Five-Color "Bears" | MTG Modern | Against the Odds

[@bigwig8657]

The intro memes >>>>>> the intro spoiler teasers thank you.

[@necrocreature9117]

I 100% agree, these intros are great, spoilers are not

[@syntec4322]

YES the memes are amazing.

[@CyberNewType]

Took them WAAAAAYYYY too long to stop with that spoiler nonsense, especially given the community reaction to them. But having them be replaced with the intro memes makes it almost worth the wait...almost! :-D

[@sushiske]

@@CyberNewType As soon as I got the job, it's the first thing I wanted to do asap

[@Kryptnyt]

Agreed, even if the jokes end up being really bad, they'll never ruin one of the games.

[@FMLYB]

Please give your editor a raise for the new intros they have been doing because oh my God they're amazing

[@aidenmann6190]

I don’t think Saffys the boss

[@anthonyrose8921]

Saffy is most definately A boss

[@Rogtilop]

Turn one Cavern of Souls naming “Bear” is such a power move

[@Kryptnyt]

The only counter is to play a Cavern of Souls naming Hippo, Brushwagg, or Aurochs

[@rat488]

@@Kryptnyt you forgot horse and goat.

[@Kryptnyt]

@@rat488 I think I'd be more likely to want to counter a Horse than a Bear because there is one good Horse in mtg

[@babassoonist557]

Seth: “Bounce an ulamog and all our shapeshifters become copies of ulamog” Legend rule: allow me to introduce myself

[@MTGGoldfish]

lol, yeah, maybe that wasn't as good of a plan as I thought. Should have went with Emrakul as the example ;)

[@egg5802]

@@MTGGoldfish I did something like that with an angelic captain once, so tall, so wide…

[@ryandowns6233]

"Collected Company, two bears for the price of one..." No, Seth, that's two bears for the price of two :-)

[@arghanothername]

Sometimes the price of 3 or 4.

[@adventuresinbizarreness2165]

Oof

[@bigwig8657]

I feel like Tomer being on Discord call making bad bear puns was a missed oppurtunity to take this episode over the top.

[@Small_Panda]

What I felt he was spiritually there with how unbearable the puns Seth made were, like glasspool bear, metallic bear.

[@Kydrou]

Or at least Graham

[@noszelias]

to be fair, that would've been unBearable I'll see myself out

[@abrahamthayer4059]

This deck feels like it's really missing aether vial. The mana advantage that spirit deck had on you in match one was just insane. I think if you could keep up, you might have stood more of a chance.

[@dankurach5340]

I think while making a deck like this you need to make a choice between coco and vial. Seth chose coco 🤷‍♂️

[@bradwhiteuk]

@@dankurach5340 Yeah, which is a weird decision IMO as CoCo is more easily counterable than vial and doesn't actually give you much chance of getting a discount (as someone else commented here CoCo in this deck is "two bears for the price of two"). It does however give you a bit of card advantage in a deck completely lacking it I suppose...

[@skykrow]

He should of fought the pump spirit, hed have bought himself an extra turn

[@TheWinterPhoenix]

The editor who makes these memes at the beginning deserves a raise. The memes are too good not to give them one.

[@jacktorborg9862]

The intros are amazing and they alone are worth watching all of these haha. But video in general is fantastic too, always excited for some spice.

[@ninjadave3281]

These intros are so great that I can 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 contain my excitement when I see a new goldfish video!

[@Uzotrups]

The intro always a spoonful of "i have no idea whats happening" until it happens. Random memes from the last 20 years, i love it

[@jonathaneklund6003]

That match against spirits! Epic. Old Seth would've scooped but you stayed and thought it through! Well done, you've improved! 😀

[@markewingjr.594]

"Unsettled Beariner" was a very funny line!

[@Zam8P]

I... I don't know how these intros keep getting better. *slow clap* 👏

[@endermeap6488]

They’re far beyond the *bear* minimum.

[@Zam8P]

@@endermeap6488 👈👈

[@LadyMorrigan]

honestly, I find them kinda unbearable

[@sushiske]

@@endermeap6488 *approving glance*

[@sushiske]

@@LadyMorrigan this comment made me beary upset

[@kotyrollins]

Now I need a text ring tone of Seth getting all excited and saying "Bears!" In a tone nobody should ever describe bears in.

[@benscaglione2416]

Honestly, Seth is the most positive energy in all of MTG (and that is saying a lot) - much love

[@Ariaoff.Limits]

Having Tomer as a punny guest on against the odds would be the best! I can hardly bear it ;)

[@monkeygame7]

The intros are amazing, they've all been gold so far. I feel like this deck is basically a "jank tribal lord shell". Ayula's the only actual Bear card right? I feel like if there's any other random nice tribal payoffs you could just replace Ayula with that and you'd have a functional shell.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Technically they are all bears!

[@vicbaldini]

Like merfolk!

[@IndigoRose13]

This is true, but to be fair, Ayula is actually a pretty ridiculous tribal payoff in terms of power level, especially given the mana cost. Although if you have some suggestions for better low-costed tribal payoffs, I'd love to hear them. For the real spice, you could put one or two different 4-of tribal payoffs in the sideboard and make a 'tribal' deck that 'transforms' into a different tribe during sideboarding.

