LEGACY COMES TO MODERN! Modern Ruby Medallion Storm. Ral, Monsoon Mage Combo. MTG MH3

[@theemathas]

I believe that you're often supposed to keep declining Ral's flip until you can ultimate it.

[@Basswookie]

Confirmed

[@derekcline950]

Only reasons to flip early are if you need his -2 or your life total matters, right? Even having two Ral's, you still would want to wait for the ultimate before playing the first?

[@aelinstue9431]

Yeah I couldn't understand why you'd flip just to waste his use to have the same mana reduction but now require a second Ral to get to the ultimate.

[@Basswookie]

@@derekcline950 Yeah, you want to use the ultimate as aggressively as possible in my experience.

[@VitalSyntax]

Kind of surprised he didn't know this, guessing he didn't do his research and/or watch other people play it enough cause that comes up pretty quick... interesting.

[@SeanPollitt]

Another pro tip, wish -> grapeshot with storm around ~10 and then past in flames to grape shot again is a good quick finisher without needing to hit~18-20 storm. Also as other's have said, Warrens + alchemists gambit does get around ring protection. Even just Warrens for like 6-10 goblins is no joke as a nice value storm turn.

[@astronautlevel]

Minor comment for round 4 - you can actually win through the one ring using Alchemist's Gambit, because gambit says that damage cannot be prevented on the extra turn. This is the primary reason why gambit is in the sideboard.

[@BoshNRoll]

Still can’t target them, so I guess the line is Empty + Gambit. That’s cool!

[@Cowter4]

The line is definitely empty+gambit, its one of the coolest innovations of the last year

[@Cowter4]

You also had a pretty big swing for a turn two in that game before they one rings if you wanted it. Ritual into Ral leaves you with a mana with two more rituals and a glimpse. I don’t think it’s correct to take that swing with that little information, but just letting others viewers know that that line exists.

[@archerjagv2993]

@@Cowter4also just playing a huge empty and just passing the turn should be okay right? He seemed very hellbent on finishing off his opponent instantly when you can just put 10 or more tokens into play that do the job over 2 or 3 turns.

[@NickAlsup]

I wish vet explorer had been in mh3 if they wanted to bring to modern those decks that can't hang anymore in legacy

[@leevinen3]

"You've been Grapeshat"

[@gabrote42]

47:43 Finally! A Final Fortune for the win! I have waited 3 years for this ^^

[@shburbu]

if thou possess a bosh pack fire it up and let the smoky grape shot barrage the air with flavorful bursts

[@mus0u]

already have the legacy pieces, i guess it's time to try modern again! cool!

[@wonkywombat12]

fwiw you rarely want to flip ral before he's able to ultimate, because flipping and then unticking doesn't actually change how much your spells cost, so you might as well just keep the creature that does it and retain the option of flipping and ultimating later

[@janmelantu7490]

Glimpse the Impossible might be my new favorite card, it’s literally everything I want - Red Sorcery? ✅ (instant speed is overrated) - Impulse Draw? ✅ - Weirdly can be self-mill? ✅ - Art that goes *way too hard*? ✅ - Banger story-based flavor text? ✅ (I’m a Vorthos first and foremost)

[@TripsAhoy]

This deck is nuts! ❤❤❤

[@Shoebin_YT]

I was your R1 opponent! GGs!

[@samuelbrockman9566]

Sweet deck, really like the drc's. You got a list I could check out?

[@NigiriCat]

Probably supposed to pivot towards warren against graveyard hate in the hopes a medium number of gobbos just wins

[@crexalbo]

Video posted 43 seconds ago, timing is P E R F E C T

[@muphinnp]

This is a good one Mr Bosh

[@michaeldyrud7077]

Being a bad commenter and posting before seeing, Jegantha taps for 1 in this deck

[@michaeldyrud7077]

lol “shit shit shit” immediately after

[@BoshNRoll]

Yeah somewhere along the way I thought Jeggy couldn’t pay for X spells. 😂 TIL

[@janmelantu7490]

You can cast Manamorphose off of the green, and Orim’s Chant/Static Prison/Phlage off of the white

[@NegativeNoize]

It’s like you knew! Just ordered the cards to play it yesterday 😂

[@Cowter4]

Fellow podcast co-host Bryant Cook was siding all strike it rich for disruption almost every match unless it was a deck you need to race. I think you boarding them out was just fine:)

[@hiphip2383]

bryant cook's all talk no skill, it's not uncommon for his bad takes to get clowned on by his competent co-hosts

[@EGarrett01]

20:32 Wish could be any card, even a Past in Flames! :)

[@vitortrindade5617]

