Comments on: MTGOAcademy Unplugged: Best Magic Match of All Time!?

By: Hunter

Hunter — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:49:18 +0000

Shouldn’t Bob be drawing a card and losing life equal to its mana cost at the beginning of his upkeep…?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:35:09 +0000

Uh. Doesn’t have spin into darkness in hand at the end of game 5? Doesn’t he just remove 3 black cards, hit treetop for 3, gain 3, draw 3, win the game? why doesn’t that work?

By: nick nama

nick nama — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:10:09 +0000

Wow that did not end how I thought it would. It looked like Brian had such an overpowering advantage in most of the games. If only he hadn’t made those few crucial mistakes I think he would have walked away the victor. And what was up with turn one necro unmask three out of five games? Lastly if I were in Brian’s position I would not have conceded so soon.

By: sgt_toasty

sgt_toasty — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:39:06 +0000

I enjoyed the matches, but do not think they are remotely near the best of all time. Even though it was back in the day, there are just so many play mistakes from the necro player, especially because they saw decklists beforehand! (as hsoup stated)

By: gamemaster32

gamemaster32 — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:35:09 +0000

I agree that while this is not the most skill intensive match ever played, it is very entertaining and a fun look into the past.

Davis gets dogged pretty hard (rightfully so to a degree), but I imagine it had to be hard to be 17 years old and playing in the final sof your first pro tour ever, and knowing that 99% of the audience wants you to lose because your opponent is loved throughout the magic community and you are a no-name dude. That’s a pretty stressful situation to be in.

It also shows how much the skill level across the game has grown since the olden days.

By: Bob Maher

Bob Maher — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:26:19 +0000

Judging by playskill alone this was not one of the best matches in Magic history for sure. It has however the rare attribute to be full of suspense, with great commentary, and interesting play situations. Not always are the best played matches also the best to watch.

By: eXXa

eXXa — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:38:35 +0000

I don’t think the matches were any good.
Very entertaining, but not skillfully played.
I mean even the commentators at that time knew that Davis’ brain has been fried over the course of the weekend and though he was playing pretty poorly. (“He should have won the finals 5:0.”)

Maher played like your everday Legacy control player, solid but nothing new.