TheOneKaslay This is really good, but Janky Modern Combos is still my favorite this year. Name Game: Ponza was pretty awesome, too. Goldfish does *so* many things right with their/his content.
PlaneswalkerTARDIS I'm starting to get more and more frustrated with these mistakes. Seth, are you not reading the cards or even proof watching the footage? Seems silly to make mistakes like that.
I feel like every video there's a subconscious message asking, "can our thumbnail this week top the one from last week?" And the answer is always a resounding "yes."
Seth! I'm so hyped! I just got back from my local standard tourney (I'm spoiled, I get to play standard competitively 4 days a week) and I played a deck very close to this. I'm playing a turns deck with 4 Nexus and 2 Sunderings. I took 5 straight turns and got to tap down Palladia Mors with an Icy. It was almost like the 90's again. Thanks again, and please do an Against the Odds with Nexus of Fate sometime. I would love to see what type of Standard turns deck you come up with! Broo, I'm playing 6 Time Walk's and 3 Icy's in my deck!!!! It's soo fun! My opponent played Bolas 3 times, flipped him once, and I still beat him. It was ridiculous. He's not at all a scrub... lol Thanks again
maybe better to swap out Palladia for Verix? I know it's a flavor loss, but it might just be a more efficient deck. ... And we're not really playing Arcades anyways, so I don't think we're committed to playing as many elders as possible.
At 52:50 you had lethal. A lot of people don't remember that Lathliss has a third ability and it's for all dragons. With 6 mana you can exert Glorybringer to clear out the blocker and hit for exactly 24 after he gains 1 life. (9 + 7 + 8) I killed a player who just Approached to 23 with Lathliss, a 5/5 and 12 mana.
Panglacial Wurm is a good alternate win in battle of wits decks. Also, since Ajanis last stand makes for another discard hoser for modern akin to wilt-leaf leige and loxodon smiter, thoughtseize hoser tribal against the odds when?
Seth, i suggest u watch this video of yours as well. Some bad decisions cost games. I think the results with this deck could be better. great video as always, i love ur channel.
I feel like this deck is a bit childish. I mean, in a positive way, like being happy as a child at their birthday, when you have your board of fat powerful dragons beating down the opponent. Congrats Seth on this awesome deck! :D
I've found that if I start my midrange/control decks with four Treasure Map and four Karn I can fill in around that package with just about anything and still have a somewhat functional deck.
46:54 really should have cast vraskas contempt on the scrapheap there. If you're holding it for walkers then the following turn casting disintegration on pia nalaar makes more sense than on the scrapheap
Can someone please explain why the opponent scooped at 16:40? Neither of them were close to dying and they both had several threats on board while the opponent was at 26. ???? Confused.
It's a UG deck with no cards in hand & 3 creatures. Seth had 3 cards in hand, a Karn and a blocker that he could probably use to block the Bolas clone. Leaving the Opponent top decking against a deck he knows has Glory Bringer, Abrade and Unlicensed Disintegration. He was in a losing situation that he wouldn't be able to recover from. So what's the point in dragging the game on pointlessly when you have other games to play.
I think it was mostly the Dragon's Hoards really. With our opponent being empty handed and not being that far ahead on board I think they figured that they just couldn't keep up with us dragon three cards a turn (especially knowing that our deck is stuffed full of powerful cards/Dragons).
Seth I love you and all the content that you make but you played that RB match horribly. You kept wasting removal on the scrounger instead of killing pia first, taking 1 more damage, then you can cast vraska's contempt on scrapheap.
That play was a head scratcher for sure.... I think he was tilted. I notice him making sloppy plays like that sometimes when he's on the back-foot and his deck isn't cooperating.
I disagree I think Seth always wastes removal in the worst ways especially in standard over modern. But killing pia with disintegration and then contempting the scrap heap would have won him the game, and then he could use struggle on any upcoming threat.
What about Mox Amber? I think it would work well in this deck. Good mana ramp with a 3 drop planeswalker or 4 drop legendary bolas. And if you don’t need it late game, discard with Sarkhan’s first ability
Play Gideon Tribal + Helm of the Host. If you make Gideon a creature & equip it with Helm, it gives you a token copy of that Gideon as a non-legendary Planeswalker.
Seth, what do you think about pillar of origins in this deck? It's a 2-mana ramp that is relatively difficult to disrupt, fixes the mana for elder dragons, and allows for turn 3 bolas or verix.
