INSIDIOUS ROOTS is CRAZY NOW! | Magic the Gathering: Arena Standard Deck

[@MegaMogwai]

I think this video shows that while it's important to search aggressively for Insidious Roots, surveiling away Skyfisher Spider can often lead to a scenario where you lose to something like Temporary Lockdown. Spiders are important to have in hand with this deck, don't throw em away like me!

[@nadalnev2223]

Btw. When stream?

[@bulllletsss]

Just wateched the Decktech, is it worth to drop one or two fairy dreamthieves in favor of a black/green/golgari spell? This way it would be easier to trigger the curators +4/+4 effect. or maybe drop one or two deatchcap marionettes for Go for the throat for the same reason? Maybe for a spell that protects you against graveyard hate or enchantment hate, or one that possibly finds cards for you? @MegaMogwai Amazing deck man, its always so fun to watch you play golgari and have a blast yourself!

[@MegaMogwai]

@@bulllletsss This is one of those cases where it may very well be better to focus on your combo going off than to have an easier time pumping up Curator or having more reliable removal (which as a 2x will be undrawn a lot vs aggro anyways)! Establishing the surveil chain is essential, it's what enables the deck to be consistent!

[@MegaMogwai]

@@nadalnev2223 I need a bit of time, right now I'm hyper focusing on YT to make sure the content is as good as I can make it. Since I'm also editing my videos I just lack the time to do it all and keep the content as good as I want it to be. I'll be back though, I miss it.

[@Ramolos]

Running a similar list, it is so much fun to play ! I have a lot of success with it. Here are some thoughts based on my own experience with IR : Harvester of misery is awesome IMO. Better than chupacabra. The gnawing vermin is awesome too in this aggro meta with the mouse. Ashnods harvester is a good too. Very aggressive and surprisingly deadly. Curious forager, helps retrieve IR from graveyard and any other good stuff + it triggers IR twice. But it is more a late game card. Blanchwood prowler mills one more and helps stabilize the mana. Tks a lot for your work, so inspiring every time. You give me faith in this card the moment I saw your first vid about it and now it’s better than ever, so happy :)

[@bigdrooski]

Day 2 of asking Mogwai to start a Patreon. Let us give you our money!! Edit: He mentioned it! I’m hoarding my dabloons until you start one and will be happy to start supporting right now even for a basic tier with no perks. Thank you for the fantastic content as always!

[@vidit1671]

Yeah,Just a great way for the ones who wanna show somd support n love

[@marwan1856]

He already has enough money from his "GF" only fans

[@georgeytg]

I'm so glad you're setting up the patreon, here are some of my ideas for perks: - Access to vote on polls, for example which card to build around next - Monthly tierlist of top mogwai decks of the month, which ones are the most competitive and best to climb with - Unreleased matches that didn't make it to youtube Just take my money already.

[@L1v3W1r3d]

Mogwai showing us all that his spirit animal is truly Keen Eyed Curator with how he is curating these decks

[@geeksgambit]

Favorite brewer in the business back at it with insidious roots??? YES PLEASE

[@rodolfoabizares6034]

Hey Mog, I'm sorry my man, I just got up to date on the new season videos. I was hoping to explore a bit before looking up new decks, but I just wanna say this is one my favorite channels in YT, even at times when I'm not so hooked up on MTGA I still click the videos whenever they come out. It's so satisfying watching the result of a brewing session, so keep it up as long as you feel good about it. We may not be so many, but we are obsessed with your content. Hi from Brasil!

[@randomuser1093]

Mogwai really likes Golgari doesn’t he 😂 I mean tbf it’s definitely my favorite color combination for 2 colors, so I don’t mind all these cool decks

[@shaggy5033]

28:07 Holy mother of mana flood we were about to draw lands for DAYS Remember everyone: every deck is a Mogwai deck. If you see someone play IR, it's thanks to him

[@dillonsullivan6518]

*Root*ing for you in this vid

[@andil.9912]

Dearest fake brazilian, seems like you are not doing well right now, so I wish that you are in a better spot soon. We aren't hearing from you, I keep checking twitter and all. Many have said it and I want to reiterate: Your content is top notch. Don't let youtube algorithm fool you about that. There are many ardent supporters of yours who would love to support you via patreon. If I had the opportunity I would be easily willing to pay $10 per month without perks. I actually remember you from Pokemon showdown days and have watched 99% of your MTG content. Would pain me a lot to watch you quit now. All the best bro.

