Love ya Seth but Jesus how can a born and bred American slaughter English so badly?! Sir-coo-it-us root. Say it with me. As soon as I strike it rich with the oil in my back yard or get run over by an heiress I’m commissioning a pronunciation guide with each magic set.
I think I might be wrong but attacking with your extra guy was not exact because he would have had 1 hp left because instead of blocking a zombie he would have blocked your 3/5 netting you only 2 extra damage
Man this one really got me. The V is clearly before the R. If this was someone else I could see it to troll the audience but I know Seth has major issues with pronunciation
This seems like a pretty goofy and fun deck for Standard. Gates Ablaze in particular seems like a fine sweeper. I'm not sold on Drawn from Dreams fully.
39:40 Here you should've played Plaza of Harmony, gain life, tap the two plaza of harmony and field of the dead to cast Guild Summit, then tapped the two guild-gates to draw two extra cards.
A number of Jace really helps gateshift decks since it's pretty easy to draw yourself out in slower matches. Also... any deck with black and blue needs unmoored ego in the sideboard. About 90% of decks are just copies of one another and you can shut down quite of few of them with unmoored ego.
I play a lot of guildgates. I heartily recommend pulling all 4x Elvish Rejuvenator for 4x Arboreal Grazer. I could write a think-piece singing praises to this layabout critter, but to be brief, if you doubt my endorsement, please just try it and tell me what you think.
When doing the deck deck, you sometimes are blocking the total number of cards on the left. If you placed them on the top then nothing would be blocked.
39:30 I would have played Route to set yourself up for a much better turn the turn after. Cards don't seem to be the bottleneck here, its tempo/avaliable mana. It lets you cast angel, or mini scapeshift for 6 zombies.
I played the deck with 2 Yarok's and no Scapeshift. It is a LOT of fun, but I might cut a Guild Summit or add a Jace because with Yarok and Summit, I find myself drawing way too much and almost milling myself out often. I just tended to avoid playing even a second Summit.
@@everydaykronicler9974 No, Archmage should also be pronounced like archer, just like archbishop, archduke, archenemy, and other words formed from the arch- prefix. Archangel and archon are exceptions because they're loanwords from Greek.
I’ve had an opponent Command the Dreadhorde back a bunch of explorers while they had a Wildgrowth on the board. I think they were upset when I killed the walker in response and they were left on 1 life ;-)
I like that you're giving drawn from dreams a chance. What were your thoughts on it Seth? Also as a lot of others mentioned you didn't punt lethal because they would've blocked a zombie and lived at 1
Draw from Dreams is better than I gave it credit, mostly because of Narset. Having a card draw spell that gets around Narset is really nice. It's also strong in decks where we are looking for a specific card (like Scapeshift) since it digs so deep compared to other card draw spells.
Fair points. Wasnt even thinking about the fact that it subverts Narset. (Even despite just watching panharmonicon and thinking how its nice thatvreef gets around it lol) amd i mean even bad dig through time is still pretty good i guess. I like it so im happy to know its good enougj
Spells that are cast for "free" ( without paying mana cost), automatically have x=0, even if one could pay the additional mana cost to try to raise the value of x
@@FARezDragon The fact that it's a gate makes it infinitely more playable than Rupture Spire for example. And it has three different printings in standard! What's not to love about it?
I think you punted at 41:00. You should have given up on the Field of the Dead and bet on Scapeshift saving you. Sacrifice all your lands for Gates and try to draw a basic land and Gates Ablaze in the 6 cards.
Yeah you can, it's got plenty of enough ramp to do so. Scapeshift just sets you up for one massive turn that gives you a kill next turn. Without it your games will just end up being grindiery, but still doable.
So I'm not a fan of Manipulation in the deck. I can understand why it's there but at the same time I feel like you'd be better off with those sweepers in your sideboard. Super cool deck though
I'm not expert on the game so I don't get why the field of the dead + scapeshift combo actually works. When I sacrifice the lands I don't control 7 differents lands anymore so why does the ability of field of the dead triggers?
