Can Anyone Beat $35 of Soldiers at Mythic in Standard? | Budget Magic: the Gathering (MTG) 

I very, very rarely use decks built by other people purely because I enjoy the deckbuilding so much. I think this will be one of those few, accompanied by that absolutely sweet Mardu legendary dragons deck from a little while back! These decks look like they're not only strong, but fun to pilot.

On match 2 game 2, I think it's a mistake to put the plains back, not just because you didn't draw any lands. With the Dawnguard we can find more gas so losing a nonland card hurts less. We could also draw Recruitment Officer or the Reconstruction which can generate card advantage but require 4+ lands. I probably would have put Valorous Stance back but I could see the argument for the Commando and the Cathar as well.

Seth I’m mad at MTG right now. Except you. Please keep making quality videos. I enjoy them so much. 💚💙

Feel like this deck should be playing Fortified Beachhead. Even with no blue you can still activate with colorless and it's always gonna be untapped in this deck Also it's pretty cheap so still makes this budget

If my LGS ever had standard events, I'd play this bad boy for sure!

I knew when dawnguard was spoiled it would eventually do something. I've tried it in modern but it's still just too slow but perhaps I put it into the wrong deck.

Isn't there a product coming out today that's totally not for me?

I'm new back to MtG because my son got into it (I left around Kamigawa block. Yeah, I'm old). Picked up a bunch from DU and BroWar in paper and just got started on Arena. I've been playing WB Soldiers. I'll have to look up some of these cards to improve my deck. Looks way more reliable and powerful than my fun but kinda bad pile.

I always read the articles, Seth. Thank you for making content in multiple forms. :)

Got so excited when you tweeted about this deck I bought all the pieces i didnt have... then realised none of the shops near me run standard events xD

Randomly happened upon this almost 2 years later and mono white humans is probably, as Seth would say, the best deck in the format in Standard. You were ahead of the curve Seth!

Seth's reaction to the bear buddy made my day

I love it when Seth says spider lol. It just sounds really cool

Really interest in soldier tribal, will try to build a budget pioneer one with this one as a base. Sadly, my country BrotherWar is still delayed until next month for some weird reason

Sweet! I will try running the same deck later. -1 plains -1 Yotian Frontliner +2 Gavony Dawnguard

I ALWAYS check the description for decklists.

If you get the bear pet you should def move the decklist so we can see it!

Bro I use you budget decks all the time I’m so thankful for them

I remember when standard rotated last time and people were hyped about gavony dawnguard being great in mono W that already was really good, I saw it in at least half of the decks that week and it made me feel like this one of the strongest uncommon I have ever faced. I was a bit exaggerating because I kept losing to it but was so powerful and I still don't understand why people forgot him so quickly after overperforming like this. overall I'm glad to seen that nothing can stand in the way of budget aggro.

This deck looks sweet. Not having seen the full video yet, I wonder if another Valorous Stance or two would be good mainboard. Black is everywhere and it hits Sheodred. Black is everywhere and it saves Brutal Cathar from removal. (My biggest complaint about Brutal Cathar is that it is tempo against a removal heavy deck, but 3 mana historically is a lot for a tempo card).

One time I drafted an esper daytime/nighttime deck and it was one of the first times I ever ran out of cards to draw in draft.

I see this deck now a ton the last 2 days. Iv beaten it almost every time with a mono blue budget deck.

Neat deck. Was playing something similar on Mythic the other day, but lacked a bunch of rares so it wasn't THAT efficient. Still white is a neat budget colour these days. I did my ladder climbing suprisingly efficient as well with a budget red aggro deck, though. That prowess monk is such a good addition to the red aggro pool in standard.

Back in the days of 3rd edition or revised as it is now known this kind of deck was called a "white weenie deck" and it used a card called Crusade which for silly reasons is now banned

I would have also added in some Rescue Retriever's and a Myrel, shield of argive(I know its not budget)

Excellent video, very fun deck!

The bear pet was from Kaldheim!

Doesn’t go with the soldier theme but intrepid adversary seems like it would be good

I added more stax but playing this deck in historic is a lot of fun

Please do some arena budget deck!

I have been playing a version of this with amazing results. I skipped the Factories as well as the 3 mana day/night creature that does what recruitment officer does. I instead included 4 more mythics, the lifelink guys with kicker that gives all your creatures +1/+1 effectively making it 12 pseudo-lords in the deck. That way a Kayla's for x=2 will usually let me remove the last roadblock creature they own with Brutal Cathar and drop a lord of some type to finish the match. The MOST important card for me has been the one mana Swords to Plowshares-esque card. It is amazing and so cheap that Thalia doesn't slow it down. That is another reason I don't run anything but basic Plains.

I read the articles for Ultra & no budget comparisons. *Thanks for the Content* !

The bear was from Kaldheim mastery

my decision making when looking at my draw: am i being greedy?.. if yes, don't. if no, go for it.

