Colorless Ugin Ramp - Historic - Diamond Ranked - MTG Arena

[@connerbouse5176]

Attaining Mythic rank at the end and the icon not even appearing is a pretty good analogy for the MTGA client lately

[@katofmine]

I really love that i found this channel. Quick, concise deck breakdowns to start and no clickbait titles/thumbnails pushing trash decks for clicks. Thank you. Easy sub.

[@goinza6538]

I've seen several MTG channels, but yours is the one I enjoy the most. Your explanations during the deck tech and during the games are really helpful, specially the detail of showing relevants card in screen when you talk about them. I particularly like this video because I wanted to do a colorless deck, but I wasn't sure how to build it, and your gameplay helped a lot in understanding how to play this deck. So thanks!

[@thcdreams654]

The Core Sets draft where you pulled Ugin and got into Mythic was one of my favorites.

[@OrdMandrell1]

Those were an extremely well played series of games. The lines you took were well thought out and very well explained. Many thanks.

[@LegenVD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ironyrules5164]

You know a deck is fun when u dont have to change a card with every expansion. Artifact Decks were always fast and strong but also very weak against all sorts of removal. Ugin not counterd is usualy game over. There is also an Eldrazi Tribal Sorcery for 7 Mana ( forgot the Name ) that lets every Player sacrifice all coloured permanents in play which is great too. I opened a lot of Boosters in my life but the best decision was to order cards from an online market for about 150 bucks back in the days. Got a pretty good affinity deck that i even play today as an old fart with my 37 years from time to time...talking too much, great gameplay and guiding as expected, best mtg content online. Stay awesome mate

[@NStripleseven]

Sorcery is “All is Dust” I think

[@jamesquick9843]

Best mtg content is right. Iv tried watching others. But LVD just does it right

[@ironyrules5164]

@@NStripleseven thx for the Info :)

[@samworrell5202]

Easily the best MTG content out there at the minute. Knowledge is unreal, I learn so much watching you, Cheers LegenVD

[@JohnDoe-oo9ll]

Compared to another Magic guy I've been watching, your relevant and eloquent commentary is a breath of fresh air.

[@themagicmountaineer2024]

Great to see this deck still holding up!

[@mladjo2505]

Re-watching this to up my game with this deck, since I've been having so much fun playing it in the ranked queue.

[@alexandernathe1467]

Find someone who loves you as LVD loves Mindstone.

[@aiden-b]

I was opening packs watching this and pulled Ugin, Spirit Dragon. Wild.

[@johnremembers7780]

Just want to wish you and everyone Happy Holidays. Once again thank you for another killer deck video.

[@jtmotley8848]

Everything old is new (and interesting) again. Love it!

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Your draft and historic content is the best!!

[@brenicillin]

had to go on my lunch break so i could watch new LVD

[@dahmariyahlister120]

Fairly new to magic but you help me a lot...mostly the IQ aspect, the decks are a nice addition too lol

[@Azhureus]

I built a similar deck on my own except the mind stone and Karn, now I understand why it doesnt really work that well, thanks mate :)

[@scotth2469]

Loving this deck! Wanted to try it out w/o spending the rares on Crawling Barrens, so I threw in some Blinkmoth Nexus I already had and I've really liked them in there!

[@LegenVD]

Definitely a solid backup!

[@Zyvelteas]

I have a friend in my tabletop EDH group that pronounces Ugin as Eugine, and we will never stop them. We fear Eugine at our table.

[@logangrzesiek8749]

Pretty common nickname for him.

[@tomikvrona1681]

Eugene! Also, some people call Ugin the Ineffable "Ugin the Virgin". Ineffable -> Un-eff-able -> Un-F***-able -> Virgin lol

[@bumpy1031]

I have a feeling there’s gonna be some fullmetal alchemists messing with our historic in our near future. That br”Oko” avatar in the store isn’t there for nothing.

[@sundowneyes]

Missed watching LVD!

[@Turambar33]

I love your historic videos!

