A DECKBUILDER's TALENT | Magic the Gathering: Arena Standard Deck

[@EmmanuelPR427]

Congratulations on your marriage!🎉🎉🎉

[@epsilon82]

Builder's Talent? Are you kidding me? I'm pretty sure if you gave me 50 guesses I couldn't have gotten this one right. Absolutely incredible stuff yet again from the master.

[@arnavgupta2400]

pls dont quit mogwai

[@KyouUkaru]

Dude I’m so stoked that you’re playing magic again. I missed your deck techs from a few years ago. Keep it up. This is awesome. You’re truly a creative and intelligent player, and your decks are so much fun to watch and play.

[@ghozter1]

Been watching for about 5 years now, saw your tweets about view count and you potentially not being a content creator anymore. Just wanted to say that I appreciate the content you've done, hopefully you're here to stay Mog. You're someone that always tries to innovate and bring something new to the table, regardless of whatever game you're playing, with time I believe more people will notice it again or for the first time. I understand that it's your job, and that views definitely do matter but remember that behind every view there's a person watching and many of us actually care about you. And of course congratulations on your marriage!

[@popocraft4677]

Finally someone saying that it's not just the dev's fault meta exists but also playerbase's. Keep cooking mog

[@giovaniguerramoretti3110]

I began watching you because you had a Brazilian flag behind you back in the day. It has been quite a journey watching you adapt and reinvent yourself over the years. Loving your MTGA videos, I think here is where you shine brighter! Congrats on your marriage! Salve from Brasil

[@roy4173]

You're one of the best deck crafters I know. Insanely creative when you have the space to innovate. Keep it up!

[@doublethomas8415]

I really enjoyed this one, welcome back to MTG buddy!

[@EdgePitSwing]

That creature land + Talent proc was why I keep watching you. You're crazy creative. I would've never thought about that interaction.

[@gnoblin2528]

Man I really hope the views would start to grow again mostly because I think Mogwai deserves his “LoR views” regardless of what card game he’s playing. I’m just never bored watching his videos and especially the amount of creativity in his decks No other card game KZbinr (other than qcento but he plays Gwent lmao) comes even close!

[@soonpoker4060]

Just discover your channel with this deck ... love it ! ❤ Congrats for your near wedding.

[@ironmaidensupreme]

Hey man, just want to let you know that I love your content so much. Not only are you entertaining, but I feel like I learn about deck building too. I eventually want to get to a point where I can build a deck from scratch, and your content is helping with that. Please keep it up, we love you! Also, congrats on the marriage too!!

[@aesirloki4833]

This deck is siiiiiick. Also, mono black can be good when paired with discard, but you need some bigger bodies to put on the pressure. You need Menace, Deathtouch, or like 4/5 worth of stats

[@Khaos421]

I love that you made an anti discard deck! I was just wondering what that would look like and how much fun that would be! Love this take on it.

[@lorransl]

This is a mastercheff cooking... and I think it's a shell where Karn, Living Legacy could see some play. Very happy about your homecoming back to magic. You're the best!

[@kuchicho]

Congratulations!!! Que sea un maravilloso matrimonio! I started playing MTGA because of your videos and I so glad you have came back to Magic. Hope you have a great great GRREAT marriage! As I used to say: No one lefts Magic, just we take some breaks.

[@exxtrahumr7519]

bro this is so creative! glad I had allmost all cards besides one rare, it plays really nice...and if you can get into midrange, crazyyy

[@vivienbadergoll5131]

Hi Miguel. I have been watching your content for a long time and I wish to share something with you. In most of your videos since bloomburrow expansion you have been criticizing people's lack of creativity. I suppose that comes from you being tired of always facing the same decks on ladder, which is a feeling I can relate to very well. Nonetheless, true creativity is very rare. You are indeed a very creative person but this is a rare human trait. It is far from being the norm. The amount of new ideas and passion you put into creating deck is NOT something people can easily reproduce, and that doesn't always come from a lack of good will. It is just hard for most people to come up with good ideas. Keeping that into mind, try and be happy about it being as it is. Why ? Because that what makes your success. If I was able to create every deck around concept I want to delve into, I would be at no need to go and see your videos. Sure you are likeable and entertaining, but I think most people who watch you enjoy a combination of BOTH your skills and your character. What I mean by all of this is that if people were as creative as you think you want them to be, your youtube niche would probably never work. Because one of your great asset would loose a fair share of it's value. This message comes from the heart as someone who whishes you to succeed. Do not take it as hard criticisme. Whishing you well. Happy to ear you are getting married. My most sincere congratulations. Bader, a regular viewer from France

[@antongrigoryev6381]

This. It's also worth noting that a ton of players are playing F2P with limited resourses, they simply can't afford to play big variety of decks. In such limiting conditions it's simply a logical decision to choose a simple and reliable deck.

