MTG Arena - Throne of Eldraine Traditional Draft

[@ArthurHerbst]

Today I got my first 7-1 on Arena. It was like I had Legends voice in my Head. Evaluating the picks, ranking cards, looking for synergies and thinking about the sequencing of plays. I've learned so much. Thank you Luca. :)

[@MattTorres]

so wild to go back and watch eldrain draft. what a crazy set.

[@SoggyWaffles.]

In case you wanted to hear LVD's evil laugh: 1:45:49

[@MagicMitch]

🌟🤣🤣🤣🌟

[@comedyman4896]

It's like an evil Santa

[@AtrolinK]

The other day i started a draft, and in my brain i automatically went "pack one pick one, what do we have here"

[@CodfishJoe]

"we don't really care about killing the opponent" -LegenVD, 2019

[@Dog3D]

Jy-Joe Bonis “looking for magic cards??????”

[@davidbackerperal6955]

@@Dog3D YESSS, I flinched with so many decisions he makes

[@drshinobi3979]

@@Dog3D alright pack one pick one

[@honestabe411]

22:25 “could see shaving a curious pair” KEK

[@Dog3D]

honest abe HAHA balls

[@colinderue8095]

I LOVE watching you play. You are so efficient and aware, just a pleasure to learn from.

[@orniky]

2 hours vid and I am already way too excited after the draft section, this is a true treat!

[@Mulch4321]

Nice draft! Something to keep in mind with Konrad, btw, is that not only does forever young refill your deck preventing you from milling AND get a bunch of creatures on top for damage, the forever young itself deals massive damage when all those creatures leave your graveyard! Super fun finisher, especially in sealed, but draft can make it work too :) cant wait for more eldraine stomping

[@lukecash3500]

Been on the edge of my seat waiting for this ;)

[@TheKapuzina]

Great Video as always - like that you mention the other cards instead of take it for granted everybody already knows what these cards do.

[@bennettniizawa7200]

I know it would make things overly complicated but Flaxen Intruder's adventure should create three different-sized bears :-P

[@wallbant]

that would make the flavor so much better but i think they stuck with 2/2s just because thats the usual bear power and toughness

[@duskreqm]

This would have made it just right.

[@RV1AND]

3/3 Papa Bear, 2/2 Mama Bear, 1/1 Baby Bear

[@thaddeuspaulbrillantes2482]

I've been waiting for Arena to release a Regular Draft of Throne of Eldraine, watching this will do. Thanks LVD!

[@TheFranchiseCA]

If Revenge of Ravens doesn't seem great, you don't have enough of them.

[@robertloop7847]

Great commentary and insight. Subbed

[@jesebpitts2088]

Mom! The bots are drunk again! Love seeing powerful decks come together in draft.

[@SR-di7ox]

Last pick Revenge of Ravens 🤣🤣🤣

[@starvermin]

That Clover into Reaper is so nasty it should make you eligible to stand for war crimes. Just beautiful. >:D

[@JukesMcGee]

Lol @ that guy raging and ripping out his ethernet cord.

[@zhimingyong8386]

Really enjoy watching your draft and the analysis you make! However im still losing most of my drafts hahaha (eg 1 win to 3 losses), hoping to watch more of your drafts to understand the game better!

[@CrotaGaming]

With the rider, if you sac two foods could you have traded 3 for 2? Rider and 2 foods and force two blocks?

[@andreiradu7851]

I don't know if it's that I somehow jive with the format, or that there are a ton of new players, but out of my last 6 traditional drafts, 5 of em were 5 wins. almost all of em with different color combinations as well.

[@LegenVD]

Traditional drafts are usually easier in my experience.

[@comedyman4896]

Holy shit this deck is so beautiful I want to sing and cry

[@Ollieys]

Surpise surpise a Green/Black deck in ELD on arena. My god the bots are messed up atm

[@tylerhougas9938]

More drafts please bro! ❤😊

[@TheSubZeroTre]

1:29:16 You should have sacrificed two foods to force your opponent to block with both innkeeper and 2/2 flyer

[@LegenVD]

The Faerie can't block if it's tapped. Could argue we should have done so the turn before, but wanted to make sure we could kill Innkeeper in case they messed with a Rider again.

[@TheSubZeroTre]

Ahh, didnt notice. Tho the other 2/2 was still an option. Anyways, the game was kind of already lost. But well played and keep up the great work. Love your stuff!

[@twosetz239]

Can someone please answer this question regarding the combat that happened at 43:24. The opponent attacked with a 5/4 youthful knight and legenvd blocked with a 5/5 and a 5/4, both without first strike. The opponent chose to kill the 5/5 blocker with first strike damage and when combat went to the regular damage phase, wouldn't the knight(5/4) and the second blocker(5/4) trade normally instead of the knight dying and the blocker remaining?

