to play 2 days of 7-10 hours of highly competitive magic. I respect anyone who can keep it together to get this far in such a high level event! Plus the added pressure when you already got this far.

I like how the people commenting already have the whole thing analyzed in their head, know which card would win the game and instantly realize that he shouldn't attack, one quarter of a second after he taps Hazoret. They not only have an astounding knowledge about Magic and the decks in the standard they're commenting, they also have such wits and grasp on what's going on there.

Please more of those videos. I just got back into magic after 15+ years and it is awesome to see all this

It's interesting, I heard an interview with Huey Jensen, he said he deliberately slows down as he is reaching lethal as most players tend to speed up. I have done similar when you can see the finishing line and your play speeds up and you make an error, not quite the same stakes though!

What I find interesting about this event is that, after PV won that pro tour, people kept saying it was pure luck because he was supposed to lose that semi-final and just got insanely lucky with his opponent's enormous punt. But that's what being the best means. PV didn't plan to win the pro tour by having his opponent punt. But he made every effort to give himself the best chance and that's what he does consistently. He maximizes his odds, so when a punt like this does happen, he's in the best possible position to take advantage of it. Being the best doesn't mean winning every championship. It means having consistently better odds than everyone else. Luck is always a factor in who wins. But PV deserved that win.

When you're in the heat of the moment and are thinking about all your possible situations and outs, and also plays your opponent may have based on what he has done, it is so easy to make a mistake like this in that brief moment when you get what you need and let your guard down. Classic, keep the content coming Nikachu!

The sad thing is he actually played the game well strategically, but it's hard to keep your nerves under control in such a situation

These are really great videos for new players. As someone who already knows all of these historic Mtg moments it’s still nice to see this style video for players so everyone can enjoy the game the way I got to over the years

That was a hard one to watch. I love the content you're putting out Nikachu, keep it up man.

This was a fun video. I would love more commentary on pro tour stuff its fun and educational!

As much as we can say, Yam should have won that, it comes down to the fact that Da Rosa handled himself better under pressure. They're playing the same cards, same deck, the difference is, he didn't misplay. That's what a world champion should be. Yep, Yam had an out. Sadly, he wasn't professional enough to keep cool and play the cards in the right order... Poor Yam though, he will probably relive tapping that Hazoret for the rest of his life. You could see how badly he wanted that win, right from when he was deciding to play it or not, down to pulling the spell he needed.

That's absolutely brutal. I think it's safe to say we've all been there at some point. Probably not with that much at stake but we've all had those top-tier misplays that would have won us the game.

"You're opponent being bad is always an out." -Phil Gallagher

I have to say I love watching your videos, very easy to understand what’s going on, you explain the situations in good detail, keep up your hard. I can definitely appreciate a good video

What makes this even crazier is that the crowd loudly gasps as Yam draws the only out that gives him the victory, so for sure Paulo knew Yam had lethal and that he had just gained a second lease on life. PVDDR went on to win this Pro Tour btw, and if I remember correctly he did not have too much of a hard time on the final match.

That is brutal. It is the same feeling in chess when you see the ability to checkmate your opponent and pick up the wrong piece. For those that don't know, tournaments all play touch-move meaning if you touch a piece and can legally move it on your turn, you must move that piece and not any other.

Mistakes happen. Yam had exact lethal. Going to attack step too early put him 1 damage off lethal. Ouch.

This is similar to the dude who dropped the football before entering the endzone. They ended up losing the game. Note that I said that they lost the game, not they should've won that game. Found it. Philly vs Dallas in 2008 DeSean Jackson flicked the ball behind him before entering the endzone. That would have put them up by 6; they lost by 4 that game.

This eminds me of one game on SCG (I think it was Modern Living End vs Scapeshift). Top 8 match, 1 - 1 tie, Living End has lethal on board through blockers. Scapeshift tries to combo with 7 lands. With the 6 triggers on the stack, the LE player uses Beast Within on a land, making 5 of the 6 triggers fizzle. Instead of just going "untap, attack with everything, win" against a tapped out opponent, he just concedes the game on the spot in a moment where this was basically the only way to lose.

That was crazy, I could almost physically feel the stress myself just from watching each player (the hand shaking, too)! I would be so bummed out if I made that blunder, I'd probably be on tilt, so props to the guy for getting it together and still playing sharply afterwards, even if it didn't amount to a game win.

I remember watching this live and rich hagons improvised coverage after the game, so tough to watch i got so anxious watching the draw for incendiary flow. Pro tours were sick at this time, this moment and lsv's vampire bluff were legendary moments.

I haven't watched the video yet. But i know which one is it and I remember watching it. I can still remember the pain in his facial expression . So sad. @Nikachu MTG there is a match between Kai Budde and Seth Manfield where Kai is mana screwed the whole game but hangs in there with Seth playing very well too and in the end Kai just steals the game with a trick. One of the best examples for all those people who just nag about their lands all the time. You should make a video about it.

