The One Where LSV Loses His Mind

[@malte54]

I've not watched a second of the video yet, but i just wanted to say: PLEASE never stop making those videos. They're so chill, i love watching your drafting while simultaneously doing something else. It's not even necessarily the gameplay, it's the drafting.

[@ultimateo621]

Please don’t lose your mind LSV

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

It can be hard to find a replacement, that’s for sure. They’re pretty expensive these days, especially on short notice…

[@abrahamwarner4408]

50:38 The comedic timing of “Maybe no lands” then opponent plays academy was top notch. Sorry that happened to you.

[@Fetterfun]

From one dad to another... After my kid was born my ability to focus and play my A game went way down. The only time I can really play like I used to is when I wake up before my wife and kid on the weekend with a cup of coffee and get a nice league in. That said I don't want to project my life onto yours lsv. Just sharing my experience. All that said, I love that you upload these videos so I can still experience plenty of magic because I am way too tired to play as much as I used to.

[@jonathanrichardson5330]

18:35 I kinda like mana draining the Endurance, playing dungeoneer, getting a plains from the initiative and holding up swords

[@DanielJParish]

That line sounds sweet

[@artemi7]

@@jonathanrichardson5330 yeah using Swords when you had Mana Drain on deck is wild. Swords is probably more flexible, and Drain ramping you out is way better when you get the chance to play it earlier

[@Montivale]

I came here to say the same thing. That let's you hold up lose focus on your turn too

[@LucianDevine]

That bonus game was NUTS! Crazy haymakers back and forth! I hope you keep showing us those bonus games on occasion!

[@Kendal411]

I’m not sure your second round opponent could have had better draws if he was intentionally picking them. God tier academy deck meets perfect draws is really something.

[@dashkatae]

Every game having Mishra's Workshop in opening hand is insane.

[@vitomarin101]

Thank you LSV! :) I don't play or watch Magic anymore but I watch you.

[@timjp7459]

I got back into magic since quitting in the late 90s because of these videos.

[@JoeyKneecap]

Same.

[@jewpcabra666]

your deck was so sick - sad I couldn't give a more fun first match to though you had a great hand regardless 😂 the deck truly decided that night to not deliver me anything. Ggs and please keep making vids!

[@bettorup_]

LSV has an uncanny ability to call out the cards he's about to get crushed by.

[@sorinsoria]

Draft is such a fun format. Been binging these like it’s breaking bad episodes

[@quarkraven]

Happy Forth New Yearlingus everyone

[@emiach]

Please return to the non-Initiative cube soon... every match ending with the same mechanic feels against the whole point of cubing

[@EverythingAlways]

A+ title

[@pauldaulby260]

The flickerwisp play sounded so good to me as you were describing it 😅

[@anthonyjs8048]

I was waiting for something huge, but that honestly wasn't that bad. There was a good chance of recovery depending on the opponent's plays. I actually thought the missplay was holding drain and discarding lose focus at 1:15:30, since lose focus was clearly putting their whole strategy on pause and you couldn't even cast drain. As soon as it was discarded, the opponent went pretty hard.

[@Kendal411]

I’m not optimistic about the games based on the title, but having watched the draft part you absolutely were in the right colors at least.

[@marcbauerett1232]

That Academy deck looked sick and the draws were just pure evil.

[@andrewjh]

That ending was tuff 😭

[@almogdov]

If that's you losing your mind, I'm afraid what the rest of us looks like lol

[@brothertobias]

I do be like that sometimes! Thank you for the video For the draft, I really liked your lane. Only picks I disagree on isSteamvents over Resto. Resto is so sick with Initiative.

[@PerhapsOOTMM]

Hey Luis, have you guys ever considered doing an IPA draft on these servers (if that is even possible)? I know it's not a universally-extolled format, but it's really interesting.

[@DuckmanDrake231]

I also want to see more IPA drafts, they are fantastic!

[@8BitAvenger]

IPA Draft?

[@PerhapsOOTMM]

@@8BitAvenger invasion, planeshift, apocalypse. It's a draft format from a long time ago.

[@DuckmanDrake231]

@@8BitAvenger if you're interested, LSV has a couple on the Flasback Drafts playlist

[@wpease7]

Incredible title, never clicked on anything faster

[@DemonKeks1]

At 18:45 why not go drain the endurance second main dungeoneer and you still have up force for something scary?

[@cloaking111]

Maybe he didn't think of that interaction with how mana drain works at the time

[@davidchen4592]

Could you have used flickerwusp to save the ocelot pride? Around 1:18:00

[@JPuree]

Do you think it has flash or something?

[@GuillaumePoulin]

I have a theory, we think way way slower when we talk at the same time. I would be very curious to know if you notice a difference in play while not recording. You are a great Magic player so for sure you can do both, but thoughts travel at much higher speed then speach, that I'm certain of!

