Izzet Krakens - Aftermath Standard - MTG Arena

[@Samael767]

That first game is why LegenVD is one of the all-time greats.

[@sofer2230]

25:25 It didn't come up but Lier's "spells can't be countered" means you don't need to pay Ward costs, including the discard on the trespasser.

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@Synestaesia]

galaxy brain

[@igoresquivel6237]

You're a true legend. Not everyone can use a token and Lier to convoke a counter, sacrifice the token to double it, and bounce the Lier to make the counter work. The way you play this game makes me love it more and more.

[@louisnemzer6801]

12:40 A masterclass in magic

[@dac2007]

He is an amazing player, but that play didn't make much sense to me, having another Lier in hand. He was dead on board against any 3 mana or below hasty creature against a Samut deck

[@PatentlyAwesome]

Game 1 is an example of why I watch your videos. You were so out of that match, but you found a way. Well done.

[@JTAK884]

First game comeback was so awesome!!

[@arkadiallakhverdiev9561]

Little fun fact, as you can see on the art, Segovia is a plane where everything is tiny, like, SUPER FRICKING SMOL

[@nop2774]

iirc correctly the entire plane was made to explain why Segovian Leviathan is only a 3/3. I'm not sure the source of that though, I just heard it from some fellow magic players.

[@lackryx4166]

@@nop2774 On the original card art you can see that the leviathan which looks like a regular fish is 10 times bigger than what looks like a whale. So either the leviathan is incredibly large or everything is just super tiny on that plane and it's the later apparently

[@aelix56]

I'm pooping

[@geronimo8159]

*lil bits*

[@nurikhsan8821]

To put that in a perspectice. Segovian Angel is 1/1. Normally, MtG Angels' size are around 4/4 (based on Serra Angel, or Angel tokens). So using a proper scale, Segovian Leviathan and Caetus size is equivalent to 12/12. Quite massive IMO

[@heitortremor]

That comeback was insane

[@ironyrules5164]

Damn that first game was awesome. I know why i am subscribed to this channel for years now

[@Radbiker33357]

YES finally a red blue standard deck Tysm 😭😭

[@CyberBuster93]

Okay that first match was RIDICULOUS!!!! What amazing gameplay!!

[@superduper853]

that lier play with the self bounce was sick!

[@Icameron259]

Invasion of Segovia might be the most exciting build-around in all of Standard right now, what a card!

[@CyberBuster93]

Oh hell yes!!! More Luca, more likes!!! Always a good time when Luca makes new decks, awesome job as usual man!!!

[@AtrociousNightmare]

That first game was such a gem! You spoil us LVD!

[@carlosrenner]

Every LegenVD video That I open, I remember Skyrim NPC Saying: "Looking to protect yourself? Or deal some damage?"

[@cruisinglifewithken2697]

Waiting for a build around this invasion. Thank you

[@johnario3156]

Posted 33 seconds ago (according to when i clicked on the vid)! Always love to see some Izzet action. I wonder what the Swiftwater Cliffs provide (other than manafixing), I'd think the new capenna self sacrifice lands might be better cause they also thin the deck a bit.

[@Sir_Master]

It can be hard to gain life in Izzet, so swiftwater cliffs can be a nice include to keep your life total a little higher against aggro.

[@johnario3156]

@@Sir_Master But the exact same happens with (for example) Maestros Theater, except slightly better due to the minimal deck thinning

[@LegenVD]

Making both colors is sometimes relevant and shuffling can be undesirable if you put cards on the bottom.

[@Sir_Master]

Good point. The iconoclast tokens also are colorless, so having the colored sources for convoke is very relevant.

[@weirddan455]

Playing a red deck without Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. That's a bold move Cotton. Let's see how it plays out.

[@marklussier3249]

Great deck making mine now, and practice with it on platinum for fun :)

[@skyyyu3]

OMG STOP IM THE THOUSANDTH LIKE?! 😱 (btw I love ur content, it’s so comprehensive and you explained the strategy of each and every deck down to the footnotes)

[@shanehare5954]

At 1 HP though hahaha love to see it

[@eq2lornick]

Surprised this wasn't a ranked deck. Looks strong.

[@BlackICMenace]

Thought it said Mana burn at first. Anyone remember when Mana burn was a thing?

