I wonder how would you update this deck for 2020? I decided to try this deck after my Secret Lair Summer Drop arrived. Considering to replace 2 Goldmanes with 2 Greathearted, also add 2 x Strength of the Pride instead of 1 x Caller of the Pride and Unyielding (may be). May be add another axis of attack with Heliod and Walking Ballista? Can't decide wether any other utility cards like Mazemind Tome is necessary. Any ideas?
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooo Didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body's aching all the time Goodbye everybody I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth Mama, ooo (anyway the wind blows) I don't wabt to die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me He's just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come easy go will you let me go Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go Will not let you go let me go (never) Never let you go let me go Never let me go ooo No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me For me For me So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye So you think you can love me and leave me to die Oh baby, can't do this to me baby Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here Ooh yeah, ooh yeah Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me Anyway the wind blows
Like, Oath of Amani feels like it has to be pretty solid here? Buffs hexproof creatures, makes the expensive walkers cheaper/ lets you get out the 4-drops on T3.
seth i subbed as soon as i found your budget magic series. really has helped me getting back into the game man. also might be a little late, but congrats on 161k! :)
Yeah I think your title might want to say "Tribal" and not "Trial". But that thumbnail is so sweet. Makes me think of Bohemian Rhapsody. And that game against Mardu Vampires was insanity. I thought you might accidentally crack a fetch land again though.
Honestly even though the deck was only a little red I half expected to see blood moons knowing Seth. I'm not sure if I'm disappointed they weren't there or not tbh.
Ever since we switched to the one-video format. People just never look (for non-Against the Odds matches it has time stamps for each individual match too).
I realize this video is very old, but the match against the hangarbacks was won because of the perfect sideboarding and a timely Ajani draw. The Ajani finisher was probably the only reason it was included in this video because it did not exactly show off the Ajanis.
Hey Seth, I have a potentially good fish doctor topic which I think needs to be addressed for people like me. I was wondering how to control the diversity about your deck's sideboard, because I usually put sideboard cards in groups in 2-3 with decks without card selection, but I see you have put 1-ofs in your sideboard. A response or a like would be appreciated, so thanks in advance!
Hunkn0w0, I already know that but why doesn't Seth just use multiple copies of the same card for redundancy instead of trying to cover more match ups with only 1-of's? Thanks for the reply.
Boros ajani is the best one... And I will stand by that... also while trying to find the best tribe in green black elves just ran five hundred times better then zombies so I'm sticking zombies in the trash until they get even more busted stuff
So, does that hardened affinity deck with evolutionary leap run rec sages? Seems like that deck could get more consistent enchantment hate with something they can hit off of leap.
Turns out, I didn't remember what most of these Ajanis actually do. (Less then the 6 mana version.) Worshipping the vampire guy still looked super sweet. Great video!
Very confusing editing at 29:40. I sat here for five minutes going back and forth trying to figure out what happened to the Ajani before realizing the opponent cast another Bolt that didn't get mentioned or shown.
I don't know why the guy wouldn't swing with aetherborne constantly it first strike deathtouch made it impossible for you to die and he'd still gain the whole time.
Game three against elves. That was never a keep, the hand literally did nothing! I know the elf player had a superb draw but man you needed to ship that for something better. Still as you said that's the problem with Ajani, it is great when you can be the aggressor, but so bad when you have no dudes.
I like how you didn't put Slipery Bogle in the deck even tho it would be one of the best one drops Screw bogles Edit: Now that I think about it, mana dorks are probably better anyways
Hey Seth, check out this Arena deck I put together for winning best-of-1 matches. Steals wins and draws infinite cards with Huatli, just went 7-1 and 7-0 in back to back Competitive leagues! 2 x Legion's Landing 3 x Llanowar Elves 2 x Unbridled Growth 1 x Channeler Initiate 2 x Shanna, Sisay's Legacy 2 x Benalish Marshal 1 x Gideon of the Trials 2 x History of Benalia 2 x Gift of Paradise 2 x Lifecrafter's Bestiary 2 x Pride Sovereign 1 x Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants 1 x Oketra the True 2 x Settle the Wreckage 2 x Shalai, Voice of Plenty 2 x Huatli, Radiant Champion 1 x Angel of Invention 2 x Fumigate 2 x Regal Caracal 1 x Vivien Reid 2 x Ajani Unyielding 2 x Memorial to Glory 2 x Shefet Dunes 1 x Arch of Orazca 1 x Field of Ruin 2 x Tranquil Expanse 3 x Sunpetal Grove 7 x Plains 5 x Forest
You can vote for next week's deck here! www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/against-the-odds-ajani-tribal-modern
Ajani Tribal may have been done before, but our innovator in chief brought us Ajani Trial. A hero, for sure.
