Due to some camera problems and one of the players feeling sick at some point of the game, we didn’t record on video de full game 3 between Hugo López and Antonio Romero. Instead, we made a play-by-play transcription! As usual, you’ll find it after the break.
[Play-by-play]: MTG Barato (Legacy) – Antonio Romero VS Hugo López Top4 G3
Hugo mulligans to 6. Antonio Keeps.
T1: Hugo plays Tropical Island and casts Noble Hierarch.
T1: Antonio plays Wooded Foothills and sacs it for Plateau. Antonio casts Grim Lavamancer.
T2: Hugo plays Misty Rainforest and casts Counterbalance.
T2: Antonio plays Savannah and plays Wild Nacatl. Hugo in response sacs Misty for Island and plays Brainstorm. Counterbalance shows Swords to Plowshares. Antonio uses Lavamancer to kill Noble Hierarch. Antonio passes.
T3: Hugo plays plains and casts Rhox War Monk.
T3: Antonio plays Taiga and casts Choke. Hugo blindly shows with Counterbalance a Krosan Grip.
T4: Hugo plays Windswept Heath and attacks with Rhox War Monk.
T4 Antonio casts Tarmogoyf and Hugo reveals Sensei’s Divining Top with Counterbalance. Tarmogoyf resolves.
T5: Antonio after Hugo’s draw casts Path to Exile (targeting Rhox War Monk). Hugo reveals with Counterbalance another Rhox War Monk. Hugo searches for a basic Forest. Hugo casts Sensei’s Divining Top and uses the looking ability. Hugo passes.
T5: Antonio attacks with Tarmogoyf (H18 A16). Antonio casts Qasali Pridemage. Hugo in response sacs Windswept Heath for Dryad Arbor and uses Sensei’s Divining Top (with Tropical). He reveals a Counterbalance with Counterbalance and Qasali Pridemage heads to Antonio’s graveyard.
T6: Hugo uses SDT in his upkeep. Hugo casts Brainstorm on his main phase. Hugo attacks with Dryad Arbor. Hugo passes.
T6: Antonio attacks with Tarmogoyf (A15 H13). Antonio casts Lightning Bolt on Dryad Arbor. Hugo uses SDT’s looking ability and lets Lightning Bolt resolve.
T7: Hugo plays Misty Rainforest and passes.
T7: Antonio attacks with Tarmogoyf (H8 A 15). Antonio passes turn. Hugo EOT looks with SDT and then he sacs Misty Rainforest for Tropical Island and he looks again with SDT.
T8: Hugo plays Tundra and casts Noble Hierarch.
T8: Antonio attacks with Tarmogoyf (H2 A15). Antonio casts Pithing Needle. Hugo in response looks with SDT and then draws using SDT ability. Hugo shows SDT with Counterbalance. Antonio casts Lightning Helix and Hugo Force of Will!!!
T9: Hugo casts SDT and passes.
T9: Antonio attacks with Tarmogoyf and Hugo blocks with Noble Hierarch, adding 1 mana to look with SDT. Antonio passes.
T10: Hugo casts Swords to Plowshares on Tarmogoyf. In response Antonio casts Lighting Helix. Hugo looks with SDT and shows Counterbalance with Counterbalance. (H2 A20)
T10: Antonio plays Wooded Foothills and passes turn. Hugo Looks with top EOT.
T11: Hugo plays Island and passes turn. EOT Antonio sacs Wooded Foothills for Plateau.
T11: Antonio plays Grim Lavamancer. Hugo in response looks with SDT and reveals Brainstorm to Counterbalance. Antonio passes and Hugo looks with SDT during the EOT.
T12: Hugo plays Brainstorm and passes turn.
T12: Antonio casts Wild Nacatl. Hugo in response looks with SDT and shows Brainstorm to Counterbalance. Antonio passes and Hugo looks with SDT during the EOT.
T13: Hugo plays Windswept Heath and passes.
T13: Antonio plays Taiga. Antonio passes and Hugo looks with SDT during the EOT.
T14: Hugo plays Rhox War Monk and passes.
T14: Antonio passes turn. Hugo uses SDT EOT.
T15: Hugo attacks. Antonio casts Wind Shards in response. Hugo uses SDT in response. Rhox War Monk DIES!
T16: Antonio passes turn. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T17: Hugo passes.
T17: Antonio plays Plains and passes. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T18: Hugo plays Tundra and casts Brainstorm. Hugo passes.
T18: Antonio passes. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T19: Hugo passes.
T19: Antonio plays Arid Mesa and passes. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T20: Hugo plays Rhox War Monk and passes. EOT Antonio sacs Arid mesa for Taiga.
T20: Antonio plays Horizon Canopy and sacs it to draw. Antonio passes. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T21: Hugo plays Flooded Strand and attacks with Rhox War Monk (H5 A15) Hugo passes.
T21: Antonio Plays Wooded Foothills and sacs it for Mountain. Antonio plays Red Elemental Blast targeting Counterbalance. Hugo looks with SDT in response and shows Swords to Plowshares with Counterbalance. Antonio casts Sylvan Library. Hugo uses SDT again and shows Counterbalance with Counterbalance. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T22: Hugo attacks with Rhox War Monk (H8 A11). Hugo passes.
T22: Antonio plays Arid Mesa and passes. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T23: Hugo plays a second Sensei’s Divining Top and attacks with Rhox War Monk (H11 A8). Hugo passes.
T23: Antonio passes turn. Hugo uses SDT EOT
T24: Hugo attacks (H14 A5). Hugo casts Tarmogoyf and passes turn.
T24: Antonio casts Choke and Hugo shows Krosan Grip to Counterbalance. Antonio casts Pithing Needle. Hugo uses SDT in response and taps 1 SDT to draw, in response Antonio casts Pyroblast to Counterbalance and Hugo draws with 2nd SDT. Hugo reveals SDT with Counterbalance for Pyroblast, then reveals SDT to Pithing Needle. Antonio casts Tarmogoyf. Hugo responses with Force of Will. Antonio scoops and Hugo moves into the Final!