[@KrypptikkSoulslayer]

The first game is why they call him Legend 😁

[@n30t4zm4n]

10:20 you could've cast big score on your end step after you untap your creatures

[@aaronhern9499]

leaves him dead on board unless he draws another one mana removal

[@Dreadnote-pf7of]

I only now realised that this litteral MONSTERS from Segovia even has trample

[@letskeepitformal6537]

I wanna see this deck splash white for monestary mentor and narset

[@tylermoore8795]

At 10:30, you could've held Play with Fire for their turn because Chandra copies once each turn. Could've killed both Tycoon plus Iconoclast.

[@LegenVD]

Only would’ve worked if Play with Fire was in hand instead of exile.

[@tylermoore8795]

Oh, you're right. The exiled cards goes away at the end of your turn. Totally overlooked that.

[@tylermoore8795]

That's my mistake

[@ottermc6514]

see double works pretty well with invasion of segovia being 4 mana. could us it to copy iconoclast or something

[@inokori7146]

what happens after the first extra turn of Gambit if it gets copied? do you lose or do you play the second extra turn, and then you lose?

[@LegenVD]

Depends if it was cleaved or not. Id not you lose after the first extra turn, so not the best outcome.

[@inokori7146]

@@LegenVD so you lose after the first extra turn if it was not cleaved? im sorry for the insistence, may be me and my imperfect english but i couldnt quite understand the second part of your response

[@MrRubixscube]

@@inokori7146 the text on the card is quite clear, at the end of the extra turn you lose the game

[@dandelionplays]

Why is there no Chrome Host Seedshark? It would go pretty well in this deck

[@LegenVD]

Yes and no. It’s a great payoff for noncreature spells but we’re looking for noncreature payoffs for Convoke. There’s no extra synergy between Seedshark and Invasion of Segovia, the latter being the card I wanted to build around.

[@dandelionplays]

Ok makes sense

[@kkkkkkkk652]

have u tried rals reinforcements in this deck?

[@LegenVD]

Briefly, yes. Could work well with more Convoke cards, although playing too many spells with Convoke defeats the purpose of transforming Invasion of Segovia. It’s a tricky balance which is why I spent so much time on this idea.

[@ajud]

'Our opponent doesn't want to play anymore.' I find these innocent comments hillarious

[@oliverwetter9186]

Thea!

[@hemsmooth]

12:52 why did you have to bounce your Lier before the counterspell resolved? Why not leave Lier on the battlefield?

[@gusdavies]

Spells can't be countered when Lier is in play

[@lifetime05]

Why not just let the spell resolve and sacrifice Lier? There was another one in hand that could have been played anyway. I'm a little lost.

[@soybomb777]

@@lifetime05 Best to keep as many Liers around as possible. if they answered the second one he'd be left with very little

[@sparkplugbarrens]

What's Kraken?

[@louisnemzer6801]

Convoke. Not just for white/green anymore

[@SRMC23]

I find it funny how many people dissed out this Battle because well, its Segovia so everything is gonna by itty bitty in body stats, then it later got goated. I think all battles turned out overpowered to be fair, its just too much value on dropping a permanent that has ETB, is a divertion for oponent since it has to defend it and gets you even more value once you get it to transform.

[@comedyman4896]

Not gonna lie, I completely forgot Lier was still standard legal

[@armandolee3941]

Man, I played against this deck today, the guy had 2 Iconoclast out and got to cast his whole deck, leaving only 2 cards on top and like 100 tokens. It was all or nothing and I casted a Sunfall. Biggest ragequit I've seen on MTG Arena. I even thought he was going to have a counter or something😅

[@SegaPhoenix]

I hope sunfall gets banned. It's probably the most powerful spell in the game and saves bad players. No spell in the game should wipe out 20 turns of development and still leave the caster with a wicked creature.

[@armandolee3941]

​@@SegaPhoenixSunfall works against agro decks. Not so much against mid-range and it doesnt work at all against control decks. The extra creature can be easily removed with a destroy artifact or creature spell. Its just about playing around it😅

[@armandolee3941]

​@@SegaPhoenix btw, are you the guy I played the Sunfall? Just wondering why would you try to imply Im a bad player just because I used it on my ramp deck jaja. BTW do you even know Fable of the mirror breaker? If you dont, that would make sense jaja

[@teischer3166]

Did you stop playing Ranked?

[@LegenVD]

At least until the banned announcement.

[@hastat7322]

this looks like a hard deck to play properly

[@uiop60]

I love the content, but I want to pick on calling the deck “Izzet Invasion” when EVERY BATTLE has “invasion” in the name. “Izzet krakens”, maybe? “Segovia spells”?

[@LegenVD]

Updated!

[@TheChzoronzon]

Fifth!!!