[@mossipossi]

been playing magic for a while and love coming across genuine craftsmanship, big props miguel you cooked

[@ZachariahJones]

A patron perk that I see a few other mtg creators doing is sideboard guides for their lists. I know you're doing a lot of best of 1 right now but if you did best of 3 on patron you could make a google spread sheet for your decks that shows what to bring in and take out against most meta decks.

[@mitchell8003]

Wow!!! Really nice deck! This feels like the "grown up" version of what I've been running. TIps for low budget: Cache Grab (to help find pieces and put stuff in graveyard); Bonebind Orator (2 triggers); Blanchwood Prowler (fills graveyard and helps with mana screw); Cult Conscript (recursion); Drown In Ichor (fills the role of the chupacabra + proliferate)

[@Superbird8]

Just started getting back into magic and made an insidious roots deck built around plants and getting stuff from grave to field or hand. This exiling take is pretty cool Also, I generally don’t like most videos, but trying to like all of your MTGA videos to help out and because they’re great!

[@youngdagger1236]

watching you has been 3 years for now, and honestly no matter what card game rae you playing if you keep that good vibes and creative deck building while doing so im gonna be here watching, so much fun

[@Znoxyboy]

I Watched you tons back in the LOR (rip) days, and I really liked your content. I recently started watching some of these mtg vids starting with the deckbuilder's talent, I am beginning to understand a lot of what's going on, though I sometimes don't follow at all. The reason you landed on this game is so obviously on display in this video and I am happy that you are having fun with this game. I will continue watching your decks, and hopefully understand most of what's going on :D P.S. Hope everything will go well at your wedding :)

[@guilguis4820]

--Evil laughs - We gottem - oh...

[@BBPandora]

Patreon ideas: Low tier: Get to vote on a weekly suggestion picked among a handful from the community (discord maybe? KZbin comments works too). High tier: Once a month pick a deck designed by a patron to play for a session. It could be an interesting brew or a completely troll deck to watch you suffer.

[@BBPandora]

I cant edit for some reason. Should say «weekly deck suggestion» on the low tier option.

[@machinegunjo9399]

Great vid, great brew… yes, we want more! I watch several of the MTG Arena content creators out there daily, but Mog, you produce the best content by far, especially considering the personality behind the wheel that is driving it. I’m actually a bit sad on days that you don’t drop a vid… truly, but I know the next one is going to be as good or better than the one before it. Keep up the good work and never doubt yourself. You are a real one! Sucks that I may have to research wth Patreon is… ugh, I’m your age, maybe a little older, and don’t have the time or will to figure out new stuff 😂

[@KidVivacious]

Roots, roots, we are the roots! 🌿🌱🌾 Nice work Mogwai, I knew the Curator had the potential to be nuts. This just confirms it!

[@rickdjay2273]

You're literally the only streamer i check daily to see if you post a video content. And ive missed your mtg content so much! The best and most entertaining content I watch. I hope to see you soon Brother.

[@HydroKyl240COG]

Yeah, I agree. Not to be a jerk and toss stones, but watching other popular content creators just isn’t close to the same. Their humor isn’t very good, boring to watch, and so on. It is only an opinion though 😅

[@hergggoor]

You certainly are bringing something of worth to KZbin, Mogwai! Your channel is the most entretaining CCG channel by far in my opinion. Keep it up!

[@Bryanneo1]

28:44 that was an epic counter play lol

[@jorunessa]

Estamos com saudades Miguel, ansiosos pelos teus conteúdos.

[@jaegernautt]

i honestly don't play MTG but only watch it since i've been a subscriber for 4 years now. This is the craziest deck you made from MTG as of date for me. Respect, mog!

[@SirWasted]

Maby i am in the wrong community here but have followed u since early Gwent, and i mean EARLY Gwent xD i just starting to learn MTGA and i would love to see some tutorials or videos for us that want to learn the game :) it have taking me a long time to start to learn a new card game since gwent bc i missed it so much when i tried new ones :/ it was my favorite card game i ever played (still is) i know that there is other creators that do stuff like this but i like watching u Mogwai :)

[@pengu7288]

Mogwai i gotta say i love seeing your videos, i am looking at some from the past and i also used to watch your videos back in the days of Runeterra. You have incredible deck making skills and as a new magic player your introduction are so incredibly helpful to learn a deck approach in summary. Keep it up as you wish and prefer, love your content and very good decks!