[@flaremag1975]

I've been playing colorless for a LONG while so I'm glad to see LVD playing it.

[@RedditStoriesOnly]

I instant click when I get lvd notifications

[@RadicalCreamer]

this deck is so much fun

[@t0t1lev0]

Cool deck, actually beat it in a best of three with rakdos arcanist. It ran planar bridge in the sideboard to grab with Karn to just tutor the ugins out, ended up killing 7 ugins in all three games, unholy heat is just comically good

[@jerodast]

I'm always a little skeptical of those spells with massive discounts by meeting some condition (Delirium). Never quite feels like it was really "earned" when you play a couple self mills and immediately start blasting off double-power-Lighting Bolts left and right haha. At least not when playing AGAINST you :)

[@angelogabriel6862]

Please, make another video with more gameplay of this deck!

[@RedditStoriesOnly]

We need a proper deck building video,I feel like you’re the only creator who would go in depth and tell us what to actually do and be great at it.From start to finish,I can’t even build a deck with all these options😭😭

[@Kumagoro42]

At 11:39, wasn't the correct sequence cast Mind Stone first, pay the Sentinel tax, then with the 4th mana plus the mana from Mind Stone cast the Coldsteel Heart?

[@LegenVD]

Sentinel Tax was 2 at that point.

[@busayo3653]

Who else used to think plat angel said “you can’t lose the game and you can’t win the game”.

[@AlexandrYudin77]

These alchemy cards are now always in historic? Wtf

[@nicu.1871]

33:20 couldn’t you have also played Karn and fetched ratchet bomb for the tokens?

[@LegenVD]

Certainly an option.

[@silviobaiguini69420]

I was waiting for a deck like this! I love colorless control, but the power level of historic has recently improved by a lot, and there was no convincing build for the archetype..... Luckily, LegenVD comes to the rescue

[@rdmcabee]

Wondering if there is any room for meteor golem or sorcerer's spyglass? I don't play enough historic to know the meta.

[@jerodast]

He mentioned Sorcerer's Spyglass as a solid option to bring in with Karn from the sideboard in the deckbuilding segment. Meteor Golem maybe not since there's other forms of removal. With the small sideboard it's a bit trickier.

[@error3_]

Had the same bug today with the Mythic logo not appearing on rankup. I dislike the new logo, which looks too similar to diamond rank. Hope they bring the orange Mythic logo back.

[@nilesamon7577]

I wonder if you considered Ornithopter of Paradise at any point. Probably too easy to remove though.

[@LegenVD]

Yeah, prefer the non-creature artifacts.

[@alonskii]

How about key to the archive in this deck? Or does the come into play tapped clause make ot too slow?

[@LegenVD]

Indeed, also not the best synergy with Monument.

[@RenounceDarkness_]

The question mark wasn’t there to prevent spoilers, it’s actually a mystery

[@mistersandman94]

must be cool to play historic i only just got into mtg a month ago

[@kailin9257]

WOW

[@jzoobs]

Oh shit, is this deck legit again? Was one of my favorites to play when historic first launched.

[@LegenVD]

Need the right timing within the meta, but now that I see a lot of Jeskai it seems well positioned again.

[@Kozel_GHR]

What I have noticed: If I don't have mana for big Spirit Ugin - I draw him almost constantly. If I have enough mana, I never draw big Spirit Ugin. It's like that all the times during last few days..

[@KiuhKobold]

Ah Ugin. Another of the cards that goes to the "Surrender unless you are playing blue" list. Truly a buddy with Dominaria Teferi (good bad old times)

[@Icameron259]

You can also discard him. Or just kill on turn 4 with aggro.

[@ian-kr8kc]

Why run spyglass instead of pithing needle?

[@jerodast]

Maybe the hand info is worth it to him since there tends to be enough mana in the 1-2 cost range in this deck.

[@yusufyilmaz852]

Can you showcase your style of izzet phoenix ?

[@nicholasrakes2015]

You should build and use a maze’s end deck

[@nicholasrakes2015]

But love your videos

[@LegenVD]

I built one when it was originally released on Arena.

