Duskmourn has entered Standard ...

[@its_kins]

LVD playing around a potential helix in G1 shows how much a good pilot matters, even for rdw

[@Olivreira_]

for real his game knowledge is off the charts

[@MarceloRodrigues-pn9fp]

Also, the play around Elspeth's Smite on Match 3 was more than impressive

[@nasekiller]

yeah, i hate it when people act like Red Aggro is super easy to play. especially when its a smug control player. sitting up with removal and counterspells every turn isnt difficult, its much harder to effectively play around them. and while it feels unfair to get rolled on turn 2 because you dont have the necessary interaction, its much worse to be trapped in a 15min game, where your opponent doesnt do anything except preventing you from having fun. (yeah, i hate control, if you couldnt tell)

[@Mast3rBruc31]

The fact that his tone of voice didn't even change is so cold haha just another day 😎

[@johnsmith-dn8kv]

Giving LegenVD access to monored is like giving a street racer who's been winning with basic cars a Formula One

[@sod1237]

truth

[@garrettr3644]

1000%

[@gasp4525]

😂😂😂😂

[@josephzaczkowski5820]

He almost sounds sad when he says, "Onto the next one."

[@8017668]

More like giving an F1 racer a NHRA rod

[@legendarye172]

me seeing "Match 11" and instantly knowing what the deck is

[@cwjustcw1261]

This deck is a shining example of what's wrong in standard.

[@nicholasiverson9784]

I was playing basically this deck, without leyline, a few sets ago. But yeah, Meathook Massacre was the problem xD smh

[@danielstein8769]

@@nicholasiverson9784 meat hook was a single card red has too much redundancy

[@JustAStarInTheNightSky]

​@@nicholasiverson9784 Meathook was the only card that made standard fun and they banned it immediately because instead of decently time proportioned games they want turn two wins.

[@CasualLoLAddict]

The Leyline of Resonance in a pump heavy meta is just... So tone deaf by WotC, I swear. :\

[@danielklein5829]

​@@JustAStarInTheNightSkyenjoying meathook massacre in standard demonstrates how terrible of a magic player you are.

[@eq2lornick]

Turn 2 kill in standard. What has become of this game?

[@Rusaarules]

This is what happens when you don't rotate Standard for 3 years. You can just stack all these cheap haste creatures/absurd powerups each set 4x a year.

[@darkanayer5867]

​@@Rusaarulestbf, even if it was 2 years rotation, I think the only card actually out of this deck is Swiftspear (brother's war, November 18 2022), all the pump spells used have been released during last year. Like, I do kinda agree with 3 year rotation being bad, just found it funny how bad of an example this deck was xd

[@KnuffleTwem]

Yugioh.

[@Blue-starnight103]

@@Rusaarules fuxxing mouse & rage & burn spell & layline are in just 2 years

[@artemiou707]

​​@@RusaarulesThats why i prefer the old 2 year rotation and not 3 year that it has become now. Even with the new foundation set that will come, will it improve anything?

[@Lordidude]

LVDs wife: "How was your day?" LVD: "ONTO THE NEXT ONE"

[@andreas14190]

this deck will be literally a nightmare

[@arthurthiele979]

Wizards have outdone themselves in bringing Duskmorn's horror themeing to standard

[@SneakysneakFoxxo]

For reals bruh be like sppoksvill

[@pauljimerson8218]

Calling this "rakdos" is an insult to our great demon patron

[@rafaelpardinifariabastos4545]

yeah I don't get why include this many dual lands, I don't see a scenario where i would cast the black spell part of the fling effect

[@Aradalf]

@@rafaelpardinifariabastos4545 In grindy games, not the mirror matchups you're seeing in this video.

[@mantidream8179]

I miss when red decks used to just cast shocks at your face.

[@vladimirkrilov]

Let's see how the deck d... Onto the next one.

[@nathanprime2434]

HARK! The day of doom is upon us! Blood shall ye drink like wine and despair like bread! The roiling tide of RED is upon us! HARK!

[@r3games1985]

So farm them like me. Play smarter.

[@masterkurosaki100]

First match: Sums up mono red in a nutshell.

