MTG Modern ▷ Competitive Budget 💪Juggernaut💪 Deck! ◁ Affinity w/ Graaz & Neoform!

Phyrexia: All Will Be One brings us Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut! Instantly turning all of our creatures into 5/3 Juggernauts!! Alongside Artifacts with Affinity, this deck is FAST! Especially with Neoform to fetch Graaz for only 2 mana! Will this Budget Graaz Neoform Affinity deck beat the best decks in the competitive Modern metagame? Let's find out with deck tech & gameplay!
MTG Budget Decklist:
2 Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
4 Neoform
4 Cranial Plating
1 Shadowspear
3 Welding Jar
4 Thought Monitor
2 Thoughtcast
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Memnite
4 Urza's Saga
4 Tanglepool Bridge
3 Spire of Industry
1 Razortide Bridge
1 Island
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Sojourner's Companion
4 Frogmite
1 Haywire Mite
1 Gingerbrute
1 Thornglint Bridge
4 Ornithopter
#mtg

[@kapistar1]

That awkward moment when you're extremely proud of daddy not trying to crack Welding Jar in response to those Terminates in game 4... just to see him immediately forget about it in game 5. Whoopsie daisies

[@MagicAids]

😳🥺😭😭😭

[@NinjaFresh]

@@MagicAids Seems like all that grief had you not thinking right.

[@Grushvak]

I can't believe they did a better Juggernaut. Power creep is out of control. Daddy please call mom, she misses you and she thinks I need a father figure in my life.

[@MagicAids]

😳 Daddy's still getting dat milk! 🥛

[@Mr_J1984]

@@MagicAids And cigarettes

[@alexanderespinoza]

@@MagicAids milk ME, daddy!

[@princequincy5421]

​@@MagicAids do you think minor misstep will be a useful/important boost to this deck to replace nix?

[@joshdemon15]

@@princequincy5421 Doesn't counter evoked creatures because their mana costs aren't 1 or 0.

[@smegmalasagna]

Having a transformational sideboard where you side out the entire combo is one of my favourite strategies. That Unmoored Ego xD

[@MagicAids]

The ego was a high point! 🎅

[@davidahumada4511]

Back when I could play ischron scepter it was fun siding it out for useful sideboard cards and then my opponent would be like "i had all these artifact destruction but you never drew scepter"

[@SRADracer]

I love it too. When I was playing blue moon with breach emrakul years ago, I transformed into an aggro version with swiftspear and young pyro. Everybody boarded out removal, so it was fun 😊

[@tyhatch3771]

Literally the first game of magic I’ve ever seen where the “can’t be regenerated” text on terminate was actually relevant.

[@elbe0072]

Its always nice to see neo affinity coming back every 5 months

[@TheFracturedMind]

I love the quick, chess-like recaps of the matches. It's impressive how the character of the match is preserved without the deadtime that's so common in match recaps.

[@smegmalasagna]

Silly cards being playable always makes me happy :)

[@MagicAids]

🤗

[@paulmtgdad3866]

'Its like the special Olympics, only nobody is laughing' Very nice, thank u

[@MagicAids]

😲

[@jojosouma809]

I was skeptical about running Graaz instead of Craterhoof but it actually looked pretty good here, specially when you only have a single 7-drop and nothing else on board. Having access to Jegantha will also help a lot in some matchups.

[@OsvaldoChannel1]

Hold up..... This combo is historic legal... And we have Retrofitter Foundry there to make instant speed 5/3s... I am doing it

[@MrDrewwills]

I haven't turned into one of your videos in a while, and the way you talked during the intro just fucking got me. Never change Aids, never change.

[@chester1882]

Pretty decent for having not too many MH2 cards, makes it nice and budget. Could you do a budget deck of that mono white light with the White Shoal?

[@lithiumwhiskey1891]

Add one Darksteel Juggernaut so that you can neoform into it off of Frogmite too? It’s indestructible and CMC 5 so really hard to remove. Then it’s just another Urza’s Saga Construct outside of that, which is just good I feel like.