I think a lot of the more inexperienced players will attempt to match the speed that there opponents play at and thats a no no. Don't run down a clock but play at your own pace and THINK IT THROUGH!

Hi Nickachu, been watching this over and over and your other videos - I just enjoy how you comentate which helps me relax at work. Nice job!!!

I find this especially interesting as this is not the first time that Paulo has been on the other side of the table when something like this happened in the top 8 of a pro tour! This is the first time he won though, as his opponent managed to find the line that would still beat him last time.

I played MTG back in the day. It was a much simpler game back the. I’ve been out of it for a while, but stumbled across this channel and am LOVING IT! Keep up the great work and awesome videos!

Love these pro play analysis videos!

Keep the content coming Nikachu ! I rarely see channels who cover mtg pro history

That misplay must have been extremely stressful for Yam, messing up on the sequencing of plays. I would have been on tilt if it happened to me.😖

BOOM! Your video and that amazing (!!) art in those Amonkhet cards ingnited some fire for MTG, I must say ... Also "Hazoret Aggro" sounds really cool. Thanks for the inspiration.

I remember watching this one live. I felt so bad for him. He played some amazing magic, and made that one little misstep.

Oof that's rough. That would've 100% put me on tilt. Good job playing through

man i feel so bad for him. ive seen insane blunders in many TCG tournaments, and i couldnt imagine the regret they carry

I've only just found your channel and I've never played Magic, but I find these films really interesting. True nail biter!

Was waiting for this one! Lol Can you do the top decks of Craig Jones and Gab?

Awesome video Nikachu. Def feel bad for Yam. It is what it is though. Mistakes happen but I do enjoy watching aggro decks go at it

Oh man, to be so close to the dream, and to screw up because your excitement moves faster than your brain. We've all been there. I also enjoyed piecing together the second story, about the Nikachu once got stuck in line for the bathroom on an Air Canada Flight, and the Captain made him wait... I've also been in that situation...

4 Hazoret Aggro Challenger decks was my introduction into MTG lol

I actually need to learn not to hold back for main phase 2. It's valid in some strategies but in aggro you have to just be fast so play your sorceries main face 1 and then swing

I get the feeling Nikachu was recently on a plane and really needed the washroom.

Interestingly enough earlier that year Paulo had made a video of CFB using this exact interaction with Hazoret as an example

Reminds me of that time I was a newbie in tournaments. I was playing Standard Eldrazi Green vs Caw Blade. I'm gonna cast Emrakul the next turn and needs to survive the attack from Inkmoth with sword. I forgot to activate my Wall of Tanglecord to have reach.

yes please do more, these are dope man!🙏

i can't imagine the stress level in that type of situation. part of playing at the elite level is to be able to manage your emotions and many just wilt when the stakes are high. i'd probably make worse mistakes in that situation lol

Love your vids dude. Makes me wanna come back to mtg..

Man, I almost cried two times during this video. Btw, plane's analogy was really good.

I'm just wondering why a "pro tourny" doesn't even have a place for hand cards to be placed down. The board looks so messy.

It's like both of these players think that playing a rush deck as physically fast as possible will make the cards deal more damage. I almost feel like Yam got psyched into playing really quickly by Paulo, leading to the mistake

Not that much time ago I won the finals of a local tournament almost the same way. I was down to 5 life, opponent was down to 2, he had Hazoret on the field VS my Ahn-Crop Crasher and sadly I was one mana short of just shocking him into oblivion, so I had to pass the turn. He draws, becomes overly excited and moves to combat phase with two cards in hand. When the ref pointed out his mistake, he went from bad to worse and used shock on my face instead of my creature on top of it all. It honestly took me a minute to realise what had just happened there. Later it turned out that this guy was a major dyslexic and in the heat of the match he read my 3/2 as a 2/3, so in addition to his mistake he thought that his burn spell was one damage short of killing my only creature. Hell, my winning turn almost hurt me more than him.

Great video, thanks for sharing! SUCH a nail biter 😬😬😬

That red deck is the best deck I have ever played. It was so consistent and unstoppable. Crazy to think a simple misplay lost him so much.

I love how the announcer was like “it’ll take 17 mins to see what he drew” 😂

I thought the worst blunder in history was the recent additions to R&D that put Saheeli Rai & Felidar Guardian in the same set block.

This video makes me glad I'm not on an airplane waiting in line to use the bathroom.

Shows how important experience can be. The big pressure moment, has the win, doesn't keep his cool.

I remember this.. I watched this live and got so frustrated I punched the wall and that gaping hole got Oko printed two years later. The hole was so big in the wall that eventually Wizards couldn't handle it and got Oko banned in the end.

