🌼Five-Color Plants🌼 | MTG Standard | Budget Magic

[@Sey318]

I'll say, I'm not usually a fan of pre-deck-tech highlights, but this one totally won me over.

[@likky1]

I'm of the opinion that it should just be a blank screen with just the audio, like I think we see in commander clash (?)

[@petrsevcik5044]

Yes, Seth finaly learning the joy of playing Ruinous Ultimatum against literaly anyone.

[@Elektrolix-69]

I'm not a fan either

[@cacs2201]

If they are like this one, with nothing really spoiled, I'm ok I still don't like it, but this one didn't bother me

[@Sey318]

@@cacs2201 Definitively the spoilers are the part I don't really like. Specially cus they usually spoil the best part of the video

[@luisgonzalez7781]

“We drew plenty of ramp, but we need to draw our pay offs.” A fair ramp deck, we’re so glad to see you

[@zotha]

I'm wondering if the KZbin algorithm will tag this as Adult Only after the closed captions detect Seth talking about phallus's forover an hour.

[@aretwodeetoo1181]

😂😂😂 "phallus part three" 🤣🤣

[@moxryan7042]

Seth has discovered the power of Phallus 🤣

[@stormycat0905]

Need more intros of Seth laughing manically waiting to play board wipes.

[@BaygelTheDog]

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@coreysierchio4650]

Seth, Your optimism makes me smile. Thank You for the Content.

[@ValariaxSword]

Casting an ultimatum with only basics. Seth: Heavy breathing.

[@koalasama]

With only 3 plains and 3 swamps in the deck for a RRWWWBB spell. EZ game

[@quintonbaran]

"It's like an Ugin that you don't have to feel guilty about casting" - love that.

[@ruudvanlaarhoven5776]

Phylath + Retreat: that's just Avenger of Zendikar with extra steps!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Lol, pretty much :)

[@OGNoNameNobody]

SLIGHTLY agree. At least the two don't share a CMC, tho...

[@emiliasmith5561]

@@MTGGoldfish 8Phylath when?

[@js74433]

@@emiliasmith5561 I wanna see this!!!!

[@c.jhamblin5759]

I love when budget magic accidentaly becomes much abrew

[@damianvc31]

Wizards of the Coast: Phylath Seth: Phyllis

[@RockThisCrib]

Or Phallus

[@bjarkov12]

phallis phallus phallyth

[@chrisgallo2236]

This deck has won me over. I’m building this! I have a Phylath a EDH deck and it’s so much fun and soooooo sweet time play.

[@papaSwarls]

That opening cinematic had me dying😂

[@KingofJank]

Vegans: "We should not kill and be peaceful like plants." *Plants* :

[@andrewsparkes8829]

Little Shop called it decades ago - whatever you do...DON'T FEED THE PLANTS!

[@m-hcv]

I don't think vegans think we should 'be like plants'.

[@xblful]

@@m-hcv I am vegan, and I can't speak for other vegans, but my dream is to be like a plant. Stay put, don't need to eat, don't have to work, don't know what days of the week are, no responsibilities, not harming anyone, not having to worry how your consuming habits affect the environment and other people...

[@m-hcv]

@@xblful ...no real consciousness, no happiness, no will, no freedom, no possibility to protect yourself from harm...

[@xblful]

that's the dream

[@ThunderousChemQ27]

Best intro clip I've seen yet. Bravo, 10/10 as far as I'm concerned.

[@diegofernando73quito]

Greeeeeeeat deck, the most fun Is watching a Dimir Rogues deck staring at your 8 3/4 plants and conceding....priceless....the best budget deck ever.

[@MWorl91]

Sow what’s the plant here? Just get them to conseed?

[@cacs2201]

Oh god

[@PapaBear5433]

I'm reaping up what you're sowing down

[@ComfyDents]

It is always satisfying when a decks works as it has been *plant* ...

[@koaxed]

Ancient Greenwarden would go great in this, pulling the sacrifice lands back from the graveyard! :-D

[@koaxed]

and doubling triggers!

[@OGNoNameNobody]

DISAGREE $18 Mythic =/= Budget friendly build, unless you SPECIFICALLY wanna do a 1of/fun-of.

