Forests are now playable in Standard!

[@davestier6247]

Tapping a basic forest, thereby adding 1 green mana to one's mana pool, provides a lot of value.

[@Firespark81]

I really like that this channel shows losses. It happens to us all and it shows weak spots in the deck and decks it could struggle against. Fantastic channel. Keep up the great work!

[@Xgya2000]

You learn a lot from losses you couldn't from a win.

[@munglay]

this is exactly why i play Bo3 exclusively, sideboards to the rescue

[@vladvirvorea7618]

Just discovered your channel. I love the way you explain everything, even possible combos or plays from opponents. Keep up the good work!

[@LegenVD]

Welcome aboard!

[@nicholasiverson9784]

Your thumbnail game is 10/10. Clear concise eye catching. Gives a sense of what to expect from the video.

[@WhatWouldBojackDo]

these non-sensationalist, factual video titles always catch my attention. Glad they unbanned basic forests

[@phrsilva]

Its about time for them to ban swamps and mountains tho

[@AesirOdinn]

Not those "i casted my whole deck with one card!!! 95% winrate!!!"

[@teoperez7163]

Lol i see you in the slothmtg channel complaining about the titles everytime.

[@AsmodeusMictian]

@@teoperez7163 One might think he just lacks attention, rather than he actually gives a damn about those titles. Not that folks would ever do that, because of course they wouldn't! That's silly! ;-)

[@WhatWouldBojackDo]

@@teoperez7163 who?

[@SlagLPs]

man, i love your videos. Very nice voice and style. Keep it up.

[@LegenVD]

Glad you like them!

[@master_rafiki]

I love that you review each card, focusing on each one long enough to read it and explain the choice to include it one by one and then jump into synergies among all cards.

[@jacksonbauer5199]

Beanstalk into Overlord the following turn…. Truly what dreams are made of.

[@sambagaz]

Might I interest Sir in some Archdruid's Charms? I don't have many Nissa, so subbed in the charms and they work great. Find your hydra, get rid of annoying artifacts or enchantments, fight something, add a +1/+1 etc. Trippled green is no worries for this deck :)

[@LegenVD]

Definitely a nice flexible option!

[@brandonlt6434]

Been loving this deck. Mono green was always my go too

[@ASoberBear]

Watching you in Magic Origins in like 2016 and now this years later same mindset and style is awesome. I do miss how you say “Smugglers Cawptur” though…

[@Jeffko78]

Watching Nissa make your creatures stomp all over Valgavoth not once, but twice was extremely satisfying!

[@Doomscrollin]

First off I made your sacrifice Viper deck and it's really fun so thanks for that! I got mythic for the first time with mono green hydra deck, however the deck features more hexproof instants and creature find in Arch druids charm :) also the card Ordeal of Nylea is insane on hydra!!

[@Pookielove1123]

Do you have a deck list? This sounds awesome!

[@Doomscrollin]

@@Pookielove1123 Absolutely. I played it in Explorer, however you only have to replace the hardened scales and Boseiju to make it standard legal. I would recommend a 2nd Nissa and perhaps a 4th Insidious Fungus+Springbloom Druid, you can also drop the Balustrade worms if you like, I put them in to mess with control decks. Deck: 4 Mossborn Hydra (FDN) 107 11 Forest (FDN) 281 4 Hardened Scales (WOT) 55 2 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (OTJ) 157 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist (MAT) 22 2 Fabled Passage (BLB) 252 1 Boseiju, Who Endures (NEO) 266 3 Springbloom Druid (FDN) 646 2 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 4 Llanowar Elves (FDN) 227 4 Snakeskin Veil (FDN) 233 4 Ordeal of Nylea (FDN) 641 3 Insidious Fungus (DSK) 186 4 Promising Vein (LCI) 279 4 Archdruid's Charm (MKM) 151 2 Demolition Field (BRO) 260 2 Tyvar's Stand (ONE) 190 1 Analyze the Pollen (MKM) 150 2 Balustrade Wurm (DSK) 168 Have fun!

[@LegenVD]

I have another Hydra deck in the works that focuses more on the +1/+1 counter synergies. Ordeal of Nylea is indeed very nice and I'm also running Snakeskin Veil.

[@Pookielove1123]

@@Doomscrollin The best thank you!!!!

