Five-Color Unpredictable Sharknado Ultimatums | Standard | Against the Odds

[@joserene-t5z]

A Companion, ultimatums, sharknado, unpredictable cyclone. This isn't just the ultimate against the odds. This is the ultimate Ikoria showcase

[@belialtcggameplayunboxing9955]

Looks like the most ambitous draft Deck ever.

[@SiraZero]

So true. This deck just shows how powerful Ikoria is with like 80% new cards

[@Uzotrups]

this is the ikoria showcase the standard meta never was

[@bigwig8657]

@@belialtcggameplayunboxing9955 thanks for calling my 5 color I opened 3 ultimatums atrocity ambitious 🤪, because no one else is dumb enough to have tried that right? Twice....

[@cadenglass1387]

Ah blue, the color of calm, logic, and discovery. Also the color of many many flying sharks attacking your face.

[@peacechan4500]

Well the flying shark part does invoke the sense of discovery

[@RyanIcey]

@@peacechan4500 I dunno about you, but for me, I think it would invoke a sense of, "OH MY GOD WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!!!???"

[@Alikaoz]

@@RyanIcey well, wouldn't you like to discover what's going on?

[@RyanIcey]

@@Alikaoz I mean... No.

[@jacobd1984]

After calm, logical analysis, I’ve discovered that the best way to defeat other planeswalkers is to bury them in flying sharks.

[@cloysterd]

This is one for the ATO Hall of Fame. What a deck.

[@CasualMTGDecks]

OMG what a deck !

[@danielperkins9347]

cloysterd only one close for me is Wurm surprise this was epic.

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

Daniel Perkins I was just rewatching Panglacial earlier. Actually, I think there should be an archived list of all the 5-0 decks from ATO, probably the 4-1 lists as well, just for posterity With an addendum to that last. The addition of a list of the most u likely cards to ever really work

[@anthonyolimpio3545]

You madman. You actually did it. We always asked whether we could, but we never stopped to ask whether we should.

[@chemset475]

Never seen a 2nd copy of a planeswalker enter the battlefield and fizzle an attack on the first one by legend ruling it away xD amazing stuff as always Seth!! 1:16:30

[@SnowyFoxxo1123]

God that is such a power move, absolutely gorgeous, this is the kind of thing that makes it that you can never say that you've seen everything in Magic

[@ThunderousChemQ27]

Holy cow, what an absurd pile. Seeing something this magnificent actually makes me want to start playing standard again. Awesome job, per usual!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks :)

[@georgelacatus1495]

Holy mackerel, bravo Seth! This is the content I am subscribed for. I really hope that Wizards watches this pile in action to see just how strong they made Ikoria

[@ThomasJohnsen2]

I am pretty sure most of the development team at MtG watches ATO. How fun must it be for them to see the cards they invented, used in completely bonkers and (likely) unanticipated ways. And it is a great resource as well: we need Timmy and Spike cards; but we most certainly couldn't do without Johnny and Seth cards :D. They are the cards that spark kitchen-table dreams.

[@marymccleary8757]

I like to think that opponents who scoop the match after game one haven't decided to quit magic; they've decided to quit their deck and go build your deck for themselves. And I like to think you spent the entire Lurrus match worrying about 3 cmc permanents that might be in the main deck to show us all that we worry too much.

[@petershipman8391]

"Zidra" "boom-giver wishes" never change seth

[@samouflage99]

This is it! I was a step away from figuring out how to do all the ultimatums in a single deck...it was Unpredictable Cyclone! I was originally exploring options with that card, but it was meant to be about playing the humongous cycling uncommon creatures through the Cyclone trigger. Now after imagining an all the Ultimatums deck, this was the video I needed. Thanks Seth!

[@bigwig8657]

I much prefer the "what am I doing with my life" intros, since there is an expectation we will see it pop off at some point. It's like the early obstacle to be overcome narrative and makes it more exciting.

[@somefishhere]

Robert M I wish the comments gave a time stamp to a pop off though. I don’t always have time to watch the entire video length of hour and a half. I just want the highlight. Having the highlight at the beginning made it easy for me

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks! Based on feedback I've been trying to say away from "the deck does its thing" highlights for the intro and instead go for memes or cliffhangers.

