MTG Arena - Standard - Aggro Counters

[@lexist7]

I reached mythic for the first time this season. I think it’s because of what I learned from all your videos. Now, after every game, I just say “on to the next one” and before I knew it I reached mythic.

[@dudekazoo]

That's awesome. I did the same, and also attribute it to watching LVD. :D

[@Ryumeyer]

I still suck after 2 years but these videos are always fun to watch

[@gwlmtg1054]

I reached #151 this season (I was never befor in the numbers). I watched LegenVD for 1,5 years and CGB a bit less. LegenVD is a great teacher.

[@ostrogodo]

when i finish making a deck I say to myself "Let´s see how the deck dós"

[@temporaltomato3021]

Absolutely helpful, between the excellent play-by-play commentary and the edited-in notes.

[@MrCreeperPhil]

"Conclave Mentor, one of the centaurpieces of the deck"

[@a7wingedsheep]

Side effects of long term exposure to LVD may include a positive gaming attitude, and a lack of wildcards. Love the content! Just wish they could be longer..

[@leeesposito2860]

Really enjoying your videos. I recently stopped watching another streamer who had a really poor attitude to other players and their fan base and you are always super respectful and professional. I like the 'just keep swimming' attitude and the decks are really well explained. Cheers, LVD!

[@sundowneyes]

This is my daily dose of dopamine and serotonin. Love the videos Mr. LVD!

[@ConfusedRaccoon]

Watching you pass turns without tapping henge always makes me think you've forgotten about it. But then you slap it in response and the world continues to go round.

[@DasMichelLp]

You should've grabbed the Environmental Sciences in the third match. Tap two Plains to get the Forest, play Henge in the same turn and top it off with a Stonecoil for two G.

[@jholmes4856]

Sparring Regimen is such a house. Drafted that card as my pack 2 pick 3 and it's netted me wins by itself.

[@malign3158]

I’ve always enjoyed +1/+1 counters and it makes me happy to see a standard deck with them

[@flockofwingeddoors]

Seeing another video up always makes my evening! Great work as always Legend

[@battleangel2799]

Awesome vid, like always!

[@robinhabereder9519]

Love all your Content Legend! One small idea to these "updated" decks: I think it would be interesting to showcase the cards that where wheeling out of the deck. And perhaps one or two sentences to the 'why'. Keep up the great work!

[@crimsonwolf3487]

All of these +1/+1 counter shenanigans and no ozolith?

[@LegenVD]

Indeed

[@TheChzoronzon]

I like the Ozo a lot, makes you way more resilient to the bane of all this decks: Shadow's Veredict

[@EDoyl]

Poor Ozolith

[@Kumagoro42]

No.

[@5n4p5c07]

Thank you for this video. I had already built a aggro counters W/G deck but was having problems with the mana curve as well as something else was missing. Sparring Regimen! Man that card is dangerously good. I made some tweaks with your suggestions and man this deck is fast on the start.

[@drift_ronin2358]

Exactly what I was looking for!

[@joshuajoyce7890]

Awesome video as always!

[@Fly1ngMan]

Great deck, very fun to watch

[@thcdreams654]

Great video as usual. Thanks.

[@allanotonielsanchezsierra1382]

Excelent deck. Thanks Legend

[@NomadicInfluence]

Aptly named. The channel, the player, the videos.

[@VictorRamirez-hr4cl]

With token decks becoming popular, you think adding the garruk enchantment that gives trample and card draw is good as maybe a 2 of in a deck like this?

[@steffenwiseman5476]

RIP this deck I loved it.

[@hirayan8177]

when you`re so early the vid only has 360p Quality

[@Derael]

Was playing with Abzan counters with Lurrus and Humiliate, and because I choose Lurrus as a companion, Sparring Regiment completely slipped my mind. Didn't have much success with ooze, since Bonecrusher giant is a thing, but Regiment seems really good.

[@DatingCulture]

LegenVD, I'm crafting this deck as a F2P player. I have 4 mythic wild cards, should I craft Vorinclex? I'm trying to pick a mythic that will stay in rotation after Sept 2021 so I don't really want to craft Henge. Thanks!

[@alteisengenji8874]

Vorinclex is kinda expensive (cmc) for the this kind of aggro deck.

[@_Fabian_]

This deck reminds me of your branching out video, except i can actually make this one! Great vid, keep it up

[@Legsman258]

I love a good counters deck!

[@mikeyj.philly]

My experience playing decks like this is always the same. Literally every single creature I play dies immediately.

[@lifetime05]

that was an excellent game 3

[@RW77777777]

the core of the deck is Aspirant, Conclave Mentor & Sparring Regimen not many aggro decks have such low cmc value generators Selfless Savior is really the only spell that protects your core AND is on curve there's probably a little wiggle room on the mana base; rarely do you need to be bear punching on turn 3 and need the indestructibility might be able to fit in a Bretagard Stronghold, and/or another G/W dual to reduce mulling those 2 plains, or 2 forest openers

[@RW77777777]

pushed it up to mythic having maindeck Lurros and a couple Spellbinder have really made the difference. have to cut a bunch of Star Pupil, a Sparring Regimen all the Stonecoil and a Blizzard Brawl you can't keep an opener of Regimen and 2 Brawls because you'll run out of creatures fast Rogues is still dizzingly difficult once they chain draw spells and they cast 6+ 1 drops and dont flood

[@JS-it3dx]

It may be kind of slow, but throwing in garruk's uprising would eliminate the decks weakness against witherbloom and chump blockers in general

[@athenazoey5093]

counters love it

[@fullmetalmexican]

Potentially more aggressive than mono red and mono white combined! Very impressive!

