MTG Arena - Standard - Upgrading Forest's Might (2018) 

Those games were so cool! baiting the 3-damage removal with brontodon, chumpblocking with vine mare, and keeping a 0-land hand were really impressive. I wouldn't have thought to do any of that. Smart plays for sure.

I really appreciate your commentary during the deck building and the games. The detail you go into regarding how each card responds or their uses in the deck is very appreciated. A lot of other mtg youtubers will quickly dismiss a card "that card is trash" without explaining *why* it is trash, so i like that you often explain why one card is preferred over another when you replace cards in any given deck. I look forward to more upgrade deck videos!

Very in-depth and professional guide. Thank you!

Hey there I am new to magic and your upgrading videos are imo great for beginners like me not only are you explaining in depth how the deck itself works(the idea behind the cards in it) but also the upgrading is explained in a great way and adding/removing cards to me was the hardest part as a newcomer who barely knows any of the cards. Thank you for your videos !

That last match was brutal. Awesome video Legend.

i love how you explain everything and share your knowledge of the game. thanks for the video

I got this recommended through reddit. Instant subscribe, and I love your voice and how calm you are in a match and how you explain everything! Keep it up!

I like the thumbnail of the video that breaks down the rarity of the cards needed in the deck, great for a quick glance of what’s needed.

Yesss I’ve been waiting for this since it’s the beginner deck I play with

It was really good to see you play out the control matchup. You legitimately almost won that.

I just recently found your channel by searching for ideas on upgrading the starter decks. This video series is fantastic. I would love to see Graveyard Bash done next. Keep them coming!

so much work is put in to these videos , i love it

I really like that you start upgrading the deck with cards that are readily available from other starter decks even if those cards don't end up being included in the fully-upgraded version. For this provides players who don't have enough wild cards for the full upgrade helpful insights in how to tweak the deck with cards that are indeed at their disposal. Very good video.

I am also interested in Primal Fury as this was my favorite starter deck. Can't thank you enough for your videos. SO helpful.

DUDE THIS SERIES IS SO PERFECT TO ME I LOVE THIS OMG

Live the upgrade video thanks for sharing your experience.

Your upgrading videos are definitely my favorites so far. :D As a returning player going step by step in the deckbuilding and the logic behind it helps a lot to get back into the swing of things. Would love to see what you could do to the Izzet deck or even the mono red deck (imo probably the weakest of the bunch)

Amazing series. Love it. Keep doing this type of upgrades decks wp

Big thump up for your upgrade-deck vids! Great content for beginners!

love your upgrading series!

Great guide as always LVD. I would love to see another one talking about the U/R Wrath of Mages deck.

I love these videos, Legend!

What I really like about Green stompy decks is the variety of ways you can run them. I really like builds with a heavier dinosaur emphasis (Ripjaw Raptor, Runic Armasaur) and savage stomps, but this build is sweet as well!

yay my fav deck upgrader! thx for this

Another great upgrade episode. Some good games and a grindy last game, but still gave it a fight. Please do upgrades for the following - GRAVEYARD BASH, AURAS OF MAJESTY and WALK THE PLANK. Wouldn't mind seeing your tweaks on ARCANE INVENTIONS either. Keep up the excellent content LVD.

I like how sometimes when you mention a card midgame you show a copy of it. Not everyone knows all the cards, this helps the newer players

How do you see the content total of your deck? I don't see anything like 60/60. I just get the various cards of the deck showing and have to count them all manually.

Thank you for doing these videos :)

My favorite starter decks so far are Chaos and Mayhem and Wrath of Mages. I am looking forward to see your take on them!

I like how you put the wildcard costs on the video icon

I feel sorry for Green having the most trouble with answering Settle the Wreckage, of all colours. Blue can counter it, obviously, and Siren Stormtamers make answering Settle a very easy and profitable deal. Red can just be fast enough, and you can actually regret ramping your opponent into huge Fight with Fire or Banefire. Black has hand disruption to check for it and snatch it. White... has Settle )))) But Green, yeah, Green seems really stranded against this card. Great game vs blue-white control, anyway, though. You almost managed to pull it. Pretty impressive. And good video as always.

Yass. Thank you sir. What about maybe adding Growing Rites of Itlamoc, or Wayward Swordtooth? The Immortal Sun maybe?