[@jesserobkin]

G1 it might’ve been worth mana draining the endurance mid-combat, going to second main and casting Dungeoneer with force backup. rather than swordsing the endurance and holding up drain and missing a land drop

[@jesserobkin]

(not that it mattered, lol)

[@vitrehacek7455]

In the first game you could drain the Endurance and play dungeoneer second main

[@andrewwatts6974]

Game 1 you could have drained the endurance and played a second main dungeoneer with force backup, not sure if that was better.

[@larsice9]

an LSV video a day dosn't seem to keep his insanity at bay!

[@stasjovb]

At 18:49 wouldnt have been good to mana drain endurance to use mana to cast dungeoneer get init hit land drop and have swords up to protect it

[@glmcg132]

Yeah I agree seems like a better play than what he did. Also force was up too all the time so I really dont get why he did it the way he did. Probably just missed it

[@LearnAndReflect]

*insert Joker clip about LSV losing his mind*

[@jonesdarryn1]

even tho u made a blunder i still had fun. thnx LSV

[@SindarinElealar]

Scooping with Karakas + Loren vs. an artifact-deck seems a bit premature even if they have some ridiculous stuff going on. They hadn't actually presented a real threat yet; you weren't dying to Sicarian Infiltrator. And Kaldra does trump most of their stuff.

[@countjondi9672]

his mind? Did he ever truly have it?

[@artemi7]

1:10 Is Feywild Caretaker so good that Laelia isn't even worth considering going Boros?

[@LDRTrejo]

Initiative is the most busted mechanic in magic, yes

[@Christoff070]

That academy deck was busted

[@djkensai]

Why not Petty theft.your mox back to hand?

[@mtgpackrat7945]

Dear LSV, how come your academy decks never look like that? 😅

[@shawn6669]

IMO playing the free red splash and the great red cards is way better than stoneforge and a single super expensive equipment.

[@benjaminsouthworth5698]

This looks like a nuts vintage vibe deck…. from 5 years ago. Love it

[@ottokopp770]

20:06 I wonder that every other evening too honestly

[@matteofabiani7230]

We love you Luis ❤️

[@manhattanblockade8544]

Day 1 of asking LSV nicely to play Balatro

[@GPEGEMGTM3]

Oh boy

[@macksmith9715]

2nd

[@nekrataali]

Bruhh lol...we would probably lose daily draft videos if that happened.

[@cropdustr]

Yes PLEASE

[@seanhutt4621]

I feel like he'd get bored of it pretty quick easily solved game ... But it is alot of fun

[@ericf1001]

So sad to skip the chance to actually use manna drain manna in 2nd main phase (m1 g1)

[@vanwright7821]

Lunch time

[@jonesdarryn1]

LSV, sometimes you just move too fast bro. but in the end, this isnt the Pro tour, its just a draft.

[@sethdoddridge7806]

I've been enjoying playing Vintage cube without The Initiative. It makes the drafting a lot less interesting when you see any creature that gives initiative, they're almost just auto picks. Then the whole game gets warped around who keeps the initiative and both players focus only on that.

[@Princeofseance]

I've found myself mentally checking out since the initiative cards are back.

[@Arashekhoeur]

Hope LSV will find it back. Spare or second hand one are not as good generally.

[@Seldomheardabout]

This is my obligatory "you value this card to highly post". Once upon a time is a solid card. But in this format if you actually have to pay 2 mana for it, the card is terrible. I think this card is legit slightly below average as a pick, maybe just exactly average. And I am sure it gets better if you are comboing off of creatures. But just finding bombs in a bomb format for 2 mana is not really that insane. And yeah the floor of the card is grab a land, which for free is nice, but for 2 is so bad. So I don't think the card is undervalued. I think you see it more than you care to because you overvalue it.

[@angrybroccoli9409]

obligated to whom?

[@Seldomheardabout]

@ you seem smart enough to figure this one out on your own, chum.

[@nthnthms1212]

@@Seldomheardabout You used the wrong "too" in your quote. Just a heads up.

[@Seldomheardabout]

@@nthnthms1212 Thank you. I will make sure to proofread this again before sending it off for review...

[@giancarlocafaro6734]

You know, he does mention that he would like to play green if he picks it, implying he understands the drawbacks you mention. And yet, he still brought it up and thinks it’s undervalued, which really says something. The card genuinely is broken as hell when you play it. It’s a card that is so subtly influential in the games that you play it that it warrants the admitted disastrous downside of being a 2 mana straight miss a really small amount of the time and a much more inconsequential 2 mana cantrip a small amount of the time. He was similarly low on the card and BK brought him around a while ago. Granted it’s got it’s not among the best but I would say it’s above average.