Two multiversal arch-mages prepare for a legendary duel. They summon the power of the earth itself. They fight an unseen mental battle, each attempting to scramble the other's mind into nothing. They conjure fantastical beasts and powerful allies out of thin air. After a few minutes, one of them steps back and casts one final spell, and the battlefield goes quiet. No more spells, no more magical creatures. He walks up to his opponent, pulls a sardine out of the pocket of his robe, and slaps him repeatedly in the face with it.
you know this channel's come a long way in the past.. over a decade, but the sound of joy from seth as he locks someone out of the game sure hasn't changed at all.
It certainly has, the quality of the recording is always very good, I remember when he had a noise gate on his mic and it would constantly pop in and out, I haven't watched all those videos for that reason, the edit is also always great and so watchable, these videos are amazing and they've slowly gotten better over time.
So watching the intro I realized “wait a second I own most of these cards already.” Crafted the missing possibility storms, got the lock my second game, laughed maniacally when they conceded. 10 out of 10 best way to spend a lunch break.
I played a few more games before forcing myself back to work (unranked explorer best of 1) and I have to say high noon by itself messes up so many people’s game plans.
Exact same scenario for me! I already have Boros Tokens built for Standard, so all I needed was the Possibility Storms and another Emperor (switched out a few of the sideboard cards I didn't have). Literally assembled the lock two games in row against UW Control and UB Control lmao
@@alchemy3830 Thats something to watch out for definitely, but I include other stax effects like drannith magistrate to minimize the risk and increase consistency
"We have high noons for literally days" Wut you only have 2 Oh I see what you did there That was such a good understated natural joke, I almost missed it
This reminds me of Seth's Teferi / Knowledge Pool Lock back in the day on MTGO - one of the first goldfish videos I remember watching =D I once even built an edh deck around this mechanic because I liked it so much
At 15:55, you could have kept the Eiganjo and activated its channel ability with your sunken citadel. Don't know if it was correct, but it was a possibility.
Seth you should have put more creature lands in your deck. that way if your fountain port gets destroyed you can still get in damage or if the opponent has their own creature lands
Funny how you made this Boros Control prison for pioneer utilizing High Noon. Just yesterday I experimented with Standard Boros Token Control using High Noob fairly. Since the Rule of Law effect actually is very strong vs the aggro decks who're desperate to vomit out their hand. Midrange seems to hate High Noon as well since theyre trying to establish engines which can be sniped easily since you can just go 1-for-1 with them with removal without fear of being overwhelmed.
I thought about the Standard application as well, but then I rememberd that with Duskourn there'll be a ton of disenchants in the meta and even B will get one.
@scipioafricanus2071 yeah, Black getting enchantment removal in standard is going to be super lame. I'm enjoying right now devouring these smooth brain good stuff monoblack decks.
After seeing that Greasefang match, I kind of want to build a full chaos deck with Possibility Storm, Chaos Warp, Tibalt's Trickery, Chaotic Transformation, etc. Absolute chaos.
High Noon is by far my favorite card in Magic since OTJ released. Forcing your opponents to play some good old school Magic is hilarious on its own, without even locking them. My personal favorite combo card is Fevered Visions though (along with a regular jeskai control shell). Imagine having all the cards and not being able to do anything except take damage… heartbreaking 😂
I’ve been playing this deck and it’s a ton of fun! The newest lists aren’t even running the full lock with possibility storm and are opting for cards like wedding announcement and lightning helix instead
Not gonna lie, at 45:20 that Claim spinning into another Claim, followed by an Ancestral Anger spinning into another Ancestral Anger was kind of funny, the odds on that have got to be low.
26:57 FWIW you also would have gotten wrecked if you did cast possibility storm. They can still cast Storm the Festival with Flashback through the lock, as Possibility Storm only locks cards cast from hand.
Just watching the deck tech, I'm going to guess anything that gets around Possibility Storm's "cast from hand" clause is going to cause issues for this deck.
i love the idea of boros hatebears, archon of emeria would also be great, as well as drannith magistrate, those work really well as well with the possibility storm lock, same thing with the idea of the battle that exiles a card from the opponent's hand
One thing to note (the way I built mine) is that you can still cast spells from exile. So cards with foretell and plot get not stuck in your hand even with the lock out
You may place something into plot. But playing the plot card still counts as a cast. So you're still restricted to the 1 cast per turn. Had someone try to set up that Rhino guy who gives counters on ETB. Still couldn't get around High Noon so the Rhino was an ez target for removal, giving no value.
@@vaxfantomen No - High Noon cares about your cast. Has nothing to do with your hand. It triggers similar to prowess. When you plot a card, you are not casting it therefore allowed to do it. But when you try to cast it from exile, you are officially casting the spell. Which will be your 1 per turn.
@@ammonaustin9081 I believe what Vax means is that when you cast a spell from Exile, Possibility Storm does not trigger. So while you still only get the one cast per turn, it is a way to actually get a spell to resolve while the lock has been established. Same works for casting spells from the graveyard.
if m1 opponent had another hive of the eye tyrant, and you didn't have another field of ruin, wouldn't they be fine? would just be a pretty miserable game until that point though
Another pioneer banning another pioneer meta where everyone days phoenix is the best deck....only for to probably just be 3rd best behind green and whatever BXx deck is actually the best deck
Magic just keeps including other media in its multiverse, but I think now they went too far -- including Monty Python's Flying Circus and its fish-slapping dance into the game. SMH.
