I love your content and you’re my favorite magic streamer by far. Love watching cube drafts in particular. Is there any way you could hover over the cards a bit longer so we can read them? I had to look up probably 10 cards during your draft to see what they did, they were to difficult to pause on. Thanks so much for the content and keep up the great work!
Hey Kenji, found your channel back in December when I was trying to figure out how to draft cube for the first time, I've watched every arena video since. Keep doing these cube videos, they're so good to watch!
Caught a similar deck on stream yesterday and no complains, it's a sweet deck! Also, glad arena has something fun for us to play again, good to see you back on it
This is like my dream deck.. Its almost the same as the only commander deck I've ever made, lol. Grixis value town. Gonna be trying to force this in the cube too.
ok.. just drafted a straight UR version, and game 1 i finished my opponent off from 20 with a kicked Fight with Fire and copied it with Lutri. LOL. This deck is a blast.
I have yet to watch the video (will when I get home) so my apologies. Did you study the cards before your first draft? Or did you just wing it? I’ve only started playing seriously about two years ago, so I doubt I’ll know most of the cards. And I hate the alchemy format so I won’t know any of those cards either.
I don't think he studied the cube list. Kenji's been playing Magic in all it's formats for so many years that it's quite likely he knows most cards (except new Alchemy cards) just from having played with them in each previous format they've been in.
this is his specialty. its a specific mtg talent you have to have to be able to konw how to draft these cards when every pack is full of pack 1 pick 1's.
There was only one moment that made me tilt a bit watchin this draft, you're talking about how you badly need cheap instants & sorceries and you don't take the creature that puts 4 lightning bolts into what would be your 30- card deck at time of casting (Toralf's Disciple, pack 3 pick 7) ... 0_0
Problem is though: he needed the cheap spells for the early interaction. By the time you cast your Toralf thingy, it's turn 3, and you need to wait till at least turn 4 before you even get a bolt. By that time, Kenji already had more relevant plays
That card is pretty awful for control. As another commenter mentioned, it doesn’t come down until turn 3, and you don’t get bolts until turn 4 at the earliest. However, you usually have to wait even longer than that before you get a bolt. The point of control is to use early interaction so you can resolve big threats lategame. This card is the exact opposite of that - terrible terrible control card.
I totally agree! I played one cube event so far and each game an alchemy card took over the game……went 0-3. I know I did not draft the greatest deck, but what I had should have been 2-3 wins just because of how chaotic this format usually is…….unfortunately the Alchemy cards prevent that and create way too much value.
I was your opponent in round 6 I have done a little TH-cam recently if anyone wants to see the other side of the game my channel is called magic playing octopus
I love your content and you’re my favorite magic streamer by far. Love watching cube drafts in particular. Is there any way you could hover over the cards a bit longer so we can read them? I had to look up probably 10 cards during your draft to see what they did, they were to difficult to pause on.
Thanks so much for the content and keep up the great work!
Hey Kenji, found your channel back in December when I was trying to figure out how to draft cube for the first time, I've watched every arena video since. Keep doing these cube videos, they're so good to watch!
yeaaaah buddy
I feel like I already watched this deck on stream today, and I loved seeing it again.
if it aint broke
1:03:02 most sincere apology in the history of youtube
I will watch and enjoy you drafting this exact deck dozens of times over
Me: *looks at the cube pool*
Kenji: *cries in Discover the Formula*
Finally arena and cube with Kenji :)
wow that 1st game was such a beating! 2 decks playing mtg on completely different levels
seems like if ur just trying to beat down with well costed creatures, ur not doing this cube correctly.
Caught a similar deck on stream yesterday and no complains, it's a sweet deck! Also, glad arena has something fun for us to play again, good to see you back on it
This is like my dream deck.. Its almost the same as the only commander deck I've ever made, lol. Grixis value town.
Gonna be trying to force this in the cube too.
ok.. just drafted a straight UR version, and game 1 i finished my opponent off from 20 with a kicked Fight with Fire and copied it with Lutri. LOL. This deck is a blast.
That third game was insane!! WP GG
Grixis Nicol-Mizzet is my jam and you do it right.
Nico bolas grixis control will always be one of my favorite constructed decks.
Such a sick deck! izzet and grixis are so fun in this format. Might be the best combinations as well.
BACK ON ARENA LET'S GOOO. I don't really care for MTGO so it's great to have some Arena content again.
:O ^^ ! $$
20:41 that card to the left looking pretty interesting
Played this once so far with a R deck splashing green and black. Deck vroomed way better than I expected for the number of 5 drops I grabbed.
