INSANELY BLUE! Modern Mono-Blue Sanity Grinding Chroma Mill. Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Crabs, MTG

[@taranweeks4393]

I’ve heard of Tasha’s hideous laughter, at the end of game 2 I heard Bosh’s hideous laughter! 😂❤

[@taranweeks4393]

Seriously though, your ability to summon the exact card you need to the top of your deck is uncanny!

[@johnmichaelbushman]

@@taranweeks4393 The same can be said for Phil, but the effect is usually the opposite. T_T

[@OilfieldSmokeEater]

Bosh: I need exactly Archive Trap. *TOPDECKS FTW* Bosh: This is normal.....🤥 😆😆😆

[@branewalker]

That first game is one of the most beautiful games of Magic I’ve ever seen. The moment Prime Time goes on the stack is the absolute embodiment of “call an ambulance, but not for me.”

[@crucible_of_words]

A little known fact is that the original Sanity Grinding mill deck in Standard way back was designed by me, I used to play at the same store as Tim Willoughby and he gave my list to Gerry and Ben and a few others who played it some and made it popular. Was my first homebrew that became an archetype XD

[@BoshNRoll]

Sick! That deck was fun

[@enumaelish11]

Hats off to you good mage. Also, how dare you, I always hated playing against that archetype XD

[@crucible_of_words]

@@enumaelish11 I had in in foil too :P

[@Olivia-ev9hk]

Match 1: Whew that was a good set of games. Bosh really set up a good strategy. Match 2: Bosh has clearly sold their soul to some infernal entity.

[@mpepp9]

Definitely one of my favourite MTG youtubers to watch because your detailed thought process and decision making seems a cut above. The first round games felt like a masterclass in playing around the different outs the opponent could’ve had.

[@BoshNRoll]

Thanks! That’s the goal, glad it’s coming through :)

[@bryangarcia8335]

I watch your videos while Its lunch at work, studying, cleaning, deck building and best of to sleep. The way you word out your thought process and cards, I could close my eyes and understand.

[@random-is-i1542]

Round 3- Wrenn and Realmbreaker with her -2 it has to be among the milled cards. So they can't just pick up any permanent they have to put it there with that activation.

[@BoshNRoll]

Ah good catch. That would have made things less stressful haha

[@jumpinjehosephat1877]

@@BoshNRoll also, in the same game, the Ragavan was -1 power when you were wondering why they didn't attack with it. Would have done absolutely nothing.

[@daltonmekis]

10:22 they started the game with 72 cards in their library so I guess they just boarded in almost everything to add cards and CMC to their deck Edit: it appears you later noticed this

[@IAMZERG]

Watching you play to your outs in those games was next level. Well played!

[@ecchele8717]

I can never get enough of the MTGO premium moments of laughter edit: I can't believe it happened twice

[@BoshNRoll]

Worth every penny

[@benlittle5543]

That top deck call to end round two *chef's kiss

[@drpibisback7680]

That Round 2 clutch topdeck with the Soul-Guide was insane. You can't keep getting away with this! Edit: And again with the spike off Fractured Sanity against Battle Titan! How!?

[@udyrganker002]

The first actual deck I ever played was sanity grinding back in lorwyn block. Glad to see someone wanting content based on it. There was a 5 cost blue green elemental hybrid we used to run

[@loganchristiansen564]

35:12 the deck gave you the win and when I saw you put archive trap on the stack before soul guide lantern I was clenching my teeth because of a sneaky eldrazi titan

[@MaeseEidos]

First game is an accurate representation of what to expect out of normal mill vs titan. Still beautiful every time.

[@VladdViever]

@35:17 1. This is hilarious!! 2. Real lucky they didn't have Emmy in the deck, cause sitting with soul guide in hand would've felt bad 😂

[@drpibisback7680]

I feel like Emmy is unlikely because mill just isn't that popular. Amulet Titan has the sideboard space because it can deal with most common matchups by being faster (hence weird cards like Hallowed Moonlight for Living End, one of the only decks that can reasonably race them), Scam has more tools and more to worry about.

[@matthewbeard7841]

This speaks to a younger me when I was nicknamed Millie in college for my... enjoyment... of tormenting our playgroup with mill decks.

[@OmneAurumNon]

Those topdecks were amazing :D I think this deck loves you

[@oompaloompagrande]

The first two matches were pretty stellar showcases of the deck, makes me wanna play a theros block phenax mill deck again.

[@quatzecoatl1795]

Jesus christ that first Tasha in round 1! 24 cards to end it right there

[@DarkX64]

Crushing Titan game 1 warms my oil covered heart. Absolute goat content, you are the fuckin man Bosh

[@tanmang42]

That archive trap topdeck though, hot damn

[@tpslowbie]

Love that seismic assault deck. Fun card.

[@loganjelinek2226]

Game 3 opponent's seismic assault deck was awesome! I'd love to see you take on a list like that.

[@BoshNRoll]

I’ve done a few different flavors of modern loam/slogurk value decks if you check out the archive :)

[@CrimsonNites]

Game 1, the Archive Trap hitting the 4 Titans, made me so sad as a Titan player. Awesome take on Sanity Grinding!

