I’m late listening to this one…. It’s been a while since I reviewed the details of the Kibler/Finkel match, but I think you are not giving Finkel’s line of play enough credit. If he did the things you were talking about (blocking a wolf, not flashing back Lingering Souls), he would have lost to Inferno Titan. The Titan would have come down and taken out three dorks, making Finkel’s next attack non-lethal. Finkel had no way to deal with the Titan, so on Kibler’s next turn, the Titan would have taken out another three dorks before blockers and basically locked Finkel out of any chance of winning. For Finkel, the choice was whether to play around triple Galvanic Blast or to play around Inferno Titan. Perhaps he should have read Kibler and put him on one or two Blasts, but it still seems correct to favor playing around a top-decked Titan over a top-decked third Blast. At least, that’s what I remember from when I saw the match — I might be misremembering the details.

I always enjoy listening to Top 8 Magic, in fact sometimes I re-listen to several-minute segments at a time to get to the bottom of what is being discussed, either because I don’t know the context of it, or to sort through the ideas that are being put forth.

Thanks for casting, I’ve listened to every one, please do this more often.