Poison Ivy - Standard - MTG Arena

Magic: The Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with a Blue/Green poison combo deck, featuring Invasion of Ikoria, Venerated Rotpriest and Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief in Standard.
00:00 - Deck Tech
04:58 - Match 1
09:39 - Match 2
12:34 - Match 3
18:42 - Match 4
22:53 - Match 5
25:34 - Match 6
31:30 - Match 7
Decklist:
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[@MineSweeper-bg8un]

Came for the pun alone

[@rabidcabbage7230]

☹ toxic ivy

[@saveachip2620]

Came 😏

[@rabidcabbage7230]

@@saveachip2620 if you came for words alone, you really need to go outside

[@claytonhanson6438]

Came from the pun alone

[@nicu.1871]

At 30:40, I'm pretty sure if you let the Chandra copy target the other rotpriest before casting the march, you'd win on the spot. Although it didn't end up mattering anyway lol

[@slavecek]

Wait, is 34:37 the first time ever that LVD hasn't been able to guess the opponent's deck (and/or hand) correctly after seeing their first land drop?

[@Gisar101]

Probably because that was non-meta deck or sketchy keep

[@victoriachusin2944]

Poison ivy is such a good name for the combo deck, great showing too

[@daltonkroll7546]

Loved the new mill win animation, glad to see poison made it as well

[@roxannekrogh4228]

20:40 you could've cast the blue march for X=2 here to also phase out their underdog, saving you an extra 3 life (Which would've bought you another turn later)

[@silphonym]

It would've also prevented them from drawing with Gix that turn, so it would've been comparative card advantage too.

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@RenounceDarkness_]

Its nice they added new animations for death by mill and posion. much more satisfying.

[@davidhower7095]

Shame you never get to see it because people concede before it can play

[@rockosmodurnlif]

Agreed

[@honestabe411]

Maybe it was in the last version of the deck, but I finally see the value of March of Burgeoning Life 😮

[@bryantan4228]

9:11 If you do X=3 you can trigger Ivy to copy March on her for 2 more poison. Obviously it didn’t matter here but it’s a neat trick

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@nitiratp]

Nice update to a fun deck. Great video, as always!

[@matteodefraia7522]

I crafted a bunch of cards to try this deck, once you get used to it is really funny and more consistent than I thought! Good job as always, Legend!

[@LegenVD]

Good to hear!

[@kevincastner4541]

I came up with the same name for my (very similar) poison deck. Learned from the best.

[@mrendere5825]

Last game was azorious control. it usually runs alot of 1 for 1 removal like lay down arms and such and 4 copies of make disappear, with the creatures being only ambitious farmhand in the main. the deck usually wins by clearing the board and gaining advantages by 2 for 1ing your opponents with cards like wandering emperor and tef until it can just overvalue you with planswalkers and tokens.

[@Graypaws]

That’s a dirty deck!

[@gregman1969]

Hey, Happy to found your Channel. I Like how U explain and that U Show the cards which U Talk about while playing plus ur calm voice is likely. The only missing Thing is a face in your gameplay. :D

[@LegenVD]

Welcome aboard!

[@randallholloway8686]

I hated this deck and I hate that you're bringing it back 😂 I literally used to just leave if turn 1 they played this rot priest

[@silphonym]

I've built basically this exact deck for BO3 a while back. It's actually quite resilient, though I still wouldn't call it good. Burgeoning really underperformed for me, in nearly all cases I'd rather had another protection spell, so I ended up trimming a few. Mist on the other hand I always wished I had the moment I got a Rotpriest on the board.

[@bonidc6732]

How would you make this deck work in explorer?

[@Zvejas_EzYs]

How do you fight this deck in mono green? When ever i play against it, it seems i cant do anything but cross my fingers and hope the opponent does not draw, what he needs

[@tortugarojo]

This deck is evil 😄

[@MidgarMerc]

20:50 I believe March can phase out opponents creatures too so you could have phased out the 3/2 to save yourself some damage

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@r4g1ngph03n1x]

20:50 wouldn't it be best to also target their Underdog here? No other spells in hand and it prevents their damage. Also stops their card draw from Gix that turn, though we didn't know about that at time of casting the spell.

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@r4g1ngph03n1x]

@@LegenVD Indubitably! :)

[@Dryblas002]

I need a tier list of decks you play that I hate the most

[@BigRedShooter]

Love you

[@ericmason1285]

Can you not pitch lands to the marches? I feel like I remember doing that in the past...

[@LegenVD]

Unless they're the MDFC lands that have a spell on the front, no.

[@NStripleseven]

That deck name holy crap

[@MrHat.]

Any suggestions for bo3 sideboard?

[@LegenVD]

Can always try to pivot with Bloated Contaminator or Stormchaser Drake if Melira shows up.

[@logangrzesiek8749]

Great deck for paper FNM - sideboard suggestions?

[@LegenVD]

Can always try to pivot with Bloated Contaminator or Stormchaser Drake if Melira shows up.

[@logangrzesiek8749]

@@LegenVD Thanks!

[@erikk.3510]

Would Croaking Counterpart have any value in this deck?

