Hurting myself for value.

Magic: The Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with a monoblack lifeloss deck, featuring K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth from Modern Horizons 3 as commander in Brawl.
Patreon: / legenvd
00:00 - Intro
02:23 - Deck Tech
10:10 - vs Chulane, Teller of Tales
15:55 - vs Harbin, Vanguard Aviator
18:22 - vs Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
23:26 - vs Roxanne, Starfall Savant
28:08 - vs Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
34:03 - vs Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
41:52 - vs Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
49:41 - vs Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Decklist:
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"Movement Proposition" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@davestier6247]

He hurt himself today...to see if he still feels

[@fenhill5622]

he focus on the pain... the only thing that's real

[@gjdud12]

Im gonna make you hurt…

[@davestier6247]

​@fenhill5622 what have I become

[@mrginge143]

⁠@@davestier6247my sweetest friend

[@SpitefulAZ]

​@@fenhill5622 and he could have it all.... his empire of ladder wins.

[@LeFerret335]

that game 2 man, you just know the opponent immediately shut down the computer

[@dantheman20100]

That person had a long day at work wanted to sling some spells and came across legend and just said yeah ima head out after that villis play. Haha

[@Legov7]

That play in game two. Beautiful. Perfect to showcase the themes of a deck about hurting yourself for gain. Use the power from a dark ritual to study an unholy tome that hurts to read and abuse the lore found therein to rend your own mind asunder, only to then spend your lifeblood to resurrect a demonlord.

[@RenounceDarkness_]

Bro treated a big announcement like it’s an ad read. Mad respect

[@somedrunkdude5728]

A very proper black deck, displaying the absolute strengths and weaknesses of mono black. Awesome.

[@CyberBuster93]

The Chulane player, CHULANE, scooping gave me SO much serotonin omfg 💖

[@honestabe411]

Have you played Chulane? I can’t keep it on the board

[@johndoe9343]

@@honestabe411 Fair. But in those games it stays on the board Chulane turns do be taking time.

[@Grand-Massive]

Turn 2, 8/8 flyer with ten cards in hand. "I guess our opponent is out of answers"

[@angrydoge4038]

This is the deck my trainer used when I was learning magic. Needless to say I have a good therapist now

[@superduper853]

love to see some mono colour brawl gameplay looks like you left the kaalia description in though hehe

[@LegenVD]

Noticed it too, should be fixed!

[@crispypataters]

ok that vilis reanimation combo was actually genius

[@AesirOdinn]

Your decks are always amazing, every one of them overcharged with value and fun combos. In fact, i did a Yarok deck recently because of you.

[@why2k87]

Babe wake up, new lvd brawl video dropped.

[@honestabe411]

Not playing t1 underworld against tamiyo breaks my heart, but I’ve been obsessed with it since legends

[@Anripan]

I don't think this is how I'm suppose to pay 2... Edit: Somehow sent this while I was passed out. I don't mind it though with all the entertainment you've given us throughout the years. Keep it up! 👍

[@icysalvoyt2689]

As a fellow K'rrik player, i applaud you! I love this guy, arena zoomers just can't handle it lol

[@WeirdTigy]

Is it weird that I listen to your videos to help me get to sleep if I’m having trouble sleeping?

[@LegenVD]

Just make sure to leave autoplay on 😁

[@WeirdTigy]

@@LegenVD WOAH HI, yeah I always do

[@WickedGonza]

Used this alot to construct my krrik deck thanks for this man!

[@andrewf2453]

What are your thoughts on playing Phial and Presence paying 2 life at 48:25? You would go to 4, enabling the double lifegain from Phial, have a chump blocker, and enough life to play Underworld Dreams for free second main

[@LegenVD]

Good point! Would want to play everything first main phase so we make a 7/7 that doesn't trade for their team. Should have just enough life for it.

[@caljam82]

Always love the power of Christmas giving a broken hand

[@Xgya2000]

That game against Bristly Bill. Man, the guy just KEPT. COMING. BACK! Awesome back and forth too.

[@slawless9665]

48:15 you actually would gain more life by playing Phial and paying 4 life, going to 2, because Phial would double the 7 from K'rrik going back up to 16 rather than 13. Also would have drawn 2 cards at the start of the next turn (if you hadn't already been dead). Also would have been worth leaving K'rrik back to block, you could have survived*, but that's harder to decide without perfect information. *(although with better play from your opponent you would have been forced to chump block with both creatures, left with nothing and facing down a very scary board)

[@LegenVD]

Good point about losing life to enable Phial!

[@amarauk9687]

The OG turn 1 kill commander, what an absolute beast ❤ Glory to Phyrexia

[@jacobseto9524]

27:25 Wouldn't the correct play here is to search for Vito to guarantee a win on the attack?

[@LegenVD]

Checks out!

[@jacobseto9524]

​@@LegenVDLove your content, keep it up!

[@furak]

or anything that would kill the goose since with aclazotz out he had 20 damage on the board

[@ButterInEveryOrifice]

I love that they added k'rrik to arena, great showing of it's power in this video!

[@argosbrave6415]

Metal af

[@T_Vulture13]

Awesome games, love the brawl content!

[@sammysammyson]

It's interesting that Font triggers once for each instance of paying life, rather than just once per spell.

[@Jaskro182]

I’m a simple man, I see a LVD brawl video. I watch and probably build it in my arena collection 😂

[@rob_dos]

Agreed ❤

[@ramonbril]

As a Dutch person living far away in Italy I wish, wish I could be there. I want to know what type of person is behind this strategic brain!

