This deck breaks Leyline of Hope.

[@thcdreams654]

Classic archetype is still fun to watch and play. Thanks man.

[@danielsaetia2237]

I’m happy to say i’ve lived to hear LVD say “Nice and Swol”

[@Say_Tin]

I think that hearing Luca say that added a year to my lifespan

[@amaggixz]

I just love these kind of mono colored decks, so satisfying to see the deck preview.

[@burnburn645]

would be nice to have a reason for the mono like Vindicator OI!

[@JohnnyTightIips]

The clean 20 plains, love it

[@andrewmakar2035]

But with so much life gain and Essence Channeler, painlands might make sense though.

[@PracticalPotato]

@@andrewmakar2035 you want to stick as much of your life gain as you can to enable the leyline

[@monopoman]

@@andrewmakar2035 Not really sure why you would play a second color with this deck, most of the best life-gain cards are in white. It would make the mana a lot more annoying on trying to quickly get creatures into play in the first 3 turns.

[@andrewmakar2035]

@@monopoman You don't put a second color at all. The painlands can send essence channeler into the sky. The other color mana is superfluous, it's just the damage trigger

[@Big_Dai]

"A real Dopamine Boost" - LVD, 2024

[@finna1002]

Bros posting like a madman, what did we do to deserve this

[@amarauk9687]

New sets every other month help content creation 😅

[@bobafett4895]

babe wake up legenvd posted

[@Lordidude]

The 2000s called they want their meme back. And a 2nd plane hit the tower.

[@KadeGeorgen]

​@@Lordidude i know you aint hatin on my boy bobafett4895

[@BeanyBoi06]

@@LordidudeHey man that’s bobafett4895 you’re talking about. Watch it pal

[@Lordidude]

​@@KadeGeorgen Why would you hate him?

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

No know believes you have a girlfriend bobafett4895

[@Say_Tin]

"Next turn could hurt..... but in the meantime we're not gonna worry about it :)" this is how I live my life

[@goodolarchie]

Narrator: next turn did indeed hurt

[@alphagurlzrule]

I will never understand how whenever poison decks come up they ALWAYS have turn 1 rotpriest. It’s mind blowing.

[@astuteanansi4935]

>be lifegain deck >start with do-nothing hand >opponent is a poison deck >drops turn 1 rotpriest >has an answer to every single thing you do >die without ever having stood a chance "MTG Arena is not that rigged" lol, lmao even

[@vanikkan872]

I just hate rotpriest... thats such an unfun card... id rather play 10 times against leylane of resonace T1 than Rotpriest once ...

[@burnburn645]

@@vanikkan872 still better than any and all of the 0tk combos introduced as of the late WotC "rebranding"

[@kylekonop4801]

​@@vanikkan872 Leyline of Resonance demands 1-cost interaction that even decks that run it may not draw. Rotpriest simply has no possible counterplay when sufficiently defended. *And* your failed attempts to kill it do your opponent's work for them.

[@eternaldoom1042]

fun fact [nowhere to run] doesn't trigger rotpreist since it's being "targeted" by an enchantment ETB and not a spell, also ingores ward/hexproof if they try to defend it.

[@kyleisenberg1701]

Always greatest mtg videos. I love the simpler decks you showcase! Keep them up brother!

[@EtheDral]

Thank you LVD for this deck "review", I have had great time with it in the best of one ladder. Also it was really cheap to craft.

[@robertngo1629]

The toxic/poison player living up to their deck archetype's name with the emote spamming there...

[@NickTemperistic]

I mean they paid for them so might as well use them

[@starwind13]

Not to mention the slow roll

[@styfen]

Mono white life gain is just as toxic. 🤢🤮

[@goodolarchie]

That's like saying you paid for a Bluetooth speaker, might as well use it on the bus

[@NickTemperistic]

@@goodolarchie That makes 0 sense. A bluetooth speaker you can use anywhere. MTG Arena emotes can only be used in a MTG Arena match

[@haukurthorgeirsson3916]

At 9:18 the opponent is not just too far behind, they're dead on board.

[@Azrichiel]

Right? Opponent had seen enough game actions that weren't just swinging for lethal.

[@drejerm7856]

so...they're too far behind to win?

