It almost mattered; he had exactly enough cards in deck to go for the win and would have been busted if opp had a removal spell at the end. Both prevented by that attack.
One thing I miss about not really having you on Twitch is the dearth of book recommendations. Obviously daily videos are better that sporadic streams, but if you find a way to work in a few book recommendations I wouldn't mind it. Picked up The Lies of Locke Lamora thanks to you and was not disappointed.
Exactly my thought, i was about to facepalm with that pass On the other hand LSV is surely a better drafter than me but that disregard for the blue land and the subsequent blue lands had me in doubts.
Name Sticker Goblin doesn’t trigger from graveyard or exile because that’s how stickers work (at least sort of?). Presumably in paper, it would already have a name sticker on it if it was in the graveyard, so it wouldn’t get a new one. It’s still weird though.
I personally am not a fan of Big Teferi over the Shallow Grave pick when you have the start of a great Reanimator deck. Teferi is more replaceable in Esper than Shallow Grave is in Reanimator.
Is this the platonic ideal of a non-power blue black control deck? It is missing a couple more cheap counters, but between the hand disruption, the conditional counters/subtlety, the fliers into shinobi and of course the insane card advantage engines, this really has a lot going for it.
@@chrysoarr5237thats wild ive played mystic confluence so much and its never come up to remember that it isnt a hard counter thanks for the reminded LMAO
@@danplath1 Yeah blinks all exile and return so the namesticker enters from exile. I don't know if there's any way to get the mana unless you cast it from hand.
Anyone else snapping off Sunfall over Ballista? Seemed like a very controlly start where Sunfall does a lot more than Ballista. Edit: Guess the flexibility of Ballista paid off in some ways.
Lmao LSV assembled his opponent’s infinite life combo at 55:20
And proceeded not to use it. Demoralizing.
He didn't even mention it lol
“Badlands is a good land to have” 😂
That game where you drew your entire deck before your opponent hit their 4th land was wild.
the one ring, library of A, big tef, dig, mystic confluence... soooooo much card advantage. Glorious draft.
This deck was happy not to run into a Bowmasters or Hullbreacher! 😊
not that it mattered but the attack at 36:00 was free cuz one ring protection
It almost mattered; he had exactly enough cards in deck to go for the win and would have been busted if opp had a removal spell at the end. Both prevented by that attack.
It's really fun to me to have watched LSV go from thinking Library was mid in the cube to realizing that Library + 39 random cards can get you a 3-0.
Seeing the Nathan synergies was a really fun part of this video.
One thing I miss about not really having you on Twitch is the dearth of book recommendations. Obviously daily videos are better that sporadic streams, but if you find a way to work in a few book recommendations I wouldn't mind it. Picked up The Lies of Locke Lamora thanks to you and was not disappointed.
That is a very good book.
Lies of Locke Lamora was fantastic ❤
The One Ring carried this deck so hard and it was beautiful to watch
Nathan literally wearing the one ring to become a dark lord
why am I obsessed with these videos
Watching optimal play is one hell of a drug
The skydiver pick over blue/red surveil land hurt my soul :( We only had Bloodstained Mire at that point which made it into blue.
Exactly my thought, i was about to facepalm with that pass
On the other hand LSV is surely a better drafter than me but that disregard for the blue land and the subsequent blue lands had me in doubts.
Me too...LSV is not the same...
@@alexullrich7502He just got back from California!
"I have so many ways to trigger Nathan" 😂
MIssed that sexy infinite life combo XD fastbond ramanup zuran orb!!
This deck drew so many cards, was a blast to watch
Name Sticker Goblin doesn’t trigger from graveyard or exile because that’s how stickers work (at least sort of?). Presumably in paper, it would already have a name sticker on it if it was in the graveyard, so it wouldn’t get a new one. It’s still weird though.
I like how Duelist breaks the pseudo-symmetry with the One Ring
The title for this video is - Chef's Kiss -
I personally am not a fan of Big Teferi over the Shallow Grave pick when you have the start of a great Reanimator deck. Teferi is more replaceable in Esper than Shallow Grave is in Reanimator.
Is this the platonic ideal of a non-power blue black control deck? It is missing a couple more cheap counters, but between the hand disruption, the conditional counters/subtlety, the fliers into shinobi and of course the insane card advantage engines, this really has a lot going for it.
Nathan was also a really devastating sleeper finisher
Right on time.
This deck is so powerful, it doesn't even need The One Ring - Manifold Key combo. 😁
55:50
Could someone explain to me why he said he’d counter the spell twice bc he’d lose to elvish spirit guide?
It counters unless opp pays 3. Spirit guide would give the 3rd mana.
Each time is counter unless controller pays 3, op had 2 mana open, spirit guide would make it 3.
@@chrysoarr5237thats wild ive played mystic confluence so much and its never come up to remember that it isnt a hard counter thanks for the reminded LMAO
Mystic confluence over skullclamp third? Says something about how powerful you value a UU card over clamp
Just like we drew it up
This deck is insane
Can’t believe you took the one ring over emberwilde caliph
Using persist on a namesticker goblin to make a 1/1 in a deck with no blink effects was truly a decision of all-time.
He clearly thought it would trigger off of persist, and I beleive it wouldn't trigger off of blink effects either
@@danplath1 Yeah blinks all exile and return so the namesticker enters from exile. I don't know if there's any way to get the mana unless you cast it from hand.
Do you still stream?
What happened to K-Command? I saw it get picked but it just disappeared?
There's a bug on Draftmancer where occasionally a card that's been drafted just disappears. It's happened to LSV on a couple of these videos.
Library: Insane
32:47
Why is duelist of the mind called Nathan?
Designed after Nathan Steuer after he won worlds in 2022
36:30 definitely wouldn’t want to get hit for 1 with the one ring protection 😅
Magic aside go get a library card if you don't have one you can get anything now rented dragons dogma 2 for free. You can even 3D print things now
Anyone else snapping off Sunfall over Ballista? Seemed like a very controlly start where Sunfall does a lot more than Ballista.
Edit: Guess the flexibility of Ballista paid off in some ways.
Thoughtseize over DT? I just can't. Tutor for the One Ring even..
When one blue card is left in pack 1 pick 3...blue is being cut already bro. Every blue card drafted pack 1 was 2nd pick if not 3rd pick blue cards..
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@LSVargas how long has it been?
So greedy on not taking duel lands...