MTG Arena - Standard - Bolas's Citadel Combo

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Magic the Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with Bolas's Citadel in Standard.
Match 1: 05:17
Match 2: 13:25
Match 3: 19:43
Match 4: 22:29
Match 5: 28:20
Match 6: 31:28
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@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Since people keep asking about Command the Dreadhorde: Despite being very exciting and flashy when played, it is unneeded to win the game in most scenarios. If it is drawn before all the combo pieces are assembled, it doesn't contribute towards assembling the combo. It is a very bad topdeck with Citadel in the early stages of comboing off, where you can't afford many bad draws. Once the combo is assembled, it is not difficult to have 20 permanents including two Citadels and deal 20 damage on the spot. If you're worried about running out of cards, two copies Gaea's Blessing leads to the same outcome, while not being a liability early. TL;DR Command the Dreadhorde would be a win-more card under most circumstances.

@yp3661 5 жыл бұрын

I made a poor man's version of the deck today and it is an absolute blast. I've won several games and can attest to not needing Command the Dreadhorde. It's working great as-is.

@virotox 5 жыл бұрын

good point, I have white splashed for the wanderer but it kinda feels clunky. Revival/Revenge definitely pulls it's weight though. Maybe I'll try Dawn of Hope?

@FightNoize 5 жыл бұрын

cant have 2 citadels, they are legendary

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

@@FightNoize Obviously sacrificing the first one before playing the second.

@FightNoize 5 жыл бұрын

@@LegenVD touchè ;) btw, im in love with bols's citadel too, having a lot of success with it in ranked, thanks to new karn and tezzeret. Play a control ub shell, then get citadel out of side with karn, play whole deck, + tez, and win (i play 4 saheelis and interplanar beacons, so i can make artifacts while playing my normal control match and gain life every time i play a pw). Or sometimes u just make huge constructs with the other karn and win that way :)

@bastienclarke1810 5 жыл бұрын

I like that you flash the card you talk about.

@thegooniverse495 5 жыл бұрын

same! Makes it one of my favorite MTG channels

@grimtrix 5 жыл бұрын

I can just picture the opponent sitting over there watching... and thinking "wtf is going on!?".

@derrick031072 5 жыл бұрын

I'd probably have time to go to the toilet and come back... LOL

@delicious_lunch3823 5 жыл бұрын

4:58 "The backup plan is to attack with creatures..." Me at every sealed event lol

@jorgecardoso5863 5 жыл бұрын

Mother of god, this is insane There's no way to play this with real cards, your turn would take 20 minutes of a confusing mess of life, counters and mana

@Rylai_xiv 5 жыл бұрын

You could, but it would take practice. And I wouldnt take it to FNM until after I was very confident with it.

@jorgecardoso5863 5 жыл бұрын

Tomodachi Amico Exactly, when I played as a kiddo with my friend using a crappy lifegain deck, after a large turn we would be like: "...Ok, can we shake on a 15/15 pridemate and 50 life?" -"Deal"

@johnnyandthepnuemoni 5 жыл бұрын

This is no harder to keep track of than the Aetherflux Reservoir combo. If your moderately smart and can do basic math you'll be fine. Those of you that get put into pre algebra for your first semester in college just don't play it...just....don't.

@xxhellspawnedxx 5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyandthepnuemoni I don't think it's the math that is the problem, but remembering to run the entire, ever-changing battery of triggers that comes up.

@goreobsessed2308 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen worse at tournaments

@mishatpr3306 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most appealing decks for me from a lot of decks ive seen from you yet, keep coming out with great content like this!

@gamingking1 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this set has some really cool combos. I'm so excited to see what people come up with.

@jake4179 5 жыл бұрын

This and Noxious’ Nissa+Jace+Kamahl druidic vow are my favorite combos so far

@Shajirr_ 5 жыл бұрын

@@jake4179 that 34.91% winrate on Nissa+Jace+Kamahl deck though... I've played trash decks thrown together with random cards with higher winrates

@frozencloudzzful 5 жыл бұрын

This deck has so much going for it, its amazing! Massive ramp, card draw, life gain, mana gain! Love it!