[@koaxed]

@@OGNoNameNobody compared to the Kenrith's?

[@koaxed]

@@OGNoNameNobody all mythics cost the same on Arena

[@Ptitnain2]

What would you take out to make space for Ancient Greenwarden?

[@jorismissotten]

Love your content. Thx for triggering my deckbuilding genes over and over again.

[@georgelacatus1495]

Baby Avenger of Zendikar making us all proud, brings a tear to my eye. Well done Seth!

[@The_GamingChef]

OMG😭😂 That 1st laugh and chuckle at 0:00 has me rollin

[@thekid5220]

opening was 10/10, keep Sething Seth

[@simpletonic]

Yes yes yes, plants for days. This video makes me happy

[@BeCurieUs]

Standard looking fun again, hurrah!

[@SwellGadgets]

What if Valakut Exploration exiles one of the three plains. Then Ruinous Ultimatum is a dead card, right?

[@Zentenski]

That intro preview is great

[@nickolas.vicente]

Thanks for making necromentia even better 👍

[@louisdooner1497]

That opening was the best.

[@smartkaboose3806]

That was the perfect pre-deck tech clip.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Ha, thanks :)

[@Birchie84]

This deck with Embercleave in a non budget deck would be sweet! GG's Seth

[@petrsevcik5044]

I see Seth's finaly learning the joy of playing Ruinous Ultimatum against literaly anyone.

[@douglasingersoll7486]

Awesome deck.

[@Etaripamai47]

Pylath has been a monster in limited for me. Skyclave sentinel as well. Just absolute all stars in my 10+ drafts. I'm happy to see my big planty boy doing work for Seth here.

[@BenDy3223]

Yeesh, 21:36 we have finally found a reason why Seth should learn to pronounce cards correctly. Nearly spat out my coffee

[@jpankhurst82]

Can't stop laughing every time Seth says Phallus X-D

[@nomadbakunin]

Was this in ranked queue? I'd love to see a ranked video with the same list!

[@ajax4709]

It was

[@Venusmoder]

You can also run kyruga in the companion slot if you want to.

[@Darchias]

Before watching video: 3 Plains seems a bit risky. What if a Rogue of your Valakut Exploration flips one over? Ruinous Ultimatum becomes uncastable. Would definitely run 4 Plains. On Arena Budget: Surprisingly good! Yeah, there's a lot of rares, but other than the full four copies of Ruinous Ultimatum and Pylath (most decks that run them don't run the full playset) all the rares in this deck are applicable to multiple decks. The full four copies of Valakut Exploration and Felidar Retreat will continue being good for the next two years, Fabled Passage is basically required in this meta, Scooze is really good, and Kenrith is something most players already picked up back in Fires of Invention standard. The rares are numerous, but very good value compared to a lot of the other Budget Magics that run very specific rares like Verazol. After the matches, I think cutting the Island for a fourth Plains and cutting the Mystical Disputes in the sideboard would be best. Don't get me wrong, since UB control is already the bad matchup this does hurt, but I kind of think that Rogues are still too popular to risk losing the ability to cast Ruinous because they happen to turn over a single Plains. The one thing that makes me think this is wrong is that I cannot figure out what would be the best sideboard card to fight against UB control instead of Mystical Dispute. I'll have to workshop it.

[@ericklinhares9551]

That and/or add dryad of the ilysian grove since it turns everything into plains and has multiple sinergies with the deck.

[@joshuarichards9725]

@@ericklinhares9551 yeah when I first saw the deck I just assumed there would be a dryad, a bit surprised there isn't one

[@Darchias]

@@ericklinhares9551 Dryad not being in was definitely a budget consideration, 100%. Running a fourth plains instead of another land is cheaper.

[@blueredlover1060]

Dryads are $22 each. That's why it's not in the deck. If price is no concern, do it. This being a budget build couldn't take advantage of it.

[@bodaciouschad]

When you face up against UB control you sideboard out ruinous ultimatums and soul sears for your mystical disputes for the reasons you listed.

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

Change the Island to another Plains and put Ugin in the sideboard over Mystical Dispute.

[@MTGGoldfish]

But what if I want to draw a card with Kenrith!?!