Never spent a dime and I hit mythic 98% with mono red when the game first released. Fast decks climb well

I dunno, if I'm going no budget, Im putting Myrael in there somewhere.

If standard was still alive in my region, I would definitely build this !

Soldiers does look neat. I was thinking about making the Azorius version at some time.

Totally makes sense that going back to the early days of magic white weenie is back in action. That was my second deck, and my first good deck.

I get excited about seeing a budget deck until I realize it’s just paper prices and Arenas economy still sucks.

Yes someone else built it, mono white soldiers is so good

IRC Bear pet (Beskir) was a reward from the Kaldheim mastery pass

Bear pet came with Kaldheim mastery.

44:40 "Taking 9 to 5, what a way to make a living"

In pre rotation i played a UW tempo-y control w/ dawnguard, it is insanely underplayed and seems good whenever i play

THE BEAR IS KALDHEIM lmao it was the mastery pet

I LOVE this deck, I might have to get it in paper

This is the deck I’ve been playing!

44:00 Valiant Veteran, or Siege Veteran? ...Yeah let's Valiant Veteran *Proceeds with casting Siege Veteran. 😅

The concede at 20:00 seemed unnecessary to me. You are definitely not dead on board and you have several options: 3 blockers with the land, or 2 blocks and a combat trick, or main-phase valorous stance to transform the Cathar. And you have the out of drawing your X spell to build a big board.

damn, dawnguard seems underrated until now in this deck at least

The article for this deck is incredible

does anynoe have a version of this deck with just 60 cards

i feel like myrel would be a good control tech if your going non budget, if not in the main then at least some slots in the side board since it definitely helps against control and works with the main plan of the deck as well.

Set, I am your brother from another mother.

Bear was a pet during _Kaldheim_ 's run. You will probably have to wait for a "flashback" special to get it now...

33:04 why not tap the powerstone for x=3?

I am running a budget 5 color soldier with that runs Hero of the Dunes and around 10 rares in total including the new white and blue soldiers and I can't say it's tip tier, but it wins over 50% of games and it's super fun.

Weenie white Crusade decks.. those were the days! :)

that last game in the loss against mono black you couldve used valorous stance to make one of your creatures indestructible to flip the cathar and take out one of their creatures. not sure it wouldve mattered but it couldve bought you another turn at least

PSA for Arena: That's 24 Rares and no Mythics (so paper budget only)

Congratulations on your deck

Wow, I'm surprised Myrel (3/4 who makes soliders on attacks) isn't here! Too expensive?

Love when Seth Busts a format!

Really strong. Played against it with mono blue and only won because I had the perfect answer in my sideboard: Karns Sylex. Nobody expects that.

YES!.

how is this budget it costs like 22 rares

I saw the new goblin from Jumpstart and was so sad it's not modern legal cause it would be so good for 8 whack budget decks.

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Looks sweet, pioneer version?

This deck nearly makes me miss meathook....

Gideon sleeves chef's kiss

I think the bear came out with one of the alchemy sets. I also think it’s bugged. He’s always hanging out in the middle of the screen when I play against him.

I think even mono-white soldiers should be playing Fortified Beachhead, practically no downside and you gain access to the extra pump effect. Card's cheap too.

If I have the soldier land should I play it?

While I do like that Soldiers are a real player, I'm a bit sad that it's mono white soldiers instead of Blue-White Soldiers I'm a very big fan of when Blue-White is meta and doesn't play annoying control or tempo, and Soldiers seemed to be the shell for it!

Brothers war has add a lot of good white soldiers. Great budget deck bye the way.

I love mono white being so good for so little cash!

Sucks that this deck is super budget except for on Arena, where 24 rare wildcards is unfortunately not budget at all.

The only thing that can beat this deck is its own manabase.

Nice

I feel like dawngaurd was looked over by people purely because of day/night mechanic

No Rick, Steadfast Leader? 😅

budget deck in paper - still basically big spender deck in arena with like 20 rares ....

You are more likely to draw non-lands than lands.. Always keep the lands when you're that tight on curve Seth :/

18 rares budget deck on arena lmfao

TIL Kayla's reconstruction is top 7 not top X. I've not played it so many times waiting for a huge x.

OA Fix Do

Sweeper no sweeping!!

* Seth makes a deck * “Wellll it looks like we broke standard” Every time lol love the contrvf

17:30 no it is 100% incorrect. This deck is basically white goblins or zombies. While it _can_ do an aggro start this deck wants to grind and to do that it needs resources.

0:22

DO NOT BUILD THIS DECK!!!! I WENT 0-6😭this can’t win in mythic

Huhh??? In match 2, Game 1 puts 3rd land on bottom, swears will do it again, then Game 2 keeps a 5 land hand, gets flooded.

3rd... late to the Solder party.

In arena Is totally not budget

This deck is not undefeated, this is just lies. I went 7-4 in mythic with this deck

How are you missing Myrel, Shield Of Argive???? This is a no Brainer

but now legacy

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