Phyrexian Sacrifice - March of the Machine Standard - MTG Arena

[@thechristopherous789]

I'm still amazed by how much you got done during the preview event

[@LegenVD]

You and me both!

[@90sNostalgiaNerd]

This early access event provided a lot of value.

[@Baldielux]

Thanks man! I just started playing MTGA and your commentary gameplay is just what I was looking for!

[@LegenVD]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@CyberBuster93]

Awesomely disgusting deck! Looks like so much fun to play haha awesome job as usual Luca! All the new Preator/Sagas look so powerful. Can't wait for you to showcase the rest! Thank you for all you do man 😊

[@Big_Dai]

I'm impressed. I'm definitely looking forward to playing this Orzhov Deck when I have the cards!

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

Been waiting for this archetype. Very cool tribe esp with all the support. Surprised but not that it tested out to actually be better to run it as a sac deck instead of something else, I like how aggressive it is anyway. Cgb did a similar sac strategy. It's cool (and I like orzhov)

[@Ashen_Hollow]

Ahhhh, my favorite deck type. I had a great zombie sacrifice deck before last years rotation and this is giving me the exact same vibes. Can’t wait to try it.

[@Humatra]

You're the best deck builder and sharpest player on KZbin. Thanks for the video.

[@RyanIcey]

Fun to see Post Malone still enjoying Magic and being a good sport! He was piloting the Angels deck round 1 it looks like!

[@jordansparks140]

That’s not Post Malone, it’s MTG Malone, a German content creator

[@tyrannus1987]

Nice catch. (EDIT-it looks like it's another youtuber called Malone)

[@psychotropican666]

Whether or not it was really him, the real question is: what was the world like *pre* Malone?

[@LemonIced_T]

I usually run Rak Sac in standard so I am super excited for this archetype, definitely gonna run this with the new set release.

[@dacukinibblah3317]

"flip her" lmao those thumbnails don't miss

[@alexanderrusso948]

A lot of these Phyrexians decks (be they aggro or sac focused) seem to forget about Secluded Courtyard. Idk if that’s intentional since it won’t pay for removal/Hive, but seems worth using at least 2 copies

[@lighty.6292]

I thought that too when I was putting mine together but seedcore does the same thing plus it buffs the 1/1s. You wouldn't want too many or you'd run into situations where you can't play your non creature spells as consistenly. 4 seems right since it is only 2 colors.

[@shamusolarry]

I'm always happy to see Elas il-kor in a deck!

[@CodfishJoe]

36:08 not that it would've probably mattered, but I feel like getting that third poison counter to turn on lifelink with Hive was more important than the 1 damage.

[@davidhood9114]

Thanks for the help. I wanted to make a deck like this. I made a variant of this, and it works great.

[@kensw87]

you really nailed your brews for the early access

[@corey2232]

Love the new decks. I've always enjoyed sacrifice decks, and want to try Incubate strategies too! Can't wait to get off work & start testing!

[@Asian_Caleb]

One thing I found with vran and drivnod is that drivnod can’t copy Vran’s triggered ability since it says it only happens once per turn

[@trbznsprtv2]

I've tried this combo a couple weeks ago and can confirm. Vraan's ability can only trigger once.

[@thcdreams654]

Great work as usual. Thank you.

[@Indie4evar]

Everytime I play Mario Kart with my nephew, he complains that "you are just winning because you are picking the best character" no matter Who I choose. This is how I feel watching you playing any deck lol

[@JRandall0308]

A “fun of” Norn’s Wellspring in this deck could do a lot of work. 🙂

[@davestier6247]

Would provide a flavor win and a lot of value.

[@benrichard452]

YES PHYREXIAN TRIBAL! This is why you're the Greatest Of All Time.

[@stonerainproductions]

I need to update my bw sac deck, ty for the great content!

[@leovalenzuela8368]

I’m a fan of @MTGMalone and can’t wait to see if he posted this video from his end.

[@CassieCarryd]

Disclaimer: Haven't seen the video yet! Been playing a Mono Black Drivnod deck with lots of death triggers and the triggers on Vraan do not proc twice when Drivnod is in play. Anything that reads "This ability triggers only once each turn" can't proc twice, even if an effect would make a standard ability proc twice, just like how a second creature dying wouldn't cause a trigger.

