Seth taking down a #35 mythic with a budget ensoul deck warms my heart Also while I understand the budget part is usually meant for paper, would have loved to see the shocks in the deck. The bad match ups might have been better with a solod mana base, and for arena it's all the same 'budget'

@DiogoVKersting

Ай бұрын

That guy must have lost an unbelievable amount of rank.

@ashtonbrockway9312

Ай бұрын

not including the shocks lessens the barrier of entry for the deck and gives it a pretty direct upgrade line. taking down the #35 mythic player without them is a way better way to sell people on the deck

@bloodtobleed

Ай бұрын

I haven't played every day since release and I permanently have infinitely less rare/mythic wildcards so I have to be super conservative with how I use then. The budget is real.

@MTGGoldfish

Ай бұрын

Yeah, Steam Vents is just so expensive in paper, but it is a solid addition to the deck.

@johnvogel1331

Ай бұрын

Was there a chance to win earlier in match 2 game two? When you traded vein rippers was there a chance to pump the drake by sacking your tokens? I know you can't at instant speed but wasn't there stuff in the stack or was I not watching closely enough

21:45 you had lethal here. If you sac'd the clue and then sac'd the blood then geardrake would have been a 4/4

@ToadboyMTG

Ай бұрын

Typical Seth and not checking the boardstate.

@MTGGoldfish

Ай бұрын

Good call.

Ensoul Artifact also loves your 0/0 artifact creatures that have plus one, plus one counters on them. Now your 5/5 is bigger!!!

@MTGGoldfish

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it is good with incubates for sure :)

@madspreston7610

Ай бұрын

Do you think, maybe, they were talking about filched falcon

37:55 The Modern Age sees a lot of Pauper play.

Michikos reign of truth sees play in standard and pioneer. It’s one of the few good kamigawa sagas

@bookwyrm1885

Ай бұрын

Laughs in Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

@no_eel

Ай бұрын

It works amazing in my UW artifact aggro deck

@MTGGoldfish

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah, good call.

@DiscardatRandom

Ай бұрын

Few including fable, kumano, restoration, hidetsugo (in sideboards), and the modern age

I love animated artifact lands, happy to see Case of the Falcon get some love. Great video!

41:22 How is he dead here? Opponent has 10 power and he can block 7 damage by blocking Swiftspear with both creatures. On his turn if he topdecks a Ensoul or Blast he wins.

@OnePointSafety

Ай бұрын

Correct he was not dead

@mcockle23

Ай бұрын

Yeah he said he could soak up 4 but he could soak up 7. Not sure what he was talking about there.

@karl-erlendmikalsen5159

Ай бұрын

Seth for some reason folds for any breeze. If it looks like he might lose he just gives up rather than seeing it through.

@joeldavis4496

Ай бұрын

Trample only has to kill one of the blockers before it can assign damage to face

@AlienValkyrie

Ай бұрын

@@joeldavis4496 That's not how any of this works. The controller of an attacking creature with trample first assigns damage to the creature(s) blocking it. Once all those blocking creatures are assigned lethal damage, any excess damage is assigned as its controller chooses among those blocking creatures and the player, planeswalker, or battle the creature is attacking. You can't assign damage to face without assigning lethal damage to *all* blockers.

im ngl I really want to see a non-budget version of this deck; this looks kinda sick.

@Bob-np2uc

Ай бұрын

I play this deck and it's basically just this but with shocklands instead of spires, I think its just a normal tier 2 pioneer deck

You beating the #35 ranked player on Arena in Match 2 was insane! Congrats my guy, what good playing and running!

My only Q for this build is if *Zoetic Glyph* was considered, and, IF SO, why did it not make the cut?

Great content Seth. The first FNM I won was during Origins standard with my own Ensoul Blast brew. This brings back a lot of fun memories, thanks

So excited to see a list! I loved my military intelligence/ensoulnithopter deck back in standard, tried creating in mtga but with less success

Been meaning to tune my old Budget Pioneer Ensoul list. Love this version.

Love the list, Seth. I'm running something similar but with syr Ginger after you're video with her in standard.

Would love to see a non budget list of this

@saia100

Ай бұрын

This list is literally 71 of the 75 of the current meta ensoul list, -1 island -4 spire +1 otawara +4 steam vents makes this a mtgo topping list

The match 1 was played so well. Seth is right that no need to take the 1% risk.

@doomninja1

Ай бұрын

See I actually disagree. Joy must be a niche new thing, cause March isn’t a card waste not is playing. His first opponent G1 had no out. Shrapnel blast just closed it out. Plus make them have it anyways. And waste the cards in hand.