WotC missed a GREAT opportunity to reintroduce tribal cards with Dragon's Hoard. It should've been printed as the card type "Tribal Artifact-Dragon". Think of how sweet it would've been, and how differently these games would've been if a Sarkhan, Fireblood could help cast a Dragon's Hoard with its +1 add two mana to cast a Dragon spell. It wouldn't be game breaking either, yet the extra tempo and card draw from Hoard could possibly kick in even sooner. Why Wizards? Why? What a wasted opportunity.
unfortunally not a single match against esper control or UW which i find more frequently on arena than red black, but we can already predict they wouldn't be playable match ups.
I might trust your judgement but when the threats are expensive I don't see a very bright future in the face of 4 vraska+4 gearhulks, yeah sometimes you've been able to play sarkhan plus something else on the same turn but I don't know. Instead I tried the ginger deck from your finals and it was very consistent regardless the match up, ofc it is a red deck splashing for bolas and scarab so it had to be, and you can also afford to grind with a red deck. My favourite though is still the jeskai sundering, a little frustrating lately because esper has always more answers than you expecially pre-sideboard, it improves a lot with negates, jace's defeat and spyglass but still on the edge.
52:52 missed lethal attack... you had 15 flying dmg on board, 7 lands after you played land for the turn. Play glorybringer for 5CMC use Lathliss ability +1 to attack for all the dragons. 15 before glorybringer, 19 after, 23 after the pump for exact vs tapped out opponent. Use Glory bringer ability to kill their only flying blocker and victory is yours @mtggolffish
love the deck but it would be 10 times better if you just cut green and white and made it a 3 colour elder dragon deck (RBU). More consistent doesn't need 4 treasure maps etc.
I love dragons, they're my favorite tribe but there's no way I can throw $400+ on a standard deck. It's too bad planeswalkers are so fucking expensive.
Yes because on your last glory in your hand you would've killed them the following turn. You had 3 glorybringers in so yes it is worth the risk. Playing defense costed you 12 points of damage in this scenario. Maybe I'm just a aggresive player lol.
I've wanted to try Panglacial Wurm for a while, but I haven't figured out a way to make it anything sweeter than "we crack a fetch and cast a huge Wurm."
Loving the Calvin and Hobbes thumbnail.
I dunno how I missed that. Calvin and Hobbes is amazing.
Best thumbnail in a while?
TheOneKaslay This is really good, but Janky Modern Combos is still my favorite this year. Name Game: Ponza was pretty awesome, too.
Goldfish does *so* many things right with their/his content.
Sarkhan & Lathliss
Nicol Bolas, the Artisan? Glad he found a hobby!
PlaneswalkerTARDIS I'm starting to get more and more frustrated with these mistakes. Seth, are you not reading the cards or even proof watching the footage? Seems silly to make mistakes like that.
Vaevictus Asadami!
a tip: watch series at kaldroStream. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Randy Maverick yup, I've been watching on kaldroStream for months myself :D
@Randy Maverick Yea, have been watching on KaldroStream for years myself :)
“They see the dragons, they scoop it up/They’ve decided they’ve had enough”
Literal poetry Seth 👍
Me every five minutes listening to this: Oh! What's a dragon sword? I bet it's cool! Oh...
I'm so glad I finished watching before I read this comment.
Ah yes, Nicol Bolas, the Artisan... such majestic creature. A good reason to play so many colours :)
Games @ 7:25
I feel like every video there's a subconscious message asking, "can our thumbnail this week top the one from last week?" And the answer is always a resounding "yes."
Glad to see that Bolas is still into art.
MAJOR props to the artist for the VERY Calvin and Hobbes inspired piece! Anything C&H related is INSTA-win!😁🐯
I don’t play standard but like watching you play the decks. This one is an awesome deck for sure! Keep them coming.
Vaevictis AS-A-DA-MI?? love these vids but ...c'mon.
Sam Cain I dream of the day Seth will be able to pronounce Asmadi correctly.
Yup, I literally asked him to stop saying Asadami in the last replay vid
Lucas Almeida he’s just trolling. He knows how to pronounce it as confirmed by the Dragon Highlinder video.
I legit had no idea that Glory bringer didn't work on dragons lol. It was just never relevant
Other glory bringer?
“Vaevictus Asadami, the dire” sounds like the kind of name butchering that I would do!
"It's like a regular Vaevictus Asadami... only dire."
