When a playset just isn't enough.

[@sunshineinabag9956]

16 rotpriesrs walk into a bar. bartender said "scoop"

[@MetalHev]

Literally never seen somebody play 2 rotpriests since I scoop when the first one goes on the stack. I'm not even joking.

[@kevincastner4541]

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Zvejas_EzYs]

you really shouldnt :) 1 is nothing, you shuld start worrying if you see 2 ;) @@MetalHev

[@electric_dream_machine]

bartender says: *weird phyrexian shrieks*

[@thomasbarker2888]

Into an icecream bar.

[@Mamarinana]

For Tandem Takedown, if you have 3 rotpriests out you can also target the damage to the 3rd one and get 9 poison straight away, possible at 22:24 but not necessary in that instance lol

[@LegenVD]

Indeed!

[@trevorr994]

But what if we doppleganged the rotpriests?

[@LegenVD]

Croaking Counterpart is probably a little better for a deck that's not ramping a whole lot.

[@davestier6247]

​@@LegenVD Frog clones provide a lot of value

[@ScottKane]

This guy gets it.

[@briangordon7585]

Then you would be a very toxic person.

[@logan_wolf]

This is LegenVD, not Mono Black. Leave the jank to the latter, the master of all jank!

[@ryanbolson23]

Can I say, that mono-Red player game 3 really played that beautifully. Just marvelous timings and decisions all around. Kudos to that guy tbh

[@pranakhan]

Between the poison counters and the March of Burgeoning Life, I would call this the Springtime Allergy Deck

[@CyberBuster93]

You know when Luca says "for science" it's gonna be an awesome game xD

[@chriswampler1]

I adjusted my variant some. I learned from your land count and used 2 land slots for more defensive cards. Thanks! You helped make it more consistent.

[@thcdreams654]

Thanks for the entertainment and great work as usual.

[@LegenVD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marklussier3249]

Great deck Luca, Loved The "for Science" :)

[@CasualLoLAddict]

I like this. No goofy "big ramp, big creatures", plus it's nice to see something other than mono red / Boros aggro or Simic ramp these days.

[@pietapizza1]

don't get to play the game but in green

[@CRAETION_]

​@@pietapizza1 it's either that or Oops, All Board wipes 🥲

[@pietapizza1]

@@CRAETION_ or 3 bats

[@sherius48]

sweet, onto the next one! such a cool vibe in your videos thank you for the cool content

[@JRandall0308]

16 Rotpriests? “Holy sh*t!” - Nissa

[@astuteanansi4935]

16 Fucking Rotpriests GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Creature - Phyrexian Druid 16/32 Toxic 16 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get 16 poison counters.) Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, target opponent gets 16 poison counters. "holY shit" -Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

[@bumfricker2487]

@@astuteanansi4935creature type is wrong, should be "Phyrexian Druids"

[@parkerschuchart4710]

I built a really cool 5 color Commander deck that used Zada, Hedron grinder as the secret commander. That paired with a bunch of pump spells and Venerated rot priest usually took the board out in the same turn it was played lol

[@trevormoser6716]

Love a mono green!

[@chriswampler1]

I tried something similar using the repulsive mutation but man, that tandem take down is a great idea. I did have 3 copies of Mirrorhall Mimic. Reduced that number to see how take down works. I also have Doppelgang. Even if it only gets 2 extra rotpriest, it is still good

[@mr.marker6449]

Never thought mono green poison would ever be a thing

[@NStripleseven]

Truly a shocking proposition

[@A3TH3R-dj3hj]

wizards: "lets print a one mana creature that give poison with every fucking spell"

[@leonardovasquez9011]

"we hope is not against an aggro deck" literally standard is almost only aggro haha Thats why I love this guy, good decks off meta

[@Randomperson-pk3ce]

Theoretically, in match three, I am not exactly sure how tandem takedown works, but if you can target a rotpriest with the damage, it would have been 11 poison.

[@DanyF02]

It's interesting to think that a best case scenario would let you use Tandem Takedown on 2 Rot Priest to target a 3rd Rot Priest and have that card deal 9 poison by itself. Not sure how you could have 3 of those in play and still need to apply 9 poison, but still pretty intense.

[@LegenVD]

Indeed, should've mentioned that interaction!

[@gerardsoler1713]

"On two zee next one !". Like it 🙂

[@playdead09]

I tried brewing an OTK rotpriest deck around Vesuvan Duplimancy. Not much luck but would like to see your take if ya wanna take a stab at it! ^^

[@Red_Mag3]

Token limit Duplimancy Mondraks is a fun deck I ran into in the play queue

[@chriswampler1]

Repulsive Mutation is a good include for making a rotpriest a much bigger threat and get the battle flipped. The 8/8 is a good blocker and also allows your rotpriest to deal damage even when blocked. Just saying..