[@Mythikal13]

I miss when grolnok was in standard. Grolnok, the Omnivore + Insidious Roots goes dummy. I miss having a 30 card hand in exile

[@ehhnachow]

Today I have made a comeback to mtg arena. I love golgari and dimir decks, its all about that extra options that the graveyard can provide, so this expansion is pretty much all i want for standard. Love all your decks revolvin around this mechanic. Keep goin' keep inspiring 🎉

[@pedrohonesto2361]

it's good to hear the new mtga era is going well mog! watching your vids since 2019 end always loved them, i'm happy you're happy

[@Epiclesis]

You really should branch into EDH. Sometime, somehow, I would love to see what kind of things you can come up with in the eternal format.

[@tylerberg4832]

Hell no

[@EvanWeatherford]

Please don’t stop making mtg videos!!! The roller coaster of emotions I’ve gone through over the last couple hours has been heart breaking. The highest of highs seeing you coming back to magic and then seeing your tweet that you’re not in a good mental space :/ pls make a patrion and I will gladly show my support to have you on this platform making videos that make us all happy. I know viewership may not be as high as you expected but it’s only been 2 months. Pls give it a shot my friends and I have been waiting for this for 5 years!!!

[@hallerson123]

There we go 🗣️

[@paulocampino5045]

Good stuff and nice addition. I have used your old version replacing lands that rotated and Trespasser with the 3 cmc Squirrel that returns permanents from gy, triggering roots and allowing me to reuse key cards. Still works great.

[@morimanjuuu2244]

Ever since I discovered Vraska, i've always been a fan of golgari decks. and with this deck makes me feel to play MTGA again

[@Llesor]

Mogwai, for the record: I'd give you money no perks needed. Your content is THAT good!

[@Xgya2000]

Another day, another Golgari pile. Hey, I learned to watch CGB to feed my Azorius addiction, I can sure as heck watch someone that loves value piles this much do his thing :)

[@FlopGaze]

You are the best mtg content creator Mog! There are others I like to watch too but no one inspires me to play the game like you do, thank you!

[@noeblanchais8149]

The amount of fun and fascination you bring me everyday is worth a lot :)

[@strangevagoman]

Just take my money.

[@rock-pimp]

Just found out you're doing MTG content again. I am so hyped this is bringing me back to the Eldraine days ;-;

[@eduardosanz9434]

He prob already gave up haha

[@SlyElite23]

We love you and so many of us wanna support you, hope you're doing well bro ❤

[@davidechiarella7752]

always great seeing older cards get new life when a set drops!

[@enricogarro5884]

Amazing combo deck, keep going man!

[@ksarcturis276]

Keep it up mogwai, starting to enjoy your magic content

[@36goatchild]

Let's get this views engine going bruh you deserve it!!!!

[@MrOrange88888]

Been messing with this card for a while now, loving it!

[@keithroberts1401]

bro was cooking with this one

[@griffvideoman]

A cool Patreon perk could be you create a poll to your patreons of maybe 3-4 different decks you would be willing to explore and make, but the patreon members vote for them. Something like that maybe.

[@gururaven]

I've seen roots on explorer queues a bunch, but not much in standard

[@lukorama10]

A Patreon is actually a good ideia. I've never supported anyone with Patreon, but I'd seriously consider supporting you.

[@ronaldsobotta2196]

Loved it. This deck was so you. Sucker them in, then send them packing with a glorious laugh.

[@justinbendlin7578]

laughter... immediate sadness

[@tristantunstall6171]

Similar to my roots deck. you are missing rutstein and caoti scavenger though. ;)

[@antjoz1928]

Never paid for a patreon but i will definitely support you

[@kylehand2465]

Your videos are great! I love your creativity. Keep it up

[@gorfgarf9735]

You are doing something of worth. This deck is awesome ! Would patreon for that

[@rickynielsen3060]

MegaMogwai are you ok?.. I har not seen a new video in ad lone time

[@Nit0WasTaken]

Golgari has gotten crazy with bloomburrow

[@Johan12359]

Another value you could bring with patreon for new players to mtg like me is giving budget strategies for some of the decks you build. I want to try all of the decks you come out with but im only slowly able to build my collection to keep up 😅. Also TAKE MY MONEY

[@MemphisMax]

Beautiful Combo Mogwai!

