Did This New Magic: The Gathering Card Just Shatter A Format? | Duskmourn Best New Cards

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[@user-to9ge8ii9n]

3:39 - lmao, the Spice otter cameo was a great callback.

[@blackdeath6085]

I just watched that episode of Shuffle up, and this capture literally almost let me fall out of my chair laughing. Really epic, so was the episode :)

[@thatvillainjay]

Oh no prof knows what an otter is

[@Kaiasky]

everybody knows what an otter is it's an izzet colors creature type with prowess.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Hanging out with all these kids is making me hipper and more with it!

[@Suryp]

​@@TolarianCommunityCollege what else did maldhound teach you?

[@nikhilchhagan7371]

You know he lives in Portland, Oregon, right?

[@ich3730]

@@Kaiasky Damn i thought otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily lutrinae and exist in real life :O

[@JJMadsen-gc3ux]

The best part about the deck tho is that it doesn’t need the combo to win. It has shown itself to be good already without the leyline or turn inside out

[@a.ryanratliff4024]

"Five!" - holds up three fingers- lol Love you, Prof!

[@pr0fess0rbadass]

This is a reference to the Monty Python holy grail secret lair that no one was able to buy

[@BobbyCorwen42]

I don't care that the turn 2 kill isn't particularly consistent, the issue is that this particular Leyline can provide truly disgusting value for the single cost of it being a card in your hand, and can definitely enable a variety of kills on turn 3 or 4 with ridiculous ease. Yes, a well-timed removal slows it down, but on the other hand, it puts the opponent on the most famous "better have it or you don't get to play".

[@andrewwang7699]

play bo3, mulligan for removal, win g2/g3 95% of the time?

[@MrPiotrV]

@@andrewwang7699 lol that's not a realistic option. but I like that your "easy" solution involves 1) changing format 2) having a dedicated sideboard 3) conceding g1 4) mulliganing for an answer on your starting hand. maybe, just maybe, something that requires that much effort to have a chance against, is a little too strong. and one removal spell will NOT save you. you need 2 or 3 to stand a chance against today's mono red, let alone when the leyline comes.

[@andrewwang7699]

@@MrPiotrV I mean fundamentally I think this is a worse deck that stuff like last format’s Boros Convoke? which put you to 1 on turn 2 with a nut draw

[@MrPiotrV]

@@andrewwang7699 how exactly did boros convoke deal 19 damage on turn 2? because I have never seen it and I played hundreds of games against it. and to be perfectly honest, I don't think it is possible, I think you're mixing up turn 2 and turn 3. turn 2 and turn 3 are very very different things. and even if it were possible, how does that make it better? the current mono r deck kills on turn 3 EASILY (and even more easily with the leyline), it doesn't need to have a perfect hand. this deck is a million times faster, and much more reliable (in terms of pulling off fast wins.)

[@maxspecs]

So just like every other modern Leyline?

[@Vengfulpotato]

Thanks for the WhatNot stream yesterday! I enjoyed watching, and it really struck me with the effort you went through to make sure your fans weren't overspending on the auctioned items! ❤

[@Artist_ash-is5os]

Yesterday was my first whatnot stream(from the Prof or anybody) and he's truly an amazing host, had me smiling ear to ear basically the whole time lol, then he raided the Lgs and made their day too, truly an amazing stream🙏💜

[@kxht]

Does anyone else feel like the "remove this now or lose the game" cards are getting too much in standard? Maybe its just me but It feels like every single playable card lately is just one big snowball after another.

[@MrOctavian2012]

Worc has been veering towards more commander cards with each set release, which these cards would feel less like outliers in.

[@RaawHax]

It's like what happened with Hearthstone, throwing huge swing bombs at each other until one side busts

[@maxspecs]

MtG has always been about who can end the game first, this is nothing new.

