Blistering Rage | Turn Two Combo Kills | MTG Modern | Budget Magic

[@kerorose1]

I remember watching when the games were all their own videos... crazy to think that this was 5 years ago. Thanks for the video!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, I'm glad we moved past that. Makes it hard to find some of the old videos now :)

[@creepercraft1107]

It may seem obvious, but I love the name "soul scar rage"

[@ivanniezgocki5236]

I may have to build this deck just because of that name

[@JesusMyLordAmen]

Yes

[@chrischeung1809]

Blistering Rage is the deck that made me discover this channel. It holds a special place in my heart and a return to form is incredible to see especially seeing how far MTGgoldfish has come.

[@MTGGoldfish]

That's super cool! Blistering Rage is one of my favorite Budget Magic's from the earliest days of the series too. Killing people on turn two on a budget is always fun.

[@streiifi]

weather the storm in game 2 was hilarious

[@MTGGoldfish]

It got us good :)

[@DuviousGangsta]

Seth’s reaction always priceless! I dropped one in a very similar pauper matchup and my opponent had the same reaction xD

[@DuviousGangsta]

Aaaand I still lost

[@jackpabich763]

I had a feeling that's what was going to happen because I noticed the storm count counting

[@pjr-asian-art-songs]

@@jackpabich763 the programmers should really only make the storm count visible from the casters side otherwise the element of surprise from the hyper aware would not exist.

[@abrahamthayer4059]

That weather the storm play was brutal!!!

[@danlewis7707]

18:56 F in the Chat. Lol. That delver player must have been at maximum smug when they cast that.

[@jaansindeaux9864]

I think the name now is Blisterless Rage lol

[@LeCaramida]

Soul-scarring rage sounds better

[@cloaking111]

@@LeCaramida infectless infect?

[@MTGGoldfish]

lol

[@robspear03]

@@LeCaramida eww. No.

[@jackpabich763]

42:35 Seth could have just had Lava Dart go to the face...

[@yohanesparuntu4980]

Exactly!

[@michaelchan1629]

That's what happen when you get to engrossed in combat 😂

[@MTGGoldfish]

Lol, yeah, I was too zoned in on making the opponent tap out and blowing up the Batterskull. Going face probably would have been easier :)

[@jackpabich763]

@@MTGGoldfish Lol. We can tell. That's fine, though. Was still more of a fun way to win. Never change, Seth. Was there consideration to have Abrade in the SB instead of Smash?

[@adriendelplace8755]

5 years of this awesome content 😁 Brings back some sweet memories

[@MrYandman22]

If this deck came back from the past, then so should SEISMIC SWANS!

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

Zombie hunt seems fun to do again

[@robspear03]

@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 only on game 1

[@AAtac-hw2sf]

Hit our swans… draw some cards… hit our swans…. draw some cards… hit our swans…. draw some cards….

[@taylorbruning2652]

Heck Yes! Please continue to play updated budget magic decks occasionally! Thanks Seth!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, I"m going to try to sneak in updates of some of my favorite Budget Magic decks from the distant past every now and then (especially when we are leading up to a set release and formats are sort of old and boring).

[@DiogoVKersting]

On game 52:15, you actually had 6 out of 10 cards as lands which gives the probability of 1.6%. Of course you kept a hand with 4 lands, so if we calculate the odds after the initial hand, there we have pop. size 53, success pop 12, sample size 3 (the 3 first draws), and n successes 2 (2 out of your 3 first cards were lands). The odds in that case goes up considerably: 12.5%. It's important to note that even though you have 4 lands in hand already, it doesn't mean that the odds of drawing more lands goes considerably down. If you have 3 lands in hand the chance of the next draw being land is 24.5%. If you have 4 lands the chance goes down to 22.5% (not that much). Conclusion: it's a gambler's fallacy to assume that you won't draw many more lands if you keep a land heavy hand.

[@ryananderson4352]

I remember having a lot of fun building this deck when you first showcased it back then! Very cool to see an updated version.

[@CallMeCJ_]

I like the sound of "Trapped Explosion". Calls back to Kiln Fiend's flavor text and gives an idea about how crazy the deck can get

[@wookieesden3133]

I love this deck so much. It’s literally what got me back in to Magic. I built it for like $35 and started going to events. I eventually morphed it in to an infect version and still adored it. So happy to see the update! And getting rid of the Weird is so good.