[@sutfolsemaj]

@@IndigoRose13 We need Zombears and we need it right now

[@DonovanPresents]

56:20 This is a highlight of I ever saw one! 😂 Seth checking Google LOL!

[@derek61806]

The theme of opponents playing dead following this moment was my favorite banter of the entire video. Thanks, Seth!

[@felixstoll5359]

The new intros are just the best and that bear attack advise just made my day!!

[@treymcclellan556]

I actually named my dog Ayula because I loved the card so much and it was kinda funny seeing her look up everytime you said the name!

[@Gophersaurus]

This was super fun, I enjoyed this video a lot

[@johnmichaelbushman]

I remember vividly when Seth played an Ayula deck in Modern back when Hogaak was still legal. And won. Good times.

[@BlphBain]

honestly, Seth, this is your best deck ever. aggro, changeling, against the odds… it’s everything i love. just a super fun deck and video.

[@tylerobrien2038]

I love the fact I tagged you on Twitter in a screenshot of my pioneer changelings screenshot and you happen to play this deck :D Meant to be

[@TrainmasterGT]

Thank you for another amazing intro editor!!

[@sushiske]

[@sushiske]

thanks for the intro love!

[@jeremyhicks4517]

The thumb nail needs to be a playmat! That would be so sweet.

[@ThunderousChemQ27]

It’s stellar. This one and Tomer’s Orvar stream have been my personal favorites recently.

[@borntochill]

i think you can play metalic mimic as a bear, its already a shapeshifter and stays that way when it enters.

[@michaelpluta3898]

Love the memes, both the deck and the intro. Great work!

[@OrcaIguana]

These intros. I will never get over them. 13/10 give mtggoldfish editor a raise 2021

[@jerfox86]

I’m loving these new intros!!

[@BrettScheinert]

wow, you bearly managed to win a lot of those games

[@bozzy7946]

I haven't played magic in forever, the bear puns are why I'm here. Best show on the tube only even comparable to a certain Monday goblin show.

[@sushiske]

I’m beary glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sosroseno]

That intro, man. So good.

[@Caneks1]

the meme intros are the best add to mtg content since they invented modern.

[@testmand123]

Cant get enough of these intros. They are so fun!

[@jerzane5617]

I never thought I’d see the day Bear Tribal was 5 color... I can bearly contain my excitement!

[@tlblitz42]

At 40:20, the Mimic could have been set on Bear to work with Ayula. It’s naturally a Shapeshifter, so the saga would have worked with it anyway

[@thebigblueviolence]

The intros have been AMAZING please keep up the memes. Also, love the vids as always Seth!

[@SheonEver]

Seth plays Cavern of Souls, naming Bear. Opponent: Oh something spicy is going on.

[@daakmore]

Video was worth it for that opening alone.

[@Muraljenkins]

These intro are such a good add! 10/10

[@_Niffum]

This Shaped up to be a good deck

[@TheMCGamer2012]

Shifted my expectations of it for sure

[@MadzNoro]

The intros are getting better and better. Kudos to the editor.

[@drock91abr]

That intro took alot more time to edit.. but it also earned an IMMEDIATE like

[@ExtremeMedium]

You need to put a couple copies of Grunn, the Lonely King in this deck It won't help the deck at all, but at least then you can name the deck, "Grunn & Bear It"

[@cloudyskiesnow]

Every time a new Against the Odds gets posted, I can imagine Seth's opponents saying, "What the hell is this?" during the match.

[@MT_LeagueGaming7896]

Love love love these intro scenes!!! Please do more!!!

[@yyxy0ung]

Seth plays the Bear deck and does the Winnie the Pooh laugh 👌

[@diamonddose7292]

the editor absolutely deserves a raise

[@0Whitelottus0]

I’m pretty sure the magic gods love to watch Seth playing bears, last time he played bears he managed to freaking beat Hogaak down to the ground

[@jesselaplante1040]

That intro was king!

[@milkyboy111]

1:04:00 ”Flooded strand" More like flooded HAND amirite?

[@erikvanderkraan6790]

I love the new into and your background

[@Ichin8]

BEARS! Finally some bear action, thank you!

[@stardust4089]

This intro meme was one of the best

[@t5k313]

I think the new intros are smart because they help to discourage people skipping the sponsor mentions if they see something that is funny right before it.

[@averagefox5126]

Intro memes are top notch. Great job XP

[@joewallace5326]

“Probably the first time someone has named bears with cavern of souls” *laughs in Ayula commander deck*

[@MindstabThrull]

So Bearsically you're saying that Changeling Tribal is OP. Something I can really get my claws into!

[@chadbrache8287]

God, I love these memes at the beginning.

[@coremagnumplays4684]

you could visibly see opponent's confusion as seth names "bear" on cavern of souls.

[@PhantomAE155]

I can’t play mtgo but I think if you cut the three drops and some other cards that don’t do much/anything ( which also cuts red so it doesn’t need to be five color) you can play stutter sprite and with all the low cost changelings could actually start countering some serious stuff. And bears of Littjara and Ayula keep your clock fast.

