Luckiest MTG Topdecks That Became Legendary

Luckiest Magic: The Gathering Topdecks That Became Legendary.
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[@NikachuMTG]

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[@momojess9912]

Best top deck is when you drew that 3rd land on curve after keeping a two lander hand on the play.

[@lokimtg5976]

Its hard to put that feeling into words lol

[@Exile559]

Makes me miss my mono black soul eater. Only need 1 mana to make you tap out.

[@ItWatchesWithoutEyes]

This feeling is felt best when playing WUBRG only to draw into each respective land as needed.

[@4sur20]

Unless you play monored burn deck...

[@mikotagayuna8494]

This is actually a good keep if you're on the draw and you just need 3 mana to ramp.

[@Purgatog]

Kibler’s reaction to the Bonfire is just another proof of what an awesome competitor he is. One single second of being visibly upset and frustrated, then immediately back to his usual composure, followed by a hand shake. What a chad.

[@blackmill89]

built for Hearthstone gameplay

[@poisenbery]

1:32 This is probably some of the best sportsmanship I've ever see in one of these situations. I enjoyed the fact that he was able to laugh it off because it demonstrates that he's mature enough to understand that this is just a game to play for fun.

[@technole]

My favorite moment of the Lightning Helix has always been seeing the judges also get ecstatic and shake his hand too.

[@NikachuMTG]

Judges are magic fans too!

[@oreofudgeman]

As a pioneer mono red aggro player, topdecking a burn spell with no cards in hand when my opponent id at 2 or 3 ALWAYS feels amazing lol

[@leadlacedanarchy9341]

Jon the judge behind Kibler when the Bonfire happened is a good dude, met him when I was living in Columbus years ago and he was the head judge at every big tournament in the area for years with the exception of a GP that Sheldon Menery took over the role for the day.

[@nik700]

That lightning helix play is the perfect example of playing to your outs.

[@TheLowki999]

I topdecked my only out Vengevine in the Elves vs Dimir Control matchup whenever vengevine was legal in standard lol, against Gerry Thompson in the last round of a SCG 5K to win 50$ lol that was right before he went on a tear and won like 3 GPs in a row!

[@PeterTeePee]

lightning helix is definitely THE top deck/play of mtg history. cause it incorporates having cahoones of pure steel, yugioh, and top decking/luck saccing your opponent.

[@trevorkroon2163]

3:38 Imagine if after the crowd cheered and freaked out, his opponent just quietly says "I counter".

[@Redington931]

With what blue mana? I don't see any islands on his side of the board.

[@basabromander2778]

Shocked not to see the PT Dominaria Glorybringer topdeck on here. Last game, last round, last lifepoint, last draw, and the pull exactly what they needed

[@isaacbaker8575]

The best topdeck I've experienced: I kept a 4 card no lander in round two of the finals at a modern event at my lgs because I was on the draw and I believed in the heart of the cards. I drew the land on turn one, curved out perfect, and 2-0'd my opponent. Just another filthy lucksack

[@clarkX100]

Twice during the same FNM I topdecked a primeval titan the turn after I had it thoughtseized away. Doesn't get much better

[@evangrimm7824]

Best topdeck I've had: in commander, have a lurking predators in play and a lot of big boys on my board, opponent casts Blasphemous Act and off the Lurking Predators trigger, flip Avacyn, Angel of Hope. They were not happy lmao

[@kingdjoser]

Lol...that zoom onto the lightning helix! It's comprised of about 5 pixels... if anything it makes it harder to see what it is! Amazing that we used to watch such low res content and had any idea what was going on.

[@wonkybiscuit2760]

My favorite top deck happened right after Khans dropped. I was running Zoo, my opponent was playing rwu infect. I had 8 poison counters, top deck Rancor for exactly enough damage for my last Nacatl to beat over for game..

[@Silentpoppy]

the one with craigs jones was a really good example why its important to understand what your path to victory is and to play for that.

[@John-pl4fl]

Not necessarily a top deck, but the luckiest draw I had in my history of playing Commander was when I was playing my Dinosaur Commander deck with Gishath being my commander. I had whispersilk and double strike on him allowing me to reveal the top 14 cards when dealing 14 combat damage and potentially getting 14 dinosaurs onto the battlefield for free. I had elemental bond on the field as well. My opponent had a whole army of angels and I had no reach, meaning I was dead next turn. Unfortunately I only got 1/14 cards to be a dinosaur and the rest went to the bottom of my library. However, because of my elemental bond I was able to draw one card as the dinosaur which entered the battlefield under Gishath's ability had power 3 or greater. That one card which I drew was Wakening Sun's Avatar, which destroys all non-Dinosaur creatures if I cast it from my hand. I paid the mana cost and single-side board wiped, allowing me to win the game because my opponent's blockers were gone. Probably the craziest luck I've ever had playing Magic.

