For Tandem Takedown, if you have 3 rotpriests out you can also target the damage to the 3rd one and get 9 poison straight away, possible at 22:24 but not necessary in that instance lol
I built a really cool 5 color Commander deck that used Zada, Hedron grinder as the secret commander. That paired with a bunch of pump spells and Venerated rot priest usually took the board out in the same turn it was played lol
I tried something similar using the repulsive mutation but man, that tandem take down is a great idea. I did have 3 copies of Mirrorhall Mimic. Reduced that number to see how take down works. I also have Doppelgang. Even if it only gets 2 extra rotpriest, it is still good
16 Fucking Rotpriests GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Creature - Phyrexian Druid 16/32 Toxic 16 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get 16 poison counters.) Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, target opponent gets 16 poison counters. "holY shit" -Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Theoretically, in match three, I am not exactly sure how tandem takedown works, but if you can target a rotpriest with the damage, it would have been 11 poison.
Repulsive Mutation is a good include for making a rotpriest a much bigger threat and get the battle flipped. The 8/8 is a good blocker and also allows your rotpriest to deal damage even when blocked. Just saying..
I was working on a sideboard for this deck. What if it was modular? Where we go from 16 Rotpriest.dec to a mono green toxic deck? With Cavern of Souls as a SB option against control (naming Phyrexian)? Maybe add in blue from the board for Dooplegangnsjenangoans?
It's interesting to think that a best case scenario would let you use Tandem Takedown on 2 Rot Priest to target a 3rd Rot Priest and have that card deal 9 poison by itself. Not sure how you could have 3 of those in play and still need to apply 9 poison, but still pretty intense.
LVD, have you considered trimming two of the search effects for two Tear Asunder? Gives you a cheap answer to Temporary Lockdown, which seems to be this deck's worst case scenario for getting rid of Rotpriest.
We can answer Lockdown with Archdruid's Charm or Boseiju, so don't think we need more of those effects in the main. After sideboard we could always add more.
@@LegenVD I forgot how much text is on Archdruid's Charm! But those scenarios make sense, too. Have you considered some copies of Leaping Ambush? It allows you to target a Rotpriest, untap it to block against the more aggressive strategies, and even block fliers which this deck seems to also struggle against.
Good stuff - question: when you're holding up protection spells, shouldn't you play more Rotpriests before attacking? Just to get more poison counters in case you have to play a protection card. Match 2 has an example when you attacked the second time
If they have removal they would likely just cast it in response to the second Rotpriest, so we would just give them extra information before they have to decide what to cast. The exception is with cards like Wandering Emperor where the timing of their removal could matter.
I think the first game was the luckiest I have ever seen you get. Topdecking 2 rot priests and then getting the pump spell last turn was insane. That's the one criticism I have for your videos, you don't always include the decks winrate, so someone might actually see the video and see it winning and think its a viable deck
I’m always happy to give my opinion on a deck at the end of each video, which will distill my experience of playing the deck in the current meta. Sharing winrates over a sample of 10 or fewer games is statistically insignificant and can be skewed by a lot of factors, such as play/draw and the surprise factor of an unknown deck which wears off after a few days. That’s why you won’t see me claim any outlandish win rates in my video titles. I always recommend to people that are tight on wildcards to wait a week or so after a video is posted so Untapped has time to gather more data on the deck. That way you’ll get a much bigger sample size and a more honest representation of a deck. Videos are also meant to be entertaining and nobody wants to see games where someone doesn't get to play Magic.
I see, really appreciate the reply. I thought you played more than 10 games with the deck. I get cutting out the games where you dont get to play, but I also wouldnt mind see more of you losing! As long as its a game where you got to play your spells.
My mistake was thinking it could help in match 3 as well. You could use the third targeting on your own dude to get 3 target triggers but that requires a third dude because it says "another" target so the first two can't be targeted (I think). Thank you for the amazing content as always. Hearing you talk through your thought process makes me a better player and that is why I watch.
Bushwhack might be better, because it scales with the number of rotpriests. Perhaps there's another variant that's even better. Thirsting roots can only give one extra counter. It has the benefit of not needing a rotpriest, so it still might be better...
