Legacy's Most Toxic Deck! 8 Mulch! (Lands with Manabond, Winding Way, and Mulch)

[@smegmalasagna]

Boseiju being a some sort of Assassin’s Trophy that is grabbable with land grab effects is incredible..

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Yeah, I think that was one of the things that helped to enable this strategy, honestly.

[@LucksackGames]

@@ThrabenUniversity agree fully and explains it's lack of existing before.

[@jb3arz]

For the algorithm great stuff bud glad your back

[@LucasTheDrgn]

Not to mention it's uncounterable (other than with Stifle or preemptively stopped with Pithing Needle), so you get a sprinkle of Abrupt Decay on top

[@ChonoRock1198]

Ah yes increase boseiju prices

[@DoubleZDogg]

One nitpick I have with this list is I really hate Grove of the Burnwillow in a Dark Depths deck without Punishing Fire. This should be a Karplusan Forest IMO, since the difference between the opponent being at 21 vs being at 20 is huge, way bigger of a difference than you being at 19 rather than 20. It means instant speed Marit Lage no longer wins against Jace, Teferi, Liliana, Prismatic Ending, Council's Judgment, Flickerwisp, etc. and it's a turn slower of a clock vs everybody else.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

I like it.

[@Cuesbey]

Thank you, I jumped In to suggest something similar

[@connormccutcheon1798]

I was thinking the same thing. I think maybe can run a one of in the side board xD

[@herbert164]

opponents pain/fetch can really help to mitigate the effect.

[@marq_8976]

I too don't understand that Grove.

[@gabrielc8399]

11:10 killing your opponant is in fact a pretty efficient way to deny them mana

[@turn0back0sarah]

It fills me with joy to see manabond in the main of a non blue lands variant.

[@lucassbanks]

I got excited when I saw a deck I could build in paper because I have a tabernacle...... then I see it runs 2 tabernacles. Well played MTG, well played.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

OOF

[@LucksackGames]

Are you in socal? I'd borrow the tabby for events 🙏 with references haha.

[@LucksackGames]

Also, the list posted yesterday only had the one tabby. ;)

[@wiktul]

Well, apparently I am an old, OLD Legacy player, as I started playing Lands with Manabond when 4 Mazes were still a standard and I never stopped playing Manabond, no matter the changes the deck went trough 😉 8 Mulch is a nice idea, yet much less grindable than regular Lands deck, bit too glass-cannony for me, but maybe it still needs some tuning.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

This deck will probably be pretty cool after some iterating and tweaking. I'm excited for it.

[@LucksackGames]

As a combo player this deck appeals more to me than classic lands.

[@Kickstand]

W6 would help at the least

[@ankhi3585]

I remember the Glacial Chasm loops and Mishra's Factory beats too. Loved that slow grind. Need to start thinking about my retirement plan I guess.

[@Zzectbu]

Good to see you're back and seemingly recovered! Got to be said, this deck is absolutely entertaining to watch...as excruciating as that Ruination was!

[@Bloodywolf11]

This deck Mulch'd the competition!

[@franciscofernandez202]

I've always loved this kind of decks. It's amazing to me how many different things you can do only using lands.

[@impendio]

That ruination at the end was savage

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Absolutely a "kick 'em while they are down" moment.

[@LucksackGames]

Oh it's you Phil. Came here from Reddit this time. LMAO. 8MULCH!!!!! Building it in paper.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

*Cries in multiple Tabernacles*

[@LucksackGames]

@@ThrabenUniversity I can snag one, and likely borrow the other. As I tell people that are poor like myself, invest in friends!

[@LucksackGames]

@@ThrabenUniversity also the 4-2 list didn't run them. And finally. Why. Two. Dammit. The. Flexxxxxxx

[@nicolastoe8328]

This video keeps finding its way back into my reccomendations and I find myself watching a match once in a while, I always enjoy it and I'm almost finished with the video despite the fact I don't really watch super long gameplay videos normally. I like it a lot!

[@bluee3348]

never spotted another sungazer fan in the wild before

[@tim21087]

I found you recently and really enjoy your approach and videos! Keep up the great work!

[@mahavemann]

So its pretty relevant now with the onset of Kappa canoneer decks. Something you can do is thespians stage a blast zone to get a copy of blast zone that has no counters, and use it to blow up 0 drops.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Oh yeah, it's a super relevant line with all the 8 Cast running around.

[@countOfHenneberg]

That round 1 game 2 was fun; for you at least ;)

[@jacobbaird1180]

8Mulch is wild and the return of videos, you love to see it

[@morganpfiffner2621]

I have nothing substantive to add. Thanks for the video

[@varasatoshi3961]

Thank you for validating that lands decks are on the harder end to play. I have a lands Lord Windgrace deck and it’s an incredibly complex engine of efficiency but if somebody doesn’t know what they’re doing it feels like a random collection of cards that don’t do anything.

