Volo, Guide to Monsters - Historic Brawl - MTG Arena

[@Big_Dai]

Opponent of Match 3 not throwing the towels was PROPERLY rewarded! What an ending

[@Ares81683]

Epic!

[@L3raje]

Stuff of legends !

[@neemm3]

29:30 pixie wanted game

[@sierrarome9512]

Game three could’ve tapped down the reach creatures for lethal in air.

[@GrosBoulet]

Using curse of silence to send a custom message to your opponent is a hilarious way to go out, Kudos to Yaboidenny !

[@strahlungsopfer]

my favourite is still naming Coward on an unclaimed territory or similar when my control opponent is roping me

[@ThorsShadow]

I don't get it. They just named "Fblthp". Which is a card in the deck. How is that sending a custom message?

[@GrosBoulet]

@@ThorsShadow first, they didn't see Fblthp, so they had no idea he's in the deck. Second, Fblthp isn't the important part, it's "the lost" That matters here. They basically said "welp I sure lost" And then surrendered

[@temporaltomato3021]

@@GrosBoulet And his avatar *was* Fblthp, so it was like, "Fblthp lost, gg".

[@ericbarr734]

The call on Craterhoof and then it immediately happening was hilarious. What a match (#3)!

[@FlyingSpaceOstrich]

My favorite part about watching LVD is hearing him say “A ton of value.”

[@SeagullIV]

I think it is has become a fetish for fans of the channel at this point.

[@TotalTimoTime]

If you haven‘t tried auspicious starrix with volo, you‘re missing out. Just casting one is effectively a genesis ultimatum with volo out. If you play other mutates like gem raze, greathorn and shore shark you can get insane value. Just make sure to mutate under to keep your types. Also scute swarm is insane as always

[@CyberBuster93]

Match 3 has to be one of the games of all time. Pinnacle Magic the Gathering right there.

[@dinklebob1]

It unquestionably is. Also one of the greatest HB duels I've ever seen.

[@kevinkerwin4118]

Brainless repetition

[@HammarHeart]

That third game was crazy. Lesson learned: always be thorough and do your combat math!

[@temporaltomato3021]

The All-Seeing Arbiter in match 3 was surprisingly strong! Board wipes are always better for disrupting synergies of course, but the opponent couldn't deal any damage for a while, and you got to just keep seeing more cards.

[@CristianCiotti]

Good to see the All Seeing Arbiter included. That creature is a powerhouse!

[@silviobaiguini69420]

As soon as I saw that you were not calculating damage, I literally thought "damn, I hope Legend doesn't get punished by some stupid topdeck like *Craterhoof Behemoth*". You can just imagine my pain when that was exactly what your opponent drew 💀💀. To be fair, opponent did have quite a few outs at that point, but yeah, sometimes magic is just an ironic game. Great content!

[@caolegend3125]

Incredible game 3 it shows that things can simple get out of hand and theres not much one can do about it all the time.

[@hehedgehohog]

One can do something about it. Math, for example.

[@amarauk9687]

Imo there was no point tapping the treasures, considering the only thing oppo had was a lot of mana anyway thanks to nykthos

[@mishmashek]

there was several way to do something about it like kill him round before. And even after he can keep mana for conterspell and chanel land for example. Also tap all creatures instead of treasures since he had even withou that 50 mana.

[@quinnmclaughlin2542]

@@mishmashek the tokens could not be tapped because they’re lands

[@RobotButlerJ]

Match number 3 had me on the edge of my seat!! Best match of yours that I have ever watched!

[@HydraQU33N]

Match no. 3 is def a "math is for blockers" moment

[@DamienSmeets]

Oh, yes! I have been wishing for a video with this Historic Brawl commander, I'm so happy! Thanks!

[@Hexbox117]

Man you always have the sickest decks. Not gonna lie, I took your miirym and ivy decks and very minorly tweaked them and they're amazing. This one looks like it may be next lol.

[@thcdreams654]

Awesome work man. Almost an hour of great content. Appreciate it.

[@LegenVD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tom4465]

"Why did I have to summon it?" hahahaha

[@timothygalvin3021]

Match 3 was nuts. Can't even be mad when you lose like that.

[@dinklebob1]

Match 3 was the stuff of legends. What a fun game.

[@sammysammyson]

I was so anxious about LVD not keeping up mana to bounce the Shepherd and cast Counterspell in Match 3 haha. Still a fantastic game though!

