Goldfish Gladiators: Five-Color Dragons (Standard, Magic Arena)

[@dakodastevens8972]

have you considered cutting the settles? It feels like WW is really hard for this mana base to consistently cast, especially on 4.

[@forrestlombard4333]

agree. Only four white sources plus dragons hoard is pretty ridiculous for casting WW spells

[@forrestlombard4333]

Maybe more Spitfires?

[@jakeapplegate6642]

Maybe not in the main board but you need them to deal with carnage tyranny.

[@sin2048]

or... Urza's Ruinous Blast? (luckily, all dragons & Sarkhan are legendary)

[@forrestlombard4333]

@@sin2048 that's actually really sweet. Deals with planeswalkers and conclave tribunal\ ixalans binding too.

[@1AlasBabylon]

These title cards fill me with a kind of power I can't describe. Calvin and Hobbes just works for Sarkhan and Nicol Bolas, I love it so much.

[@wilholloway2924]

Is it Bolas in the thumbnail or is it Palladia?

[@imasiontist653]

I love the thumbnail art so much!

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

@@wilholloway2924 its palladia

[@1AlasBabylon]

Yeah, you're right, it's Palladia. Still, it's sweet.

[@NickyKnickerson]

I like how in the last match you saw Ferox and Immortal Sun in game one and were like "screw you man, I'm running these Nicol Bolas's and you can't stop me".

[@asdrubalbernal1242]

Great compilation....I am looking forward for the update once we get the new lands. Thanks for sharing and please make the update soon :)

[@matv6215]

That nullhide at the end was perfect

[@jasontan5111]

Yaaaasss I love dragons!!! So excited for this!

[@ItaliansShredsBetter]

I think this is the sweetest deck in standard. Hope to see it in a stream :)

[@LedPESRule]

Hahahaha, these were some insane games, and all these dragons look sweet on Arena. Awesome!

[@Lvl5Mage]

I love this deck! I didn't have the wildcards to craft all the mythic dragons so I used some Demanding Dragons instead, but they work pretty well too. I really love how using Dragon's Hoard gives you access to all these different colours without screwing up your mana base super hard. As others have said though maybe I'd ditch the settles since the WW requirement is pretty tricky.

[@arcarodrigoarca]

Hi Seth! Thanks for the free content. The Decklist on the left of the screen is too small, we can only see 11 cards from the SB. Not that it matters so much, because we have the deck tech at the beginning of the video, just giving you feedback that you might want to consider :) Thanks again and have an amazing day!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Thanks for the feedback! It's because this deck has a lot of one-ofs, so the last couple of cards couldn't fit!

[@tomjackal5708]

rupture spire/gateway plaza is actually pretty good in multicolor decks when you don't need to cast anything until turn 3

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, if you have a slow curve it's not that painful as a one or two-of (wouldn't play it outside of five-colors though).

[@stephenhousman6975]

Your deck was mono single threats. Not surprised with binding in game 2. Surprised with warboss though he saw a decent amount of removal.

[@Atmapalazzo]

This deck is probably alot better without the green

[@zotha]

Certainly, was thinking the same thing. Seeing a Forest in the opening hand was just awful.

[@basdejong5494]

It doesn't have to be good. This deck just wants to play dragons.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

@@zotha the forest is for fields to cast vaevictus

[@zotha]

@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761 The comment I replied to was about dropping green from the deck... which means no Jund dragons...

[@MTGGoldfish]

Playing the basic Forest was probably incorrect, Vaevictis is pretty sweet though, especially against annoying enchantments like Experimental Frenzy that our deck is bad at dealing with.

[@alexpoobum]

what a nice deck, cant wait to build it in arena when i get all the wild cards, probably take around 3 months though

[@jeremiahfigueroa5789]

Settle seems really out of place according to your mana. Seems like you’re banking on dragons hoard. Maybe play seal away instead

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

33:02 He draws Clarion and... glitches the matrix? I liked that voiceover, lol

[@noamisaac]

In game 1 you play a mountain and discard a dragonskull summit? Which would come into play untapped?

[@Nr4747]

1:41:30 Nullhide Ferox is actually pretty good in very creature heavy Stompy lists, especially against Dimir/Sultai Control running Disinformation Campaign (yes, I'm aware that neither of those are "tier 1" decks, but still . . .)

[@rhisccth4094]

The thumbnail is awesone. Like magic kindergarden.

[@MarkAvo]

Third game against mono red was nuts. So many draws and only 2 dragons?!

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, that was a weird one, we got there eventually though.