[@irbster]

Yep didn't happen dude. Show a LITTLE class

[@BerryMckHawkener]

@@irbster mad?

[@MadlyTexas]

​@@irbsterspeak for yourself😂

[@Matthias-pj6th]

1:26 is why I feel that Miracle was a horseshit mechanic, the idea that game knowledge, planning, and controlling the boardstate amount to nothing so long as your opponent can topdeck a Miracle. By direct contrast I *love* the Lightning Helix topdeck (and the Char to the face) because it was the only winning line and Craig Jones knew it, he saw what his only possible out was and played to it.

[@raphaeldones2772]

Ponder, Sensei Divining Top, Brainstorm, all allow you to stack your deck. Sure, miracle may bring some luck into the game but if you think MTG is a 100% skill game you'd be wrong.

[@Dalenthas]

I mean, it could've been a Fireball for all the difference that it made. When you're burning your opponent to death it doesn't matter if you also hurt their creatures...

[@Matthias-pj6th]

@@Dalenthas Except Fireball wasn't legal in that Format.

[@Dalenthas]

@@Matthias-pj6th I think you missed my point. There's a long history of X damage red spells that can hit players, nothing about that top deck was unique to Miracles as a mechanic.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

@@raphaeldones2772 Right. And a blind top deck of the card you need is already lucky.

[@blaze556922]

Always a pleasure seeing your uploads pop up on the ole feed. Thank you

[@NikachuMTG]

My pleasure!

[@lovetownsend]

5:52 Perfect flavor text to go along with it

[@mikotagayuna8494]

It's no surprise that a lot of these miraculous topdecks are red cards. Playing red always makes one feel like an underdog in any match not because it's a weak color but because it often puts you in a position to have a puncher's chance.

[@tehmodestmouse6275]

Absolutely

[@benjaminkaye5119]

Man that kibler loss to a top deck was brutal and was nice to see it come back around. Another great video, my friend, and catch ya on the flippity!

[@greycat5383]

If I recall, it was hence referred to as 'The Topdeck of the Damned"

[@gabecoombs3021]

I never actually knew where Jim Davis' "Oh, it's Lightning Helix" sound bite came from. Thanks 😊

[@NikachuMTG]

You do now!

[@tsiddons327]

Kibler when Bonfired: I'd rather be good than lucky Kibler when Slagstorming: I'd rather be lucky than good

[@vontszemu2166]

My best topdeck was back in the day at standard, my opponent had lethal on board next turn, and all of his slivers were indestructible, but were at 2.... I topdecked a Shock 😅

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Never get tired of seeing any of these!

[@67Elite]

Hell yeah another Nikachu vid!

[@vladspellbinder]

Top deck Cruel Ultimatum is always going to be my favorite. It's always better to be lucky than skilled. No matter how well you play the game if you've got shit luck there isn't much you can do. Five land draws in a row when you can already cast every card in your deck will cost anyone the game, same goes for not drawing the lands you need to cast thing, bit it overall mana value wise or color wise. Skill comes in on knowing how to build you deck to be the best it can be and how to use what you draw to the best you can but if you don't draw anything of use you loose. I'd always rather be lucky than skilled.

[@vladspellbinder]

@Chris Canavan II One of the _whole points_ of a card game is that you shuffle the deck and have to deal with random draw and how best to sue what you are given. Are you telling me that he _cheated_ and specifically stacked his deck so he'd draw what he needed at that time? Because that is the _only_ way to remove luck as a factor when dealing with random chance from a proper shuffle, by not properly shuffling at all and cheating.

[@milesthomas932]

I've never seen that double whip flare one. Noice.

[@leandroteixeira33]

For me the most legendary topdeck will always be Wyatt Darby's Glorybringer + Abrade in the PT Dominaria finals. It's a great mix of luck and skill because he played in a way that put himself dead on board but gave him a small chance of winning if his opponent didn't play around the Abrade and he topdecked exactly Glorybringer which is what happened. Like the Lightning Helix moment, what makes this topdeck great is not just the luck involved, but the skill involved to put yourself in a situation where being lucky could change the outcome of the game.

