EARN YOUR STRIPES! Legacy Varolz the Scar-Striped Dreadnought Shadow Scam! Undefeated 5-0 Trophy MTG

[@Hadradavus]

1:09:53 of the twenty-four 5-0 leagues on the Legacy playlist on the channel, four feature Phyrexian Dreadnought, tied with Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath is actually the most represented big payoff threat card in all trophy leagues, featuring in six lists, although in two of those it's alongside Dreadnought in Stiflenought shells and in one it's part of a more low to the ground RUG Delver list, rather than just "pure" Bant control strategies. Depending on how hard you want to define "archetype-defining", it's either Uro or a tie between Dreadnought and Yuriko for most represented card for 5-0s.

[@BoshNRoll]

Thank you for your work! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@doleod6340]

So you're saying Dreadnought and Yuriko need banned, right? 😁

[@danielkings2443]

This was literally my question. I had a feeling dreadnought was highly represented in 5-0s

[@brinkbleash]

So it is time to bring the ninja streak back

[@Hadradavus]

(replying since YT isn't letting me edit the comment) I'm probably missing some that aren't outright titled with "undefeated". The Spunky control challenge from January 2022 also converted a 5-0 with Uro, raising his trophy representation count to seven, and also making it a three-way tie between Uro control piles, Dreadnought, and Yuriko.

[@nooneatall5612]

I really like these sorts of A+B combo decks where A and B are not dead draws without one another. Every combo piece except dreadnought works on its own here. Ps Game 1 against reanimator had me laughing my ass of.

[@gothblin]

If Doomsday + Mind's Desire becomes a deck, it will either be called Doom's Desire or something stupid like Chocolate Granola. Congrats on the trophy and the greater prize of 27/27 Varolz!

[@garrettlison4992]

I think Mad Lad would be a perfect name for Mind's Desire/Doomsday because it just sounds nutty.

[@realperson69]

If it gets called Doom’s Desire, I pray it ends up being called “Jirachi.” (Jirachi is a legendary Pokémon whose signature move is Doom Desire.) Naming a Magic deck after a Pokémon would be *chef’s kiss* Jirachi is also known as the Wishmaker, so we’d then need to make a Grixis variant with Burning Wish.

[@bambam2596]

Lol got to love that last opponent was named - Beware The Water and was playing Dark Depths 😂😂😂

[@jochenkirn9468]

Bonus for a flawless league with a wild brew challenge! So much fun.

[@BoshNRoll]

Thanks! It was a blast

[@doleod6340]

The dress down block your Atraxa w Shadow was chef's kiss.

[@vaentkhing579]

so i happened to come across this decklist on the legacy 5-0 league decklist dump the night before this video posted and i was stooooked to see it. here we go!

[@kevink.8809]

Boshhhhhh!! Thanks again for playing the deck man. This was a wild ride and lot of fun to watch haha. I’ve been seriously considering getting into legacy recently, and Varolz shadow/naught was the deck I was considering. I still thinks there’s a ton of space to explore with this idea, but it feels really good to know that the skeleton of this deck is really strong. Makes me feel a lot better buying in to it as my first legacy deck haha. So glad I could submit an idea that gave you some interesting play patterns. So glad we got to see a 27/27 Varolz. So glad we got the 5-0/10-0 dream. (Your 3rd time ever on the channel I think?) Thanks again for the fun video. Looking forward to the next one!!! 😎😎😎😎

[@kevink.8809]

Rewatching the league again. I can’t get over how crazy all these games were. But especially the reanimator matchup. Game 1 was so bananas hahaha

[@BoshNRoll]

Wow! Coming back for another run. That means it's a good one. :) Thanks!

[@RicTakaden]

Nothing is better than a maniacal cackle after the deck gets to do the thing! The list looks super fun to play, even if it was stuck just being Deaths Shadow post board a lot.

[@ZoltarDeathNnja]

Last week you played against a UB high tide deck and I left a comment saying that someone should build that deck with Thassa's Oracle. Seeing Tendrils, Mind's Desire, and Cavern on wizard made me think someone was crazy enough to do it! Watching literally 2 minutes more and it appears they're just a storm deck that swaps to doomsday post board. :(

[@BoshNRoll]

I have the UB Tide deck in my queue. I'll see what clever ways to win I can come up with when it's time.

[@ZoltarDeathNnja]

@@BoshNRoll Are we in Dune? There's spice everywhere and I love it!

[@nickraupp6104]

This was so exciting to watch. It's a lot of fun to know theres a trophy coming because the entire time the viewer knows something important you don't and we get to watch you figure it out live

[@nicholascmcneill]

21:30 luv this. Thank you for reminding me to always play to my outs!

[@matthewbeard7841]

Sitting massive creatures like Death's Shadow and Phyrexian Dreadnaught in the graveyard to wait for Varolz to make them pop off gives such a... *...Jaws Theme Starts Playing...* Vibe

[@cs9102]

I've been singing FoW in sb's praises for years. Excited that you agree in this case

[@MCKepitz]

A trophy upload on a Monday morning? No better way to start the week.

