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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025
  • After going 0 for 16 in Sealed Deck entries during the Foundations Arena Open, I'm ready to redeem myself and make Day 2 for a shot at $2000! One small problem though as this just might be one of the worst sealed pools I've ever opened...
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Комментарии • 162

  • @ltekbas
    @ltekbas 2 дня назад +40

    Lesson of this sealed event, mediore cards in tempo deck is better than splashing other colors =), good job Paul another great one thanks

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +7

      That was the hope when I built the deck. Glad it worked out haha

    • @ubirajaralopes8415
      @ubirajaralopes8415 2 дня назад +1

      Depends on How powerful is the splashed card. If they are a bunch of Just good cards, you're right, but bombs and good removal make It worth while. Evidently, It depends on How good is your fixing.

    • @tedhand6237
      @tedhand6237 2 дня назад

      What's the sealed equivalent of draft decks not cards.

  • @aarondayman94
    @aarondayman94 2 дня назад +27

    This was a fantastic example of taking a sub optimal pool, and with optimal play and a bit of luck making it work. Very impressive. You deserved this after the last Arena open.

  • @coreylemoine4920
    @coreylemoine4920 2 дня назад +19

    I really appreciate how you and LSV are constantly playing to your outs.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +3

      Definitely very important for the top levels of play. I'm nowhere near LSV's level but I try

    • @fpejanovic
      @fpejanovic 2 дня назад

      @@haumph How far is the delta between you and Luis on Arena vs at the PT?

  • @thomaschoma8914
    @thomaschoma8914 2 дня назад +5

    Ok the cut from lets look at the black red deck into "ok this might be the worst sealed deck ive opened" was pretty hilarious haha.

  • @patrickgonzales7825
    @patrickgonzales7825 2 дня назад +13

    WOW!!! What a run! I would totally mis-build that pool. My pool is incredibly way stronger than that, but my gameplay is not obviously as strong as yours. Congrats on making Day2. Justice served after that forgettable run in FDN. PIO is doing you good every time I watch your PIO videos. Looking forward for your Day2 vids. Good luck!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      TY so much!

  • @jacoba624
    @jacoba624 2 дня назад +22

    I'm Jake980, at 40:15 my hand was 4 6-drops and land #6 😭 . Def built that deck way too greedy but ended up getting there on attempt #3. ggs!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +4

      gz and gl tomorrow!

    • @RausausdenSchulden
      @RausausdenSchulden 2 дня назад

      @jacoba624 - wait, didn't you just beat NicolaiBolas with a 5 colored Deck in Day 2 Draft 2 some minutes ago? 😅

    • @jacoba624
      @jacoba624 2 дня назад +1

      @@RausausdenSchulden yeah lol. Was he streaming? I'll have to go and watch. Finished 1-1 unfortunately /:

    • @RausausdenSchulden
      @RausausdenSchulden День назад +1

      ​@@jacoba624yes, I watched his stream 😅 although the 1-1 is not great, your deck seemed pretty good. Better luck next time :)

  • @mikemcintosh9933
    @mikemcintosh9933 2 дня назад +13

    That's a 2-3 pool for me for sure. I like watching pro sports and pro magic. I love to see gifted hard working experts achieve what I can only dream of.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      To be fair, I thought it was a 2-3 pool for me too.

  • @mike-games6281
    @mike-games6281 2 дня назад +1

    That was epic. Really appreciated seeing you work through the various deck options. Gameplay and commentary on it was really good. Will be cheering for your Day 2!

  • @williamtessmer8123
    @williamtessmer8123 2 дня назад +4

    With the high number of nearly unplayable cards in the set (skirmisher, centaur, returned hero, rapid hybridization just from this deck), I think there will be a lot of sealed decks like this. Which is why it's so great to see Paul scrap through with it!

  • @rxurph
    @rxurph 2 дня назад +7

    Great salvage Paul! This is why we watch you!

  • @micah_raygun_
    @micah_raygun_ 2 дня назад +6

    Fantastic stuff Paul! I was on the edge of my seat for these games. Can't wait to hear about it on the next LR episode

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      The journey has only begun! Draft time tomorrow!