[@bigwig8657]

@@MTGGoldfish yeah biggest thing for me is either I've seen enough against the odds to know the jankest lists will still go off at least once and that the intro will explain what is being attempted so the payoff feels a bit like if they lead a tv show by showing the plot climax in the opening credits. This intro hit much more of the "what did that Seth get himself into this week?" type of feel. Loved this deck, it put a smile on my face for the duration which is a pretty big deal to me these days, thank you.

[@bigwig8657]

@@somefishhere that is a really valid point I wasn't really considering, thanks.

[@Davidbruun]

@@somefishhere I hate highlights in the beginning. It's the same as if a TV show does the "Next time on XXX" and then spoils the next episode.

[@johnroyston3859]

This deck is an absurd pile of ridiculously expensive spells with insane casting costs and features flying sharks in spades. It's a thing of beauty 😅

[@Khazuki_]

Well this is obviously the greatest video of all time.

[@scattered2945]

This is exciting! I've been eyeing the Sharknado since it was first spoiled! Glad to see a brew. :)

[@Sushi_Dinner]

I love your attitude! Watching your vids always make me smile. This definitely means a lot during these times. Thanks, bro. ❤️

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks :)

[@jrvaughn9038]

I'm sorry Seth.... I'm going to have to suspend your Magic: the Gathering control deck player membership card until further notice. Offence: On 4/22/20 said "Draw a Card" was boring. Suspension Duration: One week no Magic followed by one week Pauper only. I hope you know this hurts me more than it does you. Now go think about what you did.

[@deli_9697]

Lmao 1 week pauper only

[@heartbeat4atinman]

This deck looks like it'd be terrible at any rank above Silver. Time to waste all my wildcards on it!

[@matthoward6130]

Man you had me at first !

[@zotha]

"They have all our Narsets" "If we draw a Narset..." - Has a Narset in hand and doesn't cast it.

[@fateweaver9]

With what White mana from Breeding Pool, Steam Vents, Mountain, Stomping Ground, and second Steam Vents in hand?

[@KomoliRihyoh]

@@fateweaver9 Then he should've said "if we draw mana for our narset" or "if we draw a plains" instead of "if we draw a narset," which was the one piece of the puzzle he had.

[@fateweaver9]

@@KomoliRihyoh Expecting Seth to NOT mispronounce or misspeak something? You must be new. Welcome to the channel!

[@santyricon]

@@fateweaver9 lol, we love him the way he is

[@grunermrk]

He's not here to hard cast cards

[@enoeht]

Seems fitting that when new Ultimatum cards are printed, 5-color control returns. It's Alara/Lorwyn all over again, now with 100% more flying sharks.

[@jamesdavis5081]

Seth, your against the odds gameplay videos are the best videos of Standard out there. Loved everything about this deck!

[@jerzane5617]

This deck is amazing. I might have to build this... thank you for the wonderful deck!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Glad you liked it :)

[@maximedumoussaud9042]

I almost uninstalled Arena this morning because of Lurrus/Gyruda overdose, then I saw this video. Thank you, you restored my faith in Standard :D

[@The8BallADP]

This was my favorite ATO episode in a long time! Great, hilarious, and unpredictably potent deck =D

[@Simon-ow6td]

This deck was sweet! I really want to see an octopus tribal with omnious sea, Nadir Kraken etc on against the ods!

[@joshualevimusic]

This deck is so spicy! I love it! Keep up the great content, and thx for the entertainment during these times

[@stephenlofton5403]

The most amazing part about zirda is that it makes your cycling cheaper including shark typhoon such that it basically costs x: make x/x shark. Had that combo in limited and it was absolutely busted there.

[@rossbalch]

Jeskai Control conceding the entire match was one of the most joyous things I've ever seen.

[@alexanderszewc9448]

You know what this means... Sharknado + Metallurgic Summonings.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Sharknado is probably just a better Summonings and I love me some Metallurgic Summonings.

