Wild Experiments In The Top 8 of This 64-Player Cube

[@jaceee4154]

You just know hes gonna cook when none of the pack 1 cards are in the thumbnail

[@fabiogarzaro8272]

This channel is so cool, never thought that a daily cube video could be so addicting

[@jakeolivera3764]

this is too real, im too addicted

[@manfredire8370]

I think that the turn you got Questing Druid with Inti in match 3 at around 1:06:00 you can cast the Seek the Beast part in your end step instead of second main phase. Given how that is worded you get to play the cards until the end of your next turn! In this specific case you also avoid the risk of taking 3 damages with the Mana Crypt

[@JPuree]

I don’t think this works. The problem is that Inti is also until your next end step, so you can’t cast Seek the Beast in your own end step - it’s too late.

[@manfredire8370]

@@JPuree I think you are right, I was not sure on how Inti was worded

[@benlucas3151]

Inti cards are only available until your next end step. If he goes to end step the Druid is he gone.

[@benlucas3151]

Najeela isn't a payoff for already having warriors in your deck, she is a warrior and she makes warriors. She attacks for 20 damage in 3 attacks.

[@jrjamesson]

true, but she has to sit in play for a turn and not die to removal for that to work. Not saying she's bad or anything, just a disadvantage versus some other "rabblemaster" style creatures another warrior already in play to attack the turn you cast her. I think she's a great card, but partially held back because of her confusing rainbow-activation ability and the fact that she was promoted as part of the "domain warriors" package which is just goofy.

[@3N3MYKN1GHT]

​@jrjamesson she's about as good as an eldrazi without the cast trigger then? That's a good creature, maybe not for high powered cube with fury and solitude but yeah 😂

[@benjaminschlauch6576]

You’re an amazing player. Consistently making me say “badass” after your plays lol. Love, luv, LOVE the cube content!

[@brianh5844]

I think if you're going to ship a land in that 6 card hand, at that point you may as well ship fastbond. The only way fastbond is live at that point is if you draw like mountain into wheel or forest into courser. Technically possible, but it seems more likely that having consistent land drops is going to be relevant. If you want to keep fastbond, I think it makes more sense to ship a non-land (probably firebolt). There are actually multiple cards you can draw that make you want the 3rd non-red land and that are highly punishing to shipping it: courser, sentinel, spelunking, and lotus cobra.

[@turbobrew]

Yeah I thought that was really weird too. I was thinking put back firebolt before lsv made his mulligan.

[@jrjamesson]

yeah, the one real miss for me was declaring that 6-card hand good/great and then keeping fastbond, forest, and just one other land. I think fastbond was just getting a bit overrated here.

[@EverythingAlways]

“Let Jesus take the wheel” LOL

[@SCBennett2]

The general quality of the decks drafted in these 64 player events makes me feel like I could win one of these. However, I know I would simply lose round one.

[@nekrataali]

*Me while watching LSV:* "Ah, yes. You made the correct choice here and I approve (for now). Although, you misplayed by not taking a card that would require you to know what every other drafters' picks were." *Me actually playing Magic:* "How many cards do I put in my deck, again? 55?"

[@philiprubin2431]

The deck in round two had much more explosive starts against me in round 1 with 2/3 mox in 2 out of 3 games

[@traycarrot]

​@@nekrataali Me watching: Snap keep the Jitte, no questions asked. LSV: There's no world in which I'd pick the Jitte before [six cards]. Me: 😮

[@williamraber3103]

Literally just finished the doomday video and the next one is up! You are too good for us LSV

[@joonge00]

Man that's some bad beats at the end there. That's magic, baby!

[@amills1244]

Hymn to Tourach strikes again!

[@manuelwiebe4709]

Well done! Showing great class as always!

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

This is the closest I've ever seen to a Cube draft playing out like an Avacyn Restored draft. Continuously unclear what's open or where to go, and constantly on the verge of ending up with an unplayable collection of disjoint piles. Luckily it's cube though and not Avacyn Restored, so packs start out with 12-14 real cards instead of 6-10. Chance of an actual trainwreck was much lower.

[@sjake8308]

It looked like everyone may have ended up with underpowered decks given what LSV played against in round 2.

[@douglaspintor]

lsv and his eternal land curse. London mulligan exists mostly because of him

[@Qternocq]

I love these 64 player cubes. Please keep squeezing them in!