Niceeee... Love to see some pioneer

thank you for the 12:14 reference to my fave character ever

this "budget" ensoul artifact deck is actually the best Tier 1 deck in explorer/pioneer right now. just happens that the best deck in the format is relatively inexpensive

@i_love_pandas8458

Ай бұрын

I think part of the reason this build is "budget" is that it's not running shocklands but I could be wrong

@MisanthropicCurmudgeon

28 күн бұрын

Eh, this deck is okay in Pioneer. Not really tier 1

I remember Ensoul Artifact in the M15-Origins Standard. Oh baby. Plenty of great Khaladesh Pioneer cards in here I see.

I popped when you took down that #35 Mythic with Budget. that was nuts

22:40. Hold priotrity on blocks. Before damage crack the clue. Use the drawn card to crack the blood token. Double trigger on Geardrake for game.

@Bearvas

Ай бұрын

More practice with this deck is neccessary. Especially since there is a high reluctance to switch from control to aggro.

Pro Tip: Fry > Rending Volley. It snipes creatures and planeswalkers for one more dmg and one more mana.

Love me some ghost scissors.

Running with scissors hype lol.

I never knew Q-taro Burgerburg was so good at magic the gathering! Baseball AND magic champion huh

What was your favorite deck that got you to Mythic? I haven’t been there in ages. Glad to see your gameplay videos again. Haven’t seen them in a while for some reason

I would trade out the pain lands for shocks. Steam vents are worth the investment.

on the budget videos, in the wrap up could you make suggestions on what cards u would change for a non-budget version?

inti and copter, pretty good cards !

I had a concept that I’m still working on where you ensoul the millennium calendar then put luxior, giada’s gift on it

I love how no matter the format no matter the deck if Seth is playing against it "it's one of the best decks in .... " 😜

Why no Zoetic Glyph? I run that in mine and its very good. Helps by giving resiliency against removal heavy decks. Although Im also silly for not running Shrapnel Blast in mine. I need to fix that lol

A nice aura to control those out of control Mythic artifacts

Well match 2 was a delight. You guys often joke about not being the best magic players out there but you really showed off there :)

Bro was locked in during match 2 imo

13:00 rectal vampires!?

With the addition of Case of the Filtched Falcon, do you just see no need for Tezzeret's Touch?

The conservative sandwich heavy investor reference was such an amazing reference I haven't thought of in a long time because of my boneitis

I feel like whenever Seth reaches Mythic he makes a new budget deck to celebrate

I mean as well dont they have ghostfire blade or whatever the tarkir thing is in arena? Its just a good throwback to old ensoul artifact builds

every time he says "maybe this deck is...?' or " is this deck...?" and tilts head like a dog, take a drink.

@rykx0r

Ай бұрын

Fuck no, I don't want to die

Legion extruder is an insane card. It hurts me to see you taking it out vs all the midrange strats where it shines.

Wait, waste not is a top tier deck in pioneer? I always thought it was black's noob trap, like mono white lifegain

@Weenhander

Ай бұрын

Its kinda like gruul boats, it can screw over certain playstyles but the vast majority of t1-t2 decks are equipped to handle it. I played the eidetic draw deck against it and scoop as soon as i see waste not lmao

@PajamaMan44

Ай бұрын

First time?

@yoyoguy1st

Ай бұрын

It’s pretty well positioned against the meta right now. It runs 4 mainboard go blank which is good against phoenix, it has access to edicts which is great vs vampires and is basically a control deck with how much removal it has which makes it great vs amalia combo

@CSDragon

Ай бұрын

@@Weenhander Gruul Boats?

@ab14967

Ай бұрын

It's a tier 2 deck that basically bullies a decent amount of tier 2 decks and any deck below that, but usually sputters against tier 1 decks.

When the opponents aren't land screwed or Seth doesn't draw ridiculously, it's awfully "Time to scoop..." I dunno..

Seems like gingerbrute is a great target for ensoul here

#35 getting clowned by an Act of Treason effect, as things should be

Is that an Aku Aku thumbnail of the Smugglers Copter?

Can u make a group hug deck with Kynaios and Tiro that’s kinda budget like 60 dollars

It is never wrong to use Ensoul Artifact on the Darksteel Citadel. Since the Ensoul gives you a 5/5 creature, both Turn Aside and Stubborn Denial are better options than Spell Pierce; if your primary concern is removal, then even Dispel will work. Why give the opponent an out by being able to pay 2? Since you are in Pionner and will likely have a 5/5 (or usually at least a 3/3), then even Spell Rupture is viable. There are simply so many options which are better than Spell Pierce, including Test of Talents. For defense, you are in blue/red, so Dive Down, Shore Up, or You See a Guard Approach.

Way to go taking down #35 mythic that is wild!!! I love when the underdog wins!

Pretty wild how a 'budget' deck is now considered under 100 dollars. For one deck, and it's *budget*. I have no idea how Wizards stays in business, especially with proxies being a thing.

Are there recommendations to upgrade this to be a better deck if budget is not an issue?

@Bob-np2uc

Ай бұрын

Replace the spires with shocks and you're all good

Video good

hug has only run two campaigns and he’s already making content.

