Against the Odds: Five-Color Zubera Rally (Games)

[@SadPandaisSad]

This is your match 2 opponent. You were right, it was the jankiest thing I could've imagined. Watching it now, maybe I should've been more aggressive. In game 3 getting me empty handed was huge because I had the denial. Good games Seth keep up the great work!

[@RhysticStudies]

donate $1 to charity every time Seth says Zubera.

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

What a wholesome comment.

[@Riboflav1n]

This deck is secretly busted

[@jfrosty42]

I had never heard the word “Zubera” in my life, and now I’ve heard it 1000 times.

[@Furavara]

I think if you want to min-max information, you can just put your caverns and territorys on spirit in the first game, all the zubera are spirita and it does not completly reveal what you are doing in the same way at first.

[@usorithetank5610]

Watching me get destroyed in the first game was more fun than expected

[@ethanbrucker9222]

With the amount of times Seth said "zubera", I was starting to get some "bolt the birds, draw some cards" flashbacks.

[@TheSquirrelbeast]

Random dorks are indeed Death Shadow's greatest enemies. They really struggle with go wide strategies because it's tough for them to punch damage through while preserving their meager life total. The Staticaster is in the sb to deal with Lingering Souls precisely because of this, but there's no clean answer to recurrable 1/2 Zuberas.

[@pon3d120]

Adolfo Berríos Modern players may have tech for 1/1s, but nobody expects the 1/2s!

[@Apkooi1]

And in this exhibit, we see Seth slowly losing his mind

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Soon his transformation to a super villain will be complete and the world will require a team of equally insane rogue brewers to take him and his mad creations down!

[@thegreenrobby7402]

Should I invest in Brainiac tokens now?

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

The Green Robby it's either that or goat tokens.

[@bryantan4228]

Skip the video until 13:38 Seth doesn't properly hold priority to maximize his Zuberas until this game. Only watch the first 13 minutes if you want motivation to stab your eyes. After this game, Seth consistently uses his Zuberas properly. Edit: He screws up the priority hold again at 35:28, but he states "oh I should have done that in response to the triggers". Also he wins the game several seconds afterward anyway.

[@stephenhousman6975]

He also saced the blue one last often for almost no scry value. you want to sac the blue one first then the others so that you get as much scry as possible.

[@almogdov]

Bryan Tan thanks for the heads up. It was painful to watch the first game..

[@AntoineHorns]

Bryan Tan much appreciated

[@emmettchan5545]

Literally saved my life

[@Magnivore519]

As I was watching it I'm just sitting here saying out loud, "Oh my fucking God. Oh my fucking God. Are you kidding me right now."

[@Idiosyncreater]

Best Against the Odds in a while. Sweet deck that wins on its own merit, not because of blood moon.

[@laaren966]

My favorite quote of 2017 "I guess Zuberas."

[@WhatsTheDifferenceTV]

I think this is your greatest creation.

[@kartoffelnpommesgut]

Yup, fair and combo and useful at the same time.

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Seth's Magnum Opus, the vegetable-named crazed brewer's vilest stew yet.

[@Ceb9706]

love how much fun you are having! this is what MTG is about!

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Crushing your opponents' hopes and dreams with jank, exactly!

[@Morenojorgem]

As a kid, my first prerelease was Champions of Kamigawa. I loved zuberas since then, but they were never good enough to leave my kitchen table. This deck means a lot! Thank you, Seth.

[@TheMattmatic]

Sac a Zubera, sac a Zubera, sac a Zubera, sac a Zubera... I feel like I've heard this Swan song before.

[@Bryan-T]

I remember when people used to play zubera decks with Devouring Greed. It was good then and it's better now with the mass reanimation spells for cheap.

[@Trockenmatt]

Devouring Greed seems sick for this deck. What would you take out for it?

[@MyMike1119]

Bryan T yeah I played that it was great

[@MyMike1119]

Trockenmatt the 2 bloodthrones

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Eh, I don't know. It might be a back-up when you know that there'll be a lot of graveyard hate. But to maindeck it alongside the GY plan? First off, it makes our mana situation even more iffy (double black is now required as well as double white and green). Secondly, it will work as a finisher usually only after a Rally and once you Rally with this deck you're generally already winning anyway. But it never hurts to try so go ahead, give it a spin, compare the two builds and come back to us with the result.

