Thanks for the feedback!

Those are great points. I don’t know if this came up in the video at all, but something else I noticed I wasn’t doing often enough was vialing in additional creatures in response to the Lieutenant trigger when possible. When sequenced that way, I get to have my cake and eat it too!

Both Hostake Taker and Recruiter interest me but I don’t think we would vial in Hostage Taker a lot. Ticking the vial up to 4 would be a real cost that I think we would avoid in most situations, even after drawing the Hostage Taker.

Thanks for watching!

You actually want to cast Lieutenant first in 2 early instances I recall (not that it would’ve changed the outcome in those games) :
1- Storm : Lieut into 2x Nobles, because it’s unlikely you’ll attack with the latter (need them for mana or don’t get through most blockers), But Lieut being 3/3, probably 4/4 next turn is nice !
2- LE : Lieut into Med Mage, where the latter will be targeted by spot removal at some point while Lieut will be +1 power.

Lieut is good to cast last in many situations obviously:
– when you alpha the opp for lethal
– when bigger First Strikers or Flyers are priority in a given MU / situation
– minor case is when you want to pump a Mayor and let him flip or a Ref Mage, so they survive Anger by themselves.
– on the draw VS prison, ramp & combo decks, it’s certainly better to cast a Med Mage, Thalia or Freebooter before a Lieut, and the argument of pumping FS / Flying creatures adds up.

It’s less appealing to pump vanilla creatures like Nobles, Med & Ref Mages though. All in all, Lieut is one of the more difficult cards to sequence optimally.

Hostage Taker and Duskwatch Recruiter are cards I’m very interested in that could use mana after vialing them out.