[@kennethwilson1321]

​@@LegenVD sweet!! more sustainable decks! ;)

[@CambleJamble]

Very impressed with your knowledge of what cards/builds your opponent may be running just off of the color!

[@jebus571]

Just casually crushing Dimir reanimator with Valgavoth, Squirming Emergence, and Omniscience on the board with Mono Green 🌲 is wild

[@reneasma3540]

I got crushed by a similar deck. Absolutely loved it so immediately started building it. Made different choices but will surely try this.

[@BlackICMenace]

I made this deck with some slight variations and got in with a hydra that was a 32,768/32,768.

[@temporaltomato3021]

If Emrakul, arguably the most terrifying and powerful creature in Magic's world, is a 15/15, what does your Hydra even *look* like in-universe?

[@NineCarpals]

@@temporaltomato3021Pretty sure a hydra that large would have eaten the universe

[@BlackICMenace]

@@temporaltomato3021 I'm guessing it's the size of Galactus and is now the eater of worlds.

[@WarioLandIV]

Aesi and Progenitus' long lost brother...

[@siphirath84]

Awesome! I asked and you delivered! Thank you for making this.

[@Cloud1189]

Mossborn Hydra is a powerHouse in landfall deck, i was curious to see if it was playable in standard, glad to see it got it's chance 😊

[@mark_b2]

Thank you for another standard video

[@Teh-Gaz]

Always good to see Monogreen. I've been working with a similar list but I've been using spelunking instead of beanstalk. Now that FDN has dropped I have some decisions to make so it's super good to see what other green ramp decks are running. You're giving me good ideas here.

[@cayden5257]

Why spelunking instead of beanstalk?

[@thcdreams654]

Cool concept. Nice video and thanks for the entertainment.

[@vulpes94]

waiting for monogreen since the rotation of kaldheim..

[@chrisward9218]

Kaldheim was such a good set. It got me back in the game. Stryxhaven got me out of the game

[@darylfish7425]

Hey guy, I love the deck! Gave it a whirl today and had a blast. Mossborn, Awaken the woods, and big Nissa are absolutely disgusting together. Do you think this deck has room for snakeskin veil? I was thinking of taking beanstalk out, but I love me some beanstalk.

[@StyloMilo219]

I feel like with 4x Bloom-Kin and the whole Landfall theme this deck wouldn't hate a cheeky 1-of Escape Tunnel for an extra Landfall Trigger or a sneaky hit with a big Bloom-Kin

[@suchthaufen888]

this deck is dope

[@BigFatMTG]

Glorious green deck. Tribute to the World Tree🌴🌴🌴

[@drakebaldrick]

I believe genesis wave could make the cut for the landfall sinergies, putting the hydra + 3 land with one card feels very nice.

[@Monoredtastesgood]

Would love to hear his input on this. Love genesis wave

[@LegenVD]

In a deck with mostly cheaper permanents it can do a lot of work. It clashes a bit with the Nissa + Awaken the Woods plan, probably can't include both.

[@Money_Bag1108]

Mossborn Hydra and Ashaya combo is brutal in Historic!

[@mantidream8179]

Props to Nissa for keeping mono Green alive.

[@CyberBuster93]

YES MONO GREEN LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!!! 🔥🤘

[@joshuapriest1249]

Cant think of the actual name of the 2 drop legendary artifact that cycles and adds 1 +1/+1 counter but it's a nice addition ive seen in some mono green standard decks

[@LegenVD]

Ozolith is in the deck!

[@jaredplaudis4825]

Black is so oppressive right now. Too much good removal makes anything except aggro really difficult to play if you want to run any creature decks

[@filsmartins]

Because mono red is fucking stupid atm. It’s a constant removal check

[@alexandrest-cyr5747]

yeah any midrange archetype is trumped by black rn . black is the new best color of magic it does everything

[@Kuryux]

Im a simple man. I see LVD, I upvote

[@-Karnage]

Upvote? This isn't Reddit.

[@NarffetWerlz]

Always wondered what it'd be like if right before a new set dropped Wizards was, "Uh... we forgot to do art or leave slots for Islands on accident? So Blue is going to rotate out of standard...."

[@monkfishy6348]

Love green.

[@aroadtorome7683]

A humble offering for the almighty algorithm.

[@devinscott8680]

Play the fetch basic lands with the Hydra, pretty easy to win with it quickly especially if you can protect it from removal with Tamiyos blessing, etc.