[@endermeap6488]

Seems like you should put apostle’s blessing in the SB or something. Any protection for kiln fiend seems insane.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

Protection is actually really bad, since it stops you casting red spells if they try to bolt it.

[@justinfriskie]

@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 wouldn't it only prevent you from casting red spells that target it? Hardly seems relevant if casted on opponent's turn.

[@slimyfister]

Maybe go two colours and use blossoming defense/vines of vastwood, or spell pierce/stubborn denial. If you go blue you could use fiery islets as flood protection

[@robspear03]

@@slimyfister I think the blue splash idea is legit.

[@bennymarty6972]

I've added green for Scale Up & Veil of Summer. Veil's great and Scale has the issue of being sorcery, no way to cast it once blockers are declared. Blossoming Defense is in the SB mainly against White removal. (Since Veil takes care of B/U and Mutagenic R)

[@MagicAids]

That flood last game was *brutal!* But a great run nonetheless!!

[@dankurach5340]

Daddy like?

[@mariolemos4469]

This was my first paper deck for modern back when I watched the first version! Happy to see it make a return

[@janettewithlove3860]

Glad to see this deck getting some love again, I still remember when you played the deck years ago

[@joe.5103]

Dude I remember watching you play this before the face reveal. Can’t believe it’s been 5 years since! I literally got all the way through grad school since then haha. Time flies.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Congrats on finishing grad school :)

[@joe.5103]

MTGGoldfish Thanks!

[@Hero-er9oj]

Seth: "Way back in 2015" Me: that's not that long ago Seth: "5 years ago" Me: oh god math checks out I'm old

[@dannygeorge9131]

G/B Death Cloud was my favorite deck from time! (although I think it was much abrew?), hopefully one day we'll get an updated version

[@taylorbruning2652]

I think he did a budget and like a non budget much abrew

[@lizardsofthecoast318]

My very first, relatively competitive deck in Modern, was super similar to this. I played Invigorated Rampage and Kiln Fiend though.

[@averagefox5126]

I love the series because watching a budget deck destroy a $1000+ modern deck is so satisfying

[@louiscohen3016]

And I think, taking a more controlling path with opp low on life and a Bob on the battlefield is a pretty fine move. Nice deck by the way. I felt the rage ^^

[@danielwhite1890]

Kiln fiend into brute force into temur battle rage is a kill 3/1 to 7/1 to 10/1 with doublestrike and trample. The extra spell just gets you over chumpblockers

[@petersmythe6484]

(Typed around 0:50) I would love to see some of the Faithless Looting Modern Budget Decks updates and playthroughs. I am not sure how popular that would be, but it is definitely something I am very much looking forward to in the Budget Magic series. As awesomely good as Faithless Looting is, I think there are enough decent cheap casting effective alternatives to make those decks work, even if they are not as good as Faithless Looting was. In any case I am very curious, because those decks were always really good Budget Magic decks and now they are missing a powerful auto-include.

[@colinvancampenhout]

Literally Too Angry To Die: The Deck!

[@int3r4ct]

Even all these years later, Temur Battle Rage and all the free spells are still really good Magic cards.

[@bshell1731]

Seth posts budget magic vid. My wallet shakes in fear.

[@ryancrouch813]

Early scoop at 40:14, ritual> mutagenic> light up the stage gives you 28 trample, might've hit gut shots or mutagenics off of light up the stage

[@joeyboucree]

Loved watching this lol. Blistering rage was my first modern deck :P

[@zym6687]

48:03 Manamorphose into Manamorphose into Manamorphose/Gutshot is also lethal. Manamorphose is indeed a very good magic card despite "doing nothing".

[@fo-ef8qo]

this is like red boggles lol. also love how when seth plays agro he actually still plays combo

[@AricHaldan0782]

40:21 I think we should've gone landrop, pyretic ritual into light up the stage in order to try and find phyrexian mana spells. chances were low, but the possibility of lethal was still there.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Hmm, yeah, that might have been the right line. Our odds of hitting a pretty low (20%-ish), but probably should have tried.

[@rossbalch]

Super unlucky to run into so many removal tribal decks during your run. Sweet deck though, always loved spell slinging decks.

[@logancapizzi4844]

I like this, you could start a series where you update old decks!

