I follow a few MTG youtubers, but LVD is my favourite for the narration of thoughts and approach, reading the cards, pop ups of card he just refers to. Clearly care for the viewers, top quality creator.
note that while Anchor is in play, any scrying is affected by it, so those cards you kept on top in the fourth match from Urza's Commands could also have been bottomed and you would still have access to them (provided that the Anchor didn't get hit with removal)
Corkeyz was against the ropes the whole time and still somehow almost won at the end. When mono red isnt scooping to you drawing a million cards, you in danger.
@@ProDeathblow The decision to Absence the Epicure in response to Crokeyz cracking the blood token saved him the game or else he absolutely would have lost to all that burn. Crokeyz had been sitting on all that burn the whole game.
Quite surprised at how smooth this operated. Didn't believe too much at first in these seemingly very expensive cards, but damn, that was very cool. Always a pleasure to see your artistry.
I remember when you were at 8 and Crokeyz had 2x strike and Play with Fire in hand and he was so upset that you gained 2. Really close game, but I think monoR wins this most of the times
32:00 I think the play here would have been to +2 twice and use Mightstone on the creature thanks to the discount. If he has creatures Urza's ult cleans them up (along with that enchantment). If he has spells, the +4 life keeps you alive and you can do it again next turn. The best he can have is a haste creature, but those will need to hit Urza or you can gain some life back and still ult. Using the -3 on a card that can't do anything by itself left Urza vulnerable to a kill spell.
Finally a variant that isn’t just a bunch of counters and UW control cards.Some countermagic is unavoidable but most builders run waaaay more than is necessary
[behind the scenes at wizards r&d] "hey, so what do you guys want to name the urza planeswalker part of this card??" "idk, urza, planeswalker??" "BRILLIANT!!!"
@@bloodwire7152 He isn't the first planeswalker. Based on the lore, PWs exist, at the very least, thousands of years before Urza. He's literally called "Urza Planeswalker" in the early novels.
Imagine getting early access to try out new cards and decks and the 1st thing you make is a red aggro deck using 99% of cards from previous sets. That's skill!
Well, I can't say anything about the first player, but the last is a streamer and he played over 10 different decks before mono red, so I think it's fair to see how monastery swiftspear and the new enchantment feel in standard.
In the 2nd game, I was curious why you didn't do Urza then the Arcane Proxy. You had the 3 for Urza and had enough after his ability to cast Arcane Proxy for full value.
of all the things they’ve been adding to arena in the past year or so i’m not sure meld is going to be the thing breaking it, even if the urza seems decently strong.
In game 2, Urza's passive makes artifacts cheaper, so there were several turns when the correct play was to play one of the Urza's in hand and then play the Mightstone or Arcane Proxy afterward.
I am enjoying the video you uploaded. 👍 This video was also useful and fun. 🙂 If possible, I have one request. How about showing the 'Deck Details' screen even briefly in the Deck Tech section? Even if it's less than 2-3 seconds, if I can see for a moment, I can easily recognize the mana curve of this deck as a number, how much mana is combined by color, and how many card types are made up of cards. I'm wondering if it's possible. thank you~😄
I used to always do it until they changed the interface. Now that screen is mainly Pet and Avatar selection so I stopped showing it. You can always click on the decklist in the description to get a visualk representation of the deck with curve and more stats.
We need double blue on turn three for Proxy at times and double white for Depopulate. If you run the numbers we can't really afford more colorless lands.
It’s unfortunate that you don’t let the planeswalkers do their voices line. For me, it’s like a little ritual to let the planeswalkers speak when I play and activate them 🙂
Yeah, this deck looks nice on paper. Problem is it does not work in real life. It gets eaten by almost everything. Monoblack: Liliana fucks everything up. Monowhite: token run it over. Mirror match: dont even get me started. Monored: it’s just a slaughter house. Melding Urza is almost impossible with all the spot removal flying around. So yeah nice in theory.
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I follow a few MTG youtubers, but LVD is my favourite for the narration of thoughts and approach, reading the cards, pop ups of card he just refers to. Clearly care for the viewers, top quality creator.
Wow, thank you!
He's also like the only one that isn't endless cringe. Just low key energy without being boring. BIS
@@LegenVD For real though, I love how positive you are and how you explain your thoughts in your play.
note that while Anchor is in play, any scrying is affected by it, so those cards you kept on top in the fourth match from Urza's Commands could also have been bottomed and you would still have access to them (provided that the Anchor didn't get hit with removal)
Indeed!
The last match against Crokeyz though, potentially 3 times melding against an aggro burn, legendary!
Corkeyz was against the ropes the whole time and still somehow almost won at the end. When mono red isnt scooping to you drawing a million cards, you in danger.
@@TheKillaShow Legenvd got greedy with that last urza, he should have gained more life against monored
@@ProDeathblow The decision to Absence the Epicure in response to Crokeyz cracking the blood token saved him the game or else he absolutely would have lost to all that burn. Crokeyz had been sitting on all that burn the whole game.
I'd say Crokeyz holding out for so long against Control was just as legendary
@@qwerty62201 Exactly. That was a great game. Watched it from both sides now.