The important part is that when the lands come into play from Scapeshift (after you get them from our library) that you have at least seven lands with different names (and Field of the Dead as one of the lands), that's what will make the Zombies.
@@ecoKady I've actually beaten Esper control 5 times and bant twice, spell pierce usually puts in the work I play 3 in the main and 1 in the side, along with 4 quench. I will say I was terrified of Esper at first and it's been a rather easy match up.
I'm reasonably confident this deck will gain prominence and perhaps even make top tier play post-rotation. Don't worry about losing Scapeshift. Just play Gates, and you'll still get payoff.
@@everydaykronicler9974 The question is, have you played Ravnica Constructed? Because that's basically what post-rotation Standard will play like, and in that format, Guildgates is King. I understand your skepticism, but I have the play experience to back up my claim. Please don't dismiss it without giving it a try / deeper investigation.
@@everydaykronicler9974 Huh. That's worth noting. I must have played around 60ish games exclusively with gates, and my win rate overall was in the upper 70%. With a decklist, I might be able to understand what gave your build the edge. Also, this argument does less to invalidate gates as it suggests your build might be a good "paper" to my "rock" in a future metagame.
I was just playing against this, thought it was a cool brew. I mean, it's a Saffron Olive brew and it's cool, but it wasn't their own brew, so I am a little less impressed now. I was actually playing Scapeshift too, with Chandras, green Cavaliers, Elvish Rejuvenators etc. I don't know which is better overall, but I did win.
Jim Davis played a similar one in his stream for the Early Access event. Plus gates was a deck a couple sets ago. Adding Field of the Dead, Scapeshift, and Golos isn't revolutionary
Also just noticed; you're playing a deck that overdraws and can get you almost any land with most of your ramp. Yet you're not playing a single copy of Reliquary Tower. Just curious, do you have a reason for this or is it just a simple oversight?
It's mostly rough on the manabase. There might be a way to squeeze it in as a one-of Golos tutor target, but I'm not sure the games where we discard to handsize are common enough to make it worth the bad mana.
Are we just shifting to an afternoon upload schedule instead of a nighttime one? I wouldn’t be upset by it, just looking for confirmation Edit: for the people saying “time is relative” and “Europeans would love this”, cool. I’m trying to see if I should adjust my timers for vids on this channel because UA-cam isn’t consistent on notifications when you have 69 subscriptions.
We don't really need more than that, and they are rough on our manabase. Normally making 16-ish Zombies is enough (or our opponent has a sweeper, and then infinite Zombies wouldn't be enough).
3:16 "The name's Root, Sir Cooteus Root."
Sir Cooteus Root - 19th century purveyor of the finest root beer beverages with added kiss-borne cooties.
Hello Sir Cooteus Root. But I know your real name and I will reveal it now! Or do I dare, Avel? (your name is Avel in my bit.)
Love ya Seth but Jesus how can a born and bred American slaughter English so badly?!
Sir-coo-it-us root. Say it with me. As soon as I strike it rich with the oil in my back yard or get run over by an heiress I’m commissioning a pronunciation guide with each magic set.
Your pronunciation is also mistaken. The pronunciation of "Cuitous" actually has a 'y' before the two 'o's. Q-it-tous.
22:33 should’ve given the zombies Lifelink with Clarion. Gaining 44 life is a pretty solid way to overwhelm an opponent
Yeah that would've locked up the game pretty much, I think
Very true
It hurt so bad, I woulda windmill slammed it and gotten DQ'ed for unsportsmanlike conduct
I wanted to break my phone when seth missed that one...
22:57 Attacking with Golos is still 1 short, right? Because opp would block him and not a zombie so they'd be at 1.
Should have casted defeaning clarion for the lifelink also.
That's what I was thinking.
