[2023] EMEA | World Ender Seasonal Tournament | Legends of Runeterra Dev Tracker

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1754s	welcome to the world Ender seasonal
1757s	tournament I am of course a Petra's
1758s	Panda this time acting as a host for the
1761s	first time in my career solo host and I
1763s	have two beautiful big brain talented
1765s	casters here today sparkling iced tea
1768s	and Alan zq both of you were very much
1770s	involved with the open rounds yesterday
1772s	ice tea you were obviously broadcasting
1774s	that and Alan you were playing in them
1776s	but overall Dental Sensations about the
1778s	lineup about the tournament today I see
1780s	how hyped are you to see the action
1781s	unfold
1782s	I'm super hyped especially because it's
1785s	the first seasonal of the Year
1786s	potentially last we have some absolutely
1789s	stacked players in the top 32 again in
1792s	emea we always get a ton of good players
1795s	repeating season after seasonal after
1797s	seasonal so I'm super excited to see who
1799s	can get out on top today
1801s	on top of that we have a very balanced
1803s	meta where there is no clear like super
1806s	broken deck or you can just outplay uh
1809s	people with and yeah excited to see what
1812s	people changed from their Swiss runs
1815s	going into Top Cut if we're gonna see
1817s	some special counter lineups or perhaps
1820s	people just gonna stick to their lineups
1823s	they brought to the Swiss imagine that
1825s	iced tea possibly the last season I'll
1826s	be having in this current format but can
1828s	you quickly break down what the seasonal
1830s	is how you get here what's the relevance
1831s	of this tournament in the competitive
1833s	career of some of these players um just
1834s	a quick General breakdown of what this
1836s	is for viewers that might be tuning in
1837s	for the first time
1838s	yeah the seasonal tournament is
1840s	frontera's Big competitive event at the
1842s	end of every ranked season it takes
1844s	place in two stages stage one the Swiss
1847s	stage is basically the open rounds
1849s	consisting out of nine rounds of Swiss
1850s	where the 700 best players from ladder
1853s	and 324 players that got their spot
1856s	through the last chance Gauntlet duke it
1858s	out to determine the top 32 players
1860s	moving on to stage two and the stage two
1862s	is today the finals where the top 32
1865s	players are playing in a single
1866s	elimination bracket to determine who is
1869s	this season's champion and among those
1872s	top players Ellen you were one of the
1874s	players that actually qualified
1875s	yesterday you were streaming it you did
1877s	a really good job at making it but
1878s	obviously you give some preference here
1879s	to Catherine and leave your spot open
1881s	but what were your general feelings
1882s	about about the meta about the decks you
1884s	brought for example just quick overview
1885s	nothing too in depth
1886s	a quick note to the chain because this
1889s	uh seasonal so the winner not only gonna
1892s	get the money the title but also the
1894s	guaranteed spot for the World
1895s	Championships coming this year in some
1898s	cases that might be even uh more
1899s	important than the money itself because
1901s	what you know the how hard is usually to
1903s	make it to Worlds directly where the
1904s	qualifiers being one of the most
1906s	Cutthroat tournaments in runtera where
1907s	we have the absolute creme little creme
1909s	at the very top of the scene trying to
1911s	fight for those spots so this might be I
1913s	think yeah one of the most important
1914s	Seasons because the price was the same
1915s	The Pride the glory is also there but
1917s	you have the extra spot there's gonna be
1919s	oh so relevant as well but we can check
1920s	the price pool we can see exactly how
1922s	much it is the players will be earning
1923s	today nothing has changed here it's
1925s	still 10 000 big ones for the winner and
1929s	then runner up 3 500. third and fourth
1931s	place will have an 800 dollar cut fifth
1934s	to eighth place 400 and then just for
1936s	making it this far 115 because again it
1939s	is so Cutthroat to even make it past the
1940s	open rounds although some players are
1942s	able to do it very very consistently we
1944s	have names like broken ball in this term
1946s	we have Finance we have sir Donald from
1947s	Spain that I'm gonna be rapping of
1948s	course
1949s	um just a lot of Veteran names
1950s	especially names that have been gone for
1952s	a while but have come back with an
1955s	absolute just a menace on the scene
1956s	that's of course Marcus someone that
1958s	we've seen Ice-T win Fight Night
1960s	tournaments so many different times took
1962s	a break but now it's back and show that
1964s	he has a skill to make it to this puppet
1965s	as well
1966s	yeah super excited to see Marco
1968s	specifically because there were a lot of
1970s	jokes in the community that Marcus has
1972s	never played seasonals before and now
1974s	he's making Top Cut while Marcus did
1976s	play in the early Seasons never had that
1978s	much success so most people forgot about
1980s	it but he is back now concentrating back
1983s	on Lor and finally gets his seasonal top
1985s	32 so I'm super excited to see what he
1987s	can do
1988s	we'll check out the bracket now Alan I
1990s	want you to just quickly look at the
1992s	names that we have here obviously some
1993s	of them will be very very you know
1995s	veteran names everyone's familiar with
1996s	but overall let me know what players you
1999s	think are going to be uh maybe some
2001s	maybe underdogs maybe the Dark Horse
2002s	will determine possibly if you can tell
2004s	the bracket on the screen you'll see it
2006s	very very shortly as production sets it
2007s	up for us and we can finally look at
2009s	maybe what the first match will be in
2010s	round one as well I think we have
2012s	already a bit of spoiler for that I see
2013s	it will be broken Ball versus Luna
2016s	talking about broken ball and his
2018s	experience with top cuts oh
2021s	broken ball is the player that is a
2024s	regular at the seasonals like he's been
2028s	making consistently there for already
2031s	many many seasonals but haven't made yet
2033s	bus stop 16 and let's see if he can
2035s	finally break his uh she's not scarce
2038s	but speaking about the regulars we have
2041s	many other names such as Teddy goster
2043s	driver go the people who are
2045s	consistently there and having a decent
2047s	results Teddy being there a recent
2050s	winner
2052s	yeah a lot of big names and again with
2053s	this being we mentioned it there's so
2055s	much more at stake where the seasonal I
2056s	think players are going to have you know
2058s	their absolute best to try and make it
2060s	through but it's not just mea it's also
2062s	the Americas region we've saw of course
2064s	the the Asia region already happened
2065s	earlier today 24 hours of Ventura
2067s	basically so once this tournament is
2069s	over one hour or so after this ends
2071s	we'll have at 12 30 PM PST the start of
2074s	the America seasonal tournament which I
2076s	hear is gonna be an absolute Banger when
2077s	it comes to the broadcast and who's
2078s	actually running it let's say for this
2080s	season I'm very very excited to watch
2081s	that later as well
2084s	oh yeah for sure especially Boulevard as
2086s	always being on top of the Americas
2088s	can't wait to see what he pulls out of
2090s	his head so far the promo for that has
2093s	been fantastic and here we have it now
2095s	Alan tell us first impressions what are
2097s	the names we're jumping out to
2099s	I mean for from the left side of the
2101s	bracket where the ghoster driver and the
2103s	man I think he is the most nine zeros
2105s	yes
2108s	he's absolutely cracked he just goes in
2111s	Knight zero nine zero nine zero he's
2114s	absolutely a beast in terms of coming
2116s	through the Swiss surrounds then we have
2118s	players like broken ball who just makes
2120s	their consistently uh we have players
2123s	like Joe who also is doing very
2125s	constantly a player from uh Poland then
2128s	we have a penis we have teddy all of
2131s	those players being absolutely goats in
2134s	terms of uh how consistent they are in a
2138s	card game that we have a lot of RNG at
2140s	the end in
2142s	we have names like oh we of course past
2144s	seasonal Champion we have you know a lot
2145s	of German players I'm sure IST is very
2147s	happy to to bias the support but I see
2149s	be careful the Caster curse is very much
2151s	a thing I'm not going to say a single
2153s	word anymore about Sir Donald or binance
2154s	because whenever I do I end up getting
2156s	knocked out in the first round usually
2157s	the Spanish Civil War that happened in
2159s	this case we're lucky they're on
2160s	different sides of the broadcast I think
2161s	for the for the first time in seasonal
2163s	history there's not like a Spanish
2165s	player fighting another Spanish player
2166s	in round one
2167s	um but really excited for the whole
2169s	tournament to unfold talking about about
2171s	the The Meta and kind of the lines
2172s	someone expects before we get into game
2174s	one
2175s	Alan this goes to you as someone who
2177s	actually qualified actually to determine
2178s	prep to understand what players will be
2180s	bringing and how to counter it maybe how
2182s	to just bring the best decks for example
2183s	what is your general read on the meta
2185s	for this seasonal this is one of the
2187s	metas where bringing three pilagro is
2189s	actually viable because the decks are so
2191s	consistent with like the Katarina Gwen
2194s	with the might with the Markov dial
2197s	which makes it constantly Katarina just
2199s	connect we have the Jinx Lulu which is
2202s	which can just do disgusting things by
2205s	turn three four and then we have
2208s	different decks based on the approach
2210s	some people bring TF Swain some people
2212s	will bring a tfmf the third deck is not
2215s	as established as those two decks as a
2217s	part of the Agro a lot of players
2219s	variate into also
2221s	Katarina Leola as another aggro deck and
2225s	when we have the Decks that try to just
2227s	go solid go grindy like for example go
2230s	FDR go k natrox k networks being very
2233s	consistent having all those tools like
2235s	you have freezes you have combat tricks
2237s	you have strikes you have a resurrection
2239s	of your Champions everything in within
2241s	those two Origins packed together and
2244s	when we have even desks like the the
2247s	decks like SanDisk that are actually
2249s	performing second season in a row quite
2252s	quite well where before they were
2254s	considered a sort of a meme deck yeah
2258s	yeah you perfectly nailed it I think
2259s	there's a lot of variety you mentioned
2260s	before the very start of the
2261s	broadcasting that was the most important
2262s	thing to say that there is not that very
2264s	clear you know tier zero deck as to your
2267s	deck that everyone has to bring I think
2268s	it's more a mix of five or six Decks
2269s	that can be considered tier one but are
2271s	all kind of fighting in a rocket
2272s	procedure kind of a situation where one
2274s	Deck with another they have different
2275s	matchup tables and it comes down to
2277s	maybe to the comfort of the players and
2278s	what play cells they enjoy because all
2280s	play stuff like you're mentioning Allen
2281s	are viable I love that aggro is viable I
2283s	love that it's a shell with Target it's
2284s	not something you usually see in pretty
2286s	much any meta in the past maybe not as a
2288s	tier one aggro option so excited to have
2291s	at least that little bit of spice coming
2292s	into this tournament and that is a
2294s	little bit different to the past but I
2295s	think we're ready with broken ball and
2297s	Luna and their deck list so I'm gonna
2298s	throw it to YouTube IC and Alan to get
2300s	us into the action and find out what
2302s	happens after round one as you both know
2304s	16 players will be gone after just one
2306s	round so it's exciting stuff but also
2308s	kind of heartbreaking stuff for some of
2310s	these players as well
2316s	all right Alan there we go we are
2319s	finally here for the first match of the
2321s	day we have Luna's lineup here right now
2323s	again Luna versus broken ball super
2326s	exciting matchup what do you think of
2327s	the lineup That Luna's brought here this
2329s	is a very interesting he literally
2331s	targets with his lineup atrox Kane
2334s	because like if you look at the first
2335s	Pantheon it has cards like triple threes
2338s	it has Resurrection it has a Xbox
2340s	protection and if there is coming down
2342s	on turn for Pantheon it's very hard for
2345s	the k and a trucks to punch through the
2348s	pantheon because he's just taller than
2351s	any of the Kane atrox decks then we have
2353s	the FTR which is clear just it's such a
2356s	good deck into K natrox with a card
2358s	especially like very nice which we see
2360s	even two of in the deck if you play very
2362s	nice into eat that stairs just consists
2365s	go next and then we have Kane atrox
2367s	itself the we have cards like utter
2369s	Devastation which is just it reads I win
2373s	in this matchup if you cast it when you
2375s	whenever you have a board we have a
2377s	resurrection we have freezes like that
2379s	deck is parked to battle mirror
2381s	exceptionally well
2384s	yeah again I saw it yesterday a bunch of
2386s	times other Devastation just completely
2388s	ending the mirror but you also got to be
2390s	careful right especially in the mirror
2392s	you can't cast it without actually
2394s	knowing what your opponent or guessing
2395s	what your opponent has in hand because
2397s	we see it also there the expense
2398s	protection which is a tool that
2400s	sometimes can actually turn games around
2402s	where one player casts for 11 Mana one
2404s	card one other Devastation all of a
2406s	sudden and if the H rocks on the other
2408s	side stays alive the other player can
2411s	then swing back develop a few darkens on
2412s	the board gotta be really careful with
2414s	that but I totally agree with you this
2417s	is a lineup that is certainly Tech to be
2419s	against the aatrox matchup very
2422s	interesting I'm sorry that I'm going to
2424s	break it in and what's very interesting
2425s	this lineup doesn't have to run FTR
2427s	because like you have the double expert
2430s	protection usually you want to go down
2431s	to one but you have a protection against
2433s	that very nice combo with the in that
2437s	stairs and when you have utter
2439s	Devastation for even FTR turn so you
2441s	have cards to actually battle if TR
2444s	properly and the varus cane with the
2447s	addition of the another spell shield and
2450s	extra cardrow from an endic wave so
2453s	those decks can actually battle FTR so
2456s	you you do not have to ban that matchup
2458s	anymore
2460s	which is really good because you do
2462s	expect to sometimes go into similar
2464s	matchups like these but we again have
2466s	broken boards lineup now and that is a
2469s	bit different though we have two of the
2470s	same decks the third deck not FTR but
2473s	Jinx echo which again Jinx is one of
2475s	broken balls favorite Champions so it
2478s	would only make sense that broken ball
2479s	would bring this lineup also I think
2481s	this is broken bones lineup from the
2482s	open rounds broken ball was undeciled
2485s	yesterday whether he would swap the
2486s	lineup or not but it appears he decided
2488s	against it I think broken ball in the
2491s	slight trouble because he has his
2493s	versions of the deck are less grindy so
2495s	this is exactly what Luna wanted to see
2497s	where we came eight rocks because it
2499s	lags that grindy cards for the mirror
2502s	then we have the pantheon varus this
2506s	looks a bit better there are two phrases
2508s	to expand protection but there are two
2510s	two unique waves which might be a bit
2511s	too slow for that match up and then we
2514s	have Echo Jinx I think that we could see
2516s	either Banner of varus Pantheon because
2518s	this is his grindiest deck or he might
2521s	burn out a jinx Echo because he's the
2523s	the Luna's decks are built to battle the
2525s	grindy decks not necessarily the Agro
2528s	decks so uh probably broken ball will
2531s	burn out the grindiest deck and the
2534s	worst matchup for the echo Jinx hoping
2537s	that Luna will burn out varus Pantheon
2540s	yeah Echo Jinx is also decked that again
2543s	broken balls very proficient on and we
2544s	already talked about the lineup from
2546s	Luna being more tagged into the aatrox
2548s	matchups maybe more in to the bigger
2550s	matchups and Echo Jinx can go around
2551s	that very easily again very powerful
2553s	deck now after the Jinx Buffs for those
2555s	who don't know she now generates a
2557s	rocket on level up which again provides
2560s	you with a lot of burn which took this
2561s	Echo zillion deck into it completely
2564s	different direction where all of a
2565s	sudden you not only have the Echo and
2567s	the rallies and the value from there no
2569s	you have a lot of bird on top of it and
2571s	I love these versions where you put in
2573s	three get excites as well because this
2575s	gives you another out of burn damage
2577s	coming off the top I don't really like
2579s	the versions where you take out the get
2580s	excited for other cards
2582s	I think we're gonna see the ban of varus
2584s	Pantheon on the broken ball side and uh
2587s	broken ball will band out Kane 8 rocks
2590s	ex because this is the best matchup this
2593s	is the worst matchup for both Echo Jinks
2595s	and his mirror so like a broken ball
2598s	probably will anticipate the ban on the
2600s	varus pantheon and he'll try to beat
2602s	with Echo and Jinx either FTR or the
2606s	varus pantheon but we'll see what
2609s	players go ahead yeah which again leaves
2611s	broken ball with two matchups that are
2614s	generally unfavored right for his Kane
2616s	age rocks like because we expecting her
2617s	to ban every deck but the Kane a truck
2620s	so leaves broken ball up with the one
2622s	deck that Luna was actually targeting
2624s	which is rough but I feel like in a
2626s	seasonal tournament while a matchup can
2628s	be slightly unfavored it's getting
2630s	closer to 50 50 especially if a player
2632s	as good as broken ball yeah the the only
2634s	the verse pontium has the only real shot
2637s	to battle all the three decks from Luna
2639s	and into the grind versions and when
2643s	Echo Jinks can just slip the win away
2646s	because like how well if it draws
2648s	properly if it gets that Echo level up
2650s	into Corona break after a board wipe for
2652s	example against FDR it just it can just
2654s	steal the win out of nowhere because we
2656s	can see like the big turn for the let's
2660s	say Avalanche big turn with the it that
2662s	starts with inning free damage and when
2664s	we see Chrono break and just kill on the
2666s	turn with rally
2668s	yeah especially if you have flat Echo
2670s	drinks before you've probably seen it
2671s	before sometimes you just draw all your
2672s	Champions and you just win the game and
2674s	your opponent can't do anything because
2675s	you just draw six Champions a game and
2678s	we get into the first game and it's
2680s	gonna be Luna on the aatrox deck
2682s	meanwhile broken ball gets to play Echo
2684s	jinx
2686s	so broken ball did not ban atrox Kane in
2689s	fact but he'll get to play the echo Jinx
2691s	and we see two Champion drones already
2693s	which is quite good in this matchup the
2696s	early units the early drops usually do
2699s	not battle well uh against K Knight
2702s	rocks because what what we usually see
2704s	is just developing a weapon and those
2706s	units just crash into like a wall into
2708s	those units giving stacks for eight
2710s	rocks so usually you want to just
2712s	predict predict predict into Echo and
2715s	try to find Chrono break follow followed
2717s	up with the Jinx turn so this is looking
2719s	like a very good hand from the broken
2722s	ball side
2723s	a book will either skipped here or
2725s	actually predict it into the cat again
2727s	the early turns of this deck they might
2730s	look a bit formulaic where you don't
2732s	think there is a lot of things really
2733s	happening inside of the brain of the
2735s	player but that is just how this Echo
2737s	deck really works in the early game but
2739s	later on there are some really crucial
2742s	turns where again well early on it looks
2745s	like a very simple deck it comes with an
2747s	incredibly difficult deck to play oh wow
2749s	broken ball clearly skill different
2751s	component by just getting that Crystal
2753s	right away to the hand against double
2756s	yonis that kid can just get blown out
2758s	right away
2759s	that is so incredibly good especially
2762s	because your other game is looking
2763s	relatively weak because you are just
2765s	building up to your Champions right and
2767s	now you actually got something to fight
2768s	back on the board potentially also have
2770s	more burn
2771s	that is amazing
2773s	yeah but we see the problem from the
2775s	from the Luna side is that like he wants
2778s	to bait it the out as soon as he can and
2781s	the broken Mall ball wants to hold on on
2782s	it as long as he can and also he doesn't
2785s	want to trade his uh your need because
2788s	it gives out the priority and allows a
2792s	broken ball to just kill the darking
2793s	foul before Luna can give it a weapon
2796s	and buff it up further and we see there
2798s	is a darking fan which you kind of want
2801s	to put it on the dark intro because this
2803s	is not the unit opponent wants to block
2805s	and because it's cannot block and then
2808s	it can just cash in on that lifesteal
2810s	with the weapon
2812s	look at this the bands are finally in
2814s	FTR band on one side and as you
2816s	predicted correctly
2818s	actually embarrassment on the other side
2819s	oh my God this was what broken ball
2821s	predicted literally predicted with a
2823s	spell predicted with his mind he knew
2825s	Luna was going to go for the echo kill
2826s	has an echo level up plus his crying
2828s	sense all of a sudden this is disaster
2831s	it's this massive turn so basically Luna
2834s	gambled uh that broken ball will either
2837s	has the the spell with the minus two
2840s	damage or the zero Mona predict and yeah
2843s	she she got unlucky that was the minus
2846s	one before the and yeah that's a big
2849s	blowout because we get to attack with
2851s	the with the Echo and we're gonna get
2854s	free predict
2856s	really rough for Luna here they have to
2858s	find a way to get back into this game
2859s	but it's gonna be incredibly difficult
2861s	we have the cane to try to get a few
2863s	favorable trades next turn but you got
2866s	to look at broken balls hand and already
2867s	know that broken ball is just leading up
2869s	to massive rally turns especially the
2871s	voice of the Risen already being in hand
2873s	as well this is such a powerful card all
2875s	of a sudden turning your little weenie
2877s	board into a big mid-range board
2879s	yeah especially this this is a huge time
2882s	trick because if he finds now Chrono
2885s	break this game is over in two terms
2889s	this is gonna be probably a skip to try
2891s	to fish for that Chrono break or for
2894s	second Buckeye to perhaps predict
2896s	the Chrono break again next turn
2901s	we see that for a second Buckeye so
2902s	he'll be trying to predict next turn
2904s	into voice of the Horizon and then he'll
2907s	have a good follow-up with perhaps a
2909s	crystal with Chrono break on turn six if
2911s	he predicts it
2913s	look at that as the devastation again
2915s	it's maybe a one-sided donation from
2918s	time to time but in this matchup it's
2919s	really hard to get off at 11 Mana can't
2922s	get it with turn six
2924s	oh that card is not coming down at this
2927s	matchup probably like this time we're
2929s	probably gonna just see the fan on the
2930s	darking and Kane and just do some trades
2933s	I
2935s	the problem is
2937s	like you are not having much of a bolt
2939s	on the next uh attack token you don't
2941s	have any combat tricks to battle this
2943s	board so once the voice of the rising
2945s	comes down
2946s	the only combat trick you have is just a
2949s	circaine slow spell to take out the
2951s	voice of the Horizon on the start of the
2953s	next turn
2954s	yeah and while you did to the atrox
2957s	right here the problem is you can't
2958s	really throw him down as a blocker
2959s	because you know that there's a hexide
2961s	crystal on the opponent's hand right and
2963s	with voice of the Risen hitting the
2964s	board everything will get buffed up
2966s	enough to actually trade down that
2968s	aatrox in combination with that Crystal
2970s	which is just really rough for Luna now
2972s	Luna has to decide
2974s	um whether to get a value trade right
2975s	here
2976s	this is a very good development of the
2979s	voice of the ryzen because it leaves out
2981s	Kane at a lower HP so he cannot trade
2985s	very efficiently plus he can iterate one
2988s	of his lower units into the dark
2990s	internal if he wants to take out that
2992s	unit with a weapon with the lifesteal
2996s	and here we also see that broken ball
2998s	doesn't really care if Kane gets a value
3000s	trade here we have enough units in hand
3002s	to immediately refill our board
3004s	basically have a wide attack next turn
3006s	the only thing that's really missing is
3007s	the Chrono brake but again
3010s	as long as there's no strike spell being
3013s	drawn on Luna's side or no freeze this
3015s	Echo will just easily generate another
3016s	one
3017s	I mean like broken ball must be itching
3020s	to play that predict because based on
3021s	that for second Buckeye outcome it will
3024s	be the game deciding I'm not sure if you
3027s	do you should not consider blocking here
3029s	the the darking trial because oh wow
3033s	okay he's clearly a good player because
3034s	you next time you could develop anyway
3036s	and you take out the unit that's
3039s	potentially kind of furious wielder your
3041s	voice of the reason so like there should
3044s	be a consideration to uh at least get
3047s	rid of the dark intro
3050s	you see broken balls full swing again
3052s	brockenberg can just force something in
3054s	here doesn't really care no freeze drawn
3056s	on the other side either because again
3058s	if if you would have drawn of Threes
3059s	maybe you could have prolonged this game
3060s	you could have Frozen two units not
3062s	traded them and then the rally would
3063s	have been less impactful but
3065s	unfortunately Luna here just has to work
3068s	with the cars that they have in hand
3069s	currently momentous Choice again keeps
3071s	the cane alive
3073s	but
3074s	yeah so when he knows about the Crystal
3076s	but there is a spell shield from the
3078s	Luna so we're gonna see probably that uh
3082s	Crystal come down now to force out the
3084s	spell shield to make your to just see if
3087s	there is a freeze or the potential
3089s	strike
3093s	he's thinking about it he probably
3095s	considers going for double Chrono break
3098s	because like what happens if he doesn't
3100s	Crystal now he can pretty get another
3102s	time trick from the echo that's the zero
3104s	cost and get another Corona break
3107s	but I think getting rid of a Cane is
3110s	more important than getting the because
3112s	that's the way to come back into this
3115s	game for the
3117s	Luna
3119s	here obviously blocking with Kane into
3121s	ways a we are not killing something so
3123s	Corner break doesn't really get any
3124s	value and B we are flipping Kane into
3126s	Ross and for those who don't know Ross
3128s	will enable you to heal back up when he
3130s	blocks I don't know if it would ever be
3132s	enough because that is an incredibly big
3135s	amount of damage coming in from Broken
3136s	Bow but broken ball doesn't want to give
3138s	Luna any chances and as you said we'll
3140s	throw down the things like Crystal here
3142s	so this property trick made because what
3144s	happens if we you see the spell shield
3146s	here you can commit Mystic shot to them
3149s	Nexus and that's pretty much lethal you
3151s	don't have to Chrono Break Even because
3152s	there should be any cards for Freeman or
3155s	less that allows him to stay alive it
3157s	allows Luna to stay alive and now there
3160s	is still a potential priest which
3162s	wouldn't do anything so you like if
3163s	you're a broken ball you know there is
3164s	no freeze because there would be never a
3166s	block Echo block voice and of the reason
3167s	right
3168s	so the only car that could be possibly
3170s	in hand is furious wielder and you see
3172s	Furious wheel there then you can
3174s	readjust your game plan and now yeah
3177s	Broken Bow can just go Mystic phase and
3179s	he knows that there is no answer in the
3180s	deck
3181s	this is the exact draw that happens to
3183s	me every time I play up against the
3185s	stack on ladder and it looks so scary
3189s	I mean classic minus 20.
