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AJTV #11: Looking To The Endgame

You asked, he delivered! In the latest episode of AJTV, AJ Sacher analyzes the final game of the semifinal match between Brian-Braun Duin and Gerry Thompson at #SCGINVI.

Our very own Brian Braun-Duin versus our very own Gerry Thompson in the match that you guys asked for! The game is fairly straightforward, and both players had a couple of small decisions that ended up ultimately likely not mattering (choke on that sentence…). But the game is very illustrative of some key concepts that I wanted to showcase. In Legacy, the games tend to be very compact and dense due to the raw power and relative cheap costs of the spells, so you have to be looking towards the endgame early and often. This game is no exception, as you’ll see.

It’s a little heavier of a technical and abstract episode today, so I went to the effort of creating some visual graphics to help follow what I was saying. Hopefully you find them helpful. Enjoy!

Thank you all for watching. Please leave a comment below. My next piece of content will likely be a written article, but look for lots of AJTVs as the Pro Tour and surrounding Grand Prix bring us more awesome games for me to analyze!

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AJ Sacher