[@patrickbuerke1390]

@@MTGGoldfish AgaINST The Odds Time, playing some Metallurgic Shark Typhoon.... iiiiiiiinnn Pioneer

[@alexanderszewc9448]

@@patrickbuerke1390 and we'll keep. *Laughs*

[@braddalrymple8615]

This year I decided I would give up on Magic but I wasn't going to give up watching your videos but I haven't been able to get into any of the recent decks but this one says this is the one that brought me back

[@Sosroseno]

I don't get why you'd want to tick down Narset there at 35:15 when you can just tick it up, gain 2 life and still cast the Cyclone...

[@raulpacheco7488]

Yeah, heavy misplay there

[@MTGGoldfish]

@@raulpacheco7488 Yeah, for some reason I was thinking Narset only made mana for instants or sorcereis, but its any non-creature. That would have been a better line.

[@adriendelplace8755]

Very fun deck and great video as usual :). I love watching you being that happy about doing some amazing stuff like playing 2 ultimatum in the same turn

[@yospeer]

This deck is why we love you @SaffronOlive! Thank you for showing us the way you’re awesome!!

[@andrewrowe1441]

Love the thumbnail! The artist is fantastic.

[@the_snakelicious]

I'm sold on the title alone.

[@coltoncallahan8755]

The opp casting Claim the Firstborn at 1:19:47 to get surprise lethal was a pretty impressive line- luckily you had Growth Spiral to make a chump blocker but that would have been quite the turn around

[@SilverAlex92]

This is by far the BEST deck name ever

[@sebvieira]

So much fun, thanks for playing this, Seth!

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

28:45 That Thing I have also witnessed a bunch of times. Feels good man. And to Jank out ALL the ULTIMATUMS at instant Speed is just absurd.

[@paulonor9410]

When you play lotus field, shouldn’t you always sac lands of different names in case of eerie ultimatum?

[@spirosminiadis]

I was thinking that as well but then i saw he tried to keep multicolor lands in play to try to play the ultimatums easier

[@MTGGoldfish]

That's tough. I think that different names is a consideration because of Eerie Ultimatum, but a bigger concern is trying to keep lands that allow us to hardcast various Ultimatums when we draw them.

[@MTGGoldfish]

If we had more Eerie Ultimatums it would be a bigger concern, but with 8 total Ultimatums and just one Eerie Ultimatum it think keeping dual lands is usually right in this deck, even if it does make our Eerie Ultimatums slightly worse.

[@ecoKady]

I watched part of this on my VR headset which makes it appear large enough to be a full IMAX cinematic experience. It worked surprisingly well.

[@silversylvis]

Good lord the Narset +1 visual effect is so over-the-top for such a tiny effect. I love it.

[@prometheustheworldsfire30]

Seth playing Ultimate Ikoria deck: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!😂

[@redstonepro5412]

This video shows how to play standard Step1: ramp Step2: play an overpowered red (or sometimes green) enchantment Step3: win with insanly efficient 7-drops (Obviously thats just a joke)

[@18AGN]

Or is it...?

[@redstonepro5412]

@@18AGN it is kindof how standard is played, but i dont wanted someone pointing out that unpredictable cyclone is not played in standard

[@mxspokes]

@@redstonepro5412 this *is* how commander is played.

[@redstonepro5412]

@@mxspokes not really, in commander you dont just play the overpowered red enchantments and if you play commander competetive you finish the game with 2-drops

[@averagefox5126]

This is one of my fav Against the Odds ever. This is exactly the type of pile I love to play

[@Manonmarsthefirst]

35:20 Why didn't you just uptick narset for mana and play cyclone?

[@nightcrawler2214]

At first I was worried this would a fires of invention deck. I’m so glad it’s unpredictable cyclone

[@johnmeier1]

In my head I heard Seth say "banned!" every time an opponent scooped early

[@fredfrance1495]

" we just scared them out of the will to exist " Saffron Olive

[@_kalishh_yakitoriz]

Quote of the month

[@BillabongWannabe]

This deck is like the definition of wild

[@KomoliRihyoh]

This is me learning Cycling counts as an "activated ability" for Zirda...