[@Smilewolfdotjpg]

This card is a menace. Ive made a timeless deck that the only banned card is natural order and i havent checked but it has to be a 80-85% winrate. If i cant pull a big card that hydra can just win a game by itself with the right set up.

[@SaltOverdose]

I dont have all the mythicals to technically complete this deck so I replaced Nissa, Ascended Animist with Tyvar, the Pummeler and it seems to be great

[@annaallison4741]

lol I have an elemental deck that uses Jace that wins when u draw empty, and it runs risen reef and lotus cobra the 5 mana enchantment that makes a 2/2 elemental landfall, and I got one of these ^ elementals up to 32,000/32,000 when the combo was done. Crazy how fast the enchantment and risen reef pops off, would have been fun to be able to swing in with the 32,000 but i already won

[@redpanda666]

Always enjoy LVD decks and commentary but not sure mono green is out of the basement yet :p

[@NickTemperistic]

MONOGREEN YEEEEEEEEES

[@makon89]

I've been subscribed to you for over 10 years, don't know why KZbin decided to unsubscribe me all of a sudden.

[@ouwle6618]

In the larger formats like timeless the hydra should be really good with ozolith right? It builds counters quicker then anything else and even when it dies you don't lose them, add some of the proliferate cards that also can deal with enchantments and BOOM. Green beatdown could be DISGUSTING. Add Veil of Summer and some 1-2 mana hexproof for protection and with the right draw you will basically be unstoppable.

[@GaleblazeXYZ]

in timeless, the format is far too powerful to play cards that have no immediate impact. Ozolith is effectively a waste of mana and tempo. Maybe you could try this in pionner though

[@ouwle6618]

​@@GaleblazeXYZ I did brew a timeless deck and decided to leave Ozolith out for the reason you stated, I ended up with something like this to get the most explosive turns possible. Deck 4 Mossborn Hydra (FDN) 107 11 Forest (FDN) 281 4 Hardened Scales (J21) 99 2 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (OTJ) 157 4 Pelt Collector (GRN) 141 3 Enter the Unknown (RIX) 128 4 Ordeal of Nylea (FDN) 641 4 Scythecat Cub (J25) 24 3 Snakeskin Veil (FDN) 233 3 Skyclave Pick-Axe (ZNR) 204 4 Emergent Sequence (STX) 129 2 Castle Garenbrig (ELD) 240 1 Boseiju, Who Endures (NEO) 266 1 Cavern of Souls (LCI) 269 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (THS) 223 4 Fabled Passage (M21) 246 1 Wooded Foothills (MH3) 236 1 Windswept Heath (MH3) 235 1 Verdant Catacombs (MH2) 260 1 Misty Rainforest (MH2) 250 1 Snakeskin Veil (STA) 57 Sideboard (potential contenders) 1 Inscription of Abundance (ZNR) 186 1 Quirion Beastcaller (DMU) 175 1 Fangs of Kalonia (MH3) 153 1 Groundswell (J25) 667 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping (NEO) 211 1 Thirsting Roots (ONE) 185 1 Veil of Summer (M20) 198 1 Explore (JMP) 393 1 Tyvar's Stand (ONE) 190 1 You Line Up the Shot (HBG) 70

[@braedenwinstead1984]

You can do a lot more disgusting things with ozolith than +1/+1 counters. Indestructible counters exist for example

[@ouwle6618]

@@braedenwinstead1984 I totally forgot about the 1 mana Ozolith, yeah you are right. But i abandoned the Ozolith idea for a more explosive beat down deck. See list above.

[@twoshake2211]

I can see people respecting the Mossborn Hydra after this, they under estimated it.

[@AtlasCorporationRAD]

Awaken the woods is my favorite pet card

[@Sylvr369]

45:30 Just barely enough.

[@Alex_student101]

Crafted this, ran into monored twice for 2 losses, then 5 colour beanstalk leyline binding to make it 0/3, just beat bg mosswood

[@uomolercio]

What about an izzet deck with fear of missing out and the 0/3 that gets +1/+0 whenever you draw in your turn from otj

[@lukevincent4141]

What about mixing in a doubling season!

[@LoopTracks]

Just tried making this deck but it says all 3 Nissa cards are not valid for ranked standard, any suggestions?

[@LegenVD]

You're maybe trying to play Alchemy?