[@SmartAlec1]

I think that could replace blood throne vampire.

[@Cspence1010]

Loving this deck. Thought I was done playing any other format but Commander but this deck is changing my mind

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Except for the lands it's not even that expensive.

[@Cspence1010]

Precisely what I was thinking!

[@bosheck]

My god, its...it's eggs. You've made eggs.

[@Volvary]

Seth is always trying to remake Eggs.

[@zackestin1368]

Not even lying I was like “is this going to have faiths reward” when I was watching the tech

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Quite so. Someone on the deck tech video inadvertently drew that comparison by suggesting the (banned) Second Sunrise for this. It's Eggs but with Kami. Let's call this ... Pumpkins, the spookiest of foodstuff.

[@thegreenrobby7402]

It's like Eggs that doesn't take 15 minutes to combo off.

[@bzfiddleness]

So it's Eggs but with out the best part of Eggs

[@DaviPaulino23]

New drinking game: Take a shot every time he says Zubera. You win if you don't die of alcohol poisoning.

[@Crazymachin3gun]

My friend showed me this video years ago and this is when I became a mtggoldfish fan. Thanks seth!

[@wahaw2]

This is FAR AND AWAY my favorite Against the Odds of all time!! Absolutely hilarious, and straight domination. Fantastic Seth!

[@atonesb5251]

This was the sweetest one in a while! I love trying to make Rally / Return work in Modern.

[@Level_1_Frog]

One of the reasons I have a lot of love for the Kamigawa block- you get away with madness like this xD

[@caiomh7605]

Why relic of Progenitus in the sideboard if you yourself use the graveyard? How about Nihilist Spellbomb or Tormod's Crypt?

[@samuelsumuel9683]

Seth is so absurdly good at brewing decks. Like, sure some of them are duds, but sometimes he just creates a new archetype out of thin air.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Samuel Blonstein he created the start of God pharohs gift, monument, and approach.

[@DiogoVKersting]

Woww!! One of the best against the odds in a while. It's amazing how this deck seems to be able to compete with tier one decks.

[@joshlohner5891]

Can someone please win a grand prix with this deck. Also Is thus even a playable deck without the lands?

[@MyMike1119]

Josh Lohner you cold Jank the hell out of it yes

[@MyMike1119]

Josh Lohner will it win not as consistently

[@joshlohner5891]

MyMike1119 I'm thinking I have to try.

[@joshlohner5891]

I think zuberas will carry it through

[@MyMike1119]

Like I said you can try but it’d be hard

[@TeemuSintonen]

This might be my favorite homebrew deck in awhile! Love the Kamigawa nostalgia here, it really takes me back.

[@chemset475]

This is my favorite Against the Odds all time just for Seth's uncontrollable laughter over the masterful jank of this deck :D

[@FlatEarthTalk]

Zubera Word Count: 3,032

[@nomatyx5789]

Flat Earth Talk Wait really?

[@owenmasur5640]

Flat Earth Talk I tip my hat to you sir. That is true devotion.

[@CMLakin]

I'm wondering if it would be worth trying to fit in 1-2 Zulaport Cutthroat, Blood Artist or even Pious Evangel//Wayward Disciple.

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

This is my favourite against the odds deck hands down

[@frusens6094]

this was the most majestic thing ive ever seen! i love kamigawa block. im building 5 color spirits in EDH

[@KaitoAsuke]

Back when I played Kamigawa, I attempted a Zubera tribal...over a decade later, I'm so proud to see a workable deck finally. I almost want to build it now lol

[@NameEntry]

Zubera surprise. Watch zuberas fly up in value.

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Definitely on MODO at least, in paper it would take a tournament win, I think.

[@sergiosanmuahahaha]

Wow just wow that is some impresive performance, congrats seth

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Oh how lovely it is to see Seth winning with such jank in such obscene ways and hear him cackle at his opponents' disbelief ❤ Also, inb4 Five-Color Zubera Rally becomes the new 5c Humans and wins an SCG Modern event.

[@michaelburchill8181]

This deck is actually beautiful

[@jancukasu]

sacrifice zubera draw a card, sacrifice zubera draw a card, sacrifice zubera draw a card, sacrifice zubera draw a card, ....

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Sacrifice our Zuberas, draw some cards.