[@j.a.3008]

Amazing the power of this deck

[@Meik_292]

You made the online correct choice for the Pridemate style. 😀👍

[@pedromesquita6647]

Truly the best pridemate art. Goated card in general :)

[@joshyaash]

Ajani's Pridemate has always been my favorite card, I hope this one can work haha

[@noblockstapoutplease]

Amazing post and all the mono-color deck players salute you. The meta is too filled with combo multi-coloured decks. Running tight weenie decks with a great synergy is the best strategy. Get in, take names, and get out! Great post and thanks for sharing!!! I don't have Leyline yet so I run with Exorcise instead heehee!!! 🍂🍂🍂🍂

[@rickieparsons3957]

raise the past is nice with this deck :D

[@T_Vulture13]

26:30 never thought I'd hear LVD saying "swole" on a video 😂

[@COZYTW]

I might run a similar list, but taking 2 Leyline out for 2 Virtue of Loyalty for the more control-ly games it seems to struggle against

[@dodoria19]

I love the thumbnail, Ajani's pridemate is like "What is this... what is HAPPENING?"

[@alistairetheblu]

Speaking of leylines, thoughts on a leyline axe or 2 for this? Between the pridemates, channelers, and their counters going elsewhere there's a lot of big non-evasive creatures happening here. edit: also, Lupinflower Village seems a good add here, you have 16 creatures it would fetch, and can still cast Linden off it.

[@LegenVD]

Good call on the Village, there's almost no drawback.

[@WZaDproductions]

Hi legend, been rocking your Temur Tapes at FNM and loving it. Any thoughts on returning to the archetype with new FDN cards? Llanowar elves caught my eye as a potential 4x include, with the meta punishing hard control decks even more lately

[@LegenVD]

Tricky to slot in a green one-drop, especially when the deck wants some number of sweepers.

[@WZaDproductions]

@@LegenVD I noticed that after a few experimental games. just saw your featured decks on the MTGA channel, looks like cursed recording has fallen out of favor for doppelgang decks?

[@LegenVD]

@@WZaDproductions Cursed Recording has never seen any competitive play. Sometimes Doppelgang shows up in small numbers as top-end for various ramp decks. The deck I featured a while ago was my own fun brew.

[@JohnyScissors]

Neat. I still remember watching your soul sisters videos

[@Rusaarules]

Match 4 is what happens when the game gives an opponent everything they need.

[@ara9422]

Is a white/x pain land worth it to trigger essence channeler?

[@LegenVD]

There's a few comments discussing it 😊

[@davestier6247]

The Utah of decks, provides a lot of value Edit: What about possibly adding Fountainport to enable life loss on your turn to proc the channeler?

[@theaeskey2502]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@orzhovsewers5877]

Not very good with Linden triple white.

[@davestier6247]

@@orzhovsewers5877 yeah, im not so sure my version of this would even include her. But it's a valid point.

[@johndoe9343]

@@davestier6247 You would replace Linden with Fountainport? Or what would you replace it with?

[@davestier6247]

​@@johndoe9343 remove linden, add fountainport and enduring innocence.

[@braedenwinstead1984]

You love to see basic only manabases

[@kiowa4440]

Poison deck the game throws at life gain because it's supposed to be the anti. Has happened to me a bit.

[@michelemarzani4846]

you shoud add some pain land to the deck to active chaneler first ability

[@LegenVD]

Considered it, but can be a liability when trying to enable Leyline early on.

[@SaltySparrow]

I feel like the deck needs a tiny bit of interaction, but is pretty good.

[@LegenVD]

There's Sheltered by Ghosts!

[@mukimurco1426]

is it worth it to play some of the white pain lands (those lands that make you tap for mana for the cost of 1 life) just for Channeler? seems kinda good to give him flaying from time to time

[@LegenVD]

Considered it, but would be a liability when trying to enable Leyline in the early turns.

[@mukimurco1426]

@@LegenVD i see, thanks ❤

[@drejerm7856]

It's going to stop you from hitting 27 life for leyline more than it will help the channeler get in

[@nightowl0815]

no exemplar of light?

[@LegenVD]

Too slow for what we’re trying to do. Would need a reliable way to draw cards in the opponent’s turn with it.

[@mave6602]

I'm not sure how strongly it hurts Linden since one needs tripple white and what I suggest is a land that only produces colorless mana. But Fountainport can be used to trigger Essence Channelers vigilance and flying and the token should be of use. Most likely not needed for this deck after all it is a solid build.

[@LegenVD]

Yeah we need every land to produce white mana, both for Linden and all the 1-drops.

[@drejerm7856]

Way better to focus on getting to 27 life for leyline

[@xenogenesis9635]

Lifegain is nice and all, but I hope we get a Hare Apparent deck soon. 🐇

[@LegenVD]

Have one in the works!

[@leonorhelling982]

Why not play enduring innocence?

[@LegenVD]

It's a card I would consider for the 75. The matchups where we most need a card draw engine are the ones playing Sunfall, so Enduring Innocence would line up quite poorly. Without cards that make creatures at instant speed we also wouldn't get the most out of it.