[@smolclips5996]

You pay a cost and an ability goes on the stack without a cast, sounds like an activated ability to me :p

[@KomoliRihyoh]

@@smolclips5996 yeah but i usually think of activated abilities existing only on permanents, in the vein of pushing a button on a machine. Also i've never played with cycling cards before so this is a whole new mechanic for me.

[@IsesriX]

Yup! That's also how Sharknado gets around teferi. Since you can instant speed at end of turn a flying threat that can't be countered. It's really cool.

[@smolclips5996]

@@IsesriX it can still be tales ended, whirlwind denial'd, or repudiated

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yup!

[@kaszael]

This was exactly what I wanted it to be. Thank you Seth!

[@kylekovacs497]

Boonweaver's gift, the boon-giver's wishes, then he just reverts to calling it "boon." XD

[@grunermrk]

Made this deck on arena, I've never had so much fun and been so screwed by my own deck before. Good shit.

[@00bav123]

28:32 Sharknado Ultimatum was so strong the opponent had to go get engaged

[@centurosproductions8827]

The sad thing about Lurrus: it's the only Companion you can't have as a companion and also in your deck.

[@IsesriX]

I mean, this companion also doesn't work for itself as it has no activated abilities.

[@Sugarman96]

@@IsesriX Zirda does have an activated ability.

[@centurosproductions8827]

@@IsesriX What is "1, T: target creature can't block this turn," chopped liver?

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

@@centurosproductions8827 I despise that phrase so much but yeah.

[@thrackerzodfromdimensionon3882]

lutri as well as umori also dont satisfy the restructions they have altho you can make umori satisfy it

[@chickenwyngs3646]

The deck tech is the first time I’ve heard Seth pronounce Triome correctly

[@wattyfathom1420]

oh this deck makes me happy - thanks for the great content seth. :)

[@VinyJuliani]

I found the deck I'll be playing on ikoria standard. Thank you, Seth

[@mikemcintosh9933]

Chuckling right along with you.

[@jerrymcdaniel6643]

I'm so glad you did this lol, I was thinking of using felicia who smiles at death and living lore to reuse them lol

[@vennom14]

I actually made a variation of this deck focusing on the cyclone/typhoon combination. I didn't add the ultimatums, but I may need to look into it...

[@SojournerDusk]

It needs a Kenrith to give all those flying sharks haste, and as another search target for Emergent Ultimatum.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Once Kenrith could be worth it. Emergent Ultimatum could use another good target or two.

[@00031849]

This deck is so crazy the you fizzled an attack by legend rulling a planeswalker at instant speed. Like WHAT.

[@arthurkeech]

By far the coolest against the odds in a while

[@arthurkeech]

I think this requires about a million wild cards though

[@bigwig8657]

I built the jeskai version with no ultimatums, just cycling helix and the kraken maker and cycle turtle. Cycling 1 generic bears into 8/8 hasty turtles.

[@Darchias]

What a fun deck! I think you should probably pack Grafdiggers Cage in all your Standard sideboards. It hates on both Rakdos Sacrifice and Gyruda Combo

[@poothrower101]

I added a couple Chromatic Lanterns to this deck and its been very helpful

[@irarosenblum9062]

Looks incredibly fun to play, wish I had the cards/turn in to make rn

[@aa-dv1pt]

The absolute pinnacle of a jank pile! Somehow, you just wipe the floor with everyone?.. This video is the perfect example if I need to explain why your videos are must watch mtg content.

[@kwjazzman]

"Rime"rock Knight. Definitely RIMrock. haha XD Love your pronunciations, Seth

[@MrOfTheSea]

The scariest part of this deck is, replace cyclone with fires of invention, put fae of wishes in the main and the ultimatums in the sideboard and you have a tier standard deck

[@TeaHauss]

I picked up Shark Typhoon for my EDH deck and did a double take on the price spike. Wonder what madman broke it...

[@hansvader3791]

the thing I like the most is that Seth didn't read his opponents companion. Mayhem Devil is CMC 3, wich breaks the companion clause of only having CMC 2 or down

[@xblful]

I was expecting flying sharks out of that cyclone. That isn't the only thing that came out of it.

