Small correction, I mis-spoke while talking: Free Traveler doesn't put NLK in soul. It only charges Assassins :) Long 2 days + only fast food + long drives = dead me haha
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Not only assassins, of course. Another spicy play is if there's no creepers in play but ruthven in hand, traveler the creeper from deck to then SB it out, SC2, ruthven, put it back in , SB it out, SC2 again. (If you have enough assassins already)
@rinkujoka2325 жыл бұрын
Since your maybe an expert in aqua force. Can you rate my deck in standard (Sorry i am only a beginner of this game since i was worn out playing yu-gi-oh and pokemon) Grade 3 4 - Navalgazer Dragon 2 - Blue Storm Dragon Maelstrom 1 - Riptide Dragon Grade 2 4 - Tidal Assault 4 - Tear Knight, Lazarus 4 - Storm Rider, Basil 4 - Marine General of the Restless Tides, Algos Grade 1 4 - Influent Dagger / Battle Siren Neferli 4 - Light Signals Penguin Soldier 2 - Tear Knight, Theo Grade 0 3 Critical Trigger 3 Front Trigger 2 Draw Trigger 4 Perfect Guard, Draw Trigger 4 Heal Trigger 1 Officer Cadet, Erikk Need for your suggestions ASAP thanks
@leonwatkins50725 жыл бұрын
Why not run the old grave keeper when rode soul charge 1 just a idea
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Because it's 4 dead cards in deck when you don't ride it on turn 1.
@kinger_jay5 жыл бұрын
how many assassins do you run? 3?
@DifferentFight5 жыл бұрын
YASSS GURL HIT EM WITH THE DECK BUILD PHILOSOPHY Congrats fam, always rooting for ya
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man
@ValianceGames5 жыл бұрын
So proud of you, bro. And so glad somebody else understands the nuances of early game and pressuring opponents before they have the chance to respond. See you at worlds, bro!
This was incredible! I just started vanguard with my friends with standard and even though I don't play premium I was blown away with this deck and your mindset behind it! Every aspect of it was fine tuned for victory. I went to my NJ regional and took 11th and was feeling low because I didn't make top 8. But this video and the strategies you went in depth with were crazy and got me so hyped for what's to come. Congrats man I hope your game breaking mind wins worlds!
@luquier5995 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Solemn! I admire your way of thinking, which is focused on the win con. Go hard or go home mentality is more important than playing safe for decks like these. I wish you the best in worlds 👍😊
@GuardianCircleCFV5 жыл бұрын
Love listening to your premium deck builds, congrats on the win! Hope you enjoy the world championship :D
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear! Thank you :D
@CommanderJaime5 жыл бұрын
I'm very proud of you brother! You deserve it! You'be been working so hard at it and have learned A LOT along the way! I knew you had what it takes! Keep it up and I look forward to seeing you do well at worlds! Very nice deck profile, well done! I love seeing these kinds of videos!
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Truly appreciated man! :)
@jcs635 жыл бұрын
Firstly, that deck was a shocker for me in so many ways, gratz on the creativity an OP plays, man. Solemn Vanguard, 2019 Premium World Champion. #IBelieve. All the best, my friend!
@yeetusmcfeetus10315 жыл бұрын
João Castro Santos “The only way to beat an NLK, is be to a faster NLK.” -Solem 2k18
@danielherrera13935 жыл бұрын
Mah man
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Mah man
@thewooloobot70825 жыл бұрын
I just faced this list with Megacolony Gyze. I played against it like a boss. Since I watched this video I knew what to expect. I didnt give em any counterblast whatsoever, got extra lucky with triggers. And managed to pull off my gyze while he had 0 avaible counterblast so I didnt attack during my ulti stride. Which won me the game. He only got to have two damage in his damage zone. All thanks to me knowing exactly what list I faced off against
@serrio60065 жыл бұрын
Congrats man! I loved seeing how your deck is an out of the box deck that isn’t remarkably close to the standard builds! I can’t wait to see you at worlds
@mcgcast5 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE DECK I NEED! I barely kept on losing against someone and when I saw this, I started winning, thanks bro! I also kept on doing wrong moves but I started doing better moves now.
