Rhys Doubling Tokens - Historic Brawl - MTG Arena

Magic: The Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with a White/Green or Selesnya tokens deck, featuring Rhys the Redeemed as commander in 100-card Historic Brawl alongside more token doublers such as Doubling Season and Primal Vigor.
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Deck Tech
12:16 - vs Vorinclex
17:27 - vs Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
21:18 - vs Rocco, Street Chef
23:37 - vs Karumnoix, the Rat King
27:47 - vs Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
34:19 - vs Ugin, the Ineffable
38:19 - vs Azusa, Lost but Seeking
42:17 - vs Talion, the Kindly Lord
46:38 - vs Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
48:38 - vs Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
52:02 - vs Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
55:03 - vs Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
Decklist:
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[@bye1551]

I really hope you do a "fun deck week" at some point where you just replay a bunch of decks you had a lot of fun playing.

[@Not_Based]

Would be a cool end of the year thing

[@Jo_Druid]

this would be dope

[@lmfz4800]

Yes, that would be so cool and also insightful as to what decks Luca likes to play!

[@benopheim9737]

I agree

[@JoachimHeise]

I second this

[@sundowneyes]

The nice touch of having the "did you fun this match" changed into "subscribe to this channel" was icing on the cake. Your editing and videos are just so well done

[@LegenVD]

I appreciate that!

[@nathanennis5121]

I love the overlay during the deck tech!!

[@thechristopherous789]

Looks like the video length was doubled

[@TheMlkj]

Twice the value, half the clicks

[@CyberBuster93]

So many tokens!!!! Hahaha I'm really glad Massacre Wurm didn't have a word with you xD Awesome deck as usual Luca! You're the best!! 😊

[@Wolf21973]

I've been using Parallel, Doubling, and Primal in my wolf/werewolf deck. It's fun flooding the field with wolf doggos

[@CyberBuster93]

41:53 Moments like these are exactly why I watch your content man! The synergy of the deck coming all together to make some big creatures and make some funny sounds. Love to hear you having fun playing!

[@davestier6247]

This video provided 100% extra value

[@DanyF02]

Gotta love the suspense of being like "Okay, I have a million soldiers, if I don't get nuked I win next turn." to play a deck like that! lol

[@EDoyl]

If you want to add a meme to this, Lithoform Engine can make a token copy of three blind mice, which can then copy itself and get copied by all its copies every turn for Exponential Mouse Value. Lithoform Engine can also copy Rhys's activated ability so it wouldn't be a dead card otherwise, it's just a bit too high manacost to be good.

[@therandom1620]

So glad to see you play Rhys. Rhys was my second ever commander deck and still holds a spot in my heart!

[@mentwistle84]

Great video! This is a really cool deck to watch play out. I never realized how powerful the commander was until I saw your strategy unfold.

[@ezrablack5395]

I can't tell you how much I love this deck. It's brought unexpected destruction to my foes 😂

[@rabidcabbage7230]

love the highlighted columns during the deck explanation!

[@LegenVD]

Glad you like them!

[@mastokbreedtbg1398]

I love this deck...I'm working on a Rhys deck myself....But I'm sad not to see a certain little bettle swarm in there 😢 😂

[@user-fj5gk9ct1r]

That color coordination is a real nice touch.

[@charliefordyce]

This is the content I love to see.

[@drunken7634]

One consideration you could have added is "Myrel, Shield of Argive" she is probably one of the best token makes i've seen in a while, and in combination with your commander you could fill the board fast

[@KnewGaming]

great video man! Left a like, God bless!

[@LegenVD]

Thanks for the visit

[@Atzros]

The rapid-fire mass-counter sfx is very satisfying.

[@soulreaver6300]

23:35 is the kind of subtle humor that had me subscribe in the first place.

[@joshuawilliams2443]

great list! I would look into adding cryptolith rite into deck!

[@Verd254]

Now this is my kind of deck.

[@nick9137]

this was a good one :)

[@darron614]

Just made a pretty similar deck with Jetmir, obviously he doesn't need as many finishers since that's his job. I do notice that a lot of people seem to overlook Queen Allenal with their token decks though. Not quite a doubler, but one extra token every time and a huge body is nice.

[@LegenVD]

In my experience she eats removal before getting the chance to make an extra token. So I prefer sticking to cards that are bit more resistant to removal by making tokens right away.

[@inokori7146]

41:53 the sound of a million +1 counters is both annoying and satisfactory

[@gunner1612]

thanks i love token decks

[@CyberBuster93]

Imagine the freaking Korvold player rage scooping lmfao xD

[@bobafett4895]

me seeing the video length is doubled: happy token noises

[@profwoland8942]

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest would be fun in this. Also Old Gnawbones, Peregrin Took, the green leyline, the new token tripler, and the gnome barracks land.

[@damientalrose553]

I'm missing a couple of the cards for my paper commander, but this looks very solid. My token deck is currently multicolored for some fun stuff from red and blue... but this makes me wanna shift to green/white.

