MTG Arena - Historic - Extra Lands

[@LegenVD]

Hint: Your life total is a resource. Don't be afraid to go to a low life total. Winning at 1 life or 20 life doesn't make a difference.

[@thcdreams654]

Always remember Vin Diesel's words of wisdom in the Fast and the Furious movie. "Ask any racer, any real racer. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning's winning."

[@Skytho]

apparently unless you are in a mythic invitational :P

[@ComradeVenus]

Unless you're playing felidar guardian. Then it matters if you're at 40 life

[@thcdreams654]

@@nicholasmays4257 I was joking about vin Diesel's wisdom

[@tapsin3923]

LegenVD: "Winning at 1 life or 20 life doesn't make a difference." Me: Winning at minus life with platinum angel :D

[@micah3030]

Turn three bolas’s citadel “Definitely an above average turn three I would say.”

[@isaakward5840]

This is why i watch. I absolutely love his humour and easy to digest information

[@lifetime05]

That's a cool deck. Would love to see it updated once landfall is in the mix with Zendikar Rising

[@joshuaduck4139]

The new Nissa would be great in this.

[@simonthayer791]

Joshua Duck I don’t know if it would, it’s kind of slow, and you don’t have any reanimating synergy

[@JohnDoe-zx1ck]

I've been running a very similar deck in standard the last few months. Obviously, without dread presence or citadel this deck does not exist anymore and will move to historic. Out of the zendikar spoilers, I'm mostly interested in lotus cobra. I run track down and bond of flourishing, the cobra's extra mana would let me play stuff stuck in my hand while the deck goes off.

[@filipstysiak]

@@joshuaduck4139 new Nissa does nothing for this deck. Lotus Cobra and the exponential token generator do, as well as the mythic that turns creatures into forests

[@jzoobs]

@@JohnDoe-zx1ck this is already historic though

[@emregeylani]

Your content quality never disappoints man, you have my humble upvote.

[@henrycunningham311]

Game against the gobs was probably the greatest thing I’ve seen on KZbin

[@jorgecardoso5863]

Much gentler then the one with Wild-growth walker but still, a monster of a deck

[@giadriana]

LVD, you're my favorite mtg player. Love watching you play fun decks and listening to your soothing voice. Hope my like and comment help you.

[@LegenVD]

Thanks for saying that!

[@sweeswaa6217]

I love how calm and collected he is with his dialogue, but he also shows so much compassion with the decks he plays.

[@nathanielsmith5976]

"Turn three concede" "Compassion" Choose one

[@sweeswaa6217]

@@nicholasmays4257 Proly not. Just was trying to find the right word, and that sounded close

[@olafthemoose9413]

Passion is the word you're looking for

[@bokial7292]

Couldn‘t agree more with the final sentence, that it is super satisfying and tons of fun to potentially play half your deck in one turn. Rarely craft decks I see somewhere else, but this might be one of them!

[@LegenVD]

Definitely keep an eye on the Zendikar spoilers, as there is a good chance some new cards can make their way into the deck.

[@demilembias2527]

awesome gameplay, and very creative to go with Dread Presence and Bolas's Citadel as win conditions when most players would just use the ramp for a fast Ulamog or something

[@aynim860]

Wow this deck reminds me of the old explore deck

[@sirreginalddoc3117]

Congratulations on being the first person to find a way to make Aboreal Grazer a decent mid/late game card. They said it couldn't be done.

[@hudsonmcfadyen1717]

this is the deck I voted for an I am not disappointed

[@antoniobolettieri6087]

26:58 Assuming you don't know the opponent next play, I would have killed one of the Pegasi so the other one needs a 2/1 ground chump attacker to actually enable the attack. In that case Dread Presence can eat a creature for free or, in the best scenario, opponent doesn't attack at all. Your play is right if you know for sure that the Veteran comes down next turn.

[@bookhunter7375]

I loved the devil's experiment deck you showed in a video a little while back- so I will have to try this one too!

[@orniky]

That game 2 vs goblins had me laughing 😂 what an insane turn 3 that was

[@sirhardie9106]

So I used to watch you during MTG2015. YT recommended me this video to watch and I have not got a clue what just happened in that gameplay. Holy shit there was so much going on

[@LegenVD]

Welcome back!

[@personsomeone2760]

This is why I love historic I get to see janky combos that I can add to my weird commander decks. I have a deck that has every single play additional land permints and play top card of library. Adding more combos of life gain while playing lands can help a lot. Even more than the artifact that copy's your current life total and every time you play a land set your life to it.

[@kevinschm9798]

Im Not Playing arena anymore but im still watching your vids

[@matador432able]

Wow one of my favorite decks yet!

[@EveloGrave]

Love to see this variation instead of the Lands into Ulamog/Ugin. Really sick of some of the cards in Historic.

[@ExplosiveFetus]

That's the issue with historic, it has the potential to have way more variety, but with the added variety it means that certain strategies that are usually good end up being OP. Bigger card pool = better options for efficiency and enabling niche strategies a bit better. Solution: make weird decks to counter the meta. I was running elemental ramp + Yarok + Thassa + Massacre Wurm a while back to beat up on Field of the Dead decks. If Ugin is a problem I would just run colorless artifact creature aggro, or instant speed removal like Murderous Rider.

