Strixhaven Draft | Luis Scott-Vargas

[@willishness3748]

Top 3 Lessons In Life from LSV: 1. Don't stress about things you can't control. 2. Be okay losing. Losing is definitely a part of life. You will miss out on things that you like, you will be disappointed, and how you deal with that is a really big step. [It is] something I've had trouble with plenty of times in my life, you know? And it is something that is really important because how you do when you don't get something you want, I think, is a lot more important than how you do when you are winning. 3. Always go for the extra guac.

[@gregpeloquin6345]

But I'm allergic to guac. Does this mean I'm also allergic to success?

[@halcyonrain463]

@@gregpeloquin6345 only if the success involves avocados, thankfully:-)

[@RPG_Bliss]

I though he said extra block. Like double block lol

[@xzavierroman3949]

You prolly dont care but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last few weeks xD

[@taylordorian5706]

@Xzavier Roman yea, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since november myself :D

[@rodion1056]

Approach of the second LSV draft

[@LedPESRule]

Passing Divide by Zero twice! hurt to watch, it's a fantastic card that fits perfectly in an Approach deck that tries to stall the game. Still, awesome draft

[@TheAlguien]

-First picks a white card -"Now i want to play the two colors white shares no college with"

[@vikashv1]

Imagine starting a game in Silver and seeing LSV...

[@marq_8976]

Amazing after having watched his later drafts seeing him ignore Bury, Pledgemage, and EXPANDED ANATOMY!

[@ChrisWalter0517]

for a set about flashy big mana spells i feel like duress and negate are bit stronger in this format, right?

[@kilpta4746]

Some colleges have a bunch of big spells, but other decks feel more like a bunch of low cost spells- which duress and negate struggle against.

[@charyou3167]

Better yes, but still not good.

[@eamonshea4566]

Sweeet been waiting for these! Thanks for the content!

[@alltheorynopractice5467]

This is the kind of deck I always dream of drafting, or opening for a magic Fest

[@matteopriotto5131]

Adventurous impulse is kinda nice with approach tho

[@georgem7502]

Things I learnt from the draft: Bookworms are real. I thought they were just a word for people who really liked reading.

[@darthsphincter909]

The Riley Knight voice EXPLOSION at double the video's volume is a bad look. Whoever is the editor needs to normalize the volume. This isn't cable TV.

[@jammiewins]

The sound levels in CFB videos are always way out of whack. Reid's often very quiet and riley's loud. When they have an intro card with sound, there's no excuses not to balance volume levels to it for each video.

[@Tapewars]

How long ago was this draft? I feel the meta and pick orders are quite a bit different

[@APKistler]

@Julien Bertrand Barrette Yeah i think this was from his stream on release day. He didn't even mention the two Bury in Books either.

[@sillymilkteaa]

LSV has proven to always first pick approach of the second son

[@oetzi91]

Apart from the great Magic content, I rellay appreciate Luis' casual talk and life lessons

[@gabrielmariola2034]

I'm really preparing for May 8th/9th tournament i wanna win that 2k!

[@ChannelFireball]

💪

[@pedroguazzelli4138]

passed the bury in boooks for a mastery? cmooon LSV

[@minasparker1421]

neat constructed deck what format is this legal in

[@Nightknight1992]

my current draft is lorehold prismari control with approach and strixhaven stadium, hilarious bullshit :D so far 4 wins, 1 beatdown with lorehold command, 2 approaches and 1 time stadium at 8 where they couldnt stop my attackers :D

[@GraydenLocke]

Played almost the exact same deck in draft yesterday but I’d did not work out great. One of my worse drafts records.

[@vy1585]

1:05:48 ingenious mastery alt cast wins you the game guaranteed?

[@nonturtle6430]

Approach strategy is a working one, that's cool. Now my imagination has been expanded, next draft maybe I try Codie.

[@nefariousnilbog]

Unprinting nexus of fate would be great. It turned me off magic for months

[@hugodiazroa]

I remember to have put it in many slow doomsday piles in EDH. That card is great as your last card in deck.

[@jenius00]

1:05:51 I think you discounted Ingenious Mastery's alternative cost. It would have drawn you exactly 3 cards, cost 3 mana, and left you 9 to cast Approach and win on the spot, negating any benefit your opponent would gain from the alternative cost. Sure, it's hard to imagine what out your opponent had, but if you can end the game with a win, it's always best to deny your opponent another turn.

