Somerville, MA - Amidst the gentle snores of fellow competitors and spectators, Your Move Games star David Humpherys finished his turn during a casual eight-man draft. The turn set a new record, taking six hours and forty-seven minutes, yet the game was far from over. Due to time contraints and other responsibilities, Humpherys and his opponent agreed to leave the game as it was and continue at a later date. The game is scheduled to recommence on Friday evening to take full advantage of the weekend.

Humphery's teammate, Rob Dougherty, had this to say of Humphery's thought process: "Humpherys considers any number of things during your average turn of Magic, including, but not limited to, whether he should lay a land or keep it in his hand, what cards are left in his deck, when he'll get his next beer, whether to attack, how many cards his opponent has in hand, what color and how much mana his opponent has available, how close both players are to threshold, what flashback cards are in graveyards, etc. ."

"The turn that Dave finished today was particularly long because his opponent had 3 Bog Wreckages out, meaning that he had access to any color mana and could theoretically play any card in Odyssey. Add to this the complicated board [each player had 2 non-land permanents in play] and you've got the makings of a very long turn."

When asked about his play style, Humpherys admitted that playing slowly can give one an advantage. For example, he cited the recent Masters where he lost in the finals to Ryan Fuller. Humpherys had heard that Fuller was very likely to be suspended soon, and so played as slowly as he could during the untimed final match in hopes that the suspension would be handed down before the match ended, which would give Humpherys an automatic win.

Unfortunately, Humpherys gave up just a little too early. "I only needed to draw that game out another eighteen days," complained the frustrated Humpherys, "Just eighteen more days and I would have been $10,000 richer."

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Somerville, MA - Amidst the gentle snores of fellow competitors and spectators, Your Move Games star David Humpherys finished his turn during a casual eight-man draft. The turn set a new record, taking six hours and forty-seven minutes, yet the game was far from over. Due to time contraints and other responsibilities, Humpherys and his opponent agreed to leave the game as it was and continue at a later date. The game is scheduled to recommence on Friday evening to take full advantage of the weekend.

Humphery's teammate, Rob Dougherty, had this to say of Humphery's thought process: "Humpherys considers any number of things during your average turn of Magic, including, but not limited to, whether he should lay a land or keep it in his hand, what cards are left in his deck, when he'll get his next beer, whether to attack, how many cards his opponent has in hand, what color and how much mana his opponent has available, how close both players are to threshold, what flashback cards are in graveyards, etc. ."

"The turn that Dave finished today was particularly long because his opponent had 3 Bog Wreckages out, meaning that he had access to any color mana and could theoretically play any card in Odyssey. Add to this the complicated board [each player had 2 non-land permanents in play] and you've got the makings of a very long turn."

When asked about his play style, Humpherys admitted that playing slowly can give one an advantage. For example, he cited the recent Masters where he lost in the finals to Ryan Fuller. Humpherys had heard that Fuller was very likely to be suspended soon, and so played as slowly as he could during the untimed final match in hopes that the suspension would be handed down before the match ended, which would give Humpherys an automatic win.

Unfortunately, Humpherys gave up just a little too early. "I only needed to draw that game out another eighteen days," complained the frustrated Humpherys, "Just eighteen more days and I would have been $10,000 richer."

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