[@Gnilson5]

Thank you Luca! Wanted this ever since HB became a permanent mode

[@CyberBuster93]

I'm a fan of Golgari, it's my favorite guild! But damn, that Match 4 was 😬

[@ethanbrunott7223]

Match 3 was an absolute Timmy fest and I LOVED it. Gg…you almost had it.. one more attacker

[@ryanbolson23]

36:22 I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it, stopping me from playing the game does not win you the game. Having only removal with no other semblance to deck building balance will lose you the game 99.99% of the time I guarantee it.

[@kadedoud6817]

Parallel lives in this deck could be 👀

[@JRandall0308]

TIL there are 261 different creature types in Magic (226 not counting token-only).

[@superduper853]

match 3 was incredible!

[@maddose4232]

kudos for the last opponent to let us see the numbers in the end

[@Bluecho4]

Incredible finish.

[@davestier6247]

A nice hearty Thanksgiving dinner provides a lot of value.

[@strahlungsopfer]

you need a really good reason to be running pact of negation in historic brawl. more often than not it'll just counter a spell at the cost of your turn. Jorn is one of the few commanders that can utilize the card perfectly fine outside of protecting a combo.

[@TheFrexLp]

12:00 can someone explain to me why Volo is not returned to its owner? There some interaction between Thassa and Mind Flayer that I don't understand I guess.

[@LegenVD]

Thassa basically "resets" Volo, so it's no longer tied to the Mindflayer.

[@jmdamas]

Match 3 is insane, I don't think i am able to handle such board states

[@strahlungsopfer]

what about parallel lives? just to get really silly i'm missing the 2 mana alchemy dork that draws cards in your list. on the other hand I'm grateful for every deck you publish that doesn't feature broken cards like that

[@tbdabbholm]

Parallel lives actually doesn't work, parallel lives doubles creature tokens that are *created* and a copy of a permanent spell resolving into a token doesn't count as *creating* a token unfortunately. very confusing, trips up a lot of people

[@LegenVD]

Menagerie Curator would indeed be pretty good, must’ve been filtered out when I got rid of Humans. At the same time I don’t mind sticking closer to a potential paper build.

[@strahlungsopfer]

@@tbdabbholm glad i asked that question, i had no idea

[@CyberBuster93]

Match 2 was chef's kiss. The mono blue deck that steals other's permanents scoops!? Like bruh, go cry a river lmao

[@Sapreme]

I didn't expect the game 3 attack to do close to 50 damage either

[@syferpolski4344]

31:33 Soaring city the allosaurus shephard back to hand, then counterspell. if only the untapped land was an island...

[@LegenVD]

Soaring City would still cost 3 mana.

[@ScottyZee33]

I can't get over the fact that Fblthp named himself for the Curse of Silence

[@NightChime]

Exactly 600 dealt, satisfying!

[@CyberBuster93]

Oh God, not ANOTHER Simic value deck 🙄 ......hits like because it's Luca lol. This deck is definitely scary. Awesome work as usual man! 😊

[@kezron88]

Great deck, only issue I get is facing against heavy counter spell decks :( Which is an issue for everyone who wants to have fun

[@CoL_Drake]

i was screaming attack all its lethal xFD that did hurt

[@andresrico5298]

Your videos always be a good distraction

[@LegenVD]

Glad you think so!

[@nicholaskane4693]

Craterhoof in game 3 was brutal

[@Nightwindale]

23:03 Could have tapped all 3 reach creatures and just go for lethal in the air.

[@hiilios1286]

that actually isn't lethal because the other player has +15 more health than what's shown on their life total since they have 10 food tokens and enough mana to sac 5 of them.

[@Nightwindale]

@@hiilios1286 Yeah, i forgot about those tokens

[@filipstysiak]

31:46 "so it was definitely within our grasp, if we had done the math correctly". I'm confused, you definitely weren't blocking that turn so I'm pretty certain calculating the damage was outside your jurisdiction.

[@LegenVD]

That was referencing the previous turn when we attacked.

[@starmanda88]

😂😂😂

[@schaakjan1]

Watch the game again, then come back and delete your comment.

[@LeFerret335]

People not getting the "Math is for blockers" joke is kinda sad. It was funny dude. Kudos

[@schaakjan1]

@@LeFerret335 Normally I'm a big fan of sarcasm, but it feels kind of misplaced or off for it to be so. Besides, an intelligent man like legend would easily be able to spot the joke.

[@3N3MYKN1GHT]

As a huge fan of winmore my ideal elemental is nyxbloom.

[@TheBirdOfParadox]

I have a question: If you bounce Shephard with a green spell on the stack, does that spell become counteralbe again? Or will Counterspell still not work then because the spell was put on the stack while being uncounterable? I know LDV didn't have the mana for both the chanel and the Counterspell, I'm just genuinely curious on how that interaction works. Either way, very cool game and deck

[@LegenVD]

Removing it would still allow you to counter spells on the stack successfully.

