I Slice Up Standard with 15 Rares and a Sword | Budget Magic: the Gathering | MTG Arena

Is getting aggro with Sword of Forge and Frontier and cheap artifact creatures they way to crush Standard on a 15-rare budget? Let's find out!
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[@goodjon6220]

I really wish you would play one match of the non budget version at the end of these videos or even a full video of the non budget. So we could see how it performs if you want to make it and slowly upgrade it.

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

This is a GREAT idea. I second this idea!

[@benjyskutch-freedman6839]

​@@l4unchp4dgaming38same!

[@lava665]

Bump

[@pedrof6767]

The non budget is better what you on? lol Also once you go too much off the budget it becomes pointless to make this deck.

[@adambryant6854]

I have been saying for 2 years

[@r4g1ngph03n1x]

39:55 Yes we did. You just clicked the 1/1 too fast to see that Anex Sentey could have exiled the Forge as well. "...target ARTIFACT or creature..."

[@notsm]

Didn't have to scroll far to find this comment.

[@rocklee490]

Hmmm, need a way to deal with Urabrasks forge. *Glares at Annex Sentry until it bursts into flames*

[@No1ofConsequence]

Right!?

[@DragonAttack515]

That’s what I thought too

[@DragonAttack515]

That’s what I thought too

[@DragonAttack515]

That’s what I thought too

[@sevenguy7777777]

That was maddening

[@moonlight2870]

I think 23 lands is a bit much for such a low curve

[@oscarcloutierpotter415]

yeah it's definitely too many, I would go down to 21, maybe 20 if you're feeling greedy

[@limozinis7854]

@@oscarcloutierpotter415 I run 20 thinking it's greedy and still flood sometimes

[@NexGenRogue]

Hey, Seth I've been away from Magic for the last few years, college and pandemic was rough, but it's your videos that I still come back to watch every now and then. Much love to you and the Goldfish Crew

[@stebobibo]

Ossification seems much better than circle of confinement for this deck. Otherwise, I like the list. I made a similar list but more all out aggro with the affinity for artifacts inspired charge.

[@r4g1ngph03n1x]

Seems like Sword of Once and Future would be a good sideboard card for this deck. I assume that we aren't playing it just from it being budget.

[@benjyskutch-freedman6839]

There aren't really any instants and sorceries in the deck, are you considering including it just for the protection?

[@MistaZiggy]

Surveil away some of these goddamn lands

[@thesilencelies]

35:59 while you're monologuing about your bad beats you have the win in hand. Annex sentry can exile raffine (you have the mana). The lookout has flying and the required 1 power. They have no cards in hand, and 6 creatures to attack with into your 4 blockers (so you take 6 damage). If you keep the raffine sentry alive and they don't top deck a removal spell you have lethal with the bird.

[@uucue]

Annex Sentry is an answer for Urabrask's Forge

[@thesilencelies]

38:02 "how do we beat an urabrask's forge?" Annex sentry says creature or artifact. You even see it highlighted as a possible target there...

[@TheCardq]

I think that the budget version of this deck that doesn't run the rare utility lands like mishra's or eganjo probably only wants 21 lands. Replacing the two cut plains with either Combat courier's or Iron apprentices would probably be worth while. Or you could even cut more lands and play dune movers, not that dune movers is especially powerful on it's own. Edit: Actually, I just noticed you're not playing the full playset of Frontliners; running the full playset if probably better than my other recomendations.

[@jaydenyamada2916]

On a related note to urabrasks forge, the mono R oil list is pretty funny and paper cheap.

[@mcintyre0591]

Unmentioned bonus to all artifact creatures - go for the throat is the preferred removal in black right now Edit: he mentions this halfway through the video 😂

[@Gebus1998]

NOOOOOOO I just started playing a reign of truth artifact aggro deck and now everyone will play this 😫

[@Maddecent30]

I assure you, no one is going to play this but you.

[@thatoneguy7781]

I would recommend playing the simic sword since mill + a 2/2 is pretty good

[@Gebus1998]

@Maddecent30 being that mono white aggro was the top deck for standard for like a year I'd guess people will play some version of this deck

[@skykur]

@@thatoneguy7781this is a standard deck, friend. It’s not 2011 anymore (sadly 😢)

[@freehoppernz9058]

Maybe you can get some new ideas

[@OGNoNameNobody]

I think some of the Pauper Fetches would help the flood problem. Also, aggro artifacts w/o *High-speed Hoverbike* ?

[@BobardeZanzibar]

I love Skrelv. It's such an excellent support creature.