Dante White The title Innovator in Chief sounds like a commander deck
I'm going to start calling all of my typos innovations.
it cant be against the odds if its been done before
Ajani & Order
Barista Tower Archer? He defends the ramparts, but can also make you a nice latte.
Darn, beat me to what probably would have been a less clever quip
Me as well, that was a great alternate name for that card :)
Never change, Seth.
Hes doing it just for the lul now isnt he?
no he's actually the security guard at the local castle's starbucks
Seth:
-A small Japanese tournament
-The noblest of hiarchs
-Ship the turn
-And opponent scoops it up
Very pleased Seth didn't crack the fetch land at 1 life, got me sweating there.
Course he didn't his name isn't Conley Woods lol.
At least Conley knew he lost when he lost to his own lands
Seth literally killed himself by cracking a fetch at 1 life like a month ago....lol That's what Tim Wu was likely referencing.
“Unlike Gideon or Nissa, Ajanis don’t do much on their own”
Why Seth, that’s why we use real planeswalkers like Tibalt.
We need more Tibalts for Tibalt tribal!
Flavour win for cats?
Ajani is my senpai
The amout of editing you put in you're videos to skip the boring pause moments is impressive. Have a well deserved like. :)
Games start at 9:20
I have been waiting for this one! Ajani is my favorite planeswalkers and it’s so exciting to see you make a deck around him! Thanks a lot!
Montero Same here!
This deck should have been named. “Powerful White Sideboard Cards...Also some Ajanis”
Getting powerful white sideboard cards is one of the reasons to play Ajanis ;)
27:50 that swamp is really green
Love Ajani! This was awesome. Ajani Goldmane was my first planeswalker!
Barista tower archer 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
“Barista tower archer and Selena ledgewalker” knew it was gonna be an amazing episode right away.
bolas tribal when?
Bryan Davie when the last set in the new ravnica block comes out?
MHRCQAMWBFW
Bolas means balls in pt-br. Balls party sound like a very gay party
It's on the list. I think Tezzeret and Nicol Bolas are next in line. Also maybe Chandra, although that would probably be very similar to Free Win Red.
but what about Nissa? :(
I wonder how would you update this deck for 2020? I decided to try this deck after my Secret Lair Summer Drop arrived. Considering to replace 2 Goldmanes with 2 Greathearted, also add 2 x Strength of the Pride instead of 1 x Caller of the Pride and Unyielding (may be). May be add another axis of attack with Heliod and Walking Ballista? Can't decide wether any other utility cards like Mazemind Tome is necessary. Any ideas?
That last match... so good, made my night.
Literally favorite AtO ever. Thank you thank you thank you
Path to Exile is Ajani being patronized by the rest of his tribe cause he was an albino.
Colin Brown wow racismo
#catlivesmatter
Omg this Ajani tribal deck is legit! Very fun games! Best Planeswalker tribal since Gideon!
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo (anyway the wind blows)
I don't wabt to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go will you let me go
Bismillah! No we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go let me go
Will not let you go let me go (never)
Never let you go let me go
Never let me go ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
For me
For me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out just gotta get right outta here
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows
Augustus Paluzzi *open your eye.
Gotta stay on them, lol
Good sir, you win the internet.
Title says trial instead of tribal
This deck is a trial lol
Fixed now
Queen thumbnail is on point
That thumbnail was the best. You sold me on it
Like, Oath of Amani feels like it has to be pretty solid here? Buffs hexproof creatures, makes the expensive walkers cheaper/ lets you get out the 4-drops on T3.
Ajani, my second favorite planeswalker. Sorin, still my favorite. Sweet brew Seth!
"Ajani Be Good" lol
What kinda boy are you Ajani? (yes I realize that's from 'be good johnny' and not 'johnny b goode')
someone plz make somethign out of this. it is too funny to pass up
LOLZ!😆👌
Bring us more TRIAL decks! No more of the tribal nonsense!