[@ChrisWalter0517]

It was 4 cards down though :(

[@jenius00]

@@ChrisWalter0517 not after draw for turn.

[@jenius00]

I had to watch in slow motion, I see him check before his next turn starts, it's 4 cards deep. I see him check after he draws card for turn, it's still 4 cards deep. I think he may have checked in the window between the animation and the card officially leaving the library and entering his hand. That's a bug in my mind; once the card is revealed, it's no longer in the deck. Or maybe I'm missing something.

[@ChrisWalter0517]

He checked after drawing off the bookworm and it was 3 further

[@jenius00]

@@ChrisWalter0517 So it was. Looking back through it all, it showed his library state as it was after his draw phase, even though no damage animation let alone next turn animate had occurred. It looks like the game state moved through all the auto pass phases immediately and played through the animation queue. If he had full control on I suspect we would have seen something different during that check before the animation moved to his draw for the turn.

[@ben_clifford]

25:42 Why not draw 4 with Mastery here?

[@ben_clifford]

He drew 5 the next turn instead, which was probably the better line

[@TheMiningProbe]

Man that opt over divide pick I'm sure luis is beating himself up over now

[@johnzome788]

I was really surprised by that pick, because divide seems like a very good card.

[@katandants]

is it just me or does approach look like the profile of hommer simpson lol

[@pedroguazzelli4138]

divide by zero>>>

[@lukep692]

Honestly I think Vanishing Verse is actually quite bad. None of the signpost uncommons or high tier commons. You need to be able to kill Quandrix Pledgemage, Witherbloom Apprentice, Blood Researcher, and other premium threats.

[@WFDConnor]

its still pretty strong, just not end all be all removal.

[@lukep692]

@@WFDConnor idk Ive played a lot of games where it’s ultra conditional removal at the best of times, and some games where it’s literally just dead until they play a random Bayou Groff or something.

[@WFDConnor]

@@lukep692 ultra conditional at the best of times? most of the set is mono colored....

[@lukep692]

@@WFDConnorI can name like a dozen mono-colored commons I’m actively unhappy to target with this and that’s just the mono colored ones. Having actually played the card in several drafts I’ve moved it way down in my pick order in bo1 and usually end up siding it out multiple times in bo3

[@lukep692]

@@WFDConnor I promise, if you look over the list of commons you’ll probably realize that Lash of Malice is not only better, but significantly better, and that valuing Vanishing Verse as anything but pretty conditional removal is likely a mistake. Tome Shredder, Frost Trickster, and Combat Professor are pretty much the only cards I feel like I’m happy to hit

[@firstandlast.1254]

Truly a nasty, nasty master.

[@emorkTLK]

@LSV, many thanks for the entertaining and instructive draft. In case you haven't seen it, LVD also drafted a pack 1 pick 1 Approach of the Second Sun deck. It was damned interesting to see your slightly different approaches :) to build around it - especially the pick order of specific ramp and draw spells. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p161YZWdj9GSmJo

[@douglas2437]

Lsv should start every limited season in mythic tbh. Bizarre to see him stomping noobs in silver

[@ChannelFireball]

Kind of like bumping into Reid Duke in bronze. 😂

[@Redwars2]

Pop Quiz, hotshot

[@rebmcr]

I'm only just noticing it, but Arena matches (with all of the rules text hidden) are pretty much impossible to enjoy if you haven't learned all of the cards already. Magic Online, for all its faults, at least made it so you could learn a format by watching videos like these.

[@phillipmichalowski]

I find that at least in some moments (when casting spells, or when hovering over cards) you can see the text and pause. Magic online was like this as well, especially in the past when video quality was low and it would be difficult to make out the text on the cards

[@marq_8976]

Quandrix: The Gathering

[@pierre-lucgervais7010]

Game 1 even if they had a counterspell you'll still win the game because you only need to cast second sun, not have it resolve to win the game no?

[@ianmcabee8036]

The second time it has to resolve for you to win

[@IAmUrza]

no

[@ChannelFireball]

Other way. The first one can be countered and the second one will still count that it was cast (not applicable here but in the abstract).

[@chazdiaz]

LSV your the best, but arena drafts arent mtgo and that i can respect

[@chazdiaz]

Cant*

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

I’m so glad all the wizards in blue are black people! When I think of unadulterated logic and cold reason I think of sun saharan Africans for sure!