[@teejaygibson4315]

The Brian Kibler top deck was my fav. The way he presented it and had to shuffle them around a bit lol.

[@me12345635]

My misses recently had an amazing top deck. It was a 3 player game. She was playing Naya Dino's & had a decent board with Pyrohemia out. I was out of the game & my friend had put her to 11 & he was at 10. She had 9 red mana available & couldn't kill him on board & he was ready to kill her next turn. She top decked a Boros charm! Did 4, to his face & Pyrohemiaed him to death.

[@plasmasloth8201]

I had a game where I was borrowing a friend's Hydra commander deck, and I kept a stunning zero lander because I had a loaded hand with soul ring, A mana doubler, and some boss monsters and I knew if I got one Forest I would pop off, the other players left me alone for a few turns cuz I wasn't too lucky but I drew my Forest round three and then round 4 I went crazy, over the next few turns I was basically the arch enemy. I ended up assembling a board state to cycle my creatures and draw cards and I played out a 20/20 Hydra that when it died I drew cards equal to its power, but the problem is I did the math wrong and I forgot I also had an enchantment that did the same thing and if it died I would deck myself out, and because of the misplay I could only kill one of my opponents that turn and had to leave the other alive. and that player was running a theft deck and he used chaos wands to exile the top part of my library, and that card just so happened to be the last kill spell in the deck and he used it to kill my Hydra and deck me out

[@GettinNickyWitIt]

GP Minneapolis (Modern) Finals in 2014. Top deck Scapeshift when hellbent with open board will always be memorable to me!

[@deadNdivine12]

I only know the lightning helix, because of Jim Davis using it in his soundboard haha. Funny reaction.

[@littlestdm3141]

those top decks are insane

[@ericdoan9949]

I was at a tournament playing edh. I had this guy on lockdown with Jeskai control. He had warstorm surge out and pecking me to death off of etb triggers. He was at 3 health and I was frantically searching for my banefire. He top decks Entreat of the angels and paid 12.... 12 4/4 angels entered and triggered his warstorm surge.

[@riri2803]

Bro, this was like Yugi-Oh anime, drawing the winning cards hahahaha

[@BassDuff]

great video Nikachu! I wish you luck on your next top deck

[@gustavocolon8288]

Missed the Makihito Mihara's Ritual Top deck vs PVDR to win the 2006 worlds with Dragonstorm.

[@dihimono]

quick translation for 1:06 "I'm feeling that" XD.

[@Magworld0]

I had a lethal knight of the reliquary in play, and a second in hand, vs empty handed UWR control in legacy, that already spent a jace on a force of will, and 2 swords to plowshares out of 4. Game 3, to decide who goes day 2 at GP Providence. He drew Elspeth to chump block, Ajani Vengeant to keep one of them tapped while Elspeth continues to give a token to chump, into Jace. His only outs were these 3 (with only one of each left) and swords to plowshare, he needed to draw two of them, and vengeant was not an out with Elspeth first.

[@Magworld0]

oh and "Show and tell?" "In response Clique you, put that Emrakul on the bottom, nothing left to put on the board" *draws for clique, puts Emrakul into play*

[@GlaDurDeaD]

Ya missed out me whipping out the End the Festivities vs Green Scute Swarm Landfall when Opp on 1 life.

[@jacktupp4358]

My favorite top decker is Jared Boettcher... and that's absolutely a reference to one of your other video's.

[@ju5tj0shiny1nz]

LSV with the aviators and the mustache-the man is obviously a legend. 🤓

[@LordOverTheLightOfRa]

5:33 Look at that boys hand shake. Thats how you know he didnt cheat.

[@lovetownsend]

I added in Icomorphasis (turns creature into 0/1 fish) instead of that frog spell (turns into 1/1 for one less mana) and actually saved me in a game once.

[@nichmiller4251]

Off duty, fresh coffee, new Nikachu video. Damn y'all, this is a good Monday.

[@timay4201]

"Char you" is definitely one of my favorite mtg moments.

[@junyisang8672]

You gotta talk about the time when a a pod player tried to resolve a lotus cobra on T2 that got reminded. So the pod player casts summoning trap and finds eternal witness, that then puts the summoning trap back in hand and… casts it again. It finds resto Angel and loops it again… finding Kiki Jiki on the third cast and ending the game. It was the most glorious way to beat a control player ever lol. We talk about it til this day at my LGS.