@@LegenVD But 1 Mana less to cast and it has at least the option not to go for an land, but to get a (one last) poison counter. Play a priest deck similar to your form newbie to Diamond. Thanks for pointing out Invasion of Ikoria to me, the biggest problem with this deck were matchups in Round 7+ an still no rotpriest... :) I also like the idea of giving poison with no more rotpriest on the board with the roots.
This deck is literally toxic as hell! And that facts that this deck is mono green makes an awesome land base too! Awesome job as usual! I think I actually might have to take this deck for a spin! It looks like so much fun! 😄
It's a royalty free track, TH-cam has a bunch of them now in the TH-cam music library. Some require attribution in the video description, including the one I'm using.
6:20 enemy should have tap, then Demolition to get one more counter? Obviously not much you could do about that :) Edit: Oh, never mind, Rotpriest has toxic.
I don't understand the title. You have nothing that copies the rot priest and little to target all of them at the same time, so where are you getting the title?
each creature tutor is being counted as a rotpriest, because that's essentially what that card will be grabbing, 4 one mana rotpriests and 12 3 mana rotpriests
Lol... Solemnity destroys that deck completely. Hm... that is if you don't already have ten counters on turn three. Ah... and I saw a Boseiyu there, so that could target the enchantment.
Poison is just such an unfun deck to play against. Really lame. Hardly any interaction with the mechanic itself and 10 poison counters add up way too quickly.
Thank you for the perpetuation of the s**tty card and gametype in Standard. Everything for the views I guess even if it means a crappy experience for everyone who finds this card an aberration.
But I'm not. I follow you because I really like how you discover some interesting tech but as I do many also do and have no issues in using your decks over and over. There are cards that should not exist and the Rotpriest is one of them hence I said what I said. Standard will be swamped with players using that deck, since it works well, and make the format miserable for everyone but them.@@LegenVD
16 rotpriesrs walk into a bar. bartender said "scoop"
Literally never seen somebody play 2 rotpriests since I scoop when the first one goes on the stack. I'm not even joking.
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
you really shouldnt :) 1 is nothing, you shuld start worrying if you see 2 ;) @@MetalHev
bartender says: *weird phyrexian shrieks*
Into an icecream bar.
Can I say, that mono-Red player game 3 really played that beautifully. Just marvelous timings and decisions all around. Kudos to that guy tbh
For Tandem Takedown, if you have 3 rotpriests out you can also target the damage to the 3rd one and get 9 poison straight away, possible at 22:24 but not necessary in that instance lol
Indeed!
I adjusted my variant some. I learned from your land count and used 2 land slots for more defensive cards. Thanks! You helped make it more consistent.
But what if we doppleganged the rotpriests?
Croaking Counterpart is probably a little better for a deck that's not ramping a whole lot.
@@LegenVD Frog clones provide a lot of value
This guy gets it.
Then you would be a very toxic person.
This is LegenVD, not Mono Black. Leave the jank to the latter, the master of all jank!
Great deck Luca, Loved The "for Science" :)
Thanks for the entertainment and great work as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Between the poison counters and the March of Burgeoning Life, I would call this the Springtime Allergy Deck
You know when Luca says "for science" it's gonna be an awesome game xD
sweet, onto the next one! such a cool vibe in your videos thank you for the cool content
I like this. No goofy "big ramp, big creatures", plus it's nice to see something other than mono red / Boros aggro or Simic ramp these days.
don't get to play the game but in green
@@pietapizza1 it's either that or Oops, All Board wipes 🥲
@@CRAETION_ or 3 bats
Love a mono green!
I built a really cool 5 color Commander deck that used Zada, Hedron grinder as the secret commander. That paired with a bunch of pump spells and Venerated rot priest usually took the board out in the same turn it was played lol
I tried something similar using the repulsive mutation but man, that tandem take down is a great idea. I did have 3 copies of Mirrorhall Mimic. Reduced that number to see how take down works. I also have Doppelgang. Even if it only gets 2 extra rotpriest, it is still good
16 Rotpriests?
“Holy sh*t!” - Nissa
16 Fucking Rotpriests
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Creature - Phyrexian Druid 16/32
Toxic 16 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get 16 poison counters.)
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, target opponent gets 16 poison counters.
