Budget Magic: Mono-Green Land Destruction (Modern)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- This week we're doing something a little bit different. Most of the time the decks we play on Budget Magic are brews, but last week during our Instant Deck Techs we checked out a super spicy, budget friendly Mono-Green Land Destruction deck for Modern. While the deck was pretty popular, there were also some suggestions for improvements from the UA-cam comments. In the meantime Zac Elsik came across the list and built a non-budget version. So today's deck is actually a weird mashup of the original list from our Instant Deck Tech (taking into account the comments) and a more budget friendly version of Zac's deck!
The basic idea of the deck is simple: we're looking to blow up our opponent's lands, starting on turn two or three, to keep our opponent low on resources. Then in the late game we have the ability to not just keep our opponent's off lands forever, but to lock them out of ever drawing cards by looping Plow Under or Primal Command every turn with the help of Eternal Witness and Stampeding Wildebeests. Can a budget friendly Mono-Green Land Destruction deck work in Modern? Let's get to the videos and find out!
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Match 1: 7:49
Match 2: 12:42
Match 3: 28:07
Match 4: 44:07
Match 5: 52:17
Wrap Up 1:10:12
“ we know what our opponent is drawing for the next two turns… LANDS (evil laugh)”.
You are a wicked man, love your show.
That moment when you realize your opponent is on Oops all Lilianas.
Dillon Baca that's what tormod is for
My God it's almost 1 in the morning and I am sitting here watching people get locked out of lands by a $100 deck. Only the best of content as always.
solotopp question: Do you think 100 dollars is a lot or not much?
Plow Under {3}{g}{g}
Sorcery
Target player scoops it up.
Word.
"Nothing Gives me Joy like blowing up opponents' land"
I always knew you got me Saffron.
I’m really late in finding this, but just wanted to say that I am very fond of this deck. Green’s my favorite color, but strangely I’m more of a control/denial player (blue’s a close second) so I enjoy any deck exploring this side of it. Plow Under is my favorite green spell, and it was a joy to see quick scoops from your opponent once it makes an appearance.
I love this deck Seth, whether it works or not it brings a smile to the repetitious days of stress that seem never-ending.
In case you don't care too much for the deck techs, games start at 7:49. I however enjoyed the breakdown of the changes that were made between this deck and the original.
6:14 "...which will eventually overwhelm our opponent with little flying deathtouch bees". Lol. Comments like this is what makes already great videos amazing. Keep it up!
This may be the most beautiful deck I've ever seen.
Thanks for the video. I just ran this deck (or a very similar one) at my LGS. Now I only went 1-2, but my matches were great and I got a lot of ooos and ahhhs from people watching my games. The star was Plow Under! What a card! This is a great budget deck! Thanks so much!
Awwwwwe ... the moments when you are in control and your opponents suddenly draws exactly what they need and you draw only land after lands. I DON'T miss those days ... at least I am not the only one who has such bad luck so many times. I really enjoy your videos and I am thinking on restarting in mtgo. Keep up the good work.
Ssstttooopppp keeepiiinnnggggg one landers
With a 20-land deck no less.
when you have 3 mana dorks its not the worst time to keep a one lander
Paul Anderson yea but you know Olive if loves a reason to keep 1 landers and it usually turns out bad when "He" does it.
why is "he" in quotes?
CSDragon To denote tone?
Absolutely love the graphic on this one!!
Yeah, it's one of the best ones.
seth you really do make an insane amount of content, thanks for everything you do, you keep me interested in the game of magic
Thanks!
I built a mono g devotion deck based on your budget deck awhile back and put in Plow under and Stampeding Serow. Plow under is one of my favorite cards to play. Oh it feels so good!
From what I’ve noticed, the card draw in the devotion deck allows for you to not stall out after dumping your hand like it seems this deck can do and Stampeding Serow has more targets to bounce, elvish visionary, wistful selkie, eternal witness, Hornet Queen, thragtusk, and Craterhoof if need be.
pretty strong deck!! that last oponent was a major troll running miran crusader main board
You post a looot of content, why is it all so good?
puts in Bramblecrush to kill planeswalkers - uses Primal Command to kill a planeswalker while holding Bramblecrush >.
Plow Under has to be one of my favorite cards ever. It gets rid of an opponent's lands AND screws with their draws. So much value!
Bravo, Seth, that late game 1 against Death and Taxes was a textbook case of playing to your outs. Guess this is more proof that the Super League performance was not a fluke :>
Oh, just wait until tomorrow when I'll do something incredibly stupid and lose because of it :)
I like how Saffron was giggling and cackling all the way through while playing this deck hahaha
1:02:20
Seth's best impression of an aging southern blues musician who just had a long day and now hears that the late night act just cancelled so he has to fill in a double.
I'd love to see the opponent's Tibalt list. That's some spicy shit there. (And I'd love to try itXD)
"Tibalt....TIBALT IN MODERN" -Seth, 2018
Going through that whole game worrying about Liliana 15 minutes in with Bramblecrush in hand is giving me stress. Especially when he blows 2 Primal Commands on top/shuffle and then witnesses one back rather than just blow her up. Does he think Bramblecrush is a 4-mana stone rain?