[@drejerm7856]

And cut what? The other 2 drops are all better and this deck has 20 lands, why does it need another 3 drop

[@collidoskope]

Any reason you chose to go mono white over Orzhov? I've had quite a bit of success with a low-to-the-ground, lean orzhov brew, giving access to Amalia, cavern bat, and Zoraline - boosting early interaction and providing some mid-game power if your threats have been removed efficiently.

[@LegenVD]

I've featured a Bats deck not too long ago before Foundations released. The density of cheap lifegain cards is high enough in monowhite for what we're trying to accomplish. Adding a color means a less consistent manabase introducing either tapped lands or painlands, which can get in the way of our lifegain plan.

[@drejerm7856]

He's running a triple white 3 drop and 20 lands is not a good number to run multiple colors

[@collidoskope]

@ I was asking about deck selection. If building around Orzhov, you would drop that card.

[@theaeskey2502]

Notification squad. That dopamine boost game is 🧑‍🍳 😘

[@fracked7077]

Would it be worth running green mana for Melira in the sideboard to counter poison decks?

[@LegenVD]

Poison decks are like unicorns in the current meta. You're lucky if you see one.

[@SM-hr3zo]

Hey Luca, do you remember the Tamiyo / Three Blind Mice combo? Now that Tamiyo is gone, but we have Doppelgang and Extravagant Replication, would you mind giving this a go again? I would living for it !

[@Michael.032]

Thoughts on running 2ish copies of Case of the Uneaten Feast? Although it's not a creature (so you can't hit it off of Knight Errant), it should help a lot in grindier games

[@LegenVD]

Sadly most of the grindy games where we want a recursive effect like that are vs decks that have Sunfall, so Case wouldn't line up too well.

[@wavedash101]

Any thoughts on Case of the Uneaten Feast for redundancy and buyback?

[@LegenVD]

It has its moments, but ideally we want to maximize the number of creatures in the deck for Vanguard, Sanctifier, Linden & most importantly Knight Errant. So every non-creature needs to be extremely powerful to consider including. Case would be at its best vs decks with lots of sweepers, but the most popular one is Sunfall which would exile our creatures anyway.

[@overdonenames]

I made an orzhov version of this deck with starscape cleric, elas il-kor and a bunch of hare apparents. Works extremely well alongside Raise the Past.

[@TheBillz123]

why no use the pain lands? that helps with giving flying to the bat

[@LegenVD]

The life loss would be a drawback when trying to enable Leyline in the early turns, especially with such a low land count and color intensive spells.

[@TheBillz123]

Oh i forgot about the leyline haha my bad​@@LegenVD

[@14hourz82]

I wish we have a explorer version of this deck

[@LegenVD]

Besides a set of Voice of the Blessed there aren't a ton of upgrades compared to the Standard build.

[@tarkus1113]

Would Daxos, blessed by the Sun be overkill?

[@LegenVD]

@@tarkus1113 I think you generally want lifegain enablers at 1 mana and payoffs that pick up counters at 2 mana. In Explorer you can also include Heliod as another strong payoff, at which point the extra devotion has added value.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

@@LegenVD I agree about having lifegain enablers at 1 mana... which is why I don't love leyline in this deck.

[@Cinetyk]

Any thoughts on having a few green cards to give stuff trample at instant speed? With these kinds of decks I sometimes get into board stalls where oppo just blocks forever or board wipes and then win we Jace or something.

[@boringmonkey6958]

I've always hated toxic/poison decks more than mono red aggro. The gameplay alone is frustrating/monotonous because they're essentially playing their own game while your poison counters tick up - but the players are almost always (ironically) toxic too. I can almost guarantee when playing against a toxic deck, the player piloting it will emote spam, rope and sandbag. It's a griefer's wet dream of a deck.

[@burnburn645]

crying about losing on turn 8 instead of 3? really? boy oh boy!

[@boringmonkey6958]

@burnburn645 you know it's possible to dislike something without "crying" right?

[@yeseldiaz3453]

Toxic player detected above. Unemployed antics initiated in the comments section.

[@boringmonkey6958]

@@yeseldiaz3453 this is not a drill

[@yeseldiaz3453]

@@boringmonkey6958 It's burnburn my comment was directed to haha.

[@dodoria19]

Thoughts of adding 4 cave of koilos just to ping ourselves to make the big bats flying vigilance??

[@LegenVD]

Got a few other comments talking about it. The life loss would be a drawback when trying to enable Leyline in the early turns, especially with such a low land count and color intensive spells.

[@chrisward9218]

This is my favourite kind of deck to play. No removal, no interaction, just a ton of cheap creatures that go wide and kill quick

[@SuperNeilAdams]

I've been running a very similar monowhite deck, I would strongly recommend throwing in a few pain lands to maximise the Channeler's utility - being able to give it flying at will can make them excellent blockers or let them jump over a stubborn defense and let's be honest the life cost is negligible in a deck like this.