I'm disappointed in you Seth. I don't see Mana Tithe anywhere.
Oh my, Ajani Bohemian Rhapsody thumbnail! Awesome work Fabiano!
Yes! I was waiting for another plaineswalker tribal :D
That game against your Mardu vampers was one for the ages.
Yeah, that was pretty insane.
seth i subbed as soon as i found your budget magic series. really has helped me getting back into the game man. also might be a little late, but congrats on 161k! :)
I squealed when I saw this video and the thumbnail is great!
@1:57 AJANI BE GOOD! Ajani be good -peter tosh
I want the thumbnail for sleeves! You guys rock!
Would be sweet!
Yeah I think your title might want to say "Tribal" and not "Trial".
But that thumbnail is so sweet. Makes me think of Bohemian Rhapsody.
And that game against Mardu Vampires was insanity. I thought you might accidentally crack a fetch land again though.
These thumbnails are terrific!
Honestly even though the deck was only a little red I half expected to see blood moons knowing Seth. I'm not sure if I'm disappointed they weren't there or not tbh.
Just noticed the games: [time] thing in the description. Not sure how long you've been doing that, but I like it!
Ever since we switched to the one-video format. People just never look (for non-Against the Odds matches it has time stamps for each individual match too).
I realize this video is very old, but the match against the hangarbacks was won because of the perfect sideboarding and a timely Ajani draw. The Ajani finisher was probably the only reason it was included in this video because it did not exactly show off the Ajanis.
Love it already and I’m at the 0:01 mark
I still need to watch this Trial, but I'm expecting a good 0-5.
Spoiler: Nope.
Yeah, just watched. Some stange matches.
4:53 I like the 'Barista Tower Archer'
So much fun! Would creature lands just be great in this deck. Counters don’t fall off.
I reckon they would help. Gives you some late game action.
Wouldn’t Doubling Season make sense with the 1/1 counters and all the walkers? Perhaps Heroic Intervention?
Hey Seth, I have a potentially good fish doctor topic which I think needs to be addressed for people like me. I was wondering how to control the diversity about your deck's sideboard, because I usually put sideboard cards in groups in 2-3 with decks without card selection, but I see you have put 1-ofs in your sideboard. A response or a like would be appreciated, so thanks in advance!
you dedicate more spaces to your worst match ups and to counter meta decks, that's all.
Hunkn0w0, I already know that but why doesn't Seth just use multiple copies of the same card for redundancy instead of trying to cover more match ups with only 1-of's? Thanks for the reply.
Sounds interesting!
MTGGoldfish Thank you so much for responding!
Deeeeewd this deck was friggin' sweet!
Seth unknowingly playing his most hated deck, bogles.
Mostly by accident :)
That game against the vampire deck was the best, worst, most brilliant, and dumbest Magic can be. Bravo. Just incredible
Boros ajani is the best one... And I will stand by that... also while trying to find the best tribe in green black elves just ran five hundred times better then zombies so I'm sticking zombies in the trash until they get even more busted stuff
Normally I would think that Ajani Trial is a typo, but this is Ajani Tribal we are talking about, calling it a trial is the MOST appropriate name.
I think the phrase "literally going to town" should be reserved for creatures getting buffed by Gavony Township.
So, does that hardened affinity deck with evolutionary leap run rec sages? Seems like that deck could get more consistent enchantment hate with something they can hit off of leap.
Seems like it should, at least in the sideboard.
A Worship Ascetic shell with a bunch of cats. A trial for sure.
I thought my burn deck was spicy but that boros landfall deck was something
Hey Seth, could you do an against the odds based around spellweaver volute?
40:32 - If we were going to Path Overseer on Upkeep, why not just do it on our turn when it can't activate at all?
TYPO! QUICK! Fix it before someone notices!!
A Drunk Potato too late oh beautiful potato!
I feel like not including Oath of Ajani was a flavor fail, but deck was sweet, for sure.
“Ajani Trial”, “Barista Tower Archer”, “Salheena Ledgewalker”. Cmon, Seth
Ajani! *hasn't actually watched the video* This is going to be my favorite!
Turns out, I didn't remember what most of these Ajanis actually do. (Less then the 6 mana version.) Worshipping the vampire guy still looked super sweet. Great video!
You only need Mana creating creatures, a few hexproof and 4x walking ballista. Ballista is the ajani tribe's bff
Seth: "Soooo, what did we learn this week?"
