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Hey Prof, Sigi from the Lab Maniacs here. Great Deck Tech as always, and I really appreciate you mentioning the Doomsday variant. Even in competitive circles, Leovold has (unsurprisingly, I suppose) been performing very well. Keep 'em coming!
Rest in peace my beautiful disaster of a deck. I will never forget how I felt as my opponents slowly lost hope in anyone being able to stop my combo from going off. I will never forget the look in their eyes. How they were all different. How they all showed snapshots of the 5 stages of grief. How they slowly began hoping I would mill myself out only for me to cast Day's Undoing and watch the flickers of light snuff out. Good bye Leovold. If I draft you I will force sultai no matter the pack as a show of respect, affection, and nostalgia.
TheBizarreBurrito what they mean is this commander is banned completely. Hes not even allowed in the 99. No format of edh allows him. Hes way to good of a commander. If he was unbanned I can see this card being the most expensive commander.
As someone who *loves* the Series of Unfortunate Events novels, this was an absolute treat to watch. What a perfectly fitting subject for an incredibly well-done homage. You even got the "use an advanced word or idiom then give a comical & contextual definition" gag in there!
I appreciate that the deck tech was thorough, the commentary dryly funny, and the speech was not as slow as in other TCC videos. Thank you, Professor! Keep up the good work.
Look away, Look away, This deck will cause your enemies confusion and dismay, Every aingle card they draw will go straight to the grave, So look away, Look away
Quite literally picked up singles to start building out a Leovold deck on Thursday. So much for the element of surprise in my group! That said, thank you for some suggestions I hadn't even considered!
Prof definitely has the best mtg content IMO. These videos are so well put together and presented. No other mtg channel makes me as enthusiastic as when i see a new TCC video on my feed
I can't stop loving this opening enough. Series of unfortunate events really does sum up this deck. Look away, there's nothing but horror and inconvenience on the way.
I freaking love my Leovold deck. I pulled him in a C2 draft, and immediately built a deck around it using mostly cards I had on hand and a few others. What I found is that it has such a heavy artifact basis in its toolbox that adding artifact lands, cranial plating, some affinity and metalcraft cards, and elbrus the binding blade make for some excellent plays, with Elbrus and Cranial Plating being wincons for beat downs.
Hmm... not long after Wedge makes a video on Pauper Drake and the Drake gets banned... now the prof makes a Leovold deck tech and Leovold just got EDH banned today! QUICK BOTH OF YOU MAKE SAHEELI CAT COMBO DECK TECHS!
Dear professor, contrary to your advice, I feel the duty to build up this deck. Thanks for everything you do for us the players and for the game. You dear Sir are an awesome inspiration, greetings from 🇨🇱
Despite all the hype, this isn't really tuned up version of Leovold yet. On the Counterspell front there's only negate and misdirection that are actually good (if we are going for truly cuthroat like it sounds like we are trying to), there should be enough ramp to cast Leovold on T2 pretty much all the time (dual land, mana dork, another land is enough). Explosive Vegetation does not make the cut here (there's even better version of 4cmc ramp, Skyshroud Claim and it doesn't work either) While many wheels were mentioned, Timetwister and Time Spiral were left out, as were many removal options like damnation, Abrupt Decay and Innocent Blood. Pillowfort pieces are cute, but not necessary. EDIT: the cards that have superior versions available but somewhy aren't used here: Dimir Aqueduct, golgari rot-farm (citp tapped) Explosive Vegetation (Skyshroud Claim) Cultivator's Caravan (felwar stone) Nevinyrral's Disk (damnation) Prophetic Prism (come on now...) terror (Doom Blade? Go for the Throat? Snuff Out? Innocent Blood?) temples of mystery, malady (citp tapped...) Arachnogenesis, propaganda (why not Rhystic Study or Mystic Remora instead? sure the goal for these is different, but the cards are better) Myriad Landscape (citp tapped, does not give us colours) Dream Fracture (Arcane Denial would be cheaper) Also a fast mana package of Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mox Diamond, Grim Monolith and Lotus Petal would be nice to enable a fast fast combo deck. The objective is to win ASAP so the opponents do not get to have any fun. Why durdle around with comes in to play tapped-lands, bounce lands and 3/4-mana ramp spells when you can play 0 or 1 mana for those and win right away? :)
Lucas Alejandro Lalk he is my favorite commander to fight as I main nekusar, players love me making them draw every turn and don’t mind me stacking damage per draw.
