I don't think he was trying to cheat. He got ahead of himself and was hoping he could rewind to where he was comfortable. He just flat out miscounted.
There was a point there he was clearly trying to add one more mana than he actually had.
Nah, he just undercounted by assuming his Inkmoth was active. Watching from home makes it very easy to presume malicious intent.
Yea, they caught the meta unaware. This has happened with other decks in Pro Tours, and then the deck falls off right after. I'm not saying the deck isn't great, but the fact that most of the lists were identical from the same group suggests it might be more of a good meta call. There is likely a deck that can beat it, and I wouldn't personally say it's a broken deck just yet. If it's still winning tournaments when people know about it, that's when we have a real problem.
You mean turn 2? I only see it able to generate up to 3 mana on turn 1 with a simian spirit guide.
I think he means something like dropping three mimics on turn one.
Oh, ok, sure.
No cloud at all. LSV was in the booth for the finals and said he was dead to just the 3/1 haste regardless. If LSV doesn't care, I know I'm not going to sweat it.