[@Shadowjackal]

Love putting the undefeated at the end of the title, great compromise in my eyes :)

[@copied3620]

I LOVE the dreadnought videos. It's by far my favorite card in magic. The amount of things you can do with it are just insanely fun.

[@TheAcidBrn]

🙌 Yes! Sweet deck. Love the disruption, and multiple angles of attack. Varolz was just icing as well as a beacon of admiration from your opponents. Well done.

[@Claymore2007]

@41:50 the cavern on wizard makes me think there's a Thassa's Oracle in the deck to be able to win around Veil of Summer after exiling the deck to Mind's Desire EDIT: watched further. Doomsday too is neat.

[@brettschmuckler4242]

I'll be honest, this deck didn't interest me at first based on the title but when I saw you trophied I decided to watch. Glad I did!

[@grnman86]

Stifle against minds desires like “Play stifle: opponent discards their hand, emptied their mana pool, and ends the turn”.

[@yoniariel]

The blue decks with no force of will basically have force in hand at all times.. get’em with the psychological warfare

[@Jesin00]

45:58 Trophies are great, but trophying and doing the thing at the same time is even better.

[@SkarmoryHunter]

Can't wait for the "oh but this spoiled the results for me" posts 😅

[@LucksackGames]

Psh titles can't stop me, I can't read.

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

I think for something like this the title of "Undefeated" evokes more a feeling of "how"?! Which inspires one to fully, and attentively, view.

[@PhilippZuk]

I actually didn’t notice the undefeated in the title

[@mrmellow9]

I was gonna say, you almost don't notice the "undefeated" because of how it's formatted. I think this is the cleanest approach

[@BIGDTHEVILLAIN76]

The woah woah at the end is priceless

[@jamesguillette3878]

Dear God, I used to play varolz deaths shadow in tiny leaders

[@MehrGills]

Yes! I knew someone who built a similar golgari shadow deck in modern with varolz

[@zadocr675]

First two rounds were just so clean, it was almost disgusting

[@Fogshaper]

In match 4, game 2, don't you always have the option to just stifle the thoracle trigger?

[@BoshNRoll]

Yup, it's there

[@danielkings2443]

Yes! Phyrexian noodle returns. I wonder if it has the highest trophy percentage on your channel for the somewhat dubious cards

[@officerungrateful5095]

Day 11 of proclaiming my love of bosh n roll

[@alasanof]

Day 11,174 of me breathing air.

[@andrewajumper2]

That was absolutely amazing! Thanks for the great content.

[@cammcgra]

I have always wanted to see Phyrexian Dreadnought with Varolz, and I'm very excited to watch this

[@Tarox27]

For all the issues I had with Dragon's Maze, Varolz is so much fun to build/play with. He was my hands down mvp at that prerelease with 2 copies in my sealed pool.

[@HydraOverlord]

Incredible run and even more incredible skill. Thanks for the content. You rock.

[@kizzaht]

game 3 win w/o even drawing a land lol

[@BoshNRoll]

Magic is easy

[@youngbloodmtg4268]

I would have shouted the exact same thing as our Round 2 opponent lol

[@ronywang75]

I had the idea of this deck ages ago and i thought about invisible stalker

[@slay-thoven1357]

*results post: 5-0s are SICK* this post made by the anti-results post results post gang

[@Dreg_s]

Does it enrage league results in the title haters when the league result video title is spoiled on twitter before the video comes out? 🤔

[@Niehm]

Yeah, I ignore titles for that reason

[@chillywings]

Ohhhhhh shizzz Varolz was dope back in RTR

[@firedrake110]

This Dread-Shadow list is pretty nice, enjoying it lol

[@effiefoemperor]

This list looks really sweet

[@yawg691]

You remember the distant now-nonexistent format Tiny Leaders? Yeah man I had a Varolz deck it was fun on a bun.

[@Etaripamai47]

Omg that round 2 with the dress down. So huge

[@Reversespacehippie]

Obligatory algorithmic contribution

[@julianlastname5730]

Varolz seems about as good as he can be here. Hope we get some crazy kills with him

[@davidmanahan2823]

43:51 Putting my money on Doomsday with Mind's Desire. Doom's Desire, if you will. EDIT: 49:15 all is revealed

[@ralphbarnes9335]

That last game wtf lol

[@issacharlane4003]

Is it possible to stiffle the dress down trigger and just permanent kill creature abilities? I ask because that might have outright won you the game in the match where they had knight/safekeeper onboard.

[@smedleycheswith1272]

You can stifle the sacrifice trigger on dress down but it will keep triggering each end step after that

[@BoshNRoll]

It will trigger again on the next end step. You can keep it around a little while though.

[@issacharlane4003]

Yea, my brain was latching onto the normal templating of dies at the beginning of next end step. They must have specifically anticipated this bright idea with it.