[@trevorschumann5808]

@@maxspecswow so insightful

[@fiendfi7119]

@@maxspecs that's poor phrasing, every competitive game works like that

[@jogewe]

And otters: Spice8Rack jump scare

[@devinayaz9210]

"a list of 5" - Proceeds to hold up 3 fingers. 4:17

[@Franciscomeirajr]

It's a Monty Python reference

[@ethanlarge3572]

He was an English major, cut him some slack

[@smartkaboose3806]

Must be new here ;)

[@The-Mads-Zone]

@@Franciscomeirajrohhhhh, thought he did a 6 in roman numerals hahaha

[@roondar6141]

Turn one or two kills usually aren't much to worry about, especially in best of three games, they've been around since Magic began, it's where Channel Fireball gets it's name from and why Blazing Shoal is banned in Modern

[@soopthedog7236]

SWEET HAIRCUT PROF!!!!

[@ctomsky]

Agreed! Was just rewatching an old Dies to Removal episode back when he was still growing it back out, and I think it looks great at this length!

[@michaelsilk275]

I really want to make a glissa/overlord deck. Removing counters will be fun. Glissa will be good for removing pesky finality counters too.

[@litemerafrukt]

Standard outside of arena had been real fun! I’m in! But only modern and legacy played in 200 mile radius, if I don’t go to a neighbouring country that is. Cross my fingers that foundations can help remedy the lack of standard play around here.

[@JuliusKlovekorn]

I THOUGHT IT WAS A SECRET LAIR ALERT 😂🎉❤

[@aminabutler]

Secret Leyline Alert :o

[@noradi123]

At this point THIS CARD FROM X SET BREAK Y FORMAT is as iconic as SECRET LAIR ALERT imo

[@IneptCardCollector]

Just wait a week

[@LuizMoratelli]

2:50 wait, opponent can interact? NOOOO

[@theunease5541]

WUBBY TEASER AAAAAAH. THE PROMISED HOUR IS COMING. Also, hedge shredder looks like a really cool and strong ramp piece for decks that care about the graveyard and it has the potential for a silly half-combo deck that wants to chain absurb amounts of lands, lol.

[@ctromsky5729]

I think Toby Beastie Befriender should be highly considered. It makes the token strategies even better by giving them flying and making a 4/4 token that caretakers talent will love to copy for 1 mana

[@StephenEmmons-mx5yz]

Love the RuneScape damage art.

[@barrytdrake]

I appreciate the Holy Grail reference! "Nemeses", at least according to Mystery Men. Thanks, Professor!

[@CyberBuster93]

Lmao love the running gag with the fingers Prof xD

[@Magnet977]

Standard has devolved into Yugioh matches, where your opening hand and who goes first determines who wins. Small creatures and spells simply generate way too much value due to the power creep of sets like Bloomburrow and Duskmourn. Its absurd that your opponent can literally burn you for half your life for removing their threats and punishing them for stacking 3+ card effects on one creature so quickly.

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

The summoning sickness effect at 7:03 needs to be on arena

[@user-tx2mu3cr2o]

That's a wonderful thumbnail man

[@tmspica]

Breaking my Standard Zur deck back out. Love enchantments and Zur was one of the cards that truly brought me back to magic (again).

[@Nouxatar]

14:22 An Elspeth's Smite will also do the job quite nicely. Anyways, good to hear you talking about Standard! I've loved it for a few months now, and seeing more people play it has been so nice.

[@as95ms98]

With all the crazy death and graveyard synergies in the set, it makes me very happy that I have both Sunfall and Rest in Peace in my control deck LMAO

[@cinderstar6634]

i think the wandering rescuer and clockwork percussionist deserve mentions for how well they slot into convoke (percussionist being a perfect target for gleeful demolition and the wandering rescuer being another great convoke threat)

[@willwithanxbox]

Professor please I can't stand anymore formats being shattered 😂. Love your videos I've been having so much fun in magic lately

[@marcoottina654]

blame Hasbro for pushing WotC to create insane cards ...

[@taeworldcj6998]

This survival mechanic is going to blend great with my convoke deck ❤😂

[@jessianderson3959]

Turn 1 Duress Behbeh!!!! But seriously thanks prof. I hope to play a standard game against you sometime! I did a spin on Saffron Olive's 8 rack deck & also am a big fan of my Azorius Control lol. Will be building Delirium in duskmourn. I love a few of the interactions they're giving us lol

[@Ryan_Dye-r]

Neat combos with that red Leyline card.

