When Legend said “I think our opponent will stick around this time” I checked who it was. Laughed when I realized it was sparky Great stuff! Kinda new to see you playing “against the odds” instead of competitive decks, and while I prefer trying to make actually good decks this is a neat change of pace for the last chunk of time before rotation
@@TheEdwining No "real opponent" would stick around long enough to let him go off. Same reason Turbo Fog became popular: inevitability. And when you're trying to show a deck off so you can eat this month, you do what you gotta do.
@@TheEdwining Yeah yeah. It's not fun unless you know another human is on the other end suffering right? You need the blood or it's not a thrill for you?
@@joelarcher2691 Self-discard/reanimator I've found to be decent though. There are couple enchantments/creatures with payoffs for discarding your own cards. Combine that with cheating in big creatures like industry titans/ulamog.
Managed to get a darksteel win with your deck, opponent let me play it out. Thanks, that was on my to-do list for so long! :D Would like to see more themed weeks in the future, had a lot of fun with the decks. I hope this allows for more jank decks as long as the deck is themed!^^
the format of having themed weeks sounds great! what this week has highlighted most of all is that alt wincons deserve to have their own cool animations when they trigger a win.
Oh hell yes!!! I love these theme week ideas Luca! I have never won with Reactor in any format but thanks to you, I'm definitely going to try now!!!! This deck is awesome man, you're the best!!!!!
I wasn't paying attention and when I looked up during the last game I thought to myself, "What a patient opponent, letting Legend do all that proliferating" lol Good looking out Sparky.
I loved your theme deck week! I’d love to see a historic brawl one, maybe one that showcases decks that are the epitome of their archetype to give players a good showcase of several different deck styles in the format.
I loved this themed week! These non-viable yet fun decks especially, given that we normal Joes wouldn't spend wildcards on it but creators like you can! Very fun. It was so cute when you went against Sparky hehe
Loved the themed week. I found myself looking forward to the next idea under the theme while commuting back from work. Would love to see it return! Also, this deck a great finished for the theme week!
There are so many other alternate wincons you could do another full week of it! Excellent idea and other themes are more than welcome. Thanks for all your videos, both fun and educational.
Don't worry. Sparky doesn't mind. Sparky never minds. Their patience is as bottomless as your capacity for jank. "A bottomless curse. A bottomless sea. Accepting of all that there is, and can be."
Alt win condition week was AWESOME. Definitely support other theme weeks, such as: tribal (not just creatures but also PWs); non-HB singleton; constructed block & pauper (both of which are Midweek Magic events on Arena so you could coordinate w/ that schedule); "Major Tom" format (4, 3, 2, 1) A/K/A Magic Duels format (limited to max 4 of each common, 3/uncommon, 2/rare, 1/mythic) - for old time's sake!
Really dig this series! I'd love to do a version of this deck that instead of trying to win you just try to give your opponent lots of presents (treasure, clue tokens, creatures, etc) through the power of infinite turns. And then your opponents end up losing anyways when they concede instead of accepting your gifts :( killing with kindness!
First of all: you are the best deck builder ever!! I fell like this is the most fun part of magic, choose a junky card and build a fun deck around It! I would love to see the evolution of that! In BO1 u can surprise the opponent, but... BO3? btw Happy Ester!
While the theme week was an interesting change of pace, I think I prefer the random assortment you usually do. I love the surprise that comes with each new upload (with the exception of the polls!).
Magistrate's Scepter is so under-rated. I discovered it a few months ago and couldn't believe it was under $1 in paper. I built a modern deck with it using Emry and Coretappers to enable the counter generation. (It, of course, also runs plenty of proliferate) Not having to use the scepter to add its own first counter REALLY speeds up the deck and Emry unlocks a lot more interaction via things like Spellbomb and Ratchet Bomb. I also run Transmogrifying Wand as I can ensure it has effectively unlimited counters and Ratchet Bomb lets me clear out the tokens. :) Lux Cannon in the sideboard for non creature matches. Not Elite tier as Modern goes but it is wildly more powerful than I thought it would be for a deck that cost me less than $50.
I know a lot of people don't like it, but I for one would love it if you showcased more Alchemy cards like the Dispenser, you can choose to avoid the more obnoxious ones and some are genuinely interesting.
I really wish MTGA had a "play it out" option after Oppo concedes where you just continue your turns with them automatically passing. Then you could show the combo without resorting to beating up poor Sparky.
Fantastic Idea of doing a themed week. Keep them coming. Also, may I request a build around Thing in the Ice, please? Would love to see a deck with this. Grazie!
I particularly liked the light meme-y tone of this week. How about a misleading mono-color week? Like draw-a-lot red, green tempo, blue stompy... Or some sort of commander fake-outs?
