One-Shot Charix | MTG Standard🦀 | Against the Odds 

"Attention, a giant enemy crab is approaching." *Laughter sounds* --The opponents' last words

37:00 The opponent is so baffled by the combo that they didn't think to sac their food to survive the hit

Let's be honest here, the real reason to have the crab is to draw out all their removal so your Setessan Champion/Ooze can clean house.

That thumbnail is hilarious, well done!

No matter how much audio editing technology improves, please never lose the creaks of Seth leaning back in his chair when things go really well... or really badly.

I may have to turn my WG auras into this. I love the spice! At 4:21 Seth reveals this is actually modern and it’s been on Arena this whole time ;)

19:00 why not flash in the solid footing?

I'm shocked there is no Felidar Retreat in this pile, as the 2nd ability on there gives team vigilance

No one expects the crabby inquisition

In terms of removal, I think Pacifism or Banishing Light would be better. I get that Heliod's Pilgrim can't fetch BL, but it's a much better removal spell. As I'm not sure what activated ability you care about, Pacifism seems more of a strict upgrade if you still wanted a fetchable option.

I think the reason charix is a magnet for removal is because he's a hard to kill body that you can easily stack enchantments on, which is a real concern in an enchantress shell.

The game I enjoyed the most is yall's strong thumbnail game :)

I love how the thumbnail is a massive island size crab smiling holding a knife

I think mirror shield could fit into this deck. It helps against removal, deathtouch and would give solid footing more power.

You could have included a single dryad of the elesean grove to help the crabs ability be more relevant. Plus it being an enchantment works for the deck too

Crab kills! Nevermind the missed lethals :) I somehow feel crabless enchantress is better, but i appreciate that is beside the point

In Soviet Russia, crab hits you for massive damage!

That warrior deck looked sweet.

I always like running Kenrith's Transformation in my standard enchantress decks. At least in the sideboard. It's usually better than pacifism.

Solid footing is an underrated card. I build a Pauper Bogles deck around it using of course the 8 Bogles a bunch of auras that pump toughness and Lagonna-band Trailblazer and the other creature is the one Mana flying vigilance angel. It's hilarious.

Been playing this deck for a few weeks since LegenVd put a video out on this combo so there is a little awareness about Charix out there.

This looks like a *really really* good Theros limited deck.

I feel this deck helps define the term "jank them out".

Love me an ooze with staggering insight.

A pretty good deck plus a crab.

Rousing read would be good in this deck I think? You can pitch the sentinel's eyes to the yard and then escape it back out. Makes Charix grow wings.

I've had some luck with just a mono-blue tempo deck with Charix. There's no need to mess around with trying to give Charix backbone when you've got nothing but islands. Early game you're looking to mutate a sea-dasher octopus onto a Merfolk Windrobber or Fae of Wishes, and draw cards while countering stuff and/or bouncing stuff with a Brazen Borrower. Then you get Charix down and give him flying with either a Wingspan Mentor or one Cliffhaven Kitesail that you have in the sideboard to grab with the Fae of Wishes. Best of all, since all the rest of your stuff is flyers, the Wingspan Mentor isn't a completely dead card, even if you don't have Charix.

ALL HAIL THE CRAB!

No one expects the Crustacean Inquisition

This video taught me that Boggles is a good deck with Setessan Champion.

The moment I saw that the card needed vigilance for Solid Footing to turn on, I knew this was going to be an absolute pile and my body became ready

I like how 99.99999999% of the wins here were like "We didnt crab them, but"... lol

CRAB BATTLE!

Love this. Needs a “flying” enchantment to fly over the deathtouch.

I play a Mono Green Standart Deck. I play 2 Planeswalker and 4 Instants, the rest are creatures. The Instants are all Ram Trough . Maybe it might here too. If the Crab has Trample and the Vigilance Bonus it would pierce out of nowhere for surprise.

Absolute jank. I love it.

The lands floods

Scooping to Charix definitely counts.

Come for the Charix-Combo stay for Setessan-tron.

always good to see an against the odds in standard, next I want the song of creation combo deck!

What's the reasoning behind Nahiri's Binding over Banishing Light?