[@KingMasteron1]

I loved this deck years ago, I used it at my FNM to get ahold of my own fatal push promo :,)

[@Erspel]

Blistering Rage without Blistercoil is like Affinity deck without actual affinity

[@andrewbader6927]

well that was affinity before it got banned

[@flbthptheintroverted5913]

I have a deck suggestion: modern shrine tribal. I know you have done a shrine tribal deck before. But with the m21 shrines I was thinking you could make an update on it when M21 is released.

[@louiscohen3016]

What about a magic content category for the sweetest flavor texts in magic's history?

[@BeybladeBoom]

Soul-Scar Rage, I think brings them together nicely name wise.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, that might be the best name for it.

[@BeybladeBoom]

MTGGoldfish or at least Soul-Scar Mage Rage! Kind of makes you sound like you’re completely out of it though.

[@franksmith8298]

Blistering Rage was my first ever modern deck. So long ago that I got to spice it up with gitaxian probes, lol.

[@thedavelam]

I still have the 2015 version sleeved in paper from when that first video came out lol

[@leem.9934]

I believe that this is damn nearly a copy of a Pauper list (admittedly far less Pauper-y) I run! SOOOOO fun to play, and whenever we get to play paper Magic again without the Gathering fiving us the Plague I'll drop this on people who think they're ready for anything. It's so fun to aggro this hard.

[@aliendragon17]

Not only did I see the original deck when it came out, I have it in paper on my desk

[@MTGGoldfish]

That's awesome!

[@midnalight6419]

Remember when git probe was legal? Man that was the best card in this deck, and modern

[@bennettstokes195]

I kinda think that you should play soul scar on turn one you only lose one damage where as you often lose two or more if you wait to play it

[@alexgermack197]

This is just like the legacy mono red prowess deck and I love it

[@knobhead6945]

always seems to forget his own lava darts in graveyard for some reason.

[@tavitalvensaari6355]

You need that one Carnage Tyrant in the sideboard to ritual, manamorphose into. No Crim will expect it!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Lol

[@lari5875]

42:38 Opponent at 2 life. Seth with Lava Dart: Better to mow down these creatures a bit, and when the B-skull hits the field BOOM, got em with smash to smithereens! :DD Hard mode achieved

[@MTGGoldfish]

Had to send the message that Batterskull wouldn't defeat us! The plan was probably a bad one, but I was hoping to get the opponent to tap out for the Batterskull and then win (although it's probably unlikely that deck has instant speed lifegain like Weather the Storm).

[@lari5875]

@@MTGGoldfish Indeed, I thought of that possibility too after commenting, (delver match flashback). Gracefully done :)

[@twoblueuntapped886]

Hey Seth, as an avid Prowess player, I gotta point this out because you leave a lot of potential damage on the table when you do it the way you do When your opening hand has SSM and Swiftspear, it's usually correct to play SSM first because it doesn't have haste. This way you have two attackers on turn 2 instead of only one Imagine: T1 SSM T2 Swifty, any 1-drop spell is 4 damage compared to 2+1 from T1. That's not even counting any free spells like Mutageinic or Gut Shot

[@erelfink8822]

I love budget modern so much

[@MTGGoldfish]

Me too!

[@mikemoyer8162]

I didn't know this was a goldfish deck. I remember running something similar with apostles blessing and grapeshot when temur battle rage came out.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303]

How did you find blessing?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Grapeshot is spicy.

[@mikemoyer8162]

@@MTGGoldfish it was fun, but I think lava dart fills that slot way better after watching you use it. It was in the same slot. So if the game went long, sideboard it in. you throw it out there same turn you go for the big swing. an be the finishing 3 or 4 dmg you need. Also helped that I wasn't budget so I ran bolts mainboard.

[@mikemoyer8162]

@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche4303 it was good for the time, basically used for evasion and pumping kiln fiend and blistercoil. But as we see there are way better options now. Deck was more aiming for turn 3. Could pull off turn 2 but less effectively.

[@coreyburton8]

thanks seth- just ordered the deck!

[@WUHtrain]

Even though it would be adding $3 more to a budget deck, lurrus seems like it could be worth playing. It's a free card to add to your hand and you could maybe cast it with like manamorphse.

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

Sounds like a good idea. So when u have manamoroh play it. But yeah. You have to take a turn off kinda to do it. But that's a good idea. I like it

[@jakobostheimer4066]

Yah. If you wanna save money than don’t do it. But if you’re willing to spend an extra 3 bucks that’s a definitely a great idea

[@cicjose6016]

@@jakobostheimer4066 its not really, Lurrus will die instantly

[@caleb7882]

Would actually be incredibly expensive because it seems suboptimal to run it without fetchlands

[@midnalight6419]

@@cicjose6016 So does every other creature in the deck

[@hellfiredragon9458]

Any thoughts to putting a singleton copy of Jegantha in the sideboard? It's a free-roll in this deck (though hard to cast at 5 mana) and helps to protect against the "opponent killed all my creatures" issue you had in the Jund matchup (at least a little bit).

