Gamestate 5/24/12

People in this episode:
Adam Ragsdale - @aWinnarIsYou, www.twitch.tv/awiy
Stephen Flavall - @931243732, www.twitch.tv/joinrbs, www.youtube.com/joinrbs, www.gainmes.com
Jarvis Yu - @jkyu06, www.gatheringmagic.com
Cedric Phillips - @CedricAPhillips, www.twitch.tv/ceddyp

Gamestate 5/16/12

People in this episode:
Adam Ragsdale - @aWinnarIsYou, www.twitch.tv/awiy
Stephen Flavall - @931243732, www.twitch.tv/joinrbs, www.youtube.com/joinrbs, www.gainmes.com
Jarvis Yu - @jkyu06, www.gatheringmagic.com
Cedric Phillips - @CedricAPhillips, www.twitch.tv/ceddyp

Topics covered this episode:
2:00 - Introductions
3:00 - PT: Barcelona Coverage
12:15 - The Decks!, well, mostly the Miracles Deck
37:00 - Cerdic on the GW Top 8 deck
40:00 - The Top 8 matches
45:00 - The judge decision on Hayne presenting 65 cards
57:30 - More Top 8 matches
1:06:00 - SCG: Madison Standard
1:23:20 - SCG: Madison Legacy
1:27:00 - Cavern of Souls judge decisions in PT: Barcelona
1:47:00 - Viewer Questions and outros

Relevant links:
Starcitygames Open Decklists: http://www.starcitygames.com/pages/decklists/

Gamestate 5/7/2012

Gamestate for 5/7/2012!!

People in this episode:
Adam Ragsdale - @aWinnarIsYou, www.twitch.tv/awiy
Stephen Flavall - @931243732, www.twitch.tv/joinrbs, www.youtube.com/joinrbs, www.gainmes.com
Jarvis Yu - @jkyu06, www.gatheringmagic.com
Cedric Phillips - @CedricAPhillips, www.twitch.tv/ceddyp
Gerry Thompson - @G3RRYT, www.starcitygames.com

Topics covered this episode:
0:00 - Introductions
1:00 - SCG Open: Standard
28:00 - SCG Open: Legacy
46:40 - PT: Barcelona! This weekend!
1:12:30 - MODO Cube
1:36:00 - Extremely long-winded and tearful goodbyes interspersed amongst old-man Magic stories.

Relevant links:
Starcitygames Open Decklists: http://www.starcitygames.com/pages/decklists/
Until that page updates, the decklists from last weekend can be found here: http://bit.ly/JsINYI
The MODO Cube: http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/arcana/927
PT: Barcenlona:

This weeks episode got beat up by technical issues a little. I had a terrible connection which led to some very choppy audio and a dropping webcam, audio levels were too high for Adam compared to the rest of us, and Adam wasn't able to get our powerful overlay working. We were able to fix most of this after the first few minutes of the cast, immense apologies, please bear with us as we work through these growing pains.

Given them, the best choice is probably the audio-only version for this episode. I was able to level the volume out a little so that Adam isn't overshadowing the rest of us by nearly as much. Download the audio here.

You can also, as always, watch the full video, but you'll have to deal with some more audio issues.

Gamestate 4/30/2012

People in this episode:
Adam Ragsdale - @aWinnarIsYou, www.twitch.tv/awiy
Stephen Flavall - @931243732, www.twitch.tv/joinrbs, www.youtube.com/joinrbs, www.gainmes.com
Jarvis Yu - @jkyu06, www.gatheringmagic.com
Cedric Phillips - @CedricAPhillips, www.twitch.tv/ceddyp

Topics covered:
PT: Barcelona
Avacyn Restored prerelease
MODO Cube
MODO PTQ
MOCS



Download just the audio here.

Few problems with the video sync recording this episode towards the end, sorry.

Gamestate 4/23/2012

Topics covered:

SCG Standard and Legacy tournaments, MTGO PTQ
Avacyn Restored Spoiler
"Pity" PT Invites

You can download the audio here.



You can tune in to Adam's stream at www.twitch.tv/awiy. He streams around 6-8 hours a day, seven days a week.
Adam on Twitter: @Awinnarisyou

Jarvis is an exceptionally powerful magician who wins a lot of PTQs and builds a lot of great decks. He also writes articles which you can find at gatheringmagic.com.
Jarvis on Twitter: @jkyu06

Stephen is Stephen! You are at his website.
Stephen on Twitter: @931243732

Cedric is the most powerful wizard. You can follow Cedric's stream at www.twitch.tv/ceddyp, and find him on twitter @ceddyp.