Quite surprised at how smooth this operated. Didn't believe too much at first in these seemingly very expensive cards, but damn, that was very cool. Always a pleasure to see your artistry.
Crokeyz chat was really cheering you on and was so pumped when you won! Great games!
Was so pumped Legend won!!
I remember when you were at 8 and Crokeyz had 2x strike and Play with Fire in hand and he was so upset that you gained 2. Really close game, but I think monoR wins this most of the times
Exiling that enchantment really saved your skin legenvd!
34:12 I believe it was at this exact moment Crokeyz said "Ok we have lethal if he doesn't gain life"
What !? Impressive Mr. Lvd, impressive as always 👏👏
Glad you think so!
@Ecoii It's the special early access account like I explain at the start of the video.
Most epic deck I've ever seen, and you play it so well LVD! Please another vid of this deck!
Have to say this looked the most fun urza deck in the pre-release event. Great job LVD 👏 👍
Glad you liked it!
for instance, this is the most impressing deck I have seen from the brothers’ war, awesome synergies and consistency
Yep, way more synergistic than CGB's one, that was trying to play the Sylexes (Silexy?) for the memes :)
Why did you uselessly start your sentence with "For instance"?
Does melding Urza provide a lot a value ?
- Yeah, i think it does, doesn't it ?
This was an immediate craft for me. I’ve played a handful of games and it’s incredibly consistent at melding Urza and taking over games
This is the type of blue deck i like.. doesn't even feel like you are on the backfoot at all.. so much card draw and interaction.. awesome job 👌
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you very much for your time and masterful gameplay, master LegenVD.
Very good plays. Glad to see Arcane Proxy bring plenty of value.
Thank you Pateron, for bringing us YT viewer the "Listen-to-new-Urza-PW-voiceline" deck.
32:00 I think the play here would have been to +2 twice and use Mightstone on the creature thanks to the discount. If he has creatures Urza's ult cleans them up (along with that enchantment). If he has spells, the +4 life keeps you alive and you can do it again next turn. The best he can have is a haste creature, but those will need to hit Urza or you can gain some life back and still ult. Using the -3 on a card that can't do anything by itself left Urza vulnerable to a kill spell.
This deck is crazy!!!!! You're definitely the most creative MTG players out there man!!! Awesome job!! :D
Finally a variant that isn’t just a bunch of counters and UW control cards.Some countermagic is unavoidable but most builders run waaaay more than is necessary
I think Teferi rotted peoples brains regarding how decks should be built around WU planeswalkers
I wonder about that, though. I thought also that 8 counters in UW control is maximum, but look at Greg Orange running 12 in the last worlds.
at 16:20 I think you could have cast urza before the arcane proxy to use all your mana since urza gives a discount!
Would've worked, but was trying to both play and Meld Urza in the same turn as not to expose it to sorcery speed removal.
07:00 Jesus Christ, that turn was awesome.
Wow that game with Crokeyz was insane!
Damn..!! In the end of the last game, good thing you cast Fateful Absence on their measly 1/1! That was close!
As always - no emotions, I love it.
[behind the scenes at wizards r&d]
"hey, so what do you guys want to name the urza planeswalker part of this card??"
"idk, urza, planeswalker??"
"BRILLIANT!!!"
Thought it was because he is the first planeswalker, tho I don't know much about the lore
just because he became a planeswalker, which he wasn’t before melding
Because the simple title of "Planeswalker" only reserved on THE Planeswalker.
The same naming convention also used on Nicol Bolas.
@@bloodwire7152 He isn't the first planeswalker. Based on the lore, PWs exist, at the very least, thousands of years before Urza.
He's literally called "Urza Planeswalker" in the early novels.
Amazing! Very consistent.
Keep it up
LegenVD vs. Crokeyz ... nice :)
I’m loving Arcane Proxy. Thanks for the showcase. I can’t wait to try it out in a prowess deck.
I usually played rakdos but I'm saving my wild cards for this! love the videos bro
Love your content already, instant sub!
I love this deck!
Imagine getting early access to try out new cards and decks and the 1st thing you make is a red aggro deck using 99% of cards from previous sets.
That's skill!
Well, I can't say anything about the first player, but the last is a streamer and he played over 10 different decks before mono red, so I think it's fair to see how monastery swiftspear and the new enchantment feel in standard.
@@farpasmasterfarpador9092 yeah i know the last guy. Ive seen a few of his stuff. I was talking more about the 1st guy.
@@farpasmasterfarpador9092 and yeah youre right with the last part as well
The strimmer losing really provides a lot of value
That was such a satisfying last match, although LVD got greedy against mono red by not gaining more life. Get bent, crocker!
Soul Partition to protect your own things seems like REALLY good tech and seems versatile.
Ye basically like cutting down your own underdog b4 emperor does
Looks like Urza Meld is going to have legs this Standard. It's a really consistent combo, and when it goes off the value is suffocating.
Sweet deck, can't wait to try it!
TY 4 YOUR VIDEOS
33:14 could've scried to the bottom there since you have the temporal anchor
Very good point!