[@SmartAlec1]

Sacrifice our swans, draw some cards. Hit our zuberas, draw some cards

[@randomcast3183]

Sacrifice our cards, draw some Zuberas

[@SmartAlec1]

Zubera our cards, draw some Swans

[@Riboflav1n]

Doel Johon I'm dying😂

[@StefanTennis]

Thank you for this! This is amazing, brings back many memories! I remembered Zuberas for some reason this morning and quickly typed in "Against the Odds Zubera", was almost as euphoric as you! Feels like the deck lacks some good one-drops. How about Stitcher's Supplier, maybe a couple of aether vials for faster, easier and surprising Zubera flooding, Codex Shredder? Also Spawning Pits should be more consistent (spawns 2/2's), easier to cast and harder to destroy than Bloodthrone (won't be able to reanimate them thou). And the most amazing addition here may be Life from the Loam!! Maybe we need to diversify the free sac outlets (i'm being paranoid about Viscera Seer extraction :D). Hand disruption in the SB for Blood Moon and RIP... Wear-Tear or Engineered Explosives - super versatile card, also helps Zuberas do their thing :D. I guess there's no way to revive Rally or Return from the graveyard with some other card in the graveyard (Eternal Witness + Golgari Thug...), Smallpox, Grapple with the Past, Barter in Blood, Bloodbond March, Shirei and a bunch of other stuff have potential to make the 75. Thanks for the fun, cheers!

[@jbvarghese1993]

Love you, Seth. This is fantastic hahaha!

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Agreed on both accounts. These kinds of videos are simply amazing to watch.

[@Gotikbarok]

I used to play a home brewed Zubera/Devouring Greed pauper deck with Elder Pine of Jukai back in the days. It was super fun. People didn't compute how the Zuberas worked and just attacked letting me mass block and reap the benefits. It was not top tier by any means, but I hold it as a fond memory.

[@aminabutler]

This was my favourite episode yet.

[@beforememory]

Zubera surprisingly good at blocking 1/1s.

[@kennystorgel686]

honestly I like this deck waaaaaaaaaay more than any other deck ever!!! having alot of fun watching this :D

[@andybungert]

That was indeed some “sactacular action!” This was a blast to watch!

[@t.beckettchristensen3493]

"Sactacular" is now my favorite word. Didn't catch it when this first came out, but almost a year later, my life is complete

[@TheTexasDice]

This is now my favorite deck ever made.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

I think he stacked the scry and draw triggers not correctly every time, you could also sac token to scry deeper and find rally with blue zubera.

[@FinallyBeingMe]

Seth, This deck was super fun to watch!

[@Biospark88]

Get your foil Zubera now, boys and girls.

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

inb4 even regular Zuberas shoot up to $5 a piece ;>

[@Colorella13]

Would impact tremors make this deck more explosive? I mean with rally and the green zubera... maybe?

[@Jaguar2100]

I would like to give this a go as a budget option. Thoughts on Ancient Ziggy as a sub for the Caverns? And any other thoughts on lands?

[@thegreenrobby7402]

This was a blast to both watch and experience. Also, if we eliminate the land base, this list is very, very budget friendly. How do you think (and by you, I mean the comment section) we could go about making this list more friendly on the wallet for those who don't want to shell out for caverns and fetches?

[@victorperezurbano9504]

This is by far the best Against the Odds ever made. I couldn't stop laughing. Seth, you're the jankiest of the jankiest.

[@Pseunomix]

@ 27:44 Allies vs. Zubera, 10/10 would watch again!

[@IAMNOTGOODWITHCOMPUT]

I'm gonna need a video of Seth just saying 'Zubera' a thousand times.

[@MTGGoldfish]

This video is pretty close :)

[@MineHunterOMG]

This deck scoops really hard to chalice of the void on X = 2

[@forgottenartificer]

Um......no? Plays the zuberas in hand to put them in grave then rally has cmc 4 when x=2

[@chicken_vegetas]

I love zubera. It's hilarious that it worked so well

[@stevenbroyles6437]

"You know what we're naming?" "iiit's Zubera"

[@EmXena315]

This deck looks like an absolute nightmare to play in paper form.