Gamestate 4/17/2012

You can download the audio at this link.

You can tune in to Adam's stream at www.twitch.tv/awiy. He streams around 6-8 hours a day, seven days a week.
Adam on Twitter: @Awinnarisyou

Jarvis is an exceptionally powerful magician who wins a lot of PTQs and builds a lot of great decks. He also writes articles which you can find at gatheringmagic.com.
Jarvis on Twitter: @jkyu06

Stephen is Stephen! You are at his website.
Stephen on Twitter: @931243732

Cedric and Bing are the most powerful wizards. You can follow Cedric's stream at www.twitch.tv/ceddyp, and follow Bing on Twitter @prolepsis9. Both write articles for starcitygames.com.

Gamestate 4/10/2012

Click here to download just the audio. You'll miss out on some of the action in Adam's matches.

You can tune in to Adam's stream at www.twitch.tv/awiy. He streams around 6-8 hours a day, seven days a week.
Adam on Twitter: @Awinnarisyou

Jarvis is an exceptionally powerful magician who wins a lot of PTQs and builds a lot of great decks. He also writes articles which you can find at gatheringmagic.com.
Jarvis on Twitter: @jkyu06

Stephen is Stephen! You are at his website.
Stephen on Twitter: @931243732

Dave Crewe is our special guest for the episode, AanAllein00 on MODO, a powerful Australian magician who just won GP Melbourne!
Dave on Twitter: @AanAllein00

Gamestate 4/3/2012

Click here to download the audio. Fair warning: We talk about Adam's match a little towards the end.

You can tune in to Adam's stream at www.twitch.tv/awiy. He streams around 6-8 hours a day, seven days a week.
Adam on Twitter: @Awinnarisyou

Jarvis is an exceptionally powerful magician who wins a lot of PTQs and builds a lot of great decks. He also writes articles which you can find at gatheringmagic.com: http://www.gatheringmagic.com/jarvisyu-040212-delver/
Jarvis on Twitter: @jkyu06

Stephen is Stephen! You are at his website.
Stephen on Twitter: @931243732

MOCS 12 Coverage

The Magic: Online Championship Series qualify one player for Worlds and pay out a great amount of online prizes alongside this. The twelfth and final MOCS of the year was held last weekend and featured the Standard format, which will be relevant again this weekend for the Player of the Year tournament. To give you an idea of what to expect in the Player of the Year I broke down all the decks in the top 8 and provided commentary on all of their games. I was lucky enough to be joined by Jarvis Yu (Samwise_Geegee on MODO) for the majority of the commentary and analysis.

This post contains a playlist of all eleven videos we produced. You can also go to posts for individual matches if you would rather just see games and analysis of one particular player's deck. The individual match posts also contain player decklists.

Here is a link to the Wizards coverage of the tournament, which contains the top 8 bracket, final standings, and the top 32 decklists.

MOCS 12: Finals Gainsay vs sakurai

Gainsay - UW Control

[deck]4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
6 Island
4 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge

1 Cancel
4 Day of Judgment
2 Dismember
1 Elspeth Tirel
2 Gideon Jura
2 Gitaxian Probe
3 Into the Roil
4 Jace Beleren
1 Jace's Ingenuity
2 Karn Liberated
1 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
4 Preordain
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Timely Reinforcements

Sideboard:
2 Celestial Purge
2 Condemn
1 Dismember
3 Flashfreeze
2 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Mental Misstep
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Torpor Orb
1 Volition Reins[/deck]


sakurai - Splinter Twin

[deck]4 Deceiver Exarch
3 Grim Lavamancer
2 Spellskite

3 Dispel
2 Gitaxian Probe
2 Into the Roil
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Shrine of Piercing Vision
2 Spell Pierce
4 Splinter Twin
2 Twisted Image

3 Arid Mesa
4 Halimar Depths
5 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
5 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
2 Combust
1 Dispel
2 Into the Core
2 Mental Misstep
3 Mutagenic Growth
2 Negate
3 Pyroclasm[/deck]

MOCS 12: Semifinals Gainsay vs haiSOOOOdesu

Gainsay - UW Control

[deck]4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
6 Island
4 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge

1 Cancel
4 Day of Judgment
2 Dismember
1 Elspeth Tirel
2 Gideon Jura
2 Gitaxian Probe
3 Into the Roil
4 Jace Beleren
1 Jace's Ingenuity
2 Karn Liberated
1 Leyline of Sanctity
4 Mana Leak
1 Mental Misstep
4 Preordain
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Timely Reinforcements