[@oldirtysean00]

I laughed so hard at the first opening hand. Playing 5 color anything will make you question your life decisions.

[@Seifersythe]

I love how "Dragon's Hoard" constantly sounds like "Dragon Zord."

[@DarkThomy]

That last opponent was like... a GW goodstuff deck?? x') It worked though !

[@obesechicken13]

1:12:30 missed 4 damage :p. Also I feel like you side out nicky b vs nullhide ferox abzan creatures and ixalan's binding. This feels like the 3rd or 4th time you've played dragons now. Is it your favorite deck?

[@MTGGoldfish]

I do like playing Dragons a lot.

[@THELASTMASTA]

I would think that this is the deck for chromatic lantern considering how haphazard the manabase is. Maybe the more consistent opening hands outweigh the card draw from dragon's hoard?

[@chromaticcaos]

8:44

[@maciek19882]

Arena animation tribal

[@brandoncampbell6005]

Im trying to make a mono red Dragon tribal since m19. Im thinking 4 sarkhan 3 lathliss 3 verix 4 demanding dragon 4 wily goblin 4 skirk prospector 1 torch courier 4 lava coil 3 shivan fire 3 spit flame 3 dragon's hoarde 23 mount. 1 field of ruin

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

I'd need to try it but I think it would be quite interesting

[@ctomsky]

Thats a LOT of legendaries though between Verix, Karox, Lathliss, and Sarkhan. You'd potentially end up with a lot of dead cards in hand that I guess Sarkhan could loot, but you'd most likely only get 1 or 2 out at a time. Its interesting, but could probably benefit from adding another color or two, especially once you start considering sideboard options.

[@tomlecl17]

dragon's hoard and sarkan are designed for mana fixing and you don't really take advantage of that being monored

[@aaronlutz5560]

Tom Lecluyse ramp is still useful tho, especially with how aggressive the meta is rn

[@Imba690]

Now that we have seen Seth's glorious beard on stream, i miss it in these videos!

[@imapaincake2305]

Half ot those big boys are in my Jund commander rawr xd Nice vid

[@ctomsky]

I feel like you could cut the green and the white and just focus on a Grixis dragons build that would be more efficient. You'd lose out on the Clarions but you'd still have Ritual of Soot and Golden Demise for sweepers

[@adamrambo5]

Man this deck is so sweet

[@jonasbley2602]

I love this deck.

[@MTGGoldfish]

It's super fun to play!

[@bricebrc9383]

I love this deck really nice job bro ! but Is this deck competitive as standard on arena ?

[@StevenFonte]

Nice run considering a 5c deck might lose consistency. Did you think about a new version of Jeskai taking turns? I used to play that deck before rotation and it is still my favourite, baral was a big loss for the deck. I've been trying to play it with a copy of oath of teferi and Ral to do the old Chandra Job. It is sweet but since the legendary count is less than before it's hard to play urza blast and play the usual board wipes at jeskai disposal.

[@benjaminhandziak2488]

Why did you scoop at 14:01? Play land, Clarion , bokas, pass the turn

[@larksidemoon6505]

Oddly, that Loss to the White Sideboard makes me wonder what the deck would be like with heavier black investment and Mastermind's acquisition :u

[@justatraveler09]

So Seth, when will Goldfish Gladiators get a link on the sidebar of the website?

[@michelspode423]

Seth did you think about a one off of Garna, the bloodflame? to have a haste inabler for vevictis sounds sweet. Also against chupacabra to get the dragon back. but with Sarkan the mana curve seems a bit clunkcy since you jump from 4 to 6 mana and skipping the 5 mana slot. what do you think?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Hmm, it seems like it could be powerful, although I'm not sure about non-Dragon creature in the deck since they don't work that well with our Sarkhan/Dragon's Hoard ramp plan.

[@michelspode423]

@@MTGGoldfish i tried it one time now in a constructed Event AS a one of but it didnt really worked Well. Maybe in another Deck Shell. In General i Like The plan of a hasty vevictis^^ also tried sarkhans unsealing since i am hasitating to get The fourth Copy of nicol bolas. Really Hope they do something about The 5th Copy soon

[@timlamiam]

@mtggoldfish who does the cartoon cover art for the videos? They are so cute, I've always loved them

[@rexone9564]

This deck is cheaper in PAPER then it is on arena. Go figure

[@Micna9596]

Can you target creatures with hexproof with Vaevictis ability?