[@SacredMagic13679]

That Doomskar seemed wildly inappropriate in that control deck matchup. Don't know what their hand was, but the open mana stalled a lot of game losing cards in your hand. Very odd play in what was otherwise a very clean control gameplan.

[@MoonWatcher.]

I see a lot of people saying that Alchemy was not good for Historic, since I hardly ever play it I can't really tell, but what were the biggest changes? Also, appreciate the great content as always Luca, have a nice day.

[@donttoywithfloris]

The criticism is not about any new cards, it's about existing cards being able to change. People play historic because they like the fact a deck can last. Some cards are overpowered in standard, and those are the ones likely to be changed, but they are not overpowered in historic.

[@MoonWatcher.]

@@donttoywithfloris I see, it really is weird to change the card in every format. Hopefully they'll change it

[@may0negg]

Is this deck competitive now? What cards should be added/removed?

[@LegenVD]

Not a high tier deck, but can certainly win games. You get another Scryland in Dominaria, and some great curvetoppers to fetch with Karn from Brothers’ War like Portal and Leveler.

[@may0negg]

@@LegenVD thanks!

[@RooZvonBooZ]

Ugin turn 4... Now that's scary 😅

[@stepniak18]

There is no Historic anymore. Only Alchemy+. I miss Historic so much.

[@maciek19882]

Careful with that axe Ugin

[@playkahlong9598]

No good Alchemy, horizon or innistrad artifact?

[@LegenVD]

The one from Alchemy comes into play tapped, which doesn't allow for a potential turn 4 Ugin.

[@thatguydennis2]

Could you imagine this deck if Sol Ring was legal?

[@TheEmperorAs]

I thought you said 'The Fairy' but you said 'Teferi' ^^

[@User-jo7jp]

just curious, as ive never played arena... what happens if you have a platinum angel on the battlefield and end up timing out? i assume you would lose as it might count as a forfeit, but you have a card that says you cannot lose the game lol

[@matthewwallace1143]