[@arthurkeech]

Great budget deck, sad that its so tough to make on arena. Looks like a boatload of fun.

[@arthurkeech]

The land decisions seem really tough though

[@aaronnava5656]

"What lands you get with this deck are surprisingly important." The 5-color deck with Ruinous Ultimatums? Yeah, I believe it

[@winssports4830]

Against the odds modern 8 Avenger of Zendikar's lol. We need this 🤣

[@frankytanky5076]

That Stavican guy was drawing every single card he needed, holy shit.

[@OliverParis2024]

His recent budgets have been really OP for some reason

[@slam500]

Freud would love this

[@Cactuscorpus]

Whats embarrassing is when you punt the game, refuse to acknowledge why, don't learn a lesson, and act like a pouty child for the rest of the video. You punted with a mistake twice, but noticed why, learned the lesson, kept a positive attitude and went on. This is why I watch your streaming videos. The positivity really wins out for me.

[@peakpickle2586]

This deck is nuts i made a version close to urs its nuts

[@Chibifox]

Anyway you could be talked into doing a pure Naya build? With Ugins and maybe a couple wraths?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Could be a good non-budget build. I think that if you have Ugin over Ruinous Ultimatum you can be straight three colors, since Ruinous Ultimatum is the main reason to be black.

[@maze._]

The vast majority of Standard is played on Arena now. Is it possible that your budget decks could account for this, and take into consideration rares and mythic rares instead of price in dollars?

[@MTGGoldfish]

I'm trying to add in more episodes that take the arena budget into account more. The challenge is that the Arena economy is so bad for playing competitively on a budget that I'm not confidence I can make a deck that's Arena-budget friendly each week. Considering that you often need at least eight rare lands just to make a two/three color deck function keeping a deck around 15 total rares/mythic is tough, and based on past 15 rare decks not everyone considered that budget friendly for Arena :(

[@goncaloferreira6429]

@@MTGGoldfish the myth about bad economy continues

[@Seldomheardabout]

@@MTGGoldfish I think you should stop considering it an economy. You dont exchange anything on arena so it should be considered a money pit. I just 5-0 on mtgo with a $60 budget deck because mtgo is an economy. Abzan is great right now btw. Edit: I can trade them back for different cards too. Feels good.

[@AricHaldan0782]

@@goncaloferreira6429 it's not really a myth if you get to experience it every time the meta changes. I guess you could sink in a ton of money or grind every day for an extended period of time, but I've played a lot more Arena than Legends of Runeterra and it's easier for me to build new decks in Legends.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

​@@AricHaldan0782 money or grind? you expect to get something for free? i see so many people saying they sink money on arena and i really dont understand why. i have been playing for almost 2 years now and i have build every single deck i ever had interest in building( thats 90+ decks). perhaps i am missing something?

[@germanyjones2700]

Ya kno, Seth, this is why we can’t have nice things! You always break them!

[@goldnuggets10]

Felidar retreat is giving me some serious field of the dead PTSD

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah. If it sticks on the battlefield it might be just as powerful at FotD, although having to cast/resolve it (and it being blown up by permanent/enchantment hate) does make it a lot easier to answer.

[@Tambanti]

The only thing I would add to this deck for non-budget would probably be ancient greenwarden. Double landfall triggers are insane with Phylath, Felidar Retreat and exploration.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Ancient Greenwarden could be a good one/two of.

[@foxyr4bbit]

this deck is sweet!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks!

[@IndigoRose13]

Any deck that uses Roiling Regrowth as a combat trick is a great deck in my book.

[@cloysterd]

Where do I sign up for the Not Yorion Every Match Standard queue? Seems like a good time.

[@ramiromartinez3522]

He sometimes skips duplicate match ups so they may have been skipped

[@MTGGoldfish]

I always try to mention it in the wrap up/article if we skip matchups, in this case we just mostly dodged Yorion (probably didn't hurt that it was recorded a few days ago before Yorion hit its peak).

[@ramiromartinez3522]

@@MTGGoldfish That's cool, it made for a really diverse video. Thanks for the fun deck. Now to be sad about my lack of wc

[@enduria3478]

The cutest legend ever.

[@Venzynt]

trim some of the ramp for a couple mazemind tomes?

