Was This the Best Deck Ever?

Long ago, the Eye of Ugin existed in harmony. Then everything changed when six years later Oath of the Guildwatch was released and the Eldrazi Winter began.
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[@85mcarnold]

Turns out, it was broken enough with Cloudpost. We learned that on November 2nd, 2023 when the two Eldrazi decks battled it out for the best Modern deck ever.

[@Whisperfall]

"You could swing for 16 on turn 2!" You may think that's broken, but meanwhile we're getting one shot on turn 2 with UW hammer time.

[@albnerpeppernola]

That’s legendary 😂

[@joosttijsen3559]

this requires a very specific hand though, to be able to win on t2. the fact that 1 land made all your other cards so much more powerfull made it pretty easy to see that eye of ugin shouldve been banned. try playing hammer now in a modern league and see if u can go better than 2-3.. so much artifact hate in all sideboards nowadays

[@notavailable8232]

hammer aint shit lmfao to the eldrazi winter decks

[@notavailable8232]

also uw isnt even the best iteration of hammer it was even more broken with lurrus

[@joosttijsen3559]

@@notavailable8232 I got second place in a 232 player modern challenge with BW hammer with 4x thoughtseize main; also lurrus ofcourse.

[@marcanthonysalce2527]

“Until today” makes it sound like it got unbanned today.

[@melonyfbb]

i wish

[@ammonil1261]

yeah exactly i was confused

[@Ashrubel]

To you. Sounds fine to me.

[@skyyy710]

@@Ashrubel only cause you don't understand how the English language works look up the definition of "until"

[@edb36mar]

@@skyyy710 Well My fellow English Speaker (this isn't a insult or a hostile comment). He probably meant to say "Till this day" that would of made waaay more sense.

[@90spepe]

I was there... 1000 years ago when the colorless giants walked the earth... it was known as the "Eldrazi Winter" and players didn't know whether to fight or join the evil monsters as they seemed unstoppable. One of the few truly truly necessary bans in modern MtG history.

[@CardmarketMagic]

You make it sound like it was written by Tolkien 😅

[@WitherFang]

Or, t1 Eye of ugin 3 mimic, t2 temple exile spirit guide reality smasher 20dmg t2 which also happened.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I remember that, it was hilarious.

[@WitherFang]

@@nicholasfarrell5981 And affinity was the last non-eldrazi deck that was destroyed. :P

[@austinwilburn1772]

Tbh I look back at the eldrazi winter with fondness. I went to Grand Prix Detroit and had the time of my life with my friends. Also 86% of the whole GP was Eldrazi and it was snowing hard. Still loved it.

[@jediarcherbc709]

Oh it was the 69th expansion? Nice.

[@anoni2189]

Nice

[@stevecooper6578]

nice

[@Habizbah]

Nice

[@aegisofhonor]

what was even more nuts was you could play a turn 2 or 3 Urborg to make Eye of Ugin tap for mana, essentually making it a 3 mana land.

[@SoHawful]

It was also nuts because there were 0 eldrazi in worldwake. I remember hanging out in my lgs theorizing if the land was going to be good or not. Great times.

[@TheSLATEcleaner]

I loved Eldrazi. Mega biased because I played my second Modern Tournament ever with Mono-Black the day of the Pro Tour Finals where Eldrazi took 6 of the top 8.

[@jumpanama]

The craziest part that is overlooked is that some modern players even took the deck to legacy and still won tournaments with it

[@LungZ762]

witnessed the madness live, Ill never forget that LSV Gutshot in the mirror match

[@tommythechoochoo3502]

UNBAN THE EYE. I MISS WINTER

[@antalwahlers3574]

I am one of the (uncredited) developers of the "Crazy Jars" Deck. Actually had a turn one kill with it in a regional qualifier in Germany. Sooo, swing for 16 on turn 2 is not "Best deck ever" ;)

[@e5858]

Which one’s that?