Pretty embarrassing how long it took me to figure out match 7 was against Sparky. "Wow this opp is being so patient, must recognize Legend and wants to see his deck pop off!"
i know it sounds weird but i often try to build a deck around a theme like forest or something and as one might have guessed from my name but i love the ocean and i would love for u to make a series where u build at least partially viable thematic decks. Maybe begin with an ocean themed deck
I really wanted you to uptick Karn on Darksteel Reactor in that last match and beat your opponent to death with it instead of reaching 20 counters. That might actually be a decent April Fools video, the alternate win condition deck that can’t fulfill any of the alternate wincons it just plays Starfield of Nyx and swings in with Battle of Wits.
Also I think Lithoform Engine would've been good in tis deck, by copying activated abilities; since Scepter doesn't require mana to take an extra turn, only tapping.
what about legend week with all color combinations of legends decks using some of the team cards from march of the machine? abzan, jeskai, temur, mardu, also the new Rona coming with the new set aswell
yes, the alternate win condition week has been a lot of fun ! although whether you should or shouldn't make more of these themed weeks should imho depend on you, not your audience. i feel like as long as you're having fun, the audience will too. the day you don't, the audience probably won't either. anyways, my take is do as you like !
Wacky idea for a themed week: building decks using EXCLUSIVELY digital-only cards. Probably a disaster in the waiting, but there's around 300 cards that applies to, there's surely gotta be something kinda strong you can put together, with the added benefit that they're gonna be cards opponents won't know as much about. There could be something especially sneaky lurking in a specialize creature that literally nobody's noticed
I would totally love to see these "Theme weeks" again! It was super fun!
Agreed!
When Legend said “I think our opponent will stick around this time” I checked who it was. Laughed when I realized it was sparky
Great stuff! Kinda new to see you playing “against the odds” instead of competitive decks, and while I prefer trying to make actually good decks this is a neat change of pace for the last chunk of time before rotation
Same bro Im in the video thats hilarious
LVD has always done a mixture of competitive and jank decks. That's what make him consistently entertaining to follow!
Big props to that Sparky guy for hanging in there and letting you combo off. 😉😉
I love that he still spends so much effort in making optimal plays against Sparky.
yes... put not quite satisfaying... Sparky is not a real oponnent
@@TheEdwining No "real opponent" would stick around long enough to let him go off. Same reason Turbo Fog became popular: inevitability. And when you're trying to show a deck off so you can eat this month, you do what you gotta do.
@@TheEdwining Yeah yeah. It's not fun unless you know another human is on the other end suffering right? You need the blood or it's not a thrill for you?
I didn't read the name till about half thru that I was commending the guy for hanging around
Karn +1 to turn the equipment into a creature to make it fall off in match 3 would have bought a lot of time
That's a really smart idea! I don't think I've seen that before. Good call
That would have been a good play
So satisfying to see the mono discard deck fall short in that first game
Very Satisfying!
Discard is pretty weak in general
But why? Isn’t it an honest archetype in general 😞
@@joelarcher2691 Self-discard/reanimator I've found to be decent though. There are couple enchantments/creatures with payoffs for discarding your own cards. Combine that with cheating in big creatures like industry titans/ulamog.
Discard is cool
Cope because you got your win condition
Discarded.
Honestly this week rocked, was a huge fan! Would really love to see more themed weeks :D
Theme weeks like this really provide a lot of value. Would love to see it again.
Personally would LOVE more themed weeks! Your deckbuilding and piloting skills are always a treat
I absolutely loved these alternate WinCon videos. Thank you for doing them, LegenVD!
My money was on sparky! 😂 Outstanding content as always, thank you for the week of janky builds ❤
I'd honestly love to see more themed weeks, doubly so for a tribe week! Your merfolk tribal deck is what really got me into the game.
That Match 2.. the Opponent had the card in hand the entire time, and was juuuuust waiting, haha
Managed to get a darksteel win with your deck, opponent let me play it out. Thanks, that was on my to-do list for so long! :D
Would like to see more themed weeks in the future, had a lot of fun with the decks. I hope this allows for more jank decks as long as the deck is themed!^^
Love the alternate win condition week… would love to see more themed weeks
But would also love more alternate wins!!
the format of having themed weeks sounds great! what this week has highlighted most of all is that alt wincons deserve to have their own cool animations when they trigger a win.
This week of alternate wincons was great fun! Would love to see something similar again!
Oh hell yes!!! I love these theme week ideas Luca! I have never won with Reactor in any format but thanks to you, I'm definitely going to try now!!!!
This deck is awesome man, you're the best!!!!!