I just found your channel, and I love every single video I have watched so far. Your style of beeing really informative while still making me laugh every other second is amazing. Thank you for devoting so much of your time to make these videos!
I love the Series of Unfortunate Events theme that you have going on, I am currently bingeing the show and this brought a smile to my face that never faded.
you forgot arcane denial is essentially a less colour restrictive counterspell that lets us draw and if going into an opponents turn who just had their spell countered then they get not even one of the double draw effects its suppose to provide for being so under costed as a hard counterspell.
Oh man, I'm conflicted. I want to hit the dislike button, because of the deck... But I like the content D: Good stuff prof, I actively have to avoid building Leovold so my playgroup doesn't murder me in my sleep.
I played a Notion Thief yesterday with Jace's Archivest on my field while playing Lazav. someone tried to kill them and in response I activated the Archivest, drew my deck, and died. They just stared in bewilderment.
Tolarian Community College you are indeed. Every so often I wonder to myself 'mtg is full of massive dorks, but I wonder who among us is truly the King Dork' and then you upload a video and I go 'Oh, that's right.'
I had built this deck the moment that Leovold had come out and went straight to the Puzzlebox for lockdown. I really appreciate you making this video Prof. I miss my Leovold deck lol
After you made it possible for everyone to build the true evil how about a fun deck next time? Something like Rith the Awakener or Ulrich of the Krallenhorde
no reasonable player allows proxy cards. I wouldn't even allow proxy's in a casual match with friends where i don't care who wins, nobody in my playgroup would.
So you go without having it. The point of magic is to play with cards you have, not with literally anything you want. To say "i can't/don't feel like buying this, so i'm just going to have anything i want no matter what" is idiotic. I have spent a total of $50 dollars on magic over the last several years (around 700 total in all my years playing), and you know what? The game is still enjoyable. You don't need to have every card you've ever wanted.
So did I but you don't see me getting my panties in a knot whenever I see someone play around with proxies. What if they're trying out a deck before buying? What if they're kids? All the powerful cards are expensive. Not everyone has the money to purchase Mana Vaults, original dual lands, fetches, Leovolds, etc.
I can only give this one like - I really want to give it more! Within the last two days I've started to draft out the rough edges of my own Leovold deck and when I came onto RUclips and saw this I just had to see what you'd go with. Love the deck tech, love the format of the video - just love love love!
Well, since I have always found myself the "archenemy" of the table every game I sit down to play with friends no matter the deck, I built this deck. Thanks, Professor for helping me find new friends.
I normally dislike it when people make videos with dorky themes that they stick to throughout, but this managed to be funny while not being distracting. Great job.
Username Unidentified Because Wizards of the Coast doesn't curate the banlist for edh (it's a player created mode) so they don't necessarily follow it. That being said, they should still enforce the banlist on MTGO and anyone who plays Leovold shouldn't be
HKRNAME1 Wizards of the Coast has a banlist on commander. magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/banned-restricted/magic-online-commander Nowhere on the banlist does it say "Leovold" on it and you sound like you need to "git gud".
oh my god I absolutely LOVE A Series of Unfortunate Events(that actually sums up the deck pretty well), so seeing this was a dream come true! Because of the impending doom of Nicol Bolas on Amonkhet, I'd like to recommend a Vorthos EDH deck on him.
Just watched "The Creator Of Commander | A Conversation With Sheldon Menery | Untitled Magic The Gathering Podcast". Decided to come to your mentioned video and leave you a like and comment. Love the work you do.
The following are not opinions. Leovold should not be encouraged for any reason whatsoever. If you choose to play Leovold, you're a bad player, a bad person and you don't understand anything about this format.