Kafka's Clown it’s Vaevictus Asmadi not Vaevictus Asadami
Breadcrust Olive no, you're saying it wrong. It's levioSA
Why oh why did I click the bell icon, I see an orange popup with a wacky description and there's an hour of productivity down the drain
Press times 2 and jump to the first yellow. This 1:23:50 video becomes basically a 38:06 video
Seth! I'm so hyped! I just got back from my local standard tourney (I'm spoiled, I get to play standard competitively 4 days a week) and I played a deck very close to this. I'm playing a turns deck with 4 Nexus and 2 Sunderings. I took 5 straight turns and got to tap down Palladia Mors with an Icy. It was almost like the 90's again. Thanks again, and please do an Against the Odds with Nexus of Fate sometime. I would love to see what type of Standard turns deck you come up with! Broo, I'm playing 6 Time Walk's and 3 Icy's in my deck!!!! It's soo fun! My opponent played Bolas 3 times, flipped him once, and I still beat him. It was ridiculous. He's not at all a scrub... lol Thanks again
A Pink Floyd tribute followed Calvin and Hobbes!! The artist for your vids deserves some sort of recognition as a visionary genius.
I have to give props to you thumbnail artist, i love calvin and hobbes
More dragons!! Lol these elder dragons are so fun to play. Great video Seth!
Shoutout to the Calvin and Hobbes art in the thumbnail. Only reason I clicked, honestly.
That thumbnail picture was awesome! Came strictly because of that
Thumbnail game is on point!
Love me some C &V
Cavetrolling C &V? It’s Calvin and Hobbes.
"Nicol bolas, the Artisan" .... nice one, seth
Love the Calvin and Hobbes reference
The thumbnails are always great, but this one is the best ever! Seriously, can we get prints somewhere?
As a man who loves his Dragons, the Jank Is strong in this one.
My favorite thumbnail so far!
Imagine 5 color Dragon Tribal Brawl deck with Jodah as the commander!
This sounds awesome!
I love he magic content but I have to say..the previews for ads are amazing too! Not sure if you control that or not 😁
The amount of lands you saw in match 2 was astonishing.
It'as my hidden talent.
That Wurm you got from that one chest could be in a mono green Wurm Tribal
Sounds fun!
This thumbnail is everything.
This gets a like just for the calvin and hobbes inspired thumbnail. The game play was great too
At 52:54 why didn't you triple pump with Lathlis and swing with all, exerting Glorybringer to kill the Freebooter
this
I run some 5 color super friends and i found that navigators compass really helps and the life gain helps aginst the agro maybe worth a shot
“Nicole” Bolas
Would you consider running Sarkhan's Unsealing as a 1-2 of?
It resists removal, and EVERY creature you drop will trigger it.
I would really want to fit verix bladewing into this deck somehow
I initially had one, but ended up cutting it for more removal.
maybe better to swap out Palladia for Verix? I know it's a flavor loss, but it might just be a more efficient deck.
... And we're not really playing Arcades anyways, so I don't think we're committed to playing as many elders as possible.
Common Seth give us Gigasaurus devotion.
It's coming next week.
Yes! After a week of campaigning we got it.
At 52:50 you had lethal. A lot of people don't remember that Lathliss has a third ability and it's for all dragons. With 6 mana you can exert Glorybringer to clear out the blocker and hit for exactly 24 after he gains 1 life. (9 + 7 + 8) I killed a player who just Approached to 23 with Lathliss, a 5/5 and 12 mana.
Calvin and Hobbes
still think its the pot calling the kettle black when seth calls any deck he plays vs jank xD
Panglacial Wurm is a good alternate win in battle of wits decks.
Also, since Ajanis last stand makes for another discard hoser for modern akin to wilt-leaf leige and loxodon smiter, thoughtseize hoser tribal against the odds when?
Oh my god. I hate Nicol Bolas, but I love dragons and five color decks. I'm going to try this out this weekend at FNM and see how it plays out.
It's super fun!
Seth, i suggest u watch this video of yours as well. Some bad decisions cost games. I think the results with this deck could be better.
great video as always, i love ur channel.
that last matchup was.. oof
this deck is not for the weak of heart
Nicol Bolas, the "Artisan"...?! Seth fr? I'm dead 💀
I feel like this deck is a bit childish. I mean, in a positive way, like being happy as a child at their birthday, when you have your board of fat powerful dragons beating down the opponent. Congrats Seth on this awesome deck! :D
Thanks!
27:20, you could Struggle the scrounger, then shuffle it and the phoenix using Survive
Love the thumbnail
You called it the artisen again!