[@NStripleseven]

It’s like half of a mom

[@NStripleseven]

wait no that sounds weird

[@suNn.K.O]

I've swapped out Lion Sash for the Hotshot Mechanics in your non-budget version since there's no vehicles. Seems like a fun list otherwise.

[@dinnerpartyempire]

just being an artifact 2/1 for one mana is pretty good. But maybe lion sash can be too, good idea

[@suNn.K.O]

@@dinnerpartyempire You're not wrong there. Might end up compromising and run 2 of each.

[@rodrigodepaula4198]

So, why circle instead of Ossification? We have better and cheap (on arena at least) white removal in standard right now.

[@LadyMapi]

Would Spectrum Sentinel be worth running in the 75? A 1/2 for 1 that has protection from gold and gives you 1 life whenever you opponent plays a non-basic seems pretty reasonable to me...

[@Molluskcentral]

Love the Arena budget. Great point that matters as well.

[@danielquigley2695]

Roadside Reliquary is budget. I think 2 or 3 copies could fit.

[@dinnerpartyempire]

good idea

[@noahhager1187]

I actually have a version of an invasion of alara deck that I think may be tier and it looked a lot like the opponent in game 2 was playing it. Makes me kinda sad that they're not.

[@AeroSW]

The curve in this deck is low enough to run 20 lands rather than 23. I feel 23 is a little too high for this curve. You have a ton of one drops, and if you are truly worry about not seeing lands, then 22 would be the highest I would choose here.

[@8linkspizza605]

Seth for against the odds you should play a 5C mana base but mono black with the help of omnath locus of all

[@47Mortuus]

You're not flooding. You put 23 lands in that deck (which curves out at 3) - what did you expect?

[@pablodiaz2278]

Cool idea, maybe too many lands. I would try this deck putting the other sword on side against blue/black and decking a bit more of Instant/sorcery interaction. In non-budget brew Surge surely can be sided too I guess

[@AkodoNoEyes]

What’s the non budget version? Just Mishra’s Foundry?

[@小笼岁月]

It's not crazy or delusional. the arena shuffle system is totally rigged.

[@junshanluo14]

seth missplayed in 38 37, annax sentry can hit artifact too so its acutally perfect hand for forge. i mean even if opp have removal its taken down a turn.

[@elijahmyers4331]

Why not play crawling chorus? An artifact creature that makes an artifact creature when it dies

[@sirrodney61]

Crawling chorus isn't an artifact, just the mite.

[@lordmeep5803]

Honestly without the manlands, this seems like a 21 land deck

[@Jupue]

35:55 couldnt you have exiled raffine with annex, chump the three big creatures and a human and block one human with the annex with raffine, go to 2, untap, swing with the surviving annex? if they dont attack all your lookout survives and swings. i think that was an early scoop unless im missing something *yell*

[@JG1075]

You're missing that Adeline makes an additional 3/3 attacker. Adeline and Loran also have vigilance. Sentrys dying return the creatures so they can also block.

[@jaydenyamada2916]

When I tried the mono green list it felt too slow against aggro and couldn't deal with threats well. Suggestions on stuff to try in it? I don't want the playset of tribute I bought to go to waste

[@elogee_yt]

Azusa's Many Journeys nets you 3 life which helps vs aggro, and if you play it on 2, and Tribute on 3, it'll flip on 4 and draw you a card immediately off Tribute. Topiary Stomper is also really helpful (it draws off Tribute, but it's a rare so), it can get you a one-of Swamp out of your deck so you can use Tear Asunder with Kicker to deal with threats that green has an otherwise-difficult time with. They both also ramp you and let you cast bombs like Nissa easier.

[@santiagocalvo]

I usually don't like the budget deck videos but this one was great!! Keep it up seth! Great content as always!

[@williamdixon9508]

Seth: jams 23 basics in an aggro deck Also Seth: the arena shuffler is rigged and gives you only lands 🤡🤡🤡

[@Sxcheschka]

I feel he thinks in terms of like MTGO with how the algorithm works with lands there.

[@aelinstue9431]

Yeah I was very confused on the amount of lands in such a low curve deck that’s not trying to wait and save to cast multiple spells a turn.

[@Sxcheschka]

@@aelinstue9431 Also with how paper magic works, having 23 is also a good rounder, but with how mtga does things yeah.

[@adaml.3546]

Could you do a non budget version of this deck please. I would really love to see how it does when you amp up the power

[@DonovanPresents]

16:53 Why didn't you confine the Ojutai instead of equipping the sword? 38:18 Annex Sentry can take out that forge since it can target Artifacts as well

[@tommygol15br]

Mana value 3 or less

[@Nyundaa]

@@tommygol15br Urabrask's Forge costs 3 mana

[@tommygol15br]

​@@Nyundaa16:53

[@47Mortuus]

38:15 Annex the FORGE! RTFC!