[@Shadowquacker]

The trouble, I feel, with red aggro is already that it already leads to so many non-games where either they kill you before you did anything meaningful, or they fizzle out and don’t do anything meaningful before you win. This new card exacerbates the problem by making games even quicker when it’s in the opener or completely dead for your opponent when it isn’t.

[@petrri323]

That would be true if the deck wasn’t still so damn good without the landline combo in it. Red rush has always been a very strong strategy. Now there’s red rush plus a combo maybe.

[@Shadowquacker]

@@petrri323 I don’t really think that most people would consider that the leyline turns red aggro into a “combo” deck in any meaningful sense: it has good synergy with the cards already there and its value to the deck is essentially constrained to one scenario (having it in the opening hand) but the game plan and deck construction with and without it probably aren’t much different. Honestly, it may not even improve the deck in general because the value in speeding up a win you were likely getting anyway may very well be overshadowed by how bad a draw it is later in the game. It’ll probably make those quick losses feel even more hopeless for your opponents, but whether you consider that an advantage or not probably depends on your personality;-)

[@Odande]

Yea, I hate it bc getting leyline out isn't even a choice being made my your opponent. As long as you have it in your opening hand it's just out there automatically for free. Wow, so interactive! My opponent gets a powerful copy enchantment before I placed my first land. It's the most "I'm building this deck to do this 1 thing and completely ignoring everything my opponent does" thing ever in standard.

[@adamwarlock59]

I think Grievous Wound should get a mention with slasher and bloodletter. It takes a turn longer to end the game but serves as a nice back up spell if the zombie is stunned or exiled. Also, having bloodletter on the battlefield a turn prior allows you to perform the same mechanic if the opponent cant block flying

[@erfarkrasnobay]

3:00 Oh yes, mulligan till turn 1 removal in any first game of the match. I like to lose to turn 1 tapped land or having 2 mana removal instead of 1 mana.

[@xXSamir44Xx]

You say that like your opponent will always have leyline in their opening hand and like it doesn't reduce their consistency.

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Kinda reminds me of Sheoldred apocalypse and how that single card completely warped standard. I know the 2 are used differently but I leyline of Resonance will definitely have as big of a impact.

[@doomkingraye7692]

it's so bad nobody will actually play in order to try winning the game

[@franciscomuro8427]

Always love these videos Prof! I am also giving a shoutout to whichever editor inserted the Persona5 “1 more” while discussing The Tale of Tamiyo.

[@mawtaus]

Red decks are definitely getting a lot of love in Duskmourn. However, I think I'm most excited about the Green and White Survival options that are going to have great synergy with the Mount cards from OTJ and then probably also get another boost in value with the Death Race set next year. Kona is right at the top of my most wanted list for this set.

[@GFortz]

Tuck in tight everybody, combo winter is coming. With Citanul Stalwart you can actually pull off a turn 3 Atraxa - Citanul on 1, Subterranean Schooner on 2, on 3 tap Schooner for mana in artifact form with the Stalwart and that's the 4 mana for Kona. Crew Schooner now (remember, it doesn't need to be untapped to crew) and have fun.

[@lennartvandereijk6126]

Oh, I'm interested in seeing if I can build around The Swarmweaver, possibly with Leyline of Transformation but likely only as a 1-of.

[@Schattenbaroee]

One thing I love so much about MTG is that it appeals so much to my childish soul at times. Normally I'm more of a combo control player, and then comes Valgavoth. And my inner child is like: OMG it's an Elder Demon!!! He has 9/9!!! Look at the mana cost!!! This card must be invincible!!! :D

[@SmoesKnows]

Looking good Prof!

[@bloomcrawler]

Oh! I would love to have that stigma lasher in my Mortarpod BR - Sac deck. Stick it to the life gain decks (For when I'm not playing my own life gain deck) :-D I never plan to attack with something like Screaming Nemesis or Stigma Lasher. As long as the sac effect allows the creature to deal the damage we get the effect without having to attack. Okay I see your going the stuffy doll route with the Screaming Nemesis.