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear! :)
@alfawulf35405 жыл бұрын
Well said! Congratulations; much love from the Philippines
@strongxxstrongxx5 жыл бұрын
Hope you doing a video about zero as i assume you tried it in the tournament
@ihitliketm26895 жыл бұрын
Man first of all. Congratulations on your victory man. I want to say that man I love your videos. You are one of the few youtubers that I blindly follow for updates and opinion on cards. Cuz while you have your fav you are not biased man. Love it I am glad to see DI dominate this hard. Granted I hate fighting it XD. I mostly run OTT and Palemoon, but man this is hella off topic. Ty for your content and insight on the game. It really motivates me to keep playing this game. I hope that you win worlds man. I am rooting for you my guy. Duckbill is proud of you
@hornylink3 жыл бұрын
"I never had to stride" This is basically the philosophy I'm trying to build a premium thavas deck around here in VBT-11 land, haven't cracked it yet but I'm just at the theory crafting stage, so far it's looking like top of deck calls board control and value with the premium collection 2020 order to enable sabre flow sailors first grade 3 turn
@cheepanglow28785 жыл бұрын
Somehow.... In my heart... you are my new online vanguard coach..... XD... Congrats and all the best in your world championships.... XD
@vivov99655 жыл бұрын
Yes your deckbuild rocks it help me a lot
@KarakuraNinja5 жыл бұрын
Too smart, nice one! Enjoy worlds.
@nikolaidavidlitonjua88175 жыл бұрын
As a DI main, congratulations my guy. Thanks for using my favorite clan ^^
@ishanroychowdhury65625 жыл бұрын
Congratulations Solemn Vanguard!
@elemenist5 жыл бұрын
This deck is stupid fast and aggressive, holy shit Congrats on the win brethren 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
@huyt19945 жыл бұрын
I'm a new subscriber to your channel but just wanted to say congrats on 1st place!!! I really enjoy your content!
@franktorrone50555 жыл бұрын
Amazing deck and theories/philosophies, as always! Congrats on your victory and I will be following you during Worlds :D
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@franktorrone50555 жыл бұрын
One thing I forgot to ask. What are your thoughts on Blue Dust V for both Premium and Standard? I feel for Standard it is very strong, but I'm not sure about Premium... Just honestly looking for options for my own deck and Blue Dust keeps popping up in my mind. Figured I'd ask since you usually have very spot-on ideas and thoughts about certain cards and deck building
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
The fact that it needs to hit makes it a very very very mediocre card for Premium. And possibly even mediocre for Standard I'm afraid. You generally want to run some combination of Ruthven, gwynn and werbear in standard as far as I'm aware :)
@franktorrone50555 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the input :)
@kentlara12335 жыл бұрын
Yo Congrates man!
@MASTERtheEJ5 жыл бұрын
Proud
@Tonyten395 жыл бұрын
“Stand up, Vanguard!” Anyways, interesting list. Keep up the great work👍
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thank you :D
@Tonyten395 жыл бұрын
Solemn Vanguard no problem, and funny enough, my buddy who me into Vanguard is trying to build a Dark Irregulars deck
@ME-kx9od5 жыл бұрын
Damn. Congrats for the win, man.
@vedantsharma18275 жыл бұрын
You have proven that you are not an ordinary fighter, you are among the top fighters and YES Congratulations man, So going to Worlds!! Well its quite big thing to achieve you know And well you know there is no vanguard my country, I still play, always wanted to get to worlds but can't, so I hope you enjoy over there and one more thing, bring the victory home
@boykatanadewarrior98635 жыл бұрын
your welcome :D
@Doddleran5 жыл бұрын
Damn those are some fucking brutal and awesome plays! Intentional scoops are so rare!
@zaza-vj4gn5 жыл бұрын
Best deck peofile so far
@VFenris61845 жыл бұрын
congratulations! i hven't been keeping up with vanguard been doing a lot of magic, but i now have a premium amaterasu deck. sadly missed my regionals and chara expo! ;-; anyway. i hope ill be able to go to my next regionals and maybe top. ANYWAY! Congratulations, take it all the way at world championships!
@mega2009man5 жыл бұрын
I suppose deck ideas like this is what it takes to win...but I could never...I'd never be proud to win that way, couldn't get time off from work anyway, still congrats on winning man
@hrethriclionheart28615 жыл бұрын
Congrats Solemn! Great deck profile!
@Steve54885 жыл бұрын
Congrats! Happy for your win.
