ELDRAZI GO BRRRRRRR! Red Eldrazi Aggro (Legacy MH3 / Modern Horizons 3 MTG)

I play a Magic: the Gathering Online Legacy league with a Red Eldrazi Aggro deck featuring new cards from MH3 / Modern Horizons 3 like Devourer of Destiny, Eldrazi Linebreaker, Glaring Fleshraker, and It That Heralds the End. This aggressive deck also features Vexing Bauble and Distruptor Flute from MH3.
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0:00 Deck Tech
7:09 Round 1
11:21 Round 2
21:14 Round 3
27:10 Round 4
36:25 Round 5
47:06 Conclusion
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[@heralddaradio7]

Round 2, game 1, you had Spirit Guide off the top into Cavern, Linebreaker, and then Fleshraker spawns to stay in the game. Also, Kozilek's Command + Glaring Fleshraker is bananas!

[@alexortiz9777]

Or like 11 colorless spells mv 2 or less still

[@hunterstrong3318]

That nadu trigger off dismember. Damn

[@dardargames]

at 34:39 the token is an Eldrazi Scion, which are 1/1s. Eldrazi Spawns are the 0/1s.

[@GlichCentral]

I wonder if the deck would want a 1-of yavimaya or urborg, maybe over the extra courtyard? Haven’t finished the video yet, but giving yourself the ability to tap eye of ugin for mana and also let you not take a bunch of damage from your tombs late game is pretty appealing, but maybe just not good enough.

[@Moersfreak]

Urborg also lets you cast dismember without having to pay life.

[@monsoon1234567890]

I think you thought the It That Heralds did something else, and it would have been an understandable include if it lowered the CMC of Thought-knot by 1. As is, the card seemed pretty medium. Especially with it's colorless mana requirement.

[@usagi2988]

Yeah, in the beginning deck tech, I was wondering why It That Heralds was chosen when there is only one card (as a 3-of) that is CMC 7 or greater... I get the Lord effect, but it seems like there might be better cards that could take the place of It That Heralds.

[@olly123451]

@@usagi2988it’s good in decks that have All is Dust and Worldbreaker to go with Ugin’s Labyrinth. Though I’m not sure how necessary that card is in Legacy with access to Tomb, City, and Temple.

[@kelabshearer5045]

It's weird to say in Legacy where a 2 mana lord is usually not too good, but these sorts of decks have been playing that card almost exclusively for the lord effect. Reducing cost of All is Dust or whatever other large eldrazi card is okay and does indeed come up, but making your mimics, thought knots, and most importantly glaring fleshraker AND it's tokens larger is definitely the main effect. I think the shift in perspective comes from the fact that in this deck It That Heralds is typically a turn 1 play (we have a sol land in our hand something like 60% of the time I'd guess?) A lord that costs 2 lands is almost always unplayable in legacy. A lord that only taps one land is, it seems from early results for eldrazi decks, actually quite good. I'm not saying you're entirely off base - the card is, of course, slightly better in decks with more 7+ eldrazi tribal plays. But I think it's still one of your best turn 1 plays for the plan of "beat your opponent to death with eldrazi" regardless of how many of your cards cost more than 7. The colorless mana requirement thing is of course almost entirely irrelevant in a deck which plays (almost) only lands that can produce colorless mana. ;P Sorry for the essay response.

[@mrmellow9]

Phil has taken the vexing bauble-pill, is this just "if ya got 4 slots, couldn't hurt"?

[@LadyMorrigan]

based and vex-pilled

[@tylermfdurden]

Warping Wail makes an Eldrazi at instant speed for your linebackers, but is probably too cute for Legacy power-level

[@mtgmonkey9657]

It amazes me to see just how much mh3 warped legacy

[@vincentvangoo7078]

It amazes me to see how much Nadu warped legacy

[@garak55]

Don't you like playing block constructed?

[@roflsnpwncakes]

yay phil thraben posted! i hate holding my breath for the entire weekend while i wait for new legacy content. makes my lungs hurt

[@Totescolin]

Game 1 round 1 is wild

[@casuallydone468]

Is there a reason for the battlefield forge over sulfurous springs? Since springs saves a life on hardcasting dismember, and gives you a chance to in theory hardcast leyline in that 1 in 1 million scenario?

[@greatbrandini3967]

He did take the Forge out at the end, but your points are 100% correct. Probably an oversight on Phil's part

[@thecomantator6204]

You should play the nadu deck in modern before it gets banned recently got 5 PT top 8s and was the only deck in the semi finals

[@PT-pn5ge]

booooring

[@celticjordan1]

Try this build for modern… Creatures: 32 4x Thief of existence 4x Eldrazi linebreaker 4x Glaring fleshraker 4x It that heralds the end 4x Wastescape battlemage 4x Dimensional infiltrator 4x Prophet of distortion 2x Propagator drone 2x Spellskite Instants: 4 2x Kozilek’s command 2x Dismember Artifacts: 4 4x Vexing bauble Lands: 20 4x Eldrazi temple 4x Cavern of souls 4x Secluded courtyard 2x Unclaimed territory 2x Field of ruin 2x Island 2x Forest sideboard: 15 4x Leyline of sanctity 4x Chalice of the void 3x Relic of progenitus 2x Kozelik’s command 2x Damping sphere

[@derekcline950]

I do like Null Rod against the Nadu Breakfast deck since we saw Stoneforge. They basically have 9-10 routes to Shuko and likely only have a couple Nomads as backup

[@monogreen]

You know what card is excellent at dealing with Phyrexian Dreadnaught? Eldrazi Command. XD

[@Volta650]

After playing fleshraker in draft a few times, I was waiting for this thing to be a machine gun in other formats

[@josephross4339]

I crafted a deck very similar to this once I saw linebreaker. I had endless one instead of it that heralds however.