3194s	well at least Kane flipped
3197s	Elise came for the flipping for next
3199s	game yep
3201s	that was very cleanly played by Broken
3203s	Bow that was handbook uh played how this
3205s	matchup should go if you draw perfectly
3207s	like him only like the Mulligan is a
3210s	very skillful part of the deck because
3212s	you need to play enough of the matchups
3214s	to know what cards you look for because
3217s	you might be like yeah I'm Agro Tech I
3218s	need all my one drops but that's not the
3220s	case in this matchup in this matchup you
3222s	need to set up the combo turn which is
3225s	exactly what a broken ball did
3228s	I actually have some insight from broken
3229s	ball himself in uh talking to him he
3232s	told me once the broken ball advice is
3234s	never keep an average hand if you just
3236s	have a good hand don't keep it you want
3238s	the perfect hand
3240s	I clearly worked out at this this time
3243s	yeah maybe it doesn't work out every
3246s	time I mean if the deck okay if the deck
3247s	is built where uh 95 of the time you
3251s	have average hand and you can afford to
3254s	Mulligan for the perfect hand you can go
3256s	for it but if you are playing okay
3257s	declare Kane eight rocks if you try to
3260s	go for perfect hand you might end up
3262s	without a uni turn one and you turn two
3264s	turn three and you just concede so like
3266s	there are Decks that are built where
3268s	your hand will always be average at
3270s	least and you can go for the perfect
3272s	tense funnily enough Ellen that is
3274s	exactly something Bibi complained about
3276s	to me that he did have a few games
3278s	already had no units still turned five
3279s	in aatrox Kane but now we see aatrox
3282s	Kane going up against Luna's Varys deck
3285s	and this is the matchup that Luna wanted
3287s	right they were kind of sad okay didn't
3290s	really want to lose that game with Echo
3291s	Jinx but this is the matchup they were
3292s	targeting so now if they can get the two
3294s	wins the lineup does exactly what it was
3296s	supposed to do
3298s	yeah so this is the Metro where Luna
3300s	should exceed but we don't see Pantheon
3302s	from the Luna site and Pantheon is the
3305s	card that really really is important to
3307s	to drop on turn four and styles scaling
3310s	in love but in there instead of that we
3313s	have the legendary one drop that can
3316s	grow even to the sizes of the aisle
3318s	himself The Saga seeker and we have some
3321s	combat tricks to follow up we have the
3323s	shepherd to give it a weapon so it might
3326s	go really wide there is one mistake
3329s	people sometimes do and give the Saga
3331s	Seeker a cannot block weapon and
3334s	suddenly that unit is not as good
3336s	anymore in this matchup where it's not a
3338s	threat anymore
3339s	yeah because again with all the healing
3342s	that we have in cane ahrox we can just
3343s	let a few medium units through take some
3346s	damage to the Nexus heal that back up we
3347s	see the hocks already in hand uh for
3350s	broken ball as well as a couple of
3351s	weapons the raw to the dark and half
3354s	finds itself in broken Ball's hand and
3356s	early game this is a very good card
3358s	especially because quick attack and
3360s	mid-range matchups
3361s	super broken
3363s	yeah so this is you can see there are
3365s	two approaches Broken Bow can take he
3368s	can develop
3369s	or he can play a weapon so the thing is
3372s	first of all weapon here represents the
3374s	same amount of the damage as developing
3376s	another unit actually develops one more
3379s	damage it forces out a blocker and when
3381s	you get the stacks for the eight rocks
3383s	it discounts the world and their effort
3385s	by one every time we see a strike and
3388s	that's it for damage that you need that
3390s	potentially can attack again on uh turn
3393s	four because there should be you need
3395s	that outgrows it yet without any combat
3398s	tricks and we see a premium weapon from
3400s	the shepherd quick attack is one of the
3402s	best weapons in this matchup that we
3404s	just talked about quick attack really
3406s	good at mid-range matchups right Saluda
3408s	obviously going in with a quick attack
3409s	as well really interesting to see by the
3411s	way in broken balls and that we do have
3413s	a horizon we have a darker load Zone in
3415s	there there are a lot of different
3417s	versions of the stack floating around
3418s	there on leather currently but I do
3420s	really like the one of orazia in the
3422s	deck but this is a very interesting spot
3424s	because a broken ball decided to trade
3426s	there were some few approaches you could
3428s	take with this hand you could develop a
3431s	lodestone attacking to the buff up the
3434s	the another cool test you didn't have to
3438s	block out here the problem with blocking
3440s	you you lose free Mana that you
3442s	committed to development
3444s	so he could have also committed the
3446s	livestill unity instead but he opted to
3449s	redevelop the same weapon even though he
3451s	had another harp in hand so let's see
3455s	how he goes about this round because
3456s	what happens now the worst possible
3458s	outcome for broken ball in Turn 4 if he
3461s	develops now opponent develops Pantheon
3464s	and you just press pass because you
3465s	cannot attack you lose your Tempo and
3468s	then the pantheon starts growing and
3470s	it's really hard to come back but we see
3472s	the most important card for the matchup
3474s	which is unforgiving called this is the
3476s	card that brings the swings so now
3479s	broken ball is thinking do I play around
3481s	the momentous choice because this is the
3483s	only card that's a potential punish but
3486s	then if Luna decides to go for it there
3488s	is a momentous choice that could come
3490s	down for broken ball so it's like it's
3492s	like each player is like thinking okay
3495s	do they have it
3497s	oh it's an educated guess
3499s	saying broke more you don't have it and
3502s	you know what broken ball does not have
3504s	at soccer Seeker survives this is so
3505s	important again this is the unit that is
3507s	supposed to carry us through the early
3508s	to mid game
3510s	and with the Jameson hand we can heal
3511s	back up trigger faded again next turn
3514s	this is looking rough for BB this is
3517s	really bad because there is no you need
3519s	to be played the next turn there was
3521s	another play uh broken ball could have
3524s	taken in case in case your opponent has
3527s	momentous and decides to a blood check
3531s	if broken ball has it and he does
3534s	exactly what happened you'll not be
3536s	screwed over because if you play the
3538s	blood letters you would get a cane for
3540s	the next turn because after killing the
3542s	lifestyle you need you it doesn't spark
3546s	which is cultist which would have drew
3548s	you cane so you'd have a good play for
3551s	this turn Buffy top deck another Buckeye
3553s	which gives him a turn five play which
3556s	is not ideal one drop on turn five
3559s	yeah but at least it's a unit that we
3561s	can actually play this did draw as the
3564s	cane uh Kane also
3566s	now to drink atrox really important we
3569s	already have one in hand don't want to
3570s	give that information to Luna though
3573s	um
3574s	this is a really rough turn
3576s	the freeze look do you think you this is
3580s	the time where you can just suck it up
3582s	you uh like you don't want to freeze
3584s	into the board where you don't have
3586s	really good trades I think this is the
3588s	third where you just take the damage
3590s	take a small trade and you just
3592s	redevelop you can potentially even take
3595s	damage to develop a weapon to develop a
3597s	lodestone
3599s	but the problem is you don't freeze
3601s	you're like
3602s	ah it's really rough turn for the broken
3605s	ball because this is the second most
3608s	deciding turn because if he keeps the
3610s	freeze if there you know there is no
3611s	Pantheon you know there is no virus yet
3615s	so if you play the long game you are
3618s	probably winning with this hand
3620s	so you could just jump block and do a
3623s	pass it looks bad
3626s	here and just passing and
3628s	developing next turn uh eight rocks
3631s	might be the best line
3634s	again you do lose the unit that you
3636s	could throw a weapon on which is why
3637s	this is such a hard decision but you
3640s	would only be taking 5 damage here yes
3642s	your board would be absolutely decimated
3643s	but you expect that to happen anyways
3645s	and plus you mentioned that is
3647s	potentially no champion in the other
3650s	hand again it is quite easy to Twitter
3652s	the batteries up if we do get another
3654s	useful darken spell that we can throw
3655s	down from Luna but this does give broken
3658s	ball the opportunity for at least one or
3660s	two more turns with that hrocks on the
3662s	board maybe being able to play World and
3664s	does fighter threes now though
3666s	yeah so does that means he decides to
3668s	keep taking it alive
3671s	oh wow
3673s	ah is this really better you take out
3676s	the two one drop you could have
3678s	mitigated uh for Less damage but you
3681s	have the best card in the matchup
3683s	so we'll see how it turns out for him if
3686s	that was worth it instead of just stop
3687s	blocking 7-3 and leaving Kion it out
3693s	but he decided to develop Kane to take
3695s	out the smaller units and
3699s	it's less risky against cardiac like
3701s	Ferris wheel there because opponent
3704s	could have just taken out your eight
3705s	rocks with with that and you have no
3708s	spell shield to counteract
3713s	let's see what they do
3716s	Luna doesn't have much options like he's
3718s	running out of the seam if he the
3719s	problem is Pantheon like even if he top
3721s	the expansion it will be kinda small
3724s	like it's not growing too much so like
3726s	the pantheon is not a real threat
3728s	anymore at this point Paris is a bigger
3731s	threat
3734s	[Music]
3735s	so if you place
3738s	oh upcycle drag and panopan two very
3741s	good weapons in my opinion I'm a big
3743s	defender of tough you know tough I'm not
3745s	sure if Luna considered a different line
3748s	there was a line where you just play
3750s	Ferris wheel there and you develop a
3751s	varus because the Furious Wilder would
3755s	be the third cultist spell which would
3758s	lead into drawing varus and developing
3761s	varus the stern into gem the virus
3763s	should be flipped you are you should be
3766s	presenting little next turn
3769s	so I'm not a big fan of not playing
3771s	Furious Wilder instead into varus
3773s	because this is less damage presented
3776s	especially if you end up playing at this
3778s	time anyways right I'm if you would have
3780s	kept it up for maybe an aatrox I could
3782s	have probably understood it but if you
3784s	want to get rid of the cane anyways now
3787s	we have Varys in hand can develop the
3789s	next term this can only be met by an
3791s	atrox so far by Broken ball and yeah
3794s	it's exactly it's exactly with the
3796s	development
3798s	if he goes forward without varus on
3800s	board
3802s	oh let's go gem in the hand will be used
3806s	exactly for committed no Freeze from
3807s	broken ball
3810s	that's it this is what we talked about
3813s	to you utilizing freeze to save 4 HP and
3817s	remove only one blocker heel priest
3819s	would save him up and allow him to
3820s	development so uh probably Trump
3823s	blocking would have been just better for
3825s	him given the the outcome of the game
3828s	yeah the freeze is really important that
3830s	you stay alive at the end but we also
3831s	saw how important it was to get that
3833s	Saga Seeker early on I think you
3834s	mentioned it that
3836s	dude can go bigger than a champion at
3838s	that point right and this is such an
3840s	important mid game unit making the call
3842s	that broken ball did not have momentous
3844s	Choice actually was what won lunar the
3846s	game they made an exceptionally good
3848s	read on broken ball went for it and got
3851s	rewarded
3852s	yeah and this is that like we have to
3854s	remember Luna was targeting a truck's
3856s	cane this is the match up uh Luna wanted
3859s	to farm so and like we have a mirror now
3863s	coming down and Luna is packed with the
3867s	cards for this matchup
3872s	yeah the auto Devastation we already
3874s	know is there for Luna and not for the
3877s	broken ball
3879s	Kane oh broken purple has some good
3882s	cards for the matchup no early
3883s	development but there is some Scout with
3886s	quick attack into Scout quick attack
3887s	imagine those two bad boys swing a swing
3891s	at you at turn six this is hard to deal
3893s	without combat tricks
3897s	but because it's Scout and they will
3899s	have weapons equipped they also reduce
3901s	the cost of world under quite a bit
3903s	yeah this is really good if he draws
3906s	some sort of development by turn three
3909s	if he's turned one turn two turn frees
3911s	oh okay never mind uh yeah it clearly
3914s	just stopped the good play and then he
3917s	can even squeeze a weapon and next turn
3919s	and still have a good play turn four
3921s	into the weapon
3923s	as if you're looking very good for
3925s	broken Ball but we're also going to look
3926s	at Luna's hand not looking too shabby
3928s	either we have some weapons that we can
3930s	commit and we have the violent Discord
3932s	also a card that is not in every version
3935s	of this deck
3937s	it's a card that in this matchup it's
3939s	usually extra momentous choice just for
3941s	one extra Mana because it allows you to
3944s	push the damage and counteract with the
3946s	momentous choice and it's an excellent
3948s	card for the Agra matchups
3951s	and here we probably don't see broken
3952s	ball develop that other two drop just
3954s	because as you mentioned we want to slap
3956s	down the ranger Knight Defector next
3958s	turn plus the darken up
3960s	so the alternative play was just the
3963s	past see what Luna does and then decide
3966s	if you want to develop another two drop
3967s	and upkeep the two Mana for the weapon
3969s	next turn
3971s	uh not sure like he really wanted to do
3975s	the life's broken ball here but this
3977s	matchup is completely not about the HP
3979s	HP although you can regain easily with
3982s	the eight rocks so that weapon
3984s	development tells I want to draw a
3985s	trucks fast because I have a headless
3988s	Resurrection so like I can utilize the
3990s	eight rocks and get the tempo back by
3993s	resurrecting it when it trades and
3996s	utilizes perhaps some combat tricks from
3998s	the opponent's side
4000s	I think that's why why it's really good
4002s	that we have you on cast here I would
4003s	have said yeah Broken Bow just want to
4004s	use their Mana completely uninformed
4006s	yeah way more sense and see this is
4010s	exactly it's a huge swing that's why I
4012s	like the path because there are such
4014s	cards like this and now the problem is
4016s	look broken Gobles goes into turn four
4019s	he had Scout into Quick attack weapon
4021s	now his turn four suddenly looks like a
4023s	joke instead of a very powerful turn
4025s	that's why passing before developing a
4028s	weapon potentially just trading if
4029s	opponent goes with the Discord you can
4031s	develop another two drop and just
4033s	straight you lose out on the live still
4034s	but okay again in this matchup HP is
4036s	just a resource it's just like you can
4038s	go down to one and at the end of the
4040s	material of 20 again there is so much
4041s	life still going on with atrox K in life
4044s	still units
4045s	it potentially could have actually
4047s	sacked this turn could just save the two
4049s	mana and could have just taken six here
4051s	to still be able to throw down and
4054s	revenge Knight Defector uh plus a weapon
4056s	this is a bit too risky because if
4058s	opponent just if you do this play weapon
4060s	and appear on the Furious will there you
4062s	you just feel stupid and you just want
4064s	to concede so this way he doesn't commit
4067s	fully to the play
4069s	but again it's a very powerful play
4071s	which you like which you wanted to go
4073s	this is like your power swing and if
4075s	opponent has it they have it like it's
4077s	fine
4079s	foreign
4079s	just wants to trade off that 4-2 on the
4082s	other side again there's also quick
4084s	attack units of trading it off and you
4085s	turn a bit more beneficial and uh Luna
4088s	also doesn't want to take the 3 8 damage
4090s	that this range and artifactor would
4092s	potentially represent but we have so
4093s	many units on Luna's side that we can
4095s	actually throw down on the board with
4097s	weapons equipped that the possibility of
4100s	eight trucks in the world under hitting
4101s	the board is just way more scary on
4102s	Luna's side currently than it is on
4104s	broken board side
4105s	hey if you are if you you see both hands
4107s	HP and the board which uh which site
4112s	would you take as a player which player
4113s	would you like to be in this spot
4117s	yes yours
4121s	like who do you think is favorite to win
4123s	from this spot
4126s	I
4128s	so the thing here is I would I would say
4130s	luna is favored we have aatrox already
4131s	hand we have trees in hand uh BB needs
4135s	to still tutor that aatrox then needs to
4137s	play him and then yes has two heaters
4139s	Resurrection which looks really good but
4141s	just takes a while to get there
4145s	I really like the broken ball site the
4149s	problem is the tutoring that tutoring
4152s	that atrox is the issue because like if
4154s	you had the tire trucks now
4156s	it could be way comfier because we have
4158s	double headless
4162s	now it's kind of an issue because she
4165s	can easily just die next turn
4169s	so what he wants to do go ahead
4171s	sometimes the mashup becomes about HP
4173s	after all
4175s	yeah like there is a dark internal
4176s	smacking you for for every turn that you
4178s	can't really deal with right and there
4180s	is an abukurtis amplifying the damage by
4182s	one when every time you attack with the
4184s	equipped unit so this part is not a joke
4187s	like if you're just straight here and
4189s	nothing happens that's you're staring at
4190s	seven damage at opponent's hand
4194s	we do have the freeze in hand but again
4196s	this will take up so much Mana that we
4199s	again
4200s	can't shoot up the ahrox that easily and
4202s	this delays everything further and
4204s	further and further meanwhile Luna gets
4206s	just to build up that board potentially
4208s	develop an aatrox on their own and once
4210s	the world Ender comes in on the other
4211s	side unanswerable by the other side it
4214s	is looking absolutely rough especially
4216s	because you gotta remember BB didn't get
4218s	a lot of hits of weapons in right I mean
4219s	let's talk about this us what happened
4221s	like let's talk about this is very good
4223s	pass because why is this a good pass you
4225s	know there is eight rocks in opponent's
4227s	head because they tutored it right by
4228s	playing K so if opponent develops Kane
4231s	you can start off with Kings remove
4234s	opponent's cane because hurricane has a
4236s	quick attack you can replay a king and
4238s	remove another unit growing your cane
4240s	further so that was a very good pass
4242s	from broken ball trying to expose
4245s	atrox play
4253s	they're not kind of realizing Something
4255s	Fishy is going up after that pause
4257s	saying hey why did you pass it you have
4260s	something
4261s	so this clearly means that uh what what
4264s	broken balls basically said I have
4266s	either cane spell or if you lose wielder
4269s	I have one of those two cards if you
4271s	develop I'm gonna remove your one called
4274s	imanakultis and your cane if you try to
4276s	do that so at this point Luna is like
4279s	okay you have those cards I'm gonna I
4281s	can play around those two cards I'm
4282s	gonna just go White
4285s	we see here Kane now or attack if you
4287s	know what to swing in here would be a
4290s	charade of Keynes but again Luna would
4292s	also
4293s	have lethal with the ultimate attack
4295s	right now technically if there was no
4296s	freeze
4297s	I mean you developed the three three
4300s	mother qualities that creating the for
4302s	free to have another like this is such a
4305s	powerful threat when you're you know
4307s	that your opponent has no units like
4309s	based on like how the game went and how
4312s	the development went you know that
4314s	broken bones dragons struggles to
4315s	develop so going wide is a very smart
4318s	choice when you know that there is
4320s	either a k spell or Furious wielder
4325s	yeah and this is just check made almost
4327s	for broken ball right so if we go for
4330s	the cane spell here the freeze is still
4332s	available for Luna broken balls thesis
4334s	says okay hocks my best chance to
4337s	survive here don't want to get Frozen
4338s	upon
4340s	let's see how much damage uh can he
4342s	repair can the lunar represent
4345s	we're gonna see a pool at the end of the
4347s	eight rocks let's enter represent that's
4350s	two nine
4352s	[Music]
4354s	uh 11 15 15 minus four so eleven damage
4360s	there is it's one sword
4365s	Luna probably commit the 3C as well just
4367s	to I mean we hmm I mean you pull eight
4370s	rocks last and let upon it play oh no I
4373s	didn't miscalculate that's gonna be
4375s	little
4377s	yeah I was sure because especially you
4379s	get the two triggers from the blue
4380s	recorders as well oh yeah Boro called
4382s	this trigger of course
4385s	Ah that's just it unfortunately yeah
4387s	broken box I mean why like the strategy
4390s	paid off
4394s	[Music]
4396s	what a game look targeting K nitrox paid
4399s	off like excellent uh call that most
4402s	people bring k n a trucks it fits a lot
4404s	of lineups uh yeah you're gonna struggle
4407s	into Agro lineups because like you are
4409s	attacked into those grinding matchups
4411s	but here completely paying off you are
4413s	just farming that like that deck that
4415s	you opted to Gunther
4417s	yeah absolutely again Luna with a
4420s	fantastic threat going in also well
4422s	played from Luna side there getting the
4424s	opportunities making the right calls we
4426s	I still remember that momentous choice
4428s	that basically won that various game
4430s	from that point on and yeah BB just
4432s	being unfortunate queuing into someone
4434s	who just prepared for that very match up
4435s	but I feel like Luna is going to have a
4438s	lot of success with this going further
4440s	along in the bracket because they
4441s	probably think hey more people are going
4443s	to bring this line up that Bibi brought
4445s	and I can bully out that hrock stack
4447s	because you know we saw that bad shop
4449s	versus Jinx looked also pretty uh
4452s	one-sided right but you can sack one
4455s	match up in the best R3 you can go
4456s	against the deck that you prepared for
4458s	Bully that out two times in a row which
4460s	is sometimes really scary because again
4462s	this is a card game Orange Easy Wolf you
4464s	can low Roll But Here Luna played
4466s	perfectly around their odds yeah and
4468s	really really Flawless play foreign
4472s	and also the the matchup with the
4474s	against Echo Jinx it's a favorite for K
4476s	natrox actually and it looked completely
4479s	one-sided that's because of the strategy
4481s	that the broken ball took all right
4483s	we're gonna be jumping into next the
4485s	game we see Echo Jinx against Swain
4489s	against Swain
4491s	that should be heavily favorite for the
4493s	Swain
4494s	sight
4496s	almost every swing I can do wonders
4499s	against attack we have so many stuns
4501s	cheap removal Tempo cars that we can
4503s	develop and at the end we also have the
4504s	Leviathan Swan combat who stole out late
4507s	game boards
4508s	um gotta be careful about Jinx obviously
4510s	but we should find removal by the time
4512s	she hits the board one flock and she
4514s	will be gone we already have zap in hand
4516s	as well and you see it there well hello
4520s	we know this is a sway Nora actually
4522s	that it's a slightly less threatening
4524s	for to the echo Jinks in comparison to
4527s	have Swain because it has less those
4529s	heavy removals no it's not sway Nora it
4534s	has to be built I just wanted to talk
4536s	about how the Eloy cards yeah
4540s	yeah I get to paint it and Panda baited
4543s	me again
4547s	is a pretty cool deck it's a really fun
4550s	deck but it's it's a bit hard to pull
4551s	off because you can't read Devil's swine
4553s	without having any flocks
4555s	yeah the problem in this matchup for the
4558s	echo Jinx is if opponent slumps uh Swain
4561s	on five what you gonna do about it your
4564s	fearsome blockers is Echo Jinx rise of
4567s	the rice uh voice of the reason so like
4571s	all your premium cards that you never
4573s	want to block with are your only Fusion
4575s	blockers and that Swain is gonna have a
4578s	prime time just like smacking the Dome
4581s	back to back back to back
4583s	yeah especially now that Swain also
4586s	received the buff later on where with
4587s	overwhelmed we can swing through and
4589s	absolutely decimate boards because one
4590s	thing that this deck is not well known
4592s	for is also having high Health blockers
4594s	higher self is for uh swing can easily
4597s	with one ping go above that so this is
4599s	going to be a rough matchup here for
4601s	zulua
4602s	so tea time I realized that he needs to
4605s	shrink the board there is voice of the
4607s	reason on the board if there is Echo
4608s	coming down next turn uh he flips
4611s	suddenly that board that contains one to
4613s	two damage your needs is a massively
4616s	threatening as we could have seen in the
4618s	previous uh Series where like your union
4622s	suddenly Mach 420 in total with the
4624s	combination of one or two spells
4627s	all right we can take out those Jinx
4629s	immediately and we have Sentry plus vlog
4632s	the opponent has three cards in hand
4633s	though
4634s	so just do you take out Jinx I feel like
4637s	yeah I I love just developing swaying
4639s	like what's your opponent gonna do about
4641s	it you just developers way you you go in
4644s	next turn open up a quick Swain and like
4646s	you just ask them what you're gonna do
4648s	about it
4649s	especially that you have does integrate
4651s	with the Mickey train which can allow
4654s	you to connect face
4656s	three cards in hand very unlikely that
4659s	those Jinx will actually flip
4661s	goodbye that we don't value block here
4663s	get excited again three cards are main
4666s	decked you have jinx as well which
4667s	generates get excited in hand so gotta
4669s	be careful around those probably can
4671s	just end around here and as you
4673s	mentioned this swine is a huge threat
4674s	now uh it's really tough to block him
4677s	right now the only good blocker for
4678s	Swain is this voice of the Risen
4681s	kitchen should consider playing Sentry
4683s	first
4684s	uh you can start with this uh because
4688s	like the problem is if you attack and
4689s	you if you mix Make It Rain on the Stark
4692s	like there is like you can me like there
4694s	are two Targets you can miss uh like you
4696s	have to hit that folks of the reason
4698s	otherwise like your whole game plan
4701s	would fall apart here and it could blow
4703s	out to your face so you kind of want to
4705s	make sure
4706s	you are safe by attacking with that
4709s	Swain so you have to either commit Make
4711s	It Rain before attack or you commit your
4713s	Sentry to to take out one blocker
4717s	yeah actually predicting and taking the
4719s	scrolling sense that could be super
4721s	important to actually be able to block
4723s	the swine without the overwhelm damage
4725s	going through and decimating your board
4727s	again you have to block with Jinx though
4729s	because you've got to be aware that
4730s	there could be a flock in your
4731s	opponent's end especially if there's
4732s	already a Swain on board because flock
4733s	is also strains champions
4736s	there is no short teacher doesn't play
4738s	center here like he must be aware there
4740s	is the only card that here would come in
4742s	play is just Redevelopment of the board
4745s	or blocking with drinks with the the
4748s	spell and there we go we see a nice
4750s	clean stun to threaten an attack with
4753s	Swain with flock on top
4757s	this works absolutely brutal there is
4759s	nothing to look I can do right now yes
4760s	we can reduce swine's attack but that's
4762s	not going to matter because even if we
4763s	throw the 3-3 in front of him all of a
4765s	sudden the flock can come in take that
4767s	out of commission and somebody's still
4768s	going to hit the Nexus and absolutely
4770s	destroy his entire board
4771s	all right but we're gonna see a rocket
4773s	this turn this I assume this is the Jinx
4775s	right in hand yes is it that leaves okay
4777s	yeah
4778s	so we're gonna see Jinx into the cat
4782s	into the predict and that gives you oh
4785s	but he throws the Mana note so he won't
4788s	have that play available to him
4792s	yeah I mean we can get a rocket
4794s	unfortunately
4796s	yeah he can get a rocket but he won't be
4798s	able to play it
4799s	he'll be one Mana short
4802s	all right I do to gem to just go for the
4806s	flock here
4807s	I mean of course you have to go for it
4808s	like you just do not play around uh the
4811s	second one more Pew peeling
4815s	he's thinking about it
4817s	has to still commit the block I mean
4819s	what else you want to do you have to
4821s	commit this blog anyways tries to
4823s	potentially find another crying sense
4826s	doesn't find it
4828s	I mean you don't have to go for it
4830s	before uh before opponent commits the
4832s	Vlog for
4835s	like you could just take a pass here and
4837s	there is nothing happening
4839s	and also like in this way he doesn't
4842s	level up
4845s	okay we get the rocket this way hey
4853s	so he decided uh Zulu decided to take
4856s	out the Swain just saying oh you haven't
4859s	you absolutely have no other cards in
4861s	the hand for sure and now like you tea
4863s	time just takes alcohol board because
4865s	you just disintegrate the Jinx that's
4868s	when passive takes her out and when you
4870s	flock the blocker and that's that's the
4872s	game
4873s	it was a nice drive from uh Lua here to
4876s	actually potentially keep Jinx alive
4879s	get some damage on the swing potentially
4880s	trade him off but again the cards were
4882s	just there for the champ to absolutely
4884s	destroy this play
4886s	now we have one rocket and a dream
4887s	remember careful prep you can't whiff on
4890s	that if you don't take anything you
4891s	basically waste two cards so we actually
4893s	went for the Mystic shot there so we had
4895s	something to discard which means more
4896s	Mystic shots are also in the deck now
4898s	for zulua which means
4901s	a Mystic shot now and like that's
4903s	something good the teacher knows as well
4905s	so it's pretty much the game sealed
4907s	because you just swing the next turn
4909s	with the Swain and like you have
4911s	Leviathan on the board it's just like
4913s	yeah it's just game here
4916s	I'm a big fan of careful prep but here
4918s	certainly it was at least an attempt to
4921s	get back into the game the thing I think
4922s	like and really good
4925s	[Music]
4927s	plan after that if Swain connects like
4929s	getting a second Jinx on the board and
4931s	getting her leveled up plus rocketing
4933s	this turn was a really solid option like
4936s	you get two cars you get to Rocket again
4938s	you put your opponent at 12.
4940s	like and you can go from there
4943s	it appears that this will end the game
4946s	and it appears that it is also
4948s	potentially the last game we will see
4950s	today
4952s	for this round
4954s	what a final game Swain Leviathan uh you
4957s	know the comma we've seen so often in
4958s	past matters a bit of a lull where there
4959s	kind of weren't so much in the middle
4961s	but then came back in the past few
4962s	months and it's great to see to hear in
4963s	action once again but thanks T Alan
4966s	going back to that very first match you
4967s	guys were casting with broken bow and
4969s	Luna unfortunately uh you know the memes
4972s	the kind of the jokes we were making to
4973s	start a broadcast ended up coming true
4974s	broken ball once again eliminated in top
4977s	32.
4978s	prop to him still one of the most
4979s	consistent players to show up to Top Cut
4981s	which is incredibly hard even though he
4983s	can't quite make it past the top 16 but
4985s	I see you especially from the fight
4987s	nights we've done together you know
4988s	broken ball popularized this Echo Deck
4990s	with zillion in the past now a bit
4992s	different with Jinx when no one was a
4994s	Believer he was the one that was kind of
4995s	his his favorite little pet deck he
4997s	would always bring all tournaments and
4998s	do so well with how did you how do you
5000s	like to see Brooke about once again
5001s	pilot in the stack and had that
5002s	explosive game one win with it as well
5004s	absolutely love to see it yeah him and
5007s	Simon really I think they were the two
5008s	emea players that absolutely brought
5010s	this deck to absolutely every tournament
5012s	and this time it comes with Jinx which
5014s	is even more broken balls thing right
5016s	because broke will absolutely love Jinx
5018s	so I think it was probably pretty hard
5020s	for him to decide between this and Lulu
5022s	Jinx because little Jinx is his favorite
5023s	deck and this is probably a second
5024s	favorite deck so tough choice but again
5027s	we saw how good broken ball really is on
5029s	the deck and then unfortunately yes
5031s	broken but very consistent player but
5032s	was running into a matchup that was
5034s	really unfavored for him which is the
5036s	game too Alan you saw it uh I think it
5038s	really all came down to that uh the
5040s	bluff that so many players like to do
5042s	pretending they have a commentary to
5043s	back up and attack especially when you
5045s	know if if they end up having it the
5047s	player would never defend whenever block
5049s	but in the end Luna very valiantly gets
5052s	in that Target Secret Gets the momentous
5054s	choice no response from broken ball and
5055s	that pretty much sealed the deal in that
5057s	game too it was a deadlock on the board
5058s	in the end that broke it and then Luna
5060s	was able to come back into that series
5061s	but going to game three Allen it was a
5064s	mirror match which is something the card
5065s	Gamers tend to not really enjoy it makes
5067s	a little bit RNG in terms of who draws
5068s	the better cards in the right order but
5070s	how did you find that mirror match how
5071s	did you find kind of expectations on
5073s	both players
5074s	the result of decision making which
5076s	might have ended up
5078s	impacting the result uh but I think Luna
5082s	overall played very very well and she
5085s	was prepared for the LA for that lineup
5088s	and yeah
5089s	absolutely absolutely amazing
5093s	a note in here one more thing in the
5097s	Metro when there was a the bluff staff
5100s	and when there was a momentous committed
5102s	to The Saga Seeker the problem Luna had
5105s	there was a very dry hand and like if
5108s	the broken ball has the counter there
5111s	like it like she's losing anyway so like
5114s	Luna had to go for it to go for the it
5117s	was the only winning line so it was
5118s	actually not a risky because uh it's
5121s	like London would have not won that game
5123s	if there is that combat trick regardless
5124s	so that was a very good call to just go
5126s	for it
5127s	exactly for the untrained eye it might
5129s	look like just a YOLO play like you know
5131s	let's find out what happens but really
5132s	it is a calculated risk where players
5134s	know exactly what changes they have of
5135s	making out what needs to happen in order
5137s	for a win condition to actually emerge
5139s	in that game too and as you mentioned
5140s	Alan I think it was you know a risk that
5142s	uh we were aware of of what could happen
5144s	if the thing went wrong but it would
5146s	have gone wrong anyway in that case uh
5147s	we do have the bracket ready Luna has
5149s	made it through we saw the camera force
5150s	in this last game making it through as
5151s	well but as you mentioned 16 players are
5153s	out after this first round the single
5155s	elimination format makes it so it's
5157s	extremely Cut Throat no matter how good
5159s	you are in open rounds even when I know
5161s	like Ghost Driver uh sometimes just the
5163s	round one does not pan out like a broken
5165s	bowl and you're eliminated right away
5166s	but look at the names here we have Ghost
5168s	Driver versus Marcus on the top left
5169s	extremely exciting matchup coming up
5172s	I see run us through one of some of the
5174s	names that you think are maybe a
5175s	surprise to see them eliminated after
5176s	this first round I was surprised that's
5178s	how you eliminated it's for sure later
5180s	Leah yesterday performed absolutely
5182s	beautifully in the open rounds super
5185s	professional play and then obviously on
5187s	the same side we have sir Donald being
5189s	out already which is really sad it's all
5190s	one of the best players that we do have
5192s	currently in the game as well as maybe
5195s	the best player at least in the top
5197s	three teddy already being out in the top
5199s	32
5200s	it's rough but again it's a card game
5203s	it's seeing elimination can happen still
5205s	sad to see as well as Thomas we see on
5208s	that side
5212s	that will be a blood above one of the
5215s	two best European players coming against
5219s	each other ah
5221s	that's nice better names though we have
5224s	Ultraman we actually didn't mention the
5225s	very top of show but Ultron is as usual
5227s	in this tournament he made it through
5229s	this first round as well we expect to
5230s	see more of him in in the next few
5231s	rounds and hopefully making it making a
5233s	Deep Run Ultraman someone that like
5234s	broken ball uh has been around for so
5236s	many still tournament I think it's kind
5238s	of that top Echelon of players like like
5240s	broken ball Ultraman uh someone like
5242s	Thomas as well badge attack in most
5243s	cases that just make it to pretty much
5244s	every single topic of consistency is out
5247s	of this world for some of these players
5248s	but Ultraman still is looking for that
5250s	big win despite being one of the most
5252s	dominant players in tournaments and
5253s	ladders he hasn't had an actual seasonal
5255s	Championship that he's been looking for
5257s	this might be a chance for him to
5258s	actually make it through but the two
5260s	matchups that I'm most looking forward
5262s	to and you two will decide which one
5263s	will actually be casting in round two
5265s	you mentioned it the matter with Gouda
5267s	and shampoo Allen looking so so exciting
5269s	and at the top left as well Marcus
5270s	versus ghoster driver the Battle of
5272s	maybe the new with Ghost Rider having
5274s	three ninos in a row of the last few
5276s	open rounds um against Marcus the player
5278s	that did so well at the very beginning
5280s	of the seasonal tournaments Fight Night
5282s	tournaments as well had a three or four
5284s	minute win streak so some really
5286s	exciting matches coming up in the next
5288s	few rounds we had two matches that were
5289s	undecided or hadn't been resolved yet
5291s	and that was OE versus osk but we did
5293s	end up winning two to one so another
5295s	veteran player making through to round
5297s	two
5298s	yeah it's always amazing to see oh he
5300s	just again and again get into these top
5302s	Cuts this is something that usually is
5304s	not mentioned as often because I don't
5306s	think OE is quite
5307s	um as vocal about it as other players
5309s	right you know about Broken Bow making
5311s	eight top Cuts but do you know about oh
5313s	just getting survey top Cuts as well
5315s	probably not he doesn't really talk
5316s	about it all that often
5318s	yeah absolutely and again in terms of
5320s	the next round we're really excited to
5323s	see uh guys guys we need to see God
5325s	again soon I'm sorry but this is the
5327s	finals worthy match like we need we need
5329s	to see that match you're right Shambo
5331s	has been actually just the last six
5333s	months on ladder his name has been there
5335s	every single time among the very very
5336s	top ranks and gouda we all know he came
5338s	in about a year and a half ago as this
5340s	unknown ladder Menace when silent was
5342s	actually released as a bit of a you know
5344s	flashback for the past a year ago and
5346s	then since then he's been a name that
5347s	everyone has been on the lookout for
5349s	does you don't want to meet him on later
5350s	you know what I mean on tournaments
5351s	either just a very very clear uh very
5353s	scary player to face but we are ready
5355s	for a very short break we'll be coming
5356s	back with round two we'll be setting the
5358s	stage for what matchups might be
5360s	happening and what uh players look out
5361s	for and you two will be casting that
5363s	round and seeing the action unfold so
5365s	five minutes don't go anywhere stay
5366s	tuned we'll be right back
5372s	[Music]
5376s	thank you
5382s	I remember this place and the endless
5385s	bladder
5391s	[Music]
5393s	the gas dust in the corners of the world
5401s	we used weapons of war and
5409s	not even Realms could divide us old
5412s	friend
5417s	is no face of cowards
5431s	[Music]
5437s	all must end
5440s	I am Doom
5446s	we were never fated to power
5450s	no Pantheon you were able to die
5455s	destroy everything
5459s	play pool
5465s	apocalypse comes
5469s	yes Oblivion
5496s	[Music]
5509s	[Music]
5517s	foreign
5520s	[Music]
5522s	[Applause]
5524s	[Music]
5538s	[Music]
5552s	[Music]
5561s	foreign
5562s	[Music]
5574s	[Music]
5593s	foreign
5598s	[Music]
5599s	[Applause]
5605s	[Music]
5620s	[Music]
5624s	foreign
5627s	[Music]
5646s	[Music]
5664s	foreign
5670s	[Music]
5683s	[Music]
5697s	foreign
5700s	[Music]
5705s	[Music]
5720s	[Music]
5733s	foreign
5761s	[Music]
5771s	[Music]
5785s	thank you
5811s	thank you
5814s	foreign
5818s	[Music]
5849s	foreign
5862s	[Music]
5876s	[Music]
5884s	[Music]
5886s	foreign
5889s	[Music]
5918s	foreign
5926s	[Music]
5945s	[Music]
5954s	foreign
5955s	[Music]
5988s	welcome back everyone to the world Ender
5990s	seasonal tournament I'm still impetuous
5992s	Panda joined by sparkling iced tea and
5994s	Alan we're going to round two now 16
5996s	players have already been eliminated
5998s	sing elimination format very Cutthroat
6000s	as we all know the seasonal tournaments
6002s	but let's quickly go into a bracket
6003s	overview I'll quickly recap what has
6006s	happened until now what we have to
6007s	expect for this round and for future
6009s	rounds as well well players are still in
6010s	the tournament and then we'll move into
6012s	that round two so bracket coming up I'm
6014s	gonna get a quick overview of
6016s	what happened around Walmart players
6017s	will have been eliminated well players
6019s	are still there have a chance to see
6021s	that just to see you know we saw in the
6022s	very top left there's gonna be ghoster
6024s	driver versus Marcus imagine that that
6026s	we're very excited for uh we have of
6028s	course Luna who we saw on the broadcast
6029s	and the 10 both made it through are
6031s	facing each other in that second uh
6033s	quarter final or top six or yeah top 16
6035s	match rather in this bracket Aaron the
6037s	Swedish player who has been so
6039s	consistent in past seasonals also makes
6040s	it through to this round two then we
6043s	have finance a pass seasonal winner the
6046s	only remaining representative from Spain
6047s	unfortunately has also made it to round
6049s	two but has a very very tough match
6051s	against that check New Wave sonicolic
6053s	not part of the initial batch of of
6055s	Superstar players like Thomas like badge
6057s	attack like pokervac but is kind of that
6059s	that second generation of Czech players
6061s	very young but still very good at the
6063s	game absolutely goaded in tournaments as
6064s	well and on the right we have somewhat
6067s	new players doing GP representing
6068s	unfortunately we've seen him in the past
6069s	but got up not so much in past seasonal
6071s	tournaments owie the other remaining
6073s	seasonal winner that's also still in
6075s	this tournament versus solid Rover
6077s	who've seen pop off in recent
6078s	tournaments as well the match will be
6080s	featuring gouda versus shampoo All Star
6083s	players planner but also in tournaments
6086s	and then yeshu versus Ultraman also kind
6088s	of goaded players where yeshu had that
6090s	very funny controversy and you're a
6092s	masters taking a spot from Thomas
6093s	because he is a Czech player as well
6094s	despite uh you know the name that
6096s	doesn't actually you know scream out hey
6097s	I'm from Attack republic versus Ultraman
6099s	one of the veteran players but we're
6101s	ready to go into the round two gouda
6103s	versus shampoo iced tea and Alan will
6105s	walk us through the deckless the bands
6108s	they expect as well and through all the
6109s	action as that game unfolds
6113s	all right super excited again
6115s	you are probably the most excited phone
6118s	uh for this ride
6120s	yeah that's absolutely the match I would
6122s	love to see even in the finals that's uh
6124s	that's gonna be too late uh in terms of
6128s	match up we're gonna see the um decks
6131s	shortly but we know that shunpo brought
6134s	a semi-antiagra lineup with some good
6138s	proactive tools himself and we're gonna
6140s	be synced from the Goda the anti-grindy
6144s	lineup he's ready to grind players like
6148s	Sean Paul so it'll be very hard for
6151s	sunpo going into this matchup about
6157s	hopefully he can put a good fight
6160s	against Goda
6161s	yeah we're gonna see it in just a few
6163s	seconds but again the lineup from gouda
6166s	looking very similar to the lineup from
6167s	Luna really excited to see the very
6169s	specific tech cards that gouda has put
6172s	into his lineup but it's really
6174s	interesting and I'm sure we're going to
6175s	talk more about it how this lineup
6177s	actually evolved out of the standard
6179s	lineup from yesterday because a lot of
6181s	players actually brought the combination
6183s	of um
6185s	ophelios with varus and Pantheon
6188s	together with Kane aatrox but then put
6190s	Jing's echo in there and now that is
6192s	swapped out for FTR and as you mentioned
6196s	it is the ultimate grind fastener
6199s	FTR is an excellent deck against all the
6202s	the Decks that don't really run the deny
6205s	because first of all you have the
6206s	ultimate removal the combo very nice
6209s	into it that starts or even just very
6211s	nice destroys all the weapons uh
6214s	um slash your thread fill the rush just
6217s	like I win button and then uh and we
6220s	have the freezes that are excellent into
6222s	those Decks that are trying to go combat
6224s	based trying to just win through the
6226s	punching not through the casting spells
6229s	so it's really good for the those grind
6232s	fests we see the cane atrox is not as
6235s	grindy into the mirror so like maybe the
6239s	cane atrox is Goldust probably weakest
6242s	point it should be trying to get a hit
6246s	uh and when we have the varus pantheon
6249s	and affilios there is only two varus
6252s	because like as with players determined
6254s	over the course of weeks months of
6257s	template testing that in terms of origin
6260s	Champions usually it's most efficient to
6262s	just run two off because like one you
6264s	actually gonna draw and the second one
6266s	you want to tutor three of not exactly
6270s	what you want to have in the deck
6271s	because their spells are not that big of
6274s	a power Spike you want to play so you
6276s	don't want to have the three of them in
6277s	the hand but two of absolutely
6279s	acceptable and then aphidius because
6282s	he's just such a great all-runner
6284s	Champion he can be just utilized in the
6287s	certain matchups here grant me life here
6289s	give me uh overwhelm here give me Stan
6292s	here give me a remove a unit from the
6294s	board like he can do so many things like
6296s	what and you just choose which one you
6298s	need in the particular spot so it's a
6301s	great Flex spot for the deck
6303s	yeah and the flexible that has also
6305s	evolved in the last couple of weeks
6307s	right we saw this deck pop up before in
6309s	the last months where we had Varys
6311s	Pantheon before then a lot of people
6313s	decided to go with various action which
6316s	again in this current meta feels
6317s	slightly weaker and now people are going
6320s	back a lot of them only playing various
6322s	Pantheon but the tech of the officials
6324s	coming in clutch especially in the open
6326s	rounds yesterday but here is a lineup
6328s	from Jean Poe and Alan you already had a
6331s	lot to say about this in the break
6333s	especially about the matchup into Gouda
6335s	we have the Swain Leviathan Nora and the
6341s	deck we the the key cards for the deck
6343s	is like against all those tall decks is
6346s	disintegrate a Sentry mini morph and
6350s	Wallop so the way the deck one who wants
6353s	to win is by the hard part is to flip uh
6356s	sway because you don't have many cars
6359s	that just deal damage except of flock so
6362s	like what you want to do you want to
6364s	level Vlog an event swing with Vlog
6366s	following it up with Wallop or does
6369s	integrate with another damage spell on
6371s	the swings blocker and this way just
6374s	break the board
6375s	and also like locking the board with the
6377s	Swain plus Leviathan is something you
6380s	want to do but we see also an addition
6381s	of the Nar cutting on one of Swain which
6384s	is one of the very good tools into those
6386s	grindier matchups where opponent doesn't
6388s	draw removal and you just log them out
6391s	of the big units
6393s	and when going into the TF Katarina Ani
6397s	only one of ani to Katarina we used to
6400s	see two of any one Katarina so there is
6402s	a swing into a slightly more grindier
6405s	aversion to Rex standard as a finisher
6407s	after playing that Raven Bloom into the
6410s	table the classic just go forth into the
6413s	face with the Cannons this this can
6417s	out-tempo the grinding matchups if you
6419s	have aggressive opener like Annie into
6421s	marai Warden and like opponent has
6423s	passed you suddenly end up at 10 HP and
6427s	all the other deck has to do is just
6429s	survive until turning 10 try to block
6431s	remove the cards and then just play the
6433s	like Blazer to the face into Rex and
6436s	finish off the opponent so even though
6438s	those games like this deck is not
6440s	favorite into the
6442s	gouda lineup it's still it can steal the
6445s	wind especially if you get like a swing
6447s	with Katarina and there is nothing to
6449s	prevent the level up she can perform
6452s	pretty well there and when we have a
6453s	cane atrox we see only three two eight
6456s	clocks we start and players started to
6458s	put in three eight trucks for the
6459s	grindier
6461s	for the grindier matchups uh two
6463s	catalysters only one headless
6464s	Resurrection but we see an extra
6466s	unforgiving cold which helps to break
6468s	those and mirrors to expands protection
6471s	to further Furious wielder protection
6473s	and we see a more of like the cars like
6476s	a dark in Ages which we are not used in
6479s	this deck and we're gonna jump into the
6482s	the matchup and the game shortly how do
6485s	you feel Who is favorite in the this who
6487s	are you rooting for iced tea I'm rooting
6491s	for gouda I had a lot of nice
6492s	interactions with Kuda in the past and
6494s	he's just a very very good player that
6496s	has been here for a while but you can't
6497s	deny that shampoo is just an accent
6499s	player right now and on a tear that said
6502s	could it I think is slightly favored in
6505s	the lineup again it just seems like
6506s	shampoo has to probably ban FDR because
6509s	FDR probably performs really well
6511s	against all three decks from shanpo and
6513s	then is still left with that aatrox K
6515s	mashup which could have prepared for it
6517s	has to be ban FTR
6519s	and it looks like shunpod disagrees okay
6522s	and we'll see what he banned later uh
6526s	but we see the cultist matchup against
6528s	if you are going in we remember there
6531s	was two spell shield in the deck and
6534s	there is no other Devastation you can
6536s	get away with not Banning FTR if you
6538s	have like one utter Devastation to spell
6541s	shield to Xbox protection without water
6544s	Devastation this matchup is quite rough
6546s	for the cultists
6549s	yeah again no other Devastation on
6551s	shampoo side but again those two
6553s	specials and we already mentioned this
6555s	in the mirror of aatrox versus aatrox if
6558s	one of them plays out the devastation
6559s	the other one gets to spell Shields
6561s	hocks hrock survives and you can
6563s	redevelop all your darkens on the board
6565s	that is a huge backswing which is a bit
6567s	harder to put off as FTR right because
6570s	unfortunately their board clear only
6572s	costs nine mana and they have the the
6574s	available uh valve fees to pop a spell
6576s	shield so this is going to be a rough
6578s	matchup but there has to be something in
6579s	those two lineups where shampoo felt a
6581s	bit more comfortable queuing into this
6583s	and Sean Paul is very unhappy about the
6586s	opener like the he had to pass through
6589s	the town one two three uh make as a
6591s	creating is absolutely zero pressure
6593s	well God is just like here oh let me
6596s	just get one of three Mana Crystal now
6598s	let me get another one no biggie why
6600s	look at looking at the super board and
6602s	you're just laughing oh three five
6603s	that's fine I am very happy going to run
6607s	10.
