This is so wholesome.

​@josephwodarczyk977 nice to see on the internet, from time to time

That's awesome. You intimidated Bear with your boss deck build

Hi, it's Loren_Law, probably better known as Seth's fourth match opponent... And this week for Against the Odds, we're playing Necro-Madness in Timeless

Good game!

I was wondering how many storm players watched that play and cried to themselves.

Came here to say this

It's easy to forget about these details when playing multiple spells.

Also discarded whether the storm and keep bolas 😅 he could just storm with the 2 mana left and save play

what's more, he apparently had lethal the turn before as well without needing the necropotence.

real

just Necropotence, it's not very good

Pay life to draw cards? Are you crazy? That just brings me closer to dying!

Didn't you read Inquest ;)

Timeless seems like the least Zoomer welcoming format 😆

@@TheEvolver311 but it's so friendly, you can give your opponent free mountains 🙃

@@AstoranSolaire I mean more that it attracts people with a nostalgic attachment to some of cards. Most if the zoomers I know who play Arena have told me it looks boring just variations of the same handful of decks over and over

It's like the format was made for it.

@@TheEvolver311 isn’t that true of every single format?

sure, but the second hour with the dead hooker is free

I grabbed one in an eldraine draft just because it’s fucking necro I’ll use it eventually. I was so shocked to see it because I wasn’t paying attention to old enchantments being in eldraine. What a ridiculous card it is.

too potent, I'd say

First time, huh? Lol

Yup

It’s not actually good in this build, but Ivory Tower is in Arena!

Man, back when that's all people thought Necro did, before the days of Trix and Fruity Pebbles and other cereal-named things that involve Necroing a combo to win.

It was me, I played my Big Red deck. Not fast enought I suppose... :D

I love his jank brews but I love watching his powerful decks too!! And the nexus video was great :)

Could have just won on turn 2 in that game

@@MVPlaysMusic1 oh true enough, beseeching into tendrils could have had enough storm count for exactsies. ( For those who don't see it; 2 orni + drums + demonic + dark ritual + beseech 3 times saccing orni's and drums = storm count 8 , so 9*2 =18 drain )

It was me, I played my Big Red deck. Not fast enought I suppose... :D

The man wanted to play some necro but didn’t know how to fit in the schedule, just let Seth be happy

well... it's timeless. the format is pretty busted so I think we can let this one slide.

Because this isn't an Against the Odds bit. It's Teaching Arena Zoomers. He's got like four or five other video series besides Against the Odds. Just look in the playlists.

Turns out, the game was rigged from the start.

@@nicoletamez518 Teaching Arena Zoomers About Necro | Against the Odds . title of the video literally copy pasted

I thought I was going crazy I’m glad I’m not alone in hearing it

I cannot unhear it now lol@@AdoptedAndy

Yeah I gotta agree that dark rit/necro storm is the only deck I’ve played against that feels blatantly wrong. Like you said, there’s no free counters so if you lose the die roll you’re basically just screwed. Add on to the fact that, by the nature of the deck, you could easily just keep a 3 card hand to mulligan for a land, dark rit, and necro to effortlessly refill your hand it just seems kinda dumb tbh. If there’s a card I’d pin to be restricted next, it’s probably gonna be necro imo.

I am simply suprised Necro is not restricted at all

@@zirilan3398 Probably Dark Rit gets restricted rather than Necro, but I could see either or both

@@sorin_markov can`t wait for Wizards to say: Nahh you get no Wildcards back, it wasn`t banned! when they restrict it

@@zirilan3398 I'd expect them to give you back an amount of wildcards equal to the number you have minus 1. So if you made all 4, you'll get 3 wildcards since you can still use the 1 DR

That's wild!

My cat is perpetually hungry, which personality is that.

@josephwodarczyk977 That depends on how they act when trying to get food. A softer, excited meow that tends to be short and gives up after a couple minutes would put them in Timmy territory. Yeah, they want more food and are definitely gonna be hype for it, but once you assert No for a bit, they'll give up. Longer, louder meows that sound a bit intense, a bit weird, and that stop after 2-4 minutes would be more of a Johnny. They've learned that the louder and more demanding they are, the more likely they are to get food. The excitement is still there, just mixed with more drive. A set of meows that last for more than 5 or six minutes, regardless of sound level, tends to lean more towards Spike. Especially when things start to break or they start putting on dramatic performances. It's not that Spike's are whiny. They just are hard focused on the objective and have learned how to go about achieving it with greater success. They know exactly what they're doing, and won't give up. The lines can bleed over of course. Personalities mix all the time. But, that's my general opinion on it.

That worsens the fair matchup by a lot though an it's not *that* much better than the fair decks

You’re 1 mana short for the og Baron with only 3 rituals 🥲

turn 1 Ritual --> Hypnotic Specter. dream scenario, i thought. Nope. turn 1 Citadel, damn.

@@theotherjoedimaggio indeed haha

@@alasbruta we had sol ring back then too, it's not just for commander. Lost it to a turn 2 reprisal, but what a turn it had.

@@michaelsinnreich6626 hahaha good times! Still remember my turn one Spirit of the Night with FOUR rituals.

The reserved list is only for physical reprints, it doesn't stop them from putting the cards in digital games

@@adamfrancescutti7615 Yeah, but they are usually invocations from real sets first like Necropotence in Strixhaven.