Draft - Innistrad Midnight Hunt - MTG Arena - #1

[@acat3785]

These types of videos are really interesting to watch, and I learn a lot a about drafting! Keep up the good work! :)

[@treasurehunt7812]

You're like the Kepler of MTG. We can learn so much because you're totally transparent. Really a great teacher.

[@Moms_Spaghetti]

"Black was wide open this draft" Words that will never be spoken again in MID draft.

[@dkznikolaj7013]

I hope you will draft this set a bit more than you have the previous 2-3 ones. This one seems really interesting and the powerlevel is much closer to ravnica than what we have otherwise gotten. Stryxhaven was fun, but damn i feel like it passed in the blink of an eye... Im not even sure i remember all the cards from it

[@owneyw4374]

I liked drafting stx a lot but I feel like it wasn’t on arena for very long at all

[@ApotheosisOCE]

Love your draft content! This was really satisfying to watch just sitting in an open lane and getting passed the goodies

[@marcosfvarani]

You always make my nights better- thanks LVD for everything ♥️

[@marcosfvarani]

holy moly literally 0 other ppl drafting black

[@gertdalpozzo3043]

@@marcosfvarani probably everybody trying to draft werewolves on the early days of the set

[@OogaB0oga]

45:45 'Hopefully, we can survive the incoming attack' --> OP proceeds to miss lethal xD

[@adrianm3708]

Its my favorite time of year again

[@Mallarape]

Really enjoying drafting this set, 7-0 earlier with BU zombies

[@FruitsBootG]

LVD: Picking common on pack 1 pick 1 Me: Visible confusion

[@superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506]

Defenstrate is just great removal that strongly pulls you to the colour.

[@elibroide]

I think it was eaten alive… and you should take good removal over most things

[@superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506]

@@elibroide Ah my bad, well anyone. Eaten alive is even better since it exiles and it's cheaper to cast (as 8/10 you'll babe sacrifice fodder).

[@nickritchie2154]

BREAD. Bombs, removal, evasion, aggro, dirt. No bombs, so he went for the removal.

[@jerodast]

@@nickritchie2154 MMMMM BREAD - Money money money money money is what rares cost so take them if you're poor :) (LVD is not poor.)

[@Cinetyk]

Nice draft and well played matches. Blue / black just seems so good: synergy and versatility and mostly with commons and uncommons. Great job on displaying cards when talking about them for a specific point or just some inserted text. Very good quality video editing that provided that extra useful info: well done!

[@BlankeeStarcraft]

Dreadhound: definitely a bomb in Limited.

[@magdelen1123]

Match 4 was insane at the end. Nice going LV

[@zimoy.701]

Wow dreadhound and opportunist wheeling pick 10... I might've even picked the dreadhound there; I've never beaten an unremoved dreadhound before and neither have my opponents. The drain effect working both ways is HUGE. It's a Syr Konrad on steriods. And opportunist has sometimes been bad because the 1/3 body is so weak and I either won't have time to use all those cards or just don't have enough material on board to gain proper card advantage.

[@superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506]

Great vid LvD, we the fans demand more educational draft content!

[@thcdreams654]

Great run. This set has been a joy to draft so far. Happy to be done with AFR. Thanks for the quality content man.

[@amaurycourtois1387]

Who would have thought you don't take the first rare you open for your very first Innistrad draft! I loved it, this perfectly shows that draft is a true different format and power among cards may not be what we expect. Big GG's for this draft, good deck, opportunist is such a good black card ^^ (especially with a lot of removal as black was open).

[@CaptTeamwork]

Maybe WotC shouldn't make rares and mythics that suck

[@jerodast]

@@CaptTeamwork Maybe we should expect commons to be just as fun to play with as mythics and rares so it doesn't even matter if a few cards here and there suck.

[@CaptTeamwork]

@@jerodast I don't care if commons suck or not. I just think that all mythics should be good.

[@jerodast]

@@CaptTeamwork I care if 11 out of 15 of the cards we have to buy suck, but to each their own.

[@Belinera]

That second pack was an absurdist play in itself.

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Man, your second pack was amazing!

[@ezecarrion1942]

"Decisions decisions, is Dreadhound too ambitious?" LVD LEGEND OF RHYMES.

[@viternity6903]

Great content and I like your calm attitude. I try to learn that from You way aswell.

