Thank you for uploading as frequently as you do. Going through some rough times and every time I see a video of yours pop up in my notifications it makes me smile. Lets me escape for half an hour, so thank you LVD
I feel you so much in this moment. His videos make me smile too and feel a less lonely for almost an hour. Dont give up! Hard times give us perspective for the good times! Cheers
Whoohoo! Simic Merfolk! I remember him as being the centerpiece of one of your old school deck upgrades! I'm sad there are no chapters on this video, they're an extremely useful feature!
Thank you for including Round 4. I think it shows important details about how the deck can also stumble, which helps people who want to play it. Even though it's a commander you have already played, it was nice to see another deck "popping off" as well. Great work, hope to see more
@@NachWolf I wonder if he perhaps cuts the games where he is flooded/screwed and just loses by not being able to do anything. but keeps the ones where he gets to at least play the deck but loses? For example, I lost games of historic esper reanimator, using his decklist (in the current all access event) where I have tons of mill, reanimation spells... but then just never milled any creatures into the grave and died. That sort of thing doesnt seem to happen on his videos, which makes sense as it wouldnt make for compelling games.
@@nottsfhj I mean those sorts of games don't really make for enjoyable content to watch UNLESS the opponent does something cool with the opportunity. Alot of the games we see look like overwhelming victories, it's nice to see opponents overcome those odds with powerful lines of their own.
U/W Merfolk was my first Magic Deck i ever had. It was pre constructed and very lame to be honest but over the years i managed to upgrade it to the point where it is quite strong. Loved to see those ugly sea creatures in action again. Your daily uploads are a blessing, keep' em coming :)
Another great deck, congrats! Loving the streak! I felt like offering some trades in battle last game, instead of making the creatures unblockable, could ended up with one merfolk on the bin to take care of the clock afterwards, but you maneged to beat the new hand anyway lol
Man, Kumena brings be back to the Ixalan times, when Ravnica was still standart.... I had so much fun in standart, kinda miss that, there was not so much struggle around arena...
It's a close call between the two, sometimes the extra toughness matters and we're more likely to leave up blue mana for other counterspells. If I had more room I would probably play both, but the Ixalan flavor won this time.
At 11:23 why did you play vanquishers banner and tap out instead of removing gilded lotus and/or keeping up interaction? Opponent was showing 8 mana. Weren’t you just dead if they had paradox engine? Play paradox, play archlich to untap lotus, pickup, repeat.
That's a fair concern, but in 100-card singleton I'm not always going to play around 1-ofs. It would be a different story if they tutored the turn before.
In the last match, what is your opinion on attacking with all 4 merfolk, assuming Kumena gets eaten by the 4/3, to then put it into the graveyard and exile it with Vandal to blow up the clock, returning Kumena to the command zone? I feel like even a river's rebuke on your whole board could have been less bad than some fresh hands with 8 mana available. Edit: Saw another comment saying the same thing, nevermind. :D
Kudos for actually reading the other comments haha. Anyway this is not one of those obvious suggestions so I don't fault you for thinking it might not have been mentioned! Very clever to return to command zone upon exiling, I didn't think of that.
Drives me nuts when opposing players sporadically look over your cards and you see all the white outlines moving like crazy. What do you even see moving that fast
The game against Orvar was okay but I think not throwing the team at the opponent to get a fish in the yard for Vandal to pop the clock was maybe too risky of a line. You could even let Kumena go to the yard and exile him amd still get it back to the CZ. Thoughts?
Do you have a locust god deck? I’m just bad at deck building (even though it should be obviously what you want for him) and would love to see your build of it
Hey men i love watching your content, it's always amazing ! Can you do a video on Zilortha ? i think it would be really fun :) Thank you again to make my day better
@@LegenVD actually I'm playing standard but wondering to move to historic after the new set will be released. I'm a new but old player ( i was playing when TPS was the best combo XD). Historic Brawl need too many cards and for the moment I don't have enough
Yo I ain’t trying to take your thrown, literally popped up as soon as I went on his channel to comment on something and he literally posted it 1 second before I saw it. You’re always first, on every video 😊😊
Thank you for uploading as frequently as you do. Going through some rough times and every time I see a video of yours pop up in my notifications it makes me smile. Lets me escape for half an hour, so thank you LVD
Hope things get better for you. I agree, LVD does know how to brighten our days better.
Dont give up better days will come. A big hug from Spain and also a big paella to everyone
@@g.c.8035 Thank you so much kind stranger! I love Paella!
I feel you so much in this moment. His videos make me smile too and feel a less lonely for almost an hour. Dont give up! Hard times give us perspective for the good times! Cheers
Been there myself. This community reached out and sent lots of good vibes my way. Hope you have a blessed day.
been digging the historic brawl direction the channel has taken these past few weeks!
make sure to be careful of gas pipes
Absolutely loving the Historic Brawl content!