The big story of the Honolulu Pro Tour wasn’t Kazuya Mitamura’s $40,000 victory in the finals. The big story happened in the first round, where a young boy known only as Hans did something that is causing many to call him a hero. Hans’s game was looking unwinnable. He had a negative life total and was kept alive only by his Platinum Angel. His opponent had just cast a Molder Slug, threatening to remove the Angel - Hans’s only artifact - at the beginning of his next turn. But when it got to that next turn, Hans would say a word that would put the whole series of events in motion. A word that would send ripples throughout Magic history. A word that would cement Hans’s legendary status. Hans stared at his opponent and said, “No.” His opponent was taken aback. “Judge!” said the opponent. “He’s refusing to follow my Molder Slug’s triggered ability.” “Refusing?” “Refusing.” “Is this true, Hans?” Hans nodded. The judge said, “I have to issue you a game loss, Hans.” Hans pointed to his Platinum Angel. “I can’t lose the game,” he said. And with that, he proceeded to his draw step, undaunted by the judge’s ruling. Then he skimmed through his deck for marked cards and put those into his hand as well. “You’re violating multiple game rules,” said the judge, “in addition to ignoring my ruling, and I am issuing a game loss to you.” Hans, his finger still stuck to the Platinum Angel, like a modern day Little Dutch Boy with his finger plugging the leak in the dike, said, “You can issue all the game losses you want, but with my Platinum Angel in play, they have no effect.” Hans proceded to the attack phase and swung for 4 with his Angel. He then looked at his opponent’s face-down morphs, referred to outside notes, and substituted cards from his sideboard. The judge stood before him, flummoxed. Without saying a word, Hans merely looked at the judge while pointing to the Platinum Angel. It was when Hans cast a Demonic Attorney that the head judge was called over. “Ante cards are banned,” the head judge said. “That’s a complete violation of the rules.” But when he saw Hans’s Platinum Angel in play, he was quieted. He knew he was defeated. Hans said, “Since the Demonic Attorney’s in the game, we have to do what it says.” He proceeded to put the top card of his opponent’s deck into his trade binder. The head judge frowned in disapproval. “He’s right.” It was a matter of hours before Hans owned his opponent’s entire deck, as well many other cards from his opponent’s collection, thanks to a Mindslaver and Ring of Ma’rûf. Each time judges tried to issue Hans a game loss for casting cards without mana, or playing cards in his graveyard, Hans merely pointed to his Platinum Angel. The cards Hans didn’t want to take from his opponent he tore up, due to interactions involving Chaos Confetti, March of the Machines, and Cytoshape. Having by this time gathered quite a crowd, Hans produced a folded and wrinkled copy of the DCI Infraction Procedure Guide from his pocket and began skimming it for ideas. He noticed that kicking an opponent’s chair out from under them was listed under “Unsportsmanlike Conduct,” so he did just that. He also kicked the chairs out from under several other nearby players and spectators. The sun was starting to set. The judges had not even attempted to give Hans a game loss for stalling. One by one, they had hanged their heads and walked away, resigned to their powerlessness in the face of the Platinum Angel. Then one of them hatched a plan. “I know who we can call,” the judge exclaimed. The next morning, Hans was woken by a voice blaring across the room from a police loudspeaker. “Hans,” the voice said, “this is your mother. I love you. Please sacrifice your Platinum Angel to the Molder Slug’s triggered ability so this can all end.” Hans lifted his head, looked around the room, and kicked his opponent’s chair out from under him once more. “Hans,” his mother said, “we miss you. We just want you to come home.” Hans yawned, cast the Unglued card Handcuffs, and ordered his opponent to touch his hands together. It was Day Four of the standoff when another voice blared across the room. “Hans,” the voice said, “this is your fiancé. There are only two more days until our wedding, honey. Don’t you still want to get married? You have to end this game now, Hans. Please just sacrifice the Platinum Angel to the Molder Slug. We love you. We’re worried about you.” Hans’s mouth hung open, agape. A tear came to his eye. “Marcia,” he said. “I love you too.” He looked about him, seemingly aghast at what he had done. “I…” he paused. “I concede.” A flurry of applause burst through the room. Judges began high-fiving each other and giving Marcia hugs. “Unfortunately,” Hans said, “the concession has no effect since my Platinum Angel is still in play.” It was two weeks into the game when the military showed up. “Hans,” came a voice from a helicopter. “We have you surrounded. If you do not concede immediately, we will open fire.” Hans looked up at the helicopter, over at the tanks, and across the street at the snipers. He was still pointing to the Platinum Angel, as stoically as ever. To this day, a sleeved Platinum Angel remains embedded in Hans’s tombstone. Hans may have lost his life that day, but he never lost the game.

[@elnatanbitensky8314]

@@matthewwallace1143 I'm assuming this wasn't written here, but it's beautiful.

[@matthewwallace1143]

@@elnatanbitensky8314 It's an old copypasta, but a good one

[@User-jo7jp]

@@matthewwallace1143 so... what you're saying is that timing out is nullified by the angel, thereby forcing the opponent to forfeit if they ever want to see their family again? but the question remains; what if both players have a platinum angel out? paradoxical time collapse?

[@User-jo7jp]

btw in all seriousness, i was referring to arena specifically. since there are no judges and i heard it was prone to interactive weirdness. great story though!

[@TasmanianThunder]

I am curious to see you play something like this but with TRAVELING MERCHANT, whether it be in historic or alchemy. I had been trying in alchemy but maybe historic was the place for it. TRAVELING MERCHANT + MASKWOOD NEXUS + DOLLHOUSE = INFINITE CREATURES with all that colorless mana

[@girlsinacoma]

Birgi , purphorus

[@yoav.kats6328]

If luminarch aspirant wasn't nerfed then you would have lost the first match

[@Blueeyeddevil603]

Can you use Sol Ring in historic? Would be even faster for the ramp if you can.