6609s	all right here we see the bands and we
6611s	have Nora Swain band on one side and
6614s	meanwhile this looks like
6616s	we actually
6618s	ban theater it was it was Kane atrox but
6621s	most likely
6623s	no event cane Edge rocks on the other
6624s	side and I mean Nora Swain that also
6627s	does make a lot of sense again this deck
6628s	has yeah he's probably was probably the
6630s	best uh the best one from the go the
6633s	site I mean we're looking at the
6636s	trundle into Pilar going into next round
6638s	it's a very strong board that Shilpa
6642s	can't really break through easily but we
6644s	see there is a furious wielder which
6646s	he's planning to utilize but there is a
6647s	flash grease in the goddess hand ready
6650s	to block it but here Goda blocked it so
6653s	fast without any hesitation
6657s	has to be suspicious of that there might
6661s	be actually a freeze because that was
6663s	such a fast play for Yoda and he didn't
6666s	even think about uh like not blocking
6669s	because of the Furious wielder so this
6671s	is a very good test that there is a
6673s	Flash race in the hand otherwise there
6674s	would be a hesitation on the blocking
6676s	especially when your next turn is pillar
6679s	into swing
6680s	yeah interesting enough we could
6683s	potentially take this channel down
6684s	anyways right uh we actually have enough
6686s	burn damage we unfortunately to discard
6688s	a card but if we wanted we could have
6690s	take down the trundle not worth it
6692s	though because you kind of want the
6693s	cards you have in hand already uh time
6695s	Winder for those who don't know you just
6697s	got a card you deal uh two one damage to
6699s	I think it's worth it like you
6700s	definitely go for it okay blood letters
6705s	I think yeah like like think about it
6708s	you like opponent is swinging at you
6709s	with five seven next turn taking out
6711s	your one of your units like you have to
6713s	commit a combat trick to defend it or
6715s	threes which are premium cards otherwise
6717s	you just use the cards which are
6719s	completely worthless in this matchup so
6721s	you have to pay pretty much only blood
6723s	letters because we are discarding it
6725s	there is no use for the Discord and
6727s	there is no use for the disc deal one
6730s	discard
6732s	and this is something good a good play
6734s	around randomly generated card taking
6736s	out the trundle right here we have
6738s	another one in hand but again
6740s	this prevents the power play you just
6742s	mentioned where you just pillow on eight
6744s	to Wing in for massive amounts of damage
6746s	prepare a future atrocity maybe prepare
6749s	some damage with the FTR just being
6750s	lethal
6752s	yeah but we are still staring at the
6754s	hand where you have trundle into pillar
6757s	into FTR and like it's really hard to
6760s	swing back at this board because you had
6763s	so little pressure early on when the
6766s	opponent was just ramping like if shumpo
6768s	had any sort of pressure early on this
6770s	game would be have been looking way
6772s	different considering the result for
6773s	giving cold for the big swing turn
6777s	and Kane doesn't look too impressive
6779s	right now on the board especially facing
6780s	up an FTR right
6782s	especially in the early game is mostly
6784s	used to get some mid-range units some
6787s	early units off the board of your
6789s	opponent flip him but in this case
6791s	unfortunately all the units except the
6793s	pillars are going to be way too big for
6795s	little Kane
6796s	I mean look at this bar like we
6798s	developed here at Randall you played the
6800s	ramp you get another six six on the
6803s	board and you are left out with one Mana
6806s	yeah you won't be able to play FTR next
6808s	turn but to have a board which is really
6810s	hard to break through and allows you to
6812s	stabilize against the open swings
6815s	without using antifreeze he decides to
6818s	go for the oh that's a very interesting
6822s	I would love to see here at Randall into
6824s	the 66 or set up the on offense FTR
6832s	is she going for the destructive Ray
6834s	here no it's a trundle after all
6839s	in the flash please in hand kind of
6840s	gives scuder some leeway to kind of play
6842s	this game a bit more slowly and as you
6844s	said
6845s	potentially set up the ramp into the FTR
6848s	on the next turn remember if we ramp up
6851s	here this means that the tutu we will
6854s	get out of this is actually going to be
6855s	a six six next turn so yeah consider it
6858s	that's why if he was thinking about
6859s	other play to be just Mana efficient I
6861s	think he just completely ignored oh yeah
6864s	he's he's just not one winning like he
6867s	wants to FTR next turn like that's what
6869s	he says pretty much I'm gonna play
6871s	pillar I'm gonna play fvr and open swing
6874s	into you on the turn
6877s	hey
6879s	yeah also sets up a trade here for the
6882s	trundle
6883s	his own manner left on your opponent's
6885s	side right the only thing they can have
6886s	and this is again really dangerous is
6889s	momentous choice and you have to freeze
6891s	for that so if it goes wrong again you
6893s	can't just take next turn off and buy
6895s	the FTR on your turn now you know that
6896s	there's no momentous choice and now you
6898s	can trade off the unit if you want
6901s	a very interesting Philip of the weapon
6906s	huh what I'm trying to figure out why
6909s	Sean Paul decided to flip the weapon
6911s	there
6915s	he wants to trade with the trundle
6920s	with the Furious wielder on stack but
6923s	oh
6924s	that would be so brutal if he was
6927s	ramping into the stern
6928s	there was a pillar into shiku potential
6930s	play
6932s	yeah devastating
6936s	removing every unit on the board plus
6938s	everything except the eight rocks in
6941s	terms of units in the hand
6944s	he would have removed his own
6947s	and trundle because there is unforgiving
6950s	called as an answer
6953s	you gotta be a bit careful with that one
6955s	yeah
6957s	I think I believe if you're ramped you
6959s	you probably if you played chihu this
6960s	soon you wouldn't have enough Mana for
6962s	FDR next turn so exactly
6965s	left over with only one Mana floating
6970s	now though you have the ice filler you
6972s	have the FDR
6977s	is pretty much committed to the FTR the
6979s	sternum
6980s	given like he made a way weaker play
6982s	last turn to make a way stronger play
6985s	this turn
6988s	you can see trundle already pretty big
6990s	but after this FTR there's gonna be a 10
6993s	10 trundle on the board well I buy it
6995s	through the mirror as well and next time
6997s	around when kale has a problem with
6999s	darkens maybe don't call or run rise
7000s	maybe call the freyon
7004s	po passed in case of FTR so he can
7007s	develop K so he can develop eight rocks
7009s	and swing at the pillar getting an extra
7013s	world and they're stuck or perhaps
7016s	considering using Furious wielder to
7020s	deal with the second Randall
7028s	cute Ajax he's going to be able to take
7030s	down one of the pillars
7033s	farming the world under stocks getting
7036s	some stuck at the cane for the level up
7041s	chooses to buff Kane here could have
7044s	buffed eight rocks
7047s	the problem with buffing Kane he recalls
7050s	and loses the buff so maybe a small
7051s	misstep from the shoulder Paul
7055s	if you world under this game
7058s	it transforms it not into a rasp but
7060s	into xulani right
7062s	now he transferred me to the rust the
7065s	Champions cannot transfer into the
7066s	darkens into the the followers darkens
7072s	so you could have I believe he just out
7074s	equips his own weapon after uh
7076s	transforming no he keeps the blood
7078s	letters but it transforms into the rust
7081s	interesting so you could potentially
7083s	have two Ross if you re-equip the weapon
7085s	here and onto one of those darkened
7086s	thralls but that is nothing you have to
7088s	worry about right now because right now
7089s	there is an absolutely giant board
7091s	swinging into you and we also see that
7093s	gouda now
7094s	has very nice as well so whenever you do
7097s	go
7099s	yeah your own world is gonna end
7102s	uh something Oda could play around is
7105s	just pulled at eight rocks to the other
7107s	trundle to play around freeze
7110s	because like the otherwise the two both
7112s	1010 friend Amir and 1010 run till we
7114s	get Frozen and then five seven uh
7118s	trundle would have went through their
7121s	freeze oh no sorry you need to pull to
7123s	the trendwear I didn't come to the I
7125s	thought it would be 10-7 so he need to
7128s	yeah
7131s	unfortunately
7135s	still means we don't have enough Mana
7136s	for furious wielder but we do again get
7140s	a few extra free trades for our world
7143s	Ender right two more Stakes worth and
7144s	are gonna be down to eight Mana after
7146s	this one way more playable next turn
7151s	and the problem is
7153s	you're still looking at the very nice
7157s	yeah you get back the into the hand so
7161s	like like opponent like won't commit the
7163s	very nice here just for that it looks a
7165s	bunch of trolls and like you will pass
7168s	here if you are a simple like there is
7170s	no reason to develop Kane right now
7176s	[Music]
7178s	if it wasn't for the very nice
7182s	[Music]
7185s	yeah actually it was winnable
7189s	[Music]
7191s	and from Sean Paul's perspective it
7192s	still is winnable right you gotta go in
7195s	with the assumption that your opponent
7196s	doesn't have very dice because if you
7198s	already go in with the assumption that
7199s	your opponent does have very nice you
7200s	lose the game anyways you're already out
7202s	I like the development of the another
7204s	six six here because like like you can't
7208s	use like you are not playing anything
7209s	the stern regardless so you might as
7211s	well develop another unit and you just
7213s	bury the nice next there and then you
7214s	win on the Open Swing
7219s	all right this is the all deciding turn
7221s	Sean for top deck anything that can
7223s	potentially get over to another play not
7225s	really
7227s	yeah I'm gonna remove some pillows so
7228s	the reason why he can do that he has
7230s	unforgiving called in the hand so he can
7233s	actually survive one more turn so this
7235s	way he's playing around the birdie nice
7239s	oh wow that's super interesting
7245s	so we do have to develop another blocker
7248s	though we will have to develop this cane
7250s	because otherwise unfortunately ahrox
7252s	can just be pulled aside by the
7254s	strongest unit uh from gouda and guda
7256s	still has 16 damage potentially swinging
7258s	in with only one Blocker on the other
7259s	side
7260s	oh that's about dinner
7262s	yeah that's a good World Under
7266s	like immediately played the stern and
7269s	like uh be like nah I've got that
7271s	forgiving call just remove your two
7273s	trundles
7274s	oof oh special unit okay you have model
7278s	feast uh well but at least could ask to
7281s	invest a little bit more
7283s	um again passed wait did it go with a
7285s	pass
7286s	instantly hold on instantly
7293s	greeting maybe look if simple throw
7295s	something on the ball no I would think
7297s	about using stairs here to pop the spell
7299s	shield and next turn you barely nice
7302s	before swing you use valpis to pull up
7304s	the potential spell shield
7311s	the one plot we're mentioning right
7313s	where you are afraid of aatrox getting
7315s	spell shield maybe not getting encased
7317s	in the eyes and then all of a sudden
7319s	your opponent can't throw down a board
7320s	full of darkens again but Guru just says
7322s	hey my board is still bigger than yours
7324s	I'm just going to open attack here which
7325s	might be disastrous because there is the
7327s	double freeze still in the hand for
7328s	shampo champo does run three copies of
7330s	it
7333s	oh the block with the I would like after
7336s	he freeze I would block with the the
7338s	unit of the spell shield like like you
7340s	do not want to block here with the atrox
7342s	probably
7344s	you definitely want to block with the
7346s	with the corazi
7349s	yeah that means it can't be Frozen and
7351s	this means Cuda can actually freeze
7353s	right back
7359s	um
7363s	this is actually quite a longer game
7365s	than we anticipated but good is still in
7368s	a favorable position because that buried
7370s	eyes is in hand and we still have enough
7371s	Maya to actually play it
7379s	special unit losing hero trundle would
7382s	have actually made a big enough swing
7387s	hmm
7389s	we'll see how shinbot decides to proceed
7391s	here probably will just develop zolani
7394s	and here you see what the Goda wants to
7397s	do about it yep
7400s	he definitely doesn't want to overcome
7402s	it like we have to remember he doesn't
7404s	have secondary Turks to follow up
7409s	the other theories Wilder as well for
7411s	shampoo
7412s	potentially looking to take out this
7413s	trundle
7414s	um
7415s	he found the exposed protection in his
7418s	eyes it must be the peak
7422s	it allows him to set up the little with
7425s	the Furious wielder
7430s	might actually need to bury an ice here
7432s	if you see someone just instead of
7435s	predicting they probably got what they
7436s	wanted and look this is a pretty good
7438s	board to bury your eyes yeah yeah you go
7441s	for it for sure okay but let's think
7444s	about it now there is elusive cane
7449s	lucifane getting about that Kane will be
7452s	10 damage
7453s	is it already turned uh how did we
7456s	attack once oh we froze here
7461s	can we get overwhelmed somehow this turn
7464s	oh he's one shot to get horazi sorry
7467s	zolani
7468s	because zolani plus Furious wielder
7471s	could set up we see the hand of
7473s	Agoda there is no answer to that play
7476s	he's actually one short Mana to set up
7478s	little
7480s	magic but here's the play you mentioned
7483s	this is close believable not quite in
7487s	he can push setup 11 damage so far
7492s	if he overrides with the cool teeth and
7496s	gets the an extra product
7499s	there we go
7501s	oh you can get 12 damage because he can
7503s	equip the
7505s	oh no that he's already that unit is
7508s	already equipped I believe
7512s	it was assimilated all right we have
7514s	spell shield as well and what happens
7516s	first there's a lolly Trigger or the
7518s	trigger from Kane
7523s	yeah it goes from the it goes from the
7525s	left to right on the stack it's okay it
7527s	doesn't get the extra damage from the
7529s	weapon
7535s	otherwise this would have been
7536s	incredibly close to lethal
7539s	defense protection coming in
7543s	oh no no
7545s	all right Kane does get
7547s	no okay no you're not strong yeah huh I
7551s	didn't do that enough time so you
7553s	suppose yeah the missing the
7556s	are so close
7559s	okay we had two of lethal unfortunately
7562s	again this deck does not play a myriad
7564s	of burn like other decks as well so you
7567s	do have to do this in one more attack
7568s	and since you don't have all worm on the
7570s	board right now not even a cane spell on
7572s	Kane could actually do it and without
7574s	any more freezes this looks really rough
7577s	again we could potentially top deck the
7579s	third and final threes
7581s	one more one manner of little like if
7583s	you look at like if he put true like if
7586s	Trump decided to uh
7589s	not play the
7592s	zolani before developing the Doral that
7597s	was little the stern if you just ordered
7600s	differently and he baited Goda to play
7602s	the
7605s	um sooner birdy nice
7609s	because
7612s	he could remove the blocker with the
7616s	okay be in front of zolani so if there
7620s	is no combat trick from the gouda he's
7622s	dead and there was no combat trick
7624s	unless this game really came down to the
7627s	edges just a very very close scenarios
7630s	you could have imagined now we have
7632s	Furious wielder
7633s	then she's taking out this 25 attack
7636s	trundle and this is so cool
7639s	very well piloted by both players
7643s	especially because this is supposed to
7644s	be a very favorite matchup here for FTR
7647s	shampoo which is absolutely perfectly
7648s	piloted this and you can see how some
7651s	certain tags in the deck can actually
7653s	make a huge difference right because we
7654s	had extra copies of that freeze we were
7656s	able to survive longer into the FTR and
7658s	potentially build up a board that can
7660s	backswing and get lethal imagine SunPass
7663s	turned one two three wasn't pass pass
7665s	imagine if he actually had a one drop
7667s	swing with
7670s	there was double Catalyst coming healing
7672s	for six that didn't affect but it
7674s	doesn't matter
7675s	like he didn't have any pressure
7677s	unfortunately there could have been some
7679s	weapon swing the higher War than third
7682s	discount like if you didn't break
7684s	completely
7686s	that was way closer than we thought even
7688s	though super completely bricked the
7691s	early game
7693s	and now we have the match up that gouda
7696s	was also searching for and it is going
7698s	to be the Varys versus the aatrox and we
7701s	saw it already in the matchup of Luna vs
7703s	broken ball where Luna just had a
7705s	stellar early game with the Saga secret
7706s	that finds itself in the hand of Kuda
7708s	right now what a hand from God he has
7712s	Saga Seeker into turn free Shepard
7714s	followed up double the momentus for the
7716s	combat it's really and like I was just
7719s	about to say all he needs is just the
7722s	qualities that will give him some extra
7723s	two gems because of him Brock that fight
7725s	it on every turn this hand is the best
7728s	possible hand Goda could have
7730s	hand-picked for this matchup
7732s	foreign
7734s	let's see if it actually turns out that
7736s	way we have shampoo actually with a
7739s	playable hand
7740s	um but the two furious wielders are
7742s	gonna be a problem case here probably
7744s	not going to get them off early on with
7745s	audio Champions
7747s	I mean that's a six damage comment at
7750s	your face like shunpoint is considering
7752s	reading another one but he has to be
7754s	aware that power play Turn free from
7757s	Goda is developing Shepherd so like
7759s	development versus risk is not high
7763s	enough where it's worth to develop a one
7765s	drop here for extra potential free
7767s	damage
7769s	just swinging open swinging is so much
7771s	stronger because you also don't give
7773s	opponent opportunity to play pale
7775s	withdraw if they choose to play pale
7778s	alright everyone you can't get
7780s	investment advice from champo and ever
7782s	and other lol players they know the the
7784s	right risk reward structure here San
7787s	Juan amulet probably gonna be taken here
7788s	you mentioned it already in the matchup
7790s	of Broken Bow versus Luna don't take the
7792s	note block yeah
7794s	I've seen people do that because it's
7796s	such a good on stats but when when you
7799s	suddenly start your unit as a problem I
7803s	have one blocker only now
7805s	yeah and especially against an opening
7807s	like this where we all of a sudden have
7809s	a whiteboard on shampoo side this would
7811s	be absolutely Game ending now we have a
7814s	few more weapons we can again trigger
7817s	The Faded really easily now can groom as
7819s	well with the dark and lodestone this
7821s	Saga Seeker is going to be huge
7824s	yeah but now you are staring at the four
7826s	white board against the deck like and
7830s	that those three units are dealing free
7832s	to you per turn so like this is a very
7835s	interesting turn because I believe what
7838s	super should be thinking here about is
7840s	not killing the free free so he can play
7843s	Kane to challenge that free free if
7845s	there is no development of another
7846s	broker
7848s	blocker so he should consider blocking
7851s	oh no this is not a problem anymore
7853s	because you see another unit that was
7855s	developed but let's assume there was no
7857s	one free chord is coming down uh simple
7860s	should consider the just blocking Saga
7862s	Seeker so it's lower HP so it cannot
7864s	like The Saga sticker cannot just jump
7866s	block for free
7869s	let's see if the pace out like that we
7871s	gotta mention by the way that this game
7873s	is very crucial for this special three
7875s	again if gouda wins here this is the
7877s	targeted matchup gouda just moves along
7878s	the bracket but if shampoo wins this
7880s	game shampoo is left with what I believe
7883s	is ravenbloom which I don't know if
7885s	that's true Ellen but it should have a
7887s	pretty decent matchup into this various
7889s	deck
7891s	and then play the match up enough but
7893s	again it just comes down do you draw and
7896s	Mark or not if without Landmark it's
7898s	really tough because you have all the
7900s	guiding touch pale gems like like your
7903s	cards are dealing very inefficiently
7905s	with the threads presented from the
7908s	virus so like all you like what you need
7910s	is actually Ani or Katarina or Landmark
7914s	or combination of two out of three to
7917s	win this matchup
7932s	double Furious wielder Ferris wheeler is
7934s	not good in this matchup so you're
7936s	definitely predict here
7940s	all right example I gotta do it you need
7943s	to win it
7945s	wow he prone away so something else oh
7949s	that was an instant that was that Peak
7952s	had to be it I mean it has to be yep yep
7955s	yeah but we see three people one from
7959s	the Goda which is pretty good drawing
7962s	into varus
7964s	I'm gonna just have the perfect answer
7966s	right back but mean momentous choice is
7968s	one of the best cards added with the
7970s	coldest package and we see it here how
7973s	powerful it can be he needs to take down
7975s	those
7978s	they are like chipping you one damage
7982s	every swing so you can't just let them
7984s	swing at you like it's more important to
7986s	take those out than a three five
7990s	oh no I would have taken out the other
7992s	one there is a weapon on it sure but
7995s	this is like you are taking another two
7996s	cheap damage you can just die from Baron
7999s	slash overwhelm you have no combat
8001s	tricks in your hand do not be greedy at
8003s	the spot just block
8005s	just take out those units that are
8007s	guaranteeing the damage for opponent
8009s	currently good is just thinking about
8011s	hey what if I blocked this and they
8012s	re-equip a weapon to his three five it's
8013s	gonna grow even stronger but as you
8016s	mentioned the consistent burn plus a
8018s	potential level cane or HX could
8020s	actually spell Doom for you in a matchup
8021s	that should be said and done for you
8025s	yeah so we have we see that there is a
8027s	potential various development
8029s	or he can opt into playing like a server
8032s	room from the
8034s	affilios to heal up he chooses this line
8041s	the only downside of display is that
8044s	opponent kind of furious filter can
8045s	freeze you
8047s	and uh yeah that would hurt a lot like
8049s	so you you shouldn't be playing around
8051s	to live still because it it's it can be
8053s	very disruptive from opponent
8057s	don't be very disrupted I'm good at
8059s	texture risk says all right
8062s	with Affiliates in hand can potentially
8064s	heal this damage back up
8067s	that is going to be really dangerous
8070s	that said we do have two more momentous
8072s	choice in hand so good feels a little
8073s	bit more safe going for a line like that
8076s	just being able to play against streets
8078s	and against the potential Furious
8079s	Builder with all the damage or health he
8081s	can put back up on his units it could be
8084s	Kali broom into severum given them no no
8088s	that's not enough Mana
8094s	I'm going to try to heal all that damage
8096s	back up is there anything sharpo can do
8098s	about this so we have momentous choice
8100s	on shampoo side as well but we have two
8102s	on the side of gouda so I believe
8104s	unfortunately for shampoo that this heel
8107s	is gonna go through after all
8110s	Golda knows there is a momentous from
8113s	the under Sean Paul's side because this
8115s	is the car that predicted was predicted
8117s	that means it's gonna be on the top of
8119s	the deck and he got it to the hand
8121s	turned before
8122s	so he's aware
8125s	that it's gonna come down like a sunpod
8127s	does not expect the double men to for
8130s	sure from the go to the side we're gonna
8132s	see it now to be all played on the stack
8137s	we're gonna see the first momentous
8141s	we're gonna see momentum from the Sean
8142s	Paul
8143s	and then he's gonna be very sad
8147s	to be honest like if he Swings with that
8151s	Saga Seeker The Saga Seeker is dying the
8153s	star enough
8155s	so like it's not like it's really bad
8158s	spot for the Sean Paul because this unit
8160s	will be still removed
8162s	yeah and this is like a huge mid game
8164s	carry do you
8167s	I like the swing with the videos I
8169s	actually like it because if opponent
8171s	like if opponent blocks a video if you
8172s	are happy because that means you're uh
8175s	soccer sticker is alive
8178s	there is no downside can somehow get
8181s	some extra additional value that is more
8183s	important than a saga Seeker being alive
8184s	probably not though as you mentioned and
8186s	again the other blocker would be a 2-2
8188s	value trade for gouda takes that three
8190s	three damage also takes that
8193s	I think it was just some sort of uh
8195s	Bluff that you are like low but like
8198s	literally your whole hand is revealed
8200s	like he knows you have virus he knows
8202s	three other cards in your hand he only
8204s	like should put doesn't know only one
8206s	card in your hand like me
8208s	and he actually baits out the block on
8210s	ophelios
8211s	oh wow
8213s	I would always block The Saga Seeker
8215s	especially that your next turn
8217s	islamophilius and sorry Islam uh
8221s	uh the atrox yes yeah and I feel already
8226s	God could have the value that he wanted
8227s	out of the figures right and wheels
8230s	generated two cards heel and his son
8232s	don't need him anymore we now want to
8234s	get lethal on our own we have the virus
8236s	already in hand for that
8239s	I mean
8240s	I'm thinking what's the schumpos plan
8243s	now if he decided to trade with
8244s	affiliate since that he was really
8245s	scared of the weapons there
8247s	like they the Affiliates itself doesn't
8249s	have a great trade value
8251s	maybe he was for like maybe Goda loved
8254s	him out of blocking the Saga Seeker
8256s	because he thought about Colby kid back
8258s	for such a long time
8263s	but now honestly I just can't think of a
8265s	reason why like
8267s	of blocking cafeters Over The Saga
8269s	Seeker there
8270s	like yeah like what now you're like yeah
8274s	you would have eaten the gravitum on the
8277s	eight rocks but now you can't even like
8280s	he doesn't have to grab it to me he can
8281s	just you can just hold it
8283s	because you there is a saga Seeker
8285s	threat
8287s	oh still speaking with a truck says hey
8289s	okay I'm gonna get the weapon back I
8291s	have another atrox in hand as well can
8293s	sacrifice this one gonna trade with the
8295s	Saga Seeker right here potentially
8297s	threaten 15 damage otherwise
8300s	you definitely swing with the eye drops
8303s	because like the second one is really
8304s	unusable in the most Parts because of so
8308s	many combat tricks so you'd rather just
8310s	trade up here and then just play the
8312s	second one
8315s	or interestingly enough uh almost
8318s	attacking the buru as well potentially
8320s	wanting to set up a furious wielder that
8324s	we do know anyways on the virus
8327s	think a small misstep not using gem on
8330s	the Saga Seeker the stern because he
8332s	could have played guiding touch
8334s	afterwards and just block eight rocks
8336s	and keep it alive I think that that's a
8338s	small Mister from the Goda not reading
8339s	the attack on the uh
8342s	yeah not reading the attack on the atrox
8346s	is a possible possibility oh no sorry it
8349s	would go Max to eight my bad like he
8352s	couldn't Overhill that I was certain
8353s	that it's higher than the 6 hp
8357s	look at that top deck though
8359s	yeah
8364s	so this is a very interesting turn
8365s	because you have several options
8369s	I think the most appealing looks
8370s	stunning to painting to freeze the other
8372s	one is just slum
8374s	corazi close the eyes but that's like
8377s	the least control you have over the
8380s	what's gonna happen this third and you
8382s	are staring at uh if you slam your
8385s	horazi like you are staring at the world
8388s	end there
8389s	so it's probably gonna be stun into the
8394s	pale
8396s	I like that line though plagiarazzi
8398s	close eyes pretend it's good enough
8401s	we'll get there somehow
8404s	but yeah we should have double threes in
8405s	hand we have pecker scale and the sun in
8407s	hand
8408s	gouda just somehow has to figure out how
8410s	to play this turn in an optimal way
8413s	starts with the gem again boots up this
8415s	various you want to get that damage in
8417s	as early as possible because eventually
8419s	this deck will all grow you on the other
8421s	side
8423s	will be brutal here
8428s	yeah he has to commit threat he has to
8430s	commit a little damage here otherwise uh
8434s	he Sean Paul would just lick it in
8437s	develop the world in there and just
8439s	could go full Ham on the
8442s	Darkness on the following turn
8445s	so there is a fearsome on the
8448s	there is a fearsome on the Saga Seeker
8451s	so he cannot block it with the buru and
8453s	just soak it the rest of the damage with
8455s	the varus
8456s	yeah and and actually has to block here
8459s	uh the address because unfortunately
8462s	even if the two two blocks the virus
8463s	it's still 16 damage that you're getting
8465s	through
8466s	oh I don't like committing kiratak I
8468s	think it just passed and develops
8470s	secondary trucks here
8473s	like you just let go uh the like if
8475s	opponent wants to come meet a little
8477s	here on the varos like stuck it up and
8480s	x-ray damage you just let them and then
8481s	you swing with the Furious wielder now
8483s	you give the opportunity to
8486s	and do the best stuff for the battles
8489s	player you can just like
8492s	the reason why he agrees so basically
8495s	what Sean Paul did if he didn't have an
8497s	expanse protection he would just pass
8499s	because there is he has no good counter
8502s	play to the opponent's Furious wielder
8505s	and he's like I'm not beating the like
8508s	I'm not dying if opponent plays the
8512s	unforgiving cold because there is zero
8514s	momentous choice left in the deck
8516s	so I'm just gonna see what opponent has
8518s	in the in the hand and he is deciding to
8522s	go with the world under this turn
8523s	instead and you bait it out on forgiving
8526s	cold so you can potentially threaten
8528s	little this turn
8531s	because you baited out that card last
8533s	turn so that was a very interesting line
8535s	from the Sean Paul uh could it be a
8537s	winning climb it'd be because uh
8540s	unfortunately we do have a second in
8542s	hand but again champo doesn't know that
8544s	and From sample's perspective this was
8546s	what he needed to do to get a chance in
8548s	this unfavored matchup
8551s	so there will be a possibly a cool line
8554s	that schulba could take just a missing
8556s	few mother points like play the get the
8561s	zolani out get the play War Thunder now
8564s	have like eight Rock spell plus a spell
8568s	shield but that's a bit more heavy he's
8570s	missing three Mana for that play and he
8572s	could just uh spell shield the
8575s	especially the horizon
8578s	and then he couldn't pop it with the
8581s	second and forgiving cold and he could
8583s	just ate oh no he couldn't take spell
8584s	because yeah that's yeah it doesn't work
8586s	on the non
8588s	-atrox card it's a very selfish spell
8591s	very selfish Champion spells
8594s	yeah
8596s	imagine Kane spell worked on any unit
8599s	and you just go you just smack up on it
8601s	with your a oh it looks overwhelmed
8604s	I'm putting three canes back into the
8606s	deck
8607s	that yeah that would be definitely
8609s	worthy and you just hold your cane on
8611s	the board just so he just transforms
8612s	into better card
8615s	yep no that would be kind of nice just
8617s	like Varys you know Varys Varys is not
8619s	selfish or she has his Champion spell to
8621s	others but here we see again we have a
8623s	giant board on the side of shampoo but
8625s	unfortunately there is the freeze in
8626s	hand for gouda and we have a level
8628s	Barrels in board and this virus can grow
8630s	bigger than any other darken okay look
8632s	you see there is a gravitum in the
8635s	goddess hand at this point you know
8638s	there is a second freeze otherwise why
8641s	on the earth Goda doesn't use gravitum
8644s	here you this gravitum is not getting
8646s	any better
8649s	okay this is a very cool play because
8651s	this allows you to produce one more
8653s	seven seven
8659s	like why would you not gravitum now
8662s	you grab it on one of them
8664s	oh but you don't know which one is
8666s	you don't know which one it gets frozen
8668s	it's actually it's a random it's 50.