I stopped playing MTGA since Alchemy's release, but your videos made me return to Historic Brawl. You're content is always so good!
Same
2nd game was a Masterclass of magic. It is funny how you make all decks look unbeatable. Congrats on the great content as usual.
Your brawl content made me like magic again
Whoohoo! Simic Merfolk! I remember him as being the centerpiece of one of your old school deck upgrades! I'm sad there are no chapters on this video, they're an extremely useful feature!
They’re still in the video description, unsure why they aren’t showing up.
@@LegenVD UA-cam! *shakes fist*
@@SacredMagic13679 They're showing up for me now.
@@LegenVD And for me! Thanks, LVD, you're the best!
I see you putting the Merfolk art for Negate in the deck, it is appreciated :)
My first and favorite deck on Arena was your upgraded version of precon Merfolks
It seems like so long ago, glad to see the fishes again
Same here
Big flavour win for "Orvar, the All-form" that you are not sure what you expect when facing them.
Thank you for including Round 4. I think it shows important details about how the deck can also stumble, which helps people who want to play it. Even though it's a commander you have already played, it was nice to see another deck "popping off" as well. Great work, hope to see more
the fact he includes some losses makes me think maybe he does just win almost all his other games.
@@nottsfhj Sure seems that way. Good deck composition and good threat analysis can take you a long way.
@@NachWolf I wonder if he perhaps cuts the games where he is flooded/screwed and just loses by not being able to do anything. but keeps the ones where he gets to at least play the deck but loses? For example, I lost games of historic esper reanimator, using his decklist (in the current all access event) where I have tons of mill, reanimation spells... but then just never milled any creatures into the grave and died. That sort of thing doesnt seem to happen on his videos, which makes sense as it wouldnt make for compelling games.
@@nottsfhj I mean those sorts of games don't really make for enjoyable content to watch UNLESS the opponent does something cool with the opportunity. Alot of the games we see look like overwhelming victories, it's nice to see opponents overcome those odds with powerful lines of their own.
Each passing day we move closer to Slimefoot, the Stowaway historic brawl
May the fungus lord reign!
I swear, Luca is like the MTG Batman: give him just a little prep time and he'll find a way to beat anything! Lol you're the man! xD
Ohh yeah, as a fish enthusiast this made my week. Thanks!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
U/W Merfolk was my first Magic Deck i ever had. It was pre constructed and very lame to be honest but over the years i managed to upgrade it to the point where it is quite strong. Loved to see those ugly sea creatures in action again. Your daily uploads are a blessing, keep' em coming :)
God I LOVE merfolk sooo much. Thank you LVD for your effort and videos and this one in particular
That Herald draw in game 3 though. Channeling the heart of the cards when it's needed most!
The Professor would be proud of you :'D
Finally the fish that reminds me of how many times i get your Jungle Secrets Video with 100k views we come full circle
Lets all congratulate the patrons for suggesting great content to lvd..
Kumena was my first brawl deck...in paper! XD
Something about playing Tropical Island in MTGA makes me want to build this!
Hardened Scales + The Ozolith can end games pretty quickly in this deck as well. Love this deck a lot,
Lessgoo Fish fam!
The video that introduced me to LVD was the one about the standard merfolk tribal deck, so I have a sort of nostalgic feeling on this one
Great video as usual!
This man simply never misses
Love Historic Brawl, I got back to magic just when Ixalan standard was finishing and remember getting rekt by a Kumena deck, so much nostalgia ❤️❤️
Another great deck, congrats! Loving the streak! I felt like offering some trades in battle last game, instead of making the creatures unblockable, could ended up with one merfolk on the bin to take care of the clock afterwards, but you maneged to beat the new hand anyway lol
That was certainly a valid line to enable Masked Vandal.
For sure. Although I would've loved the "fancy play" he described counting his own creature even more haha, shame the mana didn't quite get there.
*countering
Man, Kumena brings be back to the Ixalan times, when Ravnica was still standart....
I had so much fun in standart, kinda miss that, there was not so much struggle around arena...
Suprised to see you play dive down over snakeskin veil. The counter has some good synergy in the deck
It's a close call between the two, sometimes the extra toughness matters and we're more likely to leave up blue mana for other counterspells.
If I had more room I would probably play both, but the Ixalan flavor won this time.
At 11:23 why did you play vanquishers banner and tap out instead of removing gilded lotus and/or keeping up interaction? Opponent was showing 8 mana. Weren’t you just dead if they had paradox engine? Play paradox, play archlich to untap lotus, pickup, repeat.
That's a fair concern, but in 100-card singleton I'm not always going to play around 1-ofs.