[@antalwahlers3574]

@@e5858 You "cheated" out Memory Jar with Mana Vault, Lotus Petal, Black Ritual, Tinker, (or if needed, later with Goblin Welder) used it so both players drew another 7 cards, used all your newly drawn mana cards to play another Memory Jar and/or Megrim, declared end of turn. All players must "discard" the cards drawn with Memory Jar and since it was your turn, your opponent probably hadn't played any of the 7 or 14 cards drawn with the jars, and then Megrim deals 2 damage to an opponent for each card he discards. So you needed 1 Jar + 2 Megrims, or 2 Jars + 1 Megrim to deal 28 damage to opponent. Since you could do this as soon as turn one, it made for some very stupid games and the card was almost instantly banned. I always thought they should have just reworded "discard" to "put into their graveyard" but meh.

[@PH03NIX96]

Laughs in Commander

[@skynyrdjesus]

I'd probably give it to Caw Blade, or maybe some form of Oko, because at least Eldrazi Winter games ended quickly.

[@joosttijsen3559]

caw blade was standard no?

[@alexshinall3546]

I'd probably go with Hogaak

[@drvissie]

I was playing isshin to double attack triggers. And i had a card which made spells 1 cheaper if you attacked alone with a samurai or warrior. I then used a card to give that creature an ability which sends a copy to my hand when i attacked with it. It gave me two copies because of isshin and i cast those copies. Then on the next turn i got a 10/10 eldrazi in my hand and i attacked with one samurai. It made the eldrazi 6 cheaper. And i won

[@bryanleblanc5648]

that's dope but which eldrazi are you playing in your isshin deck? is annhilitor an attack trigger?

[@TattoedRoze]

I still remember building the original build called Heartless Eldrazi. Even before the deck evolved into the powerhouse it was.

[@Notwilliamr]

What I got was Oath of the Gatewatch was the 69th expansion

[@livedandletdie]

I mean Eye of Ugin was good back in the day, although the Eldrazi deck was a lot slower back then. But all that mattered was, getting enough mana, to cast 2 Kozilek per turn. Drawing you 8 cards per turn, and you just fill your hand with counterspells and ramp. 10 Forest 3 Island, 4 Eldrazi Temple. For 17 lands that produced mana, then you ran 1 Eye of Ugin and 4 basic fetch lands. Then you ran a lot of 4 ofs, such as Explore, and 2 of every big boss Eldrazi monster. So you began with ramping, playing cards like Explore, and Oracle of Mul Daya, you then get to 8 mana due to Eye of Ugin cast Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, draw 4 cards, no matter if they counter it or not. Fill your hand back up and play even more cards. You could basically play Emrakul, the Aeons Torn pretty easily, and yeah, and just playing Emrakul, you'd basically win, as your opponent wouldn't have any lands left, after you declared an attack. Annihilator 6 is broken. Annihilator is broken.

[@Cookiemunster779]

Man it was that long ago!? That feels like yesterday I remember playing and watching those modern games in real time it hurt to watch

[@CardmarketMagic]

The pandemic did wild things to our perception of time 😵‍💫

[@guillem5650]

I've seen what you did there by putting the number of the expansion...

[@LowTierBattleRap]

This was the ONLY time I played “modern magic” lol I played this deck because my favorite cousin needed a 4th so I always played with him and I didn’t know what I was doin and barely lost

[@Gorbgorbenson]

Im pretty sure I traded a japanese eye for a revised Fork. At the time I was a kid and didnt realize the trade wasnt good, ironically he told me it was worth money bc they couldnt reprint it, which it is now.

[@tommythechoochoo3502]

I had that deck he's right that deck was crazy fast. Super fun too pilot though if you ever have the opportunity to put it together and play it do it

[@baroquerookbr3214]

It was the best deck in modern for a time. Also eye of ugin, a bulk rare from worldwake and mm2015 spiked from $3 to $55. I basically traded 20 eye of ugins that I had gotten from drafts and opening boosters at 14 years old for an entire legacy death and taxes deck from store credit. Good times. I think you could honestly unban it right now though.

