My new favorite synergy in Standard.

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Magic: The Gathering Arena deck tech & gameplay with a blue/black midrange deck, featuring Proft's Eidetic Memory, Ingenious Prodigy and Duelist of the Mind from Outlaws of Thunder Junction in Standard.
Patreon: / legenvd
00:00 - Deck Tech
03:40 - Match 1
07:48 - Match 2
14:52 - Match 3
19:18 - Match 4
25:54 - Match 5
29:40 - Match 6
34:29 - Match 7
40:48 - Match 8
Decklist:
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"Movement Proposition" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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@noodlesalad Ай бұрын

Stone Brain and Return the Favor. Also The End and Deadly Cover-Up. There's an opponent who's very sick of Temur Analyst.

@metalhev3989 Ай бұрын

Aye, I've seen a few people just snap off the stone brain naming analyst when I play my temur deck. Then they stare mesmerized at my deck comprised of 36 wincons with many 1-ofs to synergize with Radagast the Brown.

@kharnthebetrayer1575 29 күн бұрын

Someone hurt them ….

@metalhev3989 29 күн бұрын

@@kharnthebetrayer1575 its actually a common control deck in alchemy, funny enough (except the stone brain). Since 99% of the meta is to run 9 nazguls, sheoldred and ring, everyone also runs The End and Cover-Up.

@kharnthebetrayer1575 29 күн бұрын

@@metalhev3989 don’t play that , don’t like the format . It ruined historic….

@xddddddddddddd 29 күн бұрын

@@kharnthebetrayer1575someone hurt you ....

@Chimei_ Ай бұрын

Legend really taught me that every deck and color can be fun, engaging and rewarding if played correctly

@davestier6247 Ай бұрын

Starting off with beating up on mono red, LVD knows his audience. Provides a lot of value.

@AlexisRoucourt Ай бұрын

Excellent deck

@CyberBuster93 Ай бұрын

LOVE midrange strategies so much! My favorite archetype! Also find it weird that the weird is wearing a hat. A weird weird LOL xD

@khanhsink7965 29 күн бұрын

32:30 the knight can't block the skulk prodigy

@LegenVD 29 күн бұрын

Indeed, my mistake!

@sarcastic_ocupie1669 Ай бұрын

Personally I’d put Three Steps Ahead as an answer for boardwhips. March of the swirling mist also works. But Three Steps Ahead can give you card draw.

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

Counterspells are certainly an option, although Eidetic Memory and Ledger Shredder really reward you for playing in your own turn.

@Sir_Master Ай бұрын

This deck seems like so much fun to play!

@matthewjessey12 29 күн бұрын

Love this deck

@brakalanga7667 29 күн бұрын

20:55 - Return the Favor still has to make sure the new targets are legal when those are redirected. The bat can only target an opponent, and you still control it after Return the Favor resolves, so you're completely safe. I'm not 100% sure about this one, but the "copy target ability" mode should still fail to exile a card because the exiled card is tied to the bat itself being on the battlefield as a permanent, but the opponent doesn't control the permanent tied to the ability. In theory, they would be simply able to look at your hand. If anyone knows this interaction more in detail, feel free to correct me! I LOVE the design of Return the Favor but in short, here it doesn't really do much.

@KodasGarden 29 күн бұрын

mono red is so funny like "how dare you gain life in my presence! concede!!"

@firstname-lastname 2 күн бұрын

nice deck idea, thanks

@Say_Tin Ай бұрын

Is there a discord server for this channel?

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

Yes, through Patreon!

@Ren-1979 29 күн бұрын

Nice deck.

@mrginge143 Ай бұрын

I’ve been trying to find a prodigy + eidetic memory deck for a while, might try this out thanks

@CodfishJoe Ай бұрын

When LVD says "Don't hate my spot," you've already lost

@mouthymouth Ай бұрын

@32:24 would the dreadknight be able to block the prodigy? Maybe I don’t understand how Skulk works

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

You're right, it would not, so could've attacked! Skulk doesn't show up too often for good reason 😅

@JRandall0308 Ай бұрын

This just in: drawing extra cards is good. 😂

@venger5705 29 күн бұрын

Legend !

@joshuakruger4851 29 күн бұрын

Been playing a similar deck with lord skitter and pile on. I've also been using the siren for another one drop, but I should try cutting it

@LegenVD 29 күн бұрын

I like SIren if you're also running Gix.

@sod1237 Ай бұрын

great!

@beaustebbings6968 22 күн бұрын

I was thinking of adding Faerie Mastermind to this deck but I don’t really know what to take out.

@gyrasolune5436 Ай бұрын

I'm kind of surprised Shoot the Sheriff hasn't been mixed in or replaced Go for the Throat's slot - I feel like I see artifact creatures way more often than anything that's an outlaw in Standard at the moment.

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

I was curious so looked up the 50 most played creatures in Standard, 8 of them were mercenaries whereas only one was an artifact (Yotian Frontliner). Cards that make tokens complicate things a little more, but I'm still on a full set of Go for the Throat before the first Shoot the Sheriff.

@noodlesalad Ай бұрын

Honestly I haven't mixed it into my decks yet out of laziness and fear that I'm going to fire it off on an outlaw without realizing. Not looking forward to checking every single creature's type.