[@sebamm6469]

You could play Keruga in there :)

[@adrianordp]

I think two Extinction Event over 2 Ruinous Ultimatum is ok on main deck. Other decks play mostly odd creatures and it would exile most of your opponents creatures for a much cheaper cost.

[@bcoble121691]

Why not 1-2 dryad of the Ilysian Grove, seems like it would help not only the mana base but also the ramp plan

[@jamesharbor4893]

40:10 If he attacked with the 4/5 and offered the free kill with the Lovestruck Beast it would've been lethal with the Valakut Exploration. I don't think the opponent even would've noticed that taking 6 from Ooze would've killed him. Either way if he did still decide to block the Ooze then he would've taken the 4 from the plant.

[@OGNoNameNobody]

This is quite the build. The only thing I could see was Kenreth not being all that necessary(at least Main Deck; he did work v. control), and that makes me happy. The only genuine "improvement" I can offer is maybe 2 or 3 *Run Away Together* s between Main and Side to fizzle some removal attempts & trip the opponent's board in the process.... Ooh, wait, *Vastwood Surge* as a 1/2 of, to up the synergy with the retreat & plants. Yep. Like I said, TITE build.

[@streiifi]

i love budget decks but it would be nice if you say its for paper or for arena or do budget mtg for arena. This deck is maybe cheap for paper but not for arena. i dont have that many wildcards :(

[@quentincurrier-moritsugu1373]

He mentioned in a previous video that he makes arena budget decks when he can, but most of the time the power level is just too low to be worth playing. Check out videos that say things like "2 rare 2 mythic" in the title :)

[@jorismissotten]

You can look up the Gentry Tournaments organised by That Happy Viking on MTGGoldfish. Gentry is format within standard but is restricting the deck to contain only 4 unique Mythic/Rare and maximum 15 Uncommons. They are run every Thuesday, so normally the decks are displayed next day on MTG Goldfish (as it is held on MtgMelee)

[@endermeap6488]

Wouldn’t the kicker explosive vegetation be better than migration’s path?

[@totalcoward]

Phylath was the first Brawl deck I made for Zendikar Rising Standard, so it feels good to see him getting more recognition as the monster he is.

[@MaestroDake]

Just i made a hiatoric bant and temur uro piles with felidar and exploración and thoose are amazing. Try yo get ancient Greenwarden. Its spectacular. Pylath triggers 2 times. If omnath goles viable this deck gets 4 c piles with this valakut combo is brutal

[@MrStatutoryGrape]

Were looking for our Phallus

[@dcmag2020]

Why not bring in Cinderclasm against the adventure decks? Between Innkeeper, LSB tokens, the deathtouch knight, they usually have quite a few x/1s

[@bdellovibrioo5242]

Flowey approves 👿🌼

Nice!!

[@jstuckless]

Oh hey its the deck that plays Feledair Retreat and Phallath.

[@cwill1090]

Is there a reason you didn't use dryad of ilisian Grove?

[@septred3]

Hey Seth san, how come Vastwood Surge is not in that deck to finish off your opponents faster?

[@coremagnumplays4684]

serious question: is azorius party good? im still trying to build it.

[@SyntheticReign]

Unless I'm missing something, I'm not understanding that match 4 round 2 concession. You had 25 chump blockers, which at minimum gave you one extra turn to draw Ruinous Ultimatum?

[@SirKovar]

Shame scoop lol

[@coreypatrick18]

What about Ancient Greenwarden? I have a similar build lol

[@xavisimon3095]

Seth about Paw Blade: "If you embercleave people to death, its not a dog deck it's an embercleave deck" I kind of agree , but in the other hand "if you Felidar Retreat + Lanfal people to death ..." it's not a plant deck ^_^ Ok, let's call it potted plant fall. A felidar throwing plant pots from a window could be an hilarious thumbnail.

[@johncoleman7673]

Why does no one play the dryad or asuza In these ramp decks?

[@larryy5166]

I am not sleeping on phydaddy. I am currently testing a tokens deck(tokens/felidar enchant/teansmogrify) and a straight ramp deck into phy then the kicker card that puts 2 lands and 2 +1/+1 counters. The second is doing well against scute/rogues/flyers/warriors/clerics because it mains storm's wrath, exile 2 enchant cycler and cragplate.