[@strawman6578]

Sol Ring is not in Historic. It never will be. It's restricted in Vintage....

[@jerodast]

@@strawman6578 Oh come on, you don't think they'll drop a _Historic Anthology: The Power Nine And Other Busted Shit From Alpha_ one day for like 50,000 gems? :)

[@hugoduarte4208]

A good card for colorless decks but i dont see anyone using is thran portal gateway, its good against that decks that dont allow to cast cards, counterspell decks and even elves and goblins

[@jsum33]

Plan on collaborating with Daniel, err CGB again? Edit: forgot punctuation.

[@LegenVD]

I'm always open for it.

[@covertgoblue]

Who knows

[@cloudmane4159]

You do not have enough wildcards to craft this deck

[@freakda7551]

No Thran Temporal Gateway Sadge

[@nicholasferrante377]

More alchemy please!

[@GreasyCars]

Are you playing on tournaments, if no, why? I mean, championships

[@juancuelloespinosa]

No more hellos, legend?

[@kindke]

LegenVD given up on alchemy already

[@jerodast]

Mm wait til you see what his humans deck opponent is playing.

[@HellionSol]

You either die a hero or live long enough to play Ugin

[@jerodast]

I saw God-Pharaoh's Statue and thought "wait, isn't that a bad guy card?" then decided it was perfectly appropriate for the "champion" of this deck.

[@ThomasL.116]

Having the weakened cards in Historic is a big shame! It's ridiculous.

[@water6162]

MORE STANDART LVD. I BEG YOU!

[@LegenVD]

It's all I posted for over a month.

[@water6162]

@@LegenVD Who are we? Subscribers. What do we want? Lvd`s videos of standart. When do we want it? Always)

[@demanoth]

Used this for the lols, went 0 - 7 🤣

[@elibroide]

Ugin should be modified in historic with its minus: -X: Exile any number of target colored permanents with total mana value X.

[@jerodast]

Hah, I like it.

[@stefanoriva1738]

I admire you for having the fortitude to stand the matches against Azorius Control! I hate it, I despise the Azorius Control players and Historic is no fun for me. Too degenerate.

[@martinmackenzie5127]

wow no new cards!

[@cloudmane4159]

MY NAME IS MUD

[@Amphok]

i want to draft ugin in standard again i missed him

[@cloudmane4159]

Ye lvd + historic

[@Kuryux]

historic? where alch? :(

[@trialconesiaur1638]

Algorithm boost!

[@Kurukusu]

Wastes for historic

[@Kurukusu]

Then I'd play field of ruin

[@LegenVD]

Feels like they're long overdue. Would also help in Brawl.

[@User-jo7jp]

that would be a waste.

[@corpsefoot758]

I’ll upvote on this video for LVD, and downvote in my mind for Ugin 😡

[@jerodast]

The fact that your upvote does 3 damage to LVD is why we all support your downvote :P

[@daryldunlap8672]

Ah man, the good old days, when the wings of Ugin struck fear into opponents across the Meta.

[@captaindc]

Yo

[@kueapel911]

historic is alchemy too now? Geez.... this sucks

[@d.l.1660]

This deck has been done over and over. Nothing new here. Moving on.

[@HZRT_lgd]

4th?

[@douglasingersoll7486]

Hello 🙂. I'm random.

[@njnjhjh8918]

Gross, I thought Ranger of Eos was going to win the day, but the villain did instead.

[@jonathangermain4143]

Fun as this may sound, these decks are horrible to play against. *Sorry for the salt, just describing my historic ladder experience.

[@jerodast]

I was worried I would hate this one (I barely got through the last control he did) but this one is really more ramp and less control. Once the big bomb comes down you either know you can remove it or you know you lost, it's not that different than any big combo finisher. I much prefer this over endless counters and clears where it's not actually apparent if the opponent can win the game until you've ground through 10 turns doing nothing.

[@Verd254]

It pisses me off what they have done to historic with this alchemy bullshit. Fuck WotC.

[@theaeskey2502]

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