[@CianDelano]

I haven't finished the video, but while you were talking about the Survivor mechanic of Kona, made me randomly realize, Survivor is going to make those turn 1 Authority of the Consuls WAY less useful, or at very least, be less one sided.(speaking on brawl, the one thing I can regularly play... man I miss commander, but time and money are things I am both low on x_x)

[@dominickdavila1836]

This has been my first time playing Standard and I actually won my store championship yesterday! Got my foil Urzas Saga and had a lot of fun, Rakdos Lizards FTW! 😊

[@petrri323]

This is what happens when they design cards straight for commander. The entire rest of the game crumbles because The entire rest of the game can’t handle cards balanced for a 120 life, four player format. Rip 60 card. This game is becoming YuGiOh. Edit: WHY ARE THEY MAKING RAKDOS AGGRO UNBEATABLE AGAIN?????

[@hayden9790]

I actually love that they added Screaming nemisis because of the meta shift. I have been going against a lot of oversaturated healing decks, and having to deal 70 damage in a standard game to defeat an opponent who is clearly losing the game in the long run is quite annoying.

[@shmatttt]

screaming nemesis is insane, I love it

[@LargeCraze]

Love the Overlord of the Hauntwoods! I already put it into my Bello deck.

[@crovax1375]

Unstoppable Slasher with Solemnity and a sac outlet looks sweet!

[@dunstonlion1342]

I've heard people talk about the absolutely breakneck speed of card releases, and man now that I'm engaging more with magic content I'm REALLY seeing it. It's no wonder why the story of the universe really started to struggle.

[@danielklein5829]

wholly appreciate you taking the time to point out the weaknesses of this new leyline Prof and team! For me the deck dilution alone is already sufficient to not want the leyline when rakdos aggro can already kill its opponent pretty effectively by turn 3 or turn 4 much much more consistently. Someone will record a video of them getting the nut draw on arena and it'll go viral but its just...not that good a play.

[@pine790]

Been thinking of getting back into standard now that I've got time when my LGS is doing standard nights now and am beyond excited for some of the red cards coming in this set. Screaming Nemesis looks very fun, and the damage doubler isn't too shabby either imo (even if a little jank). I think the monsters and environments in Duskmourne knock it out of the park aesthetically too as much as I don't love the 80s people and TVs. Very mixed feelings on it, definitely not above Bloomburrow for me, but it's highs seem a lot more fun than OTJ and MKM for sure.

[@doctorexam6164]

There is this card in the commander set that a person at my lgs feels like it is underworld breach busted, the 3 drop creature that deals damage for the reduced mana cost of cards, bug beans seems stupid strong with murktide dealing usually 3+ damage on cast. Turns force of will into 5 damage, etc.

[@Tiax776]

Aggro was a bit slow, to be honest, so it should get a buff. I think a 1 red mana goblin with 3/3, Prowess, Menace, Haste, Trample, Ward 2 would be a good start. It's great that they don't want to give proper dual lands because using shitty tap lands means you can play a tap land when the opponent goes first and that's the only card you have to play.

[@marcoottina654]

Buff? It's a Starship's rocket stitched in the ass!

[@DrJambonius]

Send that idea to WOTC: They will set it at mythical rarity and add another "Add a treasure when doing anything" to match hits abilities with its rarity😊

[@declanandrewbell]

14:30 that's *going* for the throat, professor. Not "coming for the throat" ...it's like a horrifying twist on Maldhound's "but can they get it?"

[@wilddragonchase]

yeah im not particularly concerned about the new leyline and the t2 combo, but i do expect to see it a lot in Arena Bo1. im hoping that with manifest dread being a theme there'll be enough support for a deck themed around Yarus and face-down card. probably not the strongest but would definitely be fun

[@robinkost8249]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Screaming Nemesis gets blocked by a Deathtouch wouldn't it's trigger go on the stack and then it would be put in the graveyard as a state-based action before that trigger resolves so it can't deal damage to anything?

[@Brokenlordike]

I haven't been a standard player for quite a while, but when I saw the combo of Rollercrusher ride and Screaming Nemesis? Oh boy, get that out and use Obliterating Bolt on your Nemesis to hit your opponent for 16? At the low cost of Delerium? Sure thing.