[@AnthonyScottGames]

With knight errant being the only card draw in the deck, I don’t see it being that great

[@LegenVD]

Aggro decks don’t always need card advantage.

[@XenkayYT]

Kinda weird. My own Lifegain deck ran into Azorius-Eyeball and Golgari-Midrange more than anything else. Would've liked to see your deck performing against those.

[@aznpholyfe6693]

yes alot of life gain decks but no one ever runs leyline

[@aeolus7762]

LVD, I know you probably make these WELL in advance, but as a lot of new players watch your videos, wouldn't it be wiser to use the current versions of cards to not confuse them?

[@diechort]

Reprints with different set symbols cost wild-cards. Because of reasons.

[@aeolus7762]

@diechort Wait really? I thought just the extended arts/borderless treatments fell under that. That's just stupid.

[@LegenVD]

I would if they didn't cost me additional wildcards. Sometimes I also prefer the original art.

[@aeolus7762]

@@LegenVD That makes total sense! Thank you for responding!

[@diechort]

@@aeolus7762 I would say greedy, but I see your point.

[@aroadtorome7683]

A humble offering for the almighty algorithm.

[@jakenbake9529]

I add painland to my decks with essence channeler, just so I can trigger it if I need to

[@drejerm7856]

18:20 couldn't have happened to a more deserving person, I'm tired of seeing the bat lol

[@KrypticKodex]

Hope feels pretty underrated imo

[@drejerm7856]

It's a niche rare in a game that is not f2p friendly, it's not that deep

[@burnburn645]

@@drejerm7856 the kids dont know about gambling these days

[@DarryHirty]

4-Off, 4-Off, … 4-Off, 20 Plains lets go

[@frommetoyou5450]

Of*

[@Kuryux]

11:03 Actually....it was 8 additional damage from that rage XD

[@victortayupe8794]

how about Enduring Innocence for more card draw?

[@LegenVD]

There's another comment discussing the pros and cons.

[@LightningSaix]

I get why its all basic plains, but this deck would really benefit from the inclusion of any white and whatever pain lands you happen to have in your arena collection. Just to turn on Essence Channeler on demand.

[@LegenVD]

There are a few comments discussing it.

[@Distruptor18]

Petition to have all digital card games let you finish your turn after your opponent concedes if you want.

[@panuwatbuthorntaraj2909]

You may use rare land that tap get W lose 1 life because the big Bat (essence chaneler) can fly , vigilant when you lose life.

[@LegenVD]

Those can be a real drawback when trying to gain enough life to enable Leyline in the early turns.

[@drejerm7856]

Way better to get life to 27 for leyline

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

Yeah it's a cool gimmick but better in the BW bats lifegain deck that's a more Midrange deck. It's more all in on the lifegain life loss thing

[@twi1ightknight]

new daily deck dropped

[@daguru119]

I was trying to build a lifegain deck with the 4 drop Angel that draws cards, but thats probably too slow.

[@R-R-R-R-R]

Why LVD never!! Freak out, he is sooo chilled 😁

[@Nix-nb3zn]

Went 9-1 with this deck today seems legit

[@tylerhougas9938]

🔥🔥🔥

[@RandomPerson-mv8bn]

7:25 holy statistics

[@williamebel4763]

Slasher is such a booooooring card.

[@Galacticfungus]

As opposed to domain using sunfall, leyline binding and up the bean stalk, the mono red mouse package, or just mono red using fling effects with pump spells.

[@God0fSloth]

Pridemate in the thumb not looking good 🤣🤣🤣 he really wants that lifegain 🍄🍄☠️

[@mariand.1087]

If there's one thing I've learned playing against those stupid mono red or boros decks is that if they have a dork on board and you have a chance to remove it, you ALWAYS remove it even if they are empty handed, and the creature is a 1/1. A plotted Slikshot + another creature on board, 3 mana and full grip of cards is a recipe for disaster if you let them use everything. Not even a Valgavoth would stop the red deck from attacking and somehow finding some bullshit draw to double strike and trample over it.

[@tommasocavalla5583]

The concept of leylines beeing busted or mediocre depending on rng for a game like magic is just wrong. It makes standard matches feel like an earthstone shenanigan

[@wolfgang4488]

I feel like they need to remove the Lifelink from sheltered. idk i might be crazy

[@TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL]

First

[@theaeskey2502]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 🤮 👎 💩 😬 🤮

[@prosperow]

It is hardly "impressive" mono-read yawn game. Nice life deck though

[@asleon99]

Super boring deck

[@LegenVD]

I think it's neat.