[@tylergoerlich9494]

The 5-0 was worth more than the scavenge and then die

[@vantheman8050]

Incredible to see that card in legacy! Wow

[@ragnarokda206]

Varolz was my pet card for almost a year after his release.

[@Mattlovesstuff]

so confused by the last game

[@BoshNRoll]

Same

[@Kerostasis]

Here's my guess: the last player doesn't have enough mana showing to complete the combo, and forgot he can float one extra off the Knight activation.

[@GeoQuag]

@@Kerostasis yeah, I went to analyze what happened and initially thought “aren’t they a mana short?” Though I’m also not a depth player or frequently play against it.

[@philipcannon]

Which cards could be a good replacement for grief in this deck ?

[@quatzecoatl1795]

Hi goyf_daddy89!

[@mrmarklin]

10-0 let's goooooooooo!

[@shapooopiefour7173]

I get that you’re running 3 colors and lands are tight, but wouldn’t Mycosynth Gardens be pretty alright?

[@malaven11]

goyf_daddy89 is a real g

[@sugriva-gaming]

Bring back Lazav! That was my favorite league to watch

[@joeaquilino19]

They shoulda used the dathi for the brainstorm

[@NoticemeSinPi]

Woo, love Varolz

[@spyderman312]

Unless I’m mistaken, isn’t this 1 of only 2 flawless leagues? The other being Digerystill?

[@BoshNRoll]

Someone said there was 3, but I can only easily recall the 2 you said. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@realperson69]

Didgeristill… or Standoo? Standmoo? 🤔🤣 I think I should probably sleep. 😅

[@treycuret]

I've had a shitty EDH Varolz deck for years! Please, for the love of God, fuck some people up with the Troll Warrior ❤

[@VivBrodock]

ah yes.... scamnought, a classic(?)

[@malcomstringer4619]

can you Stifle the Evoke trigger?

[@BoshNRoll]

Yup!

[@TheMaxZakh]

already putting in more work than fiend artisan has lol

[@cameronjose6185]

just flashback looting, act right.. that was an insane league

[@xxthevampirate]

Didn't oppo need to pull a stage not a depths in that last match?

[@BoshNRoll]

Yeah I said the wrong thing. Too confused about why it didn’t happen.

[@ring1313]

Glorious

[@music00soba]

bosh pack smoke em if you got em

[@DrGonzo828]

Thanks!

[@DrGonzo828]

Welp i screwed that up. But the sentiment stands - this was a blast. Keep the kooky brews coming!

[@BoshNRoll]

Thank you! 🙏🏻

[@Agent4286]

Minimum magic! 🎉🎉🎉

[@misty6348]

I like the idea of the deck but no force of will, daze, or snuff out main seems rather questionable.

[@BoshNRoll]

Yeah there are deckbuilding conventions and then there is understanding deckbuilding. All of those effects have been replaced with on-theme versions of cards that fill their roles.

[@__Tana__]

Always team Solidarity, but that feels a bit heavy on the sauce, even for my taste. It looked waaaay too loaded on mana value, sure Sail into the West can be decent for you when resolving, but I think that becomes win more if you can even get off the ground. It could also just load up your opponent on hate. It is an interesting concept, but I prefer a much more spry list - build up more storm with less mana. Also didn’t see enough to really grasp the entire list, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Not really a fan of the splash color Solidarity personally.

[@jeffe2267]

beautiful gaming

[@musicalcacti]

Hello!

[@BoshNRoll]

Hello!

[@vaka6025]

Awesome brew and finish. Fatal Push/Dismember are not worth maindecking. There is no point in playing removal for small threats when your threats are all so much bigger and faster. Bowmasters, Daze, Brazen Borrower, Slip or more Stifles and Noughts are all better alternatives to Push/Dismember.

[@realperson69]

I’m sure Dismember is partly there for life loss, and, with black so heavily represented in the format right now, Snuff Out isn’t a free roll. Fatal Push might still be important with Grixis Delver being a major metagame player. 🤔

[@itslevi00]

Apparently Death's Shadow/Dreadnought can trophy with 2 copies of Scathe Zombies in the main deck.

[@ryanchase9332]

To put Varolz in the title is definitely misleading. One With Nothing could have been in that slot and just as impactful since you can pitch it to Grief.

[@joeaquilino19]

Nice dexk missing 4 cards oh yea bow masters

[@danarmchuk6902]

Let's gooooo

[@uolamer]

first? moo.

[@aquablue3dsi]

Wtf was this deck??

[@BoshNRoll]

Perfection!

[@LucksackGames]

Nice deck choices Goyf_daddy89

[@aaronhooker7588]

5-0/10-0 woooow.

[@BoshNRoll]

Can't touch this!

[@realperson69]

@@BoshNRollIt’s time for Duel Decks: Scavengers vs. Minotaurs

[@wayanc1880]

Nice reference to real bros of simi 🤌