[@goomshill]

I take it as a point of pride that I have playsets of most major decks in arena but still have 0 copies of rot priest.

[@logan_wolf]

20:14 Why is mono-red always such a destructive arch-type?

[@nilgnoimv2803]

Anyone would expect a simic judas rotpriest cloning deck but, hry, it works too.

[@elnatanbitensky8314]

Bushwhack might be better, because it scales with the number of rotpriests. Perhaps there's another variant that's even better. Thirsting roots can only give one extra counter. It has the benefit of not needing a rotpriest, so it still might be better...

[@LegenVD]

It was definitely a consideration, problem is Bushwhack needs two targets and Rotpriest is unlikely to win a fight.

[@tiemoecramm8489]

@@LegenVD But 1 Mana less to cast and it has at least the option not to go for an land, but to get a (one last) poison counter. Play a priest deck similar to your form newbie to Diamond. Thanks for pointing out Invasion of Ikoria to me, the biggest problem with this deck were matchups in Round 7+ an still no rotpriest... :) I also like the idea of giving poison with no more rotpriest on the board with the roots.

[@Redurgam]

Might show up in the video, but curious what happens if the third (last) target of Tandem Takedown is a rotpriest. Is that 3 target triggers?

[@LegenVD]

Could've gone for it in Match 4 I suppose, should work as intended!

[@Redurgam]

My mistake was thinking it could help in match 3 as well. You could use the third targeting on your own dude to get 3 target triggers but that requires a third dude because it says "another" target so the first two can't be targeted (I think). Thank you for the amazing content as always. Hearing you talk through your thought process makes me a better player and that is why I watch.

[@aeolus7762]

LVD, have you considered trimming two of the search effects for two Tear Asunder? Gives you a cheap answer to Temporary Lockdown, which seems to be this deck's worst case scenario for getting rid of Rotpriest.

[@LegenVD]

We can answer Lockdown with Archdruid's Charm or Boseiju, so don't think we need more of those effects in the main. After sideboard we could always add more.

[@aeolus7762]

@@LegenVD I forgot how much text is on Archdruid's Charm! But those scenarios make sense, too. Have you considered some copies of Leaping Ambush? It allows you to target a Rotpriest, untap it to block against the more aggressive strategies, and even block fliers which this deck seems to also struggle against.

[@CyberBuster93]

This deck is literally toxic as hell! And that facts that this deck is mono green makes an awesome land base too! Awesome job as usual! I think I actually might have to take this deck for a spin! It looks like so much fun! 😄

[@markd9318]

That first guy rage quit so hard

[@AkodoNoEyes]

I was working on a sideboard for this deck. What if it was modular? Where we go from 16 Rotpriest.dec to a mono green toxic deck? With Cavern of Souls as a SB option against control (naming Phyrexian)? Maybe add in blue from the board for Dooplegangnsjenangoans?

[@GaleeStorm]

I think the first game was the luckiest I have ever seen you get. Topdecking 2 rot priests and then getting the pump spell last turn was insane. That's the one criticism I have for your videos, you don't always include the decks winrate, so someone might actually see the video and see it winning and think its a viable deck

[@GaleeStorm]

Especially because you normally post all your wins or mostly wins with 1 loss

[@LegenVD]

I’m always happy to give my opinion on a deck at the end of each video, which will distill my experience of playing the deck in the current meta. Sharing winrates over a sample of 10 or fewer games is statistically insignificant and can be skewed by a lot of factors, such as play/draw and the surprise factor of an unknown deck which wears off after a few days. That’s why you won’t see me claim any outlandish win rates in my video titles. I always recommend to people that are tight on wildcards to wait a week or so after a video is posted so Untapped has time to gather more data on the deck. That way you’ll get a much bigger sample size and a more honest representation of a deck. Videos are also meant to be entertaining and nobody wants to see games where someone doesn't get to play Magic.

[@GaleeStorm]

I see, really appreciate the reply. I thought you played more than 10 games with the deck. I get cutting out the games where you dont get to play, but I also wouldnt mind see more of you losing! As long as its a game where you got to play your spells.

[@jtvanilla1776]

Clones on the rotpriests

[@jakubkovac9339]

Nice! :)

[@heavenlydemon5994]

Anyone else notice he had lethal in match 3 and just passed instead?

[@cacophony2662]

Bro saw RemyMTG's Mamba no. 5 song and was inspired

[@TheStophe2000]

Good stuff - question: when you're holding up protection spells, shouldn't you play more Rotpriests before attacking? Just to get more poison counters in case you have to play a protection card. Match 2 has an example when you attacked the second time

[@LegenVD]

If they have removal they would likely just cast it in response to the second Rotpriest, so we would just give them extra information before they have to decide what to cast. The exception is with cards like Wandering Emperor where the timing of their removal could matter.

