Gauntlet Superfriends - Phyrexia Standard - MTG Arena

[@Cinetyk]

Snap! The rolling value of this deck is just so sweet. Huge respect to all your deck builds and excellent videos explaining all of it in the deck tech and the play-by-play decisions/reasonings. This is exactly why Magic can be so interesting and deep. Cheers and thanks for all your work :)

[@LegenVD]

Much appreciated!

[@germanbrandeburgo5925]

Wow! What an end to match 4! Gotta love those matches that really come down to the wire.

[@texansforever6782]

match 4 was one of the best yet!

[@AtrociousNightmare]

Well, this is going to be my next deck. I was just about to craft one myself but as usual you're a (few) step ahead! Loved it. Good games too.

[@LegenVD]

Like I mention in the outro I would leave out Gauntlet going forward.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

@@LegenVD I've gotta admit though that I have a soft spot for win-more cards just like that one, so I might leave it in just for funsies xD hehe Thank you for answering btw, you're truly a Legend! :D

[@tihuffman]

​@@LegenVD while the gauntlet doesn't actually help me win games, about 50% of the time the opponent just scoops it when you play gauntlet.

[@joaopedrosilva116]

​@@LegenVD yo bro do you think it would be okay to go for 4 Urza Assembles and 0 Gauntlet?

[@LegenVD]

@@joaopedrosilva116 Sure!

[@samwisecannedcheese1892]

This is one of the most fun decks I’ve ever played. Thank so much man

[@LegenVD]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@bryantan4228]

Cut down Jace is such an insane combo

[@alainassaf]

true.... and cgb is the only one who can do it on Sheoldred

[@LeFerret335]

@@alainassaf when?

[@joaopedrosilva116]

It saved me a few times hehe

[@alainassaf]

@@LeFerret335 few days after the set was released he reviewed Jayce and said it could be done. off course he corrected himself in his next video but the joke lives on. I think you can find it on his 2nd channel covertgotwo

[@Carlos-zz9he]

I’ve been playing this deck with UrZa assembled the titans and augury While it might not be that consistent is crazy to proliferate the saga, since you can put the all the planeswalker down on a second.

[@ottermc6514]

thank you for this! i have been waiting for this video

[@cobaltdeleon]

Thumbnail got me cackling. 10/10

[@kevinkerwin4118]

Lowbrow

[@SuperGunnerrr]

Really love this deck. I actually love the Gauntlet! It pumps the cheaper planeswalkers early with cheap spells and is only 3 mana. I had some extra turns when i had 4 planeswalkers on the battlefield or just pump up the Sorin to kill the opponent with 3 proliferating planeswalkers (or the Jace, wich is kinda nasty ;))

[@bmills022]

Had almost the same build except with more proliferate cards but I am liking your removal more in retrospect

[@JRandall0308]

Hey, I’m planeswalkin’ here!

[@honestabe411]

That’s the joke

[@TonytheTono]

​@@honestabe411 yeah...I think they were just joining in, bud.

[@jetdonovan2869]

This is the best joke and im stealing it the next time i play my superfriends commander deck

[@ulrichwagner7311]

.. I'll be honest, i didn't get it till i read your comment. I think my degree should be confiscated

[@jdkemsley7628]

I dub this deck "The Wildcard Eater"

[@KevShaw808]

That was a real treat to watch!

[@GrahfGames]

The only way I could see getting an extra turn in match four would have been to do some incredibly counter-intuitive plays. Not playing Vraska, and then minus -2 on Sorin to make another vampire. Then after Boseiju at the end of your turn killing the Bonejaw instead of Skrelv. From what I can tell any other sequence would have still lead to a loss due to a combination of The Seedcore and Gaia's Gift giving trample.

[@LegenVD]

I guess this also assumes we draw Go for the Throat with Teferi's -2, since we drew it with Vraska. That one felt so close that it's fun to go back to find a different line that maybe gets us there a turn sooner.

[@theoneandonlyflexo]

@@LegenVD Casting Vraska for her reduced cost would have also left enough mana to go for the throat at the end of turn as well. Not that you knew it was going to be drawn, but in hindsight that extra mana for flexibility would have mattered more than two loyalty counters

[@ffxivguild-mahiko-san]

The walkers and gauntlet did alot of heavy lifting... like.. 'even backpacks'!

[@ahobbo6401]

Love the series. Wish MTGA would stop crashing, its really frustrating.

[@thcdreams654]

Fun deck. Nice to see it pop off. Great content as usual.

[@MidgarMerc]

Not that you'd be able to see the future but it's funny to think if you had cast vraska for phyrexian mana you'd have had 1 extra mana + the swamp from boseiju to take out the duelist before Skrelv could protect it. But that would have been a galaxy brain level play

[@kyleking3203]

this deck is so fun, i hit mithic with something similar. i added the inquiry dominus for double the proliferate

[@sh4dow666]

What do you think of the "proliferate twice" creature in this deck? Even without proliferating, it can be an indestructible blocker for the cost of a 3 loyalty, and with Vraska and/or Gauntlet you can get tons of loyalty very quickly...

[@LegenVD]

Would need more Proliferate sources for it I think.

[@davestier6247]

So much planeswalkin, so much value.

[@lukesdewhurst]

Lockdown is so good but rarely seen

[@dacukinibblah3317]

Very cool deck. Love planeswalker decks

[@CyberBuster93]

I was hoping for a Christopher Walken joke in the thumbnail, Luca!! 😭😂😝 Despite hating the archetype in edh, this deck operated pretty awesome! Your deck building skills are the best, man!