Weird for plan B also getting hit by graveyard hate that hits plan A

[@loudward0]

I agree lol I mean ral doesn’t need the graveyard buttttt I agree an been playin ruby storm a little an never added phlage yet cause of that lol usually game 2-3 they have graveyard hate an I just don’t worry about it much and pop off with ral… its the sphere and dan (don’t remember his full name) and the 0/4 artifact lol are the problems and prison takes care of that so does wear/tear and the replicate destroy artifact card ( forgot the name lol have a bad memory when it comes to names lol)

[@celestialTangle]

You know, I'm surprised I never heard of Fanatic again after spoiler season

[@ooja92]

@56:27 You can Phlage(etb) + Ral(-2) to kill the jailer, so you did have outs. But game was pretty unwinnable.

[@jaycarter9375]

Round 4 game 1, I might have tried to light opponent up on turn 2. It’s a Ral, 2 mana and 4 unknown cards on 5 storm. I’ll let someone smarter than me do the math on how often we get there in that spot.

[@alexmaragh7766]

I prefer to call him by his rapper name, juicy J

[@greatbrandini3967]

Is this another Magic Ayds enjoyer?

[@IzidioAlex]

All companions are mothers

[@DarkestFiction]

I feel like you made a major mistake in R1G3. In Mono Red, keeping a one land hand is not as advisable as it was in UR Storm, since the deck has zero cantrips to get you lands. It's high risk, even though it worked out. This deck is a lot more powerful than I first gave credit to, since we don't have Seething Song and Rite of Flame. This proves that returning Rite of Flame to the format is not good (as some people had previously been discussing that it can come off banning)

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

He obviously has no clue how this deck works

[@Dreg_s]

I asked for this but never typed the request anywhere

[@jetm7698]

Please run it back! Play a list that you think is optimal.

[@jasmint6703]

RIP Seething Song. Just saying.

[@musicalcacti]

Hello!

[@BoshNRoll]

Hello!

[@gabrielarchanjo6028]

0:50 Very hot, i get it.

[@drpibisback7680]

I think that Jund match demonstrates the Phlage plan being not that good. Like, a 6/6 that lightning helixes is not a bad creature, but in a format as powerful as Modern your opponent probably can deal with something like that. When your whole deck is combo cards and one real creature, your opponent essentially just has to be able to beat three copies of Phlage while their storm hate shuts out everything else, and I think it's reasonable to assume 60 cards can beat 3. Modern is not Legacy, where creature decks are so outgunned nobody prepares for them and the juke can work.

[@greatbrandini3967]

I would disagree with this because it used to be that creature removal would get sided out, but now that Ral is a thing, creature removal is still good against storm

[@drpibisback7680]

​​@@greatbrandini3967 My thought is that even if they do go down on removal, it still doesn't matter. Opponent never really tried to kill Phlage, they just outmuscled it because their deck was dedicated to playing a combat game and their goyfs were too big for Phlage to effectively tangle with - if you're playing against a deck that's built to play the fair creatures game, you're not going to be as good at it. Against lower-to-the-ground aggro I could see a lightning helix machine doing work, but I think against those decks just going fast and working around their sideboard hate pieces would also be valid - they aren't naturally disruptive the way the Jund deck is. It's a clever idea on paper that I think doesn't actually work better than "use your sideboard to counter their sideboard."

[@max_bikeroom]

This deck sucks! For completely unrelated reasons, I just bought about 50 cards on TCGplayer.

[@nice2meetu4038]

This deck is a mess...I hope this doesn't become the new meta - I don't enjoy playing against these kinds of decks. Yet, your videos including high tide are my favorites...something is just so exciting about spinning your deck over and over again and untapping all your lands for a ton of mana with candleabra 💜

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

Storm has pretty much flamed out in Modern because it folds so hard to hate. It’s the new Dredge - can spike a tournament if people don’t prep for it but the second people know it’s coming it’s DOA.

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

Storm is as good as it is unpopular and then the second it gets popular it’s shit again. One vexing bauble and you lose the game

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

@@GhGh-gq8oo Vexing Bauble doesn’t do anything to Modern Storm. It’s mainly cards like Damping Sphere and Drannith Magistrate that shut it down.

[@nice2meetu4038]

@@MekanikKommandoh88 I assume some of these red storm decks will start playing shattering spree (if that's legal in modern...I'm not sure about that) or other kinds of removal - I just hope Wizards stops printing cards for these types of decks and focus more on the fun of the game...

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

@@nice2meetu4038 They run Orim’s Chant and Static Prison in the board to deal with hate cards, which is why they splash White. Shattering Spree isn’t optimal because it doesn’t hit creatures.