[@jzoobs]

That BW deck in match 2 was stacked, damn

[@larrychatfield]

think in few weeks people will see the value of the lurker zombie especially in the dedicated decay strategy. also great in this deck specifically for the sacrifice capability as it's a 1-drop and it blocks so well in this format with 1/3

[@Braindizruptor]

funfact: now you will never see an opportunist on pick 10 xD

[@wernerbeinhart2320]

I don't get, why it wasn't high priority before. That card is obviously so much gas. Card advantage is really important, especially in those drawn out limited games.

[@xAuberon24]

Legend literally lives up to his name lol. Love the vids continue making great content!

[@misterogers9423]

Since splendor refreshes the noted life each turn and you only need equal or greater life, wouldn't you draw a card each turn unless you lose more life than you gained or if the board is stalled with no life change. I originally thought this card was horrible in draft until I reread it. It is good in lifegain or defensive decks but it is quite bad with aggressive strategies or if you are behind.

[@Sargerastar]

Wow black was open... despite it probably being the best color... Nice content as always. Keep up the drafts.

[@maciejpogorzelski9686]

Was looking forward to watch you draft new format.

[@lucasmarchezim881]

Amazing edit as always!

[@soybomb777]

B/W also looked open this draft but Grafted Identity is definitely worth playing Blue for

[@NStripleseven]

Was just watching one of these, nice

[@nickritchie2154]

Game 3 was crazy!

[@SacredMagic13679]

This deck is very similar to my sealed deck for my prerelease. UB feels fun to play.

[@DanyF02]

59:44 Considering you have an unblinking creature in play, I think that gives you the edge there.

[@jerodast]

XD

[@Coffeewings334]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@doodlydoody]

Finally, lvd is drafting!

[@MagicRaky]

loved these matches

[@rememberonalert3112]

Can you make a deck around Lord of the void? It's a hard card to play since of it's mana cost. I have been trying to figure out a good way to use the card but I never have a chance to play the card in general. If you can it would be appreciated.

[@MrTheVori]

Jadar won me the prerelease. So good in limited.

[@alancruz1405]

U are a great player.

[@khanwulf1344]

How many times did Wizards refer to American Gothic by now? Orcish Settlers is at last one other example that I can think of.

[@Stickyrolls123]

Tfr was my first time doing limited as I was new. By the end of it I was going infinite in quick draft. Now I'm trying sealed and even referencing the tier list spread sheet. I cant seem to get more then one or two wins. Even using the things I learned from draft deck building.

[@araaraaura1887]

Drafting different sets is really shockingly different. I do really well on some, and abysmally on others, and I'm not experienced enough to understand why, haha.

[@jacobmartin9021]

Sealed deck building is different than draft because it's tougher to hit your synergies. Therefore you should rank down cards that depend on other cards to be good and rank up cards that have a lot of play on their own. Sealed also tends to be slower so rank up card draw, larger bodies, and evasive creatures. The other thing is to look at your specific pool to see what jumps out i.e. if you have two voldaren stingers two vampire socialites and a stromkirk bloodthief then ignore all other advice and create a max gas vampire deck etc.

[@jacobmartin9021]

Forgot one last thing that if you open up some fixing don't be afraid to go three color if your bombs and top uncommon/commons are spread across them.

[@Stickyrolls123]

@@jacobmartin9021 Nice advice. I found I have to splash into a 3rd color every time. I've been following most of what you said anyway but the one thing I wasn't is gearing more towards late. I was building mike deck like I would in quick draft. Making sure to have good curve and PLENTY of 2 drops. I guess it's better to have more bigger plays and card draw in this mode? I would say I've been drafting with no more then 4-5 4 drops, 2 5 drops, and 1-2 6 drops.

[@jacobmartin9021]

@@Stickyrolls123 Yeah you should shift the curve over by +-1 per column or so for two reasons. 1. the thing about 2 drops is that the premium 2 drops are very good but they drop in quality quickly. You get to look at 420 cards in draft vs 84 in sealed so odds are you aren't going to hit those premium two drops as much. 2. Because of the looks disparity people have less removal in sealed. Therefore a large creature is less likely to simply be a negative mana trade like it is when it gets removed.

[@robertocarlospereiracosta5442]

The pace of your voice reminds a Dark Souls npc dialogue.

[@22freedom33]

The opponent in match 2 had about 8 rares in his deck it seems lol

[@HelmuthGerka]

More Drafting!

[@DuneArchitect]

Why didn’t Odric’s Outrider trigger when you killed the Gavony Dawnguard at 42:27 ?

[@LegenVD]

Was reanimated with Can't Stay Away, so it gets exiled when it dies.