How is the harpooner an answer to Lyra? Does first strike not work against fight effects? Edit: Just googled it. Harpooner is a lot better than I thought.

I love your videos

Solid deck.. Did win 7-0 on a constructed event with this.. Suggesting to have 4 Rabid Bite like I did as it is still good even with Nullhide around.. Kills cards like the phoenix egg, creatures they want to protect or cards that may trade efficiently against your creatures.. Oddly branchwalker at 4 copies are nice to have as well to control your draws or keep the lands coming..

I’d be really interested in seeing what you would do to upgrade the red/white strength in numbers deck

Thanks was really helpful Could you make mono white upgrade next? Saw some really nice mono white decks but it was incredible expensive(missed over 25 cards e.e)

no Pelt Collector? it's a Powerful card ... then again I'm just started watching lol. YAY you got it! I love that card *Pelt Collector*

Great video Would really like to see the red black Chaos and Mayhem deck getting an upgrade

I really miss the Red/Green kicker starter deck from the Alpha. Maybe you could go back and look at what that list was a upgrade that?

Can you please make an upgrade video on the r/g dinosaur deck, I forgot the name

In no-wildcards changes i added 1Pelakka Wurm. I had 12 manaelves to ramp, so 7/7 trample makes huge job with 7 life trigger against most decks.

I miss these days

nice job rakados next ?:D

22:30 shapers sanctuary is a nice card drawing eninge in a lot of games.

How did u make ghalta a 3 mana

How about Primal Fury next? I'd be very interested to see what a netdecked Dino Tribal would look like! More importantly, i'd love to see a decklist that will probably not change in the next few sets, leading to wasted wildcards on stuff that became obsolete. This is one of my biggest gripes with Arena, spending your *very* limited Wildcards often feels like a bad investment as many lists are so volatile and could change with the next set (with the exception of Dinos, Merfolk and Pirates).

Please do upgrade videos for Graveyard Bash, Primal Fury and Strength in Numbers!

By any chance, would you make written versions of these guides? It would be very helpful for future reference.

Chaos And Mayhem next, please!

Hey, Lvd, maybe you could show us how to upgrade mono red starter deck? We all know mono red agro deck, but what if you stick to the deck theme with all that dragon staff, i know you always show the most efficient way to upgrade the deck, but maybe you'll do separate video? That would be really awesome! Thanks for your content, it is outstanding as always! You are definitely may favorite mtga contentmaker.

ty ty

I'm surprised you didn't copy Carnage Tyrant; thing's a freakin' beast!

Can you make Red-black for next video of this format?

Plz do an upgrade on "Walk on the plank " or "artifacts attack"

Last match was fucking epic, but you're an outstanding player!

Great video along with your others. Don't understand why you didn't add more carnage tyrant's as people been saying its one of the best green cards ever along with steel leaf champion. It's played in modern as well, other decks just can't deal with it. It can't be countered? Just my thoughts.....

I'm really new to magic, but I have an okay understanding of it so far. I can't figure out the reason behind waiting until Main 2 (I think that's what it's called? The phase after attacking.) to play your land and summon a creature. Also any general play tips are welcome too :D

I've had extremely good results with Beast Whisperer and Song of Freyalise.

Can someone explain to me what he means when he says legendaries have diminishing returns? Ex at 16:28

Can we get a Graveyard Bash Deathtouch Zombies upgrade? XD

30:31 huge oppenent fail you block with Shanna then cast multitudes. never cast in your own turn unless its vs blue. 2 avoid counter. they sick thing about the card is the instant speed ;P

Can you build a completely new deck using only cards from the starter decks? And then maybe edit that deck with wild cards after.

I dont get the interaction at 44:40? Me and my friends got it totally wrong. For years actually...

Legend, you know Magic well. I'm curious - do you think there are bugs in Arena's shuffle / deal / mulligan code? Based on your own observations. I do - and I want WoTC to improve these areas, but there are a lot of vocal people who say it's working fine

Why has this deck (Green Stompy) been dropped from the MTGGoldfish's standard metagame list? Isn't it that poweful anymore?

I'm surprised you favored keeping the mammoth so much. I ran it in the first reanimation deck I made because I didn't really have better choices, and of course I played it some in the default version of this deck. I honestly thought it was quite a weak card, especially when comparing it to carnage tyrant which does the same thing a lot of the time as a big dumb tramply expensive boy, but with the added benefit of wrecking control. In particular I saw mammoth as a "win more" card, since it's ability only really matters if you already have big creatures out.