[@Hoopr32]

45:20 thumbnail

[@AOETAUNT]

i am a brand new mtg player how much would this deck cost to get on the online game client version?

[@LegenVD]

Acquiring cards on Arena is a slow (or very expensive) process unfortunately. Foundations is a good set to open since those cards will be in Standard for 5 years. I don't recommend crafting this as your first deck, since it's not super competitive and requires quite a few rares and mythics. Look into limited formats like Draft to start building a collection, it's the most cost effective way to acquire new cards if you can get good at it.

[@AOETAUNT]

@ besides mono red what’s a good starter Aggro deck? Maybe mono white ?

[@LegenVD]

@@AOETAUNT Can't go wrong with Monored, it's fast and cheap to build. Once you acquire more cards you can expand from there.

[@kingjames4886]

pff.. I had a hydra with 168 attack the other day. (opponent stuck one of those enchants on it that doesn't let it attack >.>)

[@Druidoftheyew]

I run an almost exact same thing but instead of core i run blessing of nylea because it to funn if you go T1 elf T2 hydra T3 two blessings swing with 20/20 hrda

[@LegenVD]

I have another Hydra deck in the works that focuses more on the +1/+1 counter synergies. Ordeal of Nylea is indeed very nice!

[@garryfutrell7716]

I use arid archway

[@leonorhelling982]

Definitely a good call not playing the charm

[@Edgars-vd6ws]

Standard is in such a poor state that two Valgavoths on turn 4 and 5 is not good enough to win the game...

[@tabunga4669]

God if you could still play ashaya... mono green would be broken

[@bdub884]

Just like every green deck, it loses to a few removal spells and bad draws

[@robertshaer6603]

I got a Mossborn Hydra up to 974/974 the other day 😂

[@tninc163]

I had a 32768/32768 Heroes Bane last night ,unfortunately its not a Trampler😭

[@cwjustcw1261]

Maybe remove something not sure what exactly to get some Tear Asunder in for removal

[@joshuajoyce7890]

Not really a sensible addition unless you sprinkle black mana at which point Golgari is just a more powerful color combination.

[@cwjustcw1261]

@joshuajoyce7890 green overlord would give you the mana. I just think it needs some sort of removal for flyers and other powerful problems. Not sure if you want to go full golgari as you want a high forest count.

[@drejerm7856]

bo1 rewards a straightforward gameplan more than a bunch of toolbox cards for random matchups

[@cwjustcw1261]

@drejerm7856 and removing threats so you can set your board up is a plan

[@drejerm7856]

@@cwjustcw1261 tear asunder in a mono g list is not reliable removal

[@koalasama]

I must suck, the deck has a 30% winrate over 60 games...

[@devinscott8680]

Its a fun deck, not a good deck. He cut a lot of losses most likely.

[@savagecabbage1184]

Could you imagine if they banned Forests for a format???😂

[@adamgreen6051]

!

[@tqhehs]

[@CoryTeague]

Yeah this deck stands no chance in bo1. It is wayyyyyyy too slow

[@IsaxAlpha]

hahaha get wrecked first player 😂😂😂

[@ForeverLaxx]

Don't you just love missing land drops when you're 25+ lands, but decks with 18-22 lands never miss theirs? Gotta love Arena's "mana smoothing," eh? EDIT: Also, I just can't play decks with 0 interaction. Praying you don't get disrupted or that you'll just hit the combo to threaten lethal out of nowhere makes for very volatile gameplay.

[@ski9019]

It's a hand smoothing algorithm, and it only takes place one before you're in the game. Before you load in, you're dealt three hands and the algorithm chooses the hand that has the "best" mix or spells and lands. So those hands that you get with one or five mana you just got the most donkey fucked RNG possible. The rest is just how un/lucky you are with drawing.

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@ski9019 Yeah, see, I don't believe this from the mountain of evidence against it. Thanks, though.

[@ski9019]

@@ForeverLaxx That's because there is a difference between the hand smoothing algo and the drawing one aka shuffler logic

[@tabularasa0123]

Im sorry, i had to like but pushed it to 670 from 696😢

[@theaeskey2502]

Notification sqaud but seriously tho… who likes vegetables 🤮

[@joachimmrch7500]

Everyone over the age of 10

[@theaeskey2502]

@@joachimmrch7500 it’s a joke brainlet.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Me when I have the palette of a child