"holY shit"
-Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
@@astuteanansi4935creature type is wrong, should be "Phyrexian Druids"
"we hope is not against an aggro deck" literally standard is almost only aggro haha Thats why I love this guy, good decks off meta
Theoretically, in match three, I am not exactly sure how tandem takedown works, but if you can target a rotpriest with the damage, it would have been 11 poison.
Never thought mono green poison would ever be a thing
Truly a shocking proposition
wizards: "lets print a one mana creature that give poison with every fucking spell"
Repulsive Mutation is a good include for making a rotpriest a much bigger threat and get the battle flipped. The 8/8 is a good blocker and also allows your rotpriest to deal damage even when blocked. Just saying..
I was working on a sideboard for this deck.
What if it was modular? Where we go from 16 Rotpriest.dec to a mono green toxic deck? With Cavern of Souls as a SB option against control (naming Phyrexian)? Maybe add in blue from the board for Dooplegangnsjenangoans?
"On two zee next one !". Like it 🙂
It's interesting to think that a best case scenario would let you use Tandem Takedown on 2 Rot Priest to target a 3rd Rot Priest and have that card deal 9 poison by itself. Not sure how you could have 3 of those in play and still need to apply 9 poison, but still pretty intense.
Indeed, should've mentioned that interaction!
LVD, have you considered trimming two of the search effects for two Tear Asunder? Gives you a cheap answer to Temporary Lockdown, which seems to be this deck's worst case scenario for getting rid of Rotpriest.
We can answer Lockdown with Archdruid's Charm or Boseiju, so don't think we need more of those effects in the main. After sideboard we could always add more.
@@LegenVD I forgot how much text is on Archdruid's Charm! But those scenarios make sense, too. Have you considered some copies of Leaping Ambush? It allows you to target a Rotpriest, untap it to block against the more aggressive strategies, and even block fliers which this deck seems to also struggle against.
I tried brewing an OTK rotpriest deck around Vesuvan Duplimancy. Not much luck but would like to see your take if ya wanna take a stab at it! ^^
Token limit Duplimancy Mondraks is a fun deck I ran into in the play queue
Good stuff - question: when you're holding up protection spells, shouldn't you play more Rotpriests before attacking? Just to get more poison counters in case you have to play a protection card. Match 2 has an example when you attacked the second time
If they have removal they would likely just cast it in response to the second Rotpriest, so we would just give them extra information before they have to decide what to cast. The exception is with cards like Wandering Emperor where the timing of their removal could matter.
Thanks for the reply and for being the best in the business!
I think the first game was the luckiest I have ever seen you get. Topdecking 2 rot priests and then getting the pump spell last turn was insane. That's the one criticism I have for your videos, you don't always include the decks winrate, so someone might actually see the video and see it winning and think its a viable deck
Especially because you normally post all your wins or mostly wins with 1 loss
I’m always happy to give my opinion on a deck at the end of each video, which will distill my experience of playing the deck in the current meta. Sharing winrates over a sample of 10 or fewer games is statistically insignificant and can be skewed by a lot of factors, such as play/draw and the surprise factor of an unknown deck which wears off after a few days. That’s why you won’t see me claim any outlandish win rates in my video titles. I always recommend to people that are tight on wildcards to wait a week or so after a video is posted so Untapped has time to gather more data on the deck. That way you’ll get a much bigger sample size and a more honest representation of a deck. Videos are also meant to be entertaining and nobody wants to see games where someone doesn't get to play Magic.
I see, really appreciate the reply. I thought you played more than 10 games with the deck. I get cutting out the games where you dont get to play, but I also wouldnt mind see more of you losing! As long as its a game where you got to play your spells.
Might show up in the video, but curious what happens if the third (last) target of Tandem Takedown is a rotpriest. Is that 3 target triggers?
Could've gone for it in Match 4 I suppose, should work as intended!
My mistake was thinking it could help in match 3 as well. You could use the third targeting on your own dude to get 3 target triggers but that requires a third dude because it says "another" target so the first two can't be targeted (I think). Thank you for the amazing content as always. Hearing you talk through your thought process makes me a better player and that is why I watch.
20:14 Why is mono-red always such a destructive arch-type?
Bushwhack might be better, because it scales with the number of rotpriests. Perhaps there's another variant that's even better. Thirsting roots can only give one extra counter. It has the benefit of not needing a rotpriest, so it still might be better...
It was definitely a consideration, problem is Bushwhack needs two targets and Rotpriest is unlikely to win a fight.