At least he will never make that kind of mistake again 😭 These videos are amazing!!

1st magic tourny I went to pulled a foiled Hazoret w the cool egyptian looking text, still my fav card I own

I love how you really explain what's happening here. So many mtg videos are impossible to tell what's happening. Nikachu's are the best.

Anxiety is NO JOKE. Did ya''ll see how His hands were shanking when he jumped the gun the first time? I felt his pain and almost couldn't even force myself to watch the whole video. Its my first time watching or hearing about this game. I did play MTG also and somewhat casually play now. That was tough.

Aww man.. Feel bad for the guy, but still, that's what happens when you are in a hurry.. Felt like when I discarded with Rielle before end of turn while having a Song of Creation and Psychosis Crawler on the board and losing the game while my last opponent was almost with no more life in a ''similar'' race situation.. Very sad..

I don't even play Magic but knew immediately what was going to happen when you read Hazoret's effect lol.

Oh my god. I had to pause and just say “no” into my pillow like 40 times. That was so devastating. No matter what you already declares the combat phase. Crazy ass game

The biggest geek/dweebie/erkle/nerd convention of all time. Watching these athletes train and prepare for such a huge distinguished prize is such an honor. So much so that Im giving all my mtg cards away and never picking them back up. I also regergitated in my mouth knowing these veterans are turtle head tuggin each other under the table while the judge grins the whole time because hes the pivot man.

that sucks, i lost in a similar way, paid to equip live wire lash, but never moved it to the creature i intended to equip it to, dumped 4 gut shots into the glistener elf to kill opponent with infect damage from the lash triggers. nope never announced or moved card. it was 2 am, final match of our local shops big tourney. stupid mistakes cost games. borborygmos comes to mind

I remember watching this live from Yam. I would’ve thrown a chair or flipped a table out of pure frustration.

That deck would've went straight through those curtains and y'all never woulda seen me again.

The Desert-card R. Ruins was banned but I think it was a good design for mono red.

Oh boy thats hillarious. Keeping things for 2nd main can sometimes backfire.

Considering how the guy flushed an amazing victory straight down the toilet, I really dig all the bathroom analogies along the video.

Yam’s annoying behavior of slowly previewing EVERY draw bit him in the ass. He sets himself up to be surprised and excited every time he does that and in the end he actually excited himself too much that it cost him the match. And yes its annoying because it slows down the game. It might just be an extra 2-3 seconds but if you do it for every draw, that adds up to a lot of unnecessary waste of time.

What is the music at 15:45? I have heard it somewhere else, but I can’t remember where…

I'd be really mad kid sitting there bending the corners of my cards

Pros, just like us, are humans and make mistakes. There is a famous moment where an opponent of Lee Shi Tian played a Verdillion Clique against him in a Modern match to disrupt his combo - and simply forgot to use the trigger to look at Tian's hand a tuck away a combo piece ! Things like these simply happen, especially in high pressure situations.

Well now I don’t feel so bad about every time I’ve done this on Arena.

The last turn's destiny draw and misplay aside, what are your thoughts about attacking with Hazoret the turn before? Personally, I would probably have done the same and count on the odds. But since it's a mirror, did Paulo also play Hazoret? If so, if he drew Hazoret, he'd have 8 damage to kill Yam and that seems like a very big risk.

I made a horrid gargling noise when the bad stuff happened... Didn't think that would hit that hard honestly

That bathroom analogy lol

Yam still lays awake at night thinking about that one, poor guy

That Who Wants to be a Millionaire music made my heart rate skyrocket for Yam

You have a strong personality. A fantastic narration ability. Just wanted to encourage you!

I remember watching this, absolutely broke my heart man. Poor guy must still be beating himself up over this.

Well, keeping your head cool under pressure is a skill, so I think the most skilled player won. In the end, the cards you get are random, there's no skill in that, but what you choose to do with what you get is what makes the difference.

I know this mans pain lol I stopped playing for a couple years then my old play test group convinced me to go play a random ass pptq and gave me a siege rhino deck (rhino ramp maybe?) I used to be a very solid player so a lot of it was like riding a bike I made it to the finals without dropping a game in prior rounds then we are on a last of x/x and I was about to win and then just went to draw a card for no fkn reason lol I didn't even look at it just took it off my deck and onto the table and they game lossed me for illegal manipulation

following the airplane toilet metaphor, yam definitely shat himself during that flight.

It hurts to watch. I definately understand the instinct of "play your cards as late as possible for maximum information" but seeing him pass into combat with all his mana untapped was painful to watch.

Turn on the automatic subtitles and find the parts where they talk about Ramunap Ruins.

You picked the best picture to show someone in their prime, I salute you

Luck and mental toughness are the key elements in winning championships.. That was so close..