The Chalice Play That Broke an MTG Pro

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  @yellowhatmtg · 1 year ago · pinned

  Why did I have multiple Chalice of the Void on the draw in this matchup?

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  @JGaryW · 1 year ago

  One detail mostly lost to history: When I initially submitted my card proposal for the Invitational, purely out of greed, I submitted a series of seven cards, each costing two mana, each targeting a different casting cost. When I did, Mark took about three seconds to consider the proposal, but (I'm guessing) given the depiction of the player on the cards, he insisted I submit only one. That's when the initially designed Artifact of Doom came into the picture.

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  @Lord_Blackstar · 1 year ago

  A quick point of fact, the XX cost template was used on Meteor Shower all the way back in Ice Age, but Chalice of the Void was the first artifact to use it as the entire cost as far as I know.

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  @TheJamesAJoyce · 1 year ago (edited)

  I’d love to see a video about Deathrite Shaman, a card that was so villainized for so long in constructed, was referred to as “the one mana planeswalker,” and now has kinda faded a bit into obscurity.

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  @Trisket · 1 year ago

  A few years back there was a group who were experimenting with unrestricted Vintage where you could play 4 of every card just to see what that meta would look like. After several iterations of deck construction it was agreed upon that Chalice of the Void was the best card in that hypothetical format. It resulted in every game being determined by who played first and could drop all of their moxen and lotuses, fire off their Ancestral recalls, and then drop a Chalice for 0, 1, and sometimes even 2.

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• IA

  @IamActuallyLvL1 · 1 year ago

  Handsome Vintage player in that clip

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• TM

  @tmacsmash · 1 year ago

  Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites for MTG content. I love learning about what it was like to play in these past pro events. The meta of the day, the fun moments, and nice little clips of old ESPN coverage. It's all great stuff.

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  @JGaryW · 1 year ago

  Fun trip down memory lane:)

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• AW

  @awsmsauce135 · 1 year ago

  I LOVE learning about awesome old plays like this! It's cool to see miraculous top decks and players luck out, but what I love even more are the deep dives and thorough explanations into these  little but genius plays. There's so much context regarding the format, meta, and match-up that goes into even the smallest decisions at high level play. Videos like this that succinctly summarize them are perfect!

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  @chrisstorrer · 1 year ago

  I think this is the first time I've seen the Thanks button on one of your videos. These are incredible stories, thanks for sharing them.

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• MA

  @markofbrick · 1 year ago

  I really like this style of content. It sort of gives a history and context for what lead into a memorable moment.<br><br>There are tons of videos detailing the most exciting and flashy moments in the pro tour, but I&apos;m glad you focus on some that have gone under the radar for the most part and are almost forgotten.<br><br>That&apos;s what originally brought me to your channel - literally because your videos detailed something I hadn&apos;t seen before rather than talking about lightning helix for the 10th time.

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  @latsblaster · 1 year ago

  &quot;may not look like much&quot; i was super impressed when i saw and understand what it did for the first time ...

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