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@TCG97775 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this was played in france nice
@jacobfrye76475 жыл бұрын
Lol for a moment I thought waterfall would be in the deck list XD
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
That'd be odd ;P
@arkanamaster49615 жыл бұрын
Solemn Vanguard no we can come to the conclusion you went to a clan fight tournament
@teammetastorm14795 жыл бұрын
SOLEMN GAINZ!!!!
@teamalleffects82085 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!!!
@deskaisernasrul38965 жыл бұрын
Congratz man~ No heals in the deck, mindblowing bro ~~
@lydia.b.philips5 жыл бұрын
Question! Do you have any idea of what you’ll be running at worlds if Assassin is limited or banned before then? And also, this was an excellent video! Deckbuilding is my favorite part of this game, and you’re completely correct in saying that with this deck it needs to be somewhat unconventional, haha When building a deck you need to chose one major thing, or as the anime would say, a “winning image” to create your deck around. While selecting units you have to make sure they can help that image in some way
@richardperez66375 жыл бұрын
Congrats :)
@yoyopeeta5 жыл бұрын
This year and vanguard youtubers topping large events seems to be quite a thing
@skyarcher045 жыл бұрын
Congrats solemn. Sounds like you busted it out for this one, good on you boss.
@lonewolf52315 жыл бұрын
@Solemn Vanguard Hey man! First of all I congratulate you for the win! I'm a huge fan of the DI clan but I keep getting blown away by the other clans in standard. Do you think you can gimme a few tips for a standard DI deck?
@josephcjx295 жыл бұрын
Congrats!
@gazerbeam20463 жыл бұрын
i rewatched this and i realized he said "this deck is just so the opponent doesn't get to play his favorite card game"
@iek12295 жыл бұрын
Great deck. One question I have is, what do you think of running Werwolf Freiwilliger instead of Prisoner Beast? Since it goes into the soul, I thought Werwolf would be slightly better.
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
I considered that but the issue is that when you do a half-loop with only 2 assassins, you need to have a full field before you start looping. Prisoner beast stays on field whilst werewolf goes to soul. It can get very tricky to keep a full field and a full soul when you're charging wolves away. I did heavily consider it though :)
@iek12295 жыл бұрын
@@SolemnVanguard Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!
@KaleMcCloud5 жыл бұрын
Well done dude!!! :) rock the house down at worlds!!
@vanguard21305 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your victory!! And can u show us your game play with your build after worlds
@werewolfjedi385 жыл бұрын
congratz
@strikermi95 жыл бұрын
Dark irregulars for life 💗💗👌🏿🤩
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Haha yes
@blankblank68535 жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@vysusvt5 жыл бұрын
You mentioned that counterplay does exsist but implied that non of the options are reliable enough for hiw fast this deck is. Did I understand that correctly?
@zaza-vj4gn5 жыл бұрын
I feel kagero and link joker has small chances of breaking your combo
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
No, there is counter-play, but it's so counter-intuitive and so little decks can actually do it, that it wasn't a big concern for me going into this tournament.
@renaldelvinh5 жыл бұрын
Congrats man! Next time maybe if you can please record when you play? I want to see you and your deck in action!
@Wyui27115 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, congrats and damn cool
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@maxih.72315 жыл бұрын
Why do you run vermillion gatekeeper and not Spade jack of nightmareland
@EpicMTGMusic5 жыл бұрын
22 min... Krist was right, we had THE CLASS!
@RamenPartyGW5 жыл бұрын
I love this deck. Huge fan of degenerate decks Thanks for pushing the meta for this deck even further beyond! Good luck at world$!
@kaisuzugamori41735 жыл бұрын
Congrats Senpai.
@MiguelGonzalez-qn3kx5 жыл бұрын
Congrats solemn Vanguard
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
ty!
@vladtepes64645 жыл бұрын
I m your nlk oponent good vidéo and very good déck list 😋
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Was nice talking! Thank you :D
@guardsaber64465 жыл бұрын
Knew you could do it and glad I could help
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
You saved my booty :P
@Hirominator4045 жыл бұрын
Oh you're french! Didn't know :o And congratulations for the win! Well deserved ^^ (Je kiffe la liste, bravo!)
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
I'm Belgian :D traveled to France. Thank you!