Now it's a meme ;)
Why the scoop at 16:47 ?
I think our opponent just assumed they couldn't keep up with us drawing three cards a turn with Dragon's Hoards.
Flipping bolas, chance of having bigger dragons in hand, drawing more cards with dragons hoard, hand could have been absolute shit etc
Chaining bolas resurrections is pretty much guaranteed gg
Karn over Chandra, fascinating
Seystuff you can always cast karn, whole chandra needs double red, which can really hurt us.
"us".....you re not playing, dude
that's just the general way people speech when watching content online, it's similar to how people say "us" when they mean their sports team
I've found that if I start my midrange/control decks with four Treasure Map and four Karn I can fill in around that package with just about anything and still have a somewhat functional deck.
Well ain't that a useful life hack to know, I might try it
46:54 really should have cast vraskas contempt on the scrapheap there. If you're holding it for walkers then the following turn casting disintegration on pia nalaar makes more sense than on the scrapheap
52:50 Exert Glorybringer, pump three times with Lathliss. GG
Chandra is better than Karn in this deck imho. Ramps into dragons and draws cards.
Kindof disappointed that dinosaurs were never able to be this cool
Can someone please explain why the opponent scooped at 16:40? Neither of them were close to dying and they both had several threats on board while the opponent was at 26. ???? Confused.
It's a UG deck with no cards in hand & 3 creatures. Seth had 3 cards in hand, a Karn and a blocker that he could probably use to block the Bolas clone. Leaving the Opponent top decking against a deck he knows has Glory Bringer, Abrade and Unlicensed Disintegration. He was in a losing situation that he wouldn't be able to recover from. So what's the point in dragging the game on pointlessly when you have other games to play.
I think it was mostly the Dragon's Hoards really. With our opponent being empty handed and not being that far ahead on board I think they figured that they just couldn't keep up with us dragon three cards a turn (especially knowing that our deck is stuffed full of powerful cards/Dragons).
Maybe Liliana Death's Majesty for the dragon reanimation might be good? Combo with Sarkhan's discard?
Seth I love you and all the content that you make but you played that RB match horribly. You kept wasting removal on the scrounger instead of killing pia first, taking 1 more damage, then you can cast vraska's contempt on scrapheap.
That play was a head scratcher for sure.... I think he was tilted. I notice him making sloppy plays like that sometimes when he's on the back-foot and his deck isn't cooperating.
Yeah it's understandable. It happens to everybody.
Certainly.
I disagree I think Seth always wastes removal in the worst ways especially in standard over modern.
But killing pia with disintegration and then contempting the scrap heap would have won him the game, and then he could use struggle on any upcoming threat.
Great video, but the gameplay wasn't good.
Love it!
What about Mox Amber? I think it would work well in this deck. Good mana ramp with a 3 drop planeswalker or 4 drop legendary bolas. And if you don’t need it late game, discard with Sarkhan’s first ability
Hey Seth, do you think you can make Bolas Tribal?
It's on my Against the Odds list!
Play Gideon Tribal + Helm of the Host. If you make Gideon a creature & equip it with Helm, it gives you a token copy of that Gideon as a non-legendary Planeswalker.
Seth, what do you think about pillar of origins in this deck? It's a 2-mana ramp that is relatively difficult to disrupt, fixes the mana for elder dragons, and allows for turn 3 bolas or verix.
Real sad that this wasn't tackled in Goldfish Gladiator. I know Seth isn't a fan of animations, but this deck would have been a true visual espectacle
Jose Andres Morales Oliva yes, but think about the wildcards you'd need.
Yes, I don't have all the dragons so my hopes were to see them in Goldfish or another channel :3
The irony that the longest match was RB aggro
Seth, probably better known as Greedy Keeps.
it seems obvious that if you want to competetive you gotta cut palladia for a land or dragons hoard
Sad day for Darigaaz
I forgot about Darigaaz :(
I've built a similar deck with Darigaaz in, do you think for 7 mana, like Chromium, is a little too expensive?
I am pretty sure you had letal at 52:53 by pumping all dragons 3 times and exerting gloribringer on the Freebooter
It is weird that whenever Seth says “Dragon’s Hoard” I hear “dragon sword”?
Still didn't know bolas had an artsy side to him
Caleb would have your head for how many times you discarded Dragon's Hoard or sided it out
At least we don't have to hear Zaled anymore...