Sideboard:
2 Celestial Purge
2 Condemn
1 Dismember
3 Flashfreeze
2 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Mental Misstep
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Torpor Orb
1 Volition Reins[/deck]


haiSOOOOdesu - UW Control

[deck]1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Emeria Angel
1 Phantasmal Image
4 Squadron Hawk
1 Sun Titan

2 Gideon Jura
4 Jace Beleren

2 Day of Judgment
2 Dismember
1 Into the Roil
4 Mana Leak
2 Mental Misstep
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Preordain
2 Timely Reinforcements

1 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
5 Island
3 Plains
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge

Sideboard:
1 Dismember
3 Flashfreeze
3 Kor Firewalker
1 Mental Misstep
1 Negate
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Sun Titan
1 Timely Reinforcements
3 Torpor Orb[/deck]

MOCS 12: Semifinals sakurai vs Jhun

sakurai - Splinter Twin

[deck]4 Deceiver Exarch
3 Grim Lavamancer
2 Spellskite

3 Dispel
2 Gitaxian Probe
2 Into the Roil
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Shrine of Piercing Vision
2 Spell Pierce
4 Splinter Twin
2 Twisted Image

3 Arid Mesa
4 Halimar Depths
5 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
5 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
2 Combust
1 Dispel
2 Into the Core
2 Mental Misstep
3 Mutagenic Growth
2 Negate
3 Pyroclasm[/deck]


Jhun - Monogreen

[deck]21 Forest
2 Tectonic Edge
4 Birds of Paradise

4 Dungrove Elder
3 Kozilek's Predator
4 Leatherback Baloth
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Nest Invader
3 Obstinate Baloth

2 Beast Within
3 Dismember
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Overwhelming Stampede

Sideboard:
3 Acidic Slime
1 Beast Within
2 Creeping Corrosion
1 Dismember
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
3 Nature's Claim
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Sword of Body and Mind
2 Thrun, the Last Troll[/deck]

MOCS 12: Quarterfinals haiSOOOOdesu vs mirakurufait

haiSOOOOdesu - UW Control

[deck]1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Emeria Angel
1 Phantasmal Image
4 Squadron Hawk
1 Sun Titan

2 Gideon Jura
4 Jace Beleren

2 Day of Judgment
2 Dismember
1 Into the Roil
4 Mana Leak
2 Mental Misstep
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Preordain
2 Timely Reinforcements

1 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
5 Island
3 Plains
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge

Sideboard:
1 Dismember
3 Flashfreeze
3 Kor Firewalker
1 Mental Misstep
1 Negate
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Sun Titan
1 Timely Reinforcements
3 Torpor Orb[/deck]

mirakurufait - UW Control

[deck]2 Gideon Jura
2 Jace Beleren
1 Karn Liberated
1 Venser, the Sojourner

2 Condemn
4 Day of Judgment
2 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Mana Leak
2 Mental Misstep
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Preordain
2 Ratchet Bomb
4 Spreading Seas
2 Torpor Orb

4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Island
4 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
2 Sejiri Refuge
4 Tectonic Edge

Sideboard:
2 Celestial Purge
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Divine Offering
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Flashfreeze
1 Jace Beleren
1 Psychic Barrier
1 Revoke Existence
1 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Torpor Orb
1 Volition Reins
1 Wurmcoil Engine[/deck]

MOCS 12: Quarterfinals sakurai vs kbr

sakurai - Splinter Twin

[deck]4 Deceiver Exarch
3 Grim Lavamancer
2 Spellskite

3 Dispel
2 Gitaxian Probe
2 Into the Roil
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Shrine of Piercing Vision
2 Spell Pierce
4 Splinter Twin
2 Twisted Image

3 Arid Mesa
4 Halimar Depths
5 Island
3 Misty Rainforest
5 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
2 Combust
1 Dispel
2 Into the Core
2 Mental Misstep
3 Mutagenic Growth
2 Negate
3 Pyroclasm[/deck]

kbr - Pyromancer Ascension

[deck]1 Consecrated Sphinx

4 Burst Lightning
2 Call to Mind
2 Foresee
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Into the Roil
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mana Leak
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
1 Pyroclasm
4 Pyromancer Ascension

3 Halimar Depths
7 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
7 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard:
2 Azure Mage
1 Consecrated Sphinx
2 Flashfreeze
2 Negate
3 Pyroclasm
3 Spellskite
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Torpor Orb[/deck]

Testing: Valakut w/ Jarvis match 5