@dinglberryjr8969 Ай бұрын

Which card would you recommend to replace Ledger Shredder for? That is one I'm missing.

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

You could try Evangel of Synthesis.

@metalhev3989 Ай бұрын

There's really no replacement for Shredder. Its pretty much the bane of monored.

@jemhardar 25 күн бұрын

I think that temporary lockdown will blow up this deck…

@unamedperson1115 29 күн бұрын

cool deck tech, sunfall loves it

@goomshill 29 күн бұрын

If you want the nutty version of proft/duelist, try an all-in combo/aggro list with Training Grounds + Hypnotic Grifter + Harrier Strix, it can use stuff like omen hawker/enigma jewel/reality chip. Having a turn where you draw/discard 7 cards, put 7x counters on grifter, put 7x counters on strix, turn duelist into an 8/3

@noasinclair 24 күн бұрын

Would be Faerie Vandal a good match for this deck?

@IceLanternTV 29 күн бұрын

lol, it's amazing how often content creators go first in their videos. ;p

@LegenVD 29 күн бұрын

I never read these comments when I'm on the draw in a majority of my games, so it's likely confirmation bias.

@blillow5076 13 күн бұрын

Match 3 was a PhD course on playing against mono red in standard

@wyttaz Ай бұрын

When you cast cut down on restless vents game 4, I thought you'd get return the favored

@alexhawson 24 күн бұрын

32:37 Ingenious Prodigy can get past Mosswood Dreadknight because of Skulk.

@LegenVD 23 күн бұрын

Indeed!

@capricorncomplex 29 күн бұрын

I play a similar build but no prodigy and I instead play 2 sheoldred and 2 avarice.

@honestabe411 Ай бұрын

I made an okinec standard brawl deck that had a lot in common with that bant artifact deck, fun synergies. Standard brawl allows a lot of creativity right now as the 99 in (h)brawl are getting more and more homogeneous

@thisispotatos9957 Ай бұрын

Drawing cards not good enough? Here have some +1+1 counters as well!

@victoriachusin2944 Ай бұрын

LVD is making Deep Cavern Bat look busted when its an extremely fair card

@RawrJrRoar 29 күн бұрын

Dimir without counterspell. That something

@CyberBuster93 Ай бұрын

IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!!! XD

@artix003 29 күн бұрын

how is this vs boros?anyone tried it out?

@LegenVD 29 күн бұрын

Definitely a harder matchup than monored, although there's a lot fewer Boros decks compared to a month ago.

@Blep42O 18 күн бұрын

Need 2 copies of step between worlds for a game ender with proft

@LegenVD 18 күн бұрын

Could be fun for slower matchups!

@Blep42O 18 күн бұрын

@LegenVD It's fun resolving it when you have a sheoldred out.

@koala4392 Ай бұрын

bro this is literally almost my exact deck

@Eyari3 Ай бұрын

5:50 thats too BAT

@Zvejas_EzYs Ай бұрын

i got 4 temporary lockdown matchups in a row... that card kills the whole deck :(

@N3gativeR3FLUX 29 күн бұрын

Legen... Wait for it.... VDary... Yes I went there. The algorithm loved it and so does Barney.

@mufasafalldown8401 Ай бұрын

Wish I could break down old decks to craft new ones. As it stands, Arena is too p2w for me. I don't grind enough to have the wildcards.

@markhoffman1310 Ай бұрын

prodigy + Memory + beans + new hydra = not nice

@user-du5wo6zo8j Ай бұрын

Can you please play draft

@LegenVD Ай бұрын

Check out Paul Cheon on KZfaq.

@user-du5wo6zo8j Ай бұрын

@@LegenVD thanks!

@Say_Tin Ай бұрын

f ë r s t

@keithedwards Ай бұрын

first

@jangoeder8939 Ай бұрын

How much Mono Red can people play ... sadenng considering Magic has so many fun ways to be played.

@honestabe411 Ай бұрын

How long will you keep pointing out the obvious

@jangoeder8939 29 күн бұрын

@@honestabe411 till all the plebs show their existence. Your one of them? Shame yourself

@IBN5100SG Ай бұрын

The thing that is really broken with this card is the color pie. Vigilance on a mono blue creature (and the new BG MH3 Wight of Reliquary) is designers admitting they don't care anymore.

@johndoe9343 Ай бұрын

Good Morning Magic's "Why does Blue get Vigilance Now? | Magic: The Gathering Outlaws of Thunder Junction MTG" video gives an actual reason why... blue gets vigilance now, Gavin Verhey being the principal designer.

@demiurge2501 Ай бұрын

Green has always had vigilance and i think it makes sense in blue as well. They’re both in white’s “shard” after all

@sammysammyson Ай бұрын

Green gets vigilance...though I will say it's a bit awkward on BG specifically. Blue gets vigilance now though..? It's not a color pie break; it's a shift in design philosophy, which happens ALL the time. Blue used to be secondary in direct damage, for example. Vigilance as part of blue debuted with Haunting Figment. Some old cards were...ahead of their time.

@JRandall0308 Ай бұрын

And it’s almost always blue that gets some BS reason to break color pie.

@IBN5100SG Ай бұрын

@@johndoe9343 Watched it, and while I get where they are coming from, blue has tons of keywords already. I'd rather have them experiment or evergreen something already existing (investigate?).