8671s	that's kind of funny yeah
8675s	my goodness has okay gotta take seven
8678s	damage in cat case maybe
8681s	yeah because if you stand here the wrong
8683s	one
8684s	and it just gets frozen you feel stupid
8686s	because you can't block it
8688s	so he doesn't want to take the chance
8693s	all right this hrx unfortunately gonna
8695s	get traded down
8697s	um as well as xolani we take seven but
8699s	that's not lethal again this deck
8701s	doesn't have burn on the side from
8702s	shampoo which means that gouda right now
8705s	should have leaf on the open attack if
8707s	there's no strike spell oh never mind no
8709s	we don't need Masters I mean he doesn't
8711s	if he doesn't need he just needs to play
8712s	gravito now on the leftover and open
8715s	swing and like the only card that stops
8718s	the detail is freeze
8721s	are we
8723s	good okay plans to not open attack if he
8726s	pass here that means he has different
8727s	plan for the turn
8729s	the serious Builder will currently
8731s	dexilani is not equipped so it doesn't
8733s	even work
8740s	so he plays around unforgiving called
8742s	because you don't see any copy yet from
8744s	the Sean Paul's side
8746s	but the problem is he has no spell to
8749s	bump the varus up even if he wanted to
8751s	wait okay
8754s	[Music]
8755s	I think a bit maybe too fast played by
8758s	Goda
8759s	could have played it last turn and
8762s	committed the Open Swing if there is a
8763s	freeze you can like you have three cards
8766s	that are covered that one of them could
8768s	be a spell so you can bump your virus so
8771s	100 just a small misstep and should have
8774s	gravitum last turn to Open Swing now oh
8776s	and this might spell disaster because
8778s	not only do we develop hrock's heel back
8780s	up again a little bit have a 1010
8782s	Blocker we also have a furious wielder
8785s	now and that aatrox does have a weapon
8787s	oh and this is disaster for Gouda
8791s	and there is yeah and there is even a
8793s	counter play if oh no there is no more
8794s	Mana in case of the Set uh if the God
8797s	has any combat tricks
8800s	like he's thinking about Furious wielder
8802s	because I don't think Goda played any
8804s	yet but like there is nothing you can
8806s	play around at this point you have to
8807s	just go for it
8811s	the kids brings back around and I don't
8813s	think
8814s	Julia can do anything here has to talk
8816s	like another freeze to stay alive
8819s	I mean
8821s	he means nothing
8824s	nothing I don't think he can send the
8826s	left of people think he only played too
8828s	oh God I'm not searching
8832s	this looks this looks over honestly
8837s	yeah and if only the gravity would have
8840s	come would have been committed to turn
8841s	before that was just so far away to get
8844s	lethal
8846s	the only way that yep it wouldn't have
8848s	been would have been a freeze but this
8850s	is just wait what's what happened now
8852s	there's Pantheon Pantheon could have
8853s	potentially been a way to get lethal
8855s	through elusive but it's not gonna
8857s	happen hrock swings in and ends the
8859s	world for gouda luckily not the match
8861s	it's a one-on-one yeah uh perhaps a
8865s	small misstep playing a bit too fast
8866s	maybe he had different plan and he
8868s	changed the plan based on the draw he he
8871s	got but came a little short to finish up
8874s	the game
8876s	wait a minute we're gonna see the yeah
8879s	the matter between Katarina
8881s	ravenbloom versus the action uh action
8885s	Penfield various I I've seen actually
8887s	Paris so many times I can't believe that
8890s	they swapped out on for the pantheon
8893s	I mean it's a completely different deck
8894s	there's like the glaze the others and
8896s	like the more combat tricks the next
8898s	track is about to be finishing the game
8900s	where this deck is actually has some
8902s	wincons
8903s	and do we see the conservatory we see
8906s	does integrate we see flock we see all
8908s	the good cards for the matchup all you
8910s	need is just some early game so probably
8913s	gonna see a throwaway oh and she got
8916s	Qatar so remember when I told you that
8918s	Katarina Landmark Ani you need two of
8921s	the three to make this matchup
8923s	reasonable
8926s	I have two of them already
8932s	affilios the problem with this hand you
8935s	are not getting any voided procs like
8937s	what you're gonna play next turn gem
8940s	into Duffy wait
8942s	no some ah
8945s	okay I'm a bit surprised with this gem I
8947s	think playing Jimi videos next round
8949s	might have been a bit more appealing to
8951s	you with this hand otherwise okay so
8954s	he's planning to pass 103 to play a
8956s	video to play a panty on turn four I
8958s	suppose into pale Cascade
8960s	instead
8964s	and early damage here
8968s	I mean you are staring at the Katarina
8970s	leveling up and there is a double Sentry
8973s	to stop any
8976s	okay I'm confused Sean Paul is worried
8979s	about dying here but he has double
8982s	Sentry he can easily flip Katarina
8984s	and stay alive the problem if you flip
8987s	Katarina sometimes you just spend three
8989s	Mana to recall your unit that you can't
8991s	ever replay but this matchup is not fast
8994s	enough for the Goda to just finish it up
8997s	and you've seen that opponent played
9000s	turning to cool teeth and jam it up
9002s	that's an extremely slow opener and like
9007s	I think a bit mishand reading and like
9009s	game plan here
9011s	not leveling up Katarina with this
9013s	particular head there is double Sentry
9015s	and a one drop and some on a burst
9017s	blocker from the Sean Paul site so
9020s	but curious how it play out for the both
9022s	players
9023s	oh all right Ellen let me remind you of
9026s	something you said at the beginning when
9027s	we looked at the decks you said oh I did
9030s	play this match up at all I I do I can
9032s	just make some educated guesses about
9034s	this matchup and you know what I'm I've
9036s	been just been looking at the stats and
9038s	on winter radar there are seven recorded
9040s	matches of this mashup so I think both
9043s	players probably also a little bit
9044s	experience in this specific matchup
9047s	yeah you're probably right uh
9050s	go the scant is not I mean he picked up
9054s	a weapon which can start blocking
9055s	defeated the problem with this Pantheon
9057s	if he comes down to Rd without like a
9059s	special keyword he might just down to
9062s	disintegrate or vlog
9065s	you have no other wincons right now in
9068s	the hand
9070s	on the side we have another Raven bloom
9073s	a double Rave Bloom and we have the
9075s	riptide racks
9078s	he would hate like he thinks that
9081s	discarding this random Bloom would be
9083s	worth it if you see a pass from opponent
9085s	to miss the fated proc make him burn
9089s	free Mana
9091s	decides to take an aggressive pass I
9095s	liked it but when the Goda didn't want
9097s	to take it and he just gets the fated
9099s	proc he now seems to level up that
9101s	Pantheon's ASAP to try to get a tough
9104s	keyword it's very good in this matchup
9105s	get elusive get spell shield the quick
9108s	attack is pretty good as well doesn't
9110s	allow upon to play this integrated plus
9111s	blocker unit
9113s	and look at the top deck from shampoo
9115s	here from zap gave him one of the cards
9118s	that can also change the matchup right
9121s	very good yes
9124s	I'm not sure if you keep it for the
9126s	pantheon to destroy the weapon from the
9129s	pantheon
9130s	or the Varys again just destroying virus
9132s	weapon can be super annoying for your
9134s	opponent uh one thing by the way we just
9136s	got some casting tips from Panda and the
9137s	chat and Panda mentioned something that
9139s	was definitely uh going to be the case
9142s	here and that is the clock is ticking
9144s	all right look at this we are at five
9146s	minutes left wow after that we will
9148s	already go into overtime and so far
9151s	these two players are not really playing
9153s	with the urgency of the clock
9155s	I mean it's technically 10 minutes left
9158s	for this match because once it's got
9160s	five minutes to overtime and the player
9162s	that has more time on the clock
9164s	automatically wins the match
9166s	look how close both are right we have 10
9168s	minutes left but I look at how this game
9170s	is turning out I can't believe that we
9173s	actually could go into overtime and
9175s	could potentially arrive at a timeout if
9177s	it happens and let's look the fastest
9179s	match like this match will go easily to
9181s	round 9 at 10 based on the openers
9186s	and the individual clocks of both
9188s	players very close together
9190s	triple was very close of not playing it
9192s	he was counting the Mana he was thinking
9194s	if he'll ever played the second book and
9197s	he came to conclusion yeah it's worth
9198s	the plate anyway
9201s	s is putting some heavy lifting look
9204s	what Affiliates achieved already he is
9206s	getting rid of the unit he's generating
9208s	the weapons like he's putting applying
9211s	Some solid pressure
9217s	and then Mariah Warden is here to stop
9219s	all the possible pressure generating a
9222s	classic zero one
9229s	you know the feeling when you play
9231s	Mariah Warden you get zero one I spent
9234s	zero free oh yeah and I wanted to say
9237s	when your opponent plays to my rewarded
9239s	they get cheap after you play The
9240s	Landmark or two four
9242s	we see both things happening here so
9245s	average outcome after all right yeah
9248s	polarized outcome you're not too sad
9250s	about it
9252s	oh heavy metal coming in already this is
9254s	destroying this razi unfortunately
9257s	so the reason for this heavy metal is he
9259s	wants to trigger landmarks it's not
9261s	because yeah I need to get rid of get
9263s	rid of this weapon right now it's
9265s	because I want to get title right now
9267s	like I'm like I'm seeing the time like I
9269s	see Rex I see Make It Rain I like he's
9272s	looking to play those sentries ASAP
9274s	yeah it is turned seven already right at
9278s	this point in other matchups you have
9279s	time already but again this is a slower
9281s	match up and
9282s	there are eight minutes left on the
9284s	clock so oh I love that so I wanted to
9287s	say that playing zap now is the last
9289s	time you can place up because later look
9292s	at this you want to play title title
9294s	cracks like sentries to defend yourself
9296s	like you won't have ever a turn to play
9299s	zombie that's up would be a death card
9302s	in the hand absolutely love developing
9304s	us up here we and not passing
9307s	oh we see a Make It Rain he really wants
9310s	the Thai book as soon as he can
9314s	and that is a pretty good hit
9317s	this allows you to almost full swing
9320s	you definitely take a full swing
9324s	but you want to threaten that uh
9326s	Pantheon
9328s	you want to throw it in Affiliates like
9330s	if you look at the gowda's board yeah
9331s	there are three blockers but only one of
9334s	them really wants to block
9337s	with extra damage being pushed in here
9339s	three ticks left under one Raven bloom
9342s	again one said raven bloom gets done you
9344s	get a debugging board now you just gotta
9346s	look for Rex activated and all of a
9347s	sudden you can destroy your opponent's
9348s	board very easily yes so we don't expect
9352s	tie a book before round nine next turn
9355s	it's the Cent return
9357s	and like I don't see a world where Goda
9360s	open attacks in with this hand this hand
9363s	reads I do nothing
9365s	literally I do nothing
9368s	oh he starts with the moment no you
9371s	probably start with a draw here an
9373s	ending wave to see where you go you draw
9375s	a varus
9376s	or he wants to start threatening kalital
9378s	here he starts with the moment too so
9380s	aggressively and then plays varus and up
9383s	keeps the man up for the combat tricks
9386s	okay
9386s	so he wants to go for little right now
9390s	aggressive plus damage
9393s	oh and top and spell shield holy
9397s	andalus evil that's a that's a player
9401s	uh is the goddamn manthian
9403s	oh and decides to take a swing without
9405s	development he realized there are triple
9408s	Center in the deck and he wants to play
9410s	around them especially you rolled live
9412s	still
9415s	listen right now there is a problem if
9419s	there is a sub block into this integrate
9422s	you are very sad because like you can't
9424s	do anything about it you can just freeze
9426s	I guess you take a freeze
9429s	but then like ah
9432s	[Music]
9433s	I think shumpo is very happy about this
9435s	turn
9436s	because he gets like some briefing room
9438s	to develop Tai bulk next turn
9442s	you probably start you probably attempt
9444s	at killing car videos or you keep the
9446s	death scan for the Rex proc there is a
9449s	chance you just read card here to proc
9451s	the spell shield at the
9454s	to prog the spell shield oh you could
9457s	try book this turn if if you if you go
9460s	with def sand and make it it's not worth
9461s	it
9462s	I don't ah is it like you lose the proc
9465s	potential oh he goes for it I mean now
9469s	it's more worth it because now you're
9470s	actually killing the Affiliates yeah I
9472s	mean you were threatening killing with
9473s	that red card as well the problem is you
9476s	have nowhere X proc now you have no way
9478s	to break rocks with this hand
9480s	unless you plan to oh
9483s	next time he wants to open Sentry
9487s	and he just wants to push the damage
9489s	with the full board
9492s	or perhaps gold card
9494s	Pabst gold cut is also a lifesteal
9496s	Pantheon so you got to be even more
9498s	careful
9499s	um especially because you probably don't
9500s	stun this Pantheon right it's very easy
9502s	to make this virus grow bigger than a
9504s	Pantheon
9505s	yeah that was for sure Xbox protection
9507s	from the God right yeah yep
9511s	oh it's opening to Rex okay this is
9514s	really tough if you hit a freeze on the
9516s	other side
9517s	oh
9518s	it would be such a painful turn for the
9520s	shrimp
9522s	the problem there is a tough on the
9524s	pantheon the tough it makes Rex
9527s	infinitely worse
9531s	freeze comes in Gouda knows what's
9533s	happening here says wait please open the
9536s	tag yeah you for sure have a Rex in your
9538s	hand
9540s	oh yep that's a bad news delivery for
9544s	the champo
9546s	foreign
9554s	we have this fellow Shield ready
9559s	I think you need to go for the blue card
9561s	here I don't think you can offer like
9563s	you keep that does integrate for the to
9566s	plate on the stock and you are looking
9568s	for the oh he decides to go for red card
9571s	instead
9573s	it will not last
9575s	I like the spell shield now
9580s	yeah just in case that though that those
9582s	cards in hand right the two cents wait
9584s	what if it's what if you just let him
9586s	die and play or just resurrect him and
9588s	keep this expanse protection for little
9592s	why not just let him commit his uh cards
9596s	to kill it
9597s	and go for little instead
9601s	like now you just like you just make up
9603s	on it don't waste resources here
9607s	oh
9608s	more draw now
9611s	to save one manner
9613s	now you can develop a blocker
9618s	but I think he needs to draw does
9619s	integrate plus a card otherwise he is
9622s	just dead
9623s	like I don't think the afford to does
9625s	anything that's just just developing two
9627s	HP on the board it literally does
9629s	nothing drawing another does integrate
9631s	you have two more in the deck into the
9633s	damage is more important so now the
9636s	question is do you have enough Mana to
9637s	do that all of that
9640s	with two minutes left over yeah
9643s	the timer is getting scarily close and
9646s	curly shampoo is winning on the timer
9649s	yeah
9651s	I mean this game should be over now
9654s	there's another Xbox protection and we
9656s	see there is a depth deficient like he
9659s	was just missing the disintegrated
9660s	potentially to stay alive
9664s	let's see what we draw here
9667s	Make It Rain flock that is not it and
9670s	that means game over
9672s	deathstrand plus Make It Rain
9674s	technically could save him in his mind
9677s	where there is no exposed protection or
9680s	combat tricks
9687s	there we go a little Miss order
9690s	in case of X2 to Bluff another spell
9694s	oh no it doesn't matter it doesn't
9695s	matter
9699s	wait next Transportation Oh I thought he
9701s	selected Pantheon for a second
9704s	nope gouda selected for lethal and that
9708s	is it as you mentioned that Express
9710s	protection for lethal would have been
9712s	pretty nice could have just draws into
9713s	another one and gets it done right here
9717s	actually if they didn't do the Xbox
9719s	protection there
9721s	is probably one on the timer
9729s	what a game what an absolutely insane
9732s	series I was hyping it up as it could be
9734s	potentially a final from the quality of
9735s	these players I think the lines they
9737s	took this is the game one with the rush
9738s	was was so so fun to see that game uh
9740s	you know pan out with each player trying
9742s	to find that Victory who defining in the
9744s	end the comeback in game two from shampo
9746s	an extremely close game free less than
9748s	one minute on the timer I think you know
9750s	if Lobster or sorry are watching
9751s	probably has some PTSD from past timer
9753s	incidents and seasonals but thankfully
9755s	in this case it was just a clean victory
9757s	in the end and again we're now down to
9759s	eight players left Alan and iced tea it
9761s	always passes by so quickly already you
9764s	know so many of the players eliminated
9765s	but we still have players like Marcus
9767s	first ever seasonal comes in after a
9770s	long long break and beats ghoster driver
9773s	one of the favorites with that 9-0 and
9775s	the open rounds eliminated already in
9777s	that top 16. we have Aaron versus
9779s	Finance again super nice matchup coming
9782s	up in this next round uh with one of the
9784s	the you know the seasonal winners in the
9785s	past buying us against Aaron Zone who's
9787s	done very deep runs in the past and
9789s	representing Sweden of course was
9790s	holding time and not being here the sole
9792s	Swedish representative in this top eight
9794s	we have Dino GP from Portugal ASO and
9796s	Roamer once again making a Deep Run and
9799s	then gouda versus Ultraman what a
9802s	matchup on that bottom side of the
9803s	bracket
9805s	absolutely fantastic top eight I mean
9808s	I'm so excited for Marcus but also for
9810s	Luna so this is already a heartbreaking
9811s	matchup in the top eight but also to see
9814s	pain is back right this is our all the
9816s	seasonal Champions and I believe the
9819s	last season of champion left in this
9820s	break so correct
9821s	if you can do it again second season
9823s	when nobody has done it before
9825s	in the open runs I played against
9827s	Finance he beat my ass he was he brought
9830s	Agro line up but he played it very very
9833s	cleanly I think
9835s	he probably played the best Agro I've
9838s	ever seen in terms of just pure piloting
9841s	in addition to drawing of course you
9844s	might well you might have a chance to
9846s	break down panels I think that's that's
9847s	what we might be covering in the next
9849s	round we're gonna go to a very short
9850s	break with how long this last match went
9851s	we're a bit under under the pressure of
9853s	also having able to break and we'll be
9855s	back with the round three with the top
9856s	eight and hopefully with that Pine has
9858s	match up as well so stay tuned
9864s	foreign
9885s	behold the righteous flame glory and
9888s	Light
9897s	[Music]
9899s	illumination and divinity
9902s	[Applause]
9905s	[Music]
9907s	[Applause]
9909s	despair the innocent punish the wicked
9914s	truth guide my sword
9917s	you are unworthy
9925s	on Wings of Fire hope ascends
9932s	[Music]
9942s	together we will rip this world of
9945s	corruption
9949s	fool open your eyes she has returned my
9953s	fears were well-founded
9964s	Deliverance
9966s	our devotion will not be broken
9975s	foreign
9986s	[Music]
9993s	[Music]
10002s	[Music]
10017s	thank you
10020s	[Music]
10031s	[Music]
10053s	thank you
10090s	thank you
10115s	[Music]
10136s	thank you
10139s	foreign
10150s	foreign
10184s	welcome back to the world Ender seasonal
10186s	tournament we are already in the top
10188s	eight we're already in round three of
10190s	this tournament a lot has happened but a
10191s	lot still can occur many great
10193s	storylines still left which have the
10195s	bracket we're gonna see it here Marcus
10196s	making his return to competitive Ventura
10198s	and making just a massive Splash already
10200s	in the top eight bringing mono sharima
10202s	as well the only player that actually I
10203s	believe has brought it Luna we saw in
10205s	the very first round has also made it
10206s	into the top eight Aaron versus Finance
10208s	the matchup that I want to see I'm half
10210s	Spanish I'm half Swedish so both my
10212s	biases are represented in this
10213s	quarterfinals match and we have Dino GP
10215s	versus a solid Roamer and gouda versus
10217s	Ultraman another Stellar matchup at the
10219s	bottom end of that bracket but iced tea
10221s	Allen we don't have much time so right
10222s	away we're gonna jump into that Aaron
10224s	versus Finance matchup and you guys can
10225s	break down the deckless and the possible
10227s	bands as well coming up in this round
10229s	three foreign
10231s	are you as excited as I am pain is one
10234s	of the oldest competitors we have and a
10236s	seasonal Champion already going up
10238s	against Aaron which is one of the
10239s	youngest competitors we have actually in
10241s	Lor so that is certainly a banger
10243s	matchup
10244s	yeah can't wait to to see the match we
10248s	see that painters brought similar to his
10250s	open round triple aggro he piloted that
10253s	extremely well and he felt confident in
10256s	all the matches he played I could feel
10257s	and yeah just bring it back and run it
10261s	back to the cut
10263s	they performed really well with this and
10265s	again we see finally a few Decks that I
10268s	was missing so far we've seen a lot of
10269s	aatrox we've seen a lot of Varys but
10272s	there finally we get to see this Leona
10274s	Katarina deck because this has been huge
10277s	in the open rounds has been huge on
10278s	leather lately again powered up by
10280s	Katarina being just one of the best
10282s	Champions currently combined with the
10284s	buff to Leona now absolute being a
10287s	mid-range Menace as well as having some
10290s	really fantastic early plays with the
10292s	Crimson pigeon that card is kind of like
10295s	a new saga Seeker right it can also grow
10297s	so big in the early to mid game that the
10299s	opponent just can't deal with it I mean
10301s	that deck is just yeah me grow like the
10305s	start line of the unit is so big if you
10307s	combine it like like opponent usually
10309s	has to trade inefficiently and you often
10311s	force them to block inefficiently by
10313s	blocking stunning their strongest unit
10315s	and then if you can like if your
10317s	qatarina is flipped you can rally again
10318s	oh it's a big trouble and when what we
10322s	see from the Karen we see Echo drinks
10325s	which is a very very efficient in
10327s	dealing with other aggro decks so I
10330s	wouldn't be surprised if we're gonna see
10331s	a ban on the echo jeans because it's
10334s	just too good of a deck against whole
10336s	penis lined up we also see FTR which it
10341s	has triple harsh winds it has double
10343s	Avalanche one box so it's not tacked to
10347s	beat Agro that well like it's just heavy
10351s	uh on the grinding side against grindy
10354s	decks and it's very low on removing the
10357s	early threads so I would be surprised if
10359s	painters decides to ban FDR
10362s	and then we have varus Pantheon virus
10364s	Pantheon just doesn't deal with Agra
10365s	well it's just a matter there is only
10367s	one Divine clerk there is multiple one
10370s	drops but the problems of those
10371s	wardrobes only Sagar Seeker is a real
10373s	Wonder but it can trade efficiently with
10376s	the
10377s	other aggro decks otherwise they get
10379s	just taken out either by the pinks from
10382s	the tfmf site or they can just like they
10385s	the the cars from the Katarina Leona
10388s	just outgrow that it's very hard to
10390s	trade uh in this matchup so uh we expect
10393s	echo jinxban on the iron side and on the
10397s	painters side I'm pretty sure it's just
10400s	lulujings the deck is just like it can
10402s	do good disgusting things so by turn
10404s	three four and like you just don't want
10405s	to deal with it TF map definitely the
10407s	weakness deck it's the most Fair deck
10410s	and then we have the qatarilliona which
10413s	is I think it's just a bit inconsistent
10414s	but it's better of the worst aggro decks
10419s	out there yes especially because it has
10421s	a pretty favorable matchup into FDR and
10424s	has about a 50 50 into the various deck
10427s	um again as you mentioned this would
10429s	also be a good deck to potentially
10432s	but then we see the little Jinx and you
10434s	absolutely right that deck especially if
10436s	it draws well can just absolutely
10437s	explode with the Lulu early on and then
10439s	once you get the Jinx and you flip it
10441s	it's just really tough to play against
10443s	if you're any other deck especially also
10445s	if you have TR and all of a sudden your
10446s	opponent has more than one Jinx it's
10448s	unlikely that you win because they have
10449s	so much draw and burn power behind it so
10452s	I mean you open your deck list and you
10454s	see you're only efficient to I mean your
10456s	only removal for lolo is Vengeance but
10458s	they're the Curious will there it's like
10460s	I guess I don't want to play this
10462s	matchup
10464s	and we're gonna see varus Pantheon
10467s	matching Cup against qatario Katarina
10469s	Leona and we see already a pretty good
10471s	hand from the painters side curving out
10474s	into the Katarina with a favor and the
10477s	free drop that just grows on the other
10480s	side Aaron has the Saga Seeker into
10482s	carving County to Shepherd which is very
10485s	good for the Aaron Aaron given that he
10488s	has double Saga Seeker he's inclined to
10490s	trade the first one to save up the extra
10493s	HP I really like this play
10495s	because uh yeah you save our HP because
10498s	you would have done the trade anyway
10500s	yeah and pain is just happy to take the
10502s	trade as well hoping that this will be
10504s	the loss of The Saga Seekers but again
10505s	Aaron has another one in hand now pain
10507s	is uh has a few options we see the bands
10510s	and
10512s	those the FM and Echo Jinx Echo jinx as
10517s	we expected but we didn't see tfmf but
10519s	because it it appears it like it was
10522s	your best matchup for the FTR it's a bit
10524s	surprising on that side
10526s	maybe suspecting FDR might get banned on
10529s	Aaron's side it's always tough because
10531s	you there are so many bands your
10534s	opponent can do you kind of have to like
10536s	get the best possible estimation of what
10538s	your opponent actually will ban and
10539s	again if the FDR would have been banned
10541s	that matchup could have been potentially
10542s	harder for other decks now pain is a
10545s	sport looks pretty mediocre right now
10547s	but as you mentioned we do have the sun
10548s	Guardian in hand and that is a huge unit
10550s	this is our big boy it kill rose every
10553s	time we do get a Daybreak proc and it
10556s	can get absolutely giant especially in
10558s	the mid game
10559s	let's talk about Terran 2 here yet
10562s	because Aaron had an option to leak one
10563s	more damage others was developing Saga
10566s	seeker and playing the shepherd on Saga
10569s	Seeker which is way better like you need
10571s	a unit that grows you need a unit that
10574s	matches and gets the value blocks over
10577s	time in this matchup because if there is
10579s	a
10580s	Katarina dropping out
10582s	and you have no answer we see the
10585s	Furious wielder here but opponent can
10586s	just start with rare guard forcing you
10588s	to develop another card and when you
10590s	don't have suddenly the Mana for the
10592s	Furious wielder he could have chosen to
10594s	take one more damage to develop to get a
10596s	weapon on way stronger unit he decided
10599s	not to he decided to take one more
10600s	damage and making the Saga Seeker way
10603s	worse because you can utilize your one
10606s	free way easier than utilizing the one
10608s	one
10611s	especially against the tutu spiraling on
10613s	the board already we see now another
10614s	Daybreak effect which now means the sun
10616s	Guardian is already a 4-5 if you had a
10618s	saga City that could potentially grow
10620s	alongside the sun Guardian you might
10622s	have been able to trade this down but
10623s	this now becomes increasingly difficult
10625s	painless as you mentioned going with the
10627s	one drop first potentially setting the
10629s	way for Katarina if there is Mana
10630s	committed from Aaron so this was very
10633s	interesting Karen because what happens
10634s	here if aren't passed penis attacks if
10638s	uh Aaron commits Mana to anything and
10641s	there is no Furious Wilder threat a
10643s	penis plays Katarina that's just
10645s	straight up it
10647s	now you don't really care about that one
10649s	man up late that is uh being generated
10651s	there don't doesn't kill anything
10652s	anyways it would rather just like
10655s	instantly flip your Carolina be able to
10656s	Rally especially with Leona hitting the
10658s	board as well on curve
10661s	the penis is considering if he wants to
10663s	pass back the priority to play a jam
10665s	before attacking but flipping Katarina
10667s	in this matchup especially when you have
10669s	Leona in your hand it's just too
10672s	valuable but penis probably knows the
10675s	matchup way better than I do
10677s	and he'll make the correct correct play
10679s	he's just worried about the Saga Seeker
10681s	but there is like the threat of pale
10683s	Cascade
10685s	he goes for it
10689s	and the Katarina plays so big here yeah
10692s	and it's so tough again because she
10694s	recalls once he strikes and she has
10696s	quick attack again that is a key word
10699s	especially in mid-range matchups that is
10701s	just absolutely broken here
10703s	can't really be look at the board before
10705s	the Qatar before the Saga Seeker
10707s	development if opponent just attacked
10708s	you could have blocked three four three
10710s	three with the three four block the
10712s	spider with two two you are taking five
10714s	but you are not worried about the
10716s	Katarina right like now you locked
10718s	yourself out of the Furious Fielder
10719s	option and now the Katarina might
10721s	completely decimate you yeah you have
10724s	the Furious builder for future you have
10726s	the unforgiving call for later but it
10729s	might just cost you because like just
10730s	this uh the only attack token on the
10733s	opponent's turn might be too much for
10736s	you to deal with uh in with addition of
10739s	developing cheat cheap units like a rare
10741s	card himself
10743s	yeah so now we Soldier also swing in
10744s	here can get value traded obviously by a
10746s	3-4 but that does set it up for a blade
10749s	from a Katarina again we get three
10751s	blades for zero Mana once we replay a
10753s	level Katarina that could force gems to
10755s	be actually played on this unit instead
10756s	of a saga Seeker as well
10759s	it's not looking too cold like you're
10761s	you need Pantheon for this match up to
10763s	start growing and getting the keywords
10767s	right now like we are staring at the
10770s	next turn Katarina into the Leona
10774s	and there is not much Aaron can do
10777s	besides the Furious wielder or for
10779s	unforgiving call here
10785s	her momentous choice is a pretty good
10787s	draw to potentially trade down the board
10789s	but again I I suspect Karina could
10792s	potentially attack just to take a load
10793s	we could also develop Leona next turn
10795s	and have stunhawk into Katarina on the
10798s	following turn where we just
10799s	stanhawk attack develop Katarina attack
10802s	again
10805s	like okay you want to take out as many
10808s	news as you can here for the opponent
10812s	like free one can be blocked only by the
10815s	sun Guardian so you would be very happy
10817s	with this trade at the if the spider
10819s	blocks Saga Seeker you are happy to
10821s	utilize momentous choice to take out the
10823s	blocker so this indicates that the
10825s	opponent wants to play Katarina this
10826s	turn and you probably hide the Ryder
10828s	card as an extra one drop after playing
10830s	the blade on the free one if upon does
10832s	not commit the gem on it
10836s	yeah you have two lines of play just go
10838s	for the Leona line I just mentioned it
10840s	kind of works a bit more well with your
10844s	curve right with your next turn you just
10845s	have like two drop into four drop as
10847s	well and you have another you have
10848s	another stun unfortunately this Leona is
10850s	not quite fibbed you would have had
10852s	double stand if she was didn't quite
10854s	have the Daybreak what happens here the
10856s	problem if you play Katarina if opponent
10859s	has a combat tricks you are giving a
10862s	weight for your opponent to utilize
10864s	their Mana by developing Leo not just
10866s	developing a unit if opponent has no
10869s	units they are in a pickle because what
10871s	are you gonna do now if you have spells
10873s	only spells no units and that that deck
10875s	Pantheon virus is known for running low
10877s	on units and like what you're gonna play
10880s	just a furious wheel there's something
10881s	here
10882s	I guess you just play the you play
10885s	momento choice plus Furious Wilder
10886s	deleona because that's your best play or
10889s	play gem into Furious wielder on the sun
10891s	Guardian
10893s	yes
10896s	post on a gem wants to keep that Fury as
10899s	well before the Katarina
10901s	okay
10905s	so there is a sun Hulk into the Katarina
10907s	that which is really strong turn
10911s	yeah and the owner also flips on this
10914s	one makes it even harder here for Aaron
10917s	because uh as you know
10920s	deadly owner now if she gets to stay on
10922s	board can get barrier on Daybreak
10925s	yeah exactly the problem is like your
10928s	turn like you have unforgiving cold and
10930s	Furious wielders your combat tricks now
10932s	you might consider playing a spell shoot
10933s	to protect your uh to just get an extra
10936s	blocker
10938s	so by the by doing this he says that I'm
10941s	gonna unforgiving call here
10944s	Oh by developing he he want to buff now
10947s	he is gonna be one mother short
10949s	so I was thinking that what he's gonna
10951s	do this turn and forgiving call now
10953s	tropono plays Katarina He's Just Gonna
10955s	Fill yourself there
10956s	but this doesn't allow him to do that
10958s	anymore he's one manner short for that
10961s	yeah and unfortunately you can't just
10963s	like wait this one out play I'm
10965s	forgiving code afterwards to potentially
10967s	uh kill the Katarina off by hand not
10969s	having any attack to recall
10971s	because uh Not only would you take
10973s	infinite damage but also Katarina is no
10975s	longer the strongest synonym board
10977s	wow this is a really tough turn because
10980s	it allows Katarina to just jump back and
10982s	like it allows peanuts to attack back
10984s	again on the next
10988s	and like you won't have much combat
10990s	tricks left
10993s	I have a joke virus though
10996s	we finally get rid of the sun Guardian
10998s	uh there could be a further but again
11000s	that gets punished by a spell shield
11001s	here probably not going for that one
11005s	yeah
11007s	she could he could just favor the spider
11012s	if he wants to take the the risky line
11014s	the only punish is spell shoot at fail
11017s	yeah he goes for it he wants to just
11019s	utilize the Katarina and will see the
11021s	spell shield and that's a massive punish
11027s	changing play
11031s	now my head is looking pretty empty but
11034s	we do have still after Furious wheel
11036s	that which again can take down uh okay
11038s	contact only you know contact on
11040s	Katarina though there's another virus
11041s	that also helps again you need to keep
11043s	Mana for Fearless wheeler this turn like
11045s	your like opponent plays the like paint
11048s	you have to expect painters to play
11049s	Katarina the stern but what penis has on
11052s	top of that he can get the barrier at
11055s	the history or not start a unit and then
11058s	swinging to you
11060s	and then also has another Katarina okay
11064s	let's write it down because what you
11066s	have now is you have Varys into various
11068s	spell right you can give the Carolina
11069s	vulnerable Trader down uh potentially uh
11071s	but penis doesn't care
11076s	also I think that the battles was
11077s	incomplete from the wrong side to giving
11079s	the information there is a second varus
11081s	in the hand
11083s	and also you have to give the damn you
11085s	you target your uh Saga Seeker the one
11088s	one so it doesn't die to the dagger and
11090s	you can take it out with your varus
11093s	afterwards
11094s	yep
11096s	unfortunately
11097s	will mean
11100s	another Katarina in painter's hand will
11102s	be pretty good for this one but at least
11105s	it's very survives to Leona for now it
11108s	doesn't because of the tiger yeah
11112s	this is such a rough game for Aaron
11114s	right now
11115s	I mean penis might just outgrind him
11117s	honestly
11118s	no Pantheon varro's
11120s	strike cycle back second is gonna be
11123s	dying the stern
11126s	which is something this that can do
11127s	right it's uh it's not aggro it's not
11130s	mid-range it's somewhere in between
11132s	there are people playing Solari
11134s	Priestess in the stack as well so this
11135s	certainly has options to outgrind hey
11137s	look this is double decimate and you're
11139s	gonna throw at me that it's not an aggro
11141s	Come On In The Middle come on you have
11145s	two spells the treats pay six Mana the
11148s	horse to the face it's not an aggro deck
11150s	for you bro if you think about it uh the
11154s	deck also has what like 12 One Drops
11158s	yeah on top
11160s	okay it's an angle like it's Zachary but
11162s	it's an egg that could also play some
11163s	Larry Priestess that's broken
11167s	does it have solar Priestess it doesn't
11169s	right a lot of versions have I think
11171s	Bibi uh has placed two of them and it
11174s	also has a wound which can generate even