[@elchinolatino15]

jesus this deck is insanely unique. Wow you have outdone yourself yet again man. Cheers to the groom.

[@anthonyferguson2708]

My favorite deck you've made thus far

[@rickdjay2273]

Mog, I've watched you for years, I actually stopped watching when you left Arena years ago. But always kept tabs on KZbin to see how you're doing. And everyday, seeing your uploads and gameplay literally makes me day man! Keep it up, I promise this is the planting seeds season. Your work will, and has always, bare fruit. Don't ever think it doesnt!

[@naser3000x]

this game made me want to try builder's talent in my commander deck, great one as always

[@0nCoolDown]

HEEEEYYYYYY CONGRATS ON THE (SOON TO HAPPEN) WEDDING!!

[@felizpanda]

3:45 Planeswalkers. You missed planeswalkers.

[@jake4179]

This deck is like the cool version of Azorius Artifacts! Kinda wish the video with this deck is a bit longer XD

[@dillonsullivan6518]

You have been posting some amazing counters to this meta. I think we're inching up on you posting something that gets viral and warps the current bat discard meta around one of your decks

[@erik-forsstrom]

This deck is incredibly fun to play when it hits! Keep doing what you're doing Mogwai! I actually came back to MTGA as you started playing it and I'm deep into Bloomburrow. Your decks are the ones I try to run as I have no deckbuilding skills of my own 😀. Excellent stuff!

[@ItsCaptainDisco]

Been following since you were playing Gwent & I've only recently gotten into MTG, so I'm super glad I can watch you play and show me where I've been going wrong! Keep on keeping on!

[@Thedillyd]

I am indeed an npc unfortunately, N-net decks from mogwai P- please C- carry me to mythic, I’m a pilot not an engineer

[@JimmyDuchesneau]

This is one of my favorite deck EVER! So much fun to play with. Can't wait to see your next standard deck (with Duskmourn)!!! 🙂

[@slayer4mayor]

Awesome video Mogwai. Those games were nutty. Congrats to you & Shermie!

[@elgramleebrown5720]

Congratulations to you and madam for the marriage, best wishes to you all. The deck looks like a painting made the morning after a fever dream, right in the middle of madness and really well thought ideas about the BO1 Field. Good video as usual.

[@cbdhgfyegjvc]

Congrats Mogwai, wishing you the best on your wedding and thanks as always for the innovative decks!

[@jakecasson4504]

Builder's TALENT!! Man this video showing the true power of a MOGWAI deck build!! So fun to watch

[@bobbobby475]

Watching you beat the black decks was so satisfying! Another great cook for the meta

[@CodyliciousLol]

Congratulations on getting married!! That's so exciting! Edit: I decided to craft this because both the colors and gameplay are not like usual decks I play but I've been wanting to get into playing control. Ranked up a few times since my original comment and probably been roped more with this deck than any I've played lol It's quite fun! Thanks for the deck man!

[@MagatsuNimura]

Man, i'm suffering here, cause I've been struggling to get me some rare wildcards, and every other day, you come up with a deck that I want, and it's like I'm never gonna actually get to play any of them! xDDD It's actually the rare lands that make this so much harder, cause having a good selection of double mana lands for various color combinations takes a lot of time, if you are a f2p user. I'm 4 rares away from the squirrel deck (this deck is nuts), or 9 rares away from this one... if you could recommend me one of these 2 Miguel, which one would it be? cause once I build one of them, the other will take ages. Y tío, espero que las visualizaciones sigan subiendo, llevo años aquí mirando tu contenido, y he entrado en varios juegos de cartas gracias a ti, pero lo que más he disfrutado, sin duda, ha sido tu aportación a Magic, así que estoy disfrutando un huevo de tu vuelta al juego, un abrazo y enhorabuena por la boda!

[@MegaMogwai]

I feel ya mate, the rare lands are the roughest part, that's why it's important to prioritize them. Not implying I find the system "fine" but it is what it is. Once you get them though you'll find making new decks significantly easier on the wallet.

[@CheessusRiced]

It's so good seeing a familiar face! I always love how unfilitered you are. Because yeah, Magic can be frustrating sometimes but that's ok! Love the videos man!