[@NikachuMTG]

If you have a link, that would be nice. Never heard of this.

[@junyisang8672]

@@NikachuMTG it was on TCG player back when they had articles - it was an article I believe written by Craig Wescoe back when he was writing articles from them around 2013.

[@zeusalternative1270]

My best topdeck was when I was playing Izzet against Lifelink and creatures that gain +1/+1 counters when you heal, I had several tokens so I had a wall but it was rough, I had like 17 lands, 2 life, drew half my deck and had 15 creatures on field, my opponent had like 200 life and a 58/58 with lifelink and 3 other creatures, I knew my only out was an 1 of in my deck so I stalled as best as I could, I could only stall 1 or max 2 turns when I draw it, massive manipulation (2x+4 blue, take control of X targer creatures and/or planeswalkers) I pay X for 4 and take control of his entire board, he scoops

[@jinpachibobochan3532]

If I were the spirit deck player of the last one, I would probably shed a tear of despair. Damn.

[@sushibot12]

Easily Bonfire. My friends are from Team Taiwan, my god so much hype when that happened. Watched then play till 5AM local time.

[@SoulReaperDKC]

My favorite top deck moment was I was playing Commander with some friends. I was running an elf deck, I was in decent shape but my opponent had a bunch of small flying creatures that were gonna kill me. I drew an Alpha status and equipped it to a Heedless One. It was either block with all his tiny creatures or take lethal damage.

[@RajaniIsa]

Was playing a draft of invasion, and top decked Reya Dawnbringer. It was a very tense bit because I had one red creature in my deck, in my graveyard, and Coalition Victory.

[@Torrenaxe]

Such a chivalrous reaction from Brian

[@broush42]

I love these videos but still miss your Merfolk games.

[@ingenious5866]

This is literally how all my opponents (Bots from the Coast) topdeck on MTGA.

[@reidmoore8754]

So my moment is what solidified people at my local game shop nicknaming me Yugi Mutou was I was playing my mono black King Macar Commander deck and my opponent had me dead to rights with his Sharoum deck. I only got one card in hand so I top decked Worst Fears and took control of his turn wiping his whole board and setting him to 1 life with his own Toxic Deluge and poked him in the face is Macar for the last bit of damage. "My Deck has no Pathetic Cards Kaiba...... But it does contain YOUR WORST FEARS!"

[@candycatvibe]

Wait so that's one thing that confused me. So when it essentially targets... the board, hexproof doesn't matter?

[@user-dmiller]

Really loving that Luis Scott Mustache

[@TheDorkgetreal]

Best in person top deck I've seen at the NJ grandprix of 4k people. Was legacy miracle vs jeski control. The miracle player was at 1 life and the jeski control player had a full board of angels. The miracle player topped decked a terminus lmao. Shit was wild.

[@mrwednezday6058]

subbed. i dont even play magic but i enjoy nikachu's personality, voice, and content

[@NikachuMTG]

Thanks! It's never too late to try. You can play "MTG Arena" for free on Windows, Mac, and mobile.

[@mrwednezday6058]

@@NikachuMTG i would like too but i just feel like the learning curve may be too steep for me

[@NikachuMTG]

@@mrwednezday6058 MTG is a bit weird. It's really easy to learn the basics and start playing. But the more you learn about the more complicated it gets.

[@mrwednezday6058]

@@NikachuMTG it looks complicated for the start for me DX ive only played yugioh, and some pokemon. i cant do synchros and pendulums in yugioh either tho. do you have any good recommendations on where to look for how to learn to play mtg?

[@ToadimusPrime]

My friend plays green Eldrazi Tron. He often keeps a 1 Urza land hand and by turn 3 he has all 3.

[@philellis3463]

Honorable mention: Wyatt Darby’s Glorybringer Top Deck at Pro Tour Dominaria

[@thrillhouse4151]

Hehehe fun to see mustachioed LSV and baby face Kibler get Bonfired as a group effort.

[@Reddgameplus]

Cool vid, but your forgot back in M12 pre release when my opponent had my 5/6 Vastwood Gorger locked down with an ice cage. Of course he had lethal on board next turn when I top decked an Acidic Slime melting his ice cage and sealing 8th place for myself. That…or you never heard of it.