[@hobbes9631]

Idk if you realize that the tokens najeela makes also make more warriors; the card snowballs really fast

[@setharoth114]

Its just too slow. Turn 3, no haste so pass. Turn 4 attack with your 3/2, get a 1/1 and hope to god your opponent doesn't have any creature. That's just way, way too slow for powered cube. You need more warriors in your deck that can attack the turn Najeela comes into play or its just not good enough.

[@traycarrot]

​@@setharoth114I can see it being too slow, but I can also see T3 Najeela annihilating any opponent that stumbles, doesn't play to the board, or gets tempo-ed out just losing immediately.

[@TheoryTechDotDek]

​@treycuret yeah, but there are a bunch of cards like that. Gut, Inti, Laelia, all present the same kind of threat... but faster, and in some cases with card advantage. It's like wurmcoil- can it win games? Absolutely. But there are much better things to be doing.

[@mattie3875]

Definitely a card I want to see LSV try once (it's almost better without many warriors). It's got a strong history in CEDH for a good reason. It's definitely not a top pick, but in the spot it came up for LSV here, it probably deserved a pick (but might have been cut anyway)

[@malcolmweissman5602]

@@traycarrotit’s like a bad othari

[@FreshDoinks]

Lsv in a field full of mid is peak magic

[@el6487]

Awesome draft as always!! I have a suggestion for a card to add to your cube; Aeve Progenitor Ooze it's an awesome addition I think. Storm green creature that has been a blast in cube! Thanks for the content as always :)

[@oogaboek]

Every time I wonder if LSV knows that najeela is a warrior herself

[@Mrshwiggy]

Figure IS also a warrior. When you pump it, it gains creature types.

[@cdauber62]

I’ve had really decent success with najeela, she also feeds a token to gut when you attack, just slots in nicely and if you crypt it out, najeela can just make an army and win herself.

[@mattie3875]

Really want him to try it, think it will help his evaluation. It's not great but this is one of the few of his decks that could make it into a threat. Might still not have made the deck, but Najeela definitely doesn't require tribal to be scary

[@LSVargas]

Sure do (it’s still quite bad)

[@grnman86]

Shark typhoon with Inti is cool as a discard outlet and creature to add a counter to

[@MikiJames7]

What a shame! I was pulling for you because I love this types of decks but the gamble didn't pay off in the end. Great job though! keep it up

[@pidgeotroll]

50:00 the cobra was free to play if you kept it, since you ended up playing a forest and leaving it untapped (worth 2 mana if you played cobra first). The only reason to do the play from the video is if you want to draw the Brawler next turn, but I can't see how that would be a possible choice because then couldn't you have kept it in hand or played it that turn? Anyone please let me know if there's a reason the line that LSV played is preferrable. Well done overall, it was a really sweet deck and I like seeing new takes on cube builds. Spelunking had its moment which is something I never expected to say after drafting LCI a ton.

[@kensey007]

Lotus Cobra, Fastbond, Gruul Turf = Channel at home

[@zivkobabz]

Damn that third round game 2 and game 3 was painful to watch. So close to glory and cheated out of it by lands.

[@wackaflacka548]

That's magic baby!

[@jewpcabra666]

najeela is seriously snowball especially if u can accelerate early. if u warrior on 2 and attack on 3 with najeela it's one warrior, but if the next turn u tap with them it's additional 3-4 warriors

[@LSVargas]

Not sold I’m afraid

[@jewpcabra666]

@@LSVargas haha yeah I'd love to see the data on it. it's funny cuz you drafted all the cards they thought go well with it. Deck was sweet!

[@mattie3875]

​@@LSVargasIt's not broken but we would love to see you play it once but only in decks like this, probably. IMHO, the tribal aspect is not as important as it looks. This is a long standing powerhouse in competitive edh, and you don't really need warriors to make her go. I actually think she's not good in most decks, but I'd ignore tribal at 1st

[@Morningcoffeethentakingadump]

wtf i love this man

[@Evvins]

Here we go again, wheeling and dealing.

[@mike44njdevils1]

I KNEW spec ing on Spelunking would pay off😂

[@a.foobix]

Terrible luck at the end there

[@samsnodgrass3725]

That p2p5 fastbond pick was so good

[@TheValiantFox]

No Preordain? I am in shambles 😂

[@jms4979]

Omg I was watching the Doomsday video late at night and I fell asleep, and I swear I remember you losing round 3. This was a nice surprise

[@Anusien]

With regards to Najeela, I wish the update didn’t try to sell us that it was incredible. I wish they’d been honest that each cube is gonna add X cards from the new set, even if they’re not that good.