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Tolarian Community College Hello, I wasn't sure of the best way to contact you since I don't have Twitter or Facebook and don't plan on getting them, but I recently got the Lifelinker app from The Command Zone and was wondering how I would go about getting the TCC background for it?
bfeldz1023 got to be a Patron
how could I become a patron for the lifelinkers app, and would to know how to get the TCC background for it
professor you remind me of Lord Raiden from Mortal kombat
Q: What is commander?
A: A game where you find increasingly complex ways to piss off your friends.
So accurate lol
Commander is the ultimate test of friendship
sigh
agreed
The Professor is now singing in this videos.....now that is a man who has no limitations! #SingingMagicCards
ah ma gaw
my grandmother used to play this game along time ago, i think its called solitaire
I absolutely love the "Series of Unfortunate Events" theme! It works so perfectly with this deck.
This Lemony Snicket impression is killing me. Yesssss!
ye haw
Hey Prof,
Sigi from the Lab Maniacs here. Great Deck Tech as always, and I really appreciate you mentioning the Doomsday variant. Even in competitive circles, Leovold has (unsurprisingly, I suppose) been performing very well. Keep 'em coming!
+Sigi Lab Maniacs! Love the channel. Everyone go check them out.
Thanks a lot! If I recall correctly, we should actually have a video with Leovold coming up relatively soon.
Heh. Yeah we do.
Sigi, love the LabManiacs! Can't wait to see Leovold at the helm of something rather than in the 99. He's great both places, though. :D
Without a doubt - when your deck is in BUG colours and you think you could use a single hate bear, Leovold is easily your best bet.
Rest in peace my beautiful disaster of a deck. I will never forget how I felt as my opponents slowly lost hope in anyone being able to stop my combo from going off. I will never forget the look in their eyes. How they were all different. How they all showed snapshots of the 5 stages of grief. How they slowly began hoping I would mill myself out only for me to cast Day's Undoing and watch the flickers of light snuff out. Good bye Leovold. If I draft you I will force sultai no matter the pack as a show of respect, affection, and nostalgia.
Hermit druid
YOU GOT HIM BANNED, PROF!
And thank god that he did
Leovold has been banned for a while. like a way longer than 2017.
Soulless Anger what are you talking about? He was banned in April?
Banned in French (1v1) Commander a while ago. But French Commander is pretty much irrelevant so don't even worry about it.
TheBizarreBurrito what they mean is this commander is banned completely. Hes not even allowed in the 99. No format of edh allows him. Hes way to good of a commander. If he was unbanned I can see this card being the most expensive commander.
I LOVE THE CREATIVITY YOU DID IN THE VIDEO! Keep up the great work.
That Lemony Snicket-style intro was nicely done.
i remember a person played this deck against me in multiplayer. we all killed everything he played and then killed him for existing
"Guile goes with everything"
I see what you did, you monster.
Kieran Franklin-Baker ahahah, shit. Good catch.
Kieran Franklin-Baker I don't get it.
Zer0 it's a reference to the meme "Guile's theme goes with everything."
Woot, retro memes
I have a 98% winrate with a four man playgroup with this list:
1x Leovold, Emissary of Trest
99x island
What
They see Leovold and concede
minihali you cant even play him with this list, your joke is irrelevant
Batty His joke isn't irrelevant. It's just funnier
Batty BRB he literally explained the joke and it still went over your head. that is impressive.
Leovold.
Powerful, synergistic
Banned.
As someone who *loves* the Series of Unfortunate Events novels, this was an absolute treat to watch. What a perfectly fitting subject for an incredibly well-done homage. You even got the "use an advanced word or idiom then give a comical & contextual definition" gag in there!
The Series of Unfortunate Event theme to this is amazing. Fantastic work as always Prof. A+
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand Leovold is now banned from Commander.
This was Awesome. The illusion was perfectly used and the script was written expertly. Kudos to you sir.
lemony Snicket!!!!!
I scrolled too far for this
I was think i was thinking that too
When I saw this video my love for the professor went on exponential growth.
Only 1:48 into the video, and it's already my favorite deck tech ever created. That intro was amazing!
Are you relieved now that your duty is complete Professor? That no one need worry about this Loathsome Leovold?
I appreciate that the deck tech was thorough, the commentary dryly funny, and the speech was not as slow as in other TCC videos.