[@PopcornBunni]

And twice as fucked if its on the draw against any remotely controlling deck.

[@PopcornBunni]

Is there a reason you didn't include any of the matches where you were on the draw? Every deck can muster easy wins when you are on the board and casting bigger shit before your opponent, it would be nice to see something that does well on the draw for a change.

[@jamesharbor4893]

The curve of the deck is lower than my grade average.

[@ValasHune]

Does academic probation work on pests? would that have been a way to get past them in Match 3

[@neither_0001]

No Snakeskin veil? Or is the hexproof not good enough?

[@leehunt6031]

Do you think the new Rinho card that gives creatures with the same power and toughness trample would be a good fit? Really like this deck

[@LegenVD]

Could be an interesting addition instead of Gnarlid Colony, although I think the cheaper option will be more desirable.

[@apocratos0174]

Where are all control, combo and sweepers? When I try some creature based decks they seems to appear more often for me....

[@collinvickers2345]

Nice deck.

[@dylanwormuth1089]

Did opponent miss lethal at 19:06? They could've just sacrificed everything and drain you for 6.

[@LegenVD]

Strider can't sacrifice itself.

[@dylanwormuth1089]

@@LegenVD ah, I thought that it could, for some reason. Thanks!

[@Ryumeyer]

I think before that the opponent could of chumped with all 7 pests then with bastion it would of been 14 damage,no?

[@robertmcintyre9023]

Woe strider can't sac itself unfortunately, so they only had 5.

[@Sombres]

i like this with simic, but most of the fun toys for it are on historic now

[@thattacobeast5816]

I played against someone running this deck the other day

[@thatgrimdude1453]

This deck is very fun, it's a shame that it kinda never got there competitively.

[@asraarradon4115]

I'm always torn between Gnarlid Colony and Pridemalken. I have been going with the cat lately.

[@ostrogodo]

Luca, what do you think about that version of the golgari pests, with the liliana´s bearer? that card needed a deck for a long time

[@LegenVD]

Not sold on it yet.

[@reidyo5404]

Could also try the strix card that lets you phase out any amount of your creatures and return them at the next end step with an additional +1\+1 counter for board wipes Although I guess it would be more of a defensive card. Maybe sideboard

[@robertmcintyre9023]

That would remove the existing counters the creatures have already accumulated, though.

[@jerodast]

@@robertmcintyre9023 Not with phasing!

[@jerodast]

Shame the Strix card does not actually phase them out :)

[@jerodast]

Card: Semester's End. (it exiles, not phases)

[@reidyo5404]

@@jerodast yah not real phasing. Does it reset the cards it exiles then?

[@Erhidian]

I feel like you need some trample for the hydra, other than that, fun games and good video as usual

[@riki9816]

No Vorinclex?

[@LegenVD]

Our curve doesn't need to go that high.

[@riki9816]

@@LegenVD Ohh, makes sense. Thanks for the reply, and great video!

[@leolafortune1255]

Why do you have only 7 cards in the sideboard?

[@a7wingedsheep]

There was a rules update for bo1 games on arena, reducing the "sideboard" to 7 cards for best-of-1 matches.

[@HingleMcCringleberryPSU]

Okay, I give up. Where is LVD from? Never heard an accent like his

[@Kumagoro42]

Did you ever search for Mascot Exhibition during testing? I feel like it's kind of a slot that would be better devoted to more removal, both in this deck and the Witherbloom one (which even in late game wants to wish for more Pests or removal). Three vanilla creatures (well two vanilla, on French vanilla) for 7 aren't that impactful, are they?

[@LegenVD]

It's mostly for the control matchups which we didn't face much.

[@georgeblair3894]

Algorithm boosting comment

[@ryanscottnix]

You're the hero that we need right now.

[@1hiyo]

Curious why no ozolith as I’m sure you had your reasons.

[@NoFutureForG0uda]

main reason is its bad :(

[@a7wingedsheep]

Feels more like a sideboard card for when your opponent has a lot of removal. In bo1 it's effectiveness is kinda a hit or miss.

[@TheChzoronzon]

@@NoFutureForG0uda No, it isn't, given that Sultai with Shadow's Veridict/Extinction Event is everywhere

[@Kuestral]

where's vorinclex? :P

[@The_Holy_Atheist]

I'm just here for the "No Ozolith?" comments 🤣 ❤

[@pythonxz]

lol, I was thinking that.

[@carpethroatius1]

So.... how to break Arena.... have Vorinclex, Nyxbloom Ancient, Leyline of Abundance and a bunch of tokens. Float all of your mana. Play echoing equation targeting Vorinclex. Activate leyline. Watch PC explode.