This has been the best week of uploads (not including your streak of historic brawl vids) ever.
I love the theme week idea, I've seen it around for a couple of my fav youtubers before. But you do a fantastic job with it. keep it up
Only the most exquisite jank in this deck. Thank you, LVD
I wasn't paying attention and when I looked up during the last game I thought to myself, "What a patient opponent, letting Legend do all that proliferating" lol
Good looking out Sparky.
I loved your theme deck week! I’d love to see a historic brawl one, maybe one that showcases decks that are the epitome of their archetype to give players a good showcase of several different deck styles in the format.
More themes like this, it was fantastic. So fun and interesting. Some of your best content ever, every deck was fantastic!
Love the alternate wincon week! Would love to see other themes!
I loved this themed week! These non-viable yet fun decks especially, given that we normal Joes wouldn't spend wildcards on it but creators like you can! Very fun.
It was so cute when you went against Sparky hehe
Glad you enjoyed!
Loved the alternate win condition week videos, thanks!
Loved the themed week. I found myself looking forward to the next idea under the theme while commuting back from work. Would love to see it return!
Also, this deck a great finished for the theme week!
Series is great LVD! Looking forward to the next!
Love the theme week idea, and love rooting for the janky underdog! Keep this up!
Love this weekly theme idea. Keep it up LVD!
I really enjoyed this week and would for sure love to see more themed weeks!
16:02 could play sage, crack passage, then activate sceptre in response to proliferate trigger
There are so many other alternate wincons you could do another full week of it! Excellent idea and other themes are more than welcome. Thanks for all your videos, both fun and educational.
poor luca lol what you had to go through this week and this video especially! thanks for the great content as always
Bullying Sparky 🤣
Don't worry. Sparky doesn't mind. Sparky never minds. Their patience is as bottomless as your capacity for jank.
"A bottomless curse. A bottomless sea. Accepting of all that there is, and can be."
Alternate win con week was great fun. I really love when Luca showcases his talent to build these weird janky engine decks.
Very nice weekly theme, enjoyed quite a lot
This week was awesome! Looking forward for the next special weeks!
that last opponent was really patient
Alt win condition week was AWESOME. Definitely support other theme weeks, such as: tribal (not just creatures but also PWs); non-HB singleton; constructed block & pauper (both of which are Midweek Magic events on Arena so you could coordinate w/ that schedule); "Major Tom" format (4, 3, 2, 1) A/K/A Magic Duels format (limited to max 4 of each common, 3/uncommon, 2/rare, 1/mythic) - for old time's sake!
Alt Win Condition Week was fun. You never get to see these kinds of decks. It was nice.
My favorite alternate wincon is bluffing your opponents into conceding so this video is 10/10
Really dig this series!
I'd love to do a version of this deck that instead of trying to win you just try to give your opponent lots of presents (treasure, clue tokens, creatures, etc) through the power of infinite turns. And then your opponents end up losing anyways when they concede instead of accepting your gifts :( killing with kindness!
First of all: you are the best deck builder ever!!
I fell like this is the most fun part of magic, choose a junky card and build a fun deck around It!
I would love to see the evolution of that! In BO1 u can surprise the opponent, but... BO3?
btw Happy Ester!
Happy Easter!
I love alternative win condition week brings out the ingenuity and fun i love about magic
Yes please. This was so fun to watch :)
Damn, you weren't lying Luca. What a pile! :D This should be entertaining
Your narration is awesome!
Bro some of those quick games I couldn't help but to laugh at 😂. Benn on both ends of them myself u just laugh 😂
Yeah definitely more of alternative win-cons. Very fun week
Love your vids LegenVD!!
Matches 4 and 5 truly say something about the state of Bo1 historic
I will say, if you're running 0 interaction, you're going to get cheese every time
Loving the thematic week!
"I've gotta feeling that our opponent's not gonna leave early"
Lol good ol' Sparky. Going insane with degenerate decks against her is so cathartic.
Loved the theme weeks mate, moar plx!
While the theme week was an interesting change of pace, I think I prefer the random assortment you usually do. I love the surprise that comes with each new upload (with the exception of the polls!).
I really enjoyed theme week. Would like to see more themed content.
Very fun week with the theme week LVD
I think a tribes theme would be fun next, opens up a lot of deck building ideas
I LOVE playing against sparky to be able to see a deck pop off
Magistrate's Scepter is so under-rated. I discovered it a few months ago and couldn't believe it was under $1 in paper. I built a modern deck with it using Emry and Coretappers to enable the counter generation. (It, of course, also runs plenty of proliferate)
Not having to use the scepter to add its own first counter REALLY speeds up the deck and Emry unlocks a lot more interaction via things like Spellbomb and Ratchet Bomb. I also run Transmogrifying Wand as I can ensure it has effectively unlimited counters and Ratchet Bomb lets me clear out the tokens. :) Lux Cannon in the sideboard for non creature matches.
