Do THIS to exploit prototype creatures! | ESPER BLINK | Ranked standard MTG Arena Brothers war

This Esper list uses blink to bounce creatures back and fourth to take advantage of ETB effects. I hope you enjoy the video and as always thank you for watching!
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[@xmicroblast1]

You are correct with your "Good game" etiquette, Swayze. People just like to argue even if its not proper. Saying "GG" is basically shaking someones hand in real life and then you proceed to concede, many people forget this because of how gaming culture has developed with the toxic nature of "GG" and its different meanings.

[@loremaster6828]

With context you can usually tell if it's meant to be a handshake or a smirk

[@scottserage9022]

If the opponent doesn’t concede then I assume they want me to play out my turn in case I make a misplay and they can turn it around. If they don’t concede I think it is always correct to play like they have a trick to dig them out of the hole.

[@l0lan00b3]

@@scottserage9022 if I'm tapped out and you got lethal you should definitely swing before I just give it up lol

[@l0lan00b3]

@@loremaster6828 either way there's only so much to extrapolate from the interface so it really shouldn't be getting to people to the point where they get online and type up an essay about it lol

[@scottserage9022]

@@l0lan00b3 I will swing for lethal, but if I have any plays before combat I will go through them. I never said I wouldn’t kill them, not sure why you assumed that.

[@nicholasgilvin6396]

I agree with you about the GG situation. Rarely I’ll give my OP the win if I clearly in a winning situation. For example if I have to go somewhere mid match or if my daily win are done. I’ll sometimes give up the win but not to often. At the end of the day it is a game and I don’t take it to serious. Great brew as usual, love me some blink!

[@scaevola]

Love the positivity Swayze. Nicer to hear you stay calm and chill even when the shuffler messes with you

[@korey08]

It fills my heart with joy when you come back from an early and over confident 'good game' from the opponent :D nice deck and gameplay as always mate!

[@baubble]

I had the pleasure of bumping into you on the diamond ladder over the weekend. I was really excited to see what type of deck you were running but you got mana-screwed 😭. Just wanted to say it was super cool to see your name pop up and you were super polite, I'm a big fan.

[@regularjoe0853]

The golden argosy can also save a creature from the exile effect of unearth. "Oh, you took out my simian simulacrum", unearth put him on a ride on the old Goldie and boom, permanently back on the battlefield with an extra etb trigger.

[@wafflebroz]

Was doing this with Teleportation Circle and Tergrid. Love that the setup still works

[@zigzag2370]

Being in esper you should look into the loop of repair and recharge -cruelty of gix- junji ..... Even a single copy of each really sets the pace of the late game since you can play cruelty use all of its chapters that apply to your situation then repair the cruelty back into play and if you use cruelty to bring junji back if the opponent removes the junji you get to grab another creature where if you choose the other creature and they removed it then your cruelty was wasted..... But the biggest thing is that all of those cards can bring a prototype creature back in it's biggest form from the graveyard which can be back breaking when that creature is fleshgorger bc it costs the opponent 7 life each time to remove it so without life gain they can only target it twice without dying

[@seanknapp1271]

Undying Malice is also a great way to cheat the prototype creatures for just U, especially with Fleshgorger.

[@mariand.1087]

I built myself a modified Grixis deck based off the deck that won worlds, I threw in the Metamorph, some Fleshgorgers, two Mightstones and Weakstones to help ramp and then added one copy of Portal to Phyrexia. If I ever get to copy the portal with the Metamorph, that would be a sweet, sweet combo.

[@zigzag2370]

Went and grabbed my list for you it's fairly close to yours but it has some different things going on and makes it a bit more consistent give it a try Deck 4 Spirited Companion (NEO) 38 2 Deserted Beach (MID) 260 4 Raffine's Tower (SNC) 254 3 Ertai Resurrected (DMU) 199 1 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243 1 Caves of Koilos (DMU) 244 4 Planar Incision (NEO) 72 4 Touch the Spirit Realm (NEO) 40 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky (NEO) 102 3 Phyrexian Fleshgorger (BRO) 121 2 Hulking Metamorph (BRO) 79 2 Sanctuary Warden (SNC) 30 2 Undercover Operative (SNC) 63 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (DMU) 107 2 Void Rend (SNC) 230 3 Shattered Sanctum (VOW) 264 3 Shipwreck Marsh (MID) 267 1 Underground River (BRO) 267 2 Plains (RTR) 250 2 Island (XLN) 264 1 Swamp (XLN) 268 2 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271 3 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268 1 Gix's Command (BRO) 97 2 The Cruelty of Gix (DMU) 87 2 Path of Peril (VOW) 124 2 Aether Channeler (DMU) 42 1 Repair and Recharge (BRO) 24

[@cloud9847]

For as frustrating as it is losing to the early game 'gg' crowd...it makes it that much more satisfying beating them.