Yup
That awkward moment when Seth threw together a Budget Magic deck and accidentally designed a GP-winning list.
I think I might be wrong but attacking with your extra guy was not exact because he would have had 1 hp left because instead of blocking a zombie he would have blocked your 3/5 netting you only 2 extra damage
Yeah, I think the real punt was not using Deafening Clarion to give those zombies lifelink so there was no way to lose next turn.
51:47 other player say Hello, Seff says goodgame. lmbo!
That passive aggression %)
Oops!
R/ominouspositivity
22:45 'Zombies are a renewable resource' is probably the best quote I've heard in a while.
Sir-Cue-it-tus Root, Dav-Ree-EL please and thank you
LOL no... suh·
kyoo·uh·tuhs
Circuit. Sir kit
Circuitous. Sir kit us
Man this one really got me. The V is clearly before the R. If this was someone else I could see it to troll the audience but I know Seth has major issues with pronunciation
@@stephenlong9806 for the love of God please just type the pronunciation in google
36:59 Can't you play island, Circ Route, then Gates Ablaze for 6?
Big facts
I was just about to post that too. That one hurt to watch..
28:33 ah yes, gol-gary, how are you?
I’ve never been so excited to see a land in action
This seems like a pretty goofy and fun deck for Standard. Gates Ablaze in particular seems like a fine sweeper. I'm not sold on Drawn from Dreams fully.
39:40 Here you should've played Plaza of Harmony, gain life, tap the two plaza of harmony and field of the dead to cast Guild Summit, then tapped the two guild-gates to draw two extra cards.
He done said
👁️👄👁️
CURCOOTYUS ROOT
Yarok doubles the summit and field triggers which seems good
I think Yarok turns Budget Magic into Much Abrew 😂
"Sir cooteus root"
Damn, seth.
Is that not right?
@@MTGGoldfish haha, check the card again.
58:15
Should play fate instead of Plaza and use Just one gates ablaze. Or do I miss something
A number of Jace really helps gateshift decks since it's pretty easy to draw yourself out in slower matches. Also... any deck with black and blue needs unmoored ego in the sideboard. About 90% of decks are just copies of one another and you can shut down quite of few of them with unmoored ego.
Christopher Woodbury I definitely agree about Ego, and it's also quite interesting that Esper doesn't touch it
I play a lot of guildgates. I heartily recommend pulling all 4x Elvish Rejuvenator for 4x Arboreal Grazer. I could write a think-piece singing praises to this layabout critter, but to be brief, if you doubt my endorsement, please just try it and tell me what you think.
Last time saffron found field of the death fun
When doing the deck deck, you sometimes are blocking the total number of cards on the left. If you placed them on the top then nothing would be blocked.
39:30 I would have played Route to set yourself up for a much better turn the turn after. Cards don't seem to be the bottleneck here, its tempo/avaliable mana. It lets you cast angel, or mini scapeshift for 6 zombies.
At 37:00 couldn't you have played the Island then Route then Blaze? Then you may hand been able to steal two or even three things the next turn.
This is a sweet deck!
I played the deck with 2 Yarok's and no Scapeshift. It is a LOT of fun, but I might cut a Guild Summit or add a Jace because with Yarok and Summit, I find myself drawing way too much and almost milling myself out often. I just tended to avoid playing even a second Summit.
At the beginning seeing how happy seth was was amazing. Then everytime her circuitous I died a little.
At 54 couldnt you have played growth spiral then maybe hit that land that gains you three?
Yeah, we could have, but three life wouldn't be enough to save us.
23:00
Remember kids, Clarion can just give your stuff lifelink without dealing damage
The hidden mode :)
37:04 Circuitous Route for 2 gates, you would've had 6 gates, play the island and gates ablaze for a board reset.
37:00 You could have played the island cast root for 2 gates then ablazed.
Deck looks super sweet !
Thanks! It is fun, and budget friendly.