Not Elite tier as Modern goes but it is wildly more powerful than I thought it would be for a deck that cost me less than $50.
Wish we had Coretapper on Arena, certainly would’ve helped out!
I know a lot of people don't like it, but I for one would love it if you showcased more Alchemy cards like the Dispenser, you can choose to avoid the more obnoxious ones and some are genuinely interesting.
Great content as always! You should show off a red/white samurai/warrior deck with Raiyuu, such a fun card
Themed week was great!
Deck building week would be awesome your process of picking and eliminating cards and drafting videos
I really wish MTGA had a "play it out" option after Oppo concedes where you just continue your turns with them automatically passing. Then you could show the combo without resorting to beating up poor Sparky.
Themes is a great plan!
Fantastic Idea of doing a themed week. Keep them coming. Also, may I request a build around Thing in the Ice, please? Would love to see a deck with this. Grazie!
I loved theme week! I’d like to see a monocolor (and colorless) week, and an archetype (aggro, midrange, tempo, control) week as two ideas.
I particularly liked the light meme-y tone of this week. How about a misleading mono-color week? Like draw-a-lot red, green tempo, blue stompy... Or some sort of commander fake-outs?
Match 4 went crazy 😂😂😂
Sparky in the last match felt like when a kid brings his first deck to an FNM
Make a series on alternate win conditions and try to win with each one until you've had them all. I love watching what you think of everytime.
Would love to see something like ‘control deck week’ ‘tribal week’ or ‘historic brawl week’. Maybe even an unusual one like ‘rank grind week’.
For a second I was asking myself: "Who would sit through all of this?" in game 7, then realized he was playing Sparky LOL
Pretty embarrassing how long it took me to figure out match 7 was against Sparky. "Wow this opp is being so patient, must recognize Legend and wants to see his deck pop off!"
that sparky player is a glutton for pain ill tell you that brother man
This theme week was really great! Could we see a Crab week? Or around Halloween, a zombie/horror themed week?
I love the theme weeks! Sad we're at the end already 😢
I love it. More theme weeks.
i know it sounds weird but i often try to build a deck around a theme like forest or something and as one might have guessed from my name but i love the ocean and i would love for u to make a series where u build at least partially viable thematic decks. Maybe begin with an ocean themed deck
Cool decks, loves how you bullied sparky
Please, please, PLEASE do more theme weeks! Its been a while since I’ve been quite as engaged.
It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize the last opponent was Sparky
Feels like poison could be a good win con for this deck
I really wanted you to uptick Karn on Darksteel Reactor in that last match and beat your opponent to death with it instead of reaching 20 counters.
That might actually be a decent April Fools video, the alternate win condition deck that can’t fulfill any of the alternate wincons it just plays Starfield of Nyx and swings in with Battle of Wits.
best magic youtuber
Using Karn to unequip equipment by turning them into creatures, is also a viable option in those matches.
Ah, turn 2 kill decks, almost like Richard Garfield envisioned. We need turn one kills again
even a "mono-color" week or a "5c week" would be kinda interesting
Where do you get that awesome Avatar on Match 7? Poor guy thou, good for him/her for sitting through.
Also I think Lithoform Engine would've been good in tis deck, by copying activated abilities; since Scepter doesn't require mana to take an extra turn, only tapping.
what about legend week with all color combinations of legends decks using some of the team cards from march of the machine? abzan, jeskai, temur, mardu, also the new Rona coming with the new set aswell
You're the meanest person I like 😂
yes, the alternate win condition week has been a lot of fun ! although whether you should or shouldn't make more of these themed weeks should imho depend on you, not your audience. i feel like as long as you're having fun, the audience will too. the day you don't, the audience probably won't either. anyways, my take is do as you like !
Good advice!
@@LegenVD and thanks for your content, it's really nice to be able to relax and laugh to your videos !
Amazing
Of course Sparky is not going to concede in the last game!
You may make absolutely no mistakes and still lose. That isn't weakness, it's playing against a minion of the mighty deck.
Wacky idea for a themed week: building decks using EXCLUSIVELY digital-only cards. Probably a disaster in the waiting, but there's around 300 cards that applies to, there's surely gotta be something kinda strong you can put together, with the added benefit that they're gonna be cards opponents won't know as much about. There could be something especially sneaky lurking in a specialize creature that literally nobody's noticed
I love it. Make a "lose the game" week 😁👌
I can share some of my deck lists then 😂