There's a new format to explore.

[@MetalHev]

There's something so funny about a bunch of izzety stuff just ending into monogreen unga bunga giant wurm for lethal, truly a temur moment.

[@reyntime8735]

There could be some great flavor text like “even the Izzet understand the importance of Gruul’s giant murder monsters”

[@njlopezfa6514]

They need to make this format pioneer so bad

[@LegenVD]

We're almost there!

[@BenCragg1]

​@LegenVD how many cards left to go?

[@LegenVD]

@@BenCragg1 This post listed all the missing cards at the latest Pro Tour: www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/1azsv3n/magic_pro_tour_chicago_all_missing_explorer_cards/ Of course there are a lot more cards in Pioneer, but these are some of the more relevant ones.

[@Pigzit]

Love this deck! My favorite version of creativity/transmog archetype. Always a great watch!

[@loqztv]

Finally, an explorer deck. More power, Lukka!

[@thcdreams654]

Love the explorer content. Always a good time. Thanks. Keep up the great work.

[@CyberBuster93]

Playing against this deck usually feels bad, but I've been doing okay with my sideboarding! Awesome to see you pilot this strong deck! Love seeing the Explorer content too! Appreciate you tons, man! 🤘

[@L1v3W1r3d]

I'm here for as many explorer decks as you are interested in building, lets go!

[@TwoTonTiger]

The term for a card you want in your deck, but not your hand or graveyard, is a "garnet" Some Yu-Gi-Oh! slang!

[@masterlightningpanda8665]

Gemknights

[@ShakerGER]

27:20 I am so happy which what disdain the normally very neutral Legen says greasefang! :D

[@johnsmith-dn8kv]

Does greasefang have a reputation...? I play Modern mostly.

[@ShakerGER]

@@johnsmith-dn8kv It certainly does in pioneer! :D

[@titanlord2000]

This was my favorite deck in the format until amalia and vampires pushed it from tier 1.5 to unplayable. Glad to see it's good again

[@pr0fess0rbadass]

More pioneer/explorer please ❤

[@aroadtorome7683]

An offering for the almighty algorithm’s altar.

[@theaeskey2502]

Notification squad. Blue red creativity never not going to be good but I’m happy they banned the amalia combo and the Sorin combo. Might have to give explorer another look.

[@DylanLove-v8t]

I love explorer! There's a deck you made awhile back for standard, mono-blue ninjitsu artifact aggro that was so good, I'd love to see an explorer version of that deck now that Kamigawa has rotated out. Love your videos!

[@LegenVD]

Ninjas are quite good in Historic, did a video on that deck!

[@melrakan]

That thumbnail would have me scooping out of pure shock and fear, horror giant worms are the worst XD

[@revolutionartiste]

Omg, it took 9 showcases until an oponent finally took the damage, they all surrendered right before haha

[@rubencp93]

Not sure what the Amalia combo was, but if appears Explorer is just a combo jungle. This is an Izzet combo deck; Phoenix is a combo deck; there's that +1/+1 counters combo deck; Ygra and kitty combo; etc.. Maybe Amalia was banned because it was easier?

[@LegenVD]

Yeah the Amalia combo was very easy to assemble with cards like Chord of Calling and was very resilient. Besides being powerful the combo had a bunch of other issues, like games sometimes ending in a draw because you would get stuck in an unbreakable infinite loop if someone cast a pump spell on Amalia to get it above 20 power.

[@rubencp93]

@@LegenVD OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, it was that deck. Okay, yeah, the ban is understandable. Thank you very much for taking some time to explain. Much appreciated!

[@SQN67]

Are Angels considered combo?

[@LegenVD]

@@SQN67 I wouldn't

[@Scholar-r7w]

Phoenix is not a combo, it's just a tempo deck with a very strong graveyard synergy

[@jjgamer1178]

I saw my favorite card on the thumbnail so I had to click

[@starwind13]

Explorer really feels like two solitaire players watching each other play... sometimes with a counter in hand lol

[@xenogenesis9635]

Yay, a format I will never play in my life. And yay, a new LVD video that I'll enjoy no matter what the format is.

[@Jerry-zf3ip]

When events are back on, are you ever going to post more cube or Singleton content?

[@RoastedPheasant]

At long last, the uninteractive combo decks are gone! Now we can get blown out by THIS uninteractive combo deck!

[@rupert7565]

25:00 you certainly are after that first card milled.

[@ciesma6381]

Nice copied deck. Is one of my favorites. Love your content.

[@gamingalthepal]

College sucks, I don’t get to watch LegenVD all day

[@jacobcaffrey5853]

Don't follow explorer meta much what did Sorin do that drew a ban?

[@LegenVD]

Consistent turn 3 Vein Rippers were a little too good. Would also make it harder to balance future Vampires having to take Sorin into account.

[@jacobcaffrey5853]

@@LegenVD thanks for responding makes sense ^_^

[@legendarye172]

lets go xenagos creativity coming back, have to dig this one out of my deck archives again then again i'm starting to prefer selesnya angels in this metagame

[@Alfreduss]

Why was sorin banned?

[@LegenVD]

They explain it here: magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/august-26-2024-banned-and-restricted-announcement

[@calebtaylor2910]

Xenagos will always be my fav commander

[@pawelpiw]

There is no match 5 here

[@LegenVD]

Fixed!

[@vladdracula2643]

I hate playing against this combo, it feels so bad.

[@FrelanceEQ]

that WotC made the card Creativity is pretty baffling. Prima facie, it's only okay or cool in the hands of impossibly bad players.

[@AKPhilly]

​@@FrelanceEQwhat a shit scrub take

[@SirMcAwesome]

How sad do you have to be to play basically standard mono red in this format 😂😂

[@electric_dream_machine]

The format will be explored alright but not by Amalia 😉

[@IHaveTearoutProblems-pc8sv]

W vid w first