Deep Dive: Serene Luxem Zander

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Noel is back with a deep dive deck tech into Serene Luxem Zander, going over why Chess Club is running the cards that we are in our decklists at Ascent Ontario, North America Nationals, Houston Regionals, and Michigan Regionals, taking multiple top cut finishes!
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00:00 Intro
3:14 Material Deck
13:04 Main Deck
28:44 Side Deck
31:39 Water Side
34:43 Ascent Ontario Side Deck
36:19 Houston Regionals Side Deck
37:27 Michigan Regionals Side Deck
39:07 Closing Thoughts

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@dontatmebro361 4 ай бұрын

Noel my beloved 😍 What a solid vid

@ProAnnn 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the luxem zander list. I finished 2nd with a similar zander list. I cut the planted for vanish from sight because I want to have a card that helps 100% of the time rather than planted which opponent could react with zephyr/song of nurturing and stuff. Also I prefer ring because in games with bad curve or just in generally less ideal draws it helps much more than a grail. But grail is good post sideboard since I would have element baubles replacing the ring. But main idea and list are from you guys and props that you guys are open to share the reasons and ideas behind card choices!

@GAChessClub 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your 2nd place finish! Was super awesome to see a different take on the deck doing well! I see your reasoning for cutting planted, but I don’t think I could make the same change. Cutting planted lowers your prepared card count, which makes insignia a lot worse. Fogging ally turns is good, but you still need to clear the board eventually. Running the 6 fog though does interesting so I’ll definitely give it a shot

@tobu-89 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for recording this! I love playing luxem Zander. Although I still have a very long road ahead of me in terms of piloting the list correctly. Looking forward to lots of more cool decks from the chess club.

@GTheepicguy 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your explanations on why you all chose the cards you did :)

@skurai 4 ай бұрын

Great video 🎉

@ari0016070 4 ай бұрын

This helped a ton!

@walkingtall1821 4 ай бұрын

😊😊 congrats !!

@solstra2 4 ай бұрын

Great deck breadown. Love the explanations per card. Really creates a clear picture of what this deck is designed to do. eh?

@GAChessClub 4 ай бұрын

That’s the idea! Glad that it’s working as intended

@Abe317 4 ай бұрын

Yessir! Love it

@MegaRyer 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the deck tech! I saw you playing this at Ontario and immediately fell in love with the concept. I just recently won my store championship with this list & look forward to seeing where it goes in the future.

@GAChessClub 4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome to hear! Glad you’re enjoying it

@AustinBlanco-uh3jx Ай бұрын

The water sideboard looks super interesting! I am still slightly new to the game, but would swapping your element to water mean your fire cards like creative shock would just be dead weight in the deck? Or am I missing something

@GAChessClub Ай бұрын

Somewhat yea. So in this list, you have 9 fire cards and 4 water in the side, so after sideboarding into water you’d have 5 dead fire cards in the main deck. But, they aren’t completely dead since you can still use them to pay for reserve costs and banish to level up with Now that we have the new sideboard rules (15 card sideboard but mat deck cards take up 3 slots), the water side can be a lot more effective since you could side say 7 water cards and maindeck only 7 fire in order to have a clean swap. Or like 4 water cards but then some extra generic norm cards, etc

@gamedude5629 4 ай бұрын

another chess club vid lets go

@GAChessClub 4 ай бұрын

We’re back!

@itsfinalhour 4 ай бұрын

Awesome Video, Interested in your thoughts on Uther as well main board/side board. About to play in a regionals tomorrow so some of this is definitely useful going into that. Fingers crossed all goes well.

@GAChessClub 4 ай бұрын

I like Uther a lot, he certainly has a role against allies. The problem with him is that he’s slow, you aren’t getting him on board till t4-5. Generally, we’ve found that early removal is the most important thing against allies, and so we’ve largely been just increasing the focused flames count when needing to deal with an ally heavy field, rather than adding uther’s. But, Uther is still a very good card, and he can help stabilize you a lot *once* you can play him

@fabmania 3 ай бұрын

Great Breakdown, very thorough. Out of interest, how many Chess Club Players made Top 8 of US Nats with this list?

@GAChessClub 3 ай бұрын

Burner (Eason C) made top 8, Picklesword and Mr_Mulligan made top 32 Stevo (great player and friend) is not part of chess club, but also made top 8 with a list almost identical to our Ontario list (he adjusted the sideboard slightly to have 3 Gawain instead of 2 Blanche)

@soblo191 Ай бұрын

can you use oasis to glimpse pre-recollection or can you only tap during main? new player here

@GAChessClub Ай бұрын

Absolutely you can! Taking advantage of Opportunity at the beginning of your recollection phase is a very good skill to have!

@Tlmmli Ай бұрын

Can we still play this Deck and compete in the current Meta?

@GAChessClub Ай бұрын

Absolutely! Burner played this deck (not the exact list, but very similar) at the World Championships and placed 3rd. And in the new set, a Serene Luxem build placed in the top 32 of Ascent Taipei just a week ago

@MrMullen2001 4 ай бұрын

First

@PiePie453 2 ай бұрын

How do I beat Rai tho?

@GAChessClub 2 ай бұрын

It's a scary matchup, but definitely winnable. You're simultaneous racing Rai, while also holding up your defenses. It can be surprisingly difficult for a Rai to kill you through safeguard + serene + LWA revealing sights. Gawain puts in a ton of work in the matchup as well, ripping whatever key pieces they're lacking. Caliburn is in the side largely for the matchup as well, since it'll turn off Rai's levels for a turn. You can watch Burner play into Rai as Luxem on the Day 2 and Day 3 World Championship Streams on the official GA channel!

@PiePie453 2 ай бұрын

@@GAChessClub did he win?