[@machinegunjo9399]

Very pleased with this original build. Bravo, Mog!! Can’t wait for your next vid. Favorite quote from this upload: “You’re going to get dunked on” 😂

[@cruisinglifewithken2697]

Dude all your videos since coming back to mtg have been great! Some KZbin content creators just dump footage from their streams on to KZbin and don't take the time to make proper videos for here. You are killing it dude! Congratulations on your upcoming marriage and safe travels to Brazil.

[@bdopvp6495]

Fun deck! Its one of my favorites now.

[@TheOriginalMomo]

Congrats on the wedding, this deck you built is similar to rabbits militia in the jump in event, did you get inspiration from that?

[@ICM9]

Used to watch your LoR content all the time, now getting interested in MTG and found you again. Had no idea you were in a relationship with your editor, haha that is convenient. Jokes aside, congrats on the upcoming marriage! Keep up the great work and take your time if you need to.

[@z1X2c3V47]

Yet another deck the world would ever know without Mogwai! Fun games my guy, keep em coming!

[@kyleslick1865]

Loving this deck. Outside of the manabase, it's actually pretty reasonable on rare/mythics (arena budget).

[@davidechiarella7752]

I’ve yet to come across a content creator that builds the quality (and absolutely quantity) of decks you have, in ANY game

[@0nCoolDown]

Tkm, Mogwai

[@djmarcaida3540]

Damn that's so good. I'm looking at this and thought it had a mana value restriction. I'll try it with planeswalkers. Congrats on the wedding!

[@charlessrensen3217]

my first thought was temporary lockdown is gonna be hard on this... But it actually seems quite resillient.. My god the virtue of knowledge looks insane

[@EggsAreGood55]

When you said it countered discard decks well, I wasn't expecting it to completely obliterate them like it did lol. So satisfying to watch tbh.

[@zephyrdreamcrafter]

Big congrats Mogs! May your marriage be blessed and fruitful!

[@canis39]

Hey, not sure if you are aware -- the 'discover' mechanic allows you to put the card in your hand, instead of playing it. So you could have done that with the Sawblades, when there were no tapped creatures on the board. Awesome deck!

[@oikosu]

hi Mogwai, congratulations! And at 31:19 , u can change the resolution order to buff the wall~ Great deck as always! Been here since your LOR video, thanks for your brilliant contents!

[@soconapleura]

So many cards that I have been looking to in my collection and no idea where to begin with them, I suppose I can scratch builder's talent from the list 😉

[@sandraquinton-alt3406]

I have to say this deck is genius!!! Thanks a lot for it, I´m playing it all day long! Many greetings from Germany:)

[@Maxmx7]

Dude, I also LOVE Builder's Talent. This was a really cool deck.

[@geeksgambit]

Incredible stuff, yet again, from the legend. Cheers to the marriage!!

[@rubes1577]

Mog it's not players fault they only can afford wildcards for one deck. The game is too expensive. If they lowered the cost people would craft more decks. Don't blame the community mog

[@russellmartorell9860]

Black is a great color right now, and not everyone has the wildcards for other decks. You'll see the same one or two decks for a long time until players are able to build different decks. I'd like to play Bats and Frogs, but I don't have the wildcards for them, so a single cheap deck it is.

[@doctrinedark81]

watched this video a few times. this is the kind of deck i usually go for. blew the few wildcards i had to craft it. am constantly getting my ass handed to me, even at the beginning of bronze. hopefully the games will get better. dont really get to 'go off' like you do in the video

[@dardii7983]

Thank god Mogwai is back doing his deck-techs, MTGA is in severe need of some originality when it comes to deckbuilding. I made a rat deck sort of similar to the one you uploaded and have grinded from bronze-platinum with only encountering 1 other rat deck, and it was a different build to mine.

[@otacon1664]

I also want it noted that I play black before it was cool, and I do have a discard deck, but I don't run it much. I am, however, having a lot of fun with Intimidation Campaign. Not quite gotten the deck tuned yet, but so far I win more than I lose with it.

[@TheWaugustine]

You’re a talented deck builder and KZbinr. Congratulations on your soon to be marriage!

[@HotSauceHolster]

I wonder if there's room for Shoreline Looter in this deck. Unblockable looter seems like a good alternate wincon. Love the deck @mogwai, but that flesh tone Tshirt always makes me do a double take 😂 keep up the good work with the vids and good luck in your upcoming nuptials

[@xadadax1]

50:45 Liliana: oh, that’s my cue to leave Opponent: disconnects LMFAO

[@jeremymerkt3982]

Mardu player said your deck is not that magical deck that loses to nothing. Algorithm locked in.