Why no darigaaz??
why are you not playing 'Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma' I know it wouldn't be in theme but it would be sooooo good
Nicol Bolas, the Artisan
Seth, when will you add Panharmonicon so that you have Sarkhan-inomicon? Make it happen, you know you want to.
Holy fucking shit that thumbnail is amazing
Buying a box of M19 in hopes of pulling a foil Dragon Sword!
WotC missed a GREAT opportunity to reintroduce tribal cards with Dragon's Hoard. It should've been printed as the card type "Tribal Artifact-Dragon". Think of how sweet it would've been, and how differently these games would've been if a Sarkhan, Fireblood could help cast a Dragon's Hoard with its +1 add two mana to cast a Dragon spell. It wouldn't be game breaking either, yet the extra tempo and card draw from Hoard could possibly kick in even sooner. Why Wizards? Why? What a wasted opportunity.
unfortunally not a single match against esper control or UW which i find more frequently on arena than red black, but we can already predict they wouldn't be playable match ups.
I think we should be fine against UW/Esper thanks to powerful threats and sideboard options, but it would have been nice to play against it.
I might trust your judgement but when the threats are expensive I don't see a very bright future in the face of 4 vraska+4 gearhulks, yeah sometimes you've been able to play sarkhan plus something else on the same turn but I don't know. Instead I tried the ginger deck from your finals and it was very consistent regardless the match up, ofc it is a red deck splashing for bolas and scarab so it had to be, and you can also afford to grind with a red deck. My favourite though is still the jeskai sundering, a little frustrating lately because esper has always more answers than you expecially pre-sideboard, it improves a lot with negates, jace's defeat and spyglass but still on the edge.
Lawnmower at 1:05:41
5:10 Finding dragons, finding removal, AND finding dragons you say?
Well, we are a Dragon deck.
Can you please make a pauper faeries deck?
Simon den elzen it's already a deck, I believe.
There's also some Delver decks with a Faeire sub-theme, but I'll try to make one in the future.
MTGGoldfish Awesome!
You drew approximately 1 million lands this video. Even after scrying and looting them...
who does the thumbnail art? I wish I could have it on sleeves
How do you feel about replacing the trials of zeals in the fiery wizard burn deck with guttersnipes??? I think it is a good replacement.
Trial of Zeal isn't great, so trying something else is a good plan.
MTGGoldfish ok I will, thanks for the reply
52:52 missed lethal attack... you had 15 flying dmg on board, 7 lands after you played land for the turn. Play glorybringer for 5CMC use Lathliss ability +1 to attack for all the dragons. 15 before glorybringer, 19 after, 23 after the pump for exact vs tapped out opponent. Use Glory bringer ability to kill their only flying blocker and victory is yours @mtggolffish
Can somebody please explain why in your Match against RB the Phoenix didnt resurrect?
I think we shuffled it back into the library with Struggle to Survive (if we are thinking about the same game).
but doesnt it get exiled when it dies?
ah now i see. it doesnt get exiled, and because it wasnt in the graveyard anymore it couldnt get ressurected with the egg
At 1:05:40 Seth becomes one of his dragons
Why wouldn't sweltering suns come in against RB Aggro?
38:11 Instead of looting, why not play Dragonskull Summit and use Sarkhan's second ability to cast Nicol Bolas?
That probably would have been better.
Sweet
love the deck but it would be 10 times better if you just cut green and white and made it a 3 colour elder dragon deck (RBU). More consistent doesn't need 4 treasure maps etc.
Cutting colors would be more consistent. I'd probably still play Treasure Map though, I just love that card.
I love dragons, they're my favorite tribe but there's no way I can throw $400+ on a standard deck. It's too bad planeswalkers are so fucking expensive.
ARISEN!!! Please Seth your killing me
OMG NO NOT THE OTHER ELDER DRAGONS TOO SETH STOP! ARGHHH NO HAVING FLASHBACK TO HARD TO PRONOUNCE TRIBLE
Good ol' Nicole Bolaas
Missed out on 12 points of damage because scared of a glory that the opponent may or may not have smh on the last game
Is it worth the risk though?
Yes because on your last glory in your hand you would've killed them the following turn. You had 3 glorybringers in so yes it is worth the risk. Playing defense costed you 12 points of damage in this scenario. Maybe I'm just a aggresive player lol.
I want a Panglacial Wurm AtO now
I've wanted to try Panglacial Wurm for a while, but I haven't figured out a way to make it anything sweeter than "we crack a fetch and cast a huge Wurm."