@erikalves2261 5 жыл бұрын

The best combos I find here, I am waiting for more videos, ty

@fooo311 5 жыл бұрын

What an awesome deck. Good stuff!

@douglasingersoll7486 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is like, spectacular. What a combo.

@AnonymityIx 5 жыл бұрын

I've still been using the Emergency Powers deck as my main deck. Good to see youre still making amazing videos of creative decks

@1337-Nathaniel 5 жыл бұрын

"We need to find a second Citadel" (~11:37) Not to be THAT guy, but you've had one extra in your hand the entire game lol

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Always good to have a backup for your backup 😉

@Kryptnyt 5 жыл бұрын

@@LegenVD Fallout 4's Kellogg made that mistake.

@nonturtle6430 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, the deck is insane.

@Failypso 5 жыл бұрын

Any chance you will do a vid or two about upgrading competitive pre-WAR decks in the meta with new cards? For those of us that don’t have all the cards or zillion wildcards to spend on new brews? :D

@lucamtg 4 жыл бұрын

nice combo. didnt thought about it

@Dracziek 5 жыл бұрын

(7:26) expectation vs reality.

@waloacme 5 жыл бұрын

Insane combo!

@epsteindidntkillhimself69 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool combo deck.

@TheDwxvirus 5 жыл бұрын

Explore now reads: remove your opponent from the game. Combo decks are great. Tried the Infinite Tezzeret Combo yet?

@Zaros2400 5 жыл бұрын

Infinite Tezzeret? Colour me intrigued.

@lulzimi 5 жыл бұрын

@@Zaros2400 new tezzeret + artifacts + 2x Guardians of kolios

@tylerdanielewicz297 5 жыл бұрын

lulzimi what does that do though? You’re just bouncing and casting two creatures with no other effect to the board

@TheDwxvirus 5 жыл бұрын

Its a combo deck. Requiring Tezzert Master of the Bridge, Sai Master Thopterist, at least 5 artifacts on the board and 2x Guardian of Kolois. The combo is easier if you run Karn the Great Creator and use an artifact side board with the Guardian of Kolois in the side board.

@christophekeller2211 5 жыл бұрын

only one word, great!

@Ryxn81 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. This deck is so cool lol.

@marcuspessoa6868 5 жыл бұрын

Well, that escalated quickly

@roberteaves5108 5 жыл бұрын

Great deck idea!!!

@user-nj7xy3nc9b 5 жыл бұрын

I love your channel ^_^ keep making vids :D

@dennisschwarze5111 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I got another idea for you. If you have "The Wanderer" Planes walker out you can summon all creatures from both graveyards using "Command the Dreadhorde" without paying your life for it.

@eldestxyz4852 5 жыл бұрын

what would you cut off from the deck to put those cards?

@dennisschwarze5111 5 жыл бұрын

@@eldestxyz4852 I dont think this is the right deck for it. B/W zombies or tokens would be the best I guess.

@eldestxyz4852 5 жыл бұрын

this makes more sense, thank you ^^

@novalesthngr86 5 жыл бұрын

13:10 It was good of the opponent to let you finish them off with the second citadel after the combo went off. I don't know if I could say the same for myself. Still a great deck to watch and try to build towards, assuming I don't decide to go with a Feather boros deck.

@mykeviper 5 жыл бұрын

My God this deck is insane.

@LRK1990 5 жыл бұрын

First opponent was like.."😳

@elijahhavlik6270 5 жыл бұрын

This deck is dope

@marsmandel42 5 жыл бұрын

awesome video. thx

@mediocre_gaming_skills 5 жыл бұрын

This is hilarious. I am laughing like a mad man while watching this.

@cocoman00 5 жыл бұрын

That combo is amazing. Need a lot of removal to counter.

@goreobsessed2308 5 жыл бұрын

God I love combo decks and a use for my walkers since I didn't like sultai

@Kavou 5 жыл бұрын

Now this is a scary combo.

