This video is about Frank Karsten's brilliant play in the 2005 World Championship and the nuances of searching libraries.
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🎵 Music:
Lucid Haze - Amulets
Sun Awakening - Futuremono
Dulce Reggaeton - An Jone
Maybe Tomorrow - Vanilla
📘 Chapters:
0:00 Card Kingdom
0:10 Nord VPN
1:12 December (2005)
4:19 Gifts Debuted
5:57 Karsten's Greater Gifts
8:51 The Stated Quality Rule
11:45 A Game of Mini-Games
15:35 Credits
📓 Sources:
https://youtu.be/9vHHZHD0soQ - Great Moments: Dragons Ungiven
https://youtu.be/ZCB-grrSfZk - The Gifts Ungiven Trick (Judging FTW)
https://youtu.be/dpHbCTYpwIM - Pro Tour Philadelphia 2011: Cards to Watch
https://youtu.be/tJ9VRO2GT-Q - Worlds 2009 Deck Tech: Highlander Frank Karsten (Extended)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/finding-the-gifts-deck/ - Finding the Gifts Deck (2005)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/a-guide-to-dutch-gifts/ - A Guide to Dutch Gifts: Kamigawa Block Constructed (2005)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/articles/the-gifts-ungiven-matchup-guide/ - The Gifts Ungiven Matchup Guide (2005)
https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/gptai05 - Grand Prix Taipei 2005
https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/modern-is-out-of-control-in-the-best-way-possible/ - Modern in 2021 (Michael Majors)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/sullivans-satchel-choices-play-design-and-folk-of-an-havva/ - Sullivan’s Satchel: Choices, Play Design, and Folk of An-Havva (Jan 2020)
https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/taking-modern-by-gifts-storm/ - Taking Modern Gifts by Storm (Jan 2020)
http://old.starcitygames.com/article/35800_Mastering-UR-Gifts-Storm-In-Modern.html - Gifts Storm (2017)
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/gifts-rapt-2004-09-09 - Gifts Rapt, previewing Gifts Ungiven (2004)
https://youtu.be/wikS2dgYRaU - Channel LSV Vintage Gifts
https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/5248/why-was-gifts-ungiven-so-popular - Why was Gifts so popular? (2011)
https://www.cardknocklife.com/modern-which-gifts-to-ungive/ - Modern Gifts to Ungive
https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/worlds05 - Worlds 2005 - Yokohama Japan
https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/top-players/pthof/2009/frank-karsten - Frank Karsten Profile
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