Magic World Championship 31
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Watch as the top players of the 2025 season battle for the prestigious title of Magic World Champion!

Seth joins Shahar Shenhar (2013, 2014) and Javier Domniguez (2018, 2024) as the third 2-time world champ!

  • Andrew@mtgzone.comOPMEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    One of the two controversial “take backs” Seth had: https://www.twitch.tv/magic/clip/VenomousSolidBaconDansGame-LnIY9xnX9rDABQLR

    Ken played Broodspinner off Cavern of Souls so while it was uncounterable, it was still targetable by a counter. Seth goes to sacrifice 2 treasure tokens to play It’ll Quench Ya! but unwinds it himself, remembering out loud that Ken named Spider on his Cavern.

    Not sure how I feel about it; watching it in the moment I felt like he cast that and can’t take it back, but also Ken didn’t call a judge and just went with it. His hands never left the treasures either. I think overall the “spirit of the game” would be that Seth was just thinking out loud and didn’t fully commit to it, but a game like this should definitely require more precision.

    • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      601.2e does give a chance for a spell, once announced, to be undone. I’m not sure how relevant it is, but I’d think Seth could weave it in a way to argue the spell, as proposed, was illegal in some manner by making an illegal choice with it intentionally.

      601.2e The game checks to see if the proposed spell can legally be cast. If the proposed spell is illegal, the game returns to the moment before the casting of that spell was proposed (see rule 730, “Handling Illegal Actions”).

      Personally I don’t care a whole lot about the outcome though. Seems like neither player was bothered, and if they’re happy, I have no issue with it.