Arcane Control - New Capenna Standard - Ranked - MTG Arena

[@texansforever6782]

I love how this guy can stay so composed even when MTG tilting things happen.

[@abdulazfar687]

12:54 the reason why it autotapped hive was because opp already pressed the concede button, which is why the game just skipped passed his manual mana tapping animation.

[@SatieGnossienne]

Ah, that's reassuring, at least. A faulty auto-tapper always makes me a bit anxious, even when I don't play Arena myself. Thanks for letting us know :)

[@danielwilliams7592]

Thank You Abdul Azfar. That explanation is reassuring! I was as confused as LVD was when that happened.

[@ericgee6114]

was literally gonna say "auto tapper strikes again" but that makes sense

[@Funtouchables]

I do think autotapper struck again: because LVD didn't have enough lands to pay for the activation, Arena asked him to sacrifice one treasure. When LVD chose a treasure, Arena tapped the remaining lands. If LVD had sacrificed both treasures before activating Den, he would have been fine.

[@leonc4653]

@@Funtouchables its more likely not autotapper... the game animation often does funny things when opponent concedes

[@ttmmggcc]

Playing against bombardment is just a nightmare. Props to the guys that sticked around. Great deck as usual LVD!

[@andreavila6610]

Turning an Esper deck into a Monowhite deck was priceless.

[@marsiumouse]

12:54 that's rough, the one time autotapper prioritizing tapping lands over cracking treasures that almost cost you the game

[@Grishnag85]

Wierd thing is the hive tapped before he even got a chance to do anything

[@ericmason1285]

Almost looks like after the first treasure he left full control

[@cerilious]

@@ericmason1285 that might happen if he single pressed Ctrl instead of holding it down, right?

[@NStripleseven]

@@ericmason1285 I don’t think you need to be in full control for that, do you? You just tap the mana and don’t click auto pay.

[@ericmason1285]

@@NStripleseven you're right. I just saw a flash of the full control box there... He could've been pressing CTRL

[@dumplingdepinto]

Arcane Bombardment is one of the few cards in the format that can end the game immediately if the opponent doesn't have ways to interact with it. That game against monogreen for example, absolutely brutal.

[@porcu12345]

Hullbreaker Horror is another one. Don't have 2 instant speed removals? Playing a colour that typically lacks instant speed removals? Bye bye. Next game. Going to be even more annoying after rotation.

[@FlyingSpaceOstrich]

It is a very scary card

[@quarterknight3572]

I got screwed by autotapper the other day. It can be so infuriating at times

[@brentonsharpe510]

There's an option to turn it off, I've been screwed by it too many time I just play without it

[@quarterknight3572]

@@brentonsharpe510 I know that, and I have before. But it only happens every 1 in 100 matches so it's meh. But when it happens....oof

[@genyrik35]

@@quarterknight3572 either way, turning it off still gives you the a button to auto tap so it’s only 1 extra click but it helps at any point when you might need it.

[@AkodoNoEyes]

It genuinely p*ssed me off when it doesn’t tap the field of ruin so unless I plan on using it I tap it first then auto tap. But it always seems to prioritize creatures over non creature cards.

[@seanwilson613]

As long as I'm not getting my 1st win I'd take the L

[@TheEmperorAs]

'Looking to protect your cards? Whether you need sleeves, deck boxes, binders or even backpacks - ultimate guard has your collection covered. Literally.' Love your understatement humor, Luca ^^

[@CyberBuster93]

Rakdos!? Love it, this deck is so interesting. Keep up the awesome work Luca!

[@1hiyo]

luca i love these videos…idk what else to look forward to but this and that’s okay, please just don’t stop idk what i’d do

[@JohnSmith-uc9ge]

Loved the unknown Pokémon reference

[@biseln2002]

46:47 Opponent could have Unleashed the Inferno on their own Innkeeper to kill your Bombardment instead of letting you untap. They got greedy.

[@Arcticsharpshooter]

nicely spotted!

[@angelogabriel6862]

Amazing! I'll definitely try it out. Keep it up!

[@00110000]

As a shameless value-addict, I overdosed on this video And shoutout to the opponents who actually stuck around to get bombarded. Whether that's due to hopeful stubbornness or morbid curiosity, your sacrifice made for fantastic content o7

[@negueitchons5991]

This thumbnail edit is priceless, great job!

[@LegenVD]

Glad you think so!