@MajorHD 5 жыл бұрын

This happened to me on day 1 within the first 5 games

@jackdeth5009 5 жыл бұрын

I've just played it in back to back games. Not the most fun!

@carstan62 5 жыл бұрын

Gotta say, I love Noxious's Command the Dreadhorde tech in this deck.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

See my other comments on the card.

@MrMartinNeumann 5 жыл бұрын

I think Samut, Tyrant Smasher would be a great addition. Scry helps controling the top card, and haste allows you to use Mana Elves the turn they come down and win with lots of big dudes the turn you played the Citadel. I'm testing 2 of them instead of the Gift of Paradise at the moment. If it works with explore Verdant Sun's Avatar might be an idea to be a bit less dependant on Wildgrowth Walker. No idea what to cut for it though.

@RadicalSpikee 5 жыл бұрын

That is sick:)

@misterlobsterman 5 жыл бұрын

I play an abzan version of this citadel explore stuff, and i think it's somewhat better since it doesn't need 2 activations thanks to revival/revenge. Sometimes it doesn't even need 1. And you can still get a lot of life even if opponent controls down the wildgrowths. Or just get back jadelights and wildgrowths from graveyard when needed.

@dnescodino 5 жыл бұрын

OMFG! Other streamers should learn from this guy! This is why I have internet for

@CerealKillerPT 5 жыл бұрын

That city could work in any explored deck? I was waiting tokens to create an explored deck but maybe i will try this one...

@LiangHuBBB 5 жыл бұрын

nice deck

@louisjordan3162 5 жыл бұрын

Spark of Genius, no pun intended..

@childrenofmayhem7667 5 жыл бұрын

That blue player around 17:00 missed lethal, >chart a course before combat >discard anything that's not a land >play a land >Adapt pteramander and hit for exactly 16

@SirMcAwesome 5 жыл бұрын

Mindless mono blue player, what did you expect?

@stevene6181 5 жыл бұрын

Holy Shit that deck is spicy.

@szandorkane6372 5 жыл бұрын

I built a Citadel deck in Blue Black. Works amazingly well with artifacts, the UB Tezzeret, Sai and Saheeli.

@alexisrodriguez7127 5 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome

@szandorkane6372 5 жыл бұрын

@@alexisrodriguez7127 It is pretty fun, thanks to Tezz stealing a good chunk of life you usually don't need to tap the Citadel once you've gone off a little.

@cloudmane4159 3 жыл бұрын

So how do you play tendrils and weather the storm with citadel in historic

@A_Swarm_of_Waspcrabs 5 жыл бұрын

I want to get off of Mr Bolas' Wild Ride

@personalejcr 5 жыл бұрын

"Greetings fellow zombie warrior, are you going to be present at the bola's citadel shit storm?" Oh really? when? *"RIGHT NOW"*

@blackaspitch5547 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been running this deck since war of the spark came out I find without some removal it gets difficult to go against early threats and without card draw it gets hard vs teferi control decks

@arbopajur1888 5 жыл бұрын

THAT WAS NASTY

@omadduxo 5 жыл бұрын

im playing a Deck like this with Sorin and Cruel Celebrant. Sorin helps to get Jadelight/Branchwalker back on the Board and gives the Creatures Lifelink on our Turn. Cruel Celebrant is good for pinging the Opponent down and you can instakill the Opponent in just one Activation of Bolas Citadel with just one Cruel Celebrant on the Board.

@Troy-eh4ql 5 жыл бұрын

Went up against this deck yesterday. Sick combo it was really fun to see it go. The guy got really greedy though and lost because he didn't leave any cards in his deck. TBH I just got lucky having a cleansing nova in hand.

@TheChryda 5 жыл бұрын

Gaea's blessing in the sideboard can help hedge against sweepers if you are playing best of 3 with this deck.

@tobiaspause1775 5 жыл бұрын

Now i get it. played against this Deck on Arena and wondered what the idea was since i beat it bevore citadel came out. I mean exploration is solid but not breathtaking. With this combo through its fine.