I just created a UW Teferi, Who slows the sunset ramp deck for Historic brawl. Now I gotta chose between Teferi and Urza, it’s a close call.
Bravo! Encore!
"Keep bottoming" makes me giggle every time
@25:33 @LegenVD why didnt you urza command first ability "creatures you dont control get -2/-0" wouldnt that have saved your urza?
34:46 Missed the fact that you could bottom it thanks to The Temporal Anchor…
Indeed...
Azorius Control is back.
everyone and their grandmother is going to play this in brawl
(hope that includes you)
Cool deck (that I'll never be able to play because it's chock full of rares.)
Ooooookay this card is ridiculous when not removed right away.
That’s how meld works
In the 2nd game, I was curious why you didn't do Urza then the Arcane Proxy. You had the 3 for Urza and had enough after his ability to cast Arcane Proxy for full value.
This is a fun deck to showcase…but I have my doubts about it being good competitively
Urza just rozated out so sad s8nce i just came back to Magic. Trying to make good colorless to challenge myself
this set looks amazing!
I would have definitely lost that game against Crokeyz. What crafty/sneaky fella.
I can't wait to try this!
That Urza in the Thumbnail is my sleep paralysis demon, jesus...
I miss playing standard but not the cost of it.
Oh yes. Meld in Arena. What could go wrong?!
wdym
Everything😅
of all the things they’ve been adding to arena in the past year or so i’m not sure meld is going to be the thing breaking it, even if the urza seems decently strong.
Once again, Magic player in the wild wildly overestimating the power of a card or a mechanic.
Nothing. They are okay cards.
Surprised crokeyz played it out 🤣
Awesome deck great work as always
Excited for the new set. Do you think Tezzeret is a reincarnation of Mishra?
I'm not really a lore expert.
In game 2, Urza's passive makes artifacts cheaper, so there were several turns when the correct play was to play one of the Urza's in hand and then play the Mightstone or Arcane Proxy afterward.
Ah yes, probably miscounted.
U/W is going to be running wild
I am enjoying the video you uploaded. 👍
This video was also useful and fun. 🙂
If possible, I have one request.
How about showing the 'Deck Details' screen even briefly in the Deck Tech section?
Even if it's less than 2-3 seconds, if I can see for a moment, I can easily recognize the mana curve of this deck as a number, how much mana is combined by color, and how many card types are made up of cards.
I'm wondering if it's possible.
thank you~😄
I used to always do it until they changed the interface. Now that screen is mainly Pet and Avatar selection so I stopped showing it.
You can always click on the decklist in the description to get a visualk representation of the deck with curve and more stats.
Powerful planswalker for a powerful player.
Rip crokeyzzzzzzz muahaha gg legend
35:34 Nice battle! I thought...then I looked at opponent...crokeyz!!
"good" to see *another* azorius PW can win you games on its own!
lot's of concedes. I thought the prerelease events they weren't supposed to concede?
It's muscle memory for most people unfortunately.
watched
In a low creature deck, why no foundry for small jabs at the life total?
We need double blue on turn three for Proxy at times and double white for Depopulate.
If you run the numbers we can't really afford more colorless lands.
Could scry to bottom with Urza’s command for more value when anchor is out
Indeed, so much synergy!
Not sure about anchor seems overkill sometimes
Imagine being invited to this event and just playing the same old copy paste mono red aggro.
0/10 loses. great deck
I feel like it needs more counter spells. And a 2 mana rock
Counters are not the best with Arcane Proxy.
There are no 2 mana ramp artifacts in Standard, or I would gladly play them.
It seems this set will be even more powerful and meta-shifting than ToE
Ingame name being LegendVIP instead of "LegenVDVIP" :D
It’s unfortunate that you don’t let the planeswalkers do their voices line. For me, it’s like a little ritual to let the planeswalkers speak when I play and activate them 🙂
This could be a nice animated bit lmao
too many wildcards to spend sadly
Turn 5? pfft come back when you have a turn 0 Urza meld
This standard.
Yeah, this deck looks nice on paper. Problem is it does not work in real life. It gets eaten by almost everything. Monoblack: Liliana fucks everything up.
Monowhite: token run it over.
Mirror match: dont even get me started.
Monored: it’s just a slaughter house.
Melding Urza is almost impossible with all the spot removal flying around.
So yeah nice in theory.
Yeah I'm having a hard time with it, changed a few things and it got a little bit more consistent. When it works it's really fun to play thou
Urza will be ban , its so easy to abuse … ( its a joke )
This deck is utter crap. Annoyed at myself I wasted wildcards crafting it 😢
Wow, where's Thea 😂
Realized nobody here likes him, not even LVD.. hopefully doesn't come back, so don't ask.
Who is that?
what a pathetic animation for a combination so difficult to achieve
Yo
Deck sampah
Stop talking over Urza’s voice lines REEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
watching this deck and trying to understand it gave me a migraine lol
How can I play with a fully unlocked account from wizards?
Make videos for 10 years and hope they notice you. Or follow the instructions to apply for the next early access event.
@@LegenVD can you send me the link to apply
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