Is 11 Removal Spells With 2 Kaerveks Good? | Arena Open Day 1 | OTJ Sealed | MTG Arena

[@adaml8827]

These sealed videos have been an absolute clinic on sealed deck methodology and I've really appreciated the time you take to think through your options

[@haumph]

Glad you enjoy them!

[@charhurhur]

I’m so happy that you got them before Gisa and Calamity went online. Who needs good rares when you have a recurring 1 drop, a 1/2 bird, and 11 removal spells

[@haumph]

ca-caw!

[@merlinnestler7524]

Is this a slay the spire reference?

[@haumph]

@@merlinnestler7524 nope

[@ChristopherComer-p1k]

COMEBACK CHEONS!!! CANT WAIT TO SEE DAY 2!! After a tough day yesterday I’m excited for you to get a chance for 2000!

[@haumph]

TY!

[@patrickgonzales7825]

What a come back!!! Lol, I found myself praying with you for a swamp on the last game. Very good commentary as you made your followers hooked up on the humanity of playing Magic. Very happy for you and hope you do well in your Day2. I sucked on my Day2 draft, so hoping you get there. Looking forward for your Day2 drafts.

[@haumph]

Thanks! Yeah that swamp was clutchhhh

[@Lancelot122]

I really appreciate how u pulled yourself back together after the tough frustrating bonny loss , nice comeback

[@haumph]

Thank you!

[@JonahFeldman-rc5su]

THAT WAS AWESOME! Congrats

[@haumph]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Colbias_27]

Beautiful, I was pumped watching this video. Fantastic display showing resilience, and patience hitting value plays with underwhelming cards.

[@haumph]

Much appreciated!

[@brianh5844]

Nice comeback Paul. This sealed was the story of the Little Raven that Could. "I think I caw, I think i caw..."

[@haumph]

Yes the raven was awesome!

[@AndrewRaia]

BR crime has become my favorite archtype and one I seem to have the most success with. Awesome to see it win.

[@mindeclipse85]

Absolutely awesome! Congrats Paul!

[@haumph]

Thanks a bunch!

[@xfreeman86]

@1:03:07 if you just exile the 2/1, bird drains for 1, then it doesn't matter how he blocks, he'll die because of trample. Don't have to calculate mana for roadrunner.

[@haumph]

You are absolutely correct!

[@Egovinco98]

Really great recovery! congrats on another day 2! start got me worried on vibes too, but sticking around was worth it.

[@haumph]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Scquwer]

What a comeback!

[@ryanhkimmel]

Congrats on the run!!! Can't wait to see your draft for day 2!

[@haumph]

Fingers crossed!

[@SimonBonisteel]

What an emotional rollercoaster. GGs Paul!

[@haumph]

Ggs!

[@jharrington2112]

My man, proving that you dont need green to win in OTJ

[@martyrytlewski7081]

Wow, great job and display of skills. People say red is a poor color for this set and i dont agree with them. Really cool comeback

[@haumph]

TY!

[@trashpandit2202]

Great creator! Love watching you road to rank 1 videos!

[@haumph]

Glad you enjoy them. Thanks!

[@antonioscalfaro8954]

Congrats! Great comeback

[@haumph]

Thanks!

[@s.c.304]

Top play performance! Your deck assessments and builds are also top notch. Well deserved.

[@haumph]

Thank you!

[@Bootus123]

Congratulations! I also got there with Rakdos, but with Laughing Jasper Flint, Akul, and Stingerback Terror. Outside of the bombs, my MVP was actually Ferocification because who doesn’t like a 5/5 flying trampler with haste and menace?

[@QuadSevens1]

The fireball was so good in this deck.

[@haumph]

Yeah it finished a lot of games!

[@moralnexus]

Reminds me of Tempest, when Rolling Thunder was uncommon and "face" ended so many games.

[@foukas]

@@moralnexus Rolling Thunder was common in Tempest, totally absurd by modern limited standards.

[@eduardofilippi7698]

0x2... Bang! Man! Mtg drama 100% here !!

[@tekmox]

Gonna look forward to your Day 2 video. Congrats!

[@haumph]

Yay! Thank you!

[@Elexmage]

My favorite style of draft deck. Burnem and beatem. Well played.

[@haumph]

TY

[@svendejong8110]

Thank you for muting the ambient sound 🙏

[@haumph]

It's still there but I lowered it significantly compared to the other sounds. Thank you for your feedback

[@jackkong7468]

omg, lying on my bed. My hands are shaking when watching the last match. GGs Paul!

[@haumph]

yeah it was thrilling for sure haha

[@Hibadell]

What an epic run 🤣 super tight play Paul, you da man 💪🏻

[@haumph]

Thank you 😁

[@clockworkbrontosaurus]

Great content, always look forward to your videos; your enthusiasm is much appreciated.

[@haumph]

Thank you!

[@PitBoss_ZA]

Looks like you going to get a new handle. Paul "The Comeback Kaiser" Cheon.

[@haumph]

yeah it was a crazy comeback!

[@PitBoss_ZA]

@@haumph Well deserved!

[@sicomatic-thedominionkitch3204]

Thank your for your educational and entertaining vidoes! Not only is using Gold instead of Gems for the Arena Open a potential way to change your luck ;-), it is also more efficient: In a Premier Draft (and most other events) the conversion rate of Gold to Gems is worse than in the Arena Open (1.500 Gems to 10.000 Golds equals a conversion rate of 0,15 Gems per Gold where as the Arena Open gives 0,20 Gems per Gold). I always try to use Gems for my Drafts and save all my Gold for Arena Open entries.