[@HalcyonUmbra]

Great video! You're my favorite MTG creator for how you carefully consider and explain all your decision making and other possible plays you could have made. I didn't see it come up in any of the games, but Invasion of New Capenna can sac a creature or an artifact, so you can sac an unflipped incubator if you need to. You also could have sacced a clue at 16:30, although it didn't really matter too much.

[@pizzaman42]

I'm still trying to figure out if Battles are good, or more of a distraction on the play field. I suppose if the front ability is good enough to use, and the mana is right, they may be worth playing. Great content as always Luca!

[@Lama-Su]

Why doesnt Drivnod work with "Exploit" sacrifice ability cards. The Exploit sacrifice triggers the new permanent but yet Drivnod doesnt do anything for it.

[@rayswift5711]

Last opponent was a gentleman

[@alessandro3559]

Are you sure Drivnod works with Vraan? He specifically say that his ability activates only one per turn.

[@jaycesantoro7054]

Best content creator ever 🙌

[@rainerzufall5741]

32:34 speaking of: this upload, too

[@stripeybag6977]

"Take their skin! Take their skin, take their skin!"-Phyrexian Grind set

[@Rangersly]

Good job!

[@psychotropican666]

Is it just me or is everything about the theme of an equipment called "Holy Frazzle-Cannon" meant to be Izzet, and not Orzhov?

[@JulioDRai]

I've been trying out an Abzan Elesh deck in Hystoric and I've had quite a bit of success with it, Phyrexian Censor is very strong slowing down a lot of decks. Did you consider including a few copies or not good enough for Standard?

[@monsoon1234567890]

This seemed like an extremely strong deck. As powerful as she is, probably would be better if Elesh Norn were some 1cc spell.

[@minecraftfanaaron]

Oh gosh, flipping elesh norn in front of all these people? 😳

[@kiwien]

Any recommendations for sideboard for this deck?

[@dac2007]

The deck looks nice but what about the white Cat for 1 and double X that incubates and transforms eggs for free? It seems perfect for this deck

[@Dreadnote-pf7of]

It was mentioned durind deck review. It was a solid pick for the deck, but LVD wanted to show more of Orzov-sac part of the deck and stated that with inquisitor, that puts +1/+1 on transformations it definetly could fit here. But if you want - you could then see "shark incubate" video that feature WU deck that focus around incubations and use Cat there :)

[@dac2007]

​@@Dreadnote-pf7of Thanks, couldn't see the video yet only saw the list. I think the Cat is still good for sac version since you make multiple permanentes for just 1 card and its a great mana sink, going by some games played by another player in the early access seems that this kind of deck wants it too

[@amarauk9687]

Imagine flipping the praetors into the saga side and proliferate a couple of times in the same turn >:)

[@adammauskopf8483]

bro were you playing against Post Malone in the first game?

[@rickyspanish2313]

No, it's a different Malone.

[@TheRealSAFN]

Lol, no. It's a KZbinr. Cool guy

[@geronimo8159]

I'm wondering how long these early access events actually go for? Do you get enough sleep during that time, since your producing all that content :D?

[@LegenVD]

They last 24 hrs

[@brimborbrimborski8493]

Very thematic match with MTGMalone

[@donniebankoebarkie7916]

Does transforming an incubator artifact into a incubator creature token trigger Elas Il-kor's ETB ability?

[@LegenVD]

It doesn't since the creature is already on the battlefield. Same reason you can attack with it right away if you got it earlier.

[@Hitzel]

I really want to see Sheoldred and new Norn in the same deck. I feel like they'd put an insane clock on the opponent lol.

[@SlapshockPlays]

check MTGMalone's he made one

[@matteii8262]

When legenvd says "Sacrifice 'cheap' creatures", I always mistook it for cheap commons and uncommons. Not rares.

[@Deathslayer296]

Did...did Luka play against Post Malone in the first game???