[@overweightactor]

Titan players deserve it.

[@kevink.8809]

This was both fun and surprisingly competitive. Loving the modern content 😎😎😎 But the way which demon did you sell your soul to for these awesome top decks??

[@BoshNRoll]

Worth Wollpert

[@milanmach2379]

"Why is Hallowed Moonlight in the deck?" Opp just on the 75 card deck copium 😂

[@senken12]

I kinda like going for a 2/1 split on Soul-Guide/BrazyB in the main

[@julianlastname5730]

Wait, bribery is modern legal? I’ve only ever seen it in vintage cube lol

[@SirDanyTheWarrior]

Those topdecks!! This was a great league

[@GellarFieldEngineer]

AH YES Tasha's Hideous Laughter the first episode of their podcast I listened to. If you know, you know.

[@BoshNRoll]

H E I N O U S

[@theemathas]

10:20 They sided in their entire sideboard for extra deck size lmao

[@chadoftoons]

The best part is that this deck kills with laughing gas.

[@foggie]

I liked this video way more than I thought I would have. :)

[@BoshNRoll]

Me too haha

[@radradder]

Welcome to the mill side

[@rekenner]

jeez Those Sanity Grindings hit way above EV all league, crazy

[@VivBrodock]

ya know.... Tasha's is a spell that's supposed to leave it's target crippled because their laughing too hard, and yet I find the mtg version only leaves the caster laughing :P Force of Negation is also 2 blue pips for chroma so you could sub Counterspell for that. Brazen Borrower is an interesting one too

[@blindmarth]

35:13 Holy crab!!!

[@merrytime8665]

34:59 greatness achieved....

[@starfall7287]

35:14 The true hideous laughter

[@irongears123]

HEART OF THE CARDS

[@Pairsath]

I would very much like to know and kindly request your take on "Mission Briefing" as a card in this deck. It also has double blue in it's cost. It basically can be any spell from your grave, notably re-cast "Archive Trap" from the grave for free, if OP has searched his library. I understand the need for grave yard hate (which you perfectly showcased in this video) but to me the "Counter Spell" felt like the weakest card in this deck (beside Devastation Tide, but that you already dealt with at the end). Wouldn't "Mission Briefing" speed up the own game plan rather than dilute the sequencing mill decks usually prefer?

[@BoshNRoll]

Briefing was in the original deck I was sent. It’s fine, but I think there’s plenty of good cards you can draw and play on their face that we don’t need a weird Snapcaster effect to conditionally recycle other cards.

[@Pairsath]

@@BoshNRoll I guess "fine" doesn't cut it in modern and the deck does win without doubling down on certain cards, so that also makes sense. Thank you.

[@robertcolbert232]

During game 2, keeping the land drops in your hand would have helped for casting sea gate restoration

[@zadocr675]

35:12 INSANE always had it

[@traceedmondson5986]

Round four you need to play dress down when he was killing you with the land. They loss mountain type

[@jumpinjehosephat1877]

Still in the deck tech. Maybe try Vapor Snag for some additional removal, if anyone wants to make some changes to the list.

[@Mahatmajenkins]

@12:03 why not declare no blocks and have opponent activate slayers' stronghold, then in blockers cast dress down?

[@GeorgeCanbreedzki-wp3dk]

Sanity grindset for life.

[@lolM88]

Always love some mill

[@Epyon1201]

time to revist this deck with the release of mh3's flip lands and duskmourns Mindflaying Spirit

[@yeeticusmaximus326]

Is no one gonna talk about that archive trap hitting all the prime times?

[@vantharion]

Round 3 you said they were honest not attacking with Ragavan. Rag had 0 power from Jace. Also Wrenn only picks up a card it mills, not any card. It's not a regrowth

[@firedrake110]

That last game of round 4, when you were saying "please don't mill emrakul" at the very end, couldn't you have milled yourself there to dodge that?

[@BoshNRoll]

Hedron Crab targets any player, Ruin Crab always hits the opponent

[@firedrake110]

​​​@@BoshNRoll yes sir the crabs are different. Looking back at the game I was thinking of (round 4, game 3, 1:09:42), it was a Hedron Crab you were begging not to mill Emrakul, so the option to self mill was available. It was probably just a high-intensity play, so the thought slipped by

[@85mcarnold]

I’m here for the spicy Bribery.

[@sobman]

35:00 MTGO premium!

[@joshuafornelli8673]

You are always entertaining, but this is Saffron Olive playing rhinos level silly. Thanks.

[@ChuChuBeans]

I am a prisoner of my own silliness. Can't argue with results tho. 💪

[@ChristianKleineidam]

When the plan was Sea Gate Restoration, not playing out Misty Rainforest and the Crap would have allowed drawing more cards with Sea Gate Restoration.

[@firedrake110]

Round one playing mill WOULD be against someone with multiple endurance and a sideboard emrakul XD

[@flusterfluff]

Modern control is looking really strong right now. Hope to see it in more leagues like this one!