[@TheShalestorm]

Had a close friend send me some of your vids. Love your editing, love your commentary ~ you make me excited to watch MTGO which is something i dont think i've ever said ever lol.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Honestly, I'm super glad to hear that. If you're new to the channel, I highly suggest checking out my Jokulhaups video from a couple of weeks back; that's one of my favorites.

[@petemagnuson7357]

This is one of the relatively rare channels I actually like and comment on command for, thanks for the reminder :)

[@carter9449]

Been loving this deck, always thought manabond was underplayed

[@LucksackGames]

Same but I only owned one still 🙏

[@Bennjammiinn]

After the deck tech, it feels reminiscent of the all in, stop me if you can style of the 8 lizards deck. These kind of decks make great content. I hope that deck gets the piece I feel like it’s missing at some point

[@85mcarnold]

The 8 lizard videos are The Truth.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

We need more 8-Lizard.

[@Korwinga]

I'm excited for this one. I really liked the look of this deck when I've seen people play against it, so I want to see it in action.

[@PlaneswalkeXan]

Welcome back! Your videos are part of my daily routine, so last week was off, lol

[@thetyburger]

I've seen 3 or 4 people lose to this deck in the last few weeks. Glad to finally see it from this side.

[@benslater9322]

Happy you're back! I absolutely love 8 Mulch, bought my playset of Manabond's after the first league I watched x amount of weeks ago

[@colinfreyvogel3014]

Game 5 opponent met a Romani fortune teller at a state fair who said “the land will swallow you whole” or some shit and has been paranoid ever since.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

LOL

[@cammcgra]

Great league! I recommend trying a version that uses an Urza's Saga package instead of Dark Depths and Crop Rotation. Saga is great for the grindy matches where you can't get Zombie tokens online. And it feels very bad to get Crop Rotation countered. In the current meta, I've been preferring to go wide with Zombies and Constructs rather than going all in on one Marit Lage

[@ThrabenUniversity]

There's also an Uro version running around too.

[@BhbtheRock]

Might be going too deep, but this deck would make me want a single Gruul Turf. Rebuying Boseiju and crop rot countering wasteland makes me so happy

[@ThrabenUniversity]

You can also just Wasteland it and Loam it back!

[@BhbtheRock]

@@ThrabenUniversity don't encourage my trash edh tech 🤣

[@NoremacNeek]

I saw the same tweet about this deck. It seems bonkers!

[@Grunik1618]

38:40 Tabernacle draw keeps you in the game, but scooping is totally understandable.

[@MrCoppertop101]

HAve not seen your content before but I was recommended this and I really enjoyed!

[@ThrabenUniversity]

I have some good news for you, there are a TON of other videos for you to watch if you enjoyed this one. I personally recommend the 5-0 Jokulhaups video from last week.

[@jackclark4025]

Good to see you're doing well and took the time you needed to rest. Always happy to see the content, missed it last week during my lunchbreaks at work.

[@dylanschleben5558]

Comment for the algorithm. First video of yours I've watched and you're an entertaining content creator! Keep up the great work

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Welcome and happy to have you here!

[@stellabiderman4056]

This deck is insane. Great video! Algorithm algorithm algorithm.

[@mattfaas3040]

I love manabond!! i run it in my windgrace edh list and those 5 lands, manabond, and loam starts are insane. Excited to see some nonsense!

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

IDK what's the big deal. This is just mono-G lands, kinda has always done the same thing. Until recently people used to run a single manabond as a 5thish exploration. I do like red for gamble tho'. Gambling for loam is such a nice play and p fire is kinda cool. Lands is just a control deck with a combo finisher, the mono version is just way more combo focus

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Maxing out on these "draw effects" gives you so much game and inevitability vs slow decks. It's fundamentally pretty different from past builds.

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

@@ThrabenUniversity It does feel quite different. Much more "vintagy" with manabond trying it's darn best to make a fastbond impression

[@callumvlex7059]

Hurray, both for you being able to take a break when you need it, and to you returning with an absolute Deck!

[@EmWem24]

Really enjoyed watching you play this deck. The manabond acceleration is nuts

[@Gargaslicer]

I love seeing Manabond in use again. Enjoyed the video, Phil. Thanks.

[@ZSAITOSEI]

Watching these runs is giving me war flashbacks to playing against a version of this in commander that salted me out of playing for a couple weeks 😅🤣

[@monogreen]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the Loam/Mana Bond/Cycling Lands deck.