[@Squiddlley]

I wonder if maybe Pillage would be good as a few of here to find the roots. When I play roots the deck falls majorly flat without roots out

[@BonGodito]

Me enfrente a ese combo hace unos dias 🤓... muy interesante y como siempre buen video maboi 😎👏

[@bobbobby475]

Mogwai it's unfair the alogirthm is screwing you over. Patreon would help a lot

[@pejman3]

you should try osteomancer (btw if you use osteomancer to bring the curator back all cards exiled while casting it will count towards its +4/+4)

[@LaurentCassaro]

Tyvar can bring back Curator. This deck needs a way to bring back Insidious Roots.

[@pejman3]

@@LaurentCassaro I use cauldron and roots in my deck tbh so I have 8 "wincons" also cache hrab and archeologist to dig for them

[@pejman3]

@@LaurentCassaro zoraline is a way to bring roots back :O

[@LaurentCassaro]

@@pejman3 Yeah I'm aware, but I was talking about Mogwai 's Golgari deck

[@vergo1785]

​​@@pejman3 same. I think cauldron is the strongest roots variant. I personally can't imagine playing roots without it. So many utility with haywire mite, voldaren thrillseeker, the new squirrel that makes your graveyard creatures castable with forage, and berserker to draw. I've also been trying a couple copies of squirming emergence and it's been amazing so far.

[@mr.mardoc8651]

i played some matches i keep wanting haywire mite honestly because the spider when everything is already under the lockdown is hard to trigger using another creature

[@salah8216]

Been watching your mtg content since you switched to it. Never played the game before but you've made it look so fun that I've just said fuck it and now I'm deep in the mtg brainrot.

[@LaurentCassaro]

Welcome to the real card game then. Hope you're enjoying it 😊

[@Serra216]

Hey mog!! I just love insidious roots man... Just a suggestion, i saw the other day a deck with agathas soul cauldron + voldarian thrillseeker (i think thats the name) that allows any plant to sacrifice itself and deal damage directly or to creatures

[@Serra216]

The cauldron would also work with the new racoon so you can reuse him if it gets killed

[@LaurentCassaro]

​​​​@@Serra216Seems a great alternative wincon. Thrillseeker is an underrated gem, that won me many games in +1/+1 Cauldron decks. I should try to revisit this strategy, now that BLB gave us the perfect enchantment for that 🤔 Unless Mogwai gives us one of his brews with these cards 😅 41:59

[@Shermie]

Awesome deck! 🥹

[@otacon1664]

Hey! Roots! I've been playing roots for a while!

[@mihalamot5921]

nothing better than seing mogwai vid with golgari colors in title

[@antalpohly530]

man we need your videos

[@StellarSTLR1]

A weekly alchemy deck would cool :)

[@zach-6540]

Greetings from Australia! 10/10 would join the patreon.

[@BgwTattoos]

I would absolutely support through patreon. I look forward to your videos daily so I'd be happy to directly support without anything extra

[@BoxBoy_99]

I tend to... Solve my lack of wildcards, and my quest for originality by finding decks/archetypes and building like... 5 variants, at least A few patches ago, it was insidious roots. With Wilds of Eldraine it was Rakdos rats/fling These were often unsung heroes. I found no problem hitting masters with these lists (one played well, very well into both Mono Black, most Midrange or combo decks, and especially Atraxa, which was Witch Domain at the time, before squirming emergence) ... And yet it was almost impossible for me to find the mirror match. Funny how that works, when you build your own decks. You quickly realize that, outside of Alchemy, how little many players actually do.

[@BoxBoy_99]

Sidenote: one of these variants was Mycotryant. Love to see it.

[@kaleblease683]

Nooo!!! Why did you tell people about Keen-eyed! I've been killing it in standard with this added to my insidious roots deck. I use Aftermath Analyst and Honest Rutstein also.

[@magica3526]

would fecund greenshell work here? all the insidious roots spawns would work with it

[@adriendoste6269]

Yay another Mog brew :D Always fascinating. Also, would be great if a patreon could help you support your work!

[@oyola78]

What an insane deck!

