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According to Magic: The Gathering officials, a deck check was performed in round 15 of Modern Constructed and a judge noticed several issues with Watanabe\u2019s card sleeves. Playing a Tron deck, Watanabe had several card sleeves with similar notched markings. Watanabe is a veteran in the MTG pro scene. He won MTG Player of the Year in 2009 and 2012, and was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2016. Watanabe started off day two strong in the War of the Spark limited draft, pulling out a big win against his opponent, Andrew Watts. An MTG floor judge made a poor call when Watts questioned how Watanabe\u2019s Sarhan, the Masterless took damage as a four\/four dragon. Watanabe, despite being under the gun in time, pulled out the win. \u00a0 Heading into Modern Constructed, Watanabe continued to win, earning him a spot in the top eight for the Mythic Championship II playoffs. Shortly before the top eight announcements, however, officials said that Watanabe was being disqualified from the tournament. All of Watanabe\u2019s Urza\u2019s Power Plants were marked in a specific way. In addition, three Urza\u2019s Mines and one Urza\u2019s Tower had like markings on the card sleeves. The judge then found one Urza\u2019s Mine and three Urza\u2019s Tower with different markings from the other group of four. Due to the similarities in the markings and power of the cards in a Tron deck, Watanabe was disqualified. Officials declared that the marks weren't accidental and were likely put there intentionally. Wizards of the Coast released a statement discussing the disqualification, saying that the incident would receive further investigation by the MPL. 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According to Magic: The Gathering officials, a deck check was performed in round 15 of Modern Constructed and a judge noticed several issues with Watanabe\u2019s card sleeves. Playing a Tron deck, Watanabe had several card sleeves with similar notched markings. Watanabe is a veteran in the MTG pro scene. He won MTG Player of the Year in 2009 and 2012, and was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering Hall of Fame in 2016. Watanabe started off day two strong in the War of the Spark limited draft, pulling out a big win against his opponent, Andrew Watts. An MTG floor judge made a poor call when Watts questioned how Watanabe\u2019s Sarhan, the Masterless took damage as a four\/four dragon. Watanabe, despite being under the gun in time, pulled out the win. \u00a0 Heading into Modern Constructed, Watanabe continued to win, earning him a spot in the top eight for the Mythic Championship II playoffs. 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Yuuya Watanabe was disqualified from the MTG<\/em> Mythic Championship II in London due to markings on his card sleeves.
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According to Magic: The Gathering<\/em> officials, a deck check was performed in round 15 of Modern Constructed and a judge noticed several issues with Watanabe\u2019s card sleeves. Playing a Tron deck, Watanabe had several card sleeves with similar notched markings.
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Watanabe is a veteran in the MTG<\/em> pro scene. He won MTG <\/em>Player of the Year in 2009 and 2012, and was inducted into the Magic: The Gathering<\/em> Hall of Fame in 2016. <\/p>

Watanabe started off day two strong in the War of the Spark <\/em>limited draft, pulling out a big win against his opponent, Andrew Watts. An MTG<\/em> floor judge made a poor call<\/a> when Watts questioned how Watanabe\u2019s Sarhan, the Masterless took damage as a four\/four dragon. Watanabe, despite being under the gun in time, pulled out the win.
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Heading into Modern Constructed, Watanabe continued to win, earning him a spot in the top eight for the Mythic Championship II playoffs. Shortly before the top eight announcements, however, officials said that Watanabe was being disqualified from the tournament.
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All of Watanabe\u2019s Urza\u2019s Power Plants were marked in a specific way. In addition, three Urza\u2019s Mines and one Urza\u2019s Tower had like markings on the card sleeves. The judge then found one Urza\u2019s Mine and three Urza\u2019s Tower with different markings from the other group of four.
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Wizards of the Coast released a statement discussing the disqualification, saying that the incident would receive further investigation by the MPL. But Watanabe is still listed as an MPL player and is set to compete in the new MPL league<\/a>.
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