[@JohnnyDeLeo1]

What I think is really interesting about this deck is that it is strangely affordable for lands. Just cut the Tabby and this deck becomes close to adorable (within the context of legacy).

[@ThrabenUniversity]

There are two of them! You cut off soooo much of the value of the deck by removing them.

[@JohnnyDeLeo1]

@@ThrabenUniversity Honestly, it always seemed medium at best during all your games. Also directly counter intuitive to the zombie plan. Cut the tabby, add two more utility lands, and this deck becomes affordable! Also thank you for noticing me senpai!

[@MrSteve3200]

@@ThrabenUniversity you might slash the value of the deck but if you're running glacial chasms in that slot it more or less fills the same role. You're looking to push the length of the game out whilst expanding your board, and then let the hordes/Lage out. Chasm even comes with it's own self destruct button!

[@enumaelish11]

That deck looks like a lot of fun!

[@dessydragon]

Very cool deck! Also, i love how earnest you are about giving your all to content creation!

[@g.goolihangrims1733]

Great to see you back. Awesome matches.

[@lucascaccabarozzi518]

Used to play this back in days with Glacial Chasm and Valakut

[@longerroad2213]

It's been quite a while since I played Magic consistently (upwards of 5 years now), but I always did like graveyard and land-based decks. I loved the Gitrog Monster as my commander and it had some pretty awesome combos and resource maximization strategies. Some of the new additions to Legacy are hard to wrap my mind around, at least at first, but I've been enjoying watching these matches so far.

[@85mcarnold]

Should have played Reanimator for coming back from the dead. Glad you’re back.

[@alexmoll723]

your channel is great! after a long day it is great to watch vids like this --ty!

[@jamesdrinwater1057]

Let's go phil, love to see you in my algorithm. More pauper would be sick, especially pauper applejacks

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Is that a thing?

[@jamesdrinwater1057]

@@ThrabenUniversity there are a few older videos of people running it. They use hooting mandrills and some.other big green beasties with tinderwall as ramp.

[@Ganzura]

Hey, I love your videos and I'm glad you got the time off you needed, you totally deserve it.

[@grantwilliams1597]

This deck is sick! Glad you made a video on it

[@daneofdanger]

last time I played Mana Bond it was a standard deck with Yawgmoth's Will, lol. Nice to see it in play again!

[@bretthowlett4943]

Fun deck. One of these days I'll get back into modern/legacy. Until then, I can live vicariously through you :)

[@Mmoll1990]

Deck looks sick. Commenting to appease the algorithm god.

[@LucksackGames]

Sideboarding has been interesting with this deck for sure.

[@TotallyTribal]

Hey Phil! Love the content. In round 3 you conceded game 1, when tabernacle was an out, as well as mulch effect into tabernacle. Great stuff tho, love the lands deck!

[@ThrabenUniversity]

I don't really beat "infinite life" though either.

[@nugenma]

I like to see new decks and getting a better understanding of how they work.

[@chadhendrixs]

I have been having WAY too much fun with 8mulch with a spicy uro brew

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Yeah, I'm not entirely sure if the deck should splash Blue or not, but, man, Uro is a house...

[@chadhendrixs]

@@ThrabenUniversity I went the opposite direction with UG splashing red, since I could run Flusterstorm/Mindbreak trap in the sideboard against combo, and Otawara against matchups where planeswalkers were an issue. (Plus Treasure hunt is spicy) Plus, being able to just discard uro to manabond is always a great bonus

[@LucksackGames]

@@ThrabenUniversity I cut white and play a blue splash just for Otawara. ;)

[@LucksackGames]

@@chadhendrixs Chad, I went the same way! Are you in the discord?

[@chadhendrixs]

@@LucksackGames I am now lol

[@xerodragons3880]

something of note for against the 8 cast deck is you can make them pay for the creatures with tabernacle then boseiju one of the ones they keep on their turn

[@inaantok]

Ruination! Daaaaannngggg.. hahahahaha.. That was brutal, man!

[@Zeltarn]

In round 2 at the end you could've boseiju the ancient tomb so they only get to keep 3 creatures, maze the kappa and live on 2 for one more look at something good but I don't think it was the most relevant play just something to keep in mind

[@spyderman312]

That turn was pretty terrible. He could have also waited until the opponent’s upkeep so they pay the Tab and then he kills something.

[@tylercarden4568]

That round one against mystic forge got me all kinds of excited

[@jackkosidowski8794]

O Algorithm Gods, hear my prayer and accept my offering on Phil’s behalf! Accept him back into your golden light, and bathe him in your recommended video glory!

[@necroinsanity2639]

Never seen you before, awesome deck, great playing, definitely finishing this during work tomorrow (probably watching it again). Will look at your other content for subscription!