Thank you, Professor! Keep up the good work.
Look away,
Look away,
This deck will cause your enemies
confusion and dismay,
Every aingle card they draw will go straight to the grave,
So look away,
Look away
Well playyed
Here I am, Professor - one of this deck tech's 12 viewers in 2022.
The professor: "Turn off the video"
Me: "wow this is great I'm gonna build it"
Quite literally picked up singles to start building out a Leovold deck on Thursday. So much for the element of surprise in my group! That said, thank you for some suggestions I hadn't even considered!
the presentation of this deck tech is amazing.
Prof definitely has the best mtg content IMO. These videos are so well put together and presented. No other mtg channel makes me as enthusiastic as when i see a new TCC video on my feed
I can't stop loving this opening enough. Series of unfortunate events really does sum up this deck. Look away, there's nothing but horror and inconvenience on the way.
You really nailed the feel of A Series of Unfortunate Events, this is my favorite deck tech so far :)
It's so... Mean. And evil and mean. I thought my atraxa deck and my sliver deck were mean. But this is a scary deck
I freaking love my Leovold deck. I pulled him in a C2 draft, and immediately built a deck around it using mostly cards I had on hand and a few others. What I found is that it has such a heavy artifact basis in its toolbox that adding artifact lands, cranial plating, some affinity and metalcraft cards, and elbrus the binding blade make for some excellent plays, with Elbrus and Cranial Plating being wincons for beat downs.
Hmm... not long after Wedge makes a video on Pauper Drake and the Drake gets banned... now the prof makes a Leovold deck tech and Leovold just got EDH banned today!
QUICK BOTH OF YOU MAKE SAHEELI CAT COMBO DECK TECHS!
ModelOmega Good call lmao
ModelOmega look what happened!
And Death's Shadow decks
Dear professor, contrary to your advice, I feel the duty to build up this deck. Thanks for everything you do for us the players and for the game. You dear Sir are an awesome inspiration, greetings from 🇨🇱
Despite all the hype, this isn't really tuned up version of Leovold yet. On the Counterspell front there's only negate and misdirection that are actually good (if we are going for truly cuthroat like it sounds like we are trying to), there should be enough ramp to cast Leovold on T2 pretty much all the time (dual land, mana dork, another land is enough). Explosive Vegetation does not make the cut here (there's even better version of 4cmc ramp, Skyshroud Claim and it doesn't work either)
While many wheels were mentioned, Timetwister and Time Spiral were left out, as were many removal options like damnation, Abrupt Decay and Innocent Blood.
Pillowfort pieces are cute, but not necessary.
EDIT: the cards that have superior versions available but somewhy aren't used here:
Dimir Aqueduct, golgari rot-farm (citp tapped)
Explosive Vegetation (Skyshroud Claim)
Cultivator's Caravan (felwar stone)
Nevinyrral's Disk (damnation)
Prophetic Prism (come on now...)
terror (Doom Blade? Go for the Throat? Snuff Out? Innocent Blood?)
temples of mystery, malady (citp tapped...)
Arachnogenesis, propaganda (why not Rhystic Study or Mystic Remora instead? sure the goal for these is different, but the cards are better)
Myriad Landscape (citp tapped, does not give us colours)
Dream Fracture (Arcane Denial would be cheaper)
Also a fast mana package of Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mox Diamond, Grim Monolith and Lotus Petal would be nice to enable a fast fast combo deck.
The objective is to win ASAP so the opponents do not get to have any fun. Why durdle around with comes in to play tapped-lands, bounce lands and 3/4-mana ramp spells when you can play 0 or 1 mana for those and win right away? :)
This was the best commander deck tech I've seen by you yet Prof. Keep up the good work.
Imagine a Leovold player ripping the hair off his or her head against a Nekusar....
The thought just gives me happiness
Lucas Alejandro Lalk he is my favorite commander to fight as I main nekusar, players love me making them draw every turn and don’t mind me stacking damage per draw.
nekusar is the first deck I’ve ever made, I got hate from players because of it
Neheb the worthy here, why is everyone hating on leovold?