[@TrentOrTreat]

Unstoppable Slasher is currently my favorite card from the new set. Just so tasty with theme. Pre ordered three for $2

[@richardmolano5538]

I live in NYC, and there is only 1 premium store and they wanted standard only Saturday at 10am-2pm but people tried a month but we only had at most was 6. Then after a few weeks they stopped standard. They tried it again but I didn't participate most likely it will be on Saturday morning. I won't try again unless I can find out there are people with close to 8. Its a waste of my time. I asked on Discord to see if there is anything with a good amount of standard and hopefully there will be a good amount of people and I'll join if they don't jack up the price for standard if they go back to standard. Because there was a place in Manhattan and they had 22 people and I came in 3rd place. Problem was that it cost $20 to participate in standard I got $25 store credit. I wasn't thrilled with the reward. So I'll ask around if not I'll just do commander for a while until standard is going good.

[@jka97]

Standard is extremely fun right now, my fnm had 10 people playing a tournament last week and I got second! Before this I'd had only played commander but profs vid on store championship and the recent Bloomburrow set was the final push for me to play!

[@1000Tomatoes]

Survivor serms like it'd be really easy to put on more cards going forward.

[@geoffreystrong4374]

I play a gruul prowess heartfire deck and its cool when you get it to pop off but with the cut down go for the throat, shock, lightning strike and helix it can be challenging. I dont think its ban worthy

[@Eheth1958]

Thanks for the standard tips!

[@DAsrada]

I'm excited for the Leyline because it'll make my Narset Enlightened Exile Prowess deck better than it has any right to be.

[@garethm9523]

Me - *see's unstoppable slasher* Also Me in Danny Devito's voice "so anyway, I started slashing...."

[@DeWillpower]

i don't want to play standard, but i like that i really wanted to make an atraxa deck during ONE and i still want to make it (if i had infinite money)

[@swifttalon9763]

My boi sell-sword is getting a bad rap, he deserves it.

[@richardthomas9529]

I’m pretty hyped for DuskMourn!!

[@dragade101]

I'm feeling this red leyline, though it CAN, there are plenty of matches that it will not get to do the thing. Hence it will be ‘balanced’. Should this have been printed into Standard? No. Will the designers pay attention and be careful with future sets for 3 years? Hopefully but probably not. Will this be a clear and must build deck? I don’t think so (I hope it isn’t). [I do hope Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief doesn’t get powered up even harder with the lightest of splashes for to have an additional Resonance]

[@animehater27]

I appreciate the Persona reference, even if the Professor never will...

[@driscoll9049]

I just started playing, I like commander, what should I buy to start out with

[@rudygarcia6642]

I love how they used an OSRS hitsplat 12:39

[@wandering.albatross]

Editing is on point once again.

[@AmaraTheBarbarian]

Okay so this Leyline may be rough for some red decks in standard, but if you could keep talking it down I could use a playset for legacy and it'd be cool if they weren't very expensive... I've been working on a turn 1 combo deck forever, and it has always been kind of jank and hard to pull off, on inception I needed the perfect 7 card god hand, Cacophony Scamp lowering the CMC of my creature to 1 and changing the color to red reduced the cards I had to have to 5, Volcanic Salvo from M21 gave me a high enough CMC with Blazing Shoal that without something to double up the damage I could hit with 20 from a Pact of the Titan token straight up, the bolt MDFCs cut the colorless cards in my deck down to 6 (only a playset of Lotus Petals and 2 Inkmoth Nexus remain) which is important for both Blazing Shoal itself and Fury of the Horde... This Leyline might just give me enough wiggle room along with the reduced colorless cards to main deck the 4 Pact of Negation in the sideboard that were there for decks that could disrupt my turn 1 with something other than a bolt (Brute Force and Rubblebelt Maaka had me covered there) because you're right the blowing the full combo and running in to removal is the worst time.