[@jetzine00]

This is spicy 🔥 I wonder if there are Shenanigans with Scouting Trek out there.

[@matthewdawson9417]

I can't wait for another week of toxic decks. Keep doing what your doing and ill keep coming back for more.

[@dirkdickbutt]

Love the deck, love the way you play, love the thought processes you put in, and the way you explain things.

[@papabroly8000]

Always loved the idea of lands decks. I only play commander in paper and I currently don’t have a PC to run MTGO but goddammit legacy seems so fun. Wish I could add to the player count. Been watching your content for QUITE some time now. Missed you last week man. Also might join the discord idk

[@Fry_Guy]

You could have waited to see if you drew tabernacle against the pest tokens but I respect the scoop anyway, since in paper you wouldn't have been able to overcome the infinite lifegain.

[@qinop]

This reminds me of the old 8 Land Stompy I used to play Very good, very fun!

[@TeeLowest]

In the first game of the 8cast match: I think you just get all the Dark Depths piece on the board and then activate Blast Zone swinging for the win next turn

[@marcagel]

Spectacular reaction @ 1:25:12, especially after suffering through so many Forces...

[@sallykoch3681]

Awesome video Phil! Take that algorithm!

[@milanmartin4407]

Just finished watching the deck tech this looks wild

[@Weregoatee]

turbo concede for either side, looks to be vintagefying Legacy

[@lonewolf975]

algorithm bump. thanks for the content :D

[@benjaminsouthworth5698]

The Manabound + Life from the loam interaction is sooooo dirty

[@RandomCommenter955]

I gave a like on the video because of @46:32 and because this deck is absolutely disgusting and amazing that it works.

[@jamesbear9177]

Like your content. Was referred by Lincoln.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Lincoln is great!

[@chriscarrozza1820]

For the algorithm. I love your content thanks for doing what you do :)

[@derekedgar1676]

Manabond, the Commader staple

[@mikemitchell6644]

Never thought I’d see mulch in Legacy

[@linvalmaragh4465]

When the bond is fast and the mulch is 8

[@Let_It_R1P]

Glad you're back

[@aem472]

I'm engaging because the ruination reminded me to!

[@aidanbagshaw3411]

welcome back, hope ur having a good week

[@bencouch1178]

I think when you drew that wasteland at 21:24 you should have gone after the ancient tomb to keep their mana really restricted, the saga was dying on their upkeep and they couldnt afford to make a construct on their upkeep and the tabernacle means that cutting them off mana is really important

[@markcargill1304]

To tag onto this. Boseiju after they paid for tabby was absolutely the play. Would have killed a creature for free that they couldn't pay for and then kill kappa after.

[@christopherthokar8697]

I'm confused as to why you are running grove without punishing fire, why is that, or rather if it's just to have another land name why not run a different nonbasic dual land?

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Different names for Field of the Dead!

[@riteliliaren9734]

different name and comes into play untapped for sideboard red cards.

[@killme3043]

Few reasons: 1) Different name for Field of the Dead 2) Comes in untapped (You can't afford a tapped land on t1 especially) 3) Opp has to play around you having fire, even if you don't actually have it 4) It casts every spell in the deck 5) You don't *have* to tap it for colored mana. The games you lose to them not dying instantly to depths will be vastly fewer than the number of times you lose because you didn't have a green source to cast a one drop on t1, or the other name you needed for field.

[@Jacksonmoyer7]

Jeskai control player was very prepared for the lands matchup lol

[@snapkeepcinema4962]

I've never liked having the full 4 copies of mana bond in a deck. Cutting down to 2 or 1 gives you more space for Maze of Ith or Boseiju (2 cards you seemed to be looking for a lot). The deck seems sweet though, keep grinding 💪

[@merrillbeckstead7774]

Very cool deck, never seen this one before being relatively new to legacy content

[@Magnivore519]

I'm loving this lands variant.

[@dnt4tw466]

God I got beat so bad with DnT in the last two leagues by this deck

[@ThrabenUniversity]

You've got a decent number of things that *can* interact with them, but sometimes you are just going to get bowled over quickly.

[@johannespaasche3365]

That last opponent really diddn't like you, huh? Neat games and fun to watch as usual!

[@IeuroI]

that game one was fantastic. cage went B o o p

[@heepajunk]

Good god that UWR control player came prepared.

[@ianshepard8631]

obligatory boost comment. like your content and level headed commentary.

[@lightworker2956]

I enjoyed the video, thanks. I do wonder if the deck shouldn't just have 3-4 Dark Depths maindeck, because most games you won, you won by just assembling the Dark Depths combo early. I get that theoretically you can also win via Wasteland-lock and Field of the Dead, but those seemed more like secondary plans. That said, I do understand that one league is a small sample size.