@Hirominator4045 жыл бұрын
@@SolemnVanguard Oh I see :D Well still a french-speaking country as well (half of it, at least) xD I'm not french either, but from a french-speaking country as well. But seeing that there are Vanguard nationals in France gave me hope to import the game here and eventually introduce people to it :D So, thank you ^^
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Oh cool! Yeah, my mother tongue is Dutch/Flemish but I'm like.. a 5/10 on French :P So I can communicate in the language but I sometimes forget words hha
@Hirominator4045 жыл бұрын
@@SolemnVanguard Oh so you're from the Dutch/Flemish part of Belgium :D Nice~ I'm North African (from Tunisia, if you've ever heard of it xD), so my mother tongue is Arabic, but we study French since elementary school so I'm fluent in it as well. (Still I like the English language more than both of them though, haha XD)
@yuchuentomhsieh74755 жыл бұрын
So you didn't run other G3, other than No life King? For all the tournament game, do you ever G assists for the G3 ride?
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
No, I didn't. I mulligan super aggressively. Anything that isn't a single grade 1 or a 3, goes away. That + 12 Draw triggers really makes it hard to miss grade 3. And if you G assist into g3, it's not a big deal since you win that turn anyway. You just throw away draw PGs/dead creepers when 1 is in soul already/crits, since they don't do anything when in hand.
@BoronSama5 жыл бұрын
Tournament Report: I looped, and he died. Great job winning it all. Congratulations :D
@sendouaichi95195 жыл бұрын
Nice, good luck at the world championship, hope you will win. Nah i am sure you will win. Good luck
@Epicwarfare15555 жыл бұрын
Awesome job man !!! :D
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thanks !!! :D
@strikermi95 жыл бұрын
congrats 🤩
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
ty!
@corbindelaet75545 жыл бұрын
Congratz :) eccentric disector kan misschien een alternatief zijn? Of is er anders een reden waarom je jellow bolt boven hem verkiest?
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
+Corbin De Laet Eccentric is enkel begin van main phase, dus je gaat al minstens 1 soul charge minder hebben dan met Yellow Bolt
@lordyubel98455 жыл бұрын
Solemn vanguard please welcome me to standard , because this build and others like it must burn in the fires of hell from where they came
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
I actually like a format where a special build can pop out of nowhere, unlike standard where the format is solved on the day of release :)
@Phantom-ZER05 жыл бұрын
Congrats man, would love to play against you and hearing your opinion on a Diablo/PBD premium deck
@raulbarreiro85395 жыл бұрын
First:Good Video Second: Will You Talk about bison for Great Nature/Do a deck profile for standard? PD:Congrats man!!!
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
1) Thanks 2) A bit closer to release, yes :) 3) Thanks !!!
@windwaker0rules5 жыл бұрын
it says something when for a large amount of this deck profile hes basically saying as a person who is considered pretty familiar with this deck as he won a major tournament "this deck is broken, bushi please fix"
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Assassin should be limited to 1. I thought regular NLK was a bit inconsistent from time to time so I was semi "okay" with it. It could be beaten by Ange/Luard/a good rush. This variant? Idkk, you have to not attack me for like 4 turns straight and then kill me in 1 turn... Have fun with that. Shit needs to be hit.
@windwaker0rules5 жыл бұрын
@@SolemnVanguard oh the defenders will just say that gyze genesis will balance it out
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Gyze genesis doesn't even get their shit till they ride g3... They'll be dead by then.
@lxmueller25 жыл бұрын
What card is being referred to when he's describing Gwynn the Ripper. Can't figure it out.
@justinovermiller28325 жыл бұрын
This was amazing lol
@RyanKai4life5 жыл бұрын
Hey congrats again bro
@werewolfjedi385 жыл бұрын
do you feel that the deck may have any sort of real weaknesses? like some other sort of otk style deck perhaps?
@AqwAndRandomstuff5 жыл бұрын
NLK is the fastest otk style deck. It dies to rogue decks like Link Joker and Kagero if they can get their G-Guardians off during the loop.
@werewolfjedi385 жыл бұрын
@@AqwAndRandomstuff yeah he was mentioning a weakness to lacking damage, and I was tinkering with a premium nociel build, which was tanky as hell, but needed a bit more offensive power, which ironically would help against his build concept.
