Deep Dive: Serene Luxem Zander | Grand Archive TCG

Noel is back with a deep dive deck tech into Serene Luxem Zander, going over why Chess Club is running the cards that we are in our decklists at Ascent Ontario, North America Nationals, Houston Regionals, and Michigan Regionals, taking multiple top cut finishes!
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00:00 Intro
3:14 Material Deck
13:04 Main Deck
28:44 Side Deck
31:39 Water Side
34:43 Ascent Ontario Side Deck
36:19 Houston Regionals Side Deck
37:27 Michigan Regionals Side Deck
39:07 Closing Thoughts

[@dontatmebro361]

Noel my beloved 😍 What a solid vid

[@ProAnnn]

Thank you for the luxem zander list. I finished 2nd with a similar zander list. I cut the planted for vanish from sight because I want to have a card that helps 100% of the time rather than planted which opponent could react with zephyr/song of nurturing and stuff. Also I prefer ring because in games with bad curve or just in generally less ideal draws it helps much more than a grail. But grail is good post sideboard since I would have element baubles replacing the ring. But main idea and list are from you guys and props that you guys are open to share the reasons and ideas behind card choices!

[@GAChessClub]

Congratulations on your 2nd place finish! Was super awesome to see a different take on the deck doing well! I see your reasoning for cutting planted, but I don’t think I could make the same change. Cutting planted lowers your prepared card count, which makes insignia a lot worse. Fogging ally turns is good, but you still need to clear the board eventually. Running the 6 fog though does interesting so I’ll definitely give it a shot

[@tobu-89]

Thanks for recording this! I love playing luxem Zander. Although I still have a very long road ahead of me in terms of piloting the list correctly. Looking forward to lots of more cool decks from the chess club.

[@GTheepicguy]

Thanks so much for your explanations on why you all chose the cards you did :)

[@skurai]

Great video 🎉

[@ari0016070]

This helped a ton!

[@Abe317]

Yessir! Love it

[@walkingtall1821]

😊😊 congrats !!

[@solstra2]

Great deck breadown. Love the explanations per card. Really creates a clear picture of what this deck is designed to do. eh?

[@GAChessClub]

That’s the idea! Glad that it’s working as intended

[@MegaRyer]

Thanks for the deck tech! I saw you playing this at Ontario and immediately fell in love with the concept. I just recently won my store championship with this list & look forward to seeing where it goes in the future.

[@GAChessClub]

That’s awesome to hear! Glad you’re enjoying it

[@itsfinalhour]

Awesome Video, Interested in your thoughts on Uther as well main board/side board. About to play in a regionals tomorrow so some of this is definitely useful going into that. Fingers crossed all goes well.

[@GAChessClub]

I like Uther a lot, he certainly has a role against allies. The problem with him is that he’s slow, you aren’t getting him on board till t4-5. Generally, we’ve found that early removal is the most important thing against allies, and so we’ve largely been just increasing the focused flames count when needing to deal with an ally heavy field, rather than adding uther’s. But, Uther is still a very good card, and he can help stabilize you a lot *once* you can play him

[@gamedude5629]

another chess club vid lets go

[@GAChessClub]

We’re back!

[@fabmania]

Great Breakdown, very thorough. Out of interest, how many Chess Club Players made Top 8 of US Nats with this list?

[@GAChessClub]

Burner (Eason C) made top 8, Picklesword and Mr_Mulligan made top 32 Stevo (great player and friend) is not part of chess club, but also made top 8 with a list almost identical to our Ontario list (he adjusted the sideboard slightly to have 3 Gawain instead of 2 Blanche)

[@soblo191]

can you use oasis to glimpse pre-recollection or can you only tap during main? new player here

[@GAChessClub]

Absolutely you can! Taking advantage of Opportunity at the beginning of your recollection phase is a very good skill to have!

[@MrMullen2001]

First

[@Tlmmli]

Can we still play this Deck and compete in the current Meta?

[@GAChessClub]

Absolutely! Burner played this deck (not the exact list, but very similar) at the World Championships and placed 3rd. And in the new set, a Serene Luxem build placed in the top 32 of Ascent Taipei just a week ago

[@PiePie453]

How do I beat Rai tho?

[@GAChessClub]

It's a scary matchup, but definitely winnable. You're simultaneous racing Rai, while also holding up your defenses. It can be surprisingly difficult for a Rai to kill you through safeguard + serene + LWA revealing sights. Gawain puts in a ton of work in the matchup as well, ripping whatever key pieces they're lacking. Caliburn is in the side largely for the matchup as well, since it'll turn off Rai's levels for a turn. You can watch Burner play into Rai as Luxem on the Day 2 and Day 3 World Championship Streams on the official GA channel!

[@PiePie453]

@@GAChessClub did he win?