Most Infamous MTG Cheater Caught on Camera

Alex Bertoncini is one of MTG's most infamous cheaters that got caught on camera, here's why.
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[GoodMorningHikers]

There was a guy named Jason I used to play with. Great guy, NEVER cheated in tournaments or FNMs or anything. but he was also a card magician. So for fun, he used to play joke games against people where he would stack his deck while shuffling, uncut with sleight of hand if his opponent chose to cut his deck, duplicate cards in his deck, suddenly start playing pokemon cards halfway through the game... stuff like that.

One of his go to tricks was to have his opponent look through his Modern MTG deck beforehand, then shuffle up, have his opponent cut the deck, and then he'd slowly draw and reveal the top 5 cards of his deck instead of drawing his hand, and the cards would have the 5 pieces of Exodia slipped into the sleaves over the magic card beneath. The deck won turn 1, 100% of the time. Best modern deck I've ever seen. ;)

He was also a judge. Can't cheat in front of a judge that cheats better than you for fun.

[marcmarc]

Girlfriend: Where were you all night last night? You were out till 5 AM.
Alex: Exploring twice.
Girlfriend: Oh OK.

[ViniTheDev]

"I've never lost a fair game.... never played one"

[drackoex]

"He only has 2 kira in the deck right?" The commentator even said it as they had his decklist lol

[madhattom]

"I don't always cheat, but when I do, I prefer Dos Explores."

[SpiritSquadMTG]

Funny story:

Alex was literally the person to call me out for playing an extra land once in a match against Jamie Parke (it was like turn 16 and it didn't matter, thankfully).

The entire room laughed at the irony of HIM being the one to notice, and even the judge has a good time with it. But hooboy, he's the last person I wanted that call to ever come from.

[samkittredge]

“Sleight of hand” confirmed to be the most powerful card in competitive magic...

[seenhitman]

Spectator : What's the current match record?
Alex : Two explores

[ForeverLaxx]

He's one of those players that says it's the opponent's responsibility to make sure he isn't cheating. He'll do whatever he thinks he can get away with and hope you don't call him on it, then double down when he's caught to get the accuser to back down out of some misplaced "courtesy."

[jeffw]

This dude maxed out his pickpocketing and speech. Brynjolf would be proud.

[richardadams]

Alex's body language is screaming he's cheating. He does the cheat part with confidence but then has an obvious internal breakdown immediately after.
If you play against him just stare him down constantly, he'll get so nervous he won't handle it

[ChrisRoss]

I have 0 tolerance for cheaters. I'm glad you did a video on this.

[vroomzoom]

Spectator: "how did you draw 4 off that brainstorm?"
Alex: "2 explores"

[dogdriver]

Two Explores 2GG
Sorcery
"You may play 3 additional lands this turn. Draw 2 cards.

[elmaestroalberto]

I did manage to amplify the picture of the guy that is supposed to draw the 4 cards off from the the brainstorm.
I set the colors black and white and I inverted the texture and I can confirm he drew 4 cards. Bending the cards gives you the perception they are only three but he moved his fingers in such a way so from the spectator and the opponent's point of view can't be seen. Also, those sleeves are reflecting the light itself which makes it more difficult to see the cheat plan.

We are dealing with an illusion pro right there, folks.

[wolfumz]

Man this guy definitely deserved a lifetime ban. He cheats even when it's likely he'll be caught, he cheats after getting caught, he cheats when there's no reason to do so, he cheats several times each game, and he cheats in a dozen different ways.

Most importantly, even after getting banned twice, Alex didn't change his behavior. Most people will change their behavior when they've been caught and called out for it. But not Alex. It's almost like actually winning the match is secondary, and what he _really_ enjoys is deceiving people, getting over on them. He's just on another level.

[chankd]

What's fun is Alex showing up at your local game store when his DCI suspension ended and you get paired against him knowing who he is. Never spent more time watching an opponent's hands and card manipulations.

[DjVortex-w]

I actually hate it when players do things like brainstorming by taking "three" cards in one single hand motion and putting "two" cards back likewise in one single hand motion. Well, congrats on your awesome hand dexterity skills, but could you please allow me to clearly see that you are _actually_ drawing exactly three cards, and _actually_ putting exactly two cards back? I don't care how many years you have practiced the smooth motion to draw exactly three cards in one single sweeping motion. I want to see that you are not trying to cheat.

[monomanamaniac]

He definitely drew at LEAST 4 cards from that brainstorm

[anthonylewis]

As someone who lost to Alex in a top 8 of a qualifier I bet he drew 4 there. Maybe it's salt but also was alot of stress trying to watch him for cheating instead of just playing the game