[@rodeofrancisco6130]

I played against a bioform craterhoof affinity list and it blew my mind. So glad to see another version of it

[@yeahokay1051]

Damn, this deck looks great, incarnations aside, you wrecked the other decks my dude

[@MagicAids]

Indeed! It's a bit of a glass cannon!

[@emperornapoleon6204]

Spicy content, as always!

[@jazzarazzatfc5047]

I truly can't believe I'd forgotten about nix that card is so cool and more relevant than ever

[@Death_by_Tech]

8:18 omg, I laughed so loud my wife asked if I was ok 😂😂😂

[@tiborgrun6963]

I must say, I also like the piano sounds during your deck tech.

[@MagicAids]

Nice! 🎹

[@doomninja1]

KZbin unsubbed me without my knowledge, and I thought it was odd you weren’t in my algorithm, feels good to be back.

[@Kaboomleft]

This actually a pretty cool idea, you just got unlucky against scam decks which will win against any deck when they roll like that

[@MagicAids]

I'm glad you like the deck! It's pretty similar to the OG Neoform Affinity decks, but Graaz does feel like an improvement!

[@wudgethenumbers]

Apart from Welding Jar and Urza's Saga this appears to basically be Historic-legal. Those two cards are admittedly hard to give up, but Retrofitter Foundry can sorta fill the hole and Molten Impact is very much not Fury.

[@88Vrus88]

"Its like the special olympics but no one is laughing" dude i peed myself

[@Noblejimjam]

Watching you lose to Grief in both those matches gave me a massive case of the blue balls. Graaz looks super fun if you can get the setup just right.

[@hollismullins3643]

This deck looks super cool, though I'm curious if you've considered the red engineer version of the deck that recently 5-0d

[@Antimonium]

It's the first time I ever see Nix, with today's meta it should be a 4x in every blue deck lol

[@MagicAids]

It is a bit surprising how Nix isn't really played, but then again, it only works against a turn 1 grief if we're on the play!

[@middknight5202]

Those Light March plays were FILTHY. scary good but filthy

[@isambo400]

It’s like the special olympics, except no ones laughing 😂

[@MagicAids]

😳

[@daltonfongemie6414]

There is a changeling juggernaut deck running around the destroyed me the other day. Haven’t seen anyone make a vid on it yet! Just an idea!

[@proteincannon]

Daddy's always thinking outside boxes.

[@MagicAids]

🎅

[@davispo7550]

I think Nix isn't reliable as a T1 grief counter due to needing Island, Drum, or Spire to cast it. That being said, the only solution I can think of here is cutting some citadels for either fetches or shocks (which are expensive) or more basics

[@davidsnedden4796]

Sweet deck, thx daddy. I was enjoying a neoform deck with arcane proxy in explorer, wondering how that would line up in modern. Always a fun time, thx for the video

[@wallbant928]

your vidoes are my fav mtg content

[@JB-yg3ew]

Getting your lands exiled was brutal

[@yourexmoe]

Well done for a budget deck!! Thank you!

[@Darthg101]

The deck seemed to nut on most decks, I wonder if pure intentions would be good sideboard for just Griefing. Also I love Daddy Jugnug

[@MagicAids]

Pure intentions would be interesting, but it only really works if we hold up mana for it!

[@danielschmidt7143]

@@MagicAids You could consider something like void mirror (comes in on t2 unfortunately). Scam based decks certainly are plaguing modern right now and it's frustrating.

[@scottryan5104]

Trying this at FNM's modern tournament 😤

[@shatterspree4123]

Would you consider having a 5 drop to tutor off your frogmites? sweet deck as always mr. aid

[@JustinHinzMagic]

Another day, another video!