[@zaclock-4228]

Oh no! You are spoiling the secret about the Gobakhan-turn-two-Seraph-turn-three curve! I've been crushing Arena Mythic with Jeskai midrange. Seraph is the most underrated card in our current Standard, it actually doesn't die to most removals.

[@marsrocks247]

If you lose to blue/black control it doesn't matter what other games you won - you lost the only game that mattered. You need to take the confidence that all their removal gave them when they put it in their deck and invalidate it, so the dead cards in their hand do nothing and fill them with fear and anxiety. All that matters is the control player suffers, loses and gives up on the idea of shutting others out of playing and enjoying the game just to win the slowest and most boring game they can. Go, forget this deck exists. Build a deck that specifically shuts down the Sheoldred player so bad they start crying and ripping the keys out of their keyboard. MAKE THEM SUFFER SETH.

[@AkodoNoEyes]

Dude. Please learn how to read the cards. Watching you scoop when you have the win in hand is so embarrassing and cringe. As many people have pointed out, you could exile the Urabrask’s Forge…..

[@kats7930]

Too many basic lands... With that many lands, I truly feel at least 1 of them should be a cycler so you flood less. Even one copy of The Fair Basilica as budget common would go a long way. Also, for all intents and purposes, you are playing a Pauper manabase and curve inside standard, which as we all know Pauper land counts rarely exceed 22 lands even on control. The reason standard plays more than 22 lands on aggro is because of eganjo and other utility lands. I think 22 lands is the absolute ceiling for a deck like this. 😅

[@spice_krispies]

Would have gone to 22 lands, mainboarding a Mishra's Foundry or 2, ditch the Yotian Frontliner's and add a couple Kayla's Reconstruction.

[@jakefrompc6287]

To improve your control matchups, use combat thresher over circuit mender. Draws on etb instead of death and double strike with Michikos and skrev are game winning. In addition, plated onslaught is a control blowout potentially but it’s inconsistent

[@kubby2012]

For real, a lot of folks laugh whenever somebody mentions that arena isn't completely random and think you're being paranoid. I've played so much of arena, and even more than that tabletop. Arena is at best psuedo-random or at worst not random in the slightest and just uses a algorithm for your next cards.

[@Dragiceoriginal]

~35:00 Seth, you still had that game, no? Sentry to exile Raffine, Lookout represents lethal next turn, they had no fliers. They’re empty handed. Seems like a good line?

[@ther3aper561]

Seems useless to attack with the 1/1 at 36.37, they trade and get the 1 life back you got to pump the lookout and now you're down 1 artifact for the saga next turn

[@vaughnhester889]

So while I believe magic's explanation for why. It's known fact the shuffler is rigged. Relevant here there was a study that showed that a quirk of the shuffler was that if you kept less then three lands you would be less likely to draw a land and if you kept more than three lands you would be more likely to draw lands. So yes keeping 5 lands is a very bad idea in an aggro deck.

[@jameshowell7178]

@21.40 Seth, you have got to stop saying what you're scared of out loud, or else they definitely will have it

[@shot040]

holy fuck. that mono red player def got to mythic with that deck; putting counters on spirit tokens... aaaaaand they left themselves dob.

[@yO-xe3ny]

It absolutely is true on Arena that if you keep low land hands, you don't draw lands, and if you keep high land hands, you draw nothing but lands. I have played MTG for 20 years and the rate that it happens at on Arena has never happened to me in those 20 years on paper.

[@TunnelSnakesrule13]

It just doesn't really do anything against control, which is 95% of BO1

[@Raknarroth]

Keep a 5-lander...I've never drawn more than 3 lands in my starting hand without mulliganing

[@jamiebenzeleski2889]

Please do a updated version of the commander deck with Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded.

[@Bradley-b1h]

I use elspeth's command and doublestriking human soldiers...

[@rickeyboy42]

Something about that plains art makes it extra obnoxious when you're flooding out

[@MrGrovak]

Just tried this a bit in Bo1 standard and am currently 6-1. It does the job very well

[@bakaakasuna4097]

Why not boros? Seems like the deck has a lot of cards that don't accomplish what it's trying to do.

[@andidyouknow8208]

Seth when miscount :(. Seth when he realizes he didn’t math right OMG

[@jamesrule1338]

CAn't wait for Sword of Forge and Frontier to get reprinted, so maybe it well have art that it's terrible.