[@PhantomAE155]

I’d love to see someone try this

[@LazerMEOW]

I've never wanted a super like more in my entire life.

[@winssports4830]

You've built an awesome shell here but imagine instead of taurean mauler, the two absorb identify, maybe one less glass pool mimic and one less Ayula and cut all the metallic mimics which frees up 9 spots you have 3 Gallia of endless dance, 2 knight examplar, 2 king of the prides, and 2 cloudshredder slivers (or rage forger could be interesting as well). That gives an insane amount of versatility and threats to hit with COCO not to mention what you could do with the sideboard.

[@jacktorborg9862]

*Force of negation single handedly wins the game vs Ad Nauseum* Seth: "IT WORKED! BEAR POWER!" lmfao

[@Kettwiesel25]

True, except it was not Ad Nauseam

[@jacktorborg9862]

@@Kettwiesel25 “Ad Not-seum”

[@bcoble121691]

This convinced me to play Ayula in my Moritte deck

[@TheMattmatic]

"Okay, this deck idea might seem a little janky, but bear with me..."

[@ethanabla2509]

That opening though😂

[@tannernickens9776]

Love the intro, could have played master of illusions and phantasmal bears for fake bears!

[@Kiryael]

That intro was GOLD

[@treetrimmerbear9899]

No one is having more fun the us!!!!! 🐻’s are always crushing!!!!

[@rajburtonpatel6702]

45:20 How did poison kill them with angel's grace resolved? I feel like it would kill them at the start of their turn, not during damage of Seth's turn after Grace had resolved. Although, maybe they just conceded.

[@MonkPain]

That intro, bear deck & Seth man if this is not entertainment... I don't know what is

[@Jackieman]

At 8:11 why play Collected Company instead of the two changelings? Wouldn't they have been uncounterable and adding a lot of utility and let him clear the field a bit?

[@danajacobs9727]

I think a big miss in the first match to have magical Christmasland happen was to leave the absorb identities in instead of siding them out so that you could bounce their supreme phantoms and having all your "bear/spirits" get freaking huge!

[@kitlloyd7920]

I'm shaking and crying, he didn't say "I'll be back in a bit with the wrap-up"

[@christianmiller4422]

Good job to all involved in the intro meme

[@yoye123]

Memtros are the best intros ever created

[@zoeysheldon5634]

God these intros are the best. Keep it up editor(s).

[@sushiske]

[@thomasekudahl8820]

We bearly got there

[@alexleblanc6364]

36:41 Mickey mouse makes his appearance

[@timsantiago8392]

Loving the new intros

[@bungus6830]

I loved the intro😂

[@fosterdawson7339]

godDAMN that intro is incredible XDDD

[@gabriellecureux5528]

This is going ti be great

[@nickspears8366]

The intros have been fire lately

[@nothumanaftrall2068]

Can someone tell me I’m wrong, but 25:50 couldn’t the opponent have EOT activated Shacklegeist twice to the tap the 2 mothdust changelings and swung for lethal?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, normally they would be able to, but Unsettled Mariner makes it so if they target our stuff with a spell or ability they have to pay one or it gets countered, so that tax saved us that game.

[@aeroprojects4832]

The act intros are great!

[@joshuakruger4851]

I kinda love this deck lol. I almost wish there were four automatons over some of the fun-ofs because one drops with Ayula are insane.

[@joshuakruger4851]

Also really great with Bears of Litjara!

[@austinlosada8266]

It really gets me going when Seth changes his facial expression while he says "...and it's time"

[@sushiske]

I really don’t know how he manages to do it the same every time without cracking a smile aha

[@eightbitblitz5868]

Bear Force One is a modern deck now baby!

[@uucue]

I love the new intros

[@emctwoo]

Just FYI, but the mimic is already a shapeshifter so it works with saga bears even if you name bear on it

[@Auriorium]

The first match was unBearably long. That opponent played so slow. Almost like he was hibernating.

[@trewilliams383]

The fact this deck isn't named Care Bears is a massive dissappointment to me. All colors, more powerful as you play more of them,etc. It fits the theme perfectly.

[@blackmist33]

Is the editing different in the first 3 matches? They have more of a classic Against the odds feel.

[@ThunderousChemQ27]

Can’t speak for match 5 yet, but in match 4 the opponent spent a lot of time in the tank, so all the dead time is edited out. That’s why that match is more aggressively edited.

[@sushiske]

Match 4 was a paaaain to edit. There was nothing happening for a good five minutes, plus the opponent was playing kinda slow anyway, so I had to edit really aggressively. The other matches were edited just by cutting out long bits of dead audio, funnily enough Match 1 has an estimated 1048 cuts in it (took me a while to edit), but it’s pretty seamless.

[@blackmist33]

@@sushiske I would never have thought that many edits went into the first one. You do amazing work!

[@PalPlays]

56:15 The more you know Reading Rainbow

[@jamieganner714]

Super late to the party, but dig the Fox 8 Cleveland clip!