[@floorsweepings666]

Chris Vieau I’m gonna try it

[@pa_3op]

Two Wear/Tear in sideboard of the deck which nearly scoops up against Blood moon/Rest in peace/Leylines of the void? Someone has balls of steel.

[@TADMOORE]

If Blood Moon is such a Strong card Aggainst 5C decks, why not run a couple of Chromatic Lanterns on the side?

[@ianmcabee8036]

Antonio Tadeu Ferreira Sobrinho it is not played quite enough, the chance of drawing it is low enough 5 color decks should give up on beating it because sb slots are better spent elsewhere

[@nomatyx5789]

WOAH I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT

[@yced101]

Man, this deck is so absolutely mega sweet!

[@crackcorn0404]

Spawning Pit might be a better sac outlet. Only two colorless mana and probably harder to remove. It can also make tokens to chump block with or be used for convoke.

[@absolutfx]

I giggled every time you said Unclaimed Territory on Zubera every time and still don't know why.

[@mark5617]

You should play this next week on stream

[@bryantan4228]

We could use our cards in a way to draw large amounts, create many tokens, and deal tons of damage. Instead, we will use them in a way to choose between one among those three options.

[@jbvarghese1993]

Bryan Tan He started holding priority like 14 minutes into the video.

[@t.beckettchristensen3493]

Please revisit this! Bring back the Zubera!!!!

[@Alvikus]

Seth. Just an fyi. You can maintain priority on the death triggers and sac them all at once to trigger them all at once.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, we figured that out by the second game :)

[@VoidPrincessNoire]

While I was waiting for this video to come out, I decided to test a version of this deck. I ended up also using rally the ancestors as a finisher (that card is so good in this deck) but I decided to use golgari thug to mill cards and eternal witness to get them back from the graveyard. I also decided on Immortal Servitude rather than return from the ranks (although looking at it now, I really like the interaction between it and the tokens you get) I also crammed in a couple copies of shared animosity just for the lulz ;)

[@cmeister2]

Missed opportunity to call it Zuberally?

[@sean533]

Zubera! A spicy janky masterpiece!

[@brewbrewbrewthedeck4138]

Seth's Magnum Opus.

[@ecoKady]

If I had $450, this would be my first Modern deck. This deck seems like it would be so much fun. I'd be interested in seeing you play this a bit more.

[@Kestral287]

Tag out the Caverns for a different five color land and you cut off like half the price

[@jordansantos7240]

David Kadonsky if you don't mind inconsistency replace the cavern of souls with like 1 of each basic and save like 230 dollars

[@johnedraisa]

This deck is super spicy, I would make it in paper but the lands are expensive

[@pudgimelon]

I used to play Zuberas and when they did well, it was easy to recognize their power, however, at the time, they lacked the support pieces to compete at a high level. There is nothing "janky" about Zuberas. They could, with the right support, rival Slivers in power.

[@anosmianAcrimony]

I think you need some Snapcasters. If you mill your Return to the Ranks or Rally the Ancestors, you can Snapcast it and tap it to convoke, and it'll loop with the rest of the Zuberas to Snapcast something every time you return your stuff.

[@Icenri]

I like how close it looks to pauper zubera

[@caretakerITA]

Yeah, but the key cards are modern-only, being the mass reanimation.

[@jeffreydenenberg7101]

There's a pauper zubera deck?

[@EffinChat]

Jeffrey Denenberg there is now

[@andrewtaylor3167]

Yeah, instead of Rally style cards, it uses cards like "Undying Evil" to sacrifice the same single Zubera multiple times a turn. It's generally called "Zubera Aristocrats"

[@Suavek69]

Zuberas are very cool twist on aristocrats in Pauper :)

[@Indomakio]

Seth, I know this is not the most appropriate place to say this, but PLEASE try Garruk/Nissa tribal and Jace tribal! We count on you to make planeswalker strategies competitive in Modern. Also, a revision of your Gideon tribal would be insane with the new rule.