[@Klainhz]

the max damage the youthful knight could do was 5, first strike only hits first doesn't attack twice

[@twosetz239]

So what your saying is that a creature can only deal damage once in every combat unless they have double strike?

[@blusafe1]

@@twosetz239 It deals damage equal to its power. 5 power spread out however you want among blockers. That's why deathtouch can deal 1 damage to blockers and kill any number of blockers equal to its power. Double strike gives it a first strike damage mini-phase and also a normal combat phase. Yes, it's "dealing damage twice" but understanding the damage spread and understanding there are two damage phases can be important in some situations.

[@Distruptor18]

First strike means a creature gets to deal damage before creatures without first strike. Once that happens that's it and the surviving creatures without fs deal their damage. What you're saying would happen if the attacking creature had double strike instead.

[@starvermin]

1:02:58 I was jonesing so hard to see that last Opt.

[@zackattackk2]

Okay, this draft lead me down a 4 hour tangent of building a Syr Konrad deck in standard that's part self mill/ reanimator, part aristocrats, part mill the opponent which then took me to making a Konrad EDH deck and thinking about brawl

[@LegenVD]

Sounds perfectly normal.

[@tankrulez615]

Best notification ever

[@Sutoras_]

1:43:34 why didn't the adversary cost 2 mana? Opp has a green land, isn't that "green permanent"?

[@croco263]

Lands do not have a color identity

[@zninja12345]

Yo first view and comment. I love your content man. One of the best I watch on youtube!

[@monkofra4061]

Which deck you feel is best suited for the MTGA 12 win streak?

[@Ryan-zz2pj]

Uhh, garenbrig paladin is so good and u passed on it so many times. I don't understand how marileaf Rider is even remotely pickable over it.

[@LegenVD]

This was one of my first drafts of Eldraine, so I didn't value Garenbrig Paladin as highly as I should have. That being said, curve is also important and Maraleaf Rider is still a great card.

[@Ryan-zz2pj]

@@LegenVD yea sorry after reading my comment, it sounds more aggressive than I intended

[@dominikwusa3570]

Just good content.

[@rayswift5711]

GR player: See LegenVD Concedes

[@LindsayAlexa88]

Hey LVD, your banner in the top right prevents us from seeing information about your opponent’s deck when you hover over it. Maybe add some transparency to it or edit the info in if possible?

[@LegenVD]

I usually try to narrate how many cards they have left when it's relevant.

[@sudazima]

@@LegenVD kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3qViGR8iNanorc here is where it wouldve been good to know the cards in op deck

[@davidbackerperal6955]

HE SHOULD PLAY BOTH REVENGE OF RAVENS, NOT TAKE THEM OUT

[@zhimingyong8386]

Other than youtube, do you post your draft games on any other platforms?

[@LegenVD]

You can watch my streams on Twitch.

[@Henker1987]

flaxen intruder saved my ass in my draft today, destroyed that annoying ravenenchantment and later on i had 6 bears

[@MarcusTarr]

Im just starting MTG with Arena. I have read that doing draft is a good way to start building decks, but since I am brand new, is that still a good idea?

[@LegenVD]

Watching some draft videos to get up to speed is a good idea.

[@MarcusTarr]

LegenVD thank you!

[@dubiousdevil9572]

You could have won at 1:09:24 he physically didnt have enough respurces to stop all the cards even if he blocked he would still take 5 damage.

[@LegenVD]

I think you might need to read Revenge of Ravens one more time 😉

[@finedecision5639]

All playables... I wonder what the bots' decks looks like

[@abhorhybrid]

Why not use Rider to kill multi creatures?

[@LegenVD]

Not sure I follow.

[@BlazingSerenade]

everytime I see flaxen intruder I think of Coheed and Cambria

[@laurenzreichelt4911]

Halfway through the second pack it’s already a 7 win deck xd

[@comedyman4896]

What the actual living fuck are the bots doing giving a revenge as a last pick

[@christopherdimarco5914]

This draft was busted!!

[@laurenzreichelt4911]

Fuuuuuck the bots are bad right now:(

[@eaonwii4256]

Yeet

[@richjames998]

I don't even have to worry about the draws because I never draw enough mana to have a balanced game, and I always have 25 lands in a 60 card deck. I wanted to like the game, but between the matchmaking and poor deck cycling It just seems like a cash grab for Wizards.

[@aleksanderborkowski1973]

Wtf, reaper is shit, why shove 2 in deck over Tempting witch, when you have that much food

[@zacharybrunk9639]

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