[@JeremyDeere]

Proto Blink is so fun and actually a unique feeling deck. It plays out as a slightly underpowered midrange deck that can just take over the board by blinking protypes out of nowhere. I built it UW at first but now I'm playing a bant build which feels more consistent and stronger so far.

[@kevinfricke1184]

Share your Bant build? I like the idea of life gain in this meta without having to connect, so the Boulderbranch Golem...

[@JeremyDeere]

@@kevinfricke1184 I'm playing that card. It's been great. I'll post the list.

[@JeremyDeere]

@@kevinfricke1184 Deck 2 Lagrella, the Magpie (SNC) 196 1 Plains (DMU) 277 4 Planar Incision (NEO) 72 2 Urza, Powerstone Prodigy (BRO) 69 4 Steel Seraph (BRO) 38 4 Combat Thresher (BRO) 35 2 Spotter Thopter (BRO) 80 2 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan (DMU) 221 1 Boulderbranch Golem (BRO) 197 2 Iron-Craw Crusher (BRO) 200 2 Urza, Lord Protector (BRO) 225 4 Touch the Spirit Realm (NEO) 40 4 Make Disappear (SNC) 49 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone (BRO) 238 1 Stern Lesson (BRO) 64 4 Spara's Headquarters (SNC) 257 4 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243 3 Deserted Beach (MID) 260 1 Boseiju, Who Endures (NEO) 266 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268 2 Brushland (BRO) 259 2 Overgrown Farmland (MID) 265 3 Dreamroot Cascade (VOW) 262 4 Yavimaya Coast (DMU) 261

[@jeremysette3657]

Great deck, love all the fresh deck ideas

[@fooltheroyal8691]

It almost feels like red white is a better blink deck now with the artifact synergies in them. You should try it.

[@rhei9299]

Devlish Valet + metamorph is Funnn as hell when you get it off

[@kensw87]

HI Swayze, love your content and have been watching it for quite a while. Just some kind advice, to fix your screen region recording as it clips off around the edges. And secondly, the card is touch the spirit realm, with no "of" inside it. similarly, previously when you played restoration of eiganjo, you pronounced it as eijango instead if i recall. just some feedback to take your videos to the next level for your consideration.

[@kevinfricke1184]

I just mute my opponents from the start... What about Arcane Proxy? Seems legit for this. Also, as has been mentioned, Combat Thresher. Both Loran's would be good also.

[@barnardvincent8946]

@swayze 35:47 you can blink target nonland permanent, aka Teferi, with aether channeler, no?

[@vampthyr]

ggs my friend! ya your jund lost against almost identical deck of mine :)

[@D4rthridiculous]

Guh'job Swayyyyyze

[@spuggD]

Meh the GG. Play to the whistle. If opp wants to GG and then stick around for the beating that's their problem. Nice list btw. GG.

[@l0lan00b3]

As a general rule of thumb I'll pass and let you finish out the game. Finish up those dailies ya know? But if you start taking 15 second actions I'm just gonna concede. I think in the instance you mentioned that the guy was either bluffing you or was sending the genuine. GG

[@robertlouette6162]

what about Mirror of life trapping with these cards?

[@PanzerDenethor100]

I made this deck without the mimic and Kotose and added in 1 steel seraph and 3 golden agosy…… currently 10 wins and 1 loss ….. awesome deck

[@chriswampler1]

Combat thresher or two are good additions.

[@brimborbrimborski8493]

On my firsts play I learned the hard way that you HAVE TO target something on Ertai's ETB. If opponent happens to have the board cleared you're gonna destroy your own Argosy. Of course, you played 11 times and didn't have this happening to you. Knowing my twisted luck I almost believe you

[@ISCREAMSODAsmr]

Wondering Emperor is fun to blink lolz

[@chriswampler1]

The combat thresher has double strike and card draw. Might be good for this deck. Making a variant utilizing some. Considering slip out the back or other cards that can phase creatures out. Do prototype creatures return full sized if the are smaller when they phase out?

[@cristhianpatrickmelendez1305]

They phase in the same way they were in the battlefield. Phasing in/out is not the same as blinking/flickering

[@kingofbudokai]

Phasing does not cause a creature to leave and re-enter the battlefield. As such, it is seen as the same creature it was when it was phased, rather than returning as an unaltered form by default. Think of it this way. Blink effects are teleportation, phasing is just invisibility. (Obviously not a perfect metaphor, but it is an easy way to remember the difference.)

[@happymushroom9729]

Can you do an enchantment deck please

[@madballjs]

It kills me that people want you to concede when they know they have the win. It’s not all about the win on arena you also have the quests to complete and if your conceding all the time rather then playing the game out until someone has a victory it’ll take way longer to meet the quests that you need to complete to be able to buy packs to upgrade or build new decks.