[@buckpinne]

Love the Ratso Rizzo reference :)

[@jrossbaby141]

i made a very similiar deck to try to climb from diamond to mythic and it didnt go well, UNTIL - i added more single target removal. Black and Red decks smash this deck if you can't keep up with single target removal. i kept the farewells and went down to 1 depop and thats it, turn those 3 cards into sheoldred's edict and it brought me up to 98% mythic and i only play 1 hour a day. Just tryna help anyone struggling against aggro with this deck, because other than that it is strong af.

[@joaopedrosilva116]

Had the same experience and the Lockdown enchantment for 3 mana is good vs mono red too

[@CyberBuster93]

Luca would be the one to separate Vraska from Jace in the mulligan in Match 1. 🙄😂😝

[@sundowneyes]

I know you don't win them all, but I would've loved to see you win match 4. It was still a great match though! Great content as always!

[@BDrumev001]

The sooner you realise LVD likes to make content plays and bloviate, the better it will be for your sanity.

[@JRandall0308]

@@BDrumev001 I mean... of course? He's here to entertain us with selected games, not show us literally every game he ever plays. As for 'bloviate', that's a pretty harsh word. If you don't enjoy LVD's talkative style there are plenty of other guys out there to follow.

[@vumasster]

@@JRandall0308 ayyyy I’m bloviatin’ here!

[@cardiacmtg]

Whenever I take my cards mountain biking, I always go with Ultimate Guard. Love the content VD. Do you find it frustrating when opponents just submit once you gain the advantage with this deck?

[@LegenVD]

It happens with almost every deck, so I'm used to it.

[@dannybones9484]

when those planeswankers keep going opponent always have seen enough

[@bye1551]

The sustain of the poison deck makes it frustrating to play against ngl. Life gain is one of controls few counters to agro and poison just can't be removed. The fact you stabilised 3-5 times depending on how you count it and they *still* won despite being at 20 life is just a little rediculous

[@Jero1020]

This is my cup of 🍵

[@gogaschnitzel3222]

Nice video as always. I would enjoy a video featuring ovika, enigma Goliath :)

[@serv4ntPGR]

Oh this is why I've been facing this deck .... just barely win over them via mite swarming, ignoring the walkers . Countering sweepers. Hard matchup

[@Convictard]

At the end of Match 4, could you have put a stop at the beginning of opponents turn and killed the duelist before his draw step? I haven’t played In a long while so sorry if it’s a dumb question @legenvd

[@LegenVD]

They would still be able to activate Skrelv in response.

[@timothygalvin3021]

The top war commercials are the absolute worst

[@braedenwinstead1984]

Still horrible and spammy to this day

[@Hypno_Gamer]

You mentioned you'd remove the gauntlet, if I were to remove it which card(s) should I replace it for?

[@LegenVD]

Probably one extra removal effect, either Edict or Lockdown and possibly even an extra Urza Assembles or just an extra Planeswalker of choice.

[@Hypno_Gamer]

@@LegenVD Thanks, can't wait to get the wildcards to build it!

[@Aguerodude]

loved the deck a lot looks pretty fun but good match 4 was full of bullshit.... top decks priiest plus protect spell, proceds to top decks boseiiju, and finally top decks another protect spell for the win. this is the reason i dont play arena anymore i cant take such a hit, still enjoy the videos man.

[@Deathangel1919]

No Joey Wheeler avatar **shakes head**

[@electric_dream_machine]

I didn't look at the video title and thought the name of the deck was Gauntlet Superfrier for a second 🤣

[@leonardmarkovski5710]

Power rangers deck! Love it.

[@darthader3507]

Can you make a bant walkers deck?

[@LegenVD]

I did in the previous Standard when building around Urza Assembles, might have to revisit it.

[@darthader3507]

@@LegenVD yes please! Thank you for your content! :)

[@1on1artschool]

Attack with vamp + sorin ulti would have won match 4. :(

[@LegenVD]

We did attack with the Vampire, just untapped it right away with Teferi.

[@1on1artschool]

@@LegenVD I missed that! Oh no! Well then. GG!

[@trbznsprtv2]

Hey Legend ! Any updates on your human legendaries deck ?

[@ericboldger777]

Spoilers- Match 4 outcome I don't see a way you could have sequenced better in match 4. Even looking at the turn prior I don't see how you could have come out on top unless you plus on Sorin to seek another potential answer to the crazy top deck the opponent had.

[@ch2mp1on72]

In the 4th match you could ultimate sorin and attack with the vampire and just win the game)

[@kcazllerraf]

he had already attacked with the vampire and then untapped it with teferi

[@ch2mp1on72]

@@kcazllerraf okay) i didnt noticed that

[@aappaapp6627]

Match 4 was such a bad beat oof

[@pepolich]

Missed opportunity to name this video “This gauntlet was made for walkin’” 😅

[@koo-hip9406]

Ehhhh.... I'm not sure that would have hit as cleanly as I'm walkin here, just look at the picture of the featured card while saying it lol.

[@turbomitno3]

Happy to say.... FIRST!

[@mutaznadi738]

Low budget deck 😒

[@439801RS]

Yep, with like 2 uncommons in there 🤣

[@hobobeard]

You’re willing to say Skrelve’s Hive but insist on only saying Defector Mite for him? I will never understand why you chose what and what not to say out loud. While we’re at it; why is it always the combot, with an O, phase but it’s battle with an A?

[@LegenVD]

I will say Skrelv on occasion, but since it's a made up name it's harder for the closed captions to auto generate it, so for clarity I try to avoid it.

[@hobobeard]

@@LegenVD OK, but what about combot, with an O, and battle, with an A?

[@LegenVD]

@@hobobeard I guess I'm not from the south.

[@ficklefox2171]

Never first! Haha.

[@439801RS]

Jeez the [0] and [-12] is hard to read on arena 😵 Wow the gauntlet is actually kinda expensive in paper 🫨