[@John-wy7oe]

Hit you for 8, then hit you for 8, then hit you for 8 again 😛

[@joshuaphillips1081]

I started playing yesterday, after the update, and after 4 matches in a row against mono-red with Turn Inside Out and Heartfire Hero and Leyline, I decided to play a deck with 16 instant speed removal spells.

[@chrisofthehoovers4055]

A big reason I got out of standard and went to commander completely was because stuff like this. It's the same reason I stopped playing yugioh.

[@EdgePitSwing]

Commander has it's own issues, but at least a 4 player game lasts longer than 3 minutes. 😄

[@germanverner6501]

​@@EdgePitSwing What issues does commander has?

[@MrPodging]

@@germanverner6501 It's a supposedly casual format. But what defines casual? Ask 4 people and you'll get 4 answers. That can cause a lot of salt where someone's idea of casual might be $30 budget midrange and another player's idea of casual might be $5k planeswalker/board wipes or a turn 4 meme combo deck. The quality of games hinges on communication and willingness to compromise. If you have a dedicated playgroup they can be the best games of Magic you'll ever play. But random groups are always a roll of the dice.

[@EdgePitSwing]

@@germanverner6501 It's heavily weighted toward greed, so green tends to be a mandatory color. It also can be extremely expensive, which is sort of a barrier for entry.

[@toddharig8142]

Complain about aggro being too strong in Standard and you will get different iterations of: "just run cheap removal", "just play bo3" or "git gud, aggro is good for the game cuz..." Yeah this might be enough for me to take an extended break i think. Too bad i'm not af an of edh tho :/

[@cheshiresage]

This video feels like being forced to watch snuff films by Mr rogers

[@cruisinglifewithken2697]

Lol

[@EdgePitSwing]

Wizards have lost their collective minds. How can any person consider this a fun play pattern?

[@DanteTCW]

Wizards doesn't care about fun gameplay anymore, they care about a deck a amoeba can play and win with so they can get the money from the kiddies who pester their absent parents for money. This is what happens when a formerly niche game goes mainsteam, it becomnes about the lowest common denominator and keep Karen-the-Soccer-mom happy. I hate to say it but for me Magic died when Duskmourne released, no point in playing anymore.

[@honestabe411]

Gotta appeal to the zoomers gotta go fast

[@jactually]

Playing this deck is incredibly fun

[@vladdracula2643]

Because putting zada hedron grinder on a leyline was obviously a good idea

[@davestier6247]

I think you mean Zada, Zurgo is a mardu colored guy

[@vladdracula2643]

@@davestier6247 you are correct sir

[@Reecetophor]

This is foul. What in the yugioh is happening here.

[@MTGSecrets666]

Maybe this means we'll get better cheap removal in standard in the next set, like swords to plowshares or something

[@argosbrave6415]

​@@MTGSecrets666 I mean at this point, foundations has to just raise the bar (read: lower the curve) on everything

[@noxiousvox350]

​@@MTGSecrets666Yes but being forced to play cheap because of their shitty decisions is sad

[@o8240000]

Thanks, I hate it 😢

[@dreimann]

I came to lament precisely this...

[@DR-lz1zv]

Same 😂

[@SilverWolf340]

10:37 if you were right about the smite, which I’m inclined to think you were, that play was amazing. Good to see a mono red deck use some brainpower

[@astuteanansi4935]

"Standard is completely dominated by a nearly unbeatable red pump spell deck? Clearly, what's needed to balance the format is a free way to copy pump spells." I swear the designers at WotC have actual brain damage

[@elzero4618]

They are probably now figuring out how to squeeze Nadu Mk2... into the Standard!

[@lolzicus6880]

This deck is unfun to lose to, play, and beat. Incredible.

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

F this shit man I thought Standard was starting to get good again before the Leyline dropped

[@jackiespaceman]

Standard was awesome until Bloomburrow because 8x “when dies deal damage” is stupid as shit

[@nitiratp]

Dear Lord, no!

[@シャルルルルルル]

Standard is dead, do not play period.