[@DuneArchitect]

@@LegenVD Thank you. These are amazing, I really appreciate your recording style

[@JS-it3dx]

second opponent somehow had a deck chock full of rares

[@hadanfelipe]

Nice!

[@rayswift5711]

I wonder how the coven deck is fairing. Seems to me GW hasn't been good ever since Core set 2021. And it wasn't good before that for some time too.

[@rodrimaux1128]

What is your impression of the format?

[@Jo09886]

Big fan :))... I like ur videos :>.. Sometimes makes my day.. Hope u keep it up!!

[@adrienlingua3507]

new set draft!

[@jorischkovich]

the final blocks of opponent in match 3 were really bad? He could've blocked in a way that way less creatures would die...

[@jerodast]

Which way specifically?

[@dichsedichse]

31:20 why do you hope the move the mask? Mask of Griselbrand would shut down defenestrate.

[@NouvelleVoix]

Wouldn't he be able to cast Defenestrate in response to his opponent equipping the Mask?

[@dichsedichse]

@@NouvelleVoix but the the mask just stays where it was, making no real difference right?

[@LegenVD]

Would just be a waste of their mana.

[@Big_Dai]

Honestly.. getting a wheeled Jadar on second Pack?? wow

[@wernerbeinhart2320]

And opportunist pick 10

[@francescocarelli6090]

Passed, not wheeled

[@MrOverlordishe]

I guess i learned a lot, since i drafted almost the same deck before the video

[@ivanbambirra7507]

lvd is the best

[@nozzos]

how did you see how many cards you have in the collection while drafting at 5:03

[@izzathamdan6605]

Press alt to show

[@DarianTheMage]

@@izzathamdan6605 Is it possibile to do on mobile? If yes, how?

[@joesantos2455]

Why not LegVnD? Seems catchier.

[@jerodast]

his last initials are VD. and personally I would always be tempted to pronounce the V in your version which would make it quite a mouthful haha

[@zom1391]

"Who needs to play creatures when you can just draw all the cards." -every damn blue player ever

[@TehEeveeGeneral]

Tag yourself. I'm the pitchfork in the thumbnail.

[@Distruptor18]

I feel like black is just too strong compared to other colors this set. Literally everyone at the prerelease I played yesterday had black in their deck... might be a coincidence, but 18 people coming to the same conclusion at the same time is a bit strange.

[@BlazingSerenade]

It's just the removal, way too strong - but disturb and flashback make up for it tbh

[@gertdalpozzo3043]

That’s also my impression. B seems to pair really well with W, U and R, making it a solid color to start with during draft

[@Distruptor18]

@@BlazingSerenade Your second (and third if you're brave enough) colors can still give you access to those though.

[@ГеннадийСеменов-м9р]

45:45 game over проехать выиграную катку, стыдоба !!!

[@chazman87784]

Hostel is pretty broken. Sure it take a few turns to get going but you pretty much win the game if it does. Underestimating the card my friend It got me a 7-1 run

[@elibroide]

Agreed, need good fodder though

[@LegenVD]

That's still anecdotal. It requires very specific circumstances to be good and not making colored mana is a huge drawback. The data from 17lands seems to back this up, as the card will negatively impact your win rate on average.

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

Eww, he ran into the same BW deck three times in a row. This does not look like beginnings of a fun format if everyone just drafts the same, strongest color pair :(

[@gertdalpozzo3043]

This is not necessarily bad. If several players try to draft the same color combination at the same table, other archetypes will be open. Too bad you don’t play against players sharing the draft table with you. However, this is just the beginning of the limited environment and things may change.

[@CaptTeamwork]

I'm surprised you skipped over the rare and mythic. Especially pack one, pick one. WotC should pay attention and do better on card design. I'm not saying every rare or mythic should win the game but you would think a player would grab the rares or mythics...

[@NoFutureForG0uda]

not necessarily, the main point of rares and mythics is mostly to diverge from the usual way to play the game. I think its fine that some of them are focused enough on a play style that they just dont fit in a typically broad limited deck

[@misterogers9423]

Splendor is actually way better if you read it closely since the life noted changes each turn and you only need greater or equal life to draw the card plus you can gain life by playing white spells. It's great at parity and winning, but not great when losing life quickly and you need a defensive deck or lifegain.

[@Terracronz]

@@misterogers9423 seeing the way the games play out, you need to play to the board. Even the tome gives you a tap ability on the backside that effects the board. The rest of his card draw effects are stapled to creatures with the draw 2 black instant being treated as filler.

[@theaeskey2502]

1st

[@NStripleseven]

ok

[@shazamxxx]

Hes a master of drafting !!!