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'
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
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.
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
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.
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.
@@EngineeredCoaxium 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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Huh. I think were I in your place here, I might run some way to get back the Ensoul Artifact, some kind of bounce to hand as an answer to removal. They try to kill your creature, oops, it's an artifact again, and if that still kills it, I can Ensoul Artifact something else.
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.
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?
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...??
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
