The best aggro commander.

Magic: The Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with a red/white or Boros tokens deck, featuring Ajani, Nacatl Pariah from Modern Horizons 3 as commander in Brawl.
Patreon: / legenvd
00:00 - Intro
02:28 - Deck Tech
08:54 - vs Nadu, Winged Wisdom
13:03 - vs Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
18:37 - vs Crucias, Titan of the Waves
24:28 - vs Captain Sisay
27:15 - vs Domri, Anarch of Bolas
30:49 - vs Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
33:55 - vs Captain Sisay
40:31 - vs Niv-Mizzet, Parun
46:03 - vs Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
Decklist:
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"Movement Proposition" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@MidgarMerc]

I was enjoying playing this deck til I logged on today and realized Ajani was banished to hell queue

[@LegenVD]

Can't be in hell queue when every deck is in the Nadu queue.

[@jo4ogameplays]

rightfully so

[@sigurdursine7763]

​@@LegenVDI made an Ajani deck when the cards got put on MTGA and got to watch in real time as the queue went from, "Why am I beating everyone?" To "Why am I being matched with Nadu every other game?"

[@Rokuro1]

​@LegenVD so true. Every deck I've been brewing has ran into Nadu. I literally made a Eomer mono red deck that I was hoping would be normal queue opponents, multiple Nadu

[@davestier6247]

BAN THE BIRD​@@LegenVD

[@timothygalvin3021]

16:41 shows that its not just the deck, its the player. The opponent had all the info to know Atraxa was a bad play and that it wouldnt stick around. They played it anyway and got bum rushed because of it.

[@lucasguerra8239]

Anytime legend says it’s the best, it’s the best.

[@Moop321]

Nah tajic is the best boros ong

[@theaeskey2502]

Speaking of aggro commanders that Teysa deck you built for the WoTC channel was 🔥 netdecked it and made a few upgrades to it and it’s been doing work!

[@LegenVD]

Teysa is very good indeed!

[@rakdoxx873]

Love your videos dude, can never get exhausted of them. Keep up the great work 😎😎

[@thcdreams654]

Appreciate all the great content. Grateful for the quality entertainment.

[@Chimei_]

I'm living the dream with all these brawl videos!

[@soybomb777]

Crazy that you played against an actual Crucias midrange deck. Every time I see it its a combo deck with the Caldera Breaker. This is like seeing First Sliver and they're actually playing with slivers

[@MrCyberGal]

Keep the Brawl content coming!

[@ItWatchesWithoutEyes]

Ngl ive legitimately lost once to this deck having played against it over 30 times. Shocked it was such a decent deck I never got to see the full potential of!

[@ItWatchesWithoutEyes]

Phyrexian/Ashnod's Altar would also make a good sac outlet here.

[@durpien]

Dead cat in hell que: "I am getting stronger."

[@Bluecho4]

It occurs to me, given all the token creators in this deck that make non-Cats, it might be useful to include Maskwood Nexus. Then, ALL creatures would be cats. (Plus a good mana sink later on, for making 2/2 "Cats" on command).

[@CriticalStories]

That would just be a case of "win more" as this is an aggro deck, not a cat tribal.

[@dzello]

Not worth wasting momentum for Maskwood Nexus (too expensive, no instant reward).

[@CyberBuster93]

I'm certainly Ajani is getting the character spotlight he deserves. One of the only people that stood toe to toe with Bolas and lived to tell the tale. He essentially awoke his spark due to pure rage he had because of the death of his brother. Real Super Sayian shit right there lmao xD

[@peteryang2067]

Still waiting for the “Unto thee next one.” “And our opponent explodes.” merch from VD

[@Mandus_The_Mad]

That's one cool cat

[@danysteyaert4903]

I realized just today that you are also from Belgium, great following you, already for over 4 months I think...

[@murraysmith2596]

37:06 You could have transformed Ajani with Eignajo, targeting Leonin Vangaur..

[@LegenVD]

Good point!

[@ScottyZee33]

28:30 The cards that you look at from Knight Errant are actually shuffled into the deck instead of going to the bottom (which is a bit unusual for this type of effect). So was still pretty unlucky to see all of those anyway, but not quite as bad as bottoming them.