What a fun format. Haymakers right and left.
Man! I love this cube, great video nummy!
Hey, leave Izzet aside for a moment and bring us a blink deck, a Kami deck will also be enjoyed. xD
i always root for my streamer to win, but not gonna lie, it was kind of satisfying seeing him get WRECKED by that blue black deck with virus beetles
Did u See that wunderfull purple steel bottle from kenji?! Its beautifull!
love your arena cubes so much i would do ANYTHING for more
Syba siphoner + barals expertise is a sick combo
Are opponents completely random for the matchmaking or based on some mmr?
I *believe* for unranked it's just based on record
I have yet to watch the video (will when I get home) so my apologies. Did you study the cards before your first draft? Or did you just wing it? I’ve only started playing seriously about two years ago, so I doubt I’ll know most of the cards. And I hate the alchemy format so I won’t know any of those cards either.
I don't think he studied the cube list. Kenji's been playing Magic in all it's formats for so many years that it's quite likely he knows most cards (except new Alchemy cards) just from having played with them in each previous format they've been in.
I always just jump in cold, which is why I have very little idea of what any of the alchemy cards do
🔥🔥🔥 Nicol Bolas for the win!
four 20 life-concessions in that run, counting mr. salty last guy.
Watching you pass that P3P7 Toralfs disciple was rough. Especially since you were just saying that you wanted cheap burn spells
toralf's isnt cheap removal -_-
@@NumotTheNummyYT true...but it can put a couple bolts in your deck.
Toralfs Disciple is incredibly awful in a control deck. Bad aggro body that shuffles cards you don’t want (by the mid/late game) into your deck.
Some of these games were just absolute beatings... not even close
So glad this cube is back
We know. We all know.
Man that was bonkers. How do you break a format in one day?
this is his specialty. its a specific mtg talent you have to have to be able to konw how to draft these cards when every pack is full of pack 1 pick 1's.
How long is this available to play?
Holy molly, I hope you build a deck with Mama Zacama in the future.
th-cam.com/video/xQ_ULyJc_VM/w-d-xo.html His sweet Zacama deck. It is from 2018, so It is MTGO.
gonna need some steep stips to level this cube format
My body is so ready
Wow, I thought Nummy had at least 100K subs
There was only one moment that made me tilt a bit watchin this draft, you're talking about how you badly need cheap instants & sorceries and you don't take the creature that puts 4 lightning bolts into what would be your 30- card deck at time of casting (Toralf's Disciple, pack 3 pick 7) ... 0_0
Problem is though: he needed the cheap spells for the early interaction. By the time you cast your Toralf thingy, it's turn 3, and you need to wait till at least turn 4 before you even get a bolt. By that time, Kenji already had more relevant plays
That card is pretty awful for control. As another commenter mentioned, it doesn’t come down until turn 3, and you don’t get bolts until turn 4 at the earliest. However, you usually have to wait even longer than that before you get a bolt.
The point of control is to use early interaction so you can resolve big threats lategame. This card is the exact opposite of that - terrible terrible control card.
Yeah that's not what you want...you'd still have to draw the bolts anyways.
Sick draft but too bad wizards polluted the cube with the alchemy cards
This cube feels even better after we had that poop cube earlier
This deck is sweet
even in the cube the wizards are forcing alchemy...this sux so much...
I totally agree! I played one cube event so far and each game an alchemy card took over the game……went 0-3. I know I did not draft the greatest deck, but what I had should have been 2-3 wins just because of how chaotic this format usually is…….unfortunately the Alchemy cards prevent that and create way too much value.
I actually think cube draft is the perfect place for alchemy, fits with the powerlevel and wild stuff you can do in it.
Yeah I'm more of the opinion that cube is the best place for these rando alchemy cards
Woooo
Ah yes I love this cube
The alchemy cards don't feel fair sometimes. It hurts my heart, that they destroy the cubes :/
Hey, dont take away my draft cards! :S
But nice deck aye
This cube is a lot less fun because of the alchemy cards in my opinion.
When is kenji going to realize that it is u r numy not blue green??? Having a lot of fun with this nonsense
Stupid question - does everyone else feel like they're drunk or something w/ the video quality? or maybe I'm just drunk? :)
Your internet is drunk
Alchemy? That’s a no for me.
I was your opponent in round 6 I have done a little TH-cam recently if anyone wants to see the other side of the game my channel is called magic playing octopus
nice!
ffs so much advertsing
Arena has the better interface and all compared to MTGO but a lot more of the players are 1) just worse at the game and 2) salty children.