28:18 The "snap ultimate" of Liliana shows that Reid got the read on the Snapcaster. The cost of looking at your graveyard. This is why I lay mine out.
I am not a that much into Legacy but can someone explain why you would ever play Smallpox ? I mean, I understand what the deck is trying to do but even after that amazing start in the third round, there is absolutely nothing you can do, what am I missing ?
Well it tries to lock out your opponents but in this prticular game stoneblade player had an insane starting hand without lands and just top decked all the lands in the world one after another. You can't beat that kind of game play :) Pox has always been a bit rogue deck and it shined against aggro and xerox decks. Of course now days xerox just buries pox under card advantage, Prismatic Ending removes all your win conditions and Uro is a card you cannot beat.
WTF DID VIDIANTO. my bet is that he wanted to see the more cards as posible of reid deck before wining and he somehow thought the game was already in his favor so...
@@piningbuck I think you have a misunderstanding of what the pox deck is trying to do here. Its not a card advantage deck, its a disruption deck. If you are on the play, and you start with a (then) 4 loyalty lili, you have many options going into following turns. You are going to be taking a card out of both players hands every turn, and like you mentioned, you are running out of cards yourself, so soon that is just a one sided discard. The gameplan of the pox deck is often to empty out your own hand anyway to increase the value of cards like scroll, pox, lili, etc. You also have options to downtick lili if they get a threat out. But really what you are looking for is a turn one lili into a turn two double black spell (like land destruction or hymn). Its not the best play pattern in the world and relies on your opponent not running good off the top of the decks (drawing lands if you go for that plan or threats), but thats just kinda the entire story of playing pox every game. Obviously its bad if it gets forced, but a lot of play patterns are bad vs the best counterspell that was in the format.
@@trumpetperson11 ive played pox for a very long time at a competitive level. I have a good understanding of what its like to grind out game after game. When i wanted a break from playing those games i would run 5 colour the epic storm. Possibility the hardest play lines of any combo deck ever. Aint no scrub
WTF DID VIDIANTO. my bet is that he wanted to see the more cards as posible of reid deck before wining and he somehow thought the game was already in his favor so...
28:18 The "snap ultimate" of Liliana shows that Reid got the read on the Snapcaster. The cost of looking at your graveyard. This is why I lay mine out.
Reid with a top tier choice of basic swamp
2021 looks at Vidianto's deck and its wallet dissolves
Curious why no abyss, void, or chains of mestopholes
They should have made a card named Pyething Zhitte, for Osyp to play
what kind of basic lands is the deathblade player using?
Guru lands
also chains is 2 mana
I am not a that much into Legacy but can someone explain why you would ever play Smallpox ? I mean, I understand what the deck is trying to do but even after that amazing start in the third round, there is absolutely nothing you can do, what am I missing ?
Well it tries to lock out your opponents but in this prticular game stoneblade player had an insane starting hand without lands and just top decked all the lands in the world one after another. You can't beat that kind of game play :) Pox has always been a bit rogue deck and it shined against aggro and xerox decks. Of course now days xerox just buries pox under card advantage, Prismatic Ending removes all your win conditions and Uro is a card you cannot beat.
WTF DID VIDIANTO. my bet is that he wanted to see the more cards as posible of reid deck before wining and he somehow thought the game was already in his favor so...
Horrible plays by the esper player.
Im so tierd of people saying turn one lilli is good
Back then it was unstoppable. Nowadays not so much.
@@CranberryGraves nah even back then it was bad. Land, ritual and lilli plus discard your already 4 less cards in hand
@@piningbuck I think you have a misunderstanding of what the pox deck is trying to do here. Its not a card advantage deck, its a disruption deck. If you are on the play, and you start with a (then) 4 loyalty lili, you have many options going into following turns.
You are going to be taking a card out of both players hands every turn, and like you mentioned, you are running out of cards yourself, so soon that is just a one sided discard. The gameplan of the pox deck is often to empty out your own hand anyway to increase the value of cards like scroll, pox, lili, etc.
You also have options to downtick lili if they get a threat out. But really what you are looking for is a turn one lili into a turn two double black spell (like land destruction or hymn). Its not the best play pattern in the world and relies on your opponent not running good off the top of the decks (drawing lands if you go for that plan or threats), but thats just kinda the entire story of playing pox every game.
Obviously its bad if it gets forced, but a lot of play patterns are bad vs the best counterspell that was in the format.
@@trumpetperson11 ive played pox for a very long time at a competitive level. I have a good understanding of what its like to grind out game after game. When i wanted a break from playing those games i would run 5 colour the epic storm. Possibility the hardest play lines of any combo deck ever. Aint no scrub
WTF DID VIDIANTO. my bet is that he wanted to see the more cards as posible of reid deck before wining and he somehow thought the game was already in his favor so...