I built a sultai yarok deck in arena and it’s the most fun I’ve had in a long time
This deck is so much fun.
Everyone's complaining about Circuitous Route but no one's talking Archway Angel. The "arch" is pronounced like "archer", not like "ark".
petrie911 Especially since it's a card with GATE synergy, why would it be anything but arch
I kinda get it since Archmage is "Arkmage" but still, context clues
Most people have just given up
@@everydaykronicler9974 No, Archmage should also be pronounced like archer, just like archbishop, archduke, archenemy, and other words formed from the arch- prefix. Archangel and archon are exceptions because they're loanwords from Greek.
petrie911 Well I've been around fantasy fiction all my life and you are the first I have come across who says Arkmage and who says Arkon not Archon
This deck is sweet! Maybe take out Mass Manipulation because is a dead card with Golos?
I’ve had an opponent Command the Dreadhorde back a bunch of explorers while they had a Wildgrowth on the board. I think they were upset when I killed the walker in response and they were left on 1 life ;-)
Samut, Tyrant Smasher could be good in this deck, then you can attack the same turn you combo off! 😆
And when you don't combo off?
I’ve killed myself with command before... I played it off my library with citadel and forgot about the extra 6 life 😂😂😂
Seth, i'm building a heavier white, lighter blue version of this so i can include the RRWW boros reckoner :D gotta make the blaze work for us
are you gonna put also Star of Extinction?
@@hugodiazroa maybe
What do you think about dread presence and scapeshift?
I am really surprised that you didn't try to fit a couple copies of Yarok in the deck just for the fun.
Should rename this deck to Sir Cootious's shaping
Sir Cootious en route
Dera-vel?
Arcway vs. Archway???
That darn Darivel at it again
I like that you're giving drawn from dreams a chance. What were your thoughts on it Seth? Also as a lot of others mentioned you didn't punt lethal because they would've blocked a zombie and lived at 1
Draw from Dreams is better than I gave it credit, mostly because of Narset. Having a card draw spell that gets around Narset is really nice. It's also strong in decks where we are looking for a specific card (like Scapeshift) since it digs so deep compared to other card draw spells.
Fair points. Wasnt even thinking about the fact that it subverts Narset. (Even despite just watching panharmonicon and thinking how its nice thatvreef gets around it lol) amd i mean even bad dig through time is still pretty good i guess. I like it so im happy to know its good enougj
59:43
Play the island, mass manipulation the kefnet
Am I missing something?
Spells that are cast for "free" ( without paying mana cost), automatically have x=0, even if one could pay the additional mana cost to try to raise the value of x
Just should play guildgate first
@@jonathanaldana4877 ah thank you, I thought it worked like kicker where you could choose to pay it.
Opponent says Hello.
Seth sends Good Game.
Oh Seth, you silly you.
39:05 - How did the Plaza of Harmony tap for red? There is only a Selesnya Guild Gate out. Is that a bug?
Gateway Plaza
His 2nd land drop, gateway plaza, taps for any color.
Wait, Gateway Plaza is a gate? Shows how much I've looked at that card.
@@FARezDragon The fact that it's a gate makes it infinitely more playable than Rupture Spire for example. And it has three different printings in standard! What's not to love about it?
Heyyy Can you make a modern budget version of gates ??
Haven't started the matches, let's see if Seth finally learned that you only sac your lands on resolution of Scapeshift.
What do you mean?
@@everydaykronicler9974 I think he means if it is countered you do not sacrifice those lands.
Silverdeathgamer290 What I'm curious about is where that came from since nowhere has he talked about sacking the lands before the spell resolves.
Lol, yep.
@@everydaykronicler9974 I believe that was back when Seb played the Multani Scapeshift deck.
I think you punted at 41:00. You should have given up on the Field of the Dead and bet on Scapeshift saving you. Sacrifice all your lands for Gates and try to draw a basic land and Gates Ablaze in the 6 cards.