[@LegenVD]

Don't think so, last time I checked card win rates for the archetype it was one of the worst performing cards.

[@johndoe9343]

In terms of getting more copies of Rotpriest out, Ikoria can be safer because you can more easily tap out with it early game without worrying about a removal spell in response. Where Ikoria can guarantee a replacement Rotpriest (ignoring counter spells) while Counterpart can fizzle. And for March of Burgeoning, it can functionally be 1 mana with its effects, and even then some people argue it's still risky early game instead of just keeping 1 mana protection up.

[@benv5052]

Being the first to watch provides a lot of value

[@cashtonholbert4515]

Thoughts for a best of 3 side board? 🤔

[@cashtonholbert4515]

I was thinking some fading hopes for the mono black matchup siding out a consider or Safekeeping. Such a compact deck, hard to think of what else

[@LegenVD]

Can always try to pivot with Bloated Contaminator or Stormchaser Drake if Melira shows up.

[@Nick-qb9zv]

would Croaking Counterpart be too slow?

[@LegenVD]

I think so, last time I checked card win rates for the archetype it was one of the worst performing cards.

[@andidyouknow8208]

This man is gonna one day be gifted 1 mil and he like “Just as I suspected no big deal”

[@sparkswild]

Third game, with the march, why not phase out the underdog too?

[@mattdiischer4625]

Came here to say this.

[@silphonym]

Yeah, quite the misplay, would not only save the life but also cost the opponent one extra draw.

[@mattdiischer4625]

@@silphonym I mean, he realistically didn’t know about the draw at that point.

[@lucabaumert7764]

@@mattdiischer4625 True, but zero reason to keep one mana up.

[@dropspace]

a frustrating deck to play against. the poison dynamic is just not very fun for other players IMO

[@rockosmodurnlif]

I like poison dynamic. It’s a good alternate wincon.

[@dropspace]

@@rockosmodurnlif My main issue with it is there is no way to remove poison, so it becomes a race to 10 counters. Things like Rotpriest just reward you for interacting with yourself. It becomes a game of solitaire where you dont even need to interact with your opponent.

[@lucabaumert7764]

@@dropspace There are a few things. Removal, protection, and a few cards which prevent counters. But yeah, that is kind of the point of poison.

[@merke323]

No hard feelings towards Legend but I hate this thing even more than monoblue djin; the only match in annoyance is azorius heroic, you know that virtuoso abomination.

[@dandelionplays]

Have you seen the new death animation for milling yourself? It's really cool

[@soybomb777]

He gets milled out in the titan gate video from a few days ago. I like it

[@dandelionplays]

I'll go check that out

[@drlavacookies7268]

Disgusting, i love it.

[@thedeathofaman]

This should be a crime

[@KevinDawg-ry8ei]

I climbed to platinum ranked with this but cannot get out of it keep losing and I need a sideboard to play best of 3 matches PLS HELP!!!

[@danielrager1]

Could have let the copied spell off Chandra target the other Rotpriest and won the game on the spot

[@XaeroGames]

Stay Toxic kings!

[@emorkTLK]

Looked promising to me, but I make just 50% with this deck on silver rank. Ok, maybe it's me ...

[@luisgutierrez8047]

"only combo deck" nooooooo don't use your powers for evil. Should have tried to make urabrask combo work

[@LaosVaeros]

I truly HATE Ivy. I quit every time I come across one because I'm not here to lose by turn three or four in play queue, I'm here to play the game. In ranked, I'd expect it, but... yuck. Still a good video tho

[@ericboldger777]

They need more anti-poison measures other than Melira. She is just so niche, and this deck sucks to try and interact with. Try and destroy their creatures? They make them hexproof and deal poison in the process. Super hard to race against even with aggro decks. You have to be on the play and have 2-3 interaction spells just to get past their defenses. Just my opinion, but this deck is anti-fun.

[@lucabaumert7764]

@@ericboldger777 Why? the point of poison is that once it's on, you shouldn't be able to get rid of it. Sweeper, removal, protection, counters, killing your opponent faster and similar are tools against this.

[@Shorteagle]

Would love to see a newer Atraxa, Grand Unifier historic brawl deck with the new cards from the one ring set, can't wait to try this deck out 😊

[@santiproductions9318]

no

[@geronimo8159]

​@@santiproductions9318lol

[@sniff494]

​@@santiproductions9318not only no, a big fuck no

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

Good lord I hate this deck. Haste on creatures has some issues in this meta, but the "I interact with my creatures on turn 3 and by turn 4 my next interaction/attack wins me the game" really doesn't feel like a game of MtG.

[@thygrrr]

Damn toxic KZbinrs.

[@chase2527]

Deck is cool but MTG Arena is too rigged , I wish I had your luck, wish a Better MTG game would come out so Arena could just disappear 😂

[@fogo.dentro]

I love your content, but I freaking hate this deck. It's so stupid it hurts.

[@mortenskands201]

you lost a subscriber just for playing this deck

[@LegenVD]

Actually gained 11 subscribers!

[@mortenskands201]

@@LegenVD well you didnt lose me either, but i despise this deck nonetheless :D

[@II21___1.]

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