@odinsrensen7460 5 жыл бұрын

Not quite Necropotence, but still pretty cool.

@chriscastle1629 5 жыл бұрын

God this is cool

@Soros95 5 жыл бұрын

How can I get my hands on these WAR card sleeves?

@macannathairghrian5257 5 жыл бұрын

discovering the citadel

@pketr5 5 жыл бұрын

What do you think about Samut for this deck? When you go off your creatures have haste, and scry helps putting lands out of the top.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Could be fine, not sure if it would be an improvement.

@vandanum 5 жыл бұрын

Font of agonies is very good in this deck

@RpgamesBe 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, that's a joy to watch, probably not to experience as the opponent hahaha

@Dog3D 5 жыл бұрын

RPGames I think even the opponent was like “bro wtf is this shit” in a somewhat perplexed but joyful fashion

@TrueNobody802 5 жыл бұрын

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. I mean...it was happy throw up...point is, this is a filthy creative combo. Good job man

@12bravo68 5 жыл бұрын

Genius....

@XxXshaharXxX 5 жыл бұрын

Is it woth to craft this dack for bo1 standard?

@keitarosempai9594 5 жыл бұрын

So, you think citadel would still be viable after rotation? no more explore pack

@CSDragon 5 жыл бұрын

It can be pretty easy to get pinched on green mana it seems like, maybe it would be good to switch some branchwalkers for seeker's squire?

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Could be decent, although the extra power is relevant for pressuring control decks.

@orcustrated 5 жыл бұрын

How do you change the land art to the new one i got ixalan by default

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Import them with a text file.

@TAPPA100 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice life gain combo, better than white life link combos, maybe throw an Ajani's pridemate in there just for fun...?

@shiningdahlia 5 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of life. Nice win against mono blue, glad to see these decks are finally falling out. Also, do we still have to import decks to get different land arts?

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, sadly. I now keep a decklist with different land arts to make it easier.

@foxyr4bbit 5 жыл бұрын

nice

@Atanar89 5 жыл бұрын

You really should enable auto-stacking of triggers if you play this deck.

@CerealKillerPT 5 жыл бұрын

No way... im half way and i was crazy with that combo... i will definity do this deck...

@kaso31 5 жыл бұрын

this deck can play the standard contest?

@mumaximo1 5 жыл бұрын

cool! do you think it will appear in meta?

@Clockradio92 5 жыл бұрын

I had to put gaea's blessing in this since I ended up milling myself a couple times before I could win.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Solid addition!

@washington_pc3306 5 жыл бұрын

how do you order your deck when you look at it like this? 3:19

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Button in the top-right changes layout.

@matteosantagata6274 4 жыл бұрын

holy FUUUUUUUHHHHH...

@Ascendingashes 5 жыл бұрын

Noob question, where or how do you get the sleeve LVD is using?

@Nindydar 5 жыл бұрын

It came with the 50 pack war of the spark preorder

@Ascendingashes 5 жыл бұрын

@@Nindydar ohhh, thanks

@Deiadara 5 жыл бұрын

you can fit 2 Command the Dreadhorde instead of the gift of paradsie You can sacrifice the 10 permanents, then you'd have enough life at this point to get back a couple of wildgrowths and explorers, then sac again.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

See my other comments on the card.

@MagicPocketsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Would a couple of copies of Epicure of Blood fit in here? with all that life gain from the Wildgrowth Walkers this could machine gun the opponent's life total down very quick. at least to the point where you might only need to Bolas's Citadel once. I really like this deck, if only i hadn't spent all my wild cards already

@jacobc2378 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a deck play so many creatures and attack so little lol.

@chucheeness7817 5 жыл бұрын

white lifegain cantrips + bolas' citadel + thousand year storm is pretty impossible to pull off, but that's quite the jank if pulled off.

@alexmartin2791 5 жыл бұрын

What do you think of replacing one or two copies of Citadel with Command the Dreadhorde? It would let you get back all the stuff you sac'd and save you from running out of permanents like you almost did in that first game. Either way, sweet deck and love your content.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

See my other comments on the card.