[@jerrymcdaniel6643]

I was testing a goblin God's Pharoah gift deck on arena and had a perfect combo hand and the other dude was a discard deck lol

[@MagicAids]

That's quite tragic! 😭

[@jerrymcdaniel6643]

@Magic Aids yeah lol, I'm pretty sure dudes brain broke when he seen my hand. Prospector, snoop, plus gate to the afterlife let you go through your whole deck

[@3N3MYKN1GHT]

I like that this can play jegantha, but is tyranax rex not the one from ONE that makes this deck better. Trample 8/8 thats a 2 shot kill*, that u can put a shadow spear or cranial plating on. Only decks that can deal with it are esper decks. And in that case you do what hoof did and still play Griselbrand in SB.

[@EndsonLawrence]

This is a good example of why I hate the state of modern right now, Scam is just so aggravating to play against especially if you have to mull. I just really hate the play pattern that the incarnations make by if you are not running them in your colours your deck is pretty much suboptimal

[@MstrKipper]

I heard that this card was seeing modern play from Saffron Olive, absolutely hilarious to me

[@Death_by_Tech]

You know what they say! When you start chumping, the opponent starts humping! If they don’t say it, they will now!

[@benjaminkaye5119]

This was a good showing for the amount spent , maybe come back with a little more loot , seems fun.

[@lloydlineske2642]

3-Grief. Not a bad record. Some leagues you'll manage to avoid that matchup entirely.

[@RedoutRacing]

8:17 Consuela! From Family Guy xDDD

[@MagicAids]

🌮

[@uolamer]

Ugg that is like 10 bjs for me but it looks like it is worth it ;)

[@Kavou]

Our chicks gor clapped this time, we will get them next time.

[@SwordJig]

The jokes were on point in this one. Also... never knew Nix existed. Might have to pick some up for my blue decks with all the forces and elementals running around.

[@MagicAids]

I think most people don't know that Nix exists!

[@crazyblood.3633]

I wonder if any modern horizon 2 cards will ever get banned.

[@TransformersBoss]

Can you explain why nobody uses Glimmervoid in Artifact decks? It’s an untapped rainbow land as long as you have at least 1 Artifact! Sure, if you lose all your artifacts, it dies, but if you lose all your artifacts, including your Indestructible Artifact Lands, I think you lose anyway

[@sneakysquid9917]

Hey daddy and friends; I’m playing in a pioneer next week and I’ve never played Pioneer, any suggestions on what I should play??? I’ve never played pioneer

[@jirasekr]

I am so happy.. affinity with big BOI jugernaut

[@MagicAids]

🎅💨

[@Itachi21x]

Man I miss affinity

[@moltenironphoenix215]

Will you consider tackling pioneer more?

[@davidtuffelli-rail2214]

Sorry daddy, but couldn't stop laughing

[@grantskolos4128]

I've been testing out a deck vs sparky, as I don't want to play vs people... but how should it be improved? Deck Poison (explorer format) 20 Snow-Covered Forest (KHM) 285 4 Infectious Bite (ONE) 172 4 Blizzard Brawl (KHM) 162 2 Bushwhack (BRO) 174 4 Adventurous Impulse (STA) 49 4 Adventure Awaits (ZNR) 177 2 March of Burgeoning Life (NEO) 201 4 Venerated Rotpriest (ONE) 192 4 Fynn, the Fangbearer (KHM) 170 4 Tamiyo's Safekeeping (NEO) 211 4 Snakeskin Veil (STA) 57 4 Wild Shape (AFR) 212 Currently no sideboard.

[@MagicAids]

Rotpriest decks seem to be hit-or-miss depending on if Rotpriest is in the opening hand, but the list seems doable!

[@MalteLewandowski]

Would be a very cool (and actually budget) deck, if not so heavily dependent on Saga. :‘(

[@JakesFavorites]

You can't stooop him, he's the Juggernaut

[@MagicAids]

That's what they all said about my uncle! 😭

[@bobby45825]

I hate that MH2 makes creative decks like this look like it just belongs back in 2017 when affinity mattered.

[@XaviFornells]

You can play Oswald too...