Monkey Flipping I know he mentioned how it could kill Jace but then failed to realize that it could also kill Liliana.
Because he trying to kill graveyard lingering souls and shit
This may just be the funniest deck I've seen
Well...that was awesome. I've always thought that green could only be control if it used land destruction. And it turns out that there's potential to be had...
This deck reminds me of Stupid Green Deck from the late 90s. It was so fun.
Who hurt you?
Spells cast off of lands ;p
Junior Yang I love decks like this.
Tron, probably
Yeah, Tron. Our love can overcome that though
Tron and eldrazi
I recited the beginning with Seth. I think I'm in too deep.
Heeeeeeelloooo, everyone!
You've barely scratched the surface.
I do this too!
I recite it when I'm not even watching him.
@@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138 shut your mouth bitch
your decks look like good templates for commander decks
Probably my all time favorite deck.
12:15 That pure evil laugh of enjoyment, exquisite!
29:30 This laugh was more along the lines of, "Oh wow so that's what boobs look like."-childish glee.
Laugh appraiser on duty.
I need to see more decklists for u/r hollow one I’m so intrigued
We have to see this as "against the odds"!
As soon as I saw it I knew seth would be playing it.
Seth should do commentary on some Pro matches, he's so hyped up
What a first game against Death and Taxes!
We need to get Seth to play Bogles again. Then he can keep one landers without losing every time.
You had me at plow under.
Prooooobably better known as Land destruction lock!
Best title card EVER.
I think you're forgetting Nicol Bolas with an uzi.
Would be pretty sweet if you ramped into Primeval Titans so you can search out Ghost Quarters. Mono Green Ponza. But that wouldn't be budget friendly :(
Bryan Tan Cloudthresher would have been fine. Nobody expects green burn.
Or you can just have the titans tutor out Ramunap Ruins and Sun Scorched Deserts. Welcome to standard suckers.
Bryan Tan Well if you're on that plan valakut and mountains should be stronger. And we all know that Deck already.
JonaxII And abandon the land destruction plan? Never
26:03 "This is the dream ... and an ooze!" hahaha
I love Plow Under. So UNDERrated!! Bahaha!
deck was sweet! And damping sphere is only like 0.10 tix online so that would be a great answer to storm :)
Yeah, being uncommon is awesome, makes it cheap and accessible.
Tibalt in the wild!
John L I see you haven't found a tibalt deck in modern.
Louise Drake I just found it!
Lol, Seth screaming about the nuts
Another MTG Goldfish deck to build.
I think a Reclamation Sage would have been good, with the bounce shenanigans, and good against aether vial
Me you and another person need to play in a SCG team event. We all play land destruction :) haha. Just troll people :) I’ll play it in legacy
Corbin Brown I'll take standard
OMG that thumbnail art. So aggressive
Never realized how weird wildebeests looks when it's written out...
with the plow unders and the witness/command lock, wouldn't you consider this almost a mono-green "infinite turn" deck?
I have an idea to help protect the deck from those games where you don't find a win con. You could swap out the mystics for birds of paradise and take out nykthos and a forest for two kessig wolf runs. That wouldn't put it too far outside of budget range.
Seth I think it's time you make a sick Legacy or Vintage land destruction deck. Turn 1 dark ritual > Rain of Tears/Sinkhole then Army Ants. Black Red land destro do itttt
army ants lockdown! would not that be great?
king massephase army ants and crucible of worlds. Winter orb. There’s so many good combos
Limited Resources is a strong card in the right build here because it's a lock piece by itself. Also Raze is probably better than Army Ants even though it's only a 1 turn deal.
That match against Leonin Arbiter, jeez.
Can we get the thumbnail as a 1080p background? It is glorious
I think for fighting black decks, Obstinate Baloth might be better in the SB vs black decks. Another life gainer, plus dumping one when opp plays Lilli is awesome.
40:00 why not block young pyromancer with arbor elf? had a few opportunities to
The attack was weird enough that I felt like something would go wrong, but considering how bad that game was going, probably should have just tried it anyway.
41:00 yes is rough from rough is yes has to be one of my favorite sethisms
How would Gaea's revenge work as a finisher? Can't be countered, protected from most of removal(bar maelstrom pulse and beast within. Are there any other common modern removal that hits it?), is big, fast and ends games. Also, Avanger of Zendikar could gain from those lands and acid mosses, but you'd probably need more fetching and less sprawls. Lastly, if you want to be cute and/or play hipster, Weatherseed Treefolk could be the jawdropper you need.
Gaea's Revenge is a cool card. Weatherseed Treefolk has the downside of not being Modern legal ;)
Why didn't i notice that the first time... I just threw it out of an EDH list i had, so it seems that i fucked up along the way. Well, no harm done. Thanks for spotting that.
That Blood Moon!!! X-D
well now I want to dip my toe into modern
You sick man.