[@The-Nomad1]

The best part about shark typhoon is that actually a pretty decent card

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, Shark Typhoon is legit I think.

[@ianmcabee8036]

What an exciting preview!

[@commandermtg2045]

There we go boys, we can all go home now standard has peaked

[@RappingRain]

I feel like there was a misequencing game two against the elemental deck. I feel like the turn you played the Lotus Field, you could have used your Narset to add blue and played your basic forest to cast Growth Spiral and then play the Lotus Field. It ended up not mattering because you won, but I feel like that was the correct line of play.

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

Can’t help but think an easy fine tuning of this deck would be to remove Emergent Ultimatum for either an additional copy of Ruinous or Genesis, or another utility card. I think it’s most common usage in these games was being discarded to Narset as a removal spell

[@CodenameJD]

Every sweet thing in Ikoria, Seth? My favourite thing in Ikoria is Mutate. Bring on the Against the Odds 5 Colour Mutate deck.

[@mcbescheiden725]

Thanks, now I no longer regret putting wildcards into that janky typhoon/cycloon cycle and rarepicking ultimatum's in draft xD

[@computersocsci]

38:50 "I assume this will just end our opponent's will to live"

[@JohnSmith-en8xf]

I built a deck like this but as a living end deck, cycle all your big creatures than cyclone into eerie ultimatum to reanimate the whole yard, it’s called “round the twist” on MTGoldfsh if anyone’s interested

[@tatemarshall]

That deck is awesome, but I feel like it could use an extra land or two.

[@JohnSmith-en8xf]

Tate Marshall maybe yeah, still testing it out so thanks for the advice

[@tatemarshall]

@@JohnSmith-en8xf if you do make any changes will you be adding them to the goldfish site?

[@JohnSmith-en8xf]

Tate Marshall sure will

[@outshimed]

Haven't watched any MTGGoldfish in a while. "Five-Color Unpredictable Sharknado Ultimatums" well I gotta see this.

[@matt21643]

Altered this a little toward black, added two casualties and one copy of the black cycling sorcery, plus bolas Planeswalker and OMG the performance I'm getting in ladder lol

[@thecollectiblecollectabill2298]

i won my only draft game with unpredictable cyclone into an ultimatum! it felt so awesome and i knew for sure, that would never happen again

[@tedgop1932]

U gave me a good idea for a 5c edh :)

[@jenius00]

Kinda just want you to do an encore episode of this deck.

[@2236UmbrellaCorp]

You’re a crazy man! Love ya buddy.

[@MTGGoldfish]

[@seanmurphy3430]

Seth mispronounced Boon of the Wish-Giver so many different ways this video, I honestly can't tell if he was doing it on purpose.

[@nedcurfman3486]

Ahhh... the description reminds me of my favorite Adult Swim commercial- Too Many Ultimatums.

[@oddjob4212]

This deck looks like a blast to play.

[@gcm123456789]

32:16 "if i draw narset" with a narset in hand i did not get it

[@chadcharest9891]

I love ATO, but this. This is the most beautiful monstrosity you've ever created. I'm not sure how you top this.

[@MrShinyObject]

Seth: "Wow, we got to play our spoiler card, I think that's a first!" I'm pretty sure you've done it almost every set since they started giving you spoiler cards. Heck, you built diminishing returns before the set came out!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, Diminishing Returns was sort of an exception since it was a reprint :)

[@TheQueerLeaf]

😜😜😜

[@vincentmccue7481]

Against the burn matchup game 2, why didn't you use Narset to add a mana to cast the Cyclone?

[@joelcooper4304]

27:08 "eh, boon is fine" *draws 4 cards for 1 mana*

[@ManOfTrades]

This is the deck the prophecy spoke of!

[@blkswrdfalcon2948]

Seth, in the future against the odds, when you lose the first time, I need you to play the call of duty sound clip from a failed mission

[@jonathansnow21]

Seth, I'm not sold on the lotus fields. Seems like they hurt as much as they help. Would it be better to just replace them with more Triomes?