[@zaifir8119]

I don't think it would break arena too much. It is a huge ammount of counters, your creatures can easily go to 1000/1000 or more with it, but there wouldn't be a lot of triggers, and the ammount of triggers is what the client is most afraid of i think.

[@carpethroatius1]

@@zaifir8119 oh it breaks Arena. I've done it. The counters get into the 100's of millions and the client can't handle it.

[@admiralcasperr]

Id like to see some dedicated bo3 decks.

[@clarkfernandez4536]

How about a copy or 2 of pridemalkin?

[@LegenVD]

I think Gnarlid Colony is the better choice for that effect.

[@CleverPumaOfDeath]

@@LegenVD but the Pridemalkin is a cute cat though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Kumagoro42]

@@CleverPumaOfDeath Gnarlid Colony is a cute Gnarlid!

[@Weltenbastler2000]

@@CleverPumaOfDeath Gemrazer is a super cute mutate trample creature. It is so cute and destroys all the opponents enchantments. No need for all creatures having trample if a single 40/40 Gemrazer can kill the opponent plus an enchantment by itself

[@LegenVD]

@@Weltenbastler2000 The mana is a little sketchy for double green and we do have a few Humans in the deck too.

[@Pedrinios]

Why you dont play INVIGIORATING SURGE ?4 pieces of that card Is man difference between your and my deck. I achieved mythic with more then 60% WR thanks to that instant. It kills most of metas. Morover dont you think that Primal MIght is better then Blizzard Brawl ?

[@LegenVD]

I don't think Surge is needed and I do prefer Brawl over Might.

[@DatingCulture]

How do I get full art lands? Crafting? Thanks

[@LegenVD]

The full art snow lands were bought in the store.

[@a7wingedsheep]

Gotta wait for them to apear in the store. Cost was 10k+ gold iirc.

[@one_bad_mofo8658]

Watching that 41/41 Hydra scares me. I have a buddy back in Ohio whose favorite tribe is Hydra's and he has a Jund deck he calls "hail hydra". He upgraded it recently. And it scares the ever loving Jesus out of me!

[@Thanksxmen]

i feel like the pest opponent could have used their scry much more aggressively.

[@Lennert102]

He made some very weak plays indeed

[@Amphok]

no vorinclex in a counters deck?

[@Kumagoro42]

Not in one whose curve tops at three. Did he ever reach six mana in any of the games in the video?

[@Amphok]

@@Kumagoro42 that's not my point, i mean you should build around vorinclex if you're going with counters

[@Kumagoro42]

@@Amphok Not if you want to build a deck like the one LVD wanted to build. Which is much more competitive.

[@Amphok]

@@Kumagoro42 that-s to be seen i never seen a good deck with counters build with vorinclex

[@hugoboss3689]

@@Amphok Bro there can be different kind of counter decks... it wouldnt fit in this one. go build your own.

[@Gldebari]

I can only play it in 360p :(

[@LegenVD]

Give it a few extra minutes to process, I can see 1080p.

[@Gldebari]

@@LegenVD Thx bro!

[@Gldebari]

Can you check it please?

[@jaknife99]

Brash taunter and fiery emancipation deck.

[@zaifir8119]

i run 2 brash taunters in a temur ultimatum deck with obosh. Mostly because i didn't want to craft 2 more copies of terror because i'm always short on wildcards, but they did a pretty good job in the deck.

[@alex_sioulas]

PLUS 1 PLUS 1 COUNTER PLUS 1 PLUS 1 COUNTER PLUS 1 PLUS 1 COUNTER :P

[@raffiqui4437]

Big creatures are nothing without trample!

[@OrbGoblin]

Kidna surprised no Ozilith, but I guess that would get added in depending on how hostile the meta is.

[@ArchbardWava]

Me, during that whole game 3: WHERE ARE THE TRAMPLE COUNTERS?

[@creakybeak1252]

Can you make a jeskai spirits deck with the new cards?

[@necsinaljadhe]

!Ozolith

[@geminiboom7456]

No hate whatsoever, but I feel like you should’ve at least mentioned the card that doubles the counters on a creature every turn

[@LegenVD]

If you mean Hydra's Growth that card isn't really constructed playable.

[@geminiboom7456]

@@LegenVD How so?

[@LegenVD]

@@geminiboom7456 The payoff isn't worth the risk of getting your creature removed. It's too slow to be impactful under most circumstances.

[@captaindc]

Yo

[@ildlyn8966]

really highlights how bad the pest deck is lmao.

[@jacksepticeyesdadisburning7982]

Bastion of Remembrance: the new normie card

[@benistoneman9737]

Literally hate the regimen enchantment. It is stupid aspirant

[@elnatanbitensky8314]

Replaces itself and gives vigilance, so it's not exactly the same. Usually worse, but still...

[@hippywill]

i always wonder y there isnt at least 1 ozolith in the deck always good to keep it big or is it not worth it?

[@OhDuNhiOi]

No Vorinclex?

[@LegenVD]

Six mana is a little too much for this deck.