That white has super strong sb cards?
LIGHTNING HELIX! OH MY GOOOOD
What did we learn about Ajani tribal? That appropriate sideboard cards are as, if not more, important than your main deck. :P
Hey! That’s pretty good!
When he says “play a swamp” *plays forest*. 27:50
I wanna see more of this😭
The war of the spark Ajani is just Goldmane and Steadfast mashed together
Im basically here to help with my Ajani tribal commander deck which I think will be interesting
This is the perfect video to show why sideboards are important.
Yeah, the sideboard was important, that's for sure.
At 41:00 with all four nobles, I really just wanted to maestrom pulse them. ☺️ it would be beautiful.
Is the thumbnail image available somewhere? I want it as my desktop's wallpaper... :p
I tweeted it a while ago, if you email me I can send it to you (SaffronOlive@MTGGoldfish.com)
Very confusing editing at 29:40. I sat here for five minutes going back and forth trying to figure out what happened to the Ajani before realizing the opponent cast another Bolt that didn't get mentioned or shown.
Did you done chandra tribal? if you didn't please do chandra next for planeswalker tribal.
Chandra tribal is on the list, but I'm afraid it will mostly be Chandras, Blood Moons and Ensnaring Bridge.
50 Shades of Ajani.
Is this a Real Deck?
Or it's Against the Odds?
I want to see a Ajani/Gideon hybrid tribal deck.
23:18 play of the game
I want to see Ajani doing Bohemian Rhapsody based on that thumbnail.
How to Modern:
1.- Put 3 Damping Sphere, 3 Rest in Peace and 3 Stony Silence in your sideboard.
2.- Add 66 other cards.
I think the MVPs were the sideboard cards... they were pretty devastating in some of the matches.
Yeah, they helped lot.
6:37 f l a v o r n o n b o
Why did ajani disappear at 29:43 ? Did I miss something? Opponent plays captivating vampire And Ajani goes poof.
Greatest typo ever. Ajani Trial
I don't know why the guy wouldn't swing with aetherborne constantly it first strike deathtouch made it impossible for you to die and he'd still gain the whole time.
Yeah, I'm glad he didn't. Would have taken even longer to eventually kill him.
Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that the whole time, that probably would've been an extra 100 life easy over that game.
Game three against elves. That was never a keep, the hand literally did nothing! I know the elf player had a superb draw but man you needed to ship that for something better.
Still as you said that's the problem with Ajani, it is great when you can be the aggressor, but so bad when you have no dudes.
This is happening! Popcorn Ready!
In 4:52, how did bassara became barista??
I like how you didn't put Slipery Bogle in the deck even tho it would be one of the best one drops
Screw bogles
Edit: Now that I think about it, mana dorks are probably better anyways
That last match!!
Seth seems like a very huggable person
Aww, thanks
Why stop at hugging ;)
Hey Seth, check out this Arena deck I put together for winning best-of-1 matches. Steals wins and draws infinite cards with Huatli, just went 7-1 and 7-0 in back to back Competitive leagues!
2 x Legion's Landing
3 x Llanowar Elves
2 x Unbridled Growth
1 x Channeler Initiate
2 x Shanna, Sisay's Legacy
2 x Benalish Marshal
1 x Gideon of the Trials
2 x History of Benalia
2 x Gift of Paradise
2 x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
2 x Pride Sovereign
1 x Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
1 x Oketra the True
2 x Settle the Wreckage
2 x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
2 x Huatli, Radiant Champion
1 x Angel of Invention
2 x Fumigate
2 x Regal Caracal
1 x Vivien Reid
2 x Ajani Unyielding
2 x Memorial to Glory
2 x Shefet Dunes
1 x Arch of Orazca
1 x Field of Ruin
2 x Tranquil Expanse
3 x Sunpetal Grove
7 x Plains
5 x Forest
Looks spicy!
How about Shalai?
(19:02 - 19:33) The "perfect Ajani"
Try to play Sqadron hawks in this deck pls
43:02 Seth, icelandic J's are pronounced like Y's. Jotun = Yotun. The same goes for Jotunheim, Jokulhaups, and Eyjafjallajokull.
Ah, darn Ice Age names :)
Bless you.
This pleases me.
I can't help but feel this is a missed opportunity for a Glittering Wish build.
Maybe sideboard torpor orb.