[@leftysheppey]

Nah, I think it needs to stay there. The deck was extremely resilient and had explosive early games and value late games. Not to mention midgame being a nightmare because the creatures are all so big. Eye of ugin being a tutor for more creatures was so good late game. Along with things like chalice of the void and pithing needle, you have a deck that hoses other combo decks. Don't forget all is dust, too. There's a reason eldrazi decks were still good for a couple of years after the eldrazi winter

[@WingofTech]

Aw man that’s a beautiful combo

[@TheG1bbles]

Eldrazi winter was the best time of magic, and honestly i loved beating that deck

[@jerrymcdaniel6643]

So I was building the red blue eldrazi deck before the pro tour thinking oh no one is building this only to have it win the pro tour spiking everything and ultimately getting banned lol

[@JeremyMarcum1]

No one could have expected... yeeeeeah no one understood cost reduction makes T1 decks. I mean affinity and the free urzas spells hadn't tipped anyone off. No one at all.

[@ChaswellQuint]

The designers really screwed this up.

[@Spiqaro]

Him: Is this the best deck ever? Me: I don't know...was it played during Combo Winter? Him: Um, no? Me: Then no.

[@BengaIaas]

There's a deck called "Broken Jar" that was banned before it even got to a tournament. I would guess that's the most broken deck ever.

[@xandermancer]

Don't say "until today" ; say "to this day."

[@BiggousDiccous]

Building it.

[@oscarguzman3017]

To this day. Until this day implies that it was just unbanned.

[@TheG1bbles]

This was my favorite meta, esper turbo mill preyed on eldrazi

[@SeanLarsDogma]

Nice expansion

[@MrReaperHand]

Who would of thought eldrazi are monsters...

[@Aspect22406]

Or you play mono blue braids?

[@atomicstbernard]

“Where it remains to this day,” is what you meant to say.. you make it sound like it was unbanned today..

[@LinkEX]

Yeah, this one might be an oversight due to native Germans writing the script. The literal translation of "until today" ("bis heute") can be taken as _"still_ today" ("noch heute").

[@Ashrubel]

“Until today” is still proper. “You don’t like the way it sounds” and “grammatically incorrect” are not the same thing.

[@TNCombatMedic]

No deck will ever be as broken as having four tolarian academy in an extended / standard deck.

[@LinkEX]

Four Tolarian Academies are admittedly even crazier than four Eyes of Ugin. But I think Ravager Affinity as a deck in its entirety was even more broken than what you could do with Tolarian Academy back then in Extended or Standard.

[@TheShadySorcerer]

Great video!

[@Cronoistight]

Just wait until Eldrazi Hot Girl Summer

[@lanmarknetworking3034]

You never lived through NecroSummer or ComboWinter did you...

[@HenryDarr]

It was the best of times !

[@nickjoseph77]

Eldrazi winter. Where Frank Lepore got his top 8 with Sultai eldrazi and the winner of the whole thing was a newer kid playing blue red eldrazi to beat the main meta decks. Fun but awful at the same time.

[@a.artmaster8733]

Ok but was it more broken and consistent than Hogaak??? Hm?

[@onitempskrontms1150]

Almost 2 years ago with a group of friends , we builded modern eldrazi et hoogak just for fun and played BO3 all day just to see what was going to happen. 1st game was Always really close. After side it was eldrazi's playground almost every time. Modern eldrazi was stupid! (But it was awesome to play!)

[@skyyy710]

So until today ....meaning it's not banned tomorrow

[@juangonzalez9848]

“To this day” not “until today” Unless it actually got unbanned when you made this short.

[@Ashrubel]

His use is perfectly fine. It sounds awkward to you, but that does not make it grammatically incorrect. Its fine.

[@juangonzalez9848]

@@Ashrubel “Until today” implies that it was removed from the ban list on the day or close to the day that the vidjéo was filmed.

[@a_angry_bunny]

I remember that. Newer players don't understand the meaning of "broken".

[@Voip3D]

This for modern or commander?