[@porcu12345]

I've played this deck a whole lot since you uploaded the video. It has a pretty poor win rate vs. aggressive decks like Mono Green, White and Boros, even with the anti-aggro tools in there. I'm often getting killed just before I can get the Bombardment machine online. I cut the 2x Cleansing Wildfire and 2x Zof Consumptions for 2x Thundering Rebukes, and added third copies of Crush the Weak and Duress. Since then the win rate has improved. The land destruction thing mostly feels like a gimmick as it's rare that they don't have basics. Plus you can kill most of the aggressive lands with Voltage Surge as treasures are plentiful. Zof Consumptions were win more cards too so I felt they were unnecessary. If you get the Bombardment machine online vs any kind of aggro deck you've probably won anyway so they don't matter there. Similar with control, you can often win just by respawning devils and mascots.

[@FrelanceEQ]

it's the Wizard's Spellbook deck, but with acceleration! going with only two Cram Session this time is the most surprising thing, that card was incredible the first time out

[@FluffySpikeM]

46:46 What was that pictogram a reference to ("the one unknown")? Curious.

[@LegenVD]

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unown_(Pok%C3%A9mon)

[@moalboris239]

I kind of lost it pretty hard at LVDs reaction to auto tapper messing with him like that. it is rare we get to see a reaction like that given how calm he normally sounds.

[@MALane-ox2rx]

M1G1 (6:30) you could have Cram Sessioned for Containment Breach to answer the Etching and chump block (surprised it wasn't mentioned in the post editing notes).

[@thebigmammoo]

I was running my own version of discard Bombardment, but I like your approach to it. One thing I've found over the past few weeks is that the Bombardment doesn't last long, so I replaced the wildfires with Tibalt's Trickery and that's been more consistent for me. Cheers.

[@thebigmammoo]

Forgot to mention, it's pretty nice getting a trickery under the Bombardment, which turns all your instants into risky counters

[@patrickevanroach7498]

Wow the land destruction was brutal

[@soybomb777]

Land destruction? LVDevious!

[@greenphoenix17]

What was that symbol that popped up on screen at 46:47?

[@LegenVD]

Unown Pokemon

[@animoaflame]

Another great upload!

[@justinpollak4484]

Best thumbnail to date 👌

[@westleysong4094]

6:05 could you cram session and learn for containment breach, with Celestus for green to blow up Kumano?

[@SN-mf9gw]

Lmfao that thumbnail is amazing.

[@MTGKami]

I love arcane bombardment, combining it burn down the house was my win con for a while, kill opponents stuff then make devils, my favorite was copied burn down 3 times hit for 9 then meathook for 1 drain for 9 then devils hit face for 9… Was great!!

[@kitsovereign4127]

13:00 I wonder if this is a concession bug? Like, how Arena will show double damage being dealt to someone who conceded mid-combat. Maybe they conceded and the game just "rushed through" putting the ability on the stack so it could end the game and play the animation, like how it will "rush through" if you time out or disconnect.

[@ericgee6114]

Game 5 was just a bombardment of drama and suspense 💥

[@kornvelez]

Legend i love your channel, greetings from Chile 🧙‍♂

[@MajorHorrigan]

so I was a bombardment short an decided to add a magma opus and it fits pretty well - u either have a million treasures to hard cast it or ditch it for the draw spells - and when bombardment hits it its pretty amazing XD

[@LegenVD]

Yeah, the previous build ran 4x Magma Opus for that reason.

[@JohnDoe-xk2sj]

In the 2nd game could have ordered the Bombardment's spells to use Igneous Inspiration on the Angel and remove the hexproof before Go Blank

[@LegenVD]

Thought so too at first but probably would not work, as we still need to put Go Blank on the stack before we can kill the angel with Inspiration. At that time they still have Hexproof so we could only target ourselves.

[@Colesonian]

I've been waiting for you to use Bombardment with Land Destruction! I have a similar deck that includes smashing success, waking the trolls, arcane bombardment and brilliant restoration. Along with a ton of ramp and scute swarm just in case I need some blockers

[@Kuryux]

9:53 why loot the frost bite that could easily get rid of raiju or cathar? o.0

[@LegenVD]

It's a close call, but Cram Session gets us more out of Burn range, which is how we potentially lose having stabilized the board and can learn for something to dig us closer to Bombardment.

[@I-do-not-read-replies]

Bout time ! I missed my land fucking deck from back when

[@yugarith158]

I've done a red/green variant that uses Rise of the Ants and Pair of Goblins to flood the field with creature tokens

[@Cheezerexe]

"what" fucking got me dude

[@pyresnick1419]

Are decks featuring Omniscience very prominent in the meta now? I've recently made one using Jacob Hauken, and Wiretapping to cheat it into play, while using green for ramp. It would be interesting to see a deck using both Arcane Bombardment and Omniscience.