43:27 --since when is it like that? O.o Was there a rule change? To my best understanding I would expect the exile effect to still apply-- *CUUUUT!* I googled and went on chat.magicjudges.org to have this resolved, here are my findings: [21:38] Hello judges, I have a question regarding Seal Away. Scryfall lists a rule change that I cannot find explicitly, if anyone knows the exact rule id that has been changed that would help me a lot. Here's the quote: "If Seal Away leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target creature won’t be exiled. (2018-04-27)" [21:39] !610.3 [21:39] 610.3. Some one-shot effects cause an object to change zones "until" a specified event occurs. A second one-shot effect is created immediately after the specified event. This second one-shot effect returns the object to its previous zone. [21:39] !610.3a [21:39] 610.3a. If the specified event has already occurred when the initial one-shot effect would cause the object to change zones, the object doesn't move. [21:39] Reveal3: ^ any questions? [21:40] So permanently exiling stuff by bouncing my Fiend Hunter before the exile resolves is no longer possible, correct? [21:40] Incorrect. That is a different situation [21:40] Reveal3: no, that still works because the Hunter has 2 triggers. The Seal Away only has ONE trigger, with TWO one-shot effects [21:40] aaah that's the catch! Thank you! :)

upgrade steal your stuff please!! you rock btw!

Might be too forward of us. But my bestie and me were arguing where your accent is from. Do you mind us asking?

cannot find vine mare and trashing. yes, i turned on cards i dont have

HOw come i dont have pelt collector in my database of colleciton

i dont think the opponent was ever at risk of decking themselves in that last game, as Teferi could just put himself back into the deck

I would really like to see some niv mizzet deck someday. Or some blue red deck. : >

hey legend would u please upload ur dimir drawgo list? im working towards building one as well, some sorta of dimir/surveil and splash to green for vraska

red dragons plz XD

@legenVD Hello! Mono black pls!

I can't play card games specially against deck control... it's so stressfull... they have an answer for every card that you play...

Maybe colossal majesty?

He can't deck himself if he's got Teferi, he can just keep returning Teferi to his own deck with his -3 ability and keep drawing and playing him.

or nullhide ferox

i just now noticed that LVD is bronze lol

I hate the B/W control....so predictable! Good match however!

heres my deck list, its pretty good. 2 Ghalta, Primal Hunger (RIX) 130 1 Gigantosaurus (M19) 185 1 Aggressive Mammoth (M19) 302 2 Blanchwood Armor (M19) 169 2 Druid of the Cowl (M19) 177 4 Llanowar Elves (DAR) 168 2 Rabid Bite (M19) 195 11 Forest (M19) 277 4 Steel Leaf Champion (DAR) 182 1 Pelt Collector (GRN) 141 1 Carnage Tyrant (XLN) 179 2 Kraul Harpooner (GRN) 136 2 Thrashing Brontodon (RIX) 148 13 Forest (RIX) 196 1 Prodigious Growth (M19) 194 1 Vivien Reid (M19) 208 1 Baloth Gorger (DAR) 156 1 Grazing Whiptail (XLN) 190 2 Oakenform (M19) 191 1 Vine Mare (M19) 207 1 Titanic Growth (M19) 205 1 Centaur Courser (M19) 171 1 Colossal Dreadmaw (M19) 172 1 Commune with Dinosaurs (XLN) 181 1 Adventurous Impulse (DAR) 153

Thhis deck severelt lacks draw

ghalta is female? source lol

Ruined by counter blue deck. Its frustrating.

That control deck was 100% one of the worst control decks I have ever seen in my life. He drew well, and that's the only reason he won. Against any other deck that wasn't 100% creatures, he loses.

This Teferi guy running every possible stall card for ultra long games. In bo1 mode where people should just finish up games fast for gold... So toxic actually. Wasting the very maximum amount of other players time, just because there is no rule against it. It's bad for gold gain too, but hey at least you get to troll people you don't know on the internet -.-

I didn't have thorn,jade etc like in the start of your video, why's that? do u have to buy them? Im not into supporting games with $ anymore to be quite honest with you.... video would be better for new players if u covered what we have already not what we will have later or cards we need to purchase....food for thought *sigh