[@MagicAids]

Oswald is an option!

[@under4912]

Why play Nix over Minor Misstep?

[@TogbusPrime]

Seems like an amusing deck, but not worthwhile given the combo was boarded out in the second game of every match. I feel like it shoulda stuck around if only to test it out more, but from what I saw it's your typical all in combo so taking it out for responses seems valid given the deck functioning fine without it.... but given how well it functioned without it that begs the question of why bother with it at all?

[@HenriqueLima-dw8yn]

I see you as a father figure

[@morten123456789]

For you I will always stay dummy thicc.

[@MagicAids]

🎅💦

[@steven.youngson]

Grief does horrible things to a person

[@enzomijares9769]

Hooray daddy! Do more affinity!

[@MagicAids]

Affinity is quite gangstar!

[@enzomijares9769]

@@MagicAids maybe we should start calling it Assfinity LOL

[@kennythereaver1]

daddy! rebuild goryo's with new atraxa!!!

[@alextodd886]

Is this better than craterhoof behemoth? Maybe

[@MagicAids]

Jegantha is pretty useful!

[@MrHomemPacato]

Give us more AI art videos, please.

[@TripsAhoy]

Good morning Daddy!

[@MagicAids]

Morning to you too! 🤗

[@ClubbingSealCub]

Isn't groz just a worse hoof?

[@residentracist3210]

I love you papa

[@dsagent]

Modern Horizons has been really cancerous to the modern format.

[@MagicAids]

Yeah... 😭

[@zenmaster8826]

Turn 1 scam feels so horrible to play against..lol

[@sergethadestroyer17]

No all that glitters or Esper Sentinel

[@MagicAids]

Sentinel could work! But the white mana makes it a bit tough!

[@zenplague4664]

:)

[@DigitamaHatch]

Videos went too fast. It’s hard to follow

[@chrishaley42]

Daddy first 😮

[@epsteindidntkillhimself69]

I think your youtuber voice is slowly developing into a speech impediment.

[@MagicAids]

I thought I spoke super clearly in this one 😭

[@ApexZer0]

I see daddy I hit like

[@MagicAids]

🤗😘

[@zenmaster8826]

Don’t you know who I am? I’m the….

[@MagicAids]

PIZZA DELIVERY MAN! 🍕

[@MexicanDre]

you sound beautiful

[@professionalaverageppsize]

It very sad to see that every modern deck is copy paste from internet right now

[@caiomh7605]

You lost a golden opportunity to call this deck "Juggernut"

[@MagicAids]

😲🤯

[@nicholaswomack9027]

Father I do not think uploading a video that has 9 minutes and 11 seconds is a wise idea

[@LordLochNess]

I love you daddy😱

[@MagicAids]

😘❤️❤️

[@El_Que_Llora_Mucho]

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[@MagicAids]

You can be first in Daddy's heart! 💋 😘

[@El_Que_Llora_Mucho]

@@MagicAids Finally, daddy noticed me. I'm gonna destroy my lgs modern tonight for sure.

[@boefteck]

STAY 👏 AWAY 👏 FROM 👏 MY👏 STINKY 👏 HOLE 👏

[@MagicAids]

😲💨

[@sireklz1169]

Play more pioneer. Less Scam there

[@MagicAids]

I'll try to do pioneer next!

[@joshuaosgood6494]

I miss your old voice, the way your speaking feels forced like a sine wave.

[@Tree3D]

Modern is such a trash format right now. Tired of free spells.

[@MagicAids]

Maindeck Nix s00n?

[@Jptorrent004]

Playing against Incarnations sure is fun!... 🥲

[@MagicAids]

😳😭

[@bartoffer]

Yeah, I'm not so sure about this block constructed format

[@SlavesWereGood]

Is mtgO expensive?

[@HenriqueLima-dw8yn]

I see you as a father figure

[@daniloguimaraes4619]

Oi amigo brasileiro

[@JB-yg3ew]

That's beautiful 😍