@dac2007 5 жыл бұрын

What about Font of Agonies to kill stuff with Bolas Citadel or Shock lands?

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting idea. It requires a little bit of setup, and usually we're already pretty far ahead if we get to cast multiple spells through Citadel. Maybe as a sideboard option vs decks without counterspells or burn spells with some creatures worth killing.

@dac2007 5 жыл бұрын

@@LegenVD yeah, i can see it's not needed but it seems to me that if there was a way to make that Font work in standard it had to have something to do with the Citadel

@cosmotect 5 жыл бұрын

Was dissapointed to see Bolas's citadel as my promo. After the first game I changed my mind...

@alessandronegro6547 5 жыл бұрын

Your pc requisite? Because my pc dont open magic live Arena

@Slithy 5 жыл бұрын

this deck is the MTG way of going trigger-happy LUL

@TheMHGuild 5 жыл бұрын

If you combine this with the new Jace that would definitely give you a second win condition...

@TheObliviJohn 5 жыл бұрын

I thought Ixalan, and with it the walker, would rotate out of standard now?

@yotuel9064 5 жыл бұрын

In fall

@Derael 5 жыл бұрын

I saw Noxious played similar deck, but I like this version a bit more, the only thing I think hid deck did better was Command the Dreadhorde combo (since when you pay a bunch of life to return creatures from your graveyard, Wildgrowth Walker will heal you for all of them with path of discovery on board, so as long as you don't kill yourself immediately, you will heal more than you spend.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really seem necessary. It's cool when you cast it, but it only really does anything when you're already very far ahead.

@Derael 5 жыл бұрын

@@LegenVD Hm, I guess it's true. Although it can be used to finish the game when you don't have enough creature on board to trigger citadel twice, as it will refill your board, healing you again, and providing fodder for the citadel.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

@@Derael I would play Gaea's Blessing before Command the Dreadhorde if you're concerned about decking yourself, but it doesn't seem needed. Dreadhorde is a dead card up until you already sacrificed ten permanents, which means you could just as easily get up to 20 permanents and play a second Citadel anyway. It's a classic case of win-more.

@Derael 5 жыл бұрын

@@LegenVD Indeed, now that I think about it, it's more of a flavor card than anything else. The only use I can think of is beating cards like Kaya's Wrath, since if you can't finish the combo during your turn, Kaya's wrath will be absolutely dreadful, and Command helps to counter it by summoning back all the creatures you lost. But at the same time, that card will reduce the consistency of the deck, which is not a desirable effect. So in the end I agree that the card is unnecessary, it also can't be fetched by Bond, so that's another disadvantage. Thanks for your reply, it cleared things up for me.

@nickjackson1993 5 жыл бұрын

Mono blue OP- never tap out on turn 3 for a djinn.

@taurusshelton448 5 жыл бұрын

Nicol bolas, Jace cunning castaway, bolas citadel

@Waghabond 5 жыл бұрын

Hey LVD, I saw noxious use command the dreadhorde to very good effect in this deck. I was wondering, what are your thoughts on this idea?

@dontaccoll 5 жыл бұрын

mm ye i saw that yesterday, command the dreadhorde is a key piece to get the game closed, noxious list is slightly better, same core, more refined. That's weird cause LegenVd in my opinion is a better deck builder, just a jank deck maybe

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really seem necessary. It's cool when you cast it, but it only really does anything when you're already very far ahead.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

@@dontaccoll I would play Gaea's Blessing before Command the Dreadhorde if you're concerned about decking yourself, but it doesn't seem needed. Dreadhorde is a dead card up until you already sacrificed ten permanents, which means you could just as easily get up to 20 permanents and play a second Citadel anyway. It's a classic case of win-more.

@Dracziek 5 жыл бұрын

Torgarr would be a good combo in here, 10 your OPP then if you have enough Permanents Activate citadel for another 10.

@LegenVD 5 жыл бұрын

That's a very painful card to play with Citadel though.