Messing us up with the change to the intro card. Lol.
Might be worth considering putting a couple of Tangle Golems in the sideboard to deal with Pro Green Threats.
I'd shove in a few Desert of the Indomitable, you could cycle it in the late game and it's budget friendly
So dirty... I LOVE IT!!!
At 17:45 why not get back a forest and play it to cast bramblecrush on liliana giving you 7 mana next turn for hornet queen?
I need to ask, why do I always see creeping corrosion over fracturing gust? For an extra mana you get instant speed artifact and enchantment removal that ALSO puts you pretty far on life.
You answered your own question with "for an extra mana".
You're dead before turn 5 for Affinity.
Budget.
MTGGoldfish I guess I haven't checked the price of gust in a while so that makes sense.
Colgate Lampinen In any normal deck it's pretty bad to pay an extra mana but if you're looking to cast primal command on turn 4, it's probably not that hard to cast gust either.
Hey Seth - the CardKingdom link doesn't work. And do you have a link to the Goldfish decklist? Thanks
www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-100-60-tix-mono-green-land-destruction-modern
Blue red hollow one with tibalt on much abrew when?
might want to try wurmcoil either main or side to help deal with those crusaders, despite it being just a great card anyway.
1:05:10 why didn't you play the utopia sprawl, and then play acid-moss?
The line at 15:30 was a bit strange, why not go bramblecrush Liliana into primal for e-wit/thragtusk next turn?
I think if our opponent gets the chance to flashback Lingering Souls we are potentially in trouble.
Seth who hurt you to make you this way, Land are Sacred!!!
Na JK love the deck my man.
Please more of this deck.
deckstats.net/decks/103045/1054967-mono-green-control-august-4th- this the current list for this deck from the creator
Why not go 2 and 2 with llanowar elves and the mystics? Gets around staticasters and similar removal
its beautiful
Guttural Response needs more love in decks like this..
TheBongSauce I have a playset in all sideboards of my green/red combo decks
Isn't Wildebeests and Serow the same card? Why run 1-1 when just running 2 copies of 1 is the same thing?
I think this deck could use a Boseiju or two, either main or sideboard, to help resolve those Plow Unders and Primal Commands against counterspell-heavy decks
Seth, better known as "Seth, probably better known as SaffronOlive"
Leave it to Seth to make Budget Mono-Green Prison
Why was the only thing in Seth's sideboard game 1 a Tormad's Crypt?
No pithing needles for those lilys Seth?
what would you sideboard for mirran crusader i wonder
12:33 To evil seth To evil XD
Obstinate Baloth seems like a better card vs black than colossus, and it's good vs aggro, too. Maybe -1 Thrag, -1 Chameleon, +2 Baloth ?
what if you add harmonize for card draw? seems decent
Bugged primal command art in the deck tech?
Yeah, that was weird.
Is this deck worth buying as a first modern deck?
Diogo Domingos thanks brother i have some of the cards for 12 bolt already as well
Hey, I have checked on so many places, even my LGS and I can't find a thrasios, so then I checked card kingdom and all they had was a foil, anyone know why thrasios is so hard to find
I wish that Seth would do more with the Vernal Bloom, Early Harvest package that he used a while back. I've been testing it and have cast a Torment of Hailfire X=200+ on turn three.
PalPlays wasn’t that deck called green suns zenith or something weird? Played heartbeat of spring?
It was an Instant Deck Tech called "Harvest Wave." Green Sun Zenith is banned, and the deck did not run Heartbeat of Spring, though it certainly could.
PalPlays I play modern just like you I’m aware of the banned list. I looked it up and it was indeed originally titled “Green Sun’s Zenith” and played heartbeats before Seth did a video on it. The only reason he even compiled that deck and played it was because people were more excited in a past episode as to what his opponent was doing. The deck is an old one and has had iterations at least as far back as 2014 considering there’s a whole primer on it posted to mtgsalvation. I always post my sources in case anyone is interested. Source: www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/561516-greens-suns-zenith
Again, that is not the deck I am talking about. For the third time, it was called Harvest Wave. Here's the link.
www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/much-abrew-harvest-wave-modern
PalPlays okay I get it. Thought you were referring to this: ua-cam.com/video/la6nge2hXbg/v-deo.html
They are very similar in that they both hinge on early harvest for big mana.
45:32 yes it is a spoocy meatball
Is there any reason you didnt use wild growth over Utopia sprawl would have saved a lot of the budget. It also helps out the ultra budget.
Wild Growth isn't legal in Modern, unfortunately :(
MTGGoldfish oh I didn't realize. That's a shame. Should have checked first
Shouldn't you have boarded in the artifact hate versus Death and Taxes? I mean, last game would've been a massive blowout.
Anyway, for such a budget that was awesome!
Land destruction is my favorite budget deck because a high dollar deck usually can run without lands. I know it sounds mean but it's not fun to lose to tarmogoyfs and cards you couldn't hope to afford.
Is Pithing Needle or Sorceror's Spyglass worth it here?