What's the problem?
Definitely your best video so far. The production is spot on.
this is how you do a deck tech.
btw, professor, i'd really like to know what you think about Edric.
I just found your channel, and I love every single video I have watched so far. Your style of beeing really informative while still making me laugh every other second is amazing. Thank you for devoting so much of your time to make these videos!
Alright, time to try this deck out.
Edit: Lost all my friends....
Sam McGuire lol :D
I love the Series of Unfortunate Events theme that you have going on, I am currently bingeing the show and this brought a smile to my face that never faded.
THIS INTRO WAS AMAZING PROF!!!!!
Professor, the flavor for this video was amazing! I hope to see more themed deck techs like this in the future. I love it!
you forgot arcane denial is essentially a less colour restrictive counterspell that lets us draw and if going into an opponents turn who just had their spell countered then they get not even one of the double draw effects its suppose to provide for being so under costed as a hard counterspell.
This is one of the best videos The Professor has done. Fantastic.
AHHHHHH I love the series of unfortunate events theme. They were my favorite books growing up and this cross over is brilliant!
Is it just me or does Leovold resemble The Professor?
Jack Cramps I actually thought Leovold was based on the prof
Harsh
I appreciate the polish the professor brings to deck-techs.
"I'm sure we can come to an arrangement."
this beggining intro... thank you so much for this theme!
Oh man, I'm conflicted. I want to hit the dislike button, because of the deck... But I like the content D:
Good stuff prof, I actively have to avoid building Leovold so my playgroup doesn't murder me in my sleep.
Also, If you've never cast a Notion Thief in response to Brainstorm... Good times.
Foodtime I've done that, and I've done it in response to my own Dack targeting my opponent in my Breya deck.
I played a Notion Thief yesterday with Jace's Archivest on my field while playing Lazav. someone tried to kill them and in response I activated the Archivest, drew my deck, and died. They just stared in bewilderment.
Thanks for the suggestions for my Leovold deck Professor!
oh my god 2 seconds in and you are SUCH a dork. :D I adore you!
+Gem Of Magic I am King Dork.
Tolarian Community College you are indeed. Every so often I wonder to myself 'mtg is full of massive dorks, but I wonder who among us is truly the King Dork' and then you upload a video and I go 'Oh, that's right.'
I had built this deck the moment that Leovold had come out and went straight to the Puzzlebox for lockdown. I really appreciate you making this video Prof. I miss my Leovold deck lol
Wow, and I thought my Janky Infinite Combo Breya deck was nuts... this is just *cruel*!
As a janky infinite combo Breya deck player......I agree with you.
One of the 12 for the year, well worth the rewatch.
After you made it possible for everyone to build the true evil how about a fun deck next time? Something like Rith the Awakener or Ulrich of the Krallenhorde
devil260996 yes! I'd love to see a rith deck
devil260996 To me, chaos Mishra is a fun commander. 2 for 1 artifacts is always fun! Who cares if I am trying to lock out opponents in the process. :P
I love the Series of Unfortunate Events reference! Keep up with the amazing content!
I'm building a Leovold Elf Deck, without any of the crazy synergies that people hate.
Great deck tech and loved the "Series of Unfortunate Events" style that you were going for!
7:10 I see what you did there. Who said that we can't have powerful 'walkers at 1-2 mana?
I love the Series of Unfortunate Events reference!! You sir are a true genius
forgot windfall
Matthew Mooney Your making it worse😑
Please dont mention more cards to add to this monster
The whole Serious of Unfortunate Events reference scored you so many brownie points in my favour
Just so everyone knows the deck costs about 750$-800$
Not if you proxy it.
no reasonable player allows proxy cards. I wouldn't even allow proxy's in a casual match with friends where i don't care who wins, nobody in my playgroup would.
Why wouldn't you? It's not a GP or a PT, not even a FNM tournament.
Not everyone has the money to buy out expensive staples.
So you go without having it. The point of magic is to play with cards you have, not with literally anything you want. To say "i can't/don't feel like buying this, so i'm just going to have anything i want no matter what" is idiotic. I have spent a total of $50 dollars on magic over the last several years (around 700 total in all my years playing), and you know what? The game is still enjoyable. You don't need to have every card you've ever wanted.