[@B-Randall]

SaffronOlive has really nailed his intro, and I love it. It’s such a goofy intro lol

[@LemonpeelEater]

I came here to spend rare wildcards and kick ass... And I'm all out of rare wildcards

[@Plexiux]

Apparently for Ichor, both ick-or and eye-core pronunciations are correct.

[@matiasc003]

Couldn't annex sentry exile the urabrask forge?

[@marsrocks247]

Seth had that 1 point of damage but he played sentry after he played truth to nab that blocker :O

[@skywardgorilla5714]

Ossification would be perfect in this deck.

[@ryandensler]

Love the content, your quick scoops kill me though

[@noobtube2799]

7:47 opponent punted, could have killed the mender as you tried to equip

[@Bloodmuffin6]

Isn't 23 lands too much with that curve?

[@lukecraig4984]

Damn the annex sentry not getting the urebrasks forge made me sad

[@matiasc003]

Isn't ossification better than circle of confinament?

[@HCMORGI]

keeping a 5lander is the same for me. i will draw all lands and 0 spells until im dead

[@cpugwash7085]

Run into this twice on ladder already today. ;)

[@kchortu]

That deck has such a low curve I think it needs less lands

[@Atmapalazzo]

Honestly I don't know if I would suggest building this deck since a majority of decks are just white or black based midrange running as much removal as humanly possible. I haven't had any aggro deck work in standard for the past two weeks.

[@chrisb8041]

Lol the bugs bunny edit is priceless

[@sloth9669]

8:56. The bugs bunny was fantastic

[@unnamed800]

0:15 i just heard it as saffron owwive hahahahah

[@beelor5777]

Been playing this deck without the sword for a while now. Reliquary roadside or whatever is nice too. The ability to draw 1-2 is really clutch

[@Modest7787]

SPLASH URZA PRINCE OF KROOG

[@Crazymachin3gun]

Yo I am gonna have to hold this deck

[@andrewgolubiewski3463]

your curve mostly caps out at 3, steel seraph doesn't really count you can definitely cut a land or two

[@andrewgolubiewski3463]

worth noting you're also not running card draw to need a lot of mana late game, the sword is the only real card advantage

[@towelguy]

8:57 caught me off ward lol

[@xtimes3952]

is that standard hammer time

[@dracish123456789]

I still would love to see mono mount gruul 8 trilands 1 RG etb tapped rg land, the rest mountains

[@homebrewed]

Oh Seth...you slay me

[@sleepteam]

Lmao the bugs bunny

[@AngoDecay]

What was that 5 land keep

[@freddiedl]

MAKE STANDARD GREAT AGAIN

[@madddawgg2]

Yotani. I love it

[@RoughToughTonkasGotTheStuff]

oo i've been playing something similar to this, excited to see some gameplay

[@Bradley-b1h]

22 lands

[@kal54321]

"I miss counted".....what else is new?

[@kaemonbonet4931]

22 lands is fine for a deck which tops out at 3

[@benjaminchong7750]

its not a tin foil hat thing, I definitely experience the same thing, and vice versa when you have fewer lands, and continue to not see lands.

[@mauricioandre3438]

No, its not. It even was studied some years ago. The ELI5 was that keeping 2 or less lands in the opening hand gives you a lower probabiliy to draw lands than expected, and 4 or more gives you a higher probability to draw lands than expected. Something in the Opening Hand and smoothing algorithm not working properly.

[@brendancollins4817]

How would you feel about a pair of Roadside Reliquary in this deck?

[@TheMegaMagikarp]

This deck would draw 1 card only pretty consistently but I'd think I'd run it over Mishra's Factory ONLY on these budget lists. I like this take.

[@MistaZiggy]

“Protection from red just beats their deck!” Proceeds to cut almost all of them from the deck

[@MistaZiggy]

You can chump block with the protection from red why would you attack for 3??

[@AugustAMcClung]

What do you say “better known as Saffron Olive” but everyone calls you Seth? Aren’t you better known as Seth?

[@evanreign9344]

Better known as "better known as Saffron Olive"

[@aaronmorgan1989]

Better known as saffron olive better known as seth better known as better known as

[@DanteTheButchersSister]

Honestly for Budget Players, just cut all the copies of Gobakhan and add literally anything else. Seth lost almost every single game he drew it and the one game he did win with it was against some janky brew. In a world of Sunfall and Farewell it just doesn't do enough. I think its just a terrible card unless you are playing a non-black combo deck and need some kind of Thoughtseize.

[@suNn.K.O]

Almost Artisan pog.