I want to see the non budget version.
If you manage to fit impact tremors or something similar you can combo win.
That's a build for Modern, this is a build for standard, not sure if you noticed
@@DarkX64 yes, just something similar to impact tremors for standard.
Now we have this BW zombie knight... Corpse knight
22:27 should have used the life link of deafening clarion. I bet he would have gave up.
Hmm, yeah, that probably would have been the right play.
1:16:00 Sound is completely different from seth's mouth movements haha
Yeah, I had to overdub like one sentence.
@@MTGGoldfish it's cool! The video was awesome! Keep it up! 👍
Is it possible to get this deck off the ground without Scapeshift? Don't want to drop some coin on them with them rotating out very soon.
Yeah you can, it's got plenty of enough ramp to do so. Scapeshift just sets you up for one massive turn that gives you a kill next turn. Without it your games will just end up being grindiery, but still doable.
We had a decent number of games where we won without casting Scapeshift. It will be slower and less combo-centric, but I think it could work.
@@MTGGoldfish good to hear. May look into putting it together. What would you recommend putting in, in Scapeshifts place?
Would adding Corpse Knight for the Zombie Ping be worth it?
Depends on if it's the 2/2 version of the 2/3 version.
@@MTGGoldfish There's a 2/2 Version???
(I'm joking)
So I'm not a fan of Manipulation in the deck. I can understand why it's there but at the same time I feel like you'd be better off with those sweepers in your sideboard. Super cool deck though
Hydroid Krasis might be better, but it's pretty expensive for the budget in paper.
This deck is like 50% of my matchups on arena
worth it just to hear Seth say circoodius
Remember math is for blockers 26:05
i know pleasantkenoby played a similar deck but i was waiting for the content creator with the superior beard to play it. gg
!BestBeard
I'm not expert on the game so I don't get why the field of the dead + scapeshift combo actually works. When I sacrifice the lands I don't control 7 differents lands anymore so why does the ability of field of the dead triggers?
The important part is that when the lands come into play from Scapeshift (after you get them from our library) that you have at least seven lands with different names (and Field of the Dead as one of the lands), that's what will make the Zombies.
Way too early of a scoop against phoenix game one. Could’ve cast growth spiral to hit Plaza of Harmony and gain 3 life.
Thought this would be modern for mazes end
No awakened amalgam?
You should totally test out UG wolf tempo!
Do you feel it's worth trying with 3feri around forcing you to play at Sorcery speed? Feels like it really hoses the werewolf.
@@ecoKady I've actually beaten Esper control 5 times and bant twice, spell pierce usually puts in the work I play 3 in the main and 1 in the side, along with 4 quench. I will say I was terrified of Esper at first and it's been a rather easy match up.
Sircootius
The Empyrean eagle will be a great addition to my flying deck OwO -can't wait to slam that sticker on my deck box UwU
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I played gates before core20 and just killing people with explosion for 20. This feels a little easier though
I'm reasonably confident this deck will gain prominence and perhaps even make top tier play post-rotation. Don't worry about losing Scapeshift. Just play Gates, and you'll still get payoff.
Phil S I don't see this deck winning much if you play it fairly, and that's all you'll be doing without Scapeshift
@@everydaykronicler9974 The question is, have you played Ravnica Constructed? Because that's basically what post-rotation Standard will play like, and in that format, Guildgates is King. I understand your skepticism, but I have the play experience to back up my claim. Please don't dismiss it without giving it a try / deeper investigation.
Phil S All I know is I beat every "Gates" deck real easy with Prison during the Ravnica Constructed stained-glass event
And Prison has only gotten better thanks to Rule of Law and Starfield Mystic
@@everydaykronicler9974 Huh. That's worth noting. I must have played around 60ish games exclusively with gates, and my win rate overall was in the upper 70%. With a decklist, I might be able to understand what gave your build the edge.