  • @AygnusMacGyverDDO
    @AygnusMacGyverDDO 2 дня назад +1

    Wow, what a testament to skill in deck building an play. Great Job Mr. Cheon.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Thank you!

  • @mtsuchor
    @mtsuchor 2 дня назад +1

    Congrats, Paul! Been loving the way you describe your plays and so fun to see you make it to day 2 with an underdog deck. Good luck tomorrow!

  • @patrick.n.stover
    @patrick.n.stover 2 дня назад +1

    This was a masterclass in working with a bad sealed pool. Very well played, so glad this got there

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      ty!

    • @charlesxavier3167
      @charlesxavier3167 День назад

      more like a masterclass in queueing against a bunch of clowns

  • @garri_gueta
    @garri_gueta 2 дня назад +1

    when a really great caster plays even better to Magic, that run it's simply amazing, really nice !

  • @tomh6667
    @tomh6667 2 дня назад +1

    That was some fantastic spell casting Paul! Great job on finding enough of a deck and playing it well and congrats on day two! I can't wait to see the drafts and watch you win the $2k

    • @tomh6667
      @tomh6667 2 дня назад +1

      BTW, when you asked, "What would you rate this deck?" before your own answer I immediately thought, "That's like a 3"

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Appreciate that! Looking forward to the drafts too!

  • @chaoticflanagan
    @chaoticflanagan 2 дня назад +1

    Great job and congrats on getting into day 2! Who doesn't love a good underdog story with that card pool ;)

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Yes! Thank you!

  • @matguinn2985
    @matguinn2985 2 дня назад +4

    They gave you lemons you made lemonade out of it.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      haha yeah!

  • @djlee_exe
    @djlee_exe 2 дня назад +1

    Jesus what a nail-biter of a run. On a razors edge from the jump. Good games!

  • @tsunablast3693
    @tsunablast3693 2 дня назад +3

    When you built this sealed deck, I would give it a 5/10, but by the end it felt like it was a 9. Congratulations for going for day 2, Paul! Hope to see you getting 2 grand tomorrow!

  • @AloisioYang
    @AloisioYang 2 дня назад +2

    You finding out what rescue from underworld does after game 2 cracks me up lol

  • @DiviTon
    @DiviTon 2 дня назад +1

    Man, that last game was soooo tense. Very fun to watch.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Very tense for sure!

  • @chrisj5497
    @chrisj5497 2 дня назад +1

    Great piloting Paul, that was a lot of fun to watch

  • @ascourter
    @ascourter 2 дня назад +1

    Well done! I love that you kept in all the iterations you could have played and even though it wasn't pretty, you pulled out the W! Nice work and good luck tomorrow!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @blueboots
    @blueboots 2 дня назад +2

    I got to day 2 on my second attempt. First pool was very very good, ended up 3 and 2. My next pool was bad, not as bad as yours but I go through with one loss. It seems strange but maybe we play tighter when we know we need to fight for wins rather than rely on strong cards.
    But good going Paul. Excellent play throughout ! Good luck in Day 2

  • @g.n.s.
    @g.n.s. 3 дня назад +3

    Making some chili AND* some tater tots, hanging out, watching Paul… life is good.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      Save some for me!

  • @jwrocks5129
    @jwrocks5129 2 дня назад +3

    Congrats! Nice comeback from last Arena Open.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      That last open was rough

  • @jakobfischer8586
    @jakobfischer8586 2 дня назад +3

    Crazy, 7 wins with that Pool GGs. I made Day2 with a really nice Guild Chromanticore Deck. Looking forward meeting you on the Battlefield :P

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      That sounds awesome. Gl tomorrow!

  • @dkznikolaj7013
    @dkznikolaj7013 2 дня назад +3

    I love watching arena opens.

  • @aceflashheart
    @aceflashheart 2 дня назад +2

    Honestly amazing... Well played man.

  • @RayTan87
    @RayTan87 2 дня назад +2

    Wow! Today IS a good day Paul, and you get to go to the gym now instead of going 0-16 :D Congrats!