@@LegenVD But 1 Mana less to cast and it has at least the option not to go for an land, but to get a (one last) poison counter. Play a priest deck similar to your form newbie to Diamond. Thanks for pointing out Invasion of Ikoria to me, the biggest problem with this deck were matchups in Round 7+ an still no rotpriest... :) I also like the idea of giving poison with no more rotpriest on the board with the roots.
Anyone would expect a simic judas rotpriest cloning deck but, hry, it works too.
I take it as a point of pride that I have playsets of most major decks in arena but still have 0 copies of rot priest.
This deck is literally toxic as hell! And that facts that this deck is mono green makes an awesome land base too!
Awesome job as usual! I think I actually might have to take this deck for a spin! It looks like so much fun! 😄
Nice! :)
Clones on the rotpriests
it struck me today... where did u get the music for your intro?
It's a royalty free track, TH-cam has a bunch of them now in the TH-cam music library.
Some require attribution in the video description, including the one I'm using.
@@LegenVD i see, thank you for replying
is this version better than the ivy one?
That first guy rage quit so hard
Maybe something to get rotpriest back out of the yard would be worthwhile
Invasion of Ikoria technically does!
6:20 enemy should have tap, then Demolition to get one more counter? Obviously not much you could do about that :)
Edit: Oh, never mind, Rotpriest has toxic.
Day 1 of a request : Persuasive Interrogators. Using Bartolome and or cutthroat centurion. Create clues and sac 5 with interrogators out for the win!
Anyone else notice he had lethal in match 3 and just passed instead?
What have you done
*cries in control*
I don't understand the title. You have nothing that copies the rot priest and little to target all of them at the same time, so where are you getting the title?
each creature tutor is being counted as a rotpriest, because that's essentially what that card will be grabbing, 4 one mana rotpriests and 12 3 mana rotpriests
this has big "36 copies of Siege Rhino" vibes
Bro saw RemyMTG's Mamba no. 5 song and was inspired
Lol... Solemnity destroys that deck completely. Hm... that is if you don't already have ten counters on turn three. Ah... and I saw a Boseiyu there, so that could target the enchantment.
Solemnity isn’t in Standard, but Archdruid’s Charm can also remove it fwiw.
@@LegenVD Ah... yeah, right, but maybe you would encounter that deck in history. It could be possible that you run into Solemnity then.
Yeah, we scooping with this one. I'd rather play against 10 monored/boros than play against one toxic counter decks
Nurgle deck 🦠🦠🦠
Lol let's try it for science.
It’s sad this is what Mono Green has come to. Wish there was a viable stompy deck.
It's on the bucket list!
Roaming Throne + Gruff Triplets kinda gets there
but you can destroy the lockdown with charm.....
Good point, but still need to draw it!
hear me out: Croaking Counterpart and Ivy, Spellthief
Poison is just such an unfun deck to play against. Really lame. Hardly any interaction with the mechanic itself and 10 poison counters add up way too quickly.
Agreed, that’s why I invested in this archetype to showcase how unfair rotpriest is
Would you say it's toxic?
Alternate win conditions are always such a disaster, I don't understand why Wizards keeps pushing this stuff
@@pietapizza1 I actually think most of them are fine, just not poison
@@honestabe411 most of them are either unplayable or the worst thing ever to play against (mill)
Rootpriests on Steroids, good deck.
Wow... this brew looks -----
Riveting gameplay from the Dimir removal.dek opponent. 0/10 would play again.
7 poison on turn 3 is just so degenerate.
Thanks, I hate it
Turns out a 3 mana rotpriest is still really good in the right deck
Titles like these are auto watched.
Sorry legend but the title is 'clickbait' and there aren't 16 Rotpriest here. So ' dislike' for this video.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Thank you for the perpetuation of the s**tty card and gametype in Standard. Everything for the views I guess even if it means a crappy experience for everyone who finds this card an aberration.
You're making a lot of (incorrect) assumptions there.
But I'm not. I follow you because I really like how you discover some interesting tech but as I do many also do and have no issues in using your decks over and over. There are cards that should not exist and the Rotpriest is one of them hence I said what I said. Standard will be swamped with players using that deck, since it works well, and make the format miserable for everyone but them.@@LegenVD