[@Greg501-]

Play Standard Bo1 with 1 mana removal, Green in shambles rn

[@thesemiaquaticdinosaur1109]

I'm trying to make the huge 9-cost creature to work in mono black discard but I don't think I can get past that price.

[@BasicandBizarre]

I'm not sure what to build for standard, but I pulled 4 Grievous Wounds, 2 Konas, and 2 Hedge Shredders, so I feel like the universe is saying Golgari something.

[@brettvandermeer5297]

1:56 well that first one is just the exact same as the Leyline of the Guildpact turn 2 kill but with Gaeas Might or whatever its called

[@TheTheatreKing]

Good luck at FNM tonight! Are you bringing back mono red burn?

[@Gonzakoable]

it sounds pretty cool. I cant wait to play with this leyline

[@Pabna.u]

Welp, I think that leyline pumps the damage output of the mouse/prowess type decks in Alchemy ridiculously, which are already top of the metagame. Probably will push out my already tier 3 Dino Gruul from the metagame by forcing us to play instant speed removal that doesn’t scale well in the late game :( . Screaming Nemesis on the other hand seems like it could be a hard counter to the bat decks, which is supposed to counter those decks. Hopefully some new cards will help to counter them now, or else it’ll be mouse/prowess or bust

[@metalgamer21]

What standard deck are you playing prof?

[@jackfrozr6773]

Mono red really screws with mono green, kinda sucks when you have no cheap removal in green that does not require you to already have a board so you die in turn 2 or 3 most of the time.

[@okredcoat5141]

True for the shock or removal but a true Aggro player knows what an opponent having untapped mana means so hold your winning combo for when they slip up and tap out. Ive won all 4 of the store championships by reading the board and holding my win until the perfect moment and on a few ocassions those moments i was down to 1 life almost dead and my opponent bwcame over confident and slipped up.

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

one got to wonder wether these devs smoke some prime eldrazi weed or some shit.

[@dlvarcade9729]

I just started playing mtg on Arena and I hate this mono red leyline nonsense. If I see my opponent play Mountain on turn 1, I already don’t feel like playing.

[@RDMANGLEYT]

I want to run this conbo in gruul so that you have overprotect. Might not be able to combo on turn 2 but maybe off of turn 3 or 4.

[@dojelnotmyrealname4018]

I mean even by definition none of these cards could break Standard for longer than 3 years.

[@JamesIIIPearson]

would love to go down and play std at my local store! ... but since wizards/ pandemic killed the paper format, we can't get more then 3 people to show up😞

[@_mrcrypt]

Neat! Thanks for the tip 🍷

[@frankskive]

Prof seems to forget not everyone has standard at there lgs And arena is the best place to get that

[@biancablayze1453]

turn 2 kills? gee let me go and get my butt kicked in 2 turns playing standard. oh what fun that is. yippee

[@sasquatchsenpai]

I live in metro area of the 7th largest city in the US. I'm lucky if a MTG shop does standard once a month. I'll just be scourged by this on arena bo3 I guess.

[@pspsmallz]

Leyline is a cool card idea when the effect is only decent but when its just outright a powerful effect even without being a leyline, we get busted combos that break the game immediately. 😂

[@meek1ns]

Why isn't there a game mode in MTGArena like Standard but only that they just ban such things out or patch them accordingly? And every 2 weeks if needed they adjust problematic cards?

[@andrewwang7699]

because everyone hates alchemy

[@SuperbFairy]

Because alchemy fucking sucks as a format, the whole point of magic is that cards are designed and playtested - shit like this used to get caught before they were released out into the world, wizards just don't bother anymore. Editing cards AFTER they physically get released doesn't work, which is why they need to stop being so lazy nowadays

[@D.Kruger2.0]

When you have 3 life unstoppable slasher hits you and it says you loose half your life rounded up, wouldn't you still have 1 live left? I'm no english native btw so sont be to hard for my question please ^^

[@xXSamir44Xx]

It hits your opponent and puts them to 1. Half of 1 is .5, which becomes 1 when you round it up.

[@tmore3]

Did you use an old school RuneScape hit splat?! That’s awesome 12:10

[@Pottering12]

Nice one prof. Mono red did not need any more new toys! 😮