[@derangedberger]

I hate to be the naysayer here but it really feels like this game (MTG, not MTG arena) is going down the toilet. And it's not just because of this, or just because of mono-red aggro, or because of a completely broken, failed standard format. They are just the symptoms. WOTC printing a turn 0 leyline for mono red aggro pump spells, which was already obnoxious, overpowered, and overrepresented in the meta, is just so completely ignorant of what the format needs right now. If this was an isolated incident it would be one thing, but the rate at which WOTC pumps out broken, untested garbage is accelerating. I don't care what your opinion is, like "well some people like fast games" or "it's just a matter of opinion on what kind of games are fun." TURN 3 WINS, LET ALONE TURN 2 WINS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN MTG STANDARD, NOR SHOULD THEY EVER BE. IT'S ABSURD.

[@benrichard452]

You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them! You were the chosen one!

[@Zemigo_Uustichkata]

Waiting for turn 1 kill red agro. F Wizards. We had not enough red agro yet. Give us more.

[@yorokobeshitbag4618]

Technically possible in modern? Good luck managing it in there but Gemstone Caverns means it’s at least theoretically doable.

[@johnsmith-dn8kv]

All we need is for Wizards to print some sort of mana accelerant for red. Like Pyretic or Desperate ritual, but for one mana.. Then bam, turn 1 kills with the required three red mana. We genuinely have slower games in Modern, holy crap.

[@CyberBuster93]

Luca's game knowledge is insane! Seriously the GOAT!!!! 🔥

[@BusinessCat88]

Watching the first 5 minutes: 😃🤔🙂😐😬😕☹😡

[@iwatchyouburn]

If I see a mono red now, I just scoop. If they want to play that garbage, they will play alone

[@giladbaer6433]

In Match 5 you had the option of attacking with the monastery swiftspear, and the manifest, hitting for at least 1, and then fling for the remaining 8.

[@cruisinglifewithken2697]

Lvd always has flavorful sleeves on each deck... The beaten up m94 deck shows exactly how he feels about this deck... 🤣

[@MrRubixscube]

in match 5, if i'm not mistaken, you could more simply main phase 1 fling the hero for 4+4 damage, leaving them at 1, then attack with the remaing two creatures, each hitting for 2, while they can only block one.

[@MythicMichael]

Hear me out. Remove all 2 drops, make it only 15 lands, and just have it be all one-drops plus fling. Surprisingly it SLAPS like that🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@LegenVD]

Considered cutting Challengers for more Might of the Meek, although they help enable each other. Slickshot is too good to cut imo.

[@pauljimerson8218]

MythicMike was ahead of the curve in the sellsword I blame him presonally

[@Merit_Liege]

Can't see how that leyline wouldn't get banned 🤣

[@Merit_Liege]

The fact that this deck can even out play a card like Elspeth's Smite, a card that is specifically played to beat this deck, is a sign that the meta will get stale fast

[@MTGSecrets666]

I can feel my brain getting smoother

[@uselesscommon7761]

A meme? This deck is going to make waves. It's going to resonate.

[@JRandall0308]

Any 4-of has about a 39% chance to be in your opening hand (on the play). So think about that. 2 out of every 5 matches you play against mono-red, they'll have the Leyline turn 1.

[@cynth4941]

I was curious and did the match, it checks out. 1-(56!/((56-7)!*(60!/(60-7)!))) = 0.39949962574 of having at least one in your starting 7. If you mulligan then it's even higher, just power everything inside the parenthesis by the amount of times you mulligan, for example if you mulligan only once, 1-(56!/((56-7)!*(60!/(60-7)!)))^2 = 63% chance of seeing at least one leyline in the 14 cards

[@thenumbernurturer4066]

It's actually FAR worse than that with mulligans. Try more like 98% or something, if willing to mulligan to 5.

[@erikk.3510]

I almost feel like in the next set there will a card called "Goblin Ritual" an R instant that adds RRR and gives your creatures haste.

[@observandoAvida]

LMAO

[@jjjj8644]

We have a precedent of Arena banning a card in Bo1 (Nexus of Fate), so if this deck becomes a nightmare in that mode, I can see them banning 1 or 2 components

[@sylveas47]

Can't wait for the 30s match win or lose meta again

[@thepaganpersuasion2890]

Not looking forward to knowing I'm nearly dead before I've even played a land

[@paulhiggins140]

I've been playing Timeless and Brawl for a few months, was considering going back into Standard . . . looks like I'll be waiting another couple months

[@5T0Px]

That's why i prefer sealed draft and jumpstart. Jumpstart is fun casual magic.