[@zeitenwechsel7898]

go to 24:45 and do it now

[@kamustut]

Hola mogwai, empece a seguirte con LOR y siempre he disfrutado tus videos, admiro tu habilidad para construir decks, siempre me he preguntado si has tenido interes en jugar one piece, no se que tan complejo sea construir decks ahi, ya que hay staples muy fuertes, pero sin duda es uno de los mas populares al momento a mi parecer, siempre me haces querer regresar a jugar magic, pero creo que la inversion y poco tiempo disponible no me lo permite, saludos y gracias por tu contenido

[@LaurentCassaro]

Jamás he pagado nada para jugar a Magic, lo único que necesitas es un poco de tiempo y mucha motivación. Magic es el primero y en mi opinión el mejor juego de cartas existente, además de ser el que tiene más jugadores. Y para Mogwai, más jugadores significa también más vistas potenciales.

[@EggsAreGood55]

Just coming back here to get my fix until he returns. Don't mind me

[@vidit1671]

Welp I just keep encountering rats n frogs in stnd ranked yesterday silver(I barely starteda month but just started being active lately) womp womp Also btw I just faced mono red n it f wanna make me bang my head for what kind of cockaa messed up shi is that Ur a gasp of breath n fresh air on u I'll take more o2 Also shoutout to ur laughing jasper deck as im having a lot of laughter watching so many of enemies quit the moment I take thier shi n play as my lol(I made a bit of changes here n there after rotation with lands)

[@sandorc]

very nice deck!!

[@MrRevash]

INSANE DECK

[@MattIgar55]

Why no Pillage the Bog or Insatiable Avarice?

[@ZachLucas-cs9qi]

I keep trying and I just can’t get this deck to work. I probably can mulligan better, but I can’t consistently get the combo online before I am taken out.

[@drewpouget3719]

Insidious roots we'd definitely played a lot more pre rotation, I expect to come back once people stop spamming bloomburrow block decks

[@bulllletsss]

More Golgari, FUCK YEAH!

[@waffleyumboyr5342]

Urborg Repossession to make use of random mill effects and to effectively have more copies of roots seems like an obvious inclusion.

[@realize-x6v]

Crazy combo

[@rickdjay2273]

Grixis superfriends infinite turns deck 4-Ichormoon Gauntlet (Is a must) Instants 4- Go for the throat 4- Butter triumph Planeswalkers 2-Liliana of the veil 3- Jace, The perfected mind 2- Jaya, Fiery Negotiator 2- Koth, Fire of resistance 1- Kaito Dancing Shadow 1 Ral crackling wit 1 Saheeli Filigree master 3 teferi Temporal Pilgrim 2 Ashiok Wicked Manipulator 1 Vrasked Betrayal's Sting 2 chandra Hopes Beacon Sorcery 2 Season of weaving 3 Deadly Cover up Lands- 24 of everything grixis lol.

[@MColeyA]

For someone who doesn’t have tyvar or a lot of wilds, what would be a good substitute for it?

[@LaurentCassaro]

There's no substitute for Tyvar's static ability, so your deck won't be able to go crazy "infinite" mode. That means it only be worse, no matter the replacement you're using. I'm not even sure it could work to be fast enough to be playable. The only cards I could suggest are ones that allow you to retrieve something from your graveyard, like Wrenn and Seven (good to mill, but takes some time to enable the ultimate, and it's a mythic), or Curious Forager to get something back from the graveyard.

[@true_plays_games]

This deck is coooooool.

[@naphaphumsangkamanee1540]

Chicken and cheese quesadilla

[@60D78RUK7]

Boros got stale so fast. This deck is great though!

[@MiyamotoYamato]

can you make a otter deck next?

[@Firemage0520]

Re: the patreon idea, money is a bit tight for me atm, so I can't do much rn, but if things improve in the future I'd definitely be willing to directly support you, that being said I would suggest looking into KoFi, my understanding is that it is basically the same thing as patreon but with a much better revenue split for the creators, I think patreon has been increasing the percentage cut that they take (definitely look into both options and decide what sounds better to you though, I'm just saying what I've heard through the grapevine)

[@MegaMogwai]

Looked into it! Seems very promising, I'll go deeper and see but it seems like it could be a solid option, unless there are benefits to Patreon that I'm unaware of. Thanks man!

[@Firemage0520]

@@MegaMogwai No problem! Good luck with everything!

[@georgeytg]

​@@MegaMogwai A big drawback of Ko-fi is that users can only pay via Paypal, while Patreon takes credit cards as well.

[@antoniorosas8821]

Let's gooooo