Worlds 2008: Up is Down, Blue is Red
bdm | December 13, 2008 | 2:27 pmI have to admit I was pretty stunned to see Finkel sit down for the first round of Extended play on Saturday. Over the latter course of his career Jon has made no secret of his distaste for Constructed. At 5-7 in the first two legs of the event I would have assumed it was time for him to hit the team draft circuit with fellow Hall of Famer Dirk Baberowski.
Instead there he was, handing in a decklist and shuffling up a sixty.
“I can still win money,” Jon said defiantly. Apparently he is within shooting distance of passing Kai on the lifetime winnings list. “Besides someone gave me a deck that is a lot of fun.”
I didn’t need much more than that to settle in and see what was in store. What Island based monstrosity could it be? I couldn’t imagine Jon calling Faeries fun. Maybe the Tezerator?
I almost lost my grip on reality when Jon dropped a Mountain and sent Spark Elemental hurtling into the red zone for absolutely zero card advantage. He then proceeded to follow up with another, Lava Spike, and a suspended Rift Bolt over the next couple of turns. Up was down, right was wrong, and blue was red.
Jon could not comprehend my surprise.
“I played a monored deck to a Top 8 at Worlds.”
In 1998.
Well, he still draws a card every turn.
It is the meta 10 year cycle.
monored burn is fully playable in extended.
each card he plays is 3 damage, so he needs 7 cards for the win. Assuming by turn 4 he doesn’t draw more than 4 lands, he will have the 7 cards needed for the win. and then there’s flames of the blood hand, keldon marauders and stuff that can deal >3 damage.