[@evanturner2556]

I believe he did a revision shortly after the change on his stream, should be on the replay channel

[@mave6602]

Really good video. I like the way you build the Deck. I normaly played with Shirei, Rally and Mirror Entity. I think I'll get some of those M15 envoke cards :D Zuberas are fun :D

[@augustuspaluzzi6896]

19:53 seth sounds like an arangatang

[@giantewok]

Blue zubera Defs gives the deck waaay more resilience than a cursory glance would suggest. An aether vial might be good for a similar gameplan to merfolk. When you think about it they're actually pretty similar decks. You're care about a specific creature type that's low to the ground, boosting each other in terms of value & once you reach a critical mass you go for the "combo kill". Zubera actually have the added benefit of being able to shift gears into something way more grindy though because of the sheer quantity of tokens the green ones can spit out & also the gotcha kill potential of rallying out of nowhere if there isn't graveyard hate. Surprisingly dope deck yo

[@robertthompson7698]

Easily one of the best Against the Odds of all time. Fuck, I love Magic.

[@nathanielclarke5250]

I love how Seth never misses a chance to say Zubera.

[@rat488]

This against the odds needs to come back!

[@Magnivore519]

Snapcaster might be good here to recast the mass resurrection spells. Not sure why CoCo isn't being played either.

[@mikeshaver-miller745]

Hey, Seth... Arcane Adaptation was printed... Red makes goblin tokens out the ass... so, Red/Blue Subera? (Super Zubera)

[@captainpufen5064]

I would use eternal witness oro something to return rally or return instead of bloodthrone vampire

[@JungzYT]

You gotta practice a little more on this deck. For instance at 44:20 you shouldn't have sacrificed zuberas on end step, you sac them on your turn so you can maximize damage output. That being said. This deck is amazing 😂

[@ProtagonistOfficial]

I think this deck needs one or two eternal witnesses. They allow the deck to actually have a good way to return the rallys and return to the ranks. This also lets the grisly savages and satyr wayfinders help find the rallys and returns aswell.

[@owenmasur5640]

Seth gives his opponents nightmares where they wake up screaming, “NOT THE JANK NOT THE JANK NOOOOOOOOOOOO”!

[@sweetandsaltyminx7310]

Man what I wouldnt give to see the look on the face of a death's shadow player who loses to Zubera tribal

[@MTGGoldfish]

Me too!

[@danielgehring7437]

My favorite word for Seth to mispronounce is 'viscera.' It's kind of adorable how badly he mangled it.

[@axelsundstrom6020]

Wouldn’t u get more zuberas if u held priority as u sacrificed them?

[@maxiewawa]

I think so... I hope he realizes at some point or this is going to be 50 minutes of me yelling at the screen...

[@Atmapalazzo]

you would

[@bryantan4228]

Seth narrates, Tomer plays

[@blankname1209]

You can very clearly hear seth's clicking. Seth does the narration and the gameplay lol.

[@bryantan4228]

Then Tomer passes his voice through a filter that makes it sound like Seth. #wakeupsheeple

[@LyricBent]

oh my god you have turned the format upside down. Half-tempted to buy a bunch of zuberas just in case the price skyrockets XD XD Edit: also now the word ZUBERA ZUBERA ZUBERA is rattling around the inside of my head endlessly

[@ghostspyx5]

Why did you read zubera to the face when they had deaths Shadow. I feel the combo is explosive enough to kill anyone at 20 given you have 2 or 3 red zuberas in grave.

[@iTiago98]

wouldnt a 2of past in flames be a good addition to this deck? despite being 8/9 mana to past+rally, i think it would be worth using your rallys that endup in your graveyard

[@the_snakelicious]

Eternal Witness would be better, it costs less mana, can be picked up by Grisly Salvage and Gather the Pack, and can even be reanimated by a Rally for 3.

[@MTGGoldfish]

I like the idea of getting Rallies back from the graveyard, but I think Snapcaster or Eternal Witness might be better. Being able to flash back Past in Flames from the graveyard is sweet though, I just wish it cost a bit less.

[@iTiago98]

MTGGoldfish yeah i like the snap/witness solutions more than the past in flames one, but the point was including some tech to use the graveyard rally Btw pretty nice deck!! I would definitly build it if the price on the lands were lower😂😂😂😂

[@Blaze482Gaming]

zubera count anyone, how many times he says it?

[@totalcoward]

Blaze482Gaming 83.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

darren trivedi Bless.

[@jfrosty42]

darren trivedi no way. More like 2000

[@lukeodell176]

I drank every time he said "zubera," am now dead.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Blaze482Gaming IT'S OVER 90000!

[@bosstsuna114]

I love it when Seth says Spicer because it's nicer than saying worse