[@gabrielmunoz1378]

Definitely an interesting deck! Nice video LegenVD

[@EuginidesGaming]

Nice dude! I love dread presence so much, so it’s awesome to see people playing him. I ended up making a sultai citadel list in standard and historic that had him as a win-con as well. Some of the must fun I’ve had in MTG when it went off 😂

[@1984kylea]

That second game was hilarious, thanks for the vid.

[@DubiousKing]

I remember trying to brew with Scapeshift and Dread Presence when they were both in Standard. This just feels like a grindier, better verison of what I was cobbling together. Seems super fun

[@JohnDoe-zx1ck]

I've been using a similar deck in standard for quite a while now. I use void invader to put deathtouch on my dread presence to nuke creatures. If you want to mulch your opponent, that deck does it.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

That was a siiiick deck omg I loved it!

[@FruitsBootG]

Ah, bolas' citadel combos, I'll never get tired of 'em As long as I'm the one playing them anyway

[@eisenhoward1]

Golgari has always been my favorite colors

[@morgangill3051]

This deck looks like a lot of fun. :)

[@sundowneyes]

*Above average turn 3* That was an understatement xD

[@jayson1859]

You always make the most fun decks to play and watch ^_^

[@CJan65]

Hey LVD, I just made a massive career move today that's had me stressing and your video upload right when I got home has me feeling really positive about the whole thing. Thank you for your content! Cross your fingers for me!

[@LegenVD]

Good luck with your future endeavors!

[@hanswurst1504]

Good land stuff!

[@alfredosolano7955]

jesus christ, what a fun deck

[@Clouded-Logic]

We all knew when the guy Nova'd your Citadel, the next turn he would FF.

[@thatguyinyellow2950]

yes I would love more lands

[@ThomasL.116]

Match 2 had a certain Legacy feeling to it... :-)

[@FanPhys]

I dunno... Legacy would have been a turn 2 win lol

[@ThomasL.116]

@@FanPhys or like Samurai when they faced off and one conceded before it started because he felt that he is the underdog... :-D

[@madisonking8057]

Yo primevil bounty is back! I love that card!

[@jacobc2378]

That game against goblins was just silly.

[@prid1234]

i have a similar version of this deck except I use Crucible of Worlds and The Gitrog Monster. Very fun to play!

[@LegenVD]

Do love me a good Gitrog deck!

[@SmoKKz0r]

Cool deck

[@antoniobolettieri6087]

8:31 Playing the Passage might be a mistake here. Given that you already have three additional lands you can play each turn and knowing you're drawing the Dread Presence you got two shots until the next turn (thanks to the Tome) to try and hit the Dryad of the Ilysian Grove and start triggering the Presence immediately. I know you wanna build up your mana base as soon as possibile but, really, I think playing the one land it's useless in this particular situation. My opinion, I could be awfully wrong of course :)

[@Pahpita]

20:18 legend really was like damn that sucks anyways

[@markbuckler4793]

Man, there seems to be so much fun jank to mine out of Historic...

[@regul4rjohn]

Citadel goes Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@alexzhang3761]

love this deck haha

[@marcozordan4532]

What about a ramp deck based around ominous seas and finale of revelation? Maybe with mastermind's acquisition to search the seas

[@lifeisawesome1391]

14:45 "an above-average turn three I would say"

[@LilianasDisciples]

Someone is hyped for landfall.

[@andreapezzoni3782]

They said comments are good for you, so here it is

[@StrawMan1235]

crafting this for my play extra lands quest :d

[@SystematicOtter]

What a swamping.

[@RealClassixX]

I miss Growth Spiral in Standard. I just want to ramp on 2. ☹

[@Legov7]

That match against the goblins... The outcome was inevitably. What is one to do against a deck with such exceptional early game prowess, that can generate so much value for free as early as turn three? C^: The goblins really did not stand a chance.

[@jigglefloyd]

20:20 pro tour play by the opponent

[@tmmrtn]

Bring back chapters! So helpful to navigate around.

[@milramas]

Hope you revisit this deck once zendikar drops

[@ThisIsToXiN]

I remember playing against you with a similar deck a few weeks ago.

[@bigbobby1]

I found uro amd scheming symmetry to be very good cards in these sorta decks

[@thatguytravis3933]

LVD, I thoroughly enjoy your videos however I am always wanting more than the one a day. Is there another way to watch?

[@LegenVD]

Twitch!

[@TheAjon666]

I'm land lover, and this deck seems very fun, sadly not enough cards to make it(

[@emorsi]

Great deck... but, alas, the Elf Tribal Deck was getting of fast. Was scary to watch that game. I dunno but, was there even time for a sweeper card like a four turn shatter the sky?

[@frothydoggo2268]

why not add a scute swarm to help with the sacrifice effect?