[@maciek19882]

Blood for the blood god, Skulls for the skull throne

[@elzero4618]

AND ZA RED RIDEZ FASTAAAA!!!

[@EmeraldTG]

I'd love to see a Winter, Misanthropic Guide brawl deck from you. Seems like an interesting commander.

[@LegenVD]

It was one of the options in the Patreon poll but didn’t quite make it.

[@Azazel226]

I give up dude. Why play anything but monored for wins and ladder climbing? They design cards specifically to keep monored sleigh decks alive and well, so why fight it?

[@toddharig8142]

because its so boring to play.

[@benzbubblecat]

this really highlights how good RDW is in the hands of a good player who knows what to play around. Most mono red netdeckers just click whatever cards are highlighted as fast as they can in a random order (and they still manage a decent win rate).

[@Lativik]

Indeed! Monored sucks!

[@eragonroran7]

thanks I hate it.

[@twiddledum2844]

on 15:50 you couldve just cast the sword on the heartfire and swang for lethal .. simple :P then at 39:23 I think you had lethal as well. You attack, and cast both rages on one of scamps defended (or not) by the token.. you deal 5 assuming everything else is blocked. then 1 extra from theother dead scamp. Then you cast sell sword on scamp for 12 and on challanger for 5. thats enough damage

[@LegenVD]

Can’t assume something is lethal when our opponent has a bunch of cards in hand they can cast.

[@mouthymouth]

My only real consolation is that most mono red players are nowhere near as strategic or as prophetic as our boy Luca

[@AlexisRoucourt]

All the mindless ladder click spammers just got their dream deck. Definitely not returning to MTGA anytime soon. If Wizards is smart - ahem - the banhammer is around the corner.

[@dinklebob1]

41:22 HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

[@burntguy3045]

I knew the red leyline was gonna be in this lol

[@arthurthiele979]

Great video, terrifying deck! Are you planning to make any more draft videos? I enjoyed your drafts a lot back in the day

[@mynzelah6883]

Lol the 10/10 "Oh no..." at the end was felt. I can't imagine a deck like this is healthy for the metagame. It's high rolls feel too powerful for the removal we have in standard. Lay down arms might actually see play because of this though.

[@LegenVD]

Lay Down arms is a sorcery, so not the ideal answer.

[@G.Snackwell]

I have a new mono red motto. Scoop immediately.

[@nandopaiva4848]

Match 5: 16:06 Sellsword Hearfire Hero is 4+4 Damage, all-out-attack is lethal

[@Pepepper]

12:50 Turn 2 swing and sac creature to deal 22 damage to face and make four 2/2 replacement creatures, what a Standard! 😶

[@RealJotaEme]

This Standard is going to be miserable

[@tonightinareacode309]

Wizards should make a 1 cost instant that says "You win the game".

[@SomethingLog]

Big shout out to 11 matches

[@tntkaboomsky7427]

I played mono red for most standard MTG rotations but this critical mass of red deck wins cards is aggregious

[@matejformanek9438]

15:58 also sword on hero for 8 face, full attack does it.

[@alancruz1405]

Thanks

[@thetotalgamearmy3266]

Lvd joins the dark side 3: the return of Christ

[@HoroiceX]

This has made me nauseous

[@SirXin]

I think you could've won in Match 5 without killing bats: just attack with Swiftspear and face down creature. Opponent blocks one of it and falls down to 8 (or lower if they block Swiftsprear). Then play Sell-Sword on Hero, triggering Valiant (Hero's power goes up to 4) to deal 4 damage to opponent and additional 4 from Hero's trigger - exactly 8 total to kill opponent :)

[@goncalomaia6987]

Leyline is gonna be one of the fastest bans ever lol

[@NickyKnickerson]

i thought about playing standard, but then I watched this.