[@Aronia55]

No it still targets

[@Micna9596]

@@Aronia55 oh okay, I wasnt sure since it says both choose and target, thanks

[@apofedaykin9951]

Is Sarkhan, Dragonsoul not legal in standard? Can't see any reason not to run at least one in Arena

[@Kestral287]

It's legal, it's just very bad. Six mana for a plus that's irrelevant in most matchups is already an auto-drop for almost any planeswalker, but you add in a very mediocre minus and the card becomes unplayable. The ultimate is flashy, but a flashy ultimate that you have to spend six mana and two turns doing nothing to get to isn't a good ultimate.

[@stephenhousman6975]

I wonder if you are too light on white sources. It seems like jeskai splashing g/b.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Settle the Wreckage is ambitious, that's for sure.

[@Th3-Ssal]

I'm a kid so this deck is to expensive for me, but out of all the decks I looked at (spent 5 hours of my life looking at decks) this one is my favorite.

[@MTGGoldfish]

It's a really fun one! You should check out Magic Arena if you are interested in playing online. It takes a while, but you can ear the cards for free.

[@Th3-Ssal]

Ok, I'll try it.

[@ultimomos5918]

"Nicole Bolas" ah yea, I think I've met her.

[@kyleledermann2473]

Lol Seth surprised by the ferox after seeing it in a previous game vs the same opponent

[@pa_3op]

Actually, a lot of Jeskai Controls have 2-of Bindings in the side, so Lathliss in second game vs Jeskai was a little greedy, especially when you sided out clarions.

[@invisible4ever]

settle seems pretty ambitious to play in a 5-color^^

[@DarkThomy]

I was not there but I thought that chromatic lantern was the keycard to run dragon back in tarkir.... ...who, is it not needed here?

[@Deribaldo]

Dragon's hoard does it better

[@martinpaint]

The people's canon round 2! The people demand it XD!

[@stephenhousman6975]

1:41:00 You saw nullhide game 1 did you really forget about that.

[@stephenhousman6975]

I also I think that deck was a type that f prison deck.

[@damonedward7973]

Why didn't you Clarion and block with bolas in g1 It looked grim but they only had 3 castable cards, 2 after bolas coming down and you cleared the board Not critiquing just genuinely curious Is it only cause the game seemed lost?

[@Diotialate]

53:31 "Our opponent played their entire deck!" 46/60 is not their entire deck, Seth.

[@Atmapalazzo]

They drew "mono sideboard cards" They drew 3, you drew 2. The fault lies in letting them untap with a war boss.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, their sideboard plan got it good.

[@bmschmitzer]

@Atmapalazzo Agreed. The mistake was in your sequencing.. 1) The obvious error in not removing the War Boss before it was able to take over the game, and 2) Exposing yourself to the likely play pattern of your opponent removing your dragon (Jeskai has multiple ways it can do that) and going to town with the Goblin.. You probably could have had several more turns to draw into more action and might have even put yourself in a position to win that game, despite the admittedly favorable draw from your opponent.

[@cristopholis]

@4:21 "Assuhdami" 😂

[@ethanrodden8005]

I was playing my drake deck earlier today on arena and drew 17 of my 22 lands in my first 25 cards. Felt bad.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Ouch.

[@cedricwestcott1852]

I'm starting to think it wouldn't be a SaffronOlive deck without 2 Negate in the board

[@tomjackal5708]

@arena please make it visible which cards are known to the opponent in your hand

[@paulstaffordallen4570]

In most instances it doesn't matter. It's been confirmed through direct challenge that if you have two copies of a card in hand, one of which had been revealed, no matter which you play/discard your opponent sees it as the revealed one.

[@aaroneisenman6873]

53:10 Darigraaz FTW!!!!!!!!

[@taylordrummond9116]

This looks simular to what I play in standard XD... i play demanding dragon though

[@CSDragon]

Super minor nitpick, but why does this deck run Rupture Spire instead of Gateway Plaza? While it doesn't matter on MTGO, on Arena most people will have 4 Gateway Plazas, and if they don't they're common wild cards, not uncommon.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Hmm, I didn't think of the Arena issue. I guess I just assumed they were the same.

[@ziziorens348]

I will never understand playing a basic land instead of an untapped dual-land and then discarding the dual-land.

[@grantshindo]

If it's a basic island and a non blue dual you're keeping hard casting Niv Mizzet a possibility

[@ziziorens348]

Sure thing, but I am talking about playing a basic mountain instead of a dragonskull summit. And the mountain was already in play - steamwents. For the life of me can’t figure out why do so.

