Mtg Budget Deck Tech: $3.50 Mono-Green Fatties in Aether Revolt Standard!

[@SBMTG]

I'm already having to explain myself a lot regarding Take Down, so let me elaborate: 1st of all, we suck against flyers, period. Second, it can kill Heart of Kiran on our second main phase, after it blocks. If that's too narrow, try Appetite for the Unnatural or more Natural Obsolescence. Thanks for watching!

[@danielgellner7633]

Strictly Better MtG How about a Budget/Competitive Mono black aetherborn tribal deck. Very powerful and some fun combo option available. Would like to see your take on this deck.

[@TreefrogOriginal]

Strictly Better MtG don't forget, we still have plummet in the fornat

[@firecorgi5718]

Strictly Better MtG I think it should be natures way instead of prey upon

[@garkr]