[@NikachuMTG]

I do now!

[@Wenzel368]

No game of magic I've ever won has felt better than my boros deck vs this guy's eldrazi mana ramp deck. I couldn't play anything because of destroyer clearing my board and right as I was about to die to aeons torn I drew my boros fury shield and one shot him. He couldn't believe it and was just as surprised as I was. He was a good sport about it because we were both regulars.

[@andrewbmore1310]

But i thought that Ray Finkel's creatures were Hexproof? I'm still learning but thought that meant they couldn't be targeted by spells. Or does the spell technically take out the Captains first?

[@NikachuMTG]

Hexproof protects creatures from cards that directly target that card. Whipflare doesn’t target anything. It just deals 2 damage to everything; hexproof doesn’t protect against that.

[@andrewbmore1310]

@@NikachuMTG Ok, thats what i was thinking, Thanks Nikachu!

[@davidzheng369]

Nassif's the luckiest and one of the best players in MTG history.

[@Zidane_Mina]

Ah yes, those moments when fate intervenes and makes you lose/win a game. Those are my favorite moments in this game, for good or ill

[@missalissa06]

Love your videos! Hopefully when my Gabriel (5 y/o) grows up he’ll be as good as Gabriel N!

[@blurry9744]

I love MTG artwork I would just buy the cards for the artwork alone, really amazing

[@chefemf]

Too bad the original top deck win wasn't taped. Mike Loconto pulling STP to kill Bertrands Dervish at first pro tour

[@Phobos1869]

Better to be lucky than to be good. A tale as old as time

[@michaeljaime1475]

I don’t understand the last one. Wouldn’t the two creatures that give +1/+1 make the Dungeon Gheist a 5/5? How does it die to that?

[@SomeGuy712x]

When the Drogskal Captains die, the buffs they provide go away too, so the Dungeon Geists drop back to 3/3 with 4 damage on them, and die as well.

[@avivarose7019]

i would love more kibler content! great vid!

[@GoldenSunAlex]

Gotta love miracle cards. Literally designed to be a topdeck mechanic.

[@leftysheppey]

I'm sad Rakdos Return didn't feature in this video, love that clip

[@NikachuMTG]

one day it will

[@breawycker]

This is the first time I've seen miracle live up to it's name and not just be brainstormed out

[@neusynz1913]

How dare u give a heart of the cards reference in a magic game lol

[@insaneclownpadre]

The double whipflare because I was once in a similar situation.

[@JulianHernandez-tn5gu]

Oh its lightning helix!!! Ohmygod! Best voice clip ever

[@The_GamingChef]

Black devotion top decks Grey merchant all to often against me

[@Karmotrine42]

5:30 is just me that dont know the rules or orsini could sac of his creatures to not take the 5 damage?

[@MakeUrFutureBetter]

I wish I had MTG luck, but instead I got stuck with skill. Works out nicely for MTGA...

[@jayblue5464]

Video summery : Better to be lucky then good

[@smil3r1999]

Best top deck I've had recently is playing Jeskai Lotus Field in modern. Kept an absolutely awful hand in hindsight, two lands, one of which is a Flagstones of Trokair. Top deck the Lotus Field on my first draw... Yeah I won that game 😂

[@phoboskittym8500]

I like how pro players reflexively shuffle even 2 cards that have already been on the table...

[@Layaway_Virgin]

I loved top decking a Congregate and had a Tainted Remedy on field. I had three creatures and my opponent had a fuck ton of thopter tokens so I made him gain life to lose. He thought it was busted

[@natben6099]

who's the one who said "better lucky than good" already? I know it's an ex-pro hall of famer, but I can't remember which

[@fiesesalien]

Your audio can take +2db. It's a tad to quiet. Good content! Stay crunchy.

[@Yakuo]

Thank you. 🌈🙏☮

[@jorgenorberto293]

I really enjoy these videos. But I have to ask, when will we being seing Grandpa back???

[@srennygaardlystbkgjesse8531]

How about the Danish team topdeck of duneblast at the final match at the world championship?

[@NikachuMTG]

it's a good one!

[@RumpledNutskin]

I don't know how many MTG KZbinrs have made this exact video

[@caileanparis9998]

Your background looks like a sheet of gel LSD tabs

[@Beowulf-sk4rs]

Lsv had a look of pure despair

[@BigBoss69420]

LSV with the shades tho