  • @salomar77
    @salomar77 День назад +1

    Wow, nicely played Paul! I think 95% of the players would not reach day 2 with that pool

  • @randallflynn3772
    @randallflynn3772 2 дня назад +2

    Insane win man, spinning straw into gold, bravo!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      yeah was definitely satisfyin!

  • @Scquwer
    @Scquwer 2 дня назад +4

    Nice work, looking forward to seeing your day 2. Nothing but ‘that’s magic baby’ pain for me today, sigh

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Sorry to hear that!

    • @Scquwer
      @Scquwer 2 дня назад

      @ i did make mythic 75 this month so far at least! That’s two months in a row, so feeling good there watching your content has really helped me really think about the deck I’m drafting and how I’m playing!

  • @vladislavivanov8334
    @vladislavivanov8334 2 дня назад +1

    OP plays Anax into Crusader, Paul is "I'm in daaangeeer".

  • @veeonix9301
    @veeonix9301 2 дня назад +3

    Not sure if it matters, but Crackdown Construct and Wandering Fumarole have a combo for infinite power. Both were in your Seled pool.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      that's cool for sure but I don't know that I would have run it still.

  • @Cephalopopo
    @Cephalopopo 2 дня назад +1

    I love how you are commenting on your own games as if they were some official championship, you really make your games exciting to watch. I think this deck was a 3 too, no good removal and just nothing really powerful in it. Weak opponents somehow balanced it out. Luck is more important than a good deck. So good luck for your day 2.

  • @thcdreams654
    @thcdreams654 День назад +1

    Nice work Paul, always a good time. Thanks.

  • @collinfoster-lawson5789
    @collinfoster-lawson5789 День назад +1

    It was a great feeling to see you nab this one. Congrats, man!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  День назад

      @@collinfoster-lawson5789 thanks!

  • @AlfonsoAlfonsín-x5f
    @AlfonsoAlfonsín-x5f 2 дня назад +1

    People say that commentators are just frustrated players. Paul can prove them wrong. Commentators are very skilled...and frustrated

  • @aroadtorome7683
    @aroadtorome7683 2 дня назад +2

    A humble offering for the almighty algorithm.

  • @cornball7883
    @cornball7883 2 дня назад +2

    It’s always prime choice level content when playing for steaks, er I am mean stakes. 😅

  • @alexanderanglin8160
    @alexanderanglin8160 3 дня назад +2

    PLEASE ARENA SEALED GODS HELP PAUL OUT 😂 also that was a pro tour winning island game 1 1st draw

  • @LibertyPanacea
    @LibertyPanacea 2 дня назад +1

    Amazing games! Congrats on day 2. I guess if we average that last tournament's 50k gem cost it averages okay now haha

  • @83erMagnum
    @83erMagnum 2 дня назад +3

    Geeez, how you can pull this of with this cardpool? Hats off to you Sir!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      I'm not sure...I'm not sure

  • @MonTy2b
    @MonTy2b 2 дня назад +3

    4/10 pool to me, since you asked. Would have never built that pool. Grats well done!

  • @windinthewillow1871
    @windinthewillow1871 2 дня назад +2

    3/10 deck, 10/10 gameplay

  • @Charwhale
    @Charwhale 2 дня назад +2

    Great job Paul!

  • @cuban313
    @cuban313 2 дня назад

    Great content. I think part of the sneakiness in the decks one viable plan is the color pair. If all of the black cards were white it mightve felt a bit better. Ive had lots of sealeds over the years where the plan was UW fliers with limited interaction.
    Also chuckled that you stopped to read the return from the underworld and still didnt know what it did later, seemed like you thought you could get 2 creatures from the yard back.
    Also surprised against the one boros opponent that you didnt consider using rapid hybridization on your screecher to try to eat the 2/2 first strike and give you a bigger creature. Likely not worth the risk but arena can give you tells that they dont have any instants, which was the case.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      I've bluffed Arena tells before when I've had the spell and didn't have spells so I try not to use them as the way to determine my plays (if somebody turns on full control suddenly with one red mana up and there's now a pause, do you always assume they have a wild slash/rimrock knight?) It's not how I approach the game in general. If I lose 0.1% win rate because of it, I'm okay with that.