[@LegenVD]

That’s what I get for never playing it in paper !

[@TheSmartCinema]

very nice list with much more effort put into it compared to some other popular creator cough cough

[@chasejohnson3626]

How was the pro tour? I saw you on CGBs community post with Ashlizzlle, I had no idea you were so tall lmao

[@burnburn645]

the art is quickly becoming dei+ai

[@Discospawn]

0:56 - Sacrifice Cats

[@190brolly]

yeaaah

[@kpm247]

I feel like Brimaz would be sweet in this deck too!

[@LegenVD]

Sadly he isn't on Arena.

[@kpm247]

@@LegenVD I know, It's a shame! Super fun card for the archetype.

[@S8in1337]

An outlaw deck with laughing jasper flint as the commander... actually kind of fun... with your card pool you'd make a disgusting deck I'm sure

[@geronimo8159]

My god, his voice lines sound so dramatic 😂

[@_Fabian_]

at 17:10 you could have considered saccing the 2 cats to kill the duelist if you expect him to attack which would result in the same board state- only would you deny the opponent 1 card from the duelist :) Edit: If the duelist wouldn't attack Ajani, you could take it out next turn with the 0 ability. So the opponent is nearly guaranteed to attack

[@LegenVD]

That was certainly an option, although could still get blown out by a pump spell.

[@draconocor1309]

I feel like Recruiter Of The Guard and Ranger-Capain of Eos might belong in this deck, simply because Ocelot Pride might be just that good. Maybe it's too slow for an aggro shell though.

[@rabidcabbage7230]

👍

[@khanhsink7965]

12:30 that's a miss lethal. Should activatethe 0 ability go face instead

[@LegenVD]

I mentioned it!

[@renzorussell6082]

Day 1 of asking for Delish Rats deck before standard rotates (Devilish valet x Song of Tottentanz x Awaken the woods)

[@killpioo2]

If you would like to try out a hate piece for The evil bird I believe flame stoke celebrant is a good one

[@DanyF02]

9:23 Surprised you didn't go for Reinforcements there to play and transform Ajani more safely next turn instead. 12:33 Also had lethal there by doing face with Ajani and attack all in.

[@noname-uz5er]

also could have just gone to attackers immediately attack all in sac the blocked creature deal combat damage then sac rest to win

[@LegenVD]

@@noname-uz5erIt costs mana to activate the enchantment.

[@LegenVD]

Counterspells are the main concern with delaying Ajani.

[@DanyF02]

@@LegenVD Ah that makes sense, was just unlucky then. Thx!

[@fooltheroyal8691]

I believe you could have won against sisary by using eiganjo on your cat, killing it and transforming Ajani the previous turn to losing. You then would have had 2 chances to kill their commander and continue your assault.

[@Big_Dai]

@43:25 Wait.. why not attack with Adeline first? And convoke later?

[@LegenVD]

More damage when attacking.

[@Randoman590]

21:10 Wait, doesn't the backside of Ajani have a mana value of 0? Can't you flip Ajani in response to blot, then all your stuff has the same mana value so you can just exile a bird instead to it? (Never mind, it's derived from the front side. My bad.)

[@LegenVD]

Those rules changed a while ago. Now a transformed card has the same mana value as the front face.

[@frostfirexd5857]

Question: Any reason why you don't use Song of Totentanz over another token maker?

[@LegenVD]

It’s an option, but the number of tokens per mana spent isn’t amazing when our curve is so low and we barely have any ramp.

[@frostfirexd5857]

@@LegenVD I see. Thanks for the reply.

[@strangelaw6384]

2nd game Atraxa +1/+1 counters deck ARE YOU SERIOUS

[@OdinMagnus]

Strange how banned cards in commander are allowed in Brawl

[@andreaolivieri5042]

The first opponent really don’t know how to play Magic

[@jasongrace8405]

Pls play more commander or if u play standard pls play in high mythic or sum

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

Goblin Bombardment is so broken. They really need to errata it and make it cost 1-mana per activation, or be once per turn.

[@FluffySpikeM]

Such a pity the only art for Goblin Bombardment on Arena is this wacky cheapo-cartoony version. It's rather ugly, imo.