[@MTGGoldfish]

At some point it just doesn't matter in our deck since we have so few cards on the splash, but in general your right, there's not much of a downside to keeping the dual land in Standard (in this deck discarding non-Mountains/Islands makes sense though, probably shouldn't have played the off-color basics at all honestly).

[@LedPESRule]

@@MTGGoldfish This really screwed you over here though. When you were at 20 life and wanted to make a play you didn't play steam vents and discarded it to loot playing a mountain instead... and then you had trouble casting Niv Mizzet because of it

[@jacobdachauer4377]

Blood moon in standard, obviously!

[@sloth9669]

Scooped early game one. Bolas and clarion could have been played

[@Jon0sterman]

You could put your taskbar on the side :]

[@MTGGoldfish]

I need to figure out how to get rid of it forever. It just started being a problem last week, but it's about time to find a solution.

[@Jon0sterman]

@@MTGGoldfish hehe, right click task bar, settings, move to the left is quick and easy, might confuse you when it's not arenaing tho :)

[@BudgetDiety]

I feel like control in its latest iterations in modern and standard are more of an “unfair” deck than the “fair” decks they used to be. Feels like you don’t have to manage resources very much anymore, definitely shows in some of these games.

[@SilverAlex92]

this isn't a control deck tho, its a dragon decks with early game removal. Control would be something like jeskai/izzet/dimir all whom play a lot of counters, wraths, removals, and a couple of finishers

[@BudgetDiety]

Alejandro Arturo Pumpido I know that, I was referring to the control decks he played against, maybe I should’ve clarified!

[@khub5660]

Alex Laureyns control is all about resource management. You’re constantly refilling and emptying your hand, filtering your deck with Azcanta or Treasure Map, dealing with what’s on board, dealing with your opponent casting things, working your way to your own win conditions in Ral, Teferi, or Niv-Mizzet. I play control a lot myself and while it is strong this Standard, it is still beatable. If you look at the Pro Tour and most of the GP results, you will see that’s the case.

[@BudgetDiety]

Ze Filthiest Of Franks well it’s traditionally been a lot about resource management but the past few sets card advantage engines like azcanta and teferi are so out of control busted often times control decks can just 1 for 1 their opponents into oblivion, and just have either one refill their hand. In years past they’ve had tools like that be large mana sinks or 6+ mana, and draw effects on planes walkers were never plus abilities for a reason. Definitely feels as though it’s lost it’s way, at least from where I’m standing.

[@omegagaming609]

Please learn what terms mean before using them, "unfair decks" are decks that win without Intecacting with the opponent(storm,elves, kci, bridgevine, etc) control decks are the complete opposite.

[@jaaroncrawford1486]

The Ship Of Nothing Kneel! Red Sails. A Blue Navigator and Shields. The Yellow Cannon. The imagination is god, captain, but there still proves life. The winds for us are always fair; good luck will steer us away from strife. Destroy all, leave none behind. Frequency: the right hemisphere Soul Frequency: 4

[@AngelicDroid]

i think chromium might be better than palladia tho

[@Canadian_Ry]

DRAGONS!

[@fanhoop187]

oh so this is why all of a sudden everyone is playing dragons on mtga

[@Nightwing690]

Seths butchering of card name pronunciation always make me chuckle.

[@epic4fish]

Dragon Sword

[@chronatoginfinite]

get got by the rox

[@adamrambo5]

Yep I got destroyed by a similar deck recently

[@DylanHunter64]

That game against mono red was waaaay too long.

[@luiscordoba8300]

why no arcades? *asks sarcastically

[@MLPCracks]

Hellllo everyone

[@rexone9564]

E reborn isn’t that great against GB. With so many dorks it will rarely hit a ct

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, it's a weird one. It's helpful since it's grindy card advantage and it's a grindy matchup, but the creature it hits isn't always great and Vivian Reid/Big Vraska can kill it.

[@Thumpdizzle]

Ooooooo dragons.....

[@cloysterd]

So greedy to play the dragon at 1:02:00. Should have just killed Warboss.

[@TravisWasntAvailable]

This

[@cannonspectacle5195]

*Seth says dang* Wow, do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

[@daltonmekis]

Not first!

[@jacobjohnson6384]

It’s almost as if rainbow decks are unreliable.

[@garrett6389]

More Magic Arena! No more MTGO! YASS

[@Evensong_Conductor]

First!

[@Makingnewnamesisdumb]

Why do you talk like that? Nobody talks like that.

[@mickalejohnson5287]

Your voice is annoying but good deck list😁