[@jamescasas6677]

Match 2's start 🍌striat up bananas!🧙‍♂️

[@annhylde2581]

I love you lvd! Thers my coment for the algorithm ❤️

[@Distruptor18]

Here is my sacrificial comment to the KZbin algorithm gods for today. This is a good thing that i like. Please do no bury it. K thx bye.

[@giftedkid54]

At 16:40 could he of not just tapped the fabled passage for black mana, floated it, then sacrificed the passage to fetch a land and had 6 mana to play citadel ?

[@LegenVD]

You need to tap Passage in order to sacrifice it.

[@giftedkid54]

@@LegenVD ahh i see, never actually realised you need to tap passage as it doesn't tap during the MTGA animation

[@aera64]

That moment you then realize landfall is coming back.

[@MetaPixeI]

How does LVD just click things (like fabled passage) and not have to select "activate ability" or what ever it says?

[@Caribbeanmax]

land tribal

[@unai49999]

Press f for that goblin deck

[@curtlisica3720]

Does the Asuza work the same way as exploration did, in words of wind enchantress if you bounced an exploration and play it again you would get a new land drop, if you play a new Asuza I suspect you could get 2 new land drops if you keep the new one, so maybe they aren't totally useless in multiples

[@LegenVD]

"The game remembers all the lands you have played this turn, and compares it to the number of lands you're allowed to play. Azusa, Lost but Seeking will add 2 to the number of lands you're allowed to play. This ability is a continuous effect, so casting another and sac'ing the old one won't add more to it."

[@curtlisica3720]

@@LegenVD I definitely remember declaring which permanent my extra land drop was from but I looked it up that rule changed in M14, bummer "Under the old rules, you "used up" a specific effect's permission to play extra lands when you played them and could end up with additional land drop permissions if one source of extra land drops went away and another one came in. For example, prior to M14 you could play two lands with an Oracle of Mul Daya out, then Cloudshift the Oracle and play a third land after it came back in because it was a new source of an extra land play. Now you can't do that, because the total number of lands the current set of effects allows you to play never exceeds two at any given time."

[@JoeyJSawyers]

Ooooh you need to play Tatyova tho!

[@tajicbladeofthelegion5474]

It would definitely be a worse deck, but I'd love to see an attempt at a version of this deck with Tatyova and Yarok

[@RandomPerson-mv8bn]

a deck like this with the new spell-lands would be nice, would allow you to still play a bunch of lands but get more payoff cards once you are satisfied with your land count edit: although those do enter tapped and aren't two colors so maybe not the most ideal. could be cool though

[@lnopia]

Also aren't swamps for Dread P

[@wimfranken826]

Would you still play bounty if it was just +3 lives on land etb? Sounds reasonable i guess.

[@mackwood2649]

@LegenVD what about adding the new greenwarden in this?

[@LegenVD]

Could potentially replace the other 6 mana Mythic.

[@jigglefloyd]

so all you need to defeat goblins is a turn 3 Bolas's Citadel on the play?

[@ivanorozco2155]

I love how we all collectively accept that mazemind tome Is jank enabler

[@MineRoyale.]

The card is so good. Just don't use it for scry except against aggro and it's a 4 for 1

[@yawgmoththeineffable8660]

Why no Gitrog? I mean, you're in golgari, playing lands-matter deck in Historic... Great vid btw.

[@olafthemoose9413]

It costs 5 mana (or 5 life with citadel). That's basically the only reason. Since you're not playing a whole lot ot GY shenangians you won't draw that many cards from it and otherwise it's just a worse/more expensive Oracle/dryade/azusa/swordtooth

[@miguelangelalonsorodriguez9220]

KZbin be super calm with the double ads.. smh

[@leeredding3708]

TEXT FOR THE COMMENT GODS, ADS FOR THE ALGORITHM THRONE

[@CyberBuster93]

Citadel go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr xD

[@Renzosaurus]

Comment for the algorithm :3

[@nathancookston]

brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

[@Jebophobia]

Brrrrrrrrrrrr

[@Woe_YT]

This deck can citadel on turn three.

[@ShakerGER]

DOes this count as a combo deck?

[@LegenVD]

It does in my opinion.

[@KevonLindenberg]

I think I watched you pay against another streamer. So interesting to watch your calm demeanor and his absolute rage. Lol

[@themilkmon]

Nooo! You can't just play cards that aren't in your hand! We should play the way Garfield intended! Nooo! Haha citadel go brrrrr

[@thekinginyellow1890]

Sad you didn’t add at least 1 gitrog monster

[@mikeanthony773]

Lol game 2 was certainly something.

[@sandkatt]

It's free real estate!

[@gamingalthepal]

hello there

[@thcdreams654]

General Kenobi

[@TheAmazingSpiderman87]

Once zendikar hits standard it'll be nothing but lands matter decks.

[@JukesMcGee]

NOOO you can't just play spells for free, that's against the rules!!! Haha Citadel go Brrrrrrr.

[@spencerestes7563]

It’s really annoying that they brought elf tribal into Arena. 8 creatures on turn 3 with more to come is just unfun to be put against