  • @PuertoricanPatriot1
    @PuertoricanPatriot1 2 дня назад +1

    Like you said you got a little lucky to pull that off with your pool but very skillfully piloted. I know I would've punted somewhere.

  • @michaelnoonan2376
    @michaelnoonan2376 2 дня назад +1

    Paul unbeatable with Dimir

  • @attar81
    @attar81 2 дня назад +2

    A cloudfin raptor and a dream

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      the little raptor that could

  • @BOCHITOAMARILLO2
    @BOCHITOAMARILLO2 2 дня назад +1

    Man im so happy for you, congratz! But i have to be honest, I'm kinda sad because we only got to watch you one time haha.
    5/10 for the deck, two wins max.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      More draft videos tomorrow!

  • @christopherburns2841
    @christopherburns2841 2 дня назад +1

    Stellar Performance!

  • @boowilbury
    @boowilbury День назад

    Let's GOOOO!! celebrated this as if it was me getting to day 2

  • @Scatman1701
    @Scatman1701 2 дня назад +1

    What an amazing run

  • @LunaLasceria
    @LunaLasceria 2 дня назад

    Great job managing 7 wins with an iffy pool & congrats on making Day 2!
    One criticism though:
    Halo Scarab HAS to be better than Returned Centaur or Rescue from the Underworld as your 24th playable, especially if you're going to run 16 lands. It has a significantly higher win rate than either of them, it fits better in a deck that's looking to be pretty aggressive, curve out with creatures and get hits in for Bident of Thassa, it buffs Cloudfin Raptor on turn 2, it can be sacrificed to Fell Stinger, and the ability to make a treasure from the graveyard can help cast spells off Nightveil Specter or set up a double-spell turn for Illusory Angel or just mana / color fix in a pinch. Sure, Returned Centaur's mill 4 has a few synergies with Gurmag Angler & Nighthowler but a 4 mana 2/4 has no business being in a tempo-ish deck, and Rescue from the Underworld is extremely slow and has very few big creatures worth returning or ETBs to re-trigger.

  • @AndresBolanos-x6q
    @AndresBolanos-x6q 2 дня назад +1

    Crazy run Paul! Ur a really amazing magic player

  • @dangregory-ys2li
    @dangregory-ys2li 2 дня назад

    At first look I thought red was your best color out of 5 bad options. Then you don't run red and still get 7 wins. Very well done!

  • @eduardoventurosa
    @eduardoventurosa 2 дня назад +2

    Great stuff mr Cheon

  • @allengaible6436
    @allengaible6436 2 дня назад +1

    Bad pool + great pilot = fun watch!

  • @mathijs1987j
    @mathijs1987j 2 дня назад

    That may be the most impressive performance I have seen from you.

  • @Nerdy_prepper
    @Nerdy_prepper 2 дня назад +1

    GG! Awesome video 😎🤘

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Thanks! 🎉

  • @TMidander
    @TMidander 2 дня назад +1

    What a redemption :) GGs

  • @giovannicremonesi3024
    @giovannicremonesi3024 3 дня назад +2

    Nice job!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @williamjohnson5022
    @williamjohnson5022 День назад

    Nice, I would 100% have forced Green/Red and gone three and out. That's gotta feel good after the last open!

  • @dudaseifert
    @dudaseifert 2 дня назад

    24:24 sejiri shelter the centaur to prevent lifegain maybe?

  • @HobbyBugong
    @HobbyBugong 11 часов назад +1

    What a way to do it ❤

  • @tedhand6237
    @tedhand6237 2 дня назад +1

    Nice work! I will hope not to see you tomorrow. Took me four bullets and in my winning run I even blew a game with some kinda spastic finger twitch double clicking for no blocks.

    • @tedhand6237
      @tedhand6237 2 дня назад

      Made draft two! Grateful to you for stanning rapid hybridization, which one of my opponents was main decking. I got passed chromanticore p1p4 and p3p5 but opponents were playing fair magic (except for the immaculate boros deck that ran me over while I missed half a dozen land drops lmao)

  • @gregpeloquin6345
    @gregpeloquin6345 2 дня назад +1

    Good god, way to turn turds into gold! Congrats, good sir!