11176s	more value so you definitely have value
11178s	generation in this deck which is crazy
11179s	the deck has just a good start line of
11182s	the units combined with all the early
11185s	drops with the Good Start lines so it's
11187s	just like it just runs you down when you
11189s	are like yeah you are your deck is just
11191s	generating a bunch of stuff while
11192s	opponent plays oh cool I play five six
11194s	let's see what you do
11197s	foreign
11199s	doesn't do a lot try to get back into
11202s	the game had some really good plays but
11204s	unfortunately it's just getting outpaced
11205s	here by penis
11208s	oh the the top deck like if it's like if
11211s	you don't extra phone this is game
11215s	Leona this is a very interesting top
11218s	deck
11219s	I mean
11222s	we could just Open Swing if our opponent
11223s	doesn't have any spell that can commit
11225s	here which again
11227s	you know the one card is stuck in the
11230s	hand forever and second one is top deck
11232s	if it's pale Cascade
11236s	ah you can't play your Leona into the
11239s	Katarina but you can just play Katarina
11241s	twice so you do you really mind you get
11243s	you get a pail without a draw I think
11246s	it's a good swing yeah I like it
11249s	and there is nobody like there's a Civic
11252s	turn
11256s	and you know there is only one card left
11257s	you could just go for the
11259s	uh it's either double Katarina attempt
11263s	or it's a Leona
11265s	you have like and still he can still
11267s	play Leona because it's not a Daybreak
11269s	card anymore
11270s	it's like two different ways to find
11272s	level here
11273s	so he played the weapons very fast which
11275s	indicates the last card is furious
11277s	wielder because it was stuck in the hand
11279s	for a very long time and Aaron played
11281s	that extremely fast which could give a
11284s	tell that there is that's a combat trick
11286s	that he can play you know that's not a
11288s	freeze for sure because you wouldn't
11289s	just that like did what he did right
11294s	all right so potentially just going for
11297s	the stun here again Furious wheeler
11299s	comes through
11300s	still looking good
11303s	I'm not sure if you go with the future I
11306s	think you just take a pool against
11307s	Furious Wilder I'm pretty sure you just
11310s	like you know like that opponent has no
11312s	units and no cards if it's your Furious
11313s	wheel there
11316s	I like the ah the only strike with
11319s	Katarina is a bit
11321s	that's a bit risky
11324s	that means he had no he had the wrong
11325s	grit on the last card
11327s	he assumed that's a different card
11328s	probably
11330s	maybe he it couldn't be pale because he
11332s	had the opportunity to play paler way
11334s	earlier when the cut was still in the
11336s	hand
11339s	by the way I'm looking at the list from
11341s	painters right now pain is again does
11343s	not play Solari Priestess can many lists
11346s	do but he does play one of reveler's
11348s	feast and triple house spider
11351s	actually double spider
11354s	wait
11355s	what
11357s	am I missing something
11360s	uh cycling Leona
11366s	[Music]
11368s	I think painters might have just tricked
11370s	himself into thinking has another attack
11373s	how can and he has little with the
11376s	dagger I I'm pretty sure
11378s	that's what he thought because that was
11381s	exactly nine after playing that and
11384s	that's what I thought you would go for
11385s	the Leona stun before you attack because
11388s	yeah
11393s	and that would be little against Furious
11395s	Wilder
11397s	Ness
11398s	pain is immediately recognized a mistake
11400s	throws down the Darius emote yeah
11405s	still if we top deck raboon this is an
11408s	absolutely one game
11413s	the questions do you develop picture on
11415s	uh you don't because you can top the
11416s	pale
11419s	I would keep that in case it's the top
11421s	of the pale
11423s	two Pals in the deck for painters
11425s	oh that's a decimate
11428s	not lethal unfortunately
11433s	top taking decimates well you just need
11436s	one more right
11437s	swing in here there's some damage you
11439s	find one decimate it's fine he's gonna
11441s	pop the further obviously
11444s	I mean that's the awkward way is the
11446s	aggro way you just stop taking it I mean
11447s	he's dead no he's dead unless he's a
11449s	favorite of deck
11451s	oh yeah you have to revive
11454s	just please play the revive before
11456s	playing weapon to get it more damage
11462s	play revive first please thank you
11464s	very nice
11466s	everyone goes to the correct play and it
11468s	now it's down to top decks it's just
11471s	forever
11475s	GG coming in from painters knows that
11477s	next round is the last round of this
11479s	game
11479s	says hey if I don't know further GG
11483s	yep that's all right God
11486s	oh that is rough
11492s	thank you
11494s	a German crunk you need
11498s	jamming varos would have given him more
11501s	damage but that's okay
11505s	19 damage going through
11506s	block 11 of that
11508s	oh no it's Pearson never mind we can't
11510s	yep it's done it's over uh paid is
11514s	unfortunately in a match of the seamed
11516s	one loses to Aaron after unfortunately
11519s	missing an attack token happens
11520s	sometimes yes a small misstep that can
11523s	happen to the best of us
11526s	especially after you played nine rounds
11528s	of switch a day playing into more runs
11530s	today a lot of little are to be played
11532s	but that means FTR is going to be left
11534s	open you have favorable matchups with
11536s	the little Jinx and the Leona Katarina
11538s	yeah especially against this version
11539s	it's full packed to beat the grindy
11543s	matchups it's not Tech to beat Agro it
11546s	has like what two Avalanche three valve
11549s	fees three quiet tools that's that's it
11551s	no more no Ravi no nothing
11558s	so important and the other game to take
11560s	down the Crimson pigeon because
11561s	otherwise that pigeon grows out of range
11564s	really quick
11566s	so this is the this is comes down how
11569s	much experience Aaron has in the match
11570s	up because this is very Mulligan
11572s	dependent and he decides to keep
11574s	trundling the hand which
11579s	might be rough in this matchup because
11581s	there is so like the turn where you
11582s	develop the trundle like if we look at
11585s	the attack tokens opponent is attacking
11587s	uh on turn four so we could see easily a
11591s	ton from the opponent on that trundle
11594s	and he would not be uh blocking much
11599s	foreign
11602s	going in for the pass here again
11604s	painters can just develop on the board
11606s	has multiple one drops but knows that uh
11609s	unfortunately this pigeon probably dies
11612s	to acquire this can elect to play a two
11614s	drop here to go triple one drop next
11616s	turn would play into Avalanche but knows
11619s	that there are only two in the deck for
11621s	Aaron
11622s	you have some interesting lines you can
11625s	take you can technically keep one drops
11635s	this has to be a quietest
11637s	there is no better Target in the dog
11639s	than the pigeon
11641s	and also later there is a threat of pale
11643s	so like you want to utilize that quietus
11645s	as soon as you can wow wow that's a hand
11648s	okay
11650s	I mean aren't funny things a penis
11653s	wouldn't open attack here I mean from
11656s	what I've seen he plays around Avalanche
11657s	every time on the turn three into FDR
11660s	like he like usually but not even based
11663s	on his hand but usually he chooses to
11667s	who to play around it when he can to not
11670s	get blown out completely out of the game
11672s	yeah this unfortunately means this quiet
11674s	is now actually lose quite a bit of
11675s	value one of them can take down the
11677s	Solaris Soldier later on but that is a
11680s	not a lot of value that you get out of
11681s	that and B the second card is still
11684s	stuck in hand for now
11691s	so he's trying to flip the Leonard as
11695s	soon as he can
11696s	the problem is like you want to keep
11698s	those your needs to go after ravoon
11701s	uh to threaten oh that's a that's a cute
11704s	bluffing but you give your opponent
11706s	information that you have either
11707s	Vengeance valpis or coyotus
11710s	uh I don't think I'm a big fan of that
11712s	showing the opponent what exactly which
11715s	card is the spelling your hand
11717s	or Avalanche I suppose yeah and because
11719s	now he can hand truck and to know that
11721s	this card is the exact spell
11726s	yeah
11727s	I mean you would never play Avalanche in
11729s	this spot you have to you like you have
11730s	a block you take out two of your needs
11732s	you do you remove your one blocker so
11734s	you play Avalanche to remove one
11736s	attacker which is like completely not
11738s	worth it
11739s	the cute play Aaron but I think painters
11742s	hello
11744s	there is something about age you know he
11745s	he knows he knows about these things
11748s	okay he's been around for a while look
11750s	the best part is I don't even think oh I
11752s	tricked him but actually painters wanted
11754s	to pass the stairs
11757s	yeah that was a pretty good password
11758s	pain is here he's gonna be able to
11760s	develop Leona on the board
11762s	can trundle can be committed on the
11764s	board but if you do that
11766s	I think we can answer right back and
11768s	have a huge swing of all those morning
11770s	lights does isn't this little
11775s	oh wait
11777s	no we do
11784s	why she has to go for little am I
11787s	missing something
11789s	like it's only valpis that stops little
11792s	I mean he wants to see this
11797s	so
11798s	interestingly that pigeon obviously not
11800s	hitting a three two here because we are
11803s	playing around battlefields already so
11804s	penis is expecting above he's for sure
11806s	maybe he was thinking hey the spell that
11808s	was hovered last turn on the face it was
11810s	a well feast
11812s	goes in for the Morning Light anyways I
11814s	mean this is just a good play
11816s	yeah you have to go for it even if there
11818s	is valpis you need to threaten this like
11820s	there is no reason not to play this
11822s	like you you kill the ramp you get a two
11824s	mother spell from the opponents like if
11826s	they don't have baltis you just win like
11828s	you have to present little
11831s	see your problem right now is that you
11833s	don't have a Catalina I'm sorry there is
11835s	a flash trees as well that stops the
11837s	little but again you want to take this
11839s	card out of the opponent's hand anyway
11845s	there we go that is a big Leona as well
11848s	flip now
11850s	can take down the zero three REM called
11852s	easily which also resets the RAM for
11854s	iron because Aaron so far was not able
11856s	to throw down a wild mysticism or a
11858s	catalyst to read relying
11861s	on the zero three here that is
11863s	unfortunately going to be traded down
11865s	I definitely developed with alfies now
11867s	because it stops five damage you're
11869s	never gonna get a better Val fees when
11870s	stopping five damage now
11873s	like you need to play about this anyway
11875s	and if you can prevent another fight
11877s	with it it's just yeah you don't pass on
11879s	it
11883s	and she now has some good targets to
11885s	siphon some HP and attack off
11889s	especially as the owner because again
11891s	remember this buff is only temporarily
11892s	this is GIF not Grand so she will go
11895s	back to 6 hp anyways next turn uh no
11898s	she's losing one HP because from the
11900s	damage you you take damage you take HP
11902s	from the rear guard
11904s	you pigeon on the rare guard here
11909s	no not this one
11911s	it's probably regard
11914s	she almost got it just give you a moment
11919s	you know what the pigeons are confusing
11920s	okay there's so many of them yeah
11923s	there we go
11925s	now it's clean
11928s	stopping five damage with the ramp
11930s	which is obviously something that uh
11934s	penis is happy about but there is one
11936s	more thing that penis has information
11937s	about five cards in the iron hand are
11942s	that are to the left of the pillar are
11945s	not cars that cost eight plus
11948s	because he didn't Trump the turn before
11950s	with the
11951s	two drop
11955s	so you know all of those cards are most
11958s	likely just spells so at this point you
11961s	should have read there is at least one
11962s	or two quiet toes
11964s	that there is probably atro
11966s	and there is one more random spell
11970s	could be top deck no you don't assume
11973s	there is Ram because you'd have played
11975s	ramp on turn 4.
11978s	the only thing a pain is next and really
11981s	is afraid of
11982s	is it buried in ice
11985s	I mean he's gonna Open Swing there is
11988s	like like at this point you are
11990s	yeah you can even open ah so you have
11993s	two potential stunts already in the hand
11995s	next turn but yeah you can just develop
11996s	here an Open Swing next turn
11998s	like if we think about it if you even
12001s	play it's very nice if you don't kill
12003s	Leona here if you open with the stun if
12006s	opponent is very nice you can place
12007s	override with the spider
12009s	that's a one attacker there's a spider
12012s	blocker you don't get an extra spider
12013s	link
12014s	so if you need an extra you need to have
12016s	little this turn uh no no you can remove
12018s	one no you would have little actually
12020s	because you're just fair War before very
12021s	nice results and when you have this
12023s	double space
12025s	so you'd be one short damage then
12030s	Leona being gone now means some stunts
12032s	being gone as well so this looks like a
12033s	pretty decent open Attack One freeze uh
12036s	is there for Aaron to potentially hold
12038s	this one off we also have some healing
12040s	in hand eight Mana to exactly go for
12042s	Catalyst plus freeze this turn
12047s	that means we still die
12050s	yeah so like uh panels is doing the math
12053s	of how much of the damage Aaron can stop
12056s	and like
12057s	can he ever like there is a hard screens
12060s	like at this point painters in the hand
12063s	based on the how game home played out
12065s	based on the spells on the left side to
12067s	the pillar based on the ramp and now
12070s	there is no matter for buried in eyes so
12072s	like that's not the card you consider so
12074s	there is no punish to developing
12075s	obviously right
12077s	like white is coming in killing a 2-2
12080s	that can't grow anyways said as quiet as
12083s	all year I mean
12084s	you have to back up a flashlight to
12086s	potentially later on in the game you
12088s	could have quieted something with a
12089s	Flash release backup but that is two
12091s	cards that you need to invest that could
12093s	have been potentially used to kill a
12094s	Caterina or Leona if we had no other
12096s	removal which explains why Aaron was
12098s	maybe hesitant to actually use the flash
12100s	freeze on the flock of pigeons early on
12104s	I mean he's kind of dead
12107s	what what's left over for him this then
12109s	I mean he could have prevented more
12110s	damage by using flash freeze past
12112s	Catalyst this play made him take an
12115s	extra one damage
12117s	oh my God
12119s	oh that's a good pull
12121s	those are two very good points for an
12123s	aggro deck
12125s	I mean that's pretty good
12129s	you stuck with the three six now and see
12131s	what component does
12133s	that boom
12135s	uh would you like to do something Mr
12137s	trundle
12139s	box props Mr China wants to get out once
12143s	again it's flash freezing too quiet
12144s	because there is nothing else he can do
12146s	yeah
12147s	and that that reduces the most damage on
12149s	the board
12150s	and when you concede yeah I think this
12152s	is online flash please conceit
12156s	you know you don't have Mana anymore for
12157s	flash freeze into Catalyst unfortunately
12159s	so this really is it
12164s	Aaron's still reaping that bluff on
12165s	turnover for giffy moment
12169s	I mean he's thinking about it right is
12171s	there any possible way we can block
12173s	enough damage to survive till next turn
12176s	next time we could potentially set up a
12178s	board wipe with our a drop combined with
12180s	pillars well we can okay listeners did
12183s	forget about that like token once maybe
12185s	he forgets again
12187s	like Iris plague took his wincon
12191s	he's rapping the harsh wins right so if
12193s	he double blocks and harsh means he's
12195s	still dead so there is like the only his
12198s	only wincom he's paying us for getting
12199s	to attack or mistaking space
12202s	penis is not that old okay
12206s	it's one of the older players but not
12208s	that old
12209s	gets it done here keep on the line he
12212s	found the better line than the Flasher
12213s	is called conceit
12215s	I like it it draws it to your Nexus
12218s	yep classic
12221s	and there we go which means that this
12223s	will now be a real best of three one
12225s	point for each player now and we are
12227s	left with little Jinx versus FTR
12229s	exciting matchup because we finally get
12231s	to see a little jinx this is probably
12233s	the most fun I had this season playing
12235s	lulujings such a fun deck to play but
12237s	also such
12238s	a frustrating deck to play against
12240s	especially if they draw well
12242s	you are you're excited to play Lolo Jinx
12245s	yeah
12246s	really can we swap someone really
12249s	quickly for the second castle
12253s	like imagine you have your attack token
12256s	on odds and then oh yeah hold up let me
12260s	play My Little
12261s	person freeway it's all fun no it's
12265s	super fun into the last million to the
12269s	damage and die on turn five yes very fun
12271s	yeah let me top Tech Jinx if you get
12273s	excited let's go all right unfortunately
12275s	painless here does not have the attack
12276s	token odds so already a doozy Style
12281s	uh there is some good opener from paying
12284s	painters
12285s	chooses not to play bird because he has
12287s	no units in the hand
12289s	so he's gonna choose to look for the two
12292s	drop Now by playing scrap head
12296s	will we see the free free
12299s	oh I guess there is no high road because
12301s	he's thinking about it
12302s	the the instant play would be the free
12305s	free instant pick
12307s	it's a 3-2 oh wait I don't remember
12310s	their names do you remember their names
12321s	I know one of them I don't know one of
12323s	them looks like Sofia and has like kind
12325s	of the same effect so I always call it
12327s	yeah the five drop
12329s	oh okay
12333s	citria in the Urdu yeah okay
12338s	so
12340s	Aaron doesn't have too bit of a hand
12342s	against Agro like he drew
12346s	from the deck so get something and then
12350s	she has shiku if by Miracle he survives
12353s	until turned nine
12356s	so we do have Ram now and we do get a
12358s	blocker with it uh yeah painless hand is
12361s	the void of Champions the void of
12363s	chompers that can change really quickly
12365s	though this deck can turn up from zero
12367s	to a hundred I mean okay is like I want
12370s	like if you wanted to play me discard a
12372s	card times four and the vendor is built
12374s	but it's like no please don't discount
12376s	me ah he's gonna be gonna real soon I'm
12380s	too young
12382s	he got rid of the Rama as well which is
12384s	probably the correct call considering
12386s	you have million discard cards and like
12389s	now
12390s	Aaron could have a read there is no Jinx
12391s	because you don't do not discard this
12393s	unless you have a jinx in a hand
12396s	we have the fury on Crash
12399s	Fury Warrior
12401s	the Sofia is awesome
12404s	okay both of those are premium options
12407s	the fury horn gives you immediate
12409s	pressure
12410s	so you probably go for the immediate
12412s	pressure right
12414s	especially because it's also really hard
12416s	to trade down with an avalanche they
12417s	could put common post combat box not
12420s	available right now so furion looks
12422s	absolutely fantastic drop it here that
12424s	is a trump attacker that's so hard to
12427s	set up the problem it would be better
12429s	but the problem what's your what's your
12431s	play next turn
12433s	like open attack with three two one one
12436s	and build yikes yeah and then you have
12440s	to set up like the portals and bird who
12442s	can all die to an avalanche before you
12443s	actually get the sift player yeah all
12446s	right this is not the hand this deck is
12448s	known for this is the hand the deck is
12451s	all right I didn't draw my Lulu I can
12453s	see it let's go next
12456s	not going well yep
12459s	a jinx can potentially still get us out
12461s	of this especially I mean honestly even
12463s	if you throw things the deck does crazy
12465s	like you need Lulu for early pressure
12467s	without Lulu this deck does laughable
12471s	things
12472s	yeah this is not the Lulu's jumpers line
12474s	I'm used to
12476s	oh my god look look at the stern and
12479s	quietus now oh that's such a good turn
12482s	for Aaron and next time you can open
12485s	pass That's so exciting
12487s	into box
12490s	all right well why am I getting flame
12493s	for having fun with blue Jigs and you're
12495s	excited about getting able to pass this
12497s	turn like this past is the most exciting
12501s	play in this game this is the most skill
12503s	expression thing you can do fast because
12507s	if you pass incorrectly you can win or
12508s	lose the game
12510s	I mean by playing you can lose also
12512s	multiple games but I think it's so so
12514s	dope
12516s	all right I mean I guess we were going
12518s	to see the dopest play of the whole
12520s	series here no oh no pass I mean he has
12523s	a follow-up with the either avalanchal
12525s	box so like now he can just like but I
12527s	like path into play this and Vince like
12530s	you use the development as a soft path
12532s	so you open pass to give opponent a way
12535s	to develop to grab some info so if he
12537s	does like imagine the opponent played
12539s	Jinx now into Ramos do you just concede
12541s	because opponent just rocketing you
12543s	twice drawing million like the open pass
12546s	is so much stronger because you fish for
12548s	information
12550s	well if only there was a jinx in the
12552s	hand I mean we can potentially draw it
12554s	and actually flip her this turn plus get
12555s	a rocket
12557s	oh
12558s	look there's a champion not the one we
12560s	wanted it I think that's a four four
12562s	Lulu so that Lolo will not care about
12564s	the box at all
12566s	yeah
12567s	I should have been buffed by furyon
12570s	if you're on Buffs the top two out of
12572s	three cards in your deck so this is
12573s	definitely buffed yeah looks kind of
12576s	scary box uh still takes out the three
12578s	to here
12579s	because like opponent has nothing to
12581s	buff so you're just like yep
12584s	and when you commit with the bird
12591s	from the Lulu perspective
12595s	looks like from Lulu perspective
12597s	is it come on give him at least a chance
12600s	with two cards you have nothing on the
12603s	board
12604s	predict selection for the tournament
12606s	here the chance now suffer
12609s	could have played an elephant they could
12611s	have played a different deck yep
12615s	look at that uh Happy get excited in the
12617s	hand
12618s	it's time to top deck Jinx oh the jinx
12623s	all right this is an open attack that
12625s	does look pretty sad but will you open
12627s	or you open pokey what do you mean that
12629s	opponent insteads you
12632s	uh
12633s	yeah you just take a block and you're
12635s	very happy
12636s	to go down to eight
12638s	no sorry ten ten you're at 10 when you
12642s	have eight Mana
12643s	yeah the only way I mean yeah is if you
12645s	keep if you don't keep up Vengeance for
12647s	Jinx that's the only way I mean if you
12649s	heard of drinks you would have played
12650s	last time so like Aaron is at this point
12652s	you know what if you top the jinx cool
12655s	but I'm taking a rocket that I would
12658s	take the damage from Lulu anyway so I
12660s	might as well kill Lulu and just take
12662s	the rocket until Vengeance Jinx next
12664s	turn right
12666s	so this is his thought process
12668s	would be so kind of scary because of the
12669s	extra draw but
12672s	focus is coming in even if you're
12673s	talking so hard if he draws Jinx and he
12676s	can't play this get excited
12678s	that's even better that's even better oh
12682s	you're having too much fun here okay oh
12684s	that's too late
12687s	I'm an absolute agony okay okay this is
12691s	a playable car to play the the four Mana
12694s	spell you click clear create bundle a
12696s	bunch of the Jordans and that's that's a
12699s	very good turn spend five Mana create
12701s	two units I think it's five manager
12703s	spell
12705s	oh it costs five that's even better
12708s	oh God I mean he can create two discount
12711s	photos for this get excited no yeah
12714s	great
12715s	no I'm totally with you that let's take
12719s	damage you can throw at your opponent's
12720s	Nexus totally gonna win you the game
12722s	yep I mean if you don't take jinx
12725s	double Gene
12729s	oh
12731s	wait no I mean oh there's the door
12738s	Al you're with your wizard
12742s	that was casualtent to the face
12745s	oh my God yeah that was actually the
12748s	play this would have been so good yeah
12750s	look look at the Mana six four one
12753s	that's eleven mana and he would be at
12755s	the exactly 11 Mana for that play
12757s	huh
12759s	and if this connects it was actually a
12761s	little if it disconnected
12765s	all right so we kind of missed that
12769s	to be fair pretty amazing sequence of
12771s	play but that takes a lot of foresight
12773s	and now we do have a jinx though
12774s	unfortunately she is going to be met by
12776s	by a Vengeance so we can't really commit
12778s	it on the board right now to get excited
12780s	finding any Targets so maybe we're going
12781s	for the play now after all uh because we
12784s	can't just like slam down naked jeans
12785s	she even dies the Box currently
12787s	hmm
12790s	I mean you need to play the but the
12792s	titles now like there is no point not
12793s	playing it
12796s	oh
12798s	oh he goes for the D okay he goes for
12800s	the flip Jinx now
12805s	I suppose
12808s	I mean you have to go for it right yeah
12810s	it's you're missing out a lot of damage
12812s	unfortunately but
12813s	if you don't go for it now you're not
12816s	gonna get the Drone for next turn and
12818s	you're really playing for your opponent
12819s	not having another Vengeance because
12820s	they just use one for Lulu uh last turn
12824s	do you wait until opponent clears his
12827s	hand until he flips
12829s	oh okay take a pass I will take that one
12833s	take a pass
12835s	oh okay I can understand why penis
12838s	doesn't penis is like I only win here if
12840s	my opponent does not have Avengers for
12842s	his Jinx my opinion just passed maybe
12844s	they don't have one I'm just gonna go
12845s	for it I mean listen you miss on the
12847s	rocket you you you fake drawing two is
12850s	fake because you are this card you are
12852s	losing a car that you can't play this
12853s	turn anyway
12854s	right so you are not drawing you are
12857s	drawing one anyway your hand size is
12858s	still two cards so the only thing you
12861s	miss is four damage only four damage
12863s	yeah I mean I guess what you keep
12865s	laughing is having another Jinx in hand
12867s	right where you're like okay I have
12868s	another jinx this one
12870s	yeah I could just redevelop another one
12872s	draw cards next I mean
12873s	obviously Aaron not Vanishing Jinx was
12875s	the correct play and just passing there
12881s	but like I let's think about it last
12882s	turn he could have played jinxing to get
12884s	excited and he wouldn't take it if that
12886s	was a jinx like let's be honest
12889s	like if you if you take a minute to hand
12891s	read you know it's not the second jinx
12894s	oh that's a nice top deck would you like
12897s	to play some boros
12898s	this is the worst top deck ever let me
12901s	tell you why the way penis would win
12903s	this game is drawing multiple Jinx in a
12905s	turn now in a row now but unfortunately
12907s	now that
12908s	the power can is land even if we draw
12910s	Jinx we can't discard anything We're not
12912s	gonna look at this guy
12914s	oh yeah
12917s	and oh that's something to discard I
12920s	guess
12921s	uh this is that's a very impressive
12923s	damage coming in hot
12926s	oh that's a very impressive box also
12929s	waiting for you
12931s	I means Colonel neutral next turn for
12933s	Aaron if Aaron just goes for the box
12935s	here
12936s	everyone goes for the GG so that signals
12938s	the Box Aaron says next turn
12945s	that was amazing serious like
12951s	you guys are telling me Agro is not
12954s	skill intensive deck that's serious took
12957s	longer than any of my control match up
12960s	want to see if your roller coaster of
12962s	emotions game one find out someone that
12964s	we know as someone that you know plays
12966s	very cleanly execution always on point
12968s	some minor missteps in game one I think
12970s	he had attacked and then he didn't and
12972s	that maybe changed the Aquaman game
12973s	entirely and then had an uphill battle
12975s	for the next two games playing in two uh
12978s	I think yeah matchups that were really
12979s	in his favor with FTR uh facing off
12981s	against uh two aggro age decks as Alan
12983s	was mentioning iced tea as the Lulu Jinx
12986s	and the only lulujics enjoyer on this
12988s	panel right now breakdown could anything
12990s	have happened differently in that game
12992s	three do you think it was just a case of
12993s	it's an explosive deck when you draw
12995s	everything as Alan was mentioning Lulu
12997s	on three flame Chompers it's fantastic
12998s	when you don't it kind of crumbles a bit
13001s	um could have done anything differently
13002s	than game three to win this series
13004s	I don't think he could have done much
13006s	differently I mean that was the great
13007s	line that Ellen mentioned where you just
13008s	generate two cards in hand to have the
13010s	double get excited push a bit more
13011s	damage along the side of your Jinx flip
13013s	but really not having the attack token
13015s	at all it's not having your Lulu and
13017s	your Jinx early on plus having a pretty
13019s	awkward hand just meant that he was
13021s	absolute prey to the perfect hand that
13024s	Aaron had for that matchup
13025s	we're looking now at the top four almost
13028s	fully set in stone Marcus has made his
13031s	way into the top four what a story from
13034s	this player coming back into competitive
13036s	Monterra in this last week or so making
13039s	the seasonal Top Cut and now being in
13041s	the top four with monocharima and taking
13043s	a page out of Grandpa roji's book also
13045s	bringing ball fight to Leah and
13047s	performing with it in the seasonal Top
13049s	Cut playing off against Aaron of course
13051s	we just saw win on broadcast Juno GP
13053s	representing Portugal love to see it in
13055s	this top four as well and then still
13058s	undecided it hasn't finished yet that
13060s	last match between gouda and Ultraman
13062s	but very excited to see which of these
13063s	two players makes it through both
13065s	veteran players in scene Allen any
13067s	surprises with the names here
13070s	Marcus in previous series to all ghoster
13073s	driver just going with the right hook
13075s	then going there with the left hook with
13079s	another to zero like
13081s	he's not messing around she's running
13084s	the only complaint I have is that Marcus
13086s	is not playing deep of course he's one
13088s	of the OG deep enjoyers did so well with
13091s	it in tournaments where everyone thought
13092s	deep was an absolute meme he brought
13094s	into fight night one fight night
13095s	tournaments playing deep he was really
13097s	uh kind of the the player I looked up to
13099s	in many ways as someone that also enjoys
13100s	deep in this case maybe not the right
13102s	meta for deep unfortunately doesn't
13103s	bring it to this Top Cut but if he would
13105s	have brought that animated top four that
13107s	would have been quite the story uh we
13109s	have a quick raid coming up and then
13110s	we'll have of course the top four and
13112s	this is the pivotal moment for some of
13114s	these players careers players like you
13115s	know GP making the top war for the first
13117s	time having a chance to really cement
13119s	his name as one of the top top players
13120s	in the NBA so don't go anywhere the best
13123s	of the best is coming up very soon
13130s	[Music]
13133s	thank you
13137s	power changes everyone
13141s	I long for the day when this is over
13152s	The Acacia sought freedom but found only
13155s	the void keep your distance
13161s	don't have enough time
13170s	power bencher will but they cannot Doom
13173s	the rest
13182s	the darkened filter Madness but the
13185s	people can be saved
13188s	I cannot stand by in the face of
13191s	apocalypse
13195s	your final lesson that I alone must bear
13199s	this burden
13201s	War it breaks the best of us
13213s	Carthage fools
13219s	idea
13227s	if we are to thrive we must truly be
13231s	free the Rune Mage come to watch his
13235s	precious world die no come to stop you
13239s	whatever it takes
13246s	shards will show me the path how can the
13249s	pursuit of Love warrant the end of
13252s	Reason
13253s	let's go let's go now you will
13256s	understand
13257s	[Music]
13260s	not need me again
13285s	[Music]
13292s	foreign
13322s	foreign
13356s	foreign
13363s	[Music]
13386s	foreign
13404s	[Music]
13421s	[Music]
13423s	foreign
13450s	[Music]
13455s	foreign
13463s	[Music]
13480s	[Music]
13494s	fix my stage first or my lyrics so much
13497s	to do
13501s	only a few days till the show I got this
13506s	[Music]
13513s	come on there's room for everyone all
13516s	right center stage
13520s	foreign
13527s	let's keep that beat going
13532s	how about a duet
13536s	[Music]
13539s	sing it with me now
13544s	[Music]
13545s	that was great now let's really bring it
13552s	[Music]
13558s	let's try this tempo
13564s	[Music]
13578s	[Music]
13585s	yeah
13586s	today
13588s	[Music]
13599s	you need to be strong
13603s	every single day
13605s	hi therapy I'm Nelly I'm your biggest
13608s	fan okay bye hi Millie I'm your biggest
13610s	fan okay bye
13613s	you put on a real show Songbird you too
13616s	scratch just think what we sound like
13618s	together
13620s	foreign
13631s	[Music]
13632s	what a show
13635s	it's fun plenty of time for an encore
13640s	[Music]
13662s	[Music]
13697s	foreign
13706s	[Music]
13717s	[Music]
13728s	[Music]
13735s	foreign
13738s	[Music]
13746s	welcome back to the world Ender seasonal
13748s	tournament we are already in the
13750s	semi-finals a lot has gone down only
13752s	four players remain and all four would
13755s	be the first time winning the seasonal
13756s	if they happen to do it and for some of
13758s	them the first time a country would win
13759s	it as well some new countries like
13761s	Portugal for example hasn't done in the
13762s	past Norway as well with Marcus but
13764s	let's check out the bracket really quick
13765s	see what players are remaining and what
13767s	kind of story lands there are left in
13769s	terms of you know the narrative for
13770s	player like Marcus who took a long break
13772s	come back to runetera and absolutely
13775s	dominate both in the open rounds and in
13777s	this talk about as well doing it in
13779s	style iced tea bringing decks like the
13781s	the mafia Talia bringing decks like Mona
13784s	srima kind of the new iteration of deep
13785s	deep the same kind of play patterns the
13787s	same deck that the Marcus likes playing
13788s	and find success with as well
13790s	yeah absolutely again Marcus came back
13792s	into the competitive scene with the two
13794s	recent Aegis uh Seasons played a lot of
13797s	monocharima he absolutely adores the
13799s	deck and is super proficient on it and
13801s	it just so happens that it fits very
13803s	well into this meta especially against
13805s	all the eight shocks running around him
13807s	going up against Aaron we already talked
13809s	about this uh is kind of Lucky for
13811s	Marcus because Marcus was really hoping
13813s	that Aaron would win because his lineup
13815s	unfortunately not that good was aggro
13816s	but in the lower bracket there is
13818s	another matchup waiting that is super
13820s	interesting that will be the feature
13822s	broadcast match for this next round you
13824s	know GP versus Ultraman as I mentioned
13825s	before no one from Portugal has ever won
13827s	a seasonal tournament we've had great
13829s	players in the past like pepsicola like
13830s	monitas they of course did win the first
13832s	ever year of Masters but not the
13833s	individual tournament the seasonals has
13835s	not happened yet a chance for students
13836s	to do it for himself as a player but
13838s	also for his country to put them on the
13840s	board among the top Powerhouse nations
13842s	in yemea Ultraman red winter has won a
13845s	seasonal before but Ultraman hasn't and
13847s	this is a story of a player that I think
13849s	almost deserves it more than anyone else
13851s	or among those five players that really
13852s	deserve it because he's been in so many
13854s	top Cuts he's dominated his ladder he's
13856s	dominated tournament he's been
13857s	consistent also creating content for the
13859s	French community and I think really a
13860s	player that deserves to maybe finally
13862s	have that trophy that you can lift um in
13864s	this season tournament as well and in
13866s	the top right the top matchup actually
13867s	quick Dimension it's not a civil war but
13870s	it is Norway versus Sweden so it's two
13871s	neighboring countries both Scandinavia
13873s	fighting in that top semi-final match uh
13876s	Alan you're moving now into GP versus
13878s	Ultraman we're gonna have the deck list
13880s	and the bands but guide us through who
13882s	you think might be the favorite in this
13883s	matchup
13884s	listen like the whole tournament we had
13887s	like this time was the classic triangle
13889s	Agro we counted Agro and when we counter
13893s	staff that want to counter aggro so this
13895s	was a matching so far pretty well and
13897s	now we have Ultraman who is like yeah
13900s	I'm gonna beat out Agro and duno brings
13903s	a group plus FTR which is an interesting
13907s	combination probably maybe some call for
13910s	picks it's a Katarina Gwen it's Randall
13913s	Tryndamere and Jinx Echo so Jinx echo
13915s	which beats out other aggro decks and