[@randomrants148]

What about using the white queen from elddrine throne set as your commander, use that white enchantment +1/+1 equal amount of you control and have that mautate cat with life link and try to get 1,000 attack on it. I did not even in commander.

[@nitiratp]

Was Volo made to be a commander or what? :D

[@callumreilly9107]

I thought that your commander changing zone gives you the choice to return it to the command zone. How come Thassa flickering Volo didn't let you do that? Do you need to control your commander?

[@johnsmith-dn8kv]

So think of it like this. Zone changes let you take your commander, right? But zone FLICKERS don't, since it's one big action that has to complete before anyone gets priority again. So by the time your option to put it into the command zone comes up, it's already back on the battlefield, and nothing happens.

[@alexandreviana4461]

Nice game!

[@GrahfGames]

Provided my math is correct pretty sure that last game was 600 damage exactly.

[@Tolls4You]

In match 2, volo gets flickered by an opposing thassa. Is it no longer possible to send to the command zone when something is flickered, or is that just an arena bug?

[@L3raje]

Text on Thassa says it comes back under "your control", so under the control of LVD's opponent. Also, since a flickering creature is treated as a "new creature", it loses the condition that binds it to the Mindflayer. So the opponent could effectively steal a creature every 2 turns, nasty combo.

[@leehunt6031]

I pretty much scoop if I don't have removal in opening hand against Volo 😆

[@FromAgonyToLight]

3 mana river’s rebuke with man’o war! Haha amazing

[@xdkurt]

since you use Overgrown Battlement, why not Sanctum Weaver, which is potentially much better. Another advise: Foundry Groundbreaker is a good second Simulacrum, even better at offending.

[@derek61806]

Why risen reef if no snowball possibility with other elementals, by definition with Volo?

[@LegenVD]

It's still 3 mana to draw 3 cards and possibly ramp at the same time while making two blockers. Any deck would be ecstatic with such a card.

[@Nink262]

Opponent naming Fbltb , the Lost is an actually clever way to concede haha. I mean, he is Fbltp and he is clearly lost this game

[@bye1551]

Second opponent insta scooping to removal while playing a deck like that is kinda gross ngl

[@ant7433]

What’s up with players running kill spell tribal ? I get so annoyed seeing that, esp when they have no win con 😐

[@bupkissbananaband3237]

SAVAGE ending XD

[@666denimgorilla]

Not a single match against Rusko??? How do you do it?

[@LegenVD]

I've decided not to feature any games against Rusko until it's nerfed or put in a different queue. Had a similar stance when Golos was everywhere and they finally implemented a separate queue for those commanders.

[@666denimgorilla]

@@LegenVD Thank you for this choice! It leads to a much better viewing experience!

[@GamerBugao]

Please, a historic brawl with Tasha 🥺

[@CoL_Drake]

isnt wash away just way superior to negate ?

[@LegenVD]

Not when you need to counter a sweeper for 2 mana. Typically don’t mind if the opponent resolves their commander.

[@maciek19882]

Wolololo!

[@Marcelo_Pedro]

56:34 8 hp vs -579 hp, u almost loose dude

[@LlywellynOBrien]

Bro totally threw in game three by mentioning craterhoof.

[@jared77tc]

Math is for attackers now

[@kevinkennedy3643]

I hate players like match 2. Whining babies that quit as soon as removal is used on there precious engines

[@nicholaskane4693]

Yeah exactly, in game 4 LVD just pushed through removal and was able to come out on top. Too many people scoop instantly on brawl

[@ostrogodo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO match 3

[@zinthaniel9913]

Constant scooping is annoying. Even if I know the odds are against me, I will continue to play, unless my opponent is being an ass about it. Otherwise, the game is getting pointless if you are expected to concede 1-2 minutes into every game.

[@maxmustermann2626]

First :) Loving your Videos

[@maciek19882]

This deck could use Tawnos for flavor

[@shawnbroderick7544]

Awesome games. But did not win 9 out 10. Lost the epic 3rd game and the Partner's game.

[@LegenVD]

If you're referencing the MVC at the end of the video it's totally unrelated to number of games won.

[@shawnbroderick7544]

@@LegenVD ok thanks. I always thought thought that was your win ratio. What does the number stand for? The amount of games the card got cast?

[@LegenVD]

@@shawnbroderick7544 You know how newspapers will sometimes rate players after a big sports event. It's sort of like that. A subjective rating for a card's performance over the course of the featured games. Nothing too serious, just a fun payoff for people that watch until the end of the video.

[@shawnbroderick7544]

@@LegenVD Thank you for the explanation

[@z.s.7992]

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