Also, this argument does less to invalidate gates as it suggests your build might be a good "paper" to my "rock" in a future metagame.
I think firing off the clarion to give your team of 20 something zombies and golos lifelink would have made the spirits in the air irrelevant
Yeah, that might have been the right play.
Shapeshifte and dread prescence in standard find a bunch of swamps drain for whatever
Of course the circooteus root!
I was thinking maybe field of the dead + arcane adaptation + risen reef + Yarok for some weird jank.
I was just playing against this, thought it was a cool brew. I mean, it's a Saffron Olive brew and it's cool, but it wasn't their own brew, so I am a little less impressed now. I was actually playing Scapeshift too, with Chandras, green Cavaliers, Elvish Rejuvenators etc. I don't know which is better overall, but I did win.
Jim Davis played a similar one in his stream for the Early Access event. Plus gates was a deck a couple sets ago. Adding Field of the Dead, Scapeshift, and Golos isn't revolutionary
If Seth is playing circuitous route I’m watching
Sweet!
cir·cu·i·tous
I really think archway angel is the best card in Gates deck... yes... it does not win the game, but it gets out lots and lots of concedes :D
It's very good.
"Daravel" >.
Also just noticed; you're playing a deck that overdraws and can get you almost any land with most of your ramp. Yet you're not playing a single copy of Reliquary Tower. Just curious, do you have a reason for this or is it just a simple oversight?
It's mostly rough on the manabase. There might be a way to squeeze it in as a one-of Golos tutor target, but I'm not sure the games where we discard to handsize are common enough to make it worth the bad mana.
Fair enough, good to know
World Shaper + Bontu + Field of the Dead
can you do something without 4 mythic rares in it?
This deck without scapeshift! Seriously though, the deck I'm working on for next week has zero mythics.
@@MTGGoldfish Hey thanks for replying. Great I mostly play arena these days
Rythme of the wild to give the zombies haste seems good...
Rhythm gives nontoken creatures riot
Doesn't hit tokens. On the other hand it does work on say... sheep or giant statues so it's quite good for the normal beat down gates deck.
Oh right...
Are we just shifting to an afternoon upload schedule instead of a nighttime one? I wouldn’t be upset by it, just looking for confirmation
Edit: for the people saying “time is relative” and “Europeans would love this”, cool. I’m trying to see if I should adjust my timers for vids on this channel because UA-cam isn’t consistent on notifications when you have 69 subscriptions.
Time is a matter of perspective
Hello from the UK where it's 10pm! All a matter of perspective!
European folks would love this
Yes. This is a trial. If people like it and Seth can make it work, earlier videos are expected to be the norm. Still testing, I think.
David Kadonsky thank you for the info
rhythm of the wild would have been hilarious in this deck
Sir Cutiest Root
Seth, it is pronounced "Sir Queue It us Route"
Why only three Field of the Dead?
We don't really need more than that, and they are rough on our manabase. Normally making 16-ish Zombies is enough (or our opponent has a sweeper, and then infinite Zombies wouldn't be enough).
Are you not familiar with the word circuit?????
21:10 make some zombies........................
103$ for a budget deck...
is standard too expensive right now?
@Cesar Adolfo net deckers!
Love it
I have an insane win-rate with bant Scapeshift on Arena.
Like 75%
That's impressive!
I think you prioritise card draw with Summit and selection with Dreams too much in games, gotta ramp first, ask questions later
Completely agree, particularly against the knight opponent. He had everything he needed in his hand to win already!
this deck folds to planeswalkers so hard, with all the narsets and tefairis around it really needs a way to make your spells uncounterable
Sumat walker gives haste.
Hmm, that could be interesting.
MTGGoldfish everyone loves an otk;) maybe more against the odds but would be fun
This deck is very manageable with a well made izzet deck in arena, been doin it all day
Sounds right.
Ha ha. Seth, I love ya, but...
Sir que it us