Hey, Futurama reference

Top 35 guy's username was a Your Turn to Die reference?

No Zoetic Glyph?

I've made this comment before, but honestly after match 2, very curious what rank seth could reach if he just sweated it out for a season.

$88 can get you a top tier Pokemon Tcg deck

First game, has the opportunity to ensoul t2, doesnt. Then for some readon chooses not to play a land t3. Why does this make me so frustrated?

@i_love_pandas8458

Ай бұрын

wdym? that was optimal...

just wonderinng, is there a reason you stopped putting the format in the title of the videos?

Spygrass Shiren

I’ve never not had my ass kicked by Ensoul on Arena lol

Was that a missed land drop at 5:30?

@TheSmartCinema

Ай бұрын

tbh i really didnt understand the sequence of play there... he could have dropped a land and the siren, then next turn shrapnel to the face and attack with 4 creatures for 9 total damage.... like the line was so obvious to me...??

@milohummon8753

Ай бұрын

Because the opponent was on discard he kept it in his hand so he could discard it to a go blank rather than the cards that he needed.

Cryptic Coat is just too slow. Zoetic Glyph is just always going to be faster and better. Swinging for 5 on turn 3 AND getting something back when it hits the yard cant be overstated in this type of deck.

Why is ornithopter not here

Made this deck couple days ago and it was not 88$ lol.. I’m from Europe it costed me around 180€ including shippings

41:24 tell me how he cant block and survive? I believe they need to have 1 more spell. 10 damage - 7 is 3 damage. You double block swiftie going to 1 and hope to god for a blast right?

this deck lacks pithing needle and grafdiggers!

I remember playing this Archetype in standard. Shows how old I am!!

@michaelmitchell338

Ай бұрын

What about suicide necro in standard? Are you that old?

Why is Jegantha in the sideboard? Im not seeing the reason to run it in this deck

@austinmurphy8162

Ай бұрын

Because it's a free 8th card

@CenJohan

Ай бұрын

functionally a free 8th card every game in the event that it's relevant. Doesn't come up often but generally better than a 15th card in the sideboard. Modern domain does the same thing even though 8 mana for a 5/5 isn't normally good.

@davidhansen5067

Ай бұрын

Pretty much exactly that. Like Kaheera in Modern control lists a while back.

@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle

Ай бұрын

There really isn't a downside to running Jegantha, having a 61st card that you can always cast is worth giving up a sideboard slot

Tha-a-a-lia 🤣

Im surprized you dont use prized statue, or lizard blades, once it's reconfigured it's a viable target for ensoul and has natural doublestrike.

@MrNesgamefreak

Ай бұрын

Probably too slow to setup, dies really easily without adding anything extra to the board and doesn’t have evasion

@Badassest

Ай бұрын

@@MrNesgamefreak could shrapnel blast a clue or config creature and fling what it was equipped to might as well toss a bolt in there as well lol.

Why not play this in real Pioneer?

Why early concede :(

where ornithopter? 😭

I don't think you should start calling Explorer Pioneer. I know they are pretty close but I don't think you should change the name u til one official evolves to the other

Why no Darksteel Ingot? Or lotus petal? With petal it feasible to get out a more worthwhile artifact or creature that benefits from artifacts. Plus having four Ingots and four citadel gives more indestructible targets for ensoul and more shrapnel targets. Junk jet is nice just saying.

@Badassest

Ай бұрын

Forgot, junk jet is UB but still gross in an unrestricted legacy casual ensoul/shrapnel deck.

waste not is not one of the best deck... waste not on the battle field is on of the best

I feel like if you beat #35 with a budget deck you should get their place automatically and they lose it

i’m a simple man. I see this dude and immediately downvote the video

dorky

i really don't think 88 dollars can count as "budget"

@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle

Ай бұрын

Oh my sweet summer child. Don't look up the price of modern tier decks

@DuviousGangsta

Ай бұрын

Under 100 is what most people consider budget decks in pioneer/modern

You're by far one of my favorite tubers. In fact, if you weren't one of the tubers of this channel, I would've unsubscribed. Your coleague sometimes displays such toxic behaviour... Guys like him are the reason I mute my opponents in Arena.

The 88 has a problematic meaning. Look it up. and dont use it in titles. Unless seth and MTGGoldfish belong to a social club,and I hope that isn't true.

@patriciaboggs8882

Ай бұрын

I have no idea what you're talking about and I'm guessing most people don't either. Which means that it doesn't have any problematic meaning for most of us. It's just a number. Are you just making stuff up or a bot?

@adams8407

Ай бұрын

Look up 88 number wikipedia.

@jellywillreturn

Ай бұрын

Bait used to be believable.

Ngl i would ranther you play real decks...aka STOP PLAYING BAD MANA BASES TO SAY THE DECKS BUDGET!