[@haumph]

Good point!

[@DogSpelledBackward]

In your 5th game when raven was going to die, you could have electrodommed them to 1 then play the ruthless lawbringer off it to sac your raven right?

[@RaymondFaulk-w4h]

Gunna have to start calling you MR. removal. Congrats on the reverse sweep. Good luck tomorrow.

[@alp2ccc138]

Congrats again Paul. Great comeback

[@haumph]

Thank you!

[@iwalani2697]

I finally got my first 7-0! thanks Paul for all of the content! its really helped me out a lot!

[@haumph]

Great to hear!

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

Dude congrats!

[@haumph]

Thanks!

[@thiagoaprovado]

Nice! I've trying to make a mono black but i didnt have the chance to open Kaer pack 1 to do it. Iam glady u did it!

[@Bane13579]

Congrats Paul! That was fun! Fun option at 42:16 (didn't matter): Electrodominance their face for 4, play the Lassoed by the Law for free at instant speed. They're at 6, you've got dominance for 4 and 2 drain triggers, they're dead.

[@haumph]

Raven triggers once per turn right?

[@Bane13579]

@@haumph Ahhh you're right. That's why you're the pro and I'm just some internet comment guy!

[@minibrownliger]

I was thinking electrodominance face into ruthless lawbringer sacking raven at instant speed to get an extra trigger on the raven and make the opponents removal whiff. Would have been cool, but leaves them at 1 so probably holding face burn is better.

[@matthewwilliams5089]

Unblockable Roadrunner was the MVP

[@packfiend3732]

Love your videos Paul so glad you are back!

[@haumph]

good to be back!

[@zacdredge3859]

I think I would have gone with GW but splashed Red for Derailment, Hell to Pay and Run Down; Bluffs, Pylons and Mesa all help the splash work, as do 2xNaturalist and Stablemaster. Glad you had success doing something different though. Certainly can't go too badly with premiuim Black removal I just haven't had a good Kaervek deck before so not confident with it.

[@CesarRodriguez-ql5od]

That was amazingly played

[@haumph]

TY!

[@seangerrity9217]

Great run!

[@kolowaal6294]

Last day was unlucky but I believe You can do again 2k !! Go Go mr Paul and I hope for friendly shuffler ❤

[@haumph]

🤞

[@kolowaal6294]

@@haumphjust finished watching, Amazing comeback and nice choose of deck colors and cards, Salute to You sir, that was a pleasure thriller to watch !

[@WPS578]

Cut the Raven yesterday for a puny ankle biter and lost. Included the Raven today and took you to victory by dealing 10 dmg every single match.

[@haumph]

Raven was amazing!

[@alp2ccc138]

Good look.

[@jamesdrummond7684]

BOOM, SHAKE THE ROOM

[@Razen94]

LETS GOOOOOOOO!

[@haumph]

gogogo!

[@Omni_V]

Great games, congrats

[@haumph]

Thanks!

[@edo-lg4ec]

nice done! could you please give me some insights on how often should i mulligan hands with lands of just one colour?

[@haumph]

Ideally you have some playable spells that can give you the time to draw the mana source of the other color. for example, 3 swamps desperate bloodseeker murder and 2 other red cards is a fine keep. but 3 mountains 2 consuming ashes, vault plunderer, skuldugger not so much

[@crytical7]

I'm sure you've been told by now, but the gold cost is a fair bit cheaper than the gem cost, so save gold for these if possible, and use gold for these whenever you can. Thanks haumph

[@Egovinco98]

1:03:05 what does the RR abiltiy get you at this point? isnt the math always the same

[@fpejanovic]

i did 1 try - had an awful pool with virtually no removal and ended up going 3-3.

[@haumph]

Oof sorry to hear that :(

[@fpejanovic]

@@haumph thanks. but looking forward to your day2 drafts

[@usedworkshop]

sick streak

[@haumph]

ty!

[@dustinhalo]

LETS GO!!!!

[@haumph]

Gogo

[@JacobCollier-lc4bd]

2 videos tomorrow nice!

[@haumph]

hopefully!

[@JustPlainAwfulStreams]

i swear people have been sleepiong on electrodominance this entire season and it has won me so many games out of nowhere

[@haumph]

It was definitely great for me!

[@Egovinco98]

55:44 auto tapper is so good at being horrible and nearly ruining runs. the highligh is only a split second but it would pay ward with BR to keep open HtP for x=0. and like this is probably one of the more understandable failstates, but all wekekend long it feels like i kept reading tweets how Auto Tapper completlty messed up without cause.

[@RW77777777]

if you play with filter lands, you know to tap them first after the first time it happens

[@flyingguru517]

green seemed better but worked out anyway,

[@artemi7]

Would you say you... Stole this day 2 ticket? Lol

[@Dennis450D]

At 19:00, shouldn't you have pitched the Overzealous Muscle with Discerning Peddler so you could have cast it for 2 life after your next crime with Kaervek out?

[@Dennis450D]

Never mind, I didn't realize you still had to pay the mana for that copy!

[@Benjamin-ol4jx]

Electrodominance is opponent removal

[@MichaelWilliam-yn8md]

Paul why dont you interact with opponents? Like when they day hello. Nothing beyond that would be fine just courious 😊

[@haumph]

I honestly don't pay attention sometimes as I'm busy looking at my hand and also talking through my options.

[@MichaelWilliam-yn8md]

@@haumph very understandable

[@kylewark8163]

What a comeback!

[@haumph]

Sure was!