It would be a different story if they tutored the turn before.
@@LegenVD that’s fair, I understand. Just seemed like an unnecessary risk to me when you were already ahead.
Looking forward to this since I have a paper Kumena deck. Stoked!
Thanks for another great video LVD! Just a minor comment on the mana base - Quandrix Campus is strictly better than Woodland Stream :)
Good timing, just finished work
hell yeah! Historic Brawl!
In the last match, what is your opinion on attacking with all 4 merfolk, assuming Kumena gets eaten by the 4/3, to then put it into the graveyard and exile it with Vandal to blow up the clock, returning Kumena to the command zone? I feel like even a river's rebuke on your whole board could have been less bad than some fresh hands with 8 mana available.
Edit: Saw another comment saying the same thing, nevermind. :D
Kudos for actually reading the other comments haha. Anyway this is not one of those obvious suggestions so I don't fault you for thinking it might not have been mentioned! Very clever to return to command zone upon exiling, I didn't think of that.
Thank you for this! I've been trying to make a good Kumena historic brawl deck.
Any ideas might change with Kamigawa? Maybe switch a land for Boseiju?
The Partners decks really beat down hard
I was yesterday thinking about building an kumena deck lol
Really wish standard has fun cards like that in current format. Let's see what Kamigawa will bring
I hated it whenever I saw this deck, but I’ll watch anyway xD
All my magic being on video now means I don't need to get annoyed anymore when the metagame always makes some matchup feel unfair :P
@@jerodast Same, the times I would get the most frustrated was from mana screw games! Glad I don’t have to go through that anymore with youtube MTG
Is Historic Brawl a permanent game type now? Might come back to Arena if that’s the case.
It is indeed.
I've heard you need to dig around in the menus to find it though
I found myself wanting sleep while playing this deck.
Could you make a poison counter deck where you use proliferate to add poison counters to your opponent
Make a Tatyova, Benthic Druid deck next please!!! I love watching your daily historic brawl videos bro!
Drives me nuts when opposing players sporadically look over your cards and you see all the white outlines moving like crazy. What do you even see moving that fast
there was a fly on my screen!
The game against Orvar was okay but I think not throwing the team at the opponent to get a fish in the yard for Vandal to pop the clock was maybe too risky of a line. You could even let Kumena go to the yard and exile him amd still get it back to the CZ.
Thoughts?
Yes, that was probably a little safer.
Do you have a locust god deck? I’m just bad at deck building (even though it should be obviously what you want for him) and would love to see your build of it
Have you ever see the movie Half Baked?
"You're not a fish, your a man!"
Here before the timestamps
Hi Legend! What about standard? Are your finish with it? Only historic format?
New set around the corner.
Would you happen to have a inportable deck list anywhere?
They're always in the video description!
Can export it from the Aetherhub website.
My god that "Raph" fella from game 3 really managed to get on my nerves.
200% agree!
How are you so good at building these decks?
How u got the tropical island In brawl ?
Herald of secret streams is OP
Hey men i love watching your content, it's always amazing ! Can you do a video on Zilortha ? i think it would be really fun :) Thank you again to make my day better
*your
@@tillrockafeller mb thank you
I'm surprised this deck isn't including the Wizard Class + Biomancer + Oracle combo.
Without any tutor effects it seems a little difficult to assemble, might be better in a 60 card format.
Love merfolk, the fact that there’s an elf wizard lizard creature counterspell that isn’t a merfolk is annoying
Fun drinking game: Take a shot every time LVD says 'Merfolk' in this video. See if you can last through the entire deck tech section :D
Nice contenet as always, just one question, why only historic brawl? what about standard or historic?
It's what my Patreon supporters voted for while waiting for the new set to revitalize other formats.
@@LegenVD ok I see, I hope to see you in other format with the new set
@@vincenzoliberatore5252 Historic Brawl is by far the best format on Arena though.
@@LegenVD actually I'm playing standard but wondering to move to historic after the new set will be released. I'm a new but old player ( i was playing when TPS was the best combo XD). Historic Brawl need too many cards and for the moment I don't have enough
Ah you missed the wizard class-benthic biomance-thassas oracle merfolk combo
Without any tutor effects it seems a little difficult to assemble, might be better in a 60 card format.
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Hello 🙂.
First! I can’t believe I was first this time!
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Yo I ain’t trying to take your thrown, literally popped up as soon as I went on his channel to comment on something and he literally posted it 1 second before I saw it. You’re always first, on every video 😊😊
@@Infinitylurks no it’s a joke on my end. Totally don’t take it seriously.
@@Infinitylurks congrats! You share it today.
I know it is! I just notice you’re on it everyday! A true fan indeed!
@@Infinitylurks gotta boost that algorithm.
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