Podcast: Post Worlds with BDM and Flores - Part 5
Matt Wang | 04:31PM on Thu Nov 26 2009Happy Thanksgiving!
Podcast: Post Worlds with BDM and Flores - Part 4
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Podcast: Post Worlds with BDM and Flores - Part 3
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Podcast: Post Worlds with BDM and Flores - Part 2
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Podcast: Post Worlds with BDM and Flores - Part 1
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Worlds 2008: Up is Down, Blue is Red
bdm | 02:27PM on Sat Dec 13 2008I 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.