13918s	Katarina Gwen will see the version yet
13921s	oh it's the shumpom might one so if it
13924s	draws foyer it does well if it doesn't
13925s	draw fire it just Falls in shambles
13928s	yeah we've already seen how powerful for
13931s	you it is especially with those extra
13933s	rallies on top of the Catarina just
13935s	being able to generate infinite units
13937s	also really interesting we do have the
13939s	echo Jinx version here with double
13941s	quicksand and double careful prep
13943s	usually not a big fan
13945s	um I think by now you know I love me
13947s	some get excited I love me so yeah burn
13949s	damage not really in here which is still
13951s	a very very competent deck especially
13953s	with the right of negation but kind of
13955s	feels a bit bad to not have that extra
13957s	burn to go on top uh then we look at the
13960s	FDR
13961s	pretty basic version we have two kind of
13963s	Tavern Keepers in here for extra heal
13965s	but to Avalanche and three blighted
13967s	ravines yeah usually by looking at the
13970s	FTR you can tell what player is trying
13973s	to beat if you look if there is like
13975s	double buried double outro like this
13978s	heavy top end you know they are ready to
13979s	grind and just beat the grind your
13981s	matchups if you see double Tavern keeper
13983s	triple Ravine double Avalanche box you
13987s	know that and it's cutting on the top
13988s	end you know they are trying to lean
13990s	towards beating cargo especially so we
13992s	see a combination of echo G inks with
13994s	this kind of FDR even with a whale which
13997s	is mostly a card those two decks are
13999s	very good into beating the aggro and
14001s	when we have a Katarina
14003s	Gwen which is a pretty good into Agro as
14006s	well if it's drone correctly because it
14008s	can run low on the unit sometimes but if
14010s	it draws fire it can raise very
14013s	efficiently the aggro deck especially
14016s	with like infinite Eternal dancer with
14018s	Katarina dying turn before into Agro
14020s	yeah especially triple mide again you
14022s	just have alphy's quietest and
14024s	boisterous souls to survive the only
14026s	game against Acro and then again if you
14028s	have for here and you ramp up that those
14029s	hallowed Stacks with this one might you
14032s	can just easily end up the game so all
14034s	in all pretty cool lineup especially
14037s	considering that this is finally a
14039s	lineup that uh combines some aggressive
14041s	Deck with a deck that we wouldn't have
14043s	expected with the FTR and not something
14045s	standard like hocks I like the various
14048s	Pantheon just because it doesn't really
14049s	fit into this lineup the new GP here
14051s	certainly with one of the more unique
14053s	lineups and is this the first time today
14056s	we actually see the Catalina Gwen
14058s	yeah I guess we do that's the On The
14061s	Rise since uh one or two weeks the deck
14064s	that got popularized on the ladder the
14067s	mark of the IELTS plus might plus jumper
14069s	combination with the foyer that just
14072s	grinds grinds out the players especially
14074s	the interaction whenever you gain attack
14076s	token you spawn to one hollowed unit and
14079s	that's that works extremely well with
14081s	Katarina and some pop of giving you that
14084s	attack token but then like if we look at
14087s	the both player decks so by pretty sure
14090s	that Ultraman will be leaning towards
14093s	Banning a trundle Trend Amir unless he
14096s	anticipates
14097s	now there is no shot to Noel ban panty
14099s	on the varus right so like Donald has to
14102s	realize that he's Jinx Echo and Katarina
14105s	Gwen needs to have the strongest
14107s	possible matchups so he's gonna be
14109s	probably looking to leave out the
14110s	pantheon varus and ban either Swain Dora
14113s	or Atif Katarina the one that he feels
14116s	has the war better match up with his
14118s	Jinx and call should be left out and the
14121s	band the other one and Pantheon first
14122s	will just leave out and ignore it I
14125s	suppose because you assume that the
14127s	trundle Trend number will be banned
14128s	because it's the deck that has the best
14130s	three matchups into the Ultraman
14132s	yeah and again the house of Katarina
14135s	Gwen on the side of duno which doesn't
14138s	really do so well into uh ravenbloom or
14142s	Swain honestly two very bad matchups so
14145s	you want to ban one of one of those and
14147s	want to leave again the various Pantheon
14149s	open uh looking at the deck lists here
14151s	again we have the Swain deck list with
14153s	the now newly added the knife for bandel
14156s	City the puzzling signpost which can be
14158s	really interesting
14159s	buff yeah so for that for your
14162s	technically turn free so the
14166s	swing version has a bit it has the the
14170s	drop bombs it has it has pretty good
14174s	removal into the Katarina on the other
14176s	side we have heavy metals
14178s	there is not that good removal into I
14180s	think that should be abandoned this way
14182s	and just leave out the tfani it's a bit
14185s	weaker into the red Gwen and then it
14189s	should be weaker for against the Jinx
14191s	Echo because it's a bit lighter on a
14194s	remove quality of removal especially
14197s	that like the re the combination is just
14199s	from the heart move always just
14201s	disintegrate plus one card and the deck
14203s	won't have that many plus cards because
14205s	you'll try to remove the units from
14207s	early on to preserve HP and then there
14210s	is just depth hand or heavy metal both
14212s	can be both can be answered by The Mark
14215s	of dial to connect with Katarina for
14218s	example and once that Katarina connects
14219s	the deck struggles hard
14222s	it obviously those rallies are going to
14223s	be incredible against you I still like
14225s	that you're high about to drop the bomb
14227s	which again is not in every version of
14229s	the deck but here provides a lower curve
14231s	removal and also a better way to
14233s	actually flip that Swain early on now we
14235s	are in the pick and ban phase we already
14236s	mentioned FTR probably gonna get banned
14239s	away from dunu GP while uh do know how
14241s	to look at ultraman's lineup and see
14243s	that there are two very bad matchups
14245s	here for the Gwen Catarina potentially
14247s	possibly trying to ban one of those
14249s	whichever
14251s	is worse or is better against their own
14255s	Aqua jinx
14256s	what if they both read like okay you
14259s	know what I'm not gonna burn FTR I'm
14260s	gonna ban your great grand and the donor
14263s	reads okay I'm gonna buy me your virus
14264s	Pantheon because it's the only
14266s	reasonable matchup it into FTR and this
14269s	is Go Next Level dance
14270s	oh the five fat bands that's the
14273s	alternative like that can happen both
14274s	play both players band the middle deck
14277s	and they just leave out the but FTR into
14279s	both of the other noxus decks it's just
14281s	usually a free win so like you don't
14284s	want to leave that most likely
14288s	it is really tough to get to these bands
14290s	especially that deep into the tournament
14291s	because we are getting two players who
14293s	are very used to playing deep into these
14295s	tournaments and they are used to
14297s	sometimes doing a bit of you know
14300s	experimental band strategies to get the
14302s	advantage of the opponent and the band
14304s	is like one of the most important things
14306s	about every best of three that a lot of
14308s	players don't really practice enough
14310s	look that's a that's a very cool way to
14314s	take it now I have one more word to
14317s	describe a misplay now I had I usually
14321s	use the interesting play now I'm gonna
14323s	use that's an experimental play that's a
14326s	good one so
14328s	just testing it out notice what happens
14331s	see how it resolves maybe it works out
14336s	all right let's hope we don't see too
14338s	many expert about to play this one we
14340s	queue up with Echo Jinx where's the
14342s	Swain the potentially
14345s	the dravenbloom conservatory they're
14348s	getting banned here
14350s	yeah we see double a coin hunt we have
14353s	the double predict unfortunately there
14356s	is a drop Border in hand which you hate
14358s	to see now the question is I think duno
14362s	is looking for the as many threads as he
14365s	can find like voice of the reason is
14368s	definitely a decent prediction to to
14369s	make the problem is he needs to find one
14372s	more predict to level up Echo and he
14376s	went for the colorful prep to shuffle
14378s	their drop border back to the deck so he
14380s	can pull it out which is a very good
14382s	play as well
14383s	oh those are not something you want to
14385s	pick up
14387s	not really helping with this matchup
14392s	unless unless yeah I see it
14396s	all right yeah Raven and conservative
14397s	got banned nftr got banned got it and
14400s	check expected players then go too much
14402s	into experimental uh buns
14406s	yeah they're not there in the lab if I'm
14407s	a linger right now
14409s	how do you like this soundtrack I feel
14411s	like you don't want to give like you
14413s	want to keep your board uh spread out
14416s	because of the voice of the Risen threat
14419s	and Chrono break like you don't want to
14421s	trade with the echo drinks you have
14423s	probably more experience than me on this
14425s	deck how do you what do you feel about
14427s	this matchup how would you approach it
14429s	the the big problem here is obviously
14431s	that the first Echo you ever throw down
14433s	is basically just remove a bait and you
14435s	need to throw down either when he's
14436s	leveled up or when he's about to level
14438s	and then the second Echo is supposed to
14440s	really get you to those Chrono breaks
14442s	and yes you want the ball alongside of
14444s	that is one of the worst things that can
14446s	happen to you what's that cool I don't
14448s	know what's the second Echo oh no I see
14451s	another freak effort of pre-science in
14453s	the hand
14455s	this is super tough and again this is
14457s	the version where we actually play a lot
14459s	of careful prep so we can double up on a
14461s	few cards but we are missing those get
14463s	exciters we are missing that extra bird
14465s	that potentially can get us over the
14467s	finish line of change so we are more
14468s	reliant on actually sticking a board
14470s	which makes the attack that Dune GP did
14473s	even more interesting because you don't
14474s	even really take a blocker off your
14476s	opponent because they are getting get
14477s	that back with a portal in no time I see
14480s	the plan here with the colorful preps
14482s	you want to play them after the echo
14485s	level is up so you can get the Chrono
14488s	breaks
14489s	time trick probably
14498s	I mean I think playing the one drop and
14501s	shuffling back the sharpening back depth
14504s	referral pre-science might have been
14505s	slightly better
14507s	than comes through no free draw for you
14510s	says Ultraman
14513s	unfortunately
14514s	can't quite remove this Echo without
14516s	committing to
14518s	a lot of mana and a lot of resources
14520s	here it's integrate must have been to
14523s	play now can also play a scorched Earth
14525s	again no landmarks really in this deck
14526s	now the zillion is out of it so scorcher
14528s	freely only being used here to kill a
14530s	couple of units a lot of men are left
14531s	for duno but we know that there is no
14533s	Chrono break so killing the echo right
14534s	now would would actually be insane the
14537s	only fear you have is the death draw
14539s	right if there is a predictable straw in
14541s	Juno's hand oh I hate this boss I think
14544s	you'll do predict here with the you
14547s	Shuffle the draw border to the deck and
14549s	you predict for the next turn like you
14551s	like no oh no what
14554s	Ultraman
14556s	oh my God Ultraman has spent some time
14558s	in valorent absolutely sniping these
14560s	echoes
14562s	what that guy he's the only one there is
14564s	no more left
14565s	that's a good play
14569s	that's that's that's definitely a good
14571s	play
14572s	oh you can like so this is really
14574s	interesting part you cannot skip here
14576s	because you don't get the card but you
14578s	have another careful prep which allows
14580s	you to predict once again to not get a
14584s	bricked card from the
14586s	top of the hand
14588s	and Ellen
14590s	this is not looking good there are some
14592s	highlights of you playing Valor wind
14594s	with broken ball you know maybe next
14597s	time you take Ultraman into your team
14599s	oh
14600s	there we go there is the card
14604s	we do you just trade your Echo here do
14607s	you just trade your buff your units and
14608s	your Chrono break
14611s	the problem when you do that and when
14613s	you concede because opponent is your
14615s	second Taco yeah if you had six Mana you
14618s	could potentially do that
14620s	oh that's really cool to make opponents
14622s	spend money to kill this one so you
14624s	cannot open swing
14627s	a few six minutes you could potentially
14628s	trade this echo in so because you could
14630s	get another Chrono break yeah yeah oh
14633s	that's a jinx okay
14635s	looking better okay the pieces coming
14637s	together
14640s	the problem here is
14642s	again you don't really have a lot of
14643s	burn you're gonna have the Jinx rocket
14645s	being able to sometimes clear the board
14646s	setting up a lot of fun but in this
14649s	matchup now
14653s	didn't you like more careful prepping
14655s	get a quick sentence just standing and
14657s	free mana and getting connects like
14659s	potentially finding their Jinx and
14660s	they're having another Jinx on top of
14662s	the deck
14663s	isn't this just better
14666s	potentially yes especially multiple
14667s	genes again that is that burn that you
14669s	are missing right you're gonna get
14670s	excited you're gonna get Rockets
14672s	and you're not gonna get through with
14674s	the board and without drawing absorber
14677s	return
14678s	I don't think you are getting through
14679s	this jump block as that Ultraman can
14681s	build up turn off the turn of attack
14682s	okay what is this why not just play
14684s	group shot
14689s	we need a group shot to trigger the
14692s	disintegrated to get rid of the final
14693s	Echo why not just stand it with the
14695s	Sentry
14697s	you could also just do that
14700s	all right if we don't remove the Jinx
14702s	yes good play Ultra Man
14704s	don't want to get baited into this
14709s	oh
14710s	okay removing the Jinx will be pretty
14713s	bad
14714s	crazy play from duno here this means we
14716s	can actually get a rocket this turn as
14717s	well if the Jinx removed two blockers
14718s	from the board
14720s	yeah essentially come in as you
14722s	mentioned stunning The Echo
14724s	and you just kill
14725s	the opponent place but
14731s	their blood Chrono break here
14734s	interesting
14735s	yeah the Chrono another Chrono break
14737s	would be really disgusting
14740s	oh that is another way to finally get
14742s	through those jump lockers if we can
14744s	actually get the heck side Crystal
14746s	we can get through them
14750s	oh there's a cat on the other side as
14752s	well it's everywhere
14754s	come on
14757s	Tara has a real cat problem cat
14759s	infestation
14762s	oh it's funny I think those are the same
14764s	cat though I mean you just take the hit
14766s	here no you block nothing
14771s	five is really scared of blocking with
14774s	I mean I like this from Ultraman oh
14778s	block with okay ah
14781s	the medium buff is so huge no because it
14784s	disables the Chrono break
14787s	the meme of taking off the echo is
14788s	absolutely Giant
14791s	it's awesome I mean don't you just take
14793s	the heat like you keep the board your
14795s	place play cat pray for Crystal kill
14797s	like if you kill anything you kill spell
14799s	shield no
14802s	I feel like this this is the only way
14804s	for tuna to get back into this game
14805s	which I like Ultraman just for swinging
14807s	here I mean you're always full swing
14808s	even though you could potentially give
14810s	echo free trade you have ways to take
14813s	echo down and your Junior's die to a
14815s	rocket anyway so like okay might as well
14817s	throw in this two ones they don't do
14818s	anything anyways anymore
14822s	okay this is definitely not the play no
14825s	because you just you could just Shuffle
14827s	the careful prayer and play cat to look
14829s	for the crystal
14831s	and now you get a free draw you can
14833s	potentially draw into a Chrono break
14834s	which it which might be what we are
14836s	looking for right we need that Chrono
14838s	break potentially to keep our Champions
14840s	alive and there comes the many more from
14842s	Ultraman destroying that play okay the
14844s	Chris the the
14846s	do you look for the card now or do you
14848s	look do you cut a full prep after the
14850s	combat
14852s	you could have gotten like a quick sound
14854s	like if you got like a really free
14856s	better options you could get a quicksand
14857s	to protect your one more unit
14862s	and
14863s	uh
14865s	no cancel left at the top deck
14867s	what we have to wait so we we can see oh
14873s	I mean your pick comes over it's not
14875s	like yeah a choice and you set up a
14877s	little next turn
14879s	but you are swinging for a million and
14881s	vendor is double doesn't integrate to
14883s	laugh at you
14884s	oh wow great it's rough okay
14888s	I mean you just predict you change your
14891s	top deck now
14892s	you look for Chrono break I guess
14894s	another one to protect your jinx
14897s	okay I mean I would probably lost with
14900s	this like I didn't play the deck much
14901s	but that makes actually more sense to
14903s	just look for another Chrono break but
14904s	what are the odds of display
14906s	okay you skip now then
14908s	right if that was your line if you
14911s	didn't go for the crow
14912s	The Observer
14916s	on feline scrying sense no Chrono break
14919s	and
14920s	that means disaster like if we commit
14923s	both cars yes we get another rocket but
14925s	that just gives all tremendous signal to
14927s	just kill this Jinx because he knows
14928s	that there's no more Chrono break and
14930s	again dude over here playing for us out
14931s	playing for the Chrono break potentially
14933s	keeping the Jinx alive potentially
14934s	getting more Rockets potentially getting
14936s	there
14937s	um just not getting the right draws
14938s	right now
14940s	I mean what part of the chance okay if
14942s	you pick absolver what are the chances
14945s	that uh
14946s	he could
14949s	oh wait but he needed to play The
14951s	Landmark to get the rocket because if he
14952s	picks absolver no she still flips before
14954s	the result you still get to play rocket
14956s	and you have double absolver at this
14957s	turn swinging you're swinging for it if
14960s	opponent blocks only Jinx and just pass
14962s	you can commit seven on the you can
14966s	commit the damage on the Jinx and when
14968s	if opponent you could swing for at least
14971s	10 and when you have a rocket so
14972s	opponent would need to have a way to
14974s	remove both of your units which is very
14976s	unlikely for uh to remove two full HP
14979s	units for the swing like no like you
14983s	look what happens you put five you put
14985s	first part of absolver on mini T your
14987s	opponent is blocking Jinx you put second
14989s	part on the Jinx she's seven damage your
14991s	mint key comes from five when opponent
14993s	removes your Jinx when you put another
14995s	five four on your mini t comes to nine
14999s	and when you get a rocket you come to up
15001s	to 13 so you run off little a missing
15004s	shout out is basically there chroma
15006s	break now finally shows its face but
15008s	it's a a bit too late again we have no
15010s	more cards in hand and Ultraman knows I
15013s	can finally kill the jinx
15020s	it potentially see Ultraman just wait
15022s	till after combat maybe you want that
15024s	junk construct to die and opening you
15026s	differently no I think you'll definitely
15028s	kill it here
15030s	uh the question is yeah if you want the
15031s	drunk I think you'll let the junk
15033s	construct die because you can get like a
15034s	devoted conceal to kill your Nexus
15038s	from it if you have level champion and
15040s	he should be leveling swing so niche
15044s	hi goodbye jings means another champion
15046s	gone unfortunately Corner break next
15048s	turn is going to be a top deck that
15050s	itself doesn't really help you that much
15051s	you need to okay
15055s	it could be just hoping that the Jinx
15057s	would not die this turn
15060s	I think how do you win this turn if your
15062s	Jinx dies this turn
15065s	I mean Chrono brick is definitely not a
15066s	character that's winning kill the game
15068s	right we are drawing one that's Chrono
15070s	break when you are drawing another card
15071s	like even if that's Gene I guess if
15073s	that's Jinx you can win
15075s	yeah okay what is the reason this is
15078s	really good to be fair
15080s	foreign
15098s	but you want to threaten some damage so
15100s	you'll probably go with the Swain
15103s	I mean you'd open the predicted so he
15105s	was drawing for the removal for the
15107s	drinks since he didn't draw removal for
15109s	the drinks
15110s	is this more damage than swaying into
15112s	stun
15114s	maybe I I like this play because you get
15116s	another swing in hand and next time you
15118s	could potentially after you developed
15119s	this way and go in yeah you have an
15121s	answer for the Jinx fine yeah I like
15124s	this do you have enough Mana for with
15126s	that with the Stoney
15129s	that's two that's ten all right here's
15132s	another stand yeah
15135s	why Leviathan swinging in if you don't
15137s	block this you will take the five plus
15140s	the two from the Leviathan I mean you
15142s	can't block you possibly you have to
15144s	open swing into Jinx and you hope you
15147s	push for right
15149s	line
15154s	yeah dude top ticket
15158s	yep like there is no shoot you can never
15160s	afford to block here like you're like
15162s	you're losing all your outs
15165s	oh yeah oh okay that's a card
15176s	okay we can develop multiple blockers
15178s	plus plus a spider so we developed a
15180s	block after this attack
15182s	and then once a quarterback comes in we
15185s	play a stun spider I honestly think
15187s	don't know who doesn't get this also
15189s	when it's going to survive this easily
15191s	yeah there is no shock he doesn't
15196s	like all things toys just develops right
15198s	now and pass
15201s	meant that border was so big because it
15204s	was Jinx cold he was dead he had no
15206s	answer to jinx like he had no answer to
15209s	attack her
15210s	okay
15213s	why not
15215s	I mean Laura she's a bunny okay okay
15220s	we can call it somebody oh it's a red I
15223s	I would agree with
15227s	all right we can't deny this
15229s	um for nothing because it gets goes back
15231s	to hand yeah there is no shot dude okay
15234s	there's no shot you just slap deny to do
15237s	nothing
15238s	wait what
15240s	Sentry
15248s	and so it's like
15251s	you could have developed this way in the
15252s	century this turn but I guess like
15253s	drawing a card is also pretty good and
15255s	if someone says hey um
15257s	not getting any better draw of this card
15260s	like so yeah wait is he oh he's alive
15266s	yeah he's Concentra and he has but he
15268s	loses Leviathan
15273s	I think that's almost fine I mean we get
15275s	a lot of facts like Christmas in the
15276s	deck as well
15280s	uh you send wait what do you send today
15283s	you sent it in
15285s	meaty
15288s	I like this
15290s	now Leviathan tries to do a five four
15293s	you're three two into five three and
15295s	then yeah
15298s	yeah and then the block you need to
15300s	force the block here yeah any pokey uh
15303s	or crypto draw actually takes it on the
15305s	floor one as well takes the damage here
15307s	place the wire keeps it for the ball
15309s	asses if you talk text Jinx he is dead
15312s	because he cannot just open kill him
15314s	with the open attack
15316s	oh there is some portals going on oh
15319s	there is pokey just to seal the deal yep
15322s	open Tech lethal
15325s	find the Mystic shot for a call
15327s	of them that is a hope like but it was
15331s	second Leviathan it's like there's so
15333s	many hope shutters do you just play
15335s	Leviathan to break your opponent's
15338s	mental before you even pocket them for
15341s	sure it's Leviathan pass yeah 11th and
15343s	pass I agree
15347s	you definitely like when you are going
15348s	into the series that's the first game
15349s	you need to work on your opponents no he
15352s	missed it Ultron is too nice an
15355s	experimental play an experiment to play
15358s	not going for the BM
15360s	what a nice guy just adding the game
15362s	right here right now also saving them
15363s	some time on the clock I guess
15366s	that's true if you're a slower player
15368s	that's a better play
15370s	if you know that you need time and you
15372s	know that you can you can lose the clock
15375s	yeah not everyone is Simon Just instant
15377s	passing everything
15379s	I mean you are playing into a red Gwen
15381s	and Echo GX like those matches should
15383s	not take too long like let's be honest
15386s	and you are playing with the various
15388s	Pantheon again this is a deck that we've
15391s	seen so many times a day I think we've
15392s	seen it more often than aatrox even
15395s	almost yeah I mean it's a good match up
15398s	into the atrox cane because of the how
15401s	the pantheon resolves a certain power
15404s	and it just outscales
15406s	uh and it's a like it's a solid deck
15409s	like into the current meta but the
15410s	problem of this deck what the Kane a
15413s	trucks doesn't do it does do it doesn't
15415s	do well into aggro you just fell over to
15417s	agono where K nitrox is just like
15420s	consuming blurping all of them and like
15423s	you just give me more foreign
15426s	this deck also has the videos tagged in
15430s	again for matchups where you need that
15431s	extra healing where maybe you need that
15433s	stun and that can be very crucial
15435s	especially against the Katarina going
15437s	where all of a sudden you do have a
15438s	graviton by your side to stop one of
15440s	these big attacks or you do have some
15442s	healing to get some HP back or you can
15444s	generate another jump blocker you are
15446s	giving too much credit to one of
15447s	Affiliates
15449s	in most of the games even in this
15451s	matchups they are way too fast
15453s	listen listen Okay sometimes you just do
15456s	what you want us you put them into your
15457s	deck to draw them though
15460s	yes yes but okay in this matchups the
15465s	problem is you don't have even the
15467s	floating Mana to play Nightfall like you
15470s	are just like yeah let me slap a one
15471s	drop let me block block and you have no
15473s	floating manner to even play our videos
15475s	with the to get the weapon a weapon to
15478s	get the weapon
15480s	yeah it could be really rough you're
15482s	right uh but then again the deck also
15484s	has Saga Sika has a bunch of early drops
15486s	to contend with the early jobs here from
15488s	both Katarina as well as Echo by the way
15491s	can we stop calling this deck red Gwen
15495s	Katarina is
15496s	the carry on the deck this was great
15499s	Katarina green Katarina no green
15501s	Katarina yeah
15502s	shout out to I think Santa TCG who also
15505s	coined the term was like this is not a
15507s	gwendek this is a great Catarina deck
15509s	okay
15511s	I would call it the foyer deck I don't
15513s	think it's
15514s	like it's a foyer deck yeah
15519s	okay
15520s	I mean what's up with this play like why
15524s	don't you just okay hot
15526s	I think this is an experimental play
15528s	because like okay you can play Shepard
15530s	this turn but what you could also do you
15532s	could play gem into affilios which is
15534s	even better play because it allows you
15536s	to pick a gravity tomb for the Katarina
15538s	or Gwen and you don't have to worry
15539s	about them later and then you can follow
15541s	it up to get another weapon and you can
15543s	keep cycling which would be insane for
15545s	this matchup
15546s	all right what was that about not
15548s	drawing the Affiliates or not having
15549s	Mana to actually activate them
15551s	away
15554s	put silk is useless he's just sitting in
15556s	the hand
15557s	probably
15560s	yeah
15562s	I mean this turn we probably have to
15564s	take a block finally we're still taking
15565s	a bunch of damage here the might is
15567s	already in the hand for dunoon that can
15568s	be very dangerous good thing is we do
15570s	have the freeze already for Ultraman for
15572s	that turn later
15573s	um but looking at the rest of the hand
15576s	for tuna we are lacking the most
15577s	important card in the deck right the
15579s	four years nowhere to be found yeah I
15582s	have been like this is I don't want to
15585s	be a Doomer but this looks like it came
15587s	over to me already like this Hunt is
15589s	reading do nothing like what do you do
15591s	oh yeah exactly like this is your turn
15595s	do you you Glimpse on office you have to
15597s	you have to find it right
15599s	you know business tuner just like being
15602s	in the shadow Alice for the first time
15603s	is trying to find his way to the full
15605s	year unfortunately has lost his way
15607s	alone so
15609s	kind of what what though
15614s	now we wait
15615s	okay
15617s	now we pass
15619s	six months
15621s	let's see what the pollen does
15623s	all right listen crazy play
15626s	we're ready
15629s	I did he passed I was always ready for
15632s	it I mean it would have been punished
15634s	here uh because we see on the other side
15636s	there there is protection and you
15637s	wouldn't you would have Push former
15639s	accidentally so don't know if it was
15640s	quite worth it but again you do you you
15642s	don't draw the most important cards you
15644s	don't draw units and you don't draw that
15646s	for you which actually just Fields your
15648s	entire deck
15649s	you needed to do something clustering
15652s	you cannot possibly pass Turn 4 as a
15655s	green Katarina
15659s	okay
15661s	if you would have drone cards maybe you
15664s	should arrive no I mean but it's kind of
15667s	we just renamed the deck after her and
15669s	she doesn't even show up
15670s	yeah and there is a mood boy
15673s	that is that one off
15676s	severum gravitum uh such good cards here
15680s	the other gravitum especially if if
15681s	there was about
15683s	um
15686s	he already shown that there is either
15689s	Val feast or Glimpse in hand and if
15692s	there was a Val Feast if there would be
15693s	unstuck so if Ultraman has a has a good
15696s	read he knows there is a glimpse in hand
15699s	that's why he doesn't go for the Kali
15700s	broom there as well and also gravitum is
15703s	just more stable
15705s	do you just let this one go say okay
15708s	don't want to sacrifice my figures
15710s	necessary he's a huge value in it he can
15712s	give me some healing which I really need
15714s	I mean your opponent just presented you
15716s	four damage on turn six as a green
15718s	Katarina like you are just laughing at
15721s	your opponent and developing and
15722s	finishing him off into turns or neck one
15724s	turn
15725s	no
15726s	yeah quiet is coming in here to remove
15728s	the weapon or pharaohs it can be
15730s	that can be annoying to be honest uh but
15733s	I don't think this specific matchup
15735s	relies on the various growing pick and
15737s	going in
15739s	I mean you can just give him the you can
15741s	just give him the Fearsome weapon as for
15743s	them he'll be quite happy
15745s	especially with the fails ready to boost
15747s	them up with some lifesteal and some
15748s	overwhelm as well
15750s	how many people from and you just take a
15751s	pass like you're you should be pretty
15753s	happy about the board you have if
15755s	opponent pass I can without like this is
15758s	like you are happy
15761s	I do predict see what we hit
15764s	it was a quite a quick break okay it's
15766s	not a darken
15768s	and not a horizon
15771s	now you could stand there for the four
15774s	one
15776s	but he doesn't get the weapon back
15779s	which is okay but uses his mother and he
15781s	has a good aggressive turn next turn he
15784s	chose us not to he chooses to keep the
15787s	stun as it's a very good into this
15789s	matchup
15791s	so he wants to stand probably deserve
15792s	this turn right
15795s	oh my God that's a good card
15799s	that is a good card yeah an Ultraman is
15801s	just having a heck of a game meanwhile
15804s	duno is just sitting over here oh again
15807s	I drew another spell for my two units on
15810s	the board I mean this deck does
15812s	absolutely nothing without foyer
15814s	we we have two hallowed Stacks two
15819s	that's pretty good no wait never mind we
15821s	want one adult stick
15823s	have one
15825s	that's a that's a dragon quick attack
15828s	Challenger fearsome elusive impact uh
15832s	yeah looks like don't know is that on my
15834s	on my screen
15835s	yep don't even need a sound right now we
15837s	can actually just take care of this 360
15839s	with the pantheon
15841s	oh another pass
15843s	oh he chooses to not go for little yet
15846s	oh baby I mean he has technically
15849s	Furious wielder but he needs to present
15851s	little on the swing
15853s	line
15859s	in Twilight
15864s	Hussein keeps the Phillies back if it
15866s	doesn't want to fail to die pushes nine
15867s	here but really just says Hey the game
15870s	is still under my control finally do you
15872s	know can stand it if he does this
15876s	no he can give the plus two three
15880s	four five no that's not enough I was
15883s	thinking about leveling up the varus
15886s	but finally if he had weapon that would
15888s	be little oh there we go it appeared
15891s	both of them cut Arena and the foyer yet
15894s	but it's unfortunately relating to the
15897s	game it's questionable if we can
15898s	actually come back from this state now
15899s	because there's a flip Pantheon on the
15901s	other side there is still again a
15903s	gravitum in hand and an Ophelia's
15905s	waiting for the Catarina so it's gonna
15907s	be tough for Juno to somehow get back
15909s	into this game especially because not
15911s	only do we have those tools on the board
15913s	but look at Furious wielder and
15915s	unforgiving call just sitting there
15917s	being ready to counter everything duno
15919s	tries to do
15921s	wait you are telling me the deck after
15923s	all the suffering when it drew its fire
15925s	and Katarina it doesn't it just doesn't
15928s	win no
15930s	oh
15931s	it did draw them on 27. we we didn't do
15935s	that much in the first seven turns of
15937s	the game
15939s	what do you mean it doesn't it has to
15942s	win now
15943s	I wish that that's that is how it worked
15945s	oh
15948s	oh
15953s	Paris is ready
15956s	without a bow but he's still ready
15959s	I mean he said his old one which is
15961s	pretty nice Pantheon here actually
15963s	probably gonna die after this because we
15965s	do have to vlog
15968s	yeah
15970s	I mean why like why take this block like
15973s	if a button press OK that's not good for
15975s	you if they have like you know they have
15976s	brick hand you know there is a flock
15978s	most likely I think it's way too risky
15981s	of a play you just take a block with the
15983s	normal you need if they are might you
15985s	just freeze them and you laugh at them
15988s	this is
15990s	but we didn't commit any additional
15992s	boosts so now the flock actually just
15995s	gets blown out by just a practice kid
15996s	don't know about that
15998s	no because you just shoot for him
16000s	afterwards oh sure yeah
16002s	so he's going for the little
16005s	I mean this is the only way we win this
16009s	but I don't know if we if we I mean has
16011s	it looks just get froze like stunned
16012s	like this is gravitum
16015s	oh no gravitam says okay freeze is gonna
16017s	be enough and and to be fair freeze is
16019s	going to be enough
16025s	yeah you have to pre-commit everything
16028s	unfortunately
16031s	oh wait uh so you're telling me that
16034s	even even if you don't freeze this is
16037s	never lethal huh yeah
16046s	I mean this is just sad to look at at
16048s	this point I mean we tried doing a GP
16051s	tried his best to get back into the game
16052s	with those two top decks but Ultraman
16054s	was just so good at suffocating
16056s	everything do not try it here I mean
16058s	look how close it was if he's at four
16060s	already
16061s	twist
16065s	it does look really cool it's already a
16067s	2 Hp
16069s	oh he ruined it uh is it back to time
16074s	we're not pretty cool to see right
16075s	people would have actually thought okay
16076s	this game might have been closer than we
16078s	expected but uh yeah
16081s	well at least we have six Hollow stocks
16083s	right
16084s	there's another fire now there is a
16086s	chance finally uh imagine early game
16089s	Fourier at the foyer to Katarina not
16091s	gonna happen here there's gonna be
16092s	lethal represented and again there's a
16094s	various Pantheon deck so good all day
16097s	long so good yesterday so good today
16098s	does it again and Ultraman is gonna be
16101s	the first finalist for today
16104s	well-deserved was performing very well
16106s	on ladder on the tournaments over the
16109s	months years and he finally gets to the
16113s	finals
16116s	so deserved Ultraman is one of the
16119s	players that almost makes every seasonal
16120s	top card has gotten far quite a number
16122s	of times but unfortunately uh fell short
16125s	in the middle of the bracket or the end
16127s	of the bracket often so if Ultraman
16129s	would actually win this seasonal now at
16131s	the beginning of 2023 that would be
16133s	absolutely massive what a celebration
16135s	fellow that would be but it appears that
16137s	we do have another game that is also
16139s	going on still between Marcus and Aaron
16141s	which again is also an absolute Banger
16143s	of a game to decide who will face up
16145s	against Ultraman
16147s	yeah absolutely and the both players
16149s	having completely different lineups and
16152s	so we really would love to see how it
16154s	plays out between those two players we
16157s	have to remember that I believe Marcus
16159s	was going favorite into the match
16162s	against Aaron because he was having the
16166s	anti anti the grindy lineup with a bunch
16170s	of uh right of negation