[@Ashrubel]

Modern. Did you watch the video? Watching the video explains the video.

[@getlefty82]

Still remains today

[@lanewilliams7056]

Nice

[@cherylrodgers6331]

It,s so so good ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrTanno123]

Late game tron? So turn 3

[@coolduck2870]

🦆

[@Crossark1]

If you didn’t say “nice” when he said OotG was the 69th set, you’re banned from my fnm queue for life lol

[@MrAnthem123]

Is this why the Eldrazi unbound commander deck is $100? Lol

[@lloydlineske2642]

Too bad it's not the most broken card on the modern ban list. That spot goes to Summer Bloom.

[@JohnyScissors]

Nice

[@ToadboyVlogs]

This would be fine now since they broke modern

[@robertperry2596]

69 Nice

[@nallenthepuh]

It was obviously too strong for modern, but best of all time? No... then it should dominate Legacy and Vintage

[@OM-jo6yd]

UHGIN

[@Ashrubel]

Eye of “OOOOOO-GHINN”

[@OM-jo6yd]

He pronounced it uh-gin

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

I dont even know if Eldrazi Winter makes top 5

[@bigcomedown987]

Yeah no this was strong when it came out and I always knew it was great.

[@LinkEX]

A land that makes certain spells cost 2 less was admittedly just waiting to break something.

[@Seelenverheizer]

Very much a very broken deck but im not sure if it was the most broken. It did keep on going for waaaaaaaay to long tho.

[@tyllisvfx]

And then you have yugioh ftks 😂

[@theunclebuddy]

Probably because modern wasn't even a format back then lol.

[@RIP_Texpert]

*laughs in blue vise from the alpha beta days*

[@jallen3775]

Neat

[@simonteesdale9752]

It's not the best deck ever. That honour goes to the Jar standard deck. It was legal for about a week and killed on T2/3.

[@aaronzhu2038]

hehehe 69TH expansion hehehehehe

[@SpitefulAZ]

69th? Nice.

[@ethiancortes6213]

Now a days with a scam deck, UW control, discover/cascade seems fair to eldrazi come back... pls WotC reelease my Boys

[@a_whelan1134]

69... nice

[@_AGMN_]

Hogaak.

[@IbrakadabraRules]

Cascade Valki was pretty clearly the best deck ever, but Eldrazi lasted waaaaay too long

[@lloydlineske2642]

Titan Amulet with Summer Bloom is stronger.

[@God-ch8lq]

lmao mirrodin block was worse

[@kriswinklmann6401]

Pfftt. Please😂 maybe if you saw my starter deck tool kit i just put together. It only has one mana energy thingy and the rest of the 139 cards in my deck are creaters and stuff. Figured why waste the room with like 15 cards that wont even kill your opponent. Took me 1 hour to master this silly pokemon wannabe card game for little kids😂😂

[@kriswinklmann6401]

I triggered myself writing that haha

[@colgatelampinen2501]

It is just strictly worse Legacy Eldrazi, best deck ever has never been Modern legal. Maybe it one of those early combo decks back when there was no 4 card limit. They can consistently win on turn 1 through force or two. However they have no turn 0 interaction of their own so on draw they are completely soft whatever their opponent does on their turn. Maybe flash hulk is best deck ever, they had interaction and had turn 0 win, london mulligan would help with their consistency.

[@DiabloTommaso]

They knew meta wuold be broken

[@Infernoblade1010]

Ughhhhh

[@Ok_toker69]

So they banned a perfectly good card because they made a huge fucking mistake by releasing low costing eldrazi…. Cool… maybe just pay attention to your game instead of ruining it

[@sensen9900]

All this Eldrazi Cry Babys are also the People who play shit like Blue Tempo in every Format and think its totaly Fine to win the Game with 1 1/1 Monster, 1-2 Equips/Auras or so who draw efficently Cards and 40 Counter Spells.

[@exabel7520]

your most recent video proved that it was in fact not the best deck

[@blexw4862]

bro stole this video