Guillaume Matignon of France outlasted the field to take home the World Championship in Chiba, Japan, defeating Eric Froehlich, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, and Guillame Wafo-Tapa in the Top 8 of the tournament.
With this win, Matignon has tied Brad Nelson in the Player of the Year race, resulting in unprecedented bonus Magic to determine who the Player of the Year will be.
Matignon and Brad will square off at Pro Tour Paris in February in a steel cage match Standard heads up playoff match, best of three.
Sweet!
this is crazy!!!! it’s gonna be super exciting to see who pulls it out!
now THATS a feature match ^^
Dear god, riots in france, riots in france…
That was such a cool top 8 to watch, I don’t know how Brad feels about it but I’m sure he can pull it off, especially if he does the kind of rigorous testing he’s known for. I REALLY hope they broadcast that match.
I was really dreading six control decks in the top 8, but it ended up being fairly interesting to watch because PoY went to the end (and Matignon was pretty funny against Wafo-Tapa). Really looking forward to February, and cheering on Brad all the way. Glad it’s back in his hands to determine the result.
Does POTY actually win anything.. I cant find that information anywhere
You should update that thing on the right…
I hate to say it because I’m still rooting for Brad, but that’s what you get when you keep bragging about winning before it’s a sure thing, lol. Anyways, I’m with Dock, they better broadcast that because it will be an epic match and suspect that Brad will not disappoint 🙂
I think that we should lobby to have the playoff changed to a Steel Cage Match personally.
I’m a fan of the steel cage match, but seriously, that’s intense.
They should play three matches simultaneously. You know, like Team matches. T2, Extended and Legacy.
The metagaming here involved should be interesting.
I think they should play a match where they design eachother’s deck ( Brad designs Guillaume’s and vise versa) so we can showcase the jankiest cards in magic lol
In Paris no less. Make sure you have protection on the way to the tourny Brad
We all know what Matignon will be playing, so why couldn’t Brad just sleeve up a bunch of pro black? lol
I would LOVE to see a steel cage match between them for the title. 🙂
I can imagine every magic player in France calling all the airlines desperately trying to impersonate Brad and cancel his flight.
Why don’t we, as a community, design Brad’s deck for him. It’d take some of the pressure offf I’m sure.
Brad would have to quit smoking for the cage match.
Bummer, Brad would demolish him in a Steel Cage Match. I wanted to see that.
I hope they tie the match. would be sick
I thought I saw a POY check for 20k in some old event photos,, but I could be mistaken. Was rooting for Brad the whole time. Matignon seems like a cool guy, but because of the awesome CFB free video content, LSV, Conley, and Brad have all become my favorite pro’s.
@ Robert P,
What about PV? 🙁 He’s my favorite still!
I think one of them will wind up playing some wonky – fast hose control super creature deck like kuldotha red. The only real question is which one, and how will it play out.
@K C
I was thinking just that….they play in February….by that time Mirrodin Besieged will be legal in Standard right? (Correct me if i’m wrong)…
I like Brad and PV, so I was a bit conflicted when PV was in the Top 8. But now I’m rooting for Brad all the way.
Frankly, I thought Matignon was obnoxious when he top-decked that Grave Titan. Wafo-Tapo has far superior sportsmanship and I would have liked to see him smack Matignon down after that.
Should be heads up pack war best 2 out of 3 for the title
I think the cage match would be more interesting.
Brad should add a Trinket Mage package, including Explorer’s Scope, to Caw-Go. Just keep adding creatures to the deck until Explorer’s Scope is good. 😉
4 Jace the Mind Sculptor
4 Jace Beleren
4 Negate
and you have yourself a base 2 start building 😀
+ 4 Cancel
+ 4 Stoic Rebuttall
should be quite self expledatory also :D, LOL, to counter all thoose pesky grave titans 😀
Brad, do not forget to send your deck to [email protected] before going to Paris!
Dont forget this is after the rotation, so who knows what the best deck will be. Poison? 😛
This should definitely involve SICK leveling wars.
Playing against 1 opponent and guessing what he’s likely to play is pretty interesting.
If you think you got a read on what opponent will play you could brew some ridiculous deck to counter.
Post rotation changes everything though.
If i were brad I’d def pay wafa tapo to be an informant and ship matignon’s list. EZ game.
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They should have made it multiple formats. Standard can be so paper, rock, scissors sometimes. I’d hate for the race to be decided before they get to play.
@milna
what the hell are you talking about?
Slade, they didn’t announce which format it will be, all we know is that it will be a 2 man competition on MTG, it may involve something like best of 5 or pack wars, lol.
HEY YOU HYPOCRITES, WHERE IS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS NOW?!?
im a bigger fan of a STEEL CAGE MATCH!!! although, a HARDCORE match would be better…lol. with special reffere WAFO-TAPA
You mean, Wafo-Make ’em-Tapout?
I think a Steel Cage LTC match would be sweet. However, on a serious note, 3 matches for Legacy, Extended and Standard, each one best of 5, would be sick.
Result determined after adding games won for an overall best of 15, it’d really test their skills/abilities to meta game each other’s mind.
However, Wizards will likely go for 1 format, best of 5 heads up final :/
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