16173s	yeah and again Marcus going in with
16177s	so many cool decks that we haven't seen
16179s	in quite a while yeah we do have uh you
16182s	know at least one seasonal in the past
16183s	where
16184s	I think most remap was pretty dominant
16186s	but ever since then it dropped down it's
16188s	currently I think on a 44 ladder win
16190s	rate again so it's getting closer to
16192s	meme status again but it's really good
16194s	against
16195s	so it looks like Aaron actually took it
16197s	down at the in the last second against
16199s	the Marcos with his control lineup will
16202s	be jumping back to the panda shortly and
16206s	we'll be seeing the iron against
16208s	Ultraman finals very excited to see that
16211s	you guys are too slow to wrap it up at
16214s	the end there already the game concluded
16215s	and unfortunately the Cinderella story
16217s	for Marcus has come to an end top four
16220s	still something you can be very very
16221s	proud of but it is Aaron the Swedish
16223s	player who manages to win it and is not
16225s	gonna be facing Ultraman in the final
16227s	two well-deserved players that have been
16229s	here for for so long Aaron the whole
16232s	year he's been prepping with Thomas for
16233s	example and they both had very good
16234s	results as a you know team essentially
16236s	and with other top players and really a
16239s	very consistent player in Ultraman Allen
16240s	you said it I think there's few players
16242s	that I would say are more deserving of
16244s	success when it comes to roon tarot when
16245s	it comes to the time and effort that
16247s	he's put in to try and become the best
16249s	or be among the best at the very least
16251s	and now he has a chance
16253s	yeah I could definitely put up a lot of
16255s	work and like the time that it he just
16258s	fell short was a lot but we have to
16260s	remember it's a card game there is a
16261s	variance like if you keep performing
16263s	you're gonna get your dub eventually you
16266s	have to just wait for it and keep
16267s	working on getting better and figuring
16269s	out the proper lineup to your playstyle
16272s	to The Meta
16274s	silver course not be the first time at
16276s	either of these countries were to win
16277s	the seasonal because we did have salty
16279s	Simon winning it for Sweden uh quite a
16281s	few seasons to know and ago now at this
16283s	point and also red winter winning it for
16285s	Belgium so but the country is not the
16287s	first one for the players it will be the
16288s	first time ever if they do manage to to
16290s	win it here so really exciting stuff and
16292s	again the story with Ultraman I think is
16294s	very endearing for anyone who's been
16295s	following on Tara especially the NBA
16297s	scene since the very beginning you know
16298s	I'm talking about elusives a better you
16301s	know the original ladder Ultraman was
16302s	there he was grinding away he was trying
16304s	his best I knew him all the way back
16305s	from a different ccg from gwent and I've
16307s	been following his career for over five
16309s	years now I consider him my friend as
16310s	well so really special to see him in the
16312s	finals and with a Chance the closest
16314s	he's ever been to actually becoming a
16316s	seasonal Champion uh that'll be it for
16317s	this round semifinals have concluded we
16319s	have only the finals remaining gonna be
16321s	a bit of a longer breakdown since both
16322s	games ended uh quite quite soon actually
16324s	with this one hour period but when we
16326s	come back iced tea and Alan you'll be
16328s	taking us through the final game in this
16330s	seasonal format for mea for rentera so
16332s	stay tuned and don't go anywhere
16337s	[Music]
16343s	thank you
16352s	ready yourself the night awaits
16359s	[Music]
16362s	if we hesitate we die and I'm not
16365s	interested in dying
16374s	look closely at their eyes full of fear
16379s	you'll serve me one
16383s	was with death
16386s	[Music]
16388s	struggle now enjoy it
16393s	very well
16402s	not much for pets but this one is fine
16410s	I will release them from their pain
16416s	[Applause]
16418s	[Music]
16431s	this creature is beyond saving
16441s	she looks more capable than most people
16450s	Those Who Kill innocence are no more
16452s	than famous
16454s	return to innocence
16458s	[Music]
16460s	by my hand I will end their suffering
16463s	[Music]
16471s	foreign
16475s	[Music]
16478s	every last monster will be purged
16484s	[Music]
16497s	[Music]
16502s	foreign
16503s	[Music]
16518s	[Music]
16533s	foreign
16535s	[Music]
16554s	[Music]
16565s	foreign
16586s	[Applause]
16595s	foreign
16602s	[Music]
16618s	[Music]
16623s	[Music]
16630s	[Music]
16636s	thank you
16638s	[Music]
16660s	[Music]
16665s	foreign
16674s	[Music]
16693s	foreign
16716s	[Music]
16724s	foreign
16728s	[Music]
16737s	[Music]
16775s	thank you
16778s	[Music]
16791s	foreign
16797s	[Music]
16805s	thank you
16807s	[Music]
16819s	[Applause]
16824s	[Music]
16826s	foreign
16828s	[Music]
16848s	[Music]
16872s	thank you
16874s	[Music]
16880s	[Applause]
16883s	[Music]
16886s	foreign
16891s	[Music]
16899s	foreign
16903s	[Music]
16924s	[Music]
16930s	foreign
16935s	[Music]
16976s	they will never ever show an emotions
16982s	[Music]
17020s	all the people wanna get in the circus
17024s	trying hard to keeping up with the
17027s	Joneses everything is kind of troubling
17031s	purpose
17032s	[Music]
17076s	to follow
17080s	[Music]
17082s	people
17085s	[Music]
17105s	[Music]
17119s	[Music]
17128s	you're gonna be
17139s	[Music]
17140s	honey
17142s	[Music]
17162s	I want your eyes
17166s	[Music]
17189s	the arrow of Retribution will find its
17193s	Mark
17196s	[Music]
17199s	what I could learn from studying such a
17202s	weapon you will know our power be
17205s	patient
17208s	foreign
17225s	[Music]
17242s	beware
17245s	though nothing to lose
17249s	[Applause]
17253s	we deliver their end
17258s	I am free
17260s	I am ascended
17264s	it's complicated enough without your
17266s	domineering
17271s	don't stand against us
17279s	their minds are so fragile
17282s	give in
17289s	your will crumble so easily
17292s	[Music]
17303s	one step closer to retribution
17309s	[Music]
17309s	[Applause]
17311s	[Music]
17323s	[Music]
17331s	thank you
17335s	better stop moving
17338s	and feel the music
17342s	[Music]
17344s	when you feel the fire and you know it's
17348s	right
17349s	pure desire Just Hold On Tight
17353s	[Music]
17363s	Just Dance
17369s	[Music]
17376s	[Music]
17382s	you can reach much
17385s	[Music]
17388s	you can look at the clouds
17394s	[Music]
17415s	build the music get your new Addiction
17418s	yeah
17424s	[Music]
17442s	Just Dance
17444s	[Applause]
17446s	[Music]
17458s	[Music]
17470s	foreign
17471s	[Applause]
17473s	[Music]
17477s	Ohio
17481s	[Music]
17486s	[Applause]
17491s	[Applause]
17491s	[Music]
17503s	[Music]
17507s	you better believe it you can look at
17511s	the clouds
17513s	[Music]
17521s	a little higher
17523s	tomorrow
17524s	[Applause]
17529s	[Music]
17533s	[Applause]
17535s	[Music]
17538s	[Applause]
17541s	[Music]
17558s	tomorrow
17561s	[Music]
17568s	We Stand Together
17571s	[Applause]
17572s	[Music]
17594s	oh yeah
17597s	a celebration
17600s	oh what's the call
17602s	a better future
17606s	[Music]
17607s	[Applause]
17611s	[Music]
17617s	I wanted to wake up
17619s	[Music]
17622s	I wanna
17625s	[Music]
17635s	read himself
17635s	[Music]
17657s	[Music]
17672s	[Music]
17675s	thank you
17680s	welcome back everyone to the world Ender
17682s	seasonal tournament and this is now the
17684s	grand finals coming up if you just tuned
17686s	in you've missed a lot of really
17688s	fantastic series but you're in time at
17690s	least to see who gets crowned the
17691s	champion of this season on ymea and what
17694s	a story it is for both of these players
17695s	both players that I think are so well
17697s	respected in the community among Pros
17698s	among casters among viewers among
17700s	everyone everyone thinks that Aaron and
17701s	Ultraman for sure deserve to be in this
17703s	final maybe he's doing a bit more
17704s	towards Ultraman we talk about it so
17706s	much we piped him up he is just again
17708s	he's done so much for roomtera as a
17710s	competitor as a content creator as a
17712s	community figure in the french-speaking
17714s	scenes as well he's been in almost every
17716s	seasonal tournament National Europe as
17718s	well with Belgium always in that Captain
17719s	role trying to bring his country up to
17721s	be among the best nations in emea so
17724s	really a great story here and a great
17726s	match I'm really I consider both these
17727s	players friends even and just so happy
17730s	to see them both finding success I see
17731s	do you have the same opinion
17733s	absolutely Ultraman as you mentioned
17735s	just someone that is really nice to talk
17737s	to as well and Fight Night whenever I
17739s	set him up for interviews already he was
17741s	super hyped to win and again is also
17744s	someone who wants so much outside of
17746s	seasonal so can't wait for him to
17747s	finally do it and Aaron again not only a
17750s	player that is on the younger side but
17752s	also someone who has some experience in
17754s	legends of fun terrible leading the EU
17756s	Master's team of the salty Simon didn't
17758s	qualify
17759s	just two player said you really can't be
17762s	happier for either of them
17763s	look uh Ultraman competing for such a
17767s	long time you can get pretty discouraged
17770s	after not having any doubt for a long
17772s	time and the man just kept going kept
17775s	going he's like I'm gonna get there and
17777s	he might finally do today
17781s	yeah it's game of variance to some
17782s	extent you have to you know play the
17784s	numbers game and just really keep trying
17786s	at some point finally you'll have that
17788s	that God like terminal you bring the
17789s	right line up you feel comfortable you
17790s	feel confident in yourself as a player
17792s	but also you know the draws go a little
17794s	bit your way you know the the those 50
17796s	scenarios end up paying in your favor
17798s	and that's the case may be here for this
17799s	term and could be finally the dream
17801s	scenario that Ultraman has been hoping
17803s	for and you know chasing for so long now
17805s	in his career as a competitive Legends
17807s	of runtera player but we're gonna go
17809s	into deck list I see Allen has to take
17811s	it away break it down find out what
17813s	player might be a little bit favored and
17814s	what the bands might look like as well
17815s	for this Grand finals coming up
17818s	all right Ellen this is going to be
17819s	super exciting I think in the break you
17821s	already kind of broke down for us what
17823s	do you what you think is actually going
17825s	to happen in this match but you
17827s	struggled at first thinking about who's
17828s	actually favored who did you end up on
17831s	so I believe that the Ultraman should be
17833s	favored because uh Aaron has the match
17836s	of jinx Echo and Randall trendama and
17839s	varos Pantheon going into sway Nora
17840s	Pantheon varus and TF Katarina so Jinx
17844s	Echo should struggle to find a win so I
17847s	believe that Aaron should be looking to
17849s	for to hunt the matchup Jinx against
17851s	Pantheon varus and win this one because
17854s	against Kiev Katarina and sway Nora it's
17858s	very very hard to beat above of those
17860s	decks with it so we should expect one of
17864s	them probably sway Nora because of the
17867s	minimorph because of the stance like
17869s	it's way harder for the echo to actually
17871s	connect to get the to resolve the time
17873s	trick about attack to get the time trick
17877s	where TF Katarina has more of a either
17880s	pre-combat stun or removal so it's more
17884s	likely that Echo connects in this
17886s	matchup and against Pantheon varos the
17888s	deck is just either freeze or strike and
17891s	you don't have too much else to expect
17893s	and you can just overrun them out if
17895s	they miss their one drop and then we
17898s	have the trundle Tryndamere and virus
17900s	Pantheon so clearly Ultraman will ban TR
17902s	because again all your decks are not
17904s	looking too hot in this matchup and when
17906s	we have Severus Pantheon uh varos
17909s	Pantheon against Pantheon varos like the
17913s	mirror will probably happen Aaron should
17915s	technically open with Jinx Echo and
17918s	Ultraman should be opening with a deck
17920s	that is preparing well into that so he
17924s	should be opening with the deck that's
17926s	Unbound either swindora or TF Katarina
17928s	to find that win against Jinx I cochlear
17930s	quickly and then we should see probably
17933s	varus Pantheon coming from the Aaron
17937s	going into the mirror so it again it
17939s	should be favorite for the Ultraman but
17942s	again we have to remember those are
17943s	cards anything can happen and like some
17945s	players might just break and lose a
17947s	heavily favorite matchup for them now we
17950s	looked at the decklist from both players
17952s	already the one thing I do want to
17954s	mention is that looking at both lineups
17957s	we don't have a single H rocks in the
17959s	finals we don't have spooky Gwen and oh
17962s	we don't know spooky Katarina in the
17963s	finals so two Decks that were certainly
17965s	expected here are not here at all
17968s	instead we have that one deck that
17971s	dominated open rounds and that dominated
17973s	today Varys Pantheon both players
17976s	brought it we have Ultraman tacking in
17978s	one of Ophelia's Aaron isn't do you
17981s	think that can change anything
17983s	Affiliates is mostly for the agrometrops
17986s	and it's not there for the grindy
17989s	matchups and since uh Aaron has like one
17992s	aggro matchup and you are looking to
17995s	pick up a win especially against
17996s	Pantheon virus so that's the metaphor
17999s	you want to have extra videos instead of
18000s	varus so it could make a change in this
18004s	matchup uh we'll see how it plays out
18008s	like I'm curious if the players will ban
18011s	it the way we are thinking because you
18013s	can again make some spicy bun
18015s	experimental bands but uh we've seen
18019s	that Ultraman was sticking to the
18021s	standard by with the previous band so I
18025s	don't think we'll see him go out of the
18026s	line here so that Aaron usually went
18029s	with the standard approach targeting the
18032s	certain decks and just binding the bad
18034s	matchup for overall his lineup again
18038s	Aaron's version of the FTR is a very
18041s	grindy version and uh
18045s	would be very bad for the Ultraman to
18047s	face his FTR because that's again double
18049s	buried that's triple Vengeance that's
18052s	triple harsh wins like you're not gonna
18054s	have fun playing against this with any
18056s	deck that's based on the combat and like
18058s	striking because again have a hard
18061s	removal freeze like that's a that's a
18063s	that's that would put you to the test
18066s	so you probably want to throw that out
18068s	especially with the virus Pantheon on
18070s	the other side could be could be a
18072s	struggle and also this deck is uh well
18074s	tagged enough to go into something like
18076s	sway Nora as well we do have double
18078s	Avalanche in here uh we do have the box
18080s	we can ramp to those big threats that
18082s	are super hard to remove uh without the
18084s	help of a disintegrate just want to
18086s	mention on the side by the way for real
18088s	lawmaster's eju for Ultraman and eight
18092s	seasonal tournaments so the same amount
18094s	of top Cuts as BB got further uh and
18097s	here is now in the finals and Aaron
18099s	again one little Masters EU after salty
18102s	Simon did not qualify as the captain for
18104s	Sweden Aaron took over and has four
18106s	seasonal top Cuts also a very consistent
18109s	player both of them and I feel like that
18111s	kind of
18112s	goes into the band strategy that you
18113s	just mentioned where both players
18114s	probably just gonna go for the correct
18116s	quote-unquote or the least experimental
18119s	ban that they can follow because those
18120s	are just two very consistent players
18122s	yeah those are exceptional results so
18125s	far on the line and here we're going
18128s	into the lineups again we've seen that
18132s	sway like the noxus decks besides the
18135s	aggro versions have been performing very
18137s	well the players that were targeting
18139s	let's say Agro were having quite a good
18142s	results going so far on
18148s	let's see if the standard bands come
18149s	through here again this is the final of
18152s	the Season though both players have
18153s	played through nine rounds of Swiss as
18156s	well as through the entire Top Cut to
18158s	finally get here there might be some
18160s	added pressure on ultraman's side
18161s	because Ultraman has been this close
18164s	very often and now can finally get his
18166s	win but Aaron as well again younger
18169s	player coming in having some success
18171s	later on you know hasn't really been
18173s	there at the start of Lor but then the
18175s	third EU Masters hasn't has had a lot of
18177s	competitive success ever since maybe the
18180s	Young Gun can do it this is one of the
18182s	most hype finals I could have expected
18185s	I mean it's not one-sided in terms of
18188s	matchups for sure both players are very
18190s	good none of them is like clearly better
18193s	than the other both have the experience
18195s	uh in the previous seasonals in the
18197s	previous competitions like colorbusters
18199s	you Masters and a lot of a lot of ladder
18203s	games so both of them going into them
18206s	each matchup will know what they are
18208s	doing it will be going with the certain
18210s	game plan I'll be trying to execute it
18212s	with the certain degree of the accuracy
18217s	yeah but again this is a card game also
18219s	comes down to draws comes down on how
18222s	RNG blesses you on that very day we have
18225s	the echo jinster for example again a
18227s	deck that can be exceptionally well at
18231s	drawing your Champions and then building
18233s	an advantage out of having three copies
18235s	out of every Champion but we already saw
18237s	Ultraman uh play up against that and uh
18239s	turn that on its head by discarding two
18241s	Echoes uh so gotta be careful right
18244s	don't draw too well sometimes yeah like
18247s	he was looking quite happy having the
18250s	multiple threats in the hand and then he
18252s	didn't look too happy after all when
18254s	he's in double aloof just clutching up
18256s	that match
18262s	we'll have the sway Nora like
18264s	technically like if you think about the
18266s	FTR matchup like you could technically
18268s	leave it out and leave open sway Nora
18271s	and Pantheon varus if the TFE the
18273s	another noxus that could be banned and
18276s	try to snipe with the FTR with the aloe
18278s	there but we will probably see the more
18280s	standard and we see the pantheon varus
18283s	mirrors
18284s	all right both Saga seek are already in
18287s	hand Packers Kate on the side of
18288s	Ultraman as well as a protect early on
18290s	again we do have some healing on the
18292s	side of everyone but I think this is one
18294s	of the least valuable units especially
18296s	in the mirror so probably not too happy
18298s	about that well Ultraman again with the
18300s	Saga Seeker plus the weapon hand is
18302s	looking great early on Ultraman always
18305s	seems to pass here because his Turn 2 is
18307s	most likely Saga Seeker into pelka skate
18309s	and like otherwise he would skip a draw
18312s	if you develop there and then Aaron has
18315s	a way better because he could a way
18316s	better draw because he can just develop
18317s	a weapon and he doesn't need to commit
18319s	the attack and this way Ultraman will
18321s	miss out on the fated block and yeah if
18324s	he goes for the pale he's not a complete
18327s	like he pretty much had way worse than
18329s	and his unit is way smaller than Aaron
18332s	and he doesn't even get to swing with
18334s	his unit so he's missing out on the
18336s	three damage and he's missing out on the
18338s	unit growth but technically just picked
18340s	up a weapon which make this hand
18341s	infinitely better but when our top deck
18343s	momentous which is the best card in this
18346s	spot
18347s	FDR Conservatory Band by the way which
18350s	means that Ultraman gets really similar
18352s	match-ups to the previous game or the
18354s	previous match Ultraman one so let's see
18356s	how this one turns out again we have
18358s	another Saga Seeker we just equipped the
18360s	weapon to this one
18361s	this is a very interesting spot because
18364s	here you could Optus Ultraman and just
18367s	pass this turn and next turn play
18369s	Pantheon into equipping a Human Weapon
18371s	to start growing him because this
18374s	matchup is about who has the taller
18377s	Pantheon and like you really want to
18378s	develop your Pantheon on four to just
18381s	start growing because the keywords not
18383s	as important as just the raw Stars value
18386s	on him so we might see just development
18389s	of Pantheon into the shepherd later or
18392s	development like or into a pelka skate
18395s	later on so the research is that next
18397s	turn for the Ultraman is just Saga
18399s	Seeker into Shepherd and just played a
18401s	bit differently
18405s	oh the meantime Aaron continues to try
18409s	and grow his own Saga Seeker for now
18411s	let's see what the predict from Ultraman
18413s	gets us
18415s	yeah so he decides to just fight for the
18417s	board not to give up on an HP we know
18419s	that Ultraman picked up either a weapon
18421s	or the virus on the top uh because of
18425s	the growth on the bakai I really like
18428s	this though picking that up also means
18430s	you can attack him with the bakai this
18431s	is also now a four attack unit so no
18433s	really
18435s	good trade left on our inside just has
18438s	to take the eight damage which again in
18440s	this matchup might not be that scary but
18442s	considering Ultraman is building up to
18444s	an early Pantheon might mean that
18446s	Ultraman can sneak out a lethal earlier
18447s	than Aaron expects it like looking at
18450s	the iron hand you cannot block with Saga
18452s	Seeker because like let's assume you
18453s	trade what's your next turn You're Gonna
18455s	Play cleric into weapon and that's your
18457s	board like you need to keep a unit that
18461s	will threaten positive trade for your on
18464s	your side
18465s	and right now Aaron
18468s	can potentially just cycle these weapons
18470s	to again trigger The Faded on his Saga
18472s	Seeker but it just doesn't feel that
18474s	great if your opponent just gets uh to
18476s	actually proc that Saga Seeker again and
18478s	again without having to just cycle
18480s	weapons for two Mana every time pink
18482s	ball players will cycle weapon the
18483s	sternum I think that's the best line for
18485s	both of them
18486s	like you just need to match the growth
18488s	of the units
18490s	I absolutely don't like this is about
18492s	who goes taller not who goes wider uh so
18495s	not growing your Saga Seeker to five
18497s	five I think that's just a mistake
18500s	again Ultraman is forced to play
18503s	something on his faded unit or any other
18505s	unit on the board here does need that
18507s	Pantheon trigger after all goes in with
18510s	a weapon does not commit the weapon on
18511s	the pantheon
18514s	doesn't want to wait
18515s	so Ultraman takes a bit a more
18517s	aggressive approach but when you see the
18519s	development of the weapon on the iron
18521s	side on the
18523s	cleric you should realize that like in
18526s	this spot he's scared he's playing
18527s	defensively so at this point you can
18529s	slow down and just go taller
18535s	yeah Aaron this way gets a 5-5 that
18538s	can't really be blocked but everything
18539s	else can get traded down uh pretty
18541s	easily and cheaply here for Ultraman
18545s	so here is uh the consideration what are
18548s	we buffing
18549s	so definitely you want to buff The Saga
18552s	Seeker you expect the
18555s	cleric to get traded off
18559s	hey hey you potentially could have hoped
18562s	that the forefoot Saga Seeker was trying
18564s	to get the value trade here and answer
18565s	with the momentous choice you could
18567s	still keep your cleric alive but now I
18570s	don't think that is the case for
18571s	momentous Choice it's just too valuable
18573s	to use on a cleric here as you mentioned
18575s	this is about going tall not about going
18577s	wide so like if you think about the
18579s	trades like why katacking with bakai was
18581s	correct because it allows you to force
18584s	the tutu block into the Buckeye and then
18587s	opponent has to block your cleric with
18589s	another unit with for three or four two
18591s	so basically gives you a better trades
18595s	if you are forcing opponent to block
18596s	your Buckeye and like you keep it to
18599s	Chum block but it allows opponent to
18601s	make way better trades which you do not
18603s	want so I would love to see a buckeye
18605s	get a uh to attack because it would get
18607s	buffed to 3-2
18612s	all right there we go another weapon
18614s	committed this Pantheon about to flip as
18615s	well and the board is just looking a bit
18618s	taller on the side of Ultraman model we
18620s	do have the varus now in hand for Aaron
18623s	yeah so like Ultraman is taking a bit
18626s	different approach he's not deciding to
18627s	grow his Pantheon he's just going for
18629s	those keywords and try to apply enough
18632s	pressure where Pantheon can just finish
18633s	up with pretty much any anything
18636s	and on the other side of Aaron he's
18638s	really struggling to find the correct
18640s	pieces to develop a good enough board
18644s	but here's that moment of choice which
18645s	is really crucial in the match
18648s	ultimate obviously hoping to hit spell
18650s	shield elusive on the pantheon if
18652s	possible quick attack challenge I could
18654s	also work
18656s	but for now attacks him with a big ball
18658s	that potentially looks to overwhelm
18660s	Aaron but again as you mentioned Aaron
18663s	of the momentous Choice can
18664s	take a good trade here
18668s	yeah so we're gonna see probably the
18670s	usage of the momentous here to get the
18673s	value trade this way your opponent
18674s	cannot punish you with momentous or fail
18676s	if he has a buff then yeah the threat
18680s	would go down but the other if he
18682s	honestly has the specific two cards it
18684s	shouldn't go off also if there was a
18686s	mementos there was a good chance he
18688s	would have played it he would have
18689s	upkeep manilastern instead of playing
18691s	the one drop
18694s	hilltex 5 here does not want to give up
18696s	the various obviously which is getting
18698s	increasingly scary
18700s	um considering the panther can hit the
18701s	ball pretty soon
18703s	Pantheon into the pantheon into the
18706s	weapon is very scary oh wow he found his
18709s	own Pantheon
18711s	now the question is if this is is this
18713s	Pantheon four out of five if it is it's
18715s	a very good turn because we have a
18717s	barrier attacking with Pantheon when his
18719s	body is very good and we're gonna see a
18721s	counter Pantheon it gives him a spell
18723s	that allows him to use it as a stand
18725s	which removes some some sort of damage
18727s	based on also keywords that gonna come
18729s	on the pantheon no floating Mana besides
18732s	one to threaten anything else and here
18734s	we go the keywords
18739s	especially as well
18745s	and dragon that's a pretty good one
18747s	that's a very good one watching is
18750s	missing one it has to be stun this has
18752s	to be stun yeah
18754s	this one is unfortunately missing that
18755s	one crochet keyword that would be spell
18757s	shield so gets done here double Pantheon
18759s	double manthian on the other side for
18761s	Ultraman
18762s	see what keywords We Roll on the other
18764s	side another roulette oh
18766s	um
18768s	is very good it's a little fret next
18772s	turn I believe he can break fight it
18775s	again
18776s	by developing putting a weapon on next
18779s	turn he can go off with the pale Cascade
18781s	and that's a little present presented
18784s	but there is a guiding touch to prevent
18786s	it
18788s	oh wait that's it I mean not really we
18792s	have gotten touching a lot of trouble
18793s	potentially freeze can be can be drawn
18795s	here by Aaron but
18797s	so this is really interesting because if
18799s	you choose to play guiding he cannot
18801s	draw freeze anymore with an unique wave
18803s	so here's one last draw to potentially
18805s	survive because if he goes for guiding
18807s	that's he's dead and he like he would
18810s	need to go for the draw of the Furious
18813s	wielder which is not even enough
18815s	so like this would be very interesting
18818s	what the players decide to do
18820s	like this is definitely open swing from
18822s	the Ultraman
18823s	and threaten little and then go from
18825s	there
18830s	like the scariest is a freeze
18833s	yeah
18834s	I think Ultraman trying to play around
18836s	that not only attacking with the pan
18837s	theme but
18839s	trying to say okay I'm gonna pull your
18840s	other pen whoa
18843s	you do not want to pull like for exactly
18846s	that reason if there is a freeze there
18849s	is no punish
18854s	no you don't present lethal this way
18857s	oh I really don't like pulling here
18863s	iPad number one gonna be invested here
18865s	Varys flips as well
18873s	I'm very ready to dish out some
18875s	retribution next turn already
18877s	let's go I I think Ultraman still wins
18879s	his Pantheon trade right because we have
18880s	the momentous Choice as well and we have
18882s	to pack a skate so Furious Villa coming
18884s	in now it's not going to save this
18886s	Pantheon I was just going to stay alive
18887s	again we have to reach it on him as well
18893s	ah it's a tough run wait
18896s	on the five three yeah we have nine on
18899s	that if we commit both pale momentous
18903s	I mean if we draw with the pale into
18905s	another pale I guess that's I mean you
18907s	start with the guiding probably on your
18911s	Pantheon because when your Pantheon
18913s	doesn't die to opponents Pantheon
18917s	so you start with guiding on Pantheon
18918s	you don't need to commit more and then
18920s	you go from there
18925s	all freeze
18927s	uh that's not enough you keep this for
18931s	later
18932s	yeah I mean you don't use it now you
18933s	just press OK I think and you just yeah
18936s	you're happy
18939s	especially with the freeze now at hand
18941s	uh Ultraman doesn't go fully for this
18943s	turn but just sets up lethal for the
18945s	turn after controlling the board
18950s	so this interesting spot because next
18952s	turn
18953s	she could go for harassi and giving the
18956s	special to the
18958s	varus but the varus but the unforgiving
18961s	code will still poppet
18964s	oh I forget to call the other side as
18966s	well wow so the way to play around for
18969s	is here you can start with unyield with
18971s	the sorry with the strike if there is if
18975s	there is a unforgiving called you just
18977s	don't attack and if there is a opponents
18980s	here is there you have a spell shield so
18981s	you can actually open by playing Furious
18984s	wielder and this way you play around
18985s	freeze you just cast it on the pantheon
18988s	and you threaten 13 damage this way
18992s	remember last turn with Ultraman
18995s	unfortunately did not go for lethal
18997s	decided to control the board a bit more
18998s	but did give some time back to Aaron now
19001s	again as you mentioned Eric can probably
19003s	exploit this turn to try and test the
19005s	waters but there is a freeze or not
19009s	yeah I mean the problem is if you attack
19010s	and there is a freeze you just lose your
19012s	virus you develop another one you keep
19014s	your Furious Wilder
19016s	but is this better
19018s	otherwise like what his turn look like
19020s	if you open with the Furious wielder
19023s	okay
19029s	let me move the other one
19031s	huh I was thinking like what's the
19034s	alternative if you open attack and there
19035s	is furious wheel there
19038s	sorry if there is a freeze you could
19040s	just redevelop the second varus and you
19042s	press ok
19044s	because you don't have much else to do
19046s	this there and otherwise except healing
19051s	this is very interesting
19054s	okay now he goes for it
19058s	so he did this to get one more damage at
19061s	the virus I'm not sure if this is war
19063s	because like now you're losing a bunch
19065s	of uh
19066s	potential value out of the Bluffs
19072s	they already don't want to waste the
19074s	freeze
19076s	like Ultraman wants to keep that freeze
19078s	because it's a such a good card yeah we
19080s	would have drawn into another buff here
19081s	could have potentially just gone for
19083s	another pail or
19085s	double momentous choice to save the
19088s	panther here but unfortunately not going
19089s	to happen has to use the freeze now
19091s	which means next turn the freeze is
19092s	going to be important from Aaron's side
19095s	and then Aaron gets the stack token back
19097s	I mean this might be the winning third
19099s	for Aaron like it doesn't know that we
19100s	can bet it out freeze now you have a
19102s	freeze on your opponent's turn here
19108s	place corazi no that doesn't accomplish
19111s	anything
19116s	oh I like the predict first dig for the
19118s	spell shield
19122s	oh another unforgiving oh no it's
19124s	unforgiving
19125s	oh
19130s	that's pretty good now you can just
19131s	swing in with pants it's not obvious
19132s	from your opponent that's good yeah it's
19134s	an obvious but you have to think about
19135s	this game lasting a couple more turns
19139s	yeah the expanse protection is the short
19142s	term I try to push now and forgiving is
19144s	a long term card
19146s	but you know what Ultraman I think
19148s	Ultraman has gone for your gift on
19150s	forgiving cold Ultraman has gone for the
19152s	longer route again and again
19154s	especially as I wanted where there could
19156s	have been a lethal of Pantheon
19157s	[Music]
19158s	wait no did she tap out out of the
19161s	unforgiving called Mono is guiding he
19163s	did
19164s	that's fine I think we take down
19165s	forgiving quotes for next turn not for
19167s	this one if we actually predict it into
19169s	that and not the spell shield I mean if
19170s	there is a furious will there you would
19172s	like the the snow don't you just attack
19174s	with Pantheon to test the water and then
19176s	you will proceed and then you develop
19179s	I I feel like in Texas Pantheon at this
19182s	point Ultraman might be playing around
19184s	unforgiving code on the other side
19185s	instead of furious wielder
19187s	oh we actually pull something again that
19189s	will not kill the Panthers are probably
19191s	pretty fine with that one this is you do
19194s	not want to give the weapon back to the
19197s	iron pulling I think attacking just with
19199s	Pantheon was good better because if you
19202s	give the weapon back let's say the
19204s	unforgiving called they get to develop
19206s	like let's say another Pantheon and give
19208s	it over one weapon that's the way it
19210s	works for you
19212s	I'll give it to a razi
19214s	I mean you won't have that much Mana to
19216s	do that
19218s	because you need to still not dye the
19220s	stern
19221s	oh yeah I mean excellent you can give it
19223s	to us the next turn
19225s	but yeah I like this Vlog because it
19228s	forces opponent to play Combat tricks to
19230s	kill the varos and then you can play
19232s	second developes and you are very man
19233s	efficient about your turn
19236s	and you just let opponent kill your
19238s	virus
19240s	yeah this is the final by the way if you
19243s	love my pool ah I mean I get why he
19246s	pulled because this way he like he
19248s	played around that forgiving called but
19250s	he doesn't represent little
19252s	I like this though I like this Ellen
19255s	Ultraman here gonna boost up the various
19258s	gonna trade on the verge on the other
19259s	side and has the unforgiving code
19261s	Ultraman really just like I said is
19263s	going for the long game and says okay
19265s	you can forgiving call me now I have an
19267s	unforgiving code for you next turn and
19268s	then it swings back to me and you
19270s	probably don't have a third one and then
19272s	I'm gonna get lethal finally
19275s	okay
19279s	he was looking for the Furious wielder
19281s	here
19282s	I can remember if he got another
19283s	forgiving called it wouldn't freeze the
19285s	varus it would freeze the six six and
19287s	one you cannot freeze the same unit
19289s	without forgiving called
19294s	I mean like you could just redevelop the
19296s	redevelop the virus you are not too sad
19299s	and that varos still has the gigantic
19302s	bow
19303s	does but again Ultraman
19307s	saw this or German predicted this
19309s	Ultraman predicted into the unforgiving
19312s	cult as the freeze ready for next turn
19314s	so survives another turn and then has a
19316s	huge swing on his next attack token
19318s	ultimate really thinking ahead here and
19320s	playing the long game instead of trying
19321s	to go for lethal
19324s	thinking of lots are in line now that
19326s	who could oh
19332s	man right look at her Point our board is
19334s	going to be exceptionally wide but here
19336s	yeah
19337s	we actually have for Rosie that can be
19340s	equipped with the varus bow can boost up
19342s	another unit to yeah the and the thing
19346s	is
19347s	The Horizon gets double Frozen
19350s	so you need to after the weapon is
19352s	equipped you need to freeze van
19354s	otherwise he dies
19356s	because the overwhelm will kill him
19359s	I mean it doesn't because he can block
19360s	with Pantheon but that would be quite
19362s	unfortunate you need to freeze now if
19364s	you freeze after the combat starts it
19366s	will double it will pop the spell sheet
19369s	and freeze Horizon after she already
19371s	buffed the over one guy
19373s	and that would be very very bad for you
19376s	time is running out
19377s	oh oh you do like this you pop the spell
19380s	Shields I guess
19385s	I don't know if I like this more because
19387s	now I mean it's good Helios plus it
19389s	forces the it for like no no it's
19391s	because it doesn't allow upon to attack
19393s	because if he attacks he loses the game
19395s	he just dies to white board actually he
19397s	dies a white board in the face on the
19398s	other side right now yeah so you can
19400s	still play affilios and just keep the