[@CrashKaiju]

Oh man I haven't seen you in ages mog! Nice to see you playing mtg!

[@joeyboss6939]

Will defo be trying this out first thing tomorrow

[@banditban09]

Glad to see you keep posting! i hope things work out u are my favorite

[@vonvietnam5050]

Congrats on the wedding! Great deck!

[@jessiahbennett6340]

Really cool deck this why I never miss a video

[@vaclavkriz2509]

I've been searching for the decks since Bloomburrow went out and I already precreated like 100 decks that someone else built including you. I got cards from packs and get myself to spot where I can play something like 50% of the current decks which is fine. But man... this deck... I love artifacts, I am just thinking whether it wouldnt make sense to include Symulacrum Synthesizers, I think it would be another win cond for this deck. And laso Braided Net is really fucking strong against aggro decks. What do you think of these cards including there? Btw. either way this is probably the best deck I have ever seen across all the cards games I've played and I've seen many. I have been playing cards games for 11 years now and this and Frost Mage (2016) from HearthStone are definitely the most interesting and creative shits ever.

[@epsilon82]

Oh God, don't even remind me about Freeze Mage. I practically have PTSD from that shit (lethal! No, Ice Block secret, lethal again! No, Ice Block secret!). I'm also a huge fanboy of Simulacrum Synthesizer but I think you need a higher density of higher cost artifacts to make it worth the slots. This deck goes HEAVY on the Builder's Talent counters going onto cheap flyers and tokens. Especially with Virtue of Knowledge online you can actually put just about as much power as Karnstruct tokens in this deck, with a much less clunky curve in the process.

[@vaclavkriz2509]

@@epsilon82 Haha :D I really loved freeze mage, because it was that kinda deck that you simply play card draw and stuff to gain time and then u start doing ur stuff to win in 1/2 turns. Anyways this deck is nuts!

[@MegaMogwai]

There just isn't enough synergy for Synthesizer unfortunately, I definitely considered it for a while but dropping it was very liberating since I could focus more on enchantments, and I value what Static Net does way too much here. Braided Net is a fantastic card that could definitely fit this deck, the issue is it's not an upon entry effect, and I personally love being able to double target with the seals from existence. You can definitely switch it up and try it out though! Thanks for the support man, your words mean a lot! Hope you enjoyed the video! EDIT: Now that I think about it Master's Guide-Mural has been mediocre at best, so I think Braided Net would be a phenomenal swap.

[@vaclavkriz2509]

@@MegaMogwai Sure, will give it a try. Also, is here any way to support you ? I think, since the views has gone down recently, MTG(A) community is very specific and strong and wouldn't mind supporting u financially if you gave us options. Think about that... Patreon or KZbin membership or something could really help

[@antalpohly530]

my favorite fake brazilian

[@re5wesker281]

You should put zoetic glyph in here it synergizes very well

[@Arthion123]

I was looking for this comment had the same thought

[@utkukoc6636]

Thanks for the content mog.

[@veteran501]

Congratulations on the wedding!

[@diogomarquesdecarvalho8000]

Miss the lives 😥😥

[@pedrohonesto2361]

Heyyy our favorite cardboi is gonna get married here in Brazil!!! Parabéns mogwai!!!

[@danielmcquay2872]

Congrats! Also, this deck is a lot of fun.

[@s.c.304]

Crafted it to play with it; Fun deck! 🎉

[@BillyHopscotch]

Congrats on getting married! And don't worry about over-editing the videos, they're great as-is.

[@FRlDDY]

thats wicked

[@notdesmondesmond]

Blessed Marriage Mogwai! I should consider marrying my Editor too

[@RealHoopa]

Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@golbez1583]

Mogwai is building a wall and making their opponent pay for it 😂

[@Asarlai13]

congrats mogwai! glad to hear you're getting married!

[@otacon1664]

Hey! Congrats my man!

[@DiegoHernandez-ud3cz]

Loved the vid ❤ The deck was amazing

[@TheRodri888]

Congrats ! Happy for you

[@trigguhhappy7249]

Congratulations!

[@solar-form]

He has the talent 😮

[@alfonos1997]

Let’s go!

[@60D78RUK7]

Beautiful video. Lets keep posting in the comment section to get them views up!

[@artaihnandez4980]

great stuff bro, keep up the good work!

[@guilguis4820]

Congrats on the marriage man.

[@Arial1070]

Editing slays-!

[@HaydenHainesMoon]

nice

[@boyzalan]

Mogwai cooking!

[@redx27111]

3:40 Builders talent should also return planeswalkers. Maybe a different deck idea there?