[@xxxmelficexxx]

cryptolith rite is insane in a token deck should def be in there

[@LegenVD]

Good point, missed it being on Arena.

[@ocuspacus]

Hey Lvd, great video as always, enjoy your content a lot! Question: Did you consider Felidar retreat for this deck?

[@LegenVD]

I did, although with so many 4-drops in the deck already I couldn't find room for it. We're also a little light on Landfall enablers, even Provisioner was borderline.

[@ocuspacus]

@@LegenVD neat, thank you for the insight!

[@AndrewLawniczak]

Love the deck! Any reason you don't have the WG snow dual land (Arctic Treeline) because of Into the North? Seems a perfect target for that spell, since it comes into play tapped anyway.

[@LegenVD]

It's an option, but would hate to draw it in a key moment when I need an untapped land.

[@Mr.CoolDude0]

23:36 yes, yes I will

[@m4p0]

Always nice to see rat decks bite the dust

[@jacobgannon1088]

I would kill to see this modified to add black and Ratadrabik 😈

[@BLByline]

Black would also allow you to add Kaya, Geist Hunter

[@detectivespy8739]

Calix would make for a great addition to this

[@ellerydurrant7575]

In the match 5 vs. Atraxa, the Vorinclex prevents your wedding announcement from accruing counters, obviously, but does it actually stop the tokens/card draw?

[@ArchbardWava]

It doesn't. They're separate effects.

[@louisnemzer6801]

16:19 Add about 100 power to the board with a channel abilty on the stack 😂

[@alexishurtado9450]

Historic Brawl, yes! The best format for the free to play casual player. No PTW necessary like Standard

[@starmanda88]

>sad token noises 😅 That had me dead. You always catch me off guard with your funny comments I swear.

[@Failypso]

Yay tokens! Also LegendVD, do you edit your own videos are have it done? Because that intro is sleek!! To clarify: I meant the overlay on the cards per ‘type’

[@LegenVD]

I do my own editing!

[@a_rabidnun9817]

@@LegenVD ---certainly a Legend among mtg youtubers. Just love these vids.

[@Failypso]

Impressive!@@LegenVD

[@lilcyolo]

Tribute to the world tree would work great with all the 1/1 tokens making them all either 3/3 or 4/4 and with primal vigor and doubling season also doubling counters it would turn them into 5/5 or 6/6

[@LegenVD]

The triple green manacost is a little prohibitive for this deck if we want to consistently play it early, but the effect can be nice.

[@cheesesteak3672]

reminds me of my gluntch token deck but that doesnt really work with historic brawl

[@rudi4712]

I´m curious, could you fit Skrlevs Hive somewhere in there?

[@fooltheroyal8691]

If you were able to add black, Kaya also exists as a token doubler, and there are many token effects in black as well.

[@xn85d2]

In Commander you can only add cards to the deck that have a color of mana that's on the commander (or colorless).

[@fooltheroyal8691]

@@xn85d2 I'm very aware, I'm basically saying "if there's a commander that works for this with black in it."

[@xn85d2]

@@fooltheroyal8691 OK, that wasn't clear from the wording of your first comment.

[@corpsefoot758]

Hey LVD, this might be kind of a personal question but how easy is it to even remember all of the different synergies through Magic’s history which go into a brew like this? The extent of my expertise is typing a tribal name into the search bar and just garnishing with a couple of obvious Best-in-Slots, but I can’t really wrap my head around the ability to flip through Arena’s entire archive to recall and/or identify all of the different moving parts

[@LegenVD]

It just takes a lot of time to double check every token card or synergy that doesn't immediately come to mind. Cross-referencing with older lists also helps. I actually forgot to add The Irencrag in the original recording of the intro, so had to redo the whole thing.

[@CriticalStories]

Sad token noises 😂

[@MidgarMerc]

Rhys was my first commander when i started playing magic. Still one of my favorites but i never play it anymore cause managing the board in paper was just too much. Cathars crusade being the absolute worst

[@32raw]

What would you say about King Darien as a bit of sweeper protection? What would you swap out for it?

[@LegenVD]

With so many sweeper either bouncing, exiling or giving creatures -X/-X it's not very reliable.

[@32raw]

@@LegenVD thank you for the response! I really appreciate your content and the way you share your insights. ❤️

[@riccardopiombo222]

Hey Legend why in the First match you wanted to activate rhys ability in response to cathar's trigger. Didn't you have only two tokens instead of 7 or I miss something?

[@LegenVD]

In response to the +1/+1 counters being placed, not in response to the tokens being made. That way our tokens we get from copying with Rhys will also receive the original +1/+1 counters. Unlikely to make a big difference, but it would be the optimal sequencing.

[@rabidcabbage7230]

👍

[@brianbishop5322]

Im shocked that Queen Allenal of Ruadach didnt make it into this deck.

[@LegenVD]

Queen looks good on paper, but in practice it gets removed before making any extra tokens.

[@JackieDaytona420]

I'm a sucker for a token deck.