19402s	weapon and you can just keep up with
19403s	five Mana
19405s	I'm not sure why not to play affilias
19408s	I mean he has to probably just wait a
19411s	bit uh especially coming on the other
19412s	side though um Alan
19414s	yeah there was like the
19416s	so we have a problem
19420s	we survived this but
19422s	uh I guess the freeze was still better
19424s	because yeah
19425s	um yeah the the expanse was a card right
19429s	yeah
19433s	oh well I mean that's not too bad
19436s	we're not seeing it yeah just take just
19439s	take the damage I mean I guess he was
19442s	he's like yeah it's fine because I can
19444s	still go wide like well he can develop
19448s	oh why so in Rush he could just develop
19451s	like
19454s	with spell shield
19457s	that would be
19459s	a spell shoot on the that would be spell
19462s	sheet on the varus
19464s	and that's little pretty much guaranteed
19466s	you can't do anything about it
19469s	all right right now it is not lethal
19471s	with the freeze on the other side yeah
19476s	uh that is interesting back and forth
19477s	here
19479s	oh that's legal now
19482s	of an attack
19484s	I mean her eyes is pretty good here just
19485s	developed a spouse here just develop
19487s	another big unit give the special too
19488s	you cannot pre-freeze because she'll
19489s	buff back the damage
19493s	huh
19495s	this is uh
19498s	this is death
19500s	Dragon mate
19502s	double freeze spontaneous
19505s	it depends how he orders this because he
19508s	can play around
19509s	oh wait why not just spell it oh I guess
19512s	it doesn't matter
19514s	yeah because he can go White
19516s	and just remove yeah this is better I
19518s	mean we have faded on Pantheon we have
19520s	Varys getting extra triggers so
19522s	potentially we can just buff up into
19523s	lethal range again
19526s	and I don't think at this point there is
19529s	enough of course it was better a bit
19532s	instead of varus there is no need to buy
19534s	varus there
19536s	you can buff Horizon and then she Buffs
19538s	the Affiliates better and your viral
19541s	season but it doesn't matter like it's a
19543s	pretty clean finish
19546s	and Ultraman just Dukes it out goes for
19548s	the long game gets a clean finish at the
19550s	end there and what a game that was you
19552s	know what that game almost took half an
19554s	hour
19555s	over time both players Drew back to back
19559s	back to back and forgiving call the best
19562s	cut in the match up crazy
19565s	yeah absolutely crazy game here and that
19567s	means Ultraman has now Swain Nora left
19570s	we already saw how profession Ultraman
19573s	is especially with that deck at
19574s	discarding Echoes let's see if he can do
19576s	it again but we might see that mashup
19578s	versus values first which we haven't
19580s	seen today so far
19581s	yeah so like the problem with the swing
19584s	Aura it can sometimes have a hand where
19586s	it doesn't have removal for the
19587s	Champions but this is not the handle is
19589s	a groups on through Vlog it you have
19591s	everything you want
19593s	on the other side unfortunately you have
19595s	a drop order in our Mulligan oh that
19597s	always hurts oh no oh I'm getting
19600s	flashbacks oh no
19606s	all the early developments like Ultraman
19609s	has everything keys for this matchup
19614s	if it happens again uh I I will announce
19618s	the second coming of aloof Travelers
19620s	okay that card obviously on release
19622s	absolutely broken as a three four but
19623s	still it's such a good card especially
19625s	for these decks as you mentioned
19626s	sometimes you struggle with removing big
19628s	units with removing big threats and a
19630s	roof just helps you with that because
19631s	you don't even need to remove them off
19632s	the board you just get them out of their
19634s	hand immediately
19636s	yeah and that's definitely the case and
19639s	there are like there are a few two
19641s	threads at the hand right now we'll see
19643s	which one will be discarded either Voice
19646s	or the Jinx which which one would you
19649s	like to discard more as a Ultraman
19652s	uh honestly I would like to discard the
19655s	Jinx at this point especially because uh
19657s	it appears that Aaron is currently
19658s	struggling not only to 50 Jinx but also
19660s	to flip the echo right so
19663s	I mean your hand is double flock group
19665s	shot out of Swain do you even care
19668s	what's your opponent's hand
19670s	uh not really like whatever you don't
19673s	kill here with the aloof gets killed by
19675s	the Vlog
19676s	but the James represents an additional
19677s	danger of even if you want to remove her
19679s	Vlog she can get some value of the
19680s	rocket
19681s	I mean well the voices
19684s	catches immediately that looks like a
19688s	very rough game
19689s	if there is if one turned four
19692s	your board is drop border
19695s	oh bye jinx
19698s	goodbye The Voice looks pretty good
19700s	without a novel with another champions
19703s	it's really rough especially if you
19705s	don't flip your Echo early if you don't
19706s	have an Echo by turn four
19708s	they this deck doesn't look as great
19710s	right it doesn't really matter that much
19712s	that our board currently it's not
19714s	looking as great because it's really
19715s	important just to find that Echo just to
19716s	level our Champions we finally find an
19718s	echo we get a drop order from the
19719s	predict so Aaron is still in it
19723s	and this Echo will actually be flipped
19724s	again the first Echo just there to a
19726s	flip just there to give you the Chrono
19728s	breaks listen you got two drop borders
19731s	of predicts and you are still looking
19733s	unhappy about your board that that tells
19737s	something about the deck no
19738s	oh it does I don't know I think the one
19740s	of the drop Brothers actually started
19742s	main hand I think one of them you
19743s	actually played oh he did the predictor
19746s	no I think no no he played the the
19749s	project that shuffles back to a deck and
19751s	oh yeah true found it from the predict
19754s	what's cheating
19756s	yeah
19757s	but that's a flipped Echo
19759s	and we see there is absolver to follow
19761s	up
19763s	and the attacker is gonna be dead
19767s	oh the dead Echo but again does
19770s	shuffling those Chrono breaks now you
19771s	have voices and a whiteboard if you can
19773s	manage to get those Chrono breaks this
19775s	is still a very powerful game here from
19777s	Aaron I think is to remove Acorn site
19779s	but also I think Ultraman should have
19781s	considered using the group shot here
19784s	instead of utilizing the flock but again
19787s	you have this integrate so like it's not
19790s	that big of a deal so what we would have
19792s	done he could have developed another
19793s	unit into group shot but again having
19796s	that disintegrate gives you more options
19799s	to utilize the group shot otherwise oh
19802s	wow he found the might for that Swain
19805s	yep that is insane especially against
19807s	quicksand this is
19809s	this is almost
19810s	that's a really good card in this
19812s	matchup and this is a mark of a good
19814s	player you saw how quick Ultraman was to
19816s	actually picked that one up he saw it
19817s	immediately went for it
19819s	immediately knew the implications for
19820s	the game from this mod now we have an
19822s	echo to predict and we had another drop
19823s	border so yeah for free it was complete
19826s	it looks pretty good
19828s	zero feel some blockers but that's okay
19830s	we have the absolver
19834s	space
19839s	yeah so you just download block keep
19842s	absorber and override the unit
19847s	I guess and keep the absolver for the
19850s	for the swing
19852s	it can be tough to win this game without
19853s	Observer especially because your
19854s	opponent can easily develop white boards
19856s	of blockers so Aaron is certainly
19858s	considering it I think the play you
19860s	mentioned absolutely makes a lot of
19862s	sense but Aaron just kind of thinking
19863s	about how do I win this game and uh the
19866s	fastest way possible because the longer
19867s	this game you can kill Swain technically
19869s	you can threaten killing Swain why not
19871s	go for it
19872s	let's go like you remove a big thread
19875s	from the board and you and like you do
19877s	not waste the body on the board and you
19880s	can develop next turn
19882s	like this yeah I really like this play
19889s	oh and like do you you throw Echo right
19891s	away wait there is no shot you just
19894s	swing like this do you
19897s	don't you just play voice first
19901s	only no good traits or your opponent but
19904s	yeah this swing just doesn't really
19905s	accomplish anything I like the pass I
19907s	actually pass to play to draw on a break
19910s	is not bad
19912s	and like if there is a leviathan then
19914s	you go with Echo right so having the
19916s	Fret in the hand is smart
19919s	and also if you don't like this is a
19921s	very uh good play because this is like
19924s	if the opponent develops a thread then
19926s	you punish them for developing a threat
19928s	if they take a slow route you have more
19930s	draws and you can punish them over time
19932s	with the
19934s	with the Chrono bricks and you like you
19937s	like you do not want a lot opponent to
19939s	have this board and when they have
19941s	Chrono break
19943s	really punishes that is again another
19946s	aloof traveler's end everyone must be
19948s	super nervous about those if we know
19950s	what they can do Aaron already saw as
19952s	Jinx get discarded gotta hope every time
19955s	you don't play that Echo to not get
19956s	baited into removal that there's no
19958s	aloof travel on the other side Ultraman
19960s	currently not having one but having a
19961s	fort full of jump blockers was this a
19964s	ski oh wait that wasn't a skip so he
19966s	he's playing to draw the crystal the
19968s	crystal would break the board
19971s	I like this from Ultraman Ultraman
19972s	recognizes this right Ultraman saw the
19974s	cat being developed on the board sort of
19976s	predict and says all right my whole
19978s	board might die to want a hacks like
19979s	Crystal and you currently don't really
19982s	have a big board with the voices or an
19983s	echo so Toronto break for you currently
19985s	not as good you didn't have that many
19988s	draws to get there anyways so probably
19991s	trying to trade down a bit of the board
19992s	right now
19994s	just more print more records that's fine
20000s	I wonder if he selected if he skips or
20002s	he selected Echo there
20004s	I didn't see I don't know what's correct
20007s	what would you do
20010s	if you if you take the echo there you
20011s	can develop one Echo if it gets removed
20013s	you can yeah like you need to do
20015s	something this turn right yeah
20018s	aggressive it might yeah that's to get
20021s	an extra blocker right
20023s	over time and you can draw you are
20026s	drawing two cards this turn potentially
20028s	one one more card because you don't have
20030s	a Mana for the Pocky yeah we have easily
20033s	three draws basically with the two draws
20035s	you have in hand plus your natural draw
20036s	next turn to get to that extra blocker
20038s	and again you you're picking two units
20040s	of the board here potentially but oh
20042s	quicksand to protect them no quicksand
20045s	to actually
20046s	so this means you have to pass the stern
20049s	so that clearly means that he wants to
20051s	past the stern
20056s
20059s	that is an interesting turn a really
20061s	afraid of those portals hitting
20063s	again potentially trying to get ottoman
20065s	uh and catch him with a low
20069s	and so he selected to another predict
20071s	like the chronomous or either here
20073s	random that or he selected it because it
20075s	was one of his options
20080s	okay there is no such you use your
20081s	attack token you need to keep your
20083s	attack token as a threat
20086s	is that
20089s	okay this is the time you go for crystal
20093s	doesn't hit it hits another Jinx but if
20095s	Aaron just keeps passing that
20097s	also I don't know what are those
20098s	correctly I don't know I have no idea
20099s	what's the correct Peak here skip Jinx
20102s	like there's so much decision do you
20104s	pick Chrono Monster again to look for
20105s	Christmas songs it's not jinx it's not
20107s	jinx for sure like look at your hand how
20109s	do you want to I mean touching it's
20111s	going to be I mean you just puke out
20112s	your hand like you you pick out Echo now
20114s	force a removal and next time you play
20116s	voice with the drinks
20119s	that whole sequence means that your
20121s	opponent knows because your hand will be
20122s	empty your opponent notes that you don't
20123s	have a revive you don't have a Chrono
20125s	brake so they can remove Echo they
20127s	potentially can also remove Jinx looking
20128s	at Ultraman said that is that is the
20130s	case and all you're left with is the
20132s	board with the voices that can still be
20134s	traded down so I think if you go for
20136s	that unfortunately with other Chrono
20138s	break you still lose so you assume there
20140s	is infinite removal for Echo and Jinx
20143s	okay yes we can achieve that um maybe
20146s	Aaron doesn't have to assume that but
20148s	it's actually the case that Ultra of his
20150s	head right we look at the headers that
20151s	is infinite removal for the Champions
20153s	like you can assume there is like maybe
20155s	a lavatan or two or a Swain that he
20157s	cannot develop because otherwise he
20159s	won't have Mana to answer your threats
20162s	so you know
20165s	it was probably the winning play to go
20167s	for that but Aaron's just really waiting
20169s	for the Chrono break because that would
20170s	mean so much can finally start to
20172s	Commitment voices must be time right
20175s	yeah it's so good
20178s	no way you skip here
20181s	okay but you develop here the voices
20183s	right
20184s	uh ultimate fires 10 Mana I'm gonna I'm
20188s	gonna throw on the bathroom I have
20189s	enough matter stuff removal up it's
20191s	finally time and Aaron you have to do
20193s	something
20194s	you are losing this game that Leviathan
20197s	means two damage per turn
20202s	do you value Echo Moro voice
20208s	at this point uh with I think I value
20210s	your voice quite a bit more because that
20212s	actually means we potentially win the
20214s	game here
20215s	do you kill it you kill it now right
20216s	because even if there is Chrono break
20219s	that Chrono break doesn't do anything
20220s	because we have this integrated by the
20222s	group shot
20223s	I do think that Ultraman can make an
20226s	educated guess that there's no clone to
20228s	Break by the way Aaron was playing this
20229s	whole time because Aaron was playing so
20231s	shy and was just passing passing passing
20234s	you could just feel you have to remove
20236s	it now right yeah that's a really good
20238s	play
20239s	because your recognize if there is a
20240s	Chrono break on top you cannot let this
20242s	leave
20245s	Ultraman just inches away from getting
20248s	the seasonal champion title that he was
20250s	vying for for two years does this matter
20254s	what this okay jinx jinx doesn't even
20256s	matter oh there is a crystal enter his
20258s	voice okay those are two decent cards to
20261s	pick up
20262s	but unfortunately also
20264s	on 20 hp
20267s	did he escape
20269s	The Voice
20272s	I mean you start with Crystal to hide
20274s	the information what you got
20278s	all right
20280s	so when you're hitting the board is a
20283s	giant blocker three weights
20284s	it does Ultraman
20288s	it does
20291s	yeah and that should be the game like
20293s	doesn't there is integrate there is a
20295s	vlog there is everything he needs to
20297s	remove that voice
20298s	and there's gonna be little next time
20300s	for Ultraman
20302s	and power is looking to seal the game
20305s	there we go just bait the voice right we
20307s	just steal some damage to it Aaron
20308s	probably knows that there is a flocking
20310s	hand right now this just means if you're
20311s	full swing here voices is going to get
20313s	traded by the Vlog all the units again
20315s	lose their attack there's some value
20316s	trades for Ultraman and Ultraman next
20318s	turn with the Leviathan already team two
20320s	damage from Spain and Leviathan swing in
20322s	is looking to get lethal
20325s	listen the fire is prepared swaying is
20328s	looking very hot to just swing for the
20331s	victory
20334s	oh all time is so close to fight that
20336s	first is no win just a one run
20340s	away few more passes one more pass
20344s	he comes out from Aaron GG comes out
20348s	from Ultraman
20351s	oh another Fusion just to throw more
20354s	damage ahead Darren and uh yes after two
20359s	years eight top cards Ultraman finally
20362s	gets a seasonal win
20365s	that's absolutely amazing
20367s	Ultraman finally finding a win after
20370s	such a long period of competing very
20373s	very happy for the man you don't know
20376s	how long I've been waiting to hear those
20378s	words uttered out loud and to have them
20380s	actually be true in this case finally
20382s	Ultraman finds the the trophy he's been
20385s	waiting for and and again grinding for
20387s	for so long putting so much time on
20390s	ladder streaming and every single Top
20392s	Cut trying his best and finally he's
20393s	done it
20394s	so so happy for this guy I've been again
20396s	watching him play card game at the
20397s	highest possible level for over five
20399s	years now uh before winter with Gwen and
20402s	now here as well and truly deserves I
20404s	think Alan you mentioned it one of the
20405s	most hard-working players we have in the
20407s	mea by a log margin
20410s	after if there was a seasonal to win
20412s	that was the seasonal not only the money
20414s	not only the title but also the world
20418s	champion
20420s	first slot being acquired the first one
20423s	by the previous world champion Aragorn
20425s	the second by AP APAC champion and Nike
20428s	I believe nakis and now the Ultraman
20432s	so deserved so dessert I really I'm just
20435s	so so happy for tomorrow I want to see
20436s	an interview with him very soon to I
20437s	think he's gonna be I have to imagine
20439s	just really emotional because this is so
20442s	much sweat and tears and hard work put
20444s	into this and finally having the fruits
20445s	of your labor you know finally bird seed
20448s	is just so happy for him and for the
20450s	whole French speaking Community as well
20451s	Ultraman has been uh a pivotal figure
20454s	and I'm not saying this lightly he's
20455s	been I think an inspiration for so many
20457s	players and viewers that are able to
20459s	watch him play on ladder every single
20460s	day when he's streaming the game but
20462s	also in terms of everything he's done
20464s	for the Belgium community in the year of
20465s	Masters as well just someone that if you
20466s	think about the most uh
20469s	players that have done the most for the
20470s	meac and I think Ultraman not just as a
20472s	player but in general is among the top
20474s	five most important people in runeteria
20476s	for sure
20478s	oh yeah 100 and again Ultraman not only
20480s	winning seasonal but also finally
20482s	qualifying for the next World so it's so
20484s	huge for him and I don't know I'm just
20486s	so happy for him it's one of the best
20488s	players that I could have imagined
20490s	winning this seasonal yeah absolutely
20492s	competing for such a long time without a
20494s	dub is really really exhausting because
20497s	like there is a point where you Stout
20499s	start doubting yourself am I doing
20501s	something wrong am I unlucky it's
20503s	sometimes hard to determine but he was
20506s	relentless he kept playing and he
20508s	finally got there a very interesting
20510s	series as well that that first game
20512s	absolute traffic jam on the board no one
20514s	could really make an actual move to gain
20516s	an advantage it was over 30 minutes long
20519s	for that game when I was worried it
20520s	would be a timer win in the end but but
20521s	you know would be pretty sad for a grand
20523s	finals but in the end it was a quick 2-0
20525s	uh for Ultraman able to do it there
20526s	we're seeing how the the proud Ultraman
20529s	had to take for uh this big win playing
20532s	against Nick vanity number one or 98 in
20534s	that first round then yeshu a very very
20537s	good player in Czech Republic a very
20538s	tough opponent in round two gouda you
20540s	know again the same exact thing a player
20542s	has been performing on ladder and
20543s	tournaments for so so long everything he
20545s	made his breakout performance with that
20546s	Scion season about a year and a half ago
20548s	at this point then faces off against
20550s	Junior GP in finals a quick 2-0 in there
20553s	and then against Aaron in his Grand
20555s	finals and very very deserving win for
20558s	Ultraman we're setting up the interview
20559s	now we're gonna have a lot of questions
20561s	lined up for Ultraman and I'm just so
20563s	excited to see his face and see I think
20565s	the Elation the happiness of as you
20568s	mentioned Alan it's almost a weight
20569s	being lifted off of your shoulders so
20571s	much doubt so much you know questions in
20573s	your in your mind about am I actually
20575s	the player that I think I am can I
20577s	actually you know go all the way and be
20579s	among my peers that are able to get
20580s	these seasonal wins or will I forever be
20582s	cursed to make the top four make it a
20584s	top eight but not actually win the
20585s	tournament so I just have to imagine
20587s	right now his mental state is euphoric
20589s	at this moment
20591s	he absolutely can't wait to jump into
20593s	the interview with the Ultraman but how
20597s	did you guys enjoy the whole Top Cut
20600s	we've watched I think we had a pretty
20601s	amazing series the level of the gameplay
20603s	keeps getting higher and higher within
20605s	every every seasonal and The Meta like
20609s	we've seen alcohol abroad of the
20611s	different decks
20612s	channel is Walter Marcus making his
20614s	return to competitive runtera after a
20616s	long long break surprisingly enough I
20618s	found out happy to determine it was
20619s	actually his first seasonal Top Cut
20620s	surprising to me and probably to you as
20622s	well I see because we've seen him so
20623s	much in Fight Night tournaments and he's
20625s	always seemed like he's had these
20626s	dominant performance in the past but not
20628s	actually in Seasons it was his first Top
20629s	Cut and what a great for showing for him
20632s	as well better late than never makes it
20633s	the top four uh especially with with
20635s	decks where I think it's their comfort
20636s	deck for him Decks that are maybe uh not
20638s	the full on meta decks the mafia Talia
20640s	and monochariba and still able to
20642s	perform and make a top four which I
20643s	think he's he's still very proud of a
20645s	lot of win but still it's a great
20646s	showing for him as well yeah I think
20648s	this sets the president for the future
20649s	again the emea top cut is always set
20652s	with the same players every time we have
20654s	so many good players who are so
20656s	consistent and now if Marcus can be one
20658s	of those for the future that would be
20659s	absolutely amazing setting himself up
20661s	for future tournament uh success he
20664s	hasn't admitted though on Twitter that
20665s	he made a mistake not bringing deep if
20667s	you would have brought deep I think we
20668s	might have seen him in the finals maybe
20669s	even taking this win away from Ultraman
20671s	in the end uh but again we're checking
20673s	the interview with Ultraman so do not go
20675s	anywhere just yet we're gonna hear the
20677s	insight and I think from any Windows
20679s	interview this is the one I'm most
20680s	excited to get into because again it's
20682s	just it's been coming for so long a win
20684s	like this it's been expected we've had
20686s	he's been close we made it to a finals
20687s	once before I think he's made maybe two
20689s	or three top four to top eights for sure
20691s	as well he's always been there making it
20692s	to top Cuts but unlikeable in this case
20694s	also advancing and having deep runs uh
20696s	which is something that some players are
20698s	consistent but then just can't make it
20699s	pass at top 16 or top eight Ultraman has
20702s	been there and I think the closer you
20703s	get the more it hurts to never actually
20704s	get the win
20706s	oh yeah for sure and there's so many
20708s	questions we can ask Ultraman right it
20711s	has so much history there if this was
20712s	even his best seasonal maybe he thinks
20714s	there are better seasonals that he
20715s	played before that he just didn't win
20717s	so good I think Ultraman is here
20719s	Ultraman hello are you are you with us
20721s	yeah yeah I'm with you guys I'm with you
20724s	good congrats Ultraman for finally
20727s	winning a seasonal tournament I've been
20729s	waiting for this moment for so long you
20730s	finally did it I was telling the rest of
20732s	the casters I've been following you for
20733s	over five years now playing card games
20735s	we've met in person before we've you
20738s	know I've known you for so long I'm so
20739s	happy you're finally able to do it what
20740s	are your initial uh feelings your your
20742s	mental state after finally getting this
20744s	win
20745s	it's it's amazing
20747s	um that's that's a big win too like I'm
20751s	I'm as happy like being qualified
20754s	immediately for worlds because I tend to
20757s	have a problem with qualifiers for
20758s	tournament apparently
20760s	I haven't haven't been there yet so that
20764s	is amazing and and the synonym I mean I
20767s	don't know what to say I just finished
20768s	the game guys
20769s	no actually I didn't but that that's the
20772s	feeling I get
20774s	again also congratulations for me I've
20777s	been waiting for this as well you have
20778s	been so consistent and again because you
20780s	have been so consistent and so good for
20782s	such a while
20783s	do you think this was your best seasonal
20785s	do you think this was seasonal you
20786s	played the best or was it just as
20788s	consistency that got you here to the
20790s	final win
20791s	so every single season that I played
20794s	there was one moment where
20798s	I could have done something better
20802s	and I usually got punished I got
20805s	punished super hot for every single
20807s	misplay I can pinpoint the misplace I
20809s	did and the the fact it made me lose the
20812s	game
20813s	um the one match I felt like was not
20818s	because of me was actually the last
20820s	final
20823s	and I really felt like I just couldn't
20825s	win versus paying us back in the day
20828s	um
20830s	and the series against Teddy was a bit
20832s	like that too but usually I make a
20834s	mistake I think I did a couple mistake
20837s	in that good idea game
20840s	but they did not matter because MMG and
20844s	stuff he had the counter lineup it was
20846s	basically either I was
20848s	gonna win good idea and probably win the
20851s	tournament I was gonna lose a good idea
20852s	and and that's it because you had that
20855s	Contour lineup and happily under
20858s	Clark I don't know if that's my best
20860s	performance I
20862s	I feel like I'm I'm still doing a couple
20864s	of misplays every now and then and it's
20867s	really hard not making any but I think
20870s	I'm getting good at doing them when the
20872s	game is already
20873s	decided
20875s	yeah you most likely played very
20877s	exceptionally on the seasonal this time
20880s	huge congratulations from me a question
20882s	from the me and fellow competitors how
20884s	does it feel when like you are competing
20886s	for such a long time are there doubts in
20888s	yourself after playing such a long time
20890s	or how is your mental state when you're
20892s	competing without winning and how do you
20894s	deal with that
20896s	yeah it's it's rough I mean there is
20898s	also um how could I put that like a a
20901s	reality right of
20903s	uh the amount of money and living uh
20908s	from runtera because I'm leaving from
20909s	Montera and and actually competition is
20913s	the biggest part of my salary so not
20916s	winning
20918s	it's really scary because you're like
20922s	okay I'm I'm going from paycheck to
20925s	paycheck never having a backup uh that's
20929s	like yeah that that's that's a bit scary
20932s	and then there is a competitive part
20934s	where you know you think you're good but
20937s	you you you you don't dare to be like
20940s	I'm the best or I'm one of the best
20942s	because you feel like there is always
20944s	better player than you like the players
20946s	that win you you feel like they're
20948s	always
20949s	ahead somehow
20951s	I I think uh like I can't steady uh the
20956s	last season and I I think it got to my
20958s	head like
20960s	um and even in in ages League when I'm
20962s	when I'm playing against him in Marion
20963s	there is like a little light that says
20965s	Teddy is stronger than you he's winning
20969s	and I'm pretty sure it impacts My
20972s	overall performance when I play against
20974s	him happily
20976s	he got out
20978s	early this time so he could not stop me
20980s	so I'm really happy
20982s	[Laughter]
20984s	it's a very hard to get intimidated by
20986s	just the facing the opponent like when
20988s	it gets to you it can mess up the whole
20991s	game for you but you did very well this
20994s	time as we watched your gameplay
20997s	so Ultron you're saying the boogeyman
20998s	was taken down and then your mental
20999s	state was just pristine for the rest of
21001s	the tournament you knew that maybe you
21002s	were the strongest player that was left
21004s	among that field he approved as well
21005s	finally getting your win here going back
21007s	to this win on an individual level
21009s	fantastic we're so so happy for you but
21012s	also when it comes to the country
21013s	Belgium this is now the only the fourth
21016s	country that's able to get two wins uh
21018s	red winter of course snuck one in before
21020s	you despite you being uh maybe everyone
21022s	Associates with Belgium uh just through
21023s	consistency as well and EU Master is
21025s	always a captain for Belgium always it
21027s	seems like you're very passionate about
21028s	about trying to do the best for your
21030s	country as well how do you feel France
21031s	Germany czechia three Powerhouse Nations
21033s	have had two winners in the past but now
21034s	in Belgium joins these three countries
21036s	is it something that you're proud of
21038s	I mean obviously I mean we Belgian are
21041s	really proud
21042s	um but only when we're good at something
21044s	so we're never gonna brag about
21046s	something we're not good in but if we
21048s	are even decent in something you're
21050s	never gonna like hear the end of us like
21052s	you're just gonna you're us talking
21054s	about it every single day of the week
21056s	you know that from football but
21060s	um I'm just happy it's always funny to
21062s	see that that little country and to tell
21063s	yourself that hey I'm competing with the
21065s	big guys
21067s	um yeah it's it it's fun it's fun and
21071s	there is also that rivalry with friends
21073s	so it's it's gonna be fun to poke uh the
21077s	bear a little bit
21081s	all right Ultraman we already spoke
21083s	about how you felt within the tournament
21085s	about your play but was there any
21087s	difference this time around with prep
21089s	how did you prep for this tournament it
21090s	was it different in other seasonals was
21092s	it the same
21093s	how was it
21094s	so I'm prepping the same for every
21096s	single tournament
21098s	um because the most important part is
21100s	getting through them
21101s	the first day first day is ladder with
21105s	um best of three basically so I learned
21109s	how to do a lineup I wasn't good at
21111s	making lineup at the start of the game
21113s	and it's okay now now I feel like I'm
21115s	decent at building lineup
21117s	and then it's a it's a meta call right
21119s	you have to play the game a lot uh so
21122s	you know what's popular what people
21124s	could bring so you can anticipate what
21126s	they think what they do
21128s	etc etc
21129s	so that's what I did I mean I I will
21132s	post it on Twitter about it it's like
21134s	I kept playing I kept playing for the
21137s	for the stream I kept playing for
21138s	YouTube but I also kept playing on my
21140s	main because I don't want to have a
21142s	Smurf if I'm not able to hold like that
21145s	top 20 the whole season
21148s	um then it means something about my
21149s	level my level on The Meta game there is
21151s	something I must change something I must
21153s	improve to get there to stay there so
21156s	that's usually how I prep I don't scream
21158s	at all I mean I
21160s	very rarely very rarely like for for
21163s	world's qualifier I tend to do that
21165s	because we we had a little bit more time
21168s	to do so so obviously it was it was
21171s	interesting most of the time I just go
21172s	in ladder with the decks I think are
21173s	gonna be good
21175s	um and then I try to find something
21177s	logical as my lineup
21179s	um so that that was my prep
21182s	and going into top 32
21185s	I knew I had to shake things up and from
21188s	the feeling I got
21190s	um I knew that if I brought Leona videos
21193s	I would never win I knew that Canada
21196s	trucks would get targeted harder than it
21198s	was so I knew I had to change two deck
21200s	to switch up two for the two decks and
21203s	from the first day I got the feeling
21204s	that Jinx Echo was going to be really
21206s	strong
21209s	um I will deck but such a good matchup
21211s	sheet and people are gonna be
21214s	trying it basically trying trying to
21216s	Hyrule Gods to see if they if they get
21218s	any luck but knowing that they're
21221s	ultimately always statistically favored
21225s	automators had such a long and arduous
21227s	journey to finally get this win do you
21229s	have any shout outs do you have anyone
21230s	that you know after all this time has
21232s	really motivated you or helped you or
21233s	made you think hey I'm still a top
21235s	player I can still keep fighting for
21236s	this and finally to have the fruits of
21238s	real Labor uh given to you in this
21239s	tournament win okay so fulfill this
21242s	first one I'm gonna be a a little bit
21244s	cheesy but I'm gonna thank my parents
21247s	and my girlfriends because that's
21248s	actually like the they're they're the
21252s	ones that have been supporting me since
21254s	the start
21255s	uh in every single
21257s	possible way
21258s	uh and uh the French Community the
21262s	French Community
21263s	uh the the old guys from Team Leviathan
21267s	we we are not really involved in in
21269s	runtera but they've always been super
21273s	supportive
21274s	um
21275s	so yeah I think that's all just thank
21279s	thanks everybody that shared for me
21280s	thanks everybody uh for believing in me
21284s	more than I did and
21287s	uh I feel I hope you're happy because I
21290s	am
21292s	thank you so much great to hear uh that
21294s	that you're grateful as well for the
21295s	people that have helped you along the
21296s	way to finally maybe the player do art
21298s	to this day and to have this Crown to
21299s	top it all off I think is fantastic as
21301s	well uh with this season over the world
21302s	Ender for amea so Ultraman again from
21305s	the bottom of my heart huge congrats for
21307s	this one I think you definitely have
21308s	deserved it after all the work you've
21309s	put in uh your entire career uh
21311s	streaming playing every day playing on
21312s	ladder playing in tournaments I think it
21314s	really uh was something that you
21315s	deserved for so long
21317s	thank you
21320s	and that was some great Insight from
21321s	Ultraman someone that again it's just
21324s	really something that I think he's
21324s	deserved after all the time he's put
21326s	into this game so we couldn't be happier
21328s	on the broadcast desk big shout out to
21329s	Alan and iced tea as well finally able
21331s	to bring you guys in for an official
21333s	Riot cast on the mea is an absolute
21335s	pleasure to have you both here I think
21336s	you've also been you know in your own
21338s	ways very very relevant and very very
21339s	impactful for the man Community any last
21341s	challenge you guys want to give or any
21342s	last thoughts before we close off the
21344s	Stream
21345s	absolutely love being here this was an
21347s	absolute Bank of a seasonal really happy
21349s	that I was uh here and got to cast it I
21352s	will remember this for a long time
21354s	yeah absolutely had a blast uh casting
21357s	the seasonals it's such a different
21359s	experience from just competing and
21361s	playing and it's cool to see it from the
21365s	other side and do it from the other side
21368s	before we close off a quick reminder
21370s	this is not all the ruins here the
21371s	action that we have for today we have
21373s	the Americas seasonal coming up as well
21375s	North America but also South America
21377s	Brazil Argentina always bringing some of
21379s	the top top competitors in the region
21381s	great production I'm expecting as well
21382s	it's gonna be happening in three hours
21384s	at 9 30 PM CET 12 30 PM PST for the
21388s	Americans are watching here early on
21390s	watching the EU finish off as well and
21392s	again great tournament as you guys both
21393s	mentioned the really really fantastic
21394s	series I think very clean play and as
21396s	Alan mentioned before I think the level
21398s	of play has been just high quality all
21400s	throughout it goes to show from the
21401s	beginning the first few seasons so this
21403s	one the competitive you know scene
21405s	overall has developed and evolved so
21407s	much in mea uh and it makes it even more
21409s	impressive for Ultron to finally get his
21410s	win on this last seasonal and as Alan
21413s	mentioned with a pass to Worlds as well
21414s	at the end of this year so so even more
21416s	impactful but huge shout out to the
21417s	viewers as well I hope you guys enjoyed
21419s	the broadcast the games the cast here on
21421s	the desk as well and we'll be seeing you
21423s	guys in the future
21430s	[Music]
21434s	thank you
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21469s	all right
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[2023] EMEA | World Ender Seasonal Tournament

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