[@seanmurphy3430]

40:15 I did some math, and if you had gotten another Mutagenic Growth or Gut Shot from the Light Up the Stage, you would have been 1 or 2 damage off lethal. The amount of damage this deck can do in one turn is ridiculous.

[@JR-xv6mv]

12:00 You have two Lava Darts in the graveyard for lethal.

[@bennymarty6972]

Not lethal, afterlife gives a blocker. Ping (go to 18), ping, 7/8 (blocked) + 7/8 + 9/10 = 16 dmg, opp down to 2 life. Unless I'm missing something?

[@Germynator31]

edit: I think I was wrong here, he would have went to 2 life. 21:14 if you leave an opponent with 4 life while removing 2 toughness of a non blocking creature, while you have double-strike &trample; guess what you missed

[@colbybastian17]

This is what I'm here for lol

[@colbybastian17]

Too busy thinking like a control player

[@RobinsonFarrar]

That's... not how doublestrike and trample interact? It would have only put opponent down to 2.

[@cacs2201]

Nothing? You need a refresher on how basic mechanics like trample work... Edit: apparently quite a lot of people do, because somehow people think you are right

[@Germynator31]

Hmmm, now as we are discussing the topic, I think I was wrong. The opponent would have gone to 2. 2 less toughness would have ment 2 more damage. The 2nd part of Double strike was calculated as if it was unblocked already... Example: A 3/3 double-strike trample does unblocked 6 damage and blocked by a 2/2: 4 damage to player. Removing the 2/2 (or 2 toughness) therefore means 2 more damage (6 vs. 4)

[@JonathanHecht]

its funny how the opponents are like "im not gonna block cuz my creature will die" only for them being the ones dead instead

[@Beowulfgang_Amadeus]

I think that last match was the most mathematically unlikely thing i've seen on your channel in a very very long time.

[@TheMCGamer2012]

With prowess trigger/toughness it might be better to run Titan's Strength over Brute force, as both will get the Swiftspear/Mage out of bolt range, only downside is maybe kiln fiend in bolt range vs scrying 1 every time

[@wookieesden3133]

Anyone have thoughts on replacing Brute Force with Titan's Strength? Brute Force is better protection against lightning bolt, with the +3/+3, but Titan's Strength gives a Scry, which seems reallllll good. My old version had both, so I've got to cut one....

[@Kotonator]

At 12:20 you had lethal if you had lava darted zulu, second to face and then growth.

[@lloydlineske2642]

Punted game against the Goyf delver deck. Should have cast and flashed back the lava dart on the opponent before casting battle rage. Still got there is pretty awesome. Never didn't have it. Lol

[@zerorequiem42]

I'm curious what most physical players do. Do you buy multiple playsets of cards for multiple decks, have the deck list in front of you and build it when you want to play it by removing cards from decks, or just destroy the decks that have the required cards to make the new deck? Personally I tend to dismantle the decks or choose suboptimal cards as replacements.

[@Brommernaut]

I know this is very jank and not in the budget style to make it work, but what if we splash green for Scale up? Scale Up with any of our trample effects is great. I know it is at sorcery speed, but everyone knows what we are doing if we attack with a 1/2 into a 4/5 anyways.

[@KebbieG]

Why Brute Force over Titan's Strength? I prefer the ability to srcy to make sure you keep action or lands if you need them over the extra 2 toughness.

[@charlesstover21]

42:38 Why not just Lava Dart the opponent twice?

[@turnuplife]

"Mono Rage" and when you play against Tron it can be "Rage against the Machine" 😉🤗

[@YayapLives]

Lava dart seems to be better for the plan than some of your maindeck stuff? Also game 1 interaction.

[@faceoctopus4571]

I think that letting the bob live was the right thing to do.

[@joegaylord87]

Back in the day when I had a deck like this with Wee Dragonauts I called it a "Dropkick Deck"

[@RMGamer31O]

As someone who already has mono-red Prowess, my question is why would I run this over that? The game plan seems very similar already, and mono-red Prowess is already fairly budget considering the competition. Thanks in advance.