[@Chronowizpal]

In my commander table, we call K'rrik deck as "Que rico" (delicious) while being lashed by an imaginary whip on the back. I love my weirdos

[@Elmarapoo]

It’s been ages since I like a card as much as this one

[@zappyice]

you were kinda sweating in the last match but good ole Gary still came thru to clutch

[@annhylde2581]

Very very nice video ❤

[@MajoraMasked]

During the game with Bill at around 48:28, something you could’ve done is paid life to set yourself below 5 life, play the Phial, and then attack with Krik, gaining double the amount of life which would’ve saved you I think. Great games though, always love your vids 👌

[@LegenVD]

Indeed, there are some other comments discussing that turn.

[@lukesdewhurst]

Remember: your life total is a resource, winning at 1 life still counts as a win. This is the blackest black deck I've seen!

[@rwaszczuk]

It's like every player, in every match, never wanted to fight to the bitter end. Even when their defeat wasn't assured, with only the match's balance shifting away from their favor. The idea that they were going to lose, or even likely lose, seems to have broken them... so table flip. There was only one match that went all the way to the very end, and that was only because it was LVD who lost and he played to the very end, as he almost always does.

[@MrCyberGal]

Brawl content is best content.

[@rafaelpardinifariabastos4545]

thanks for the video Legend, i really liked it :)

[@LegenVD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@louisnemzer6801]

18:06 deck building is so good, it has combos nobody even thought of 😅

[@JanFWeh]

_Zero views?_ This channel is so underrated.

[@drejerm7856]

Love seeing blue mages sit behind counters and then concede once you resolve your shit. Pure dopamine

[@angrydoge4038]

Any thought on doing prawl decks or lvl 0 budget commander decks that might do well sub 1k weight?

[@cayden5257]

My decks always seem to get better once you post videos… lol

[@KiuhKobold]

Could put these MH3 commander videos in a "Hell's Queue" playlist cuz DAMN you'll only play against the unfairest decks ever running these commanders

[@giulibe5137]

Mi primer commander :)

[@mendes423]

Johnny Cash approves your thumbnail.

[@chasejohnson3626]

Hope you have a good time in Amsterdam! Would love to meet you at an mtg event one day. Sadly I live in the US 😄

[@RenReclaimed]

Pain for Profit. My favorite flavor.

[@limozinis7854]

Alternate play on game 2, pass without land drop, discard villis or other large demon, turn 2 reanimate with one swamp, uses a lot less premium resources but youre down a land

[@chartypeplays2396]

You made a mistake in sequencing with Ashiok in turn 7. If you had played Ashiok before attacking, then when you went to attack with Preacher you would have exiled a card with Ashiok's passive effect and the nightmares would have each gotten a +1/+1 counter that turn. EDIT: Once again the only mistake is me misreading something. I did not realize that the tokens say "at the beginning of combat" instead of during the end step. So the Preacher's ability triggering when it attacks wouldn't have changed anything.

[@AaronRotenberg]

15:19 That Phyrexian animation on the avatar to pay life must be new, right? Clicking on your avatar to pay life is how it works on MTGO, but on Arena I thought you always had to use the spinners like at 14:33.

[@LegenVD]

Might be an interface specifically for K'rrik, don't recall seeing it before.

[@pastapockets984]

I am bleeding... Making me the victor.

[@comedyman4896]

Do you think K'rrik has a custom outfit with holes for his spikes? And if so, how long do you think it takes him to get it on in the morning?

[@mantidream8179]

Game 2 was one of the zaniest lines of play I've ever seen. Btw, is there a particular reason for leaving out rush of dread? Maybe in practice Gary just gets the job done?

[@LegenVD]

Rush is pretty average outside of the combo and Gary will indeed often get the job done.

[@CyberBuster93]

I wish I could come to Amsterdam to meet ya! Have a great time, Luca!!

[@rob_dos]

🎉🎉🎉

[@calvinmobley9628]

Gotta love using reanimate on Vilis.

[@kevinscarberry8787]

I've noticed that arena wont let you play instants sometimes if you're tapped out and that sucks

[@johndoe9343]

Hopefully full control fixes this problem?

[@kevinscarberry8787]

@@johndoe9343 it might i usually dont mess with full control

[@johndoe9343]

@@kevinscarberry8787 i see. it's a pretty important aspect of the game in addition to turning off auto order triggers because of a variety of cases like you mentioned.

[@lsf3og]

Finally a good use for my wildcards. Fun deck. Not for the opponent, though.

[@falsepanda2981]

27:35 probably just going to win regardless but wanted to point out that there was lethal by simply grabbing any doomblade and swinging for lethal (bc of Bloodletter)

[@LegenVD]

Yeah had a couple good options, someone also mentioned Vito.

[@dittmar104]

Hurting ones self for value. What is working construction?

[@samseward1374]

Sadomasochism much?

[@Jacobthejewela]

Death's Shadow seems like a great fit for this deck

[@LegenVD]

It does fit the theme of the deck somewhat, but it's always awkward when you also gain a bunch of life. The deck also doesn't really want too many random creatures as they don't work towards our combo gameplan.

[@Kumothedark]

Hi

[@Grand-Massive]

This is the most rigged game I've ever played. Every single brawl I've played against Rusko they've had Sheoldred in their opening hand. It happened 6/6 matches. I played for hours today and faced the same handful of commanders that perfectly counter my deck. Now I remember why I quit playing arena years ago.

[@Dunsie]

Wait I should add Sheoldred to my Rusko Deck, thanks for the reminder.

[@thelunchlady8276]

Man, people scoop way too easily.

[@drejerm7856]

unranked "fun" format, no stakes and less competitive players on avg

[@DanyF02]

Wow, did you need to go take a shower between game 2 and 3?

[@kismet8010]

LVD mail me a token pls! I can't afford the plane ticket 😢