[@JustAStarInTheNightSky]

Everyone says that the new sets keep upper the power level of standard. Its really funny that they cant see its one sided. There still isnt another removel spell other than virtue of persistance that can consistently kill and gain life. But mono red gets another version of monstrous rage. I cant rn

[@Mr.HistoryPodcast]

Audio quality (voice) has improved it seems. If my ears are right, then nice improvement LvD! 😊

[@r3games1985]

I love farming this deck with B/W. One guy hand 2 Laylines in the first turn. Tried to hit me with 2 creatures for like 19 damage. I exiled both of them and he quits the game.

[@SilverWolf340]

It’s so over

[@vl8680]

At least with Tibalt's Trickery you got to see some cool big mana cards. Still loved the video.

[@akaikiseki9346]

Yeah, I'm not playing Standard until they ban than shit. Hell, the deck is already super good WITHOUT THE LEYLINE. With it it's just silly.

[@Alfreduss]

There should be the option to say. "Bad Game" too haha

[@Somniphore]

I think this is the first 10/10 mvp card I've seen "Oh no..." 😅💀

[@nightshift3234]

I fucking love monored

[@PhaseRabbit]

Woo boy, makes me glad I only play 100 card Brawl in Arena. Excellent gameplay as always but this is degeneracy lmao

[@ThePHATBASTURD]

Thank god! Standard games were waaaay too long

[@namelessuser3179]

7:25 why not just go all in? even if opponent has 2 shocks for the slickshots you still have enough damage.

[@LegenVD]

They would wait for us to pump and remove them in response and then possibly wipe the board with an ill-timed explosion on the following turn.

[@coldfusion230]

Would it make sense to mulligan harder for the leyline or combo pieces given this is (essentially) mono red?

[@LegenVD]

The deck can still win without it, so if a hand looks good I'll keep without Leyline. We do have to adjust the bar for what makes a good opening hand, since the format just sped up by a whole turn.

[@L1v3W1r3d]

You forgot Torch the Tower in red to beat it. Happy to see how monored plays, and glad for the meta feedback, now let's fight the meta!!

[@LegenVD]

I mention it at the end of the video!

[@L1v3W1r3d]

Opp, you're right, banging my head against monored made me lose my last brain cells, apologies! Looking forward to your counter deck

[@eDDyL666]

RIP Leyline of Resonance 10/22/24

[@sebmcc]

I see now, you and blue post a video on this. no wonder I've been getting destroyed by this deck....

[@omegaxtrigun]

Everyone freaking out in these comments are hilarious. This is not that crazy. Yes, if your opponent LITERALLY DOES NOT INTERACT, it can get a turn 2 kill. So ya, play interaction. LVD literally has multiple deck videos with decks that are prepared for the red deck matchup with proper cheap removal. He literally shows you how to deal with it. Also, BO3 exists and is what standard is balanced around. If red deck bothers you that much, go play where you can sideboard against it. Edit: Also anyone saying this is like ygo is extra hilarious. No, not even close.

[@DarkTider]

Even better, unless you got a 1 mana kill spell in starting hand, and the mana to use it, its impossible to defend against it on the draw, as most kill spells cost 2 mana

[@davestier6247]

LVD piloting RDW , FTW. So much value

[@Mr.Kaplen]

could you revisit Otter Storm with somehow integrating the new Red Leyline?

[@LegenVD]

I have a different take on Otter Storm coming soon!

[@alanhong99]

Bo1 has officially become a meta of red flag...

[@IceTealol1]

Opinion about historic with the leyline and kiln fiend?

[@LegenVD]

Kiln Fiend might be too slow for the archetype nowadays.

[@thcdreams654]

Glad I don't play Standard. God bless you for having to endure this for the foreseeable future.

[@goodolarchie]

Standard BO1 is the equivalent of the Gaza strip right now.

[@nelsonyiap81]

We really gonna have 3 more years of this?

[@gsssbaaa8209]

Players will build this deck because its cheaper to build and can bring you to mythic. The only reason it gets nerf is when majority of players plays monored agro.

[@123elmexican]

Don't let your memes be dreams.

[@DarklordZagarna]

*has turn 3 kill in hand* *dies to turn 2 kill* This Standard format seems cool and normal.

[@Dosarphic]

Do the split lands are like must have in this deck? Not gonna lie I'm kinda short in wild cards and I don't rly see people okay the black card as creature ever