So did I but you don't see me getting my panties in a knot whenever I see someone play around with proxies.
What if they're trying out a deck before buying? What if they're kids?
All the powerful cards are expensive.
Not everyone has the money to purchase Mana Vaults, original dual lands, fetches, Leovolds, etc.
Wow, just that beginning. I can't wait for the second season of A series of Unfortunate Events to come out :D.
is that a mother Fricken series of Unfortunate Events reference?!?
Thank you for bringing me back to this video, Prof.
Rest in peace...
I can only give this one like - I really want to give it more!
Within the last two days I've started to draft out the rough edges of my own Leovold deck and when I came onto RUclips and saw this I just had to see what you'd go with. Love the deck tech, love the format of the video - just love love love!
Is it sad that this is a deck I would actually have fun playing *evil cackling laugh* I love prisony/locky decks like this
Loving the Lemony Snicket vibe to this video. AUSoE was my favorite series throughout middle and high school. Great video, Professor.
IT'S BANNED BABY
thank you professor I've been wanting you to do a deck tech on leovold emissary of trest for a very long time to give me some tips on how to build him
RIP
One of your best video Prof! Great work!
P.s. I loved the first season of "A series of unfortunate events".
You called Deathrite Shaman a planeswalker?
+TheMonyarm it's not? ;p
It's more than a planeswalker than tibult
It is commonly referred to that as it has 3 abilities that are very strong, in a similar fashion to a planeswalker.
It is known.
JR Boyd yes it is known
Well, since I have always found myself the "archenemy" of the table every game I sit down to play with friends no matter the deck, I built this deck.
Thanks, Professor for helping me find new friends.
I just crushed my mouse in my hand watching this video. Lol
Raaanch Your profile pic is great
I normally dislike it when people make videos with dorky themes that they stick to throughout, but this managed to be funny while not being distracting. Great job.
as a leovold player . . . everything he said in the intro is 100% true, except I have tons of fun because i get off on their misery :)
xWTDxScar Not anymore you don't
yeah . . . now i have to do cheeky memnarch combos >.
you get off on playing Magic on Kid Mode.
The Series of Unfortunate Events reference!!! I love this so much, Professor!
Thank god hes banned
No he's not, I still see people using him in MTGO...
He's banned in commander
Then how come I still see people use him in MTGO? Explain that.
Username Unidentified Because Wizards of the Coast doesn't curate the banlist for edh (it's a player created mode) so they don't necessarily follow it. That being said, they should still enforce the banlist on MTGO and anyone who plays Leovold shouldn't be
HKRNAME1 Wizards of the Coast has a banlist on commander.
magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/banned-restricted/magic-online-commander
Nowhere on the banlist does it say "Leovold" on it and you sound like you need to "git gud".
I heavily appreciate the reference. And I love that kind of deck.
This video normalizes violence.
oh my god I absolutely LOVE A Series of Unfortunate Events(that actually sums up the deck pretty well), so seeing this was a dream come true!
Because of the impending doom of Nicol Bolas on Amonkhet, I'd like to recommend a Vorthos EDH deck on him.
fun is a zero sum game, that why I run derevi
derevi's banned in 1v1 edh
I have no idea why but the lit matches thing had me rolllin! Good work prof.
Well Leovold is banned soo
Just watched "The Creator Of Commander | A Conversation With Sheldon Menery | Untitled Magic The Gathering Podcast". Decided to come to your mentioned video and leave you a like and comment. Love the work you do.
Stinks becuse this commander just got banned today
Magic, The Professor and A Series of Unfortunate Events? This video has everything I love!
The following are not opinions. Leovold should not be encouraged for any reason whatsoever. If you choose to play Leovold, you're a bad player, a bad person and you don't understand anything about this format.
love the "series of unfortunate events" vibe this whole video has
that singing... truly unfortunate, please no more
Parker2038 are you serious?
Me: looking at the deck list
Tolarian: what ever u do dont look at the deck list
One of my friends built a Leovold deck, and honestly, it's really fun playing against him as Archenemy