You wouldn’t believe how fast I clicked that beautiful thumbnail

Could I get the video splash art alone so i can use it as a wallpaper

CRAB BATTLE

hsould have let him attack with maul and pop it on the attack. This makes me wanna try abzan enchantress just no crab go maximum valuetown

Is the thumbnail a tonberry reference? Please tell me it is.

12:35 I think you should have just swung in with pilgrim. If they block it you can recast the aura from the graveyard to draw 3, if they don't you draw a card from it hitting. 19:13 why not respond by casting solid footing ?

When you had the 11/12 and 10/11 setessan Champs in match one when your opponent was at 15 why not just swing it? Am I missing something or was that lethal

What if you add a few of the MDFC that has fling on its speed side? I know that is adding another color, but the card functions as another lab if need be and it could be another win-con.

“Please no embercleave, embercleave gets us hard.” 😂

46:44 didn't know thieves' guild enforcer had landfall

Why not Banishing Light over Nahiri's Binding?

Why did OP scoop so fast in the first duel?

Is this deck the reason that I'll start playing arena again?

Cards like Frogify and Mystic Subdual might solve the removal issue

You know, Seth never once used charix's second ability. A 5/14 vigilance would still be a reasonable beater.

But why not protect your creatures in response to the targeting? See that happen a few times where you could have fizzled abilities

So I have this new deck called big red deck wins. With ugin and yirado with ironcrag fleat

How much does he smoke?

Setessan champion is the card here

Try Temur Creation Tutelage

In game 2 match 2, you should have dropped Charix. A 0-17 blocks a double-striking Warrior. Second Maul means that you were dead regardless, but I think you forgot that crab makes an excellent blocker.

Maybe I’m just blind, but didn’t both of the enchantresses have trample at 14:00, giving you lethal damage on board?

Did he say for modern...?

If your removal is bad, just play Banishing Light. You're playing white, so it's not like there are no good options.

Kinda seems like maybe just replace Cherix with All That Glimmers.

why not use spell shield?

Which set are those Islands from??? 😍

Ironic the first time he gets the combo off its on the charix background map

A Crab-Aura deck's name should be PINCH-antress

Move to historic for high alert

Galaxy brain play, bottom the sentinels eyes to go get the sentinels eyes with the pilgrim

I don't think Solid Footing is coded properly on Arena. It should only make the creature assign combat damage with its toughness, NOT change its power to match its toughness. Unless it's just a display bug. If your 2/19 Charix (which shows 19/19) gets destroyed by Shatter the Sky, does it draw you a card? It shouldn't but the "19/19" suggests it would. Edit: it seems it changes the power only when it's attacking, which it still shouldn't as at no point does the actual power of the creature change.

"No one expects it" But I did. 'Cause it was in first 10 seconds of video already

It bothers me so much in game 2 of Match 5 when he has 4 blue sources, 2 white, and 1 green and he fabled passage's for an island while thinking out loud "we have a green source" like bruh the deck is base GW

this fucking boss

damn im early today.. you dont get the 5th 1st comment everyday :D

Since I'm new to the channel and this is the second of SaffronOlive's videos I've ever seen, here's an honest question: Is this permanently squeaky/grating way of talking an act or is it just the way he speaks? (Don't want to be mean, just curious.^^)

i really dont like the highlight at the start of the video. it show the highest point. why should we watch the rest if it dosent get better than that

Does anyone else feel like these matches aren't in order? Idk why, but it just seems like the video is contradicting itself in some places. Regardless, it's a sweet janky deck with a lot of fun to it!

Worst case of crabs ever!

Today on ATO, is Bant Boggles still a deck if you waste 4 slots on a fat crab?

Wait I thought midrange decks are suppose to be good against combo decks. Well this is relatively weak against aggro.

Alseid, Seth, Alseid. NOT ELSID

"solid footing is the most important card in our deck" because if you have Solid footing but no Charix, you will win the game (rolling eyes)

I have no interest in standard, I’m only here for charix

Rip headphone users

This does'nt look an against the odds deck You should play more modern or others formats instead of standard❤

Sorry man. Couldn't watch this one. I appreciate that you want to pull of your silly combo but come on. You "missed" lethal so many time. It's not an impressive combo win if you could have killed him three turns earlier by just attacking with your 23 power worth of tramplers.