  • @Jhack81
    @Jhack81 2 дня назад +1

    Congrats on first try

  • @jasonalloyd
    @jasonalloyd 2 дня назад

    Crazy you had 8 rares with 2 gods. Almost every match I played my opponent had a God. I had wandering fumarole, spirit of dragon haven, days undoing, nibilis of frost, secure the wastes and double black 5 mana flyer. Didn't use any of them lol...

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      i didn't play either of them!

  • @D1g1t4LV1s10n4Ry
    @D1g1t4LV1s10n4Ry 2 дня назад +1

    The deck that could

  • @VetBodGaming
    @VetBodGaming День назад

    Im not a big fan of PIO so I only did one run with my gold. Had a decent UB splashing white deck, went 5-1 then lost one to not drawing removal for goreclaw and another to misplay by not shifting to the defensive and keeping my essence scatters up.

  • @paulão-72
    @paulão-72 2 дня назад +1

    Congratulations!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Thank you!

  • @spooky_zen
    @spooky_zen 2 дня назад +2

    ggs close games

  • @ericcourtaway8920
    @ericcourtaway8920 3 дня назад +5

    Let's gggggooooooo!!!!!!

  • @Frruii
    @Frruii 2 дня назад +2

    Gg, very nice!

  • @seanburwell6535
    @seanburwell6535 2 дня назад +1

    What a beaut Paul. Way to go.

  • @AJSacher
    @AJSacher 2 дня назад +2

    great build of a bad pool

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      very bad indeed

  • @Pandercolour
    @Pandercolour 2 дня назад

    and then there's my attempt, where one of my opponents played one of each of the dragonlords in their gate deck

  • @nicolasmarquez8843
    @nicolasmarquez8843 2 дня назад +1

    What a maestro!

  • @Chucklehound
    @Chucklehound День назад +1

    Awesome!

    • @haumph
      @haumph  День назад

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @skeletonmtg8511
    @skeletonmtg8511 День назад

    24:16 don’t u miss lethal by not giving your 2/4 pro white? They wouldn’t gain any life and then u swing in for nine on your turn.

  • @ds99212
    @ds99212 2 дня назад +1

    Definitely at least 4 bag of peanuts deck.

  • @bargian658
    @bargian658 2 дня назад

    Arthur Harris was like 1:55

  • @Ominyx
    @Ominyx 2 дня назад +1

    3/10 pool, 10/10 gameplay

  • @motheringabomination1958
    @motheringabomination1958 2 дня назад +1

    What an awful pool (I haven't watched the matches yet). My fingers are crossed.

  • @JacobCollier-b8m
    @JacobCollier-b8m 2 дня назад +2

    LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

  • @haruspex7355
    @haruspex7355 2 дня назад +3

    The goat

  • @USAnumberONE
    @USAnumberONE 2 дня назад +2

    GG's!!!

  • @JG-rw3if
    @JG-rw3if 2 дня назад

    I would have never won that last game

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      That one was intense for sure

  • @impishrunt
    @impishrunt 2 дня назад

    Hah, I've seen at least 3 content creators this arena open who have said something to the effect of "this is the worst sealed pool I've ever opened". That's just pioneer masters, huh?

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад

      Yeah sadly I didn't get too many opportunities to practice sealed as it wasn't available on Arena.

  • @fpejanovic
    @fpejanovic 2 дня назад +1

    yea!!!!!!

  • @05yuya
    @05yuya 2 дня назад +1

    Deck certainly had a plan, but it definately overperformed on that plan.

    • @haumph
      @haumph  2 дня назад +1

      sure did

  • @adaml8827
    @adaml8827 2 дня назад +1

    4/10 deck. 11/10 pilot

  • @hevvy2112
    @hevvy2112 2 дня назад

    Yeahhhh my mannnn

  • @mathieupouedras6404
    @mathieupouedras6404 3 дня назад +2

    Premier

  • @richspeidel695
    @richspeidel695 2 дня назад +1

    3