@riskyboots68595 жыл бұрын
Now thats what i like to see🤩 love the build for NLK💞💞 out of the box different styles are my kinda thing😋😋 congrats on your win/top....... Would u mind if i tested your build out for myself?? Looks like it could be right up my ally😋
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This build actually becomes terrible the second people know about it. I'd NEVER run it this way again :) It only worked due to surprise factor
@riskyboots68595 жыл бұрын
Solemn Vanguard Mm makes sense... I run builds like that in the past so I understand your point🤔 I’ll just have to think of a somewhat more me approach as it were😸 Still u having given me some great ideas😍 thanks
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Good luck! :)
@riskyboots68595 жыл бұрын
Solemn Vanguard thanks
@hik3nn4 жыл бұрын
Since I’m trying to build for 2020, what should i add or replace if limited for Enigmatic Assassin just can add x1. @Solemn Vanguard ?
@prototypetoasting84945 жыл бұрын
Hey I’m pretty new to vanguard and this deck really interested me. Are there any videos of you playing with this deck?
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
You probably shouldn't copy this exact list since the ban list hampered it a bit :) Try taking my latest NLK deck on the channel instead.
@prototypetoasting84945 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Also I just wanted to say that your videos are really good quality and entertaining to watch
@ShadowWafflesss5 жыл бұрын
“One Damagloke” 21:12
@Zekrom9975 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for your thoughts about Mystery-Flare
@wolwerring5 жыл бұрын
i was there :D placed 45 of 68 tho :x
@rogertran3185 жыл бұрын
Congrats on your first place in nats
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@juliyamollen52865 жыл бұрын
I'm running a zanbaku premium deck. Are you scared to see you get rest lockt in worlds as a posibel counter on dark and other stuff
@RinDunois5 жыл бұрын
Gottem :^) Also, no Dark Knight of Nightmareland for even faster acceleration? I guess reduction of Power and Shield could be detrimental lol :v Anyway, we'll see if this trend you're setting takes off in subsequent events :D Major congrats! \o/
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
I SO heavily considered nightmareland crits but I valued the "10k to pass" on NLK swings into crits a bit more. As well as shield or defensive value when someone decides to go hard on the rush. To be honest, to this day, I'm still not sure which one of the 2 crits I prefer. It's the one thing that's debatable in this list. Anything else is set in stone.
@rosavigXD5 жыл бұрын
How was the link joker gyze deck??
@orufoin90055 жыл бұрын
So, it's like playing Deletors... I have mixed feelings about this, but congratulations for the 1st place
@mz_muzz5 жыл бұрын
I have a friend who played this deck [kinda well, he just learned this recently]. However, a few of us saw that this deck kinda just deckout real easily once they does not get damage since he can't do the A hole loop. Just saying, this deck still dies if you doesn't gives it damage
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can keep this deck at 0 damage and win, but if you give them 1-2 damage, you die :) Almost no one assumed they should pass turn for the first 4 turns.
@laiwenhao87225 жыл бұрын
Hmm did anyone use Scharhrot ???
@drj26635 жыл бұрын
Which part of the video showed the grade 0 assassin?
@TheNeoDaedalus5 жыл бұрын
Nlk rush mirror in worlds this time?
@coldturkey53335 жыл бұрын
Take a shot for every “Assassin”
@huynguyen-rp6wt5 жыл бұрын
What is your plan against gyze without bobo? And what would u do if you verse a nlk and they just deny cb you to the point they can loop u?
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
You pray that they don't figure it out. That's why I scooped in round 7. Preserve info. You can still kill with demagogue loop+assassin if worse comes to worst, but you don't want that to happen.
@sweetlove76895 жыл бұрын
Hope that new card make new story vanguard G next season 2019 of the future
@khantsi83315 жыл бұрын
Hey can i participate in tornaments with a trial deck.?
@yuhanooi44135 жыл бұрын
12 Draws? Doesn’t that make it more likely to die to decking out when you’re looping with NLK? Also, why not tech in Bobo in case your opponent chooses to not push any damage?
@SolemnVanguard5 жыл бұрын
- You don't deck out since you loop the second you ride g3. You have plenty of deck left at that point. - Bobo is GB. This deck almost never ever strides and can't G-guard. You can easily win with even 1 or 2 damage. If your opponent decides to pass turn from turn 1 till the end of times, you lose. I went into the tournament on the assumption that no one would do something so over-the-top. Now that the secret is out, they would and thus the deck is not nearly as good anymore.
@yuhanooi44135 жыл бұрын
Cheers thanks for the reply and grats on the win :)