[@jrjamesson]

she's not even from a new set though! She's from battlebond or something! I do think she is a bit underrated though because with even one other warrior she snowballs like a rabblemaster on steroids (she counts the warriors she makes for future attacks). "domain-warrior-aggro" is a bridge too far, though.

[@JCDSPC]

Where's the guy that said LSV managed to make his favorite archetype (RG Beats) into control or midrange? How about them apples now!!! He managed to go from a speculative Blue combo/control deck into beats!

[@LoidGaming]

Im surprised you didnt take hangerback walker when you have s couple ways to make infinite mana? Would it be just too narrow to have?

[@MrArbaras]

Why on earth is Rite of Flame in this cube?

[@KLSMTG]

Najeela really doesnt need any other warriors. She snowballs fine by herself

[@LSVargas]

Najeela by herself isn’t very close to being playable

[@ThePukeofDunes]

seems like a bad replacement for goblin rabblemaster

[@KLSMTG]

​@@LSVargasYeah i am probably a little bit bias Playing a lot of Cedh lately

[@davidvachon6443]

Amazing content! 🙏🙏😃

[@govilgark9683]

How come that the semi final player actually made it to the semi finals with that deck building skills lmao

[@SCBennett2]

That player has like 25 trophies in the cube league so I have to assume something just went horribly wrong this time.

[@dementievatz]

Maybe we were seeing the most anti-synergistic part of their deck. To have Sneak twice and never a really good thing to put in play is weird.

[@sjake8308]

Sometimes the way the packs break, everyone in a pod can end up with underpowered decks. LSV's deck was kind of mid, but he was pretty unlucky not to win the draft in the end.

[@govilgark9683]

@@SCBennett2 Yeah, strange. There's a chance the guy just got disconnected during the draft so he ended up with a bunch of auto-pick cards..

[@mattie3875]

Dragon is a solid beech and sneak target though it's no archon target. I think the deck was probably better than we saw.

[@pawnstorminreno]

What did it mean near the end when LSV said "That is the Skipper?" LMAO

[@sjake8308]

Skipper = Captain

[@pawnstorminreno]

But he said that when his opponent made a double block lol@@sjake8308

[@goldcobraarima9819]

Best of luck!

[@Slamstarproductions]

This was some LSV excellent nonsense

[@Stokkeland23]

Interesting pick first card. I would have gone down the spell pierce route. I think it's down to preference which card is better. Wheel has a higher upside. Spell pierce is blue and is a more consistent card. I like counter spells 😂

[@LearnAndReflect]

Maaaan I know you've probably played tons of magic more than me and can decipher the writing on the wall like a Magic archeologist... I still do wish you wouldn't concede so early sometimes. Have always and will always love your playing, commentary, content. Early concedes hurt my soul. Yeah maybe it's a 99%er to lose and you don't wanna sit through the agony. But closing off the possibility for it to work out and be one for the history books haunts me. Love u & Hate u Luis.

[@333Marimba333]

1:09:57 Why in the world are you playing a land when you have no other lands? If you draw a land next turn then you can just take the damage then and if not then you play your regular 2nd turn land, but by playing a land in this spot you take an unnecessary point of damage. I've seen LSV do this multiple times and every time he does it I'm just like "why are you taking a damage for actual no benefit?" You can't even cast any of the spells in your hand! That's another thing too, putting back land 3 was heinously greedy. Either Firebolt or Fastbond should've been shipped from that 6. Maybe even take a mull to 5. When you're up a game and you're on a Mana Crypt deck you can afford to mulligan more aggressively. Imagine getting to Mana Crypt a Wheel of Fortune, Sentinel, or Fable on turn 1!

[@dvader831]

More like “Luis-us, take the wheel 🎶”

[@seangerrity9217]

Really surprised how that ended....

[@sjake8308]

Yeah, it was a bit of a damp squib.

[@gawrysiak100]

well done

[@nickchubb1275]

bro cooked

[@gragrim]

Let Him Cook

[@Quicknick777]

Why concede at 20? Would just play it out maybe. Glad you also have these type of drafts, full of awful cards, and opening nothing good

[@g.n.s.]

Fake-Fun fact #1: Gaby Spartz is pouring the cup of coffee in the intro graphic!

[@sputnik8368]

1 minute gang

[@cesarramon4636]

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[@KathiSoehren]

hello

[@tristanlehmer9738]

Sup!

[@JFlynn1207]

hi

[@jakx2ob]

What a shit show. Well played non the less.