[@marcelopiccoli1446]

Just crafted this deck, missin only one Elesh, hope the deck is good

[@Lman231]

Is it good

[@marcelopiccoli1446]

@@Lman231 not anymore

[@povisykt]

well played

[@TaigaGalette]

wonder how this deck fairs against mass removal

[@Skyhighjettalone]

Has anyone played around with Tovalar and Maskwood Nexus transforming things from MoM? (the new Etali for instance)

[@archangelstyx7828]

Ayyyy

[@Skyhighjettalone]

​@@archangelstyx7828 EDIT: Tovolar DOES work with the other transform cards, Sparky was trolling me by not casting any spells and making Tovolar Day/nightbound transform before his ability could trigger at upkeep. But yes i can now Confirm: Maskwood Nexus allows non Human Werewolves to transform with Tovolar It can let already transformed permanents transform back It can transform Battles that have been turned into creatures Incubator tokens will transform back into non creature artifacts If you create a token copy of a transforming permanent and that token is made into a creature, Progenitor Exarch, Sunder the Gateway, and chapter one of Argent Etchings will transform them Praetors that transform back from their sagas early keep their lore counters Mutagen Connoisseur still sees permanents that are transformed back to their front sides with Tovolar as transformed.---this one may be wrong. Battles that transform into creatures the regular way by removing defense counters do not turn back into Battles they go to the graveyard. Kamigawa Saga creatures that transformed from their chapter 3 triggers will turn back into sagas with no lore counters and have to go through a draw step to start chapter 1 again( basically means you can't use proliferate and transform shenanigans to cycle a saga multiples times in a single turn unless you have a way to add a lore counter specifically) SIDE NOTE -- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider makes your battles enter with double defense counters and your opponent's battles enter with half (basically "protect" does not count as "control")

[@HasanShah-wv2yw]

being from an American hood, the connotation on flip is completely different for me. meaning... i need a tag team buddy to handle her 😉

[@Rokuro1]

My man please hit me with another historic brawl deck

[@graphixninja1872]

Was your first game against Post Malone?

[@bizzlemurda6277]

Love it

[@Devtronzor]

Bomb in limited, overkill in constructed. Bw phyrexians look pretty good though

[@SlapshockPlays]

the best

[@grammatizing]

Flip? Flip.

[@crustyandcruel]

I think you played post Malone in your first game lol

[@my-dw4vr]

your go

[@michelecarroll6355]

Fire ♨now 🌟💗

[@nottsfhj]

no skrelv?

[@LegenVD]

Could make the deck, but it's not something I actively want to sacrifice and I'm ok with my creatures dying for the most part.

[@TsahayluFa]

🤩

[@saiger40]

Hard

[@Say_Tin]

Waiiiitaminnit. That's a sus thumbnail.

[@Fakeandgay1337]

pog

[@archangel3286]

Thast a bold innuendo from the thumbnail^^

[@leovalenzuela8368]

Not really. You kinda hafta read into it pretty hard for anything untoward to stand out.

[@superduper853]

was... was game 1 against post malone???

[@mn01_]

Would be great if you could post your W/L with decks. I tried this deck and got my face stomped nonstop. Not once did I ever get even remotely close to winning.

[@LegenVD]

I always recommend to people that are tight on wildcards to wait a week or so after a video is posted so Untapped has time to gather more data on the deck. That way you’ll get a much bigger sample size and a more honest representation of a deck. Whatever data I gather is going to pale in comparison and will be skewed by lots of factors such as play/draw and the surprise factor of an unknown deck which wears off after a few days. That’s why you won’t see me claim any outlandish win rates in my video titles, an individual will rarely play enough games for those numbers to be statistically accurate. But I’m always happy to give my opinion on a deck at the end of each video. This was recorded in Early Access, where the meta doesn't reflect the ranked ladder.

[@leovalenzuela8368]

How many games did you play in total, and how many of those did you win?

[@mn01_]

@@LegenVD thanks for the reply. I know you get a lot of comments and I appreciate you taking the time to respond to mine. I get your concerns about sample size, meta, etc but it would still be helpful to get a flavor for your overall experience with a deck. For instance, in this vid you showed us 5 (6?) wins. Was that 5/5? 5/10? 5/20? Even in a non-Meta environment, that’s useful info. Anyway, thanks again and thanks for the great content!

[@LegenVD]

@@mn01_ Did not have any issues with this deck. As you can see I recorded 8 videos during the 24 hrs that the early access event was live, so would not have the time to record many more games than the ones that were shown. Untapped didn't keep track of my games on the preview account, so don't have any data. Don't recall losing many games during the entirety of the event though.

[@mn01_]

@@LegenVD thanks for the additional color, very much appreciated. I’ll keep trying and see what I’m doing wrong. Thanks again for the comments

[@davidtatum8540]

First