[@TheStophe2000]

Thanks for the reply and for being the best in the business!

[@tdimensional6733]

this has big "36 copies of Siege Rhino" vibes

[@se7eneffectgaming390]

Day 1 of a request : Persuasive Interrogators. Using Bartolome and or cutthroat centurion. Create clues and sac 5 with interrogators out for the win!

[@maxbrown4261]

Maybe something to get rotpriest back out of the yard would be worthwhile

[@LegenVD]

Invasion of Ikoria technically does!

[@AtrociousNightmare]

What have you done *cries in control*

[@matejformanek9438]

6:20 enemy should have tap, then Demolition to get one more counter? Obviously not much you could do about that :) Edit: Oh, never mind, Rotpriest has toxic.

[@Polemion]

is this version better than the ivy one?

[@butdoesitscrub3457]

Lol let's try it for science.

[@Say_Tin]

it struck me today... where did u get the music for your intro?

[@LegenVD]

It's a royalty free track, KZbin has a bunch of them now in the KZbin music library. Some require attribution in the video description, including the one I'm using.

[@Say_Tin]

@@LegenVD i see, thank you for replying

[@dbgarf]

hear me out: Croaking Counterpart and Ivy, Spellthief

[@paulopbga]

Yeah, we scooping with this one. I'd rather play against 10 monored/boros than play against one toxic counter decks

[@maciek19882]

Nurgle deck 🦠🦠🦠

[@Gnilson5]

Thanks, I hate it

[@khanhsink7965]

but you can destroy the lockdown with charm.....

[@LegenVD]

Good point, but still need to draw it!

[@mariand.1087]

Riveting gameplay from the Dimir removal.dek opponent. 0/10 would play again.

[@emorsi]

Lol... Solemnity destroys that deck completely. Hm... that is if you don't already have ten counters on turn three. Ah... and I saw a Boseiyu there, so that could target the enchantment.

[@LegenVD]

Solemnity isn’t in Standard, but Archdruid’s Charm can also remove it fwiw.

[@emorsi]

@@LegenVD Ah... yeah, right, but maybe you would encounter that deck in history. It could be possible that you run into Solemnity then.

[@scottb235]

Wow... this brew looks -----

[@richbainbridge]

It’s sad this is what Mono Green has come to. Wish there was a viable stompy deck.

[@LegenVD]

It's on the bucket list!

[@Josh-ik5zg]

Roaming Throne + Gruff Triplets kinda gets there

[@adriano_sp]

Rootpriests on Steroids, good deck.

[@rabidcabbage7230]

I don't understand the title. You have nothing that copies the rot priest and little to target all of them at the same time, so where are you getting the title?

[@Josh-ik5zg]

each creature tutor is being counted as a rotpriest, because that's essentially what that card will be grabbing, 4 one mana rotpriests and 12 3 mana rotpriests

[@EdgePitSwing]

7 poison on turn 3 is just so degenerate.

[@duaneshaffer4427]

Turns out a 3 mana rotpriest is still really good in the right deck

[@DigitalDoomLoL]

Poison is just such an unfun deck to play against. Really lame. Hardly any interaction with the mechanic itself and 10 poison counters add up way too quickly.

[@honestabe411]

Agreed, that’s why I invested in this archetype to showcase how unfair rotpriest is

[@KrypticKodex]

Would you say it's toxic?

[@pietapizza1]

Alternate win conditions are always such a disaster, I don't understand why Wizards keeps pushing this stuff

[@honestabe411]

@@pietapizza1 I actually think most of them are fine, just not poison

[@pietapizza1]

@@honestabe411 most of them are either unplayable or the worst thing ever to play against (mill)

[@anthonymentalewicz5143]

Titles like these are auto watched.

[@TheMrYadrian]

Sorry legend but the title is 'clickbait' and there aren't 16 Rotpriest here. So ' dislike' for this video.

[@LegenVD]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@dalexa]

Thank you for the perpetuation of the s**tty card and gametype in Standard. Everything for the views I guess even if it means a crappy experience for everyone who finds this card an aberration.

[@LegenVD]

You're making a lot of (incorrect) assumptions there.

[@dalexa]

But I'm not. I follow you because I really like how you discover some interesting tech but as I do many also do and have no issues in using your decks over and over. There are cards that should not exist and the Rotpriest is one of them hence I said what I said. Standard will be swamped with players using that deck, since it works well, and make the format miserable for everyone but them.@@LegenVD