[@dandelionplays]

I think LVD likes this deck due to the duration of the video

[@ActionJeezus]

Would Basri be a decent consideration? Thinking about replacing Provisioner with it.

[@LegenVD]

Never really liked Basri as a tokens card, since the -2 doesn't work well with existing tokens.

[@ActionJeezus]

Ah yes, I swear sometimes my subconsious forces me to read the cards they I want them to be, not the way they are 😅 Thanks for the reply

[@salihhtamer]

Seventh game is the literraly bird is the word😂

[@777KratosAurion]

Sad token noises

[@tkshillinz9334]

I burst out laughing at that. Luca is low key hilarious.

[@jamiecairns9111]

Is there room for iridescent hornbeetle in this?

[@LegenVD]

Don't think we generate enough +1/+1 counters for that to be worth it.

[@user-ke4db5se9h]

You, covertgoblue, Dr Ruckus and Sonio all posted your videos at the same time 🤔

[@LegenVD]

Glad you commented here first!

[@douglasingersoll7486]

😊

[@henrifortier8621]

this deck sounds like a lot of fun but god it looks expensive on wildcards lmao

[@PrematureMalone]

Commander needs to get added to arena. That would be awesome.

[@soybomb777]

I think that sounds better than it would actually be. If you were playing with friends it would be fun, but playing a four player game against strangers all playing the most powerful cards/combos in existence since they all cost one wildcard sounds like a nightmare.

[@TheRealSAFN]

@@soybomb777 Arena doesnt have all the crazy combos. The issue would be ppl conceading turn 1, 2, 3, etc just because 1 land drop was missed and they didnt draw their entire combo from the start

[@soybomb777]

@@TheRealSAFN right I'm working under the assumption that they would add a bunch of those cards as well if they implemented commander on Arena to get people to spend more money/wildcards like how they've done with Explorer/Historic anthologies. I imagine one player doing a long combo, then player three roping/conceding. It could easily take five minutes before you get a turn again

[@boringmonkey6958]

​@TheRealSAFN Not to mention how obnoxious it would be to actually PLAY with all 4 people still in play. It would take FOREVER with priority being passed to everyone in the game. I can just imagine going to sac a fabled passage and having to wait for all 3 other players to pass priority before I can do it.... Insufferable.

[@andreaolivieri5042]

Second player si The Classic “i dunno NOW to play Magic so i let The Game do it for me with cascade”

[@ericstrickland2414]

Why no Finale of Glory? With just a single doubler you can get 40+ tokens!

[@LegenVD]

Still need to cast it for X=10 or more to get the Angels. I prefer token makers that are more efficient at low mana costs, since we'll be activating Rhys as soon as we get to 6+ mana.

[@TCstorm08]

sad token noises LMAO

[@germanbrandeburgo5925]

No Ghalta and Mavren for the second mode?

[@LegenVD]

At that point we can just activate Rhys and achieve more or less the same result. Ghalta doesn't help us repopulate after a sweeper the same way a card like Hornet Queen does.

[@KomoliRihyoh]

No Second Harvest?

[@rabidcabbage7230]

no Restoration of Eiganjo?! 😱

[@LegenVD]

It's a little slow as both a token maker and a ramp card, but it's certainly an option.

[@thefreshproduce]

SHIFT EYES

[@guizao2604]

Intangible virtue didnt make the cut?

[@LegenVD]

It's not always enough to close out the game as a finisher, it doesn't ramp and it doesn't produce tokens. So it's a bit in an awkward spot where it seems like it would be great in the deck but in practice falls a little short. If we had to build a 150-card singleton deck then it would definitely make the cut, but it's not quite streamlined enough to make it in this build.

[@guizao2604]

Totally makes sense. Thank u

[@marginis]

Mmm, Timmy gaming.

[@Zavendea]

Too bad there’s no Yenna in this deck! I know it’s very much a win-more card, and probably only good in a best-case scenario, but it can get sooo out of control with her.

[@electric_dream_machine]

First opponent plays monogreen and has the nerve to use the sleepy emote, some people just have no self awareness

[@Lynntempname]

playing Thalia Gitrog for this type of deck, for the access to blood artist effects, is amazing can't boardwipe me dumbass i'll boardwipe myself

[@manbagan]

no angelic visitation?

[@LegenVD]

It's an option and I've played it in past token builds.

[@edkolbe1850]

I want to see your take on Hallar FireFletcher

[@HackingIntoU]

No geece? :(

[@LegenVD]

It was a consideration, but sadly the Food doesn't get doubled by Rhys, only by the other doublers.

[@Rokuro1]

I can't pause my game mom, because I'm not playing the game Legenvd is

[@boringmonkey6958]

"Which introduced a bunch more token doubling"... AFAIK, it introduced ONE more token doubling card in Doubling Season... What am I unaware of?

[@collin4555]

To be fair, each one is twice as much

[@LegenVD]

Primal Vigor is also new to Arena.

[@vassanguis]

catproof hits you with the sleeper emote while playing the most boring mono-green pile known to man