[@cavetrollsden6612]

Wow has it been that long ago? I still have the original version of this deck built in paper

[@MTGGoldfish]

I still can't believe it's been that long either :)

[@htid2824]

Three copies of scale up and three of tainted strike in non-budget versione, and this deck becomes insane.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Scale Up does sound pretty insane, assuming we can make the mana work.

[@htid2824]

MTGGoldfish at the end is like +5/+4 plus prowles trigger or kiln field trigger, that means kiln field become a 9/4 with just one card.

[@htid2824]

MTGGoldfish about mana its simple 2 bloodcrypt 2 stomping ground and 6-7 fetches

[@twoblueuntapped886]

Wouldn't something like Raking Claws be better than Assault Strobe? Sorcery speed is a huge downside I think so I think the extra mana for instant speed is fine, especially since it can cycle when it's bad

[@tacobellplease]

I really want to see a thermo curiosity ping deck with niv mizzet.

[@natebrown1917]

Lol I have almost the exact same deck for Pauper, I should bring it to my FNM's modern event

[@emilianoagustinbarbieri3259]

Seth, I've been following you for a couple of years. I am intrigued to know who makes the cover drawings.

[@sydm1073]

I think it would be neat if you made some videos showing the non-budget versions of your budget decks.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, we play them on stream sometimes, but doing more with non-budget builds of Budget Magic decks is a good idea.

[@sydm1073]

@@MTGGoldfish In a perfect world with unlimited time, it would be great if you could make videos directly comparing results between the budget and non-budget versions. I think it would be great for showing upgrade potential. For example, maybe there is a budget deck that doesn't perform very well (but is still fun) that becomes competitive through upgrades. In any case keep up the great work!

[@GeorgeAlone2277]

Did anyone hear the Metal Gear Solid “!” Noise in the intro when Seth drew the mutagenic growth?

[@elesh.n]

Have you considered apostle's blessing? It offers the deck some much needed protection and evasion.

[@MTGGoldfish]

We had Apostle's Blessing in the original build back in 2015. It's harder to find room for now thanks to cards like Light Up the Stage. Not 100% sure if having more protection or more card draw is better, but Blessing is good in the deck for sure. Worst case maybe have it in the sideboard for heavy removal matchups like that Jund deck we played.

[@elesh.n]

@@MTGGoldfish I think it's definitely a sideboard plan as we have access to better creatures now and therefore care less about protecting them, plus modern decks tend to go less hard on removal now. But for matchups like jund I think it's very important.

[@TheJohnHOB]

Soul Rage is the name, of course.

[@CoreData]

Blisterless Blistering Rage

[@andrewbader6927]

11:53 im pretty sure you had game if you lava dart his blockers

[@Borkybaby]

I like the red pact in deck that was turn two haha.

[@VictorTheLegend]

anyone: a seth: we don't have blistercoil weird anymore

[@fizzywizzy0]

I may be wrong but isn't desperate ritual both better and cheaper than pyretic ritual?

[@dioblo12341]

I think Rage Fiend might be a good name for the deck

[@shapooopiefour7173]

I don’t remember the rules for modern, but is Lotus Petal legal? If it was, it would be good here for the turn 1 combo, and it’s a non creature spell for free. I think it’s a Legacy thing though. Even if it wasn’t, it wouldn’t work as well specifically with Kiln Fiend

[@cream3148]

I can’t believe the luck on delver flips, every time I play that card I’m lucky to maybe get one blind delver flip per two matches let alone every game.

[@fernandocalero5964]

Yep, this deck is more my speed

[@charlieaydin1377]

I mean, you didnt play around weather the storm. What were you thinking 😅

[@coopervalentine21]

Can someone explain why they don’t splash green for scale up

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

The lands you need may make it none budget. But that's not a bad idea.

[@MTGGoldfish]

For non-budget builds with fetchlands and shocklands I like the idea, hard to pull off on a budget though, especially since our deck is too fast to play tapped dual lands.

[@TheSquirrelbeast]

Canopy lands would be nice to mitigate flooding. Edit: For non budget version, of course

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, I have a playset in the non-budget build. I would love to play them in the budget build, but the are still a bit too expensive.

[@gabrielmorell2992]

good job thank you again

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks for watching :)

[@adamnakayu301]

I vote for “Kiln Rage”, as that is the core of the deck. Or “Rage Kiln” like a furnace of rage.