[@benjiboy1337]

11:00 "I don't want to get hit by a later Prime Time" when opponent has four face-up Titans in the graveyard XD I mean, I guess them having Emrakul possibly makes that a valid concern still, but it just feels silly to have a second game in a row where you don't bother looking at the graveyard for information.

[@vitortrindade5617]

Secret upside of battles: hidding the name is the screenshot

[@tony.v]

"That was normal" 🤣

[@macypage1688]

First titan player shuffled their sideboard into their deck game 2 thats why hallowed moonlight was there 😂😂😂

[@georgemacgill8980]

Imagine playing that first round in paper

[@bryankoenig7954]

Hey Brian ... I got one now that we have mastermind CoCo fae. That splash of green for some BUG action might be a nice toolbox COCO Turns into pay 3G Counter a spell put power with hast into play, draw a card and mess with a players hand.. Using SSS , Mastermind, V,clique

[@drpibisback7680]

Sure, it can do all of those things, but when you don't know what's on top you can't rely on it. CoCo is best when you're more proactive and it doesn't matter what your opponent specifically has. Faeries is a tempo deck at the core, it relies on being able to take the right actions at the right time. It might work, but I don't think it's as good as you're thinking. Also CoCo only hits two creatures, you can't put Spellstutter, Mastermind, and Vendillion Clique into play off one CoCo.

[@Airplane003]

Prime time boarded in almost their entire sideboard 💀

[@DeckEdge]

Always have the second archive trap 🤣

[@BoshNRoll]

Played perfectly, unpunished.

[@The_Life_of_Cameron]

What is your cube list? I’ve wondered that every time you mention it.

[@BoshNRoll]

I don’t have a cube. Did I say something confusing to the contrary?

[@The_Life_of_Cameron]

@@BoshNRoll you said wrenn realmbreaker was in the cube.

[@LincAus]

@@The_Life_of_Cameron Pretty sure it was "queue". It just sounded like "cube".

[@The_Life_of_Cameron]

@@LincAus oh gotcha.

[@SpiritSquadMTG]

About the Hallowed Moonlight: I've seen that a LOT of people don't know that Evoking a card is casting it, so they were probably trying to use that as a "counterspell" for Subtlety.

[@philippschmidt9499]

Remember when Cryptic Command used to be a playable card? Now its not even good enough for the chroma

[@BoshNRoll]

Yup. That one was on my radar but couldn’t cut it.

[@DarkestFiction]

Against Titan, the reason they have Hallowed Moonlight in is because you showed them Shelldock. That means you can't throw an Emrakul in, which is sometimes what people do in Mill as an eject button for games.

[@BoshNRoll]

Shelldock casts the spell. They boarded it in because they have their whole sideboard in just for the mill insulation.

[@DarkestFiction]

@BoshNRoll I forgot about it casting. I was also thinking it might have been the Big Smart™️ so you couldn't Bribery. But I also know I've had HM come in against me on Shelldock, which is what I was thinking of (even though it's not a correct choice)

[@MTG_PackOpening]

Archmages charm!

[@aquablue3dsi]

Alway. Ways. Had. It!!!!!!!

[@adamwasburn-moses2284]

Just fyi lantern doesn't do anything vs wrenn and realm breaker minus

[@Reversespacehippie]

Obligatory algorithmic contribution

[@ericwallhagen3146]

No Cryptic Command makes me sadge.

[@BoshNRoll]

Me too. Turns out it’s just not a modern card :(

[@daltonmekis]

Today I learned Bribery is legal in Modern

[@John_Doe742]

I always root for the villain 😈

[@musicalcacti]

Hello!

[@BoshNRoll]

Hello!

[@ernestasramanauskas6594]

Wanted to see Bosh play mill, but this hurts. If you do the math, Sanity Grinding is just bad compared to other mill spells.

[@rekenner]

It's basically Fractured Sanity 5-8, but without the ability to cycle, yeah. 82 pips in the main

[@ernestasramanauskas6594]

Fractured Sanity is good precisely because it is flexible.

[@liamsmith8518]

At 25:50 wouldn't he have lost from the pact even if he did cast endurance, that's assuming if he didn't have a green card, but that could've been the case for not casting it cause he was dead either way

[@TurtleBazooka]

35:00 CALL THE FUCKING POLICE!!

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

the deck seems really clunky

[@thepolishprince851]

Sorry love your videos but can’t watch this. Can’t stand mill decks. Feels like the cheapest form of magic u can play lol it’s like you’re incentivizing bad behavior for other magic players.

[@radradder]

In legacy Painter and Monoblack are mill decks, Bosh n Roll and played against them and with so many times. This is just a weak mill deck. Maybe you really just don't like weak mill decks but you like strong mill decks. Do some soul searching mate.

[@macypage1688]

First titan player shuffled their sideboard into their deck game 2 thats why hallowed moonlight was there 😂😂😂

[@radradder]

Guess they didn't understand that drawing useless cards give mills more time to do it's work