[@tuesday3477]

Do you know of the interaction where Prismatic Vista can find both a wastes or a mountain? Just thinking about something that may make the manabase less awkward but that also may come at some efficiency or utility so idk for sure.

[@Zauzzie]

It cannot find Waste, waste do not have a basic land type sadly

[@tuesday3477]

@@Zauzzie it can. It doesnt search for a land type, it searches for the basic *supertype*. it was a staple during eldrazi winter.

[@AaronRotenberg]

I wonder if you could make a deck where you attack with Broadside Bombardiers and then second main evoke Nulldrifter and throw it at your opponent's face for 9 more damage while drawing two cards. 43:10 Hey look, opponent got to do the thing BoshNRoll has been saying he wants to do since day 1 of MH3.

[@baukeveenstra1364]

I would love to try this with 4 kozileks commands instead of the it that heralds the end. Should make it run alot smoother because of the card draw and interaction and ramp capabilities

[@kelabshearer5045]

definitely wrong to concede m2g1 when mana monkey could (theoretically, with some good luck) save the game but I understand these sorts of thing are much easier to find after the fact

[@krysto2012]

This is a really cool fun deck, I sure can't wait for it to lose to Nadu some number of times.

[@AutumnReel4444]

Devourer as a dig spell I think was undersold in the fast matchups, and Fleshraker seems pretty terrible

[@derekcline950]

I'm curious, do you think Vexing + Chalice of the Void could be the core of a prison stompy? Like, instead of Trinisphere in the old Trinisphere/Chalice shell? The numbers might need to be tinkered with, since multiple Chalices can be put on 1 and 0, which both invaidate the Bauble. Maybe 4 Bauble, 2 or 3 Chalice?

[@ThrabenUniversity]

I think Bauble is better than Chalice, for what it's worth. I'm more interested in exploring stompy shells that start there.

[@quatzecoatl1795]

God... Grief really makes Thought-Knot Seer look embarrassing lmao. Both 4 mana, 4/4 vs 3/2, but grief is also turn 1 interaction + reanimate synergy. Not to mention the card draw when thought-knot dies

[@diobrando89]

I think not including Kozilek command is a crime, card is just too good, also synergies very well with the glaring guy

[@derekcline950]

Isn't it better in the Eldrazi 12 post deck? Not this aggro version? It just feels bad unless you're pumping a healthy amount of mana into it, at which point, something like a Dismember would have probably already let you aggro out your opponent

[@calebward6583]

It is also a crime to play it roflmfao I amuse myself

[@dekina1198]

Eldrazi aggro? EL aggro!

[@alessandroperisiutti2478]

Doesn't disruptor flute stop shuko's activations tho?

[@RumpledNutskin]

Not gonna lie, i was a little jealous of your round 2 opponent resolving Nulldrifter

[@squee147]

Probably more cute than good, but universal automaton is an eldrazi that casts for free from eye of ugin.

[@zenmaster8826]

Endless one strictly better

[@squee147]

@@zenmaster8826 ya, your right

[@zenmaster8826]

@@squee147 In fact, endless one used to be part of the original eldrazi winter list.. for exactly the reason you mentioned..free cast out of eye of ugin.. you get a free 2/2 with eye of ugin and it’s not a bad late game top deck

[@garak55]

Legacy really became modern horizon block constructed lmao Just put a fork in it at this point.

[@FranciscoFerreira-gc6xu]

Im an old player but i only play Arena now, Timeless is missing the fast mana of Legacy but were allowed to play with lots of banned stuff from legacy. Horizon sets do bring an absurd of amount of power that would have taken 10 years to archieve with standard sets. Seeing so many complaints about grief is crazy when its quite clear which is the most absurd card from Horizons that nobody talks about. Urzas Saga is completely broken, a land that gives you massive threats and a free tutor to hand even. How does this thing get a pass? Every format that thing is in is completely warped by it, can't counter it, can't grief it. Its outrageous

[@Dhips.]

Pithing Needle and Wasteland hits Saga, thankfully.

[@dawsonscreep4566]

Nadu>ThrabenU confirmed

[@cquave11]

I know it's not the most popular decks and some people find it enjoyable, but I dont see the appeal of decks like Oops, or Tibalt's Trickery or Doomsday. It's not even really a game of magic its "cool i have the hand, I win." or "oh no, you have the answer *scoop*." I just dont see the appeal.

[@manuelvilla2024]

thraben i think you always playing busted decks like stompy whatever playing ancient tombs, and wastelands... on this last game you "wasted" your wastelands on a midrange deck..... always playing with few lands