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Different formats. This is standard

[@pyresnick1419]

@@nikmidclayton5933 I made it with Standard

[@jrossbaby141]

I got screwed by auto tapper recently as well. It wasn’t even a treasure tap. I had 2 white and 2 green open and I wanted to keep a green open for snakeskin veil. I played the dragons guard elite and it tapped both of my greens for some reason even with green cards in hand. I’ve been manually tapping anytime it matters now because I don’t trust arena auto tapper anymore

[@bloodwire7152]

Nice deck! Would you swap Infernal Grasp for another removal that hurts a bit less? Maybe Hero's Downfall, Hagra Mauling or Murder? Or Assassin's Ink since there's a lot of treasures around?

[@LegenVD]

Mauling could be good, but would still want a 2-mana option. Power Word Kill seems sketchy as that would leave few answers to Goldspan and the Angel decks.

[@ScottyZee33]

26:28 A little awkward that you would have to target yourself with Go Blank if the opponent had let things play out 😀

[@LegenVD]

We can decline to copy the spell to avoid that.

[@robertngo1629]

Fantastic deck as usual LVD! If I may ask, for BO3, what side board tech would you put in for the remaining 8 slots?

[@LegenVD]

Abrade and Feed the Swarm come to mind, alongside more copies of some of the main deck cards. Could try including some creatures like Goldspan for a transformational plan in case the opponent tries to take out all their removal.

[@robertngo1629]

@@LegenVD radical. Thank you so much for the recommendation. You're an awesome creator and player and I aspire to reach your level one day :D

[@GalaxiaKnight666]

Perhaps instead of Spikefield you could replace them with copies of Ray of Enfeeblement? It doesn't seem like you were mana starved, and Ray is an excellent answer to many of the agro decks in the format. It also could have saved you life game 5 on the swing from Lair 😉.

[@ericmason1285]

Match 3, I can hear his smile when he realizes they have no more basics lol

[@liamkadenbach9774]

Apart from Bombardment this deck is super budget

[@ericgee6114]

Love the unknown joke 🤣

[@fouroakfarm]

Auto tapper has bugged out for me as well with Hive tapping itself even with other mana available. Didn't use to be an issue. Have to be careful now though

[@HosenMatzZ]

Explained in the top comment. So either your opponent has also conceded before, you did something else wrong or least likely there's an actual bug that no one else has encountered yet.

[@DaveMoongazer]

I liked the deck a lot and also the game play (as usual), but imho, I believe you were a bit impatient in the game you've lost. Being, were you to deal with the kami sooner, you would probably have won the game. But awesome as always.

[@jman96ization]

"And we can wipe the board with infernal grasp"

[@freem1]

I felt bad for my opponents when I played this deck with them 🔥

[@dontaccoll]

Bombardment is gona be hot after rotation

[@Slithy]

missed the chance to use the "No b*tches" meme on that thumbnail.

[@Asag321]

Im not sure why but I'm not that succesfull with this deck (below 40% win rate). If everything going well its really fun and brutal with all those spell chains. But most of the time I just lose because almost 80% of the time my opponents have removal like vanishing verse etc and completly disable my deck.

[@madisonking8057]

What a thumbnail

[@riccardopiombo222]

Last move in game 1 worth the mtg top5

[@KoshoShinogi]

2 land destruction spells in the entire deck does not conjure up the phrase "Out of basics" in my mind... Surely there's a more appropriate caption for the thumbnail.

[@LegenVD]

It's a fair representation of what happens in the video, and judging from the amount of views it does what a good thumbnail is supposed to.

[@zombieninjapitbull3856]

Man it almost hurts to hear you say that windfall and big score are the same, they are... in a 2 color deck, but with 3 color decks the difference between 1r and 2r is HUGE, kinda nitpicking I know, but big score deserves the differentiation.

[@captaindc]

Yo

[@Gyant86]

Sorry dude. But this deck sucks hard. What’s your Win rate with it?

[@littlej211]

I kind of hate just how impactful man-lands are. So many deck, aggro, midrange, and control rely on them as a win condition and it feel lame to me. You just toss them in to every deck and they win you games like crazy

[@theaeskey2502]

Bam!

[@butdoesitscrub3457]

Auto tap has cost me a few games

[@devan9197]

Autotapper sucks with counter spells in never holds up blue

[@KiuhKobold]

Can never rely on the auto tapper. It will prioritize wasting treasure or lands on a whim. No, I do NOT want to spent treasure mana on a creature just because that 2 mana painter legendary is on the field when I have a 7 drop coming out of curve next turn. Glad I uninstalled this buggy mess.

[@emmett8462]

ρгό𝔪σŞｍ 🤔

[@heathmontcentral]

Land

[@rodgoesinya9947]

I swear this game is so bad. 6 games no bombardment then next game draw all 4 so done with this crap

[@theaeskey2502]

1st

[@Xindarak]

Being the first to comment "1st" doesn't make you first if someone commented something before you