[@larryy5166]

After fully watching the video I have a similar build, but only WRG colors(no ultimatum, no kenrith, less sideboard flexibility) and I use adventure giant instead of cultivate, and roil eruption to close out games

[@MTGGoldfish]

Transmogrify could actually be super sweet in this deck. That's a cool idea!

[@larryy5166]

@@MTGGoldfish Your version is more reliable; You get more tokens and you don't get blown out by all the efficient removal in the meta. Maybe there'll be a good transmogrify against the odds someday though :)

[@Pike27]

Geez, in general I hate the previews at the beginning. However, this time, it was actually pretty hilarious. I legitimately laughed out loud.

[@billylor8767]

What do you think about swapping out 1 or 2 migration paths for vastwood surge?

[@rileykeith5980]

Not worth it, you'd rather have the ability to cycle it into your phylaths and felidar retreats. For 8 Mana (the kicker of vastwood surge) you'd rather be casting multiple spells or phylath and whatnot

[@dezsomodos1314]

Match 4 attacking with the other plant? (4/5)

[@FalloutFan011]

Have you considered maybe a one-of or two-of Azusa?

[@jonathanperigo6853]

Why soul sear instead of black mythos? You have 3 swamps and 3 mountains, you're just as likely to be able to cast either, and mythos has upside of sometimes killing any nonland.

[@HopelessXzavier]

I think its because soul sear can hit through hakdos, monowhite, and sometimes snipe a god.

[@jonathanperigo6853]

@@HopelessXzavier yeah, but i think if you look at the meta, having a maelstrum pulse seems way better. Also it still misses haktos 2/3s of the time. Haktos has protection, not indestructible. But i think the real reason they went with soul sear is budget. I didn't realize this was a budget magic.

[@Moonlit_sky_with_stars]

I gotta say, if this is the new broken deck, I would be ok with it. Feels better to lose to this imho. On a similar note, it seems like one of the most powerful part of this deck is its consistency. 3rd, does this deck just fold to hyper aggro?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Hyper aggro is likely our worst matchup, although if we can get down a quick Phylath (and dodge Embercleave) I think we have a chance.

[@haydenevans6694]

I might be missing something but why does Seth play 61 cards? Is it something to do with the algorithm? Edit: Just realised it was for the one sideboard, so I'm assuming its just for specific match ups?

[@KebbieG]

Not a bad video for Standard. Not of fan of Standard normally.

[@Polemion]

Its Naya with only Ultimatum for Black and 1 Island.... and this deck is 5 Colour?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Technically I think so, but...

[@JoaoSantos-bp5rm]

Seth, please, please, tap you lands properly, love your games

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

This deck loves to valakut exploration away one of you Plains or Swamps leaving you with dead ruinous after an opponent has killed one lol

[@timkaercher2459]

Why don’t you play Keruga as a companion?

[@andrewrosston7863]

No Keruga?

[@manuelito1233]

holy shit that preview HAHAHAHA

[@jebooiii6462]

So why doesn't this deck run Keruga?

[@Foxribble19]

Is standard saved now??? It seems so

[@MTGGoldfish]

Standard has been shockingly good the last couple of weeks. Hopefully it stays that way.

[@petersmythe6484]

MTG has definitely come a long way since Icatian Town gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=159843 was the six mana weenie token spell.

[@Grayback666]

Put one ancient greenwarden in to get back the lands in the graveyard

[@atlys258]

I think this deck could really use 2x Basri's Solidarity in place of a Migration and a Kenrith.. it would shore up games where you go off on lands and have no action left because of dead fetches and ramp.

[@MTGGoldfish]

I worried that Solidarity might be a dead card too often.

[@atlys258]

@@MTGGoldfish Fair enough, and it very well could be.

[@MindstabThrull]

I think the only thing I would try and find a home for in here somewhere might be Lotus Cobra, especially if someone gets the idea to Cleansing Wildfire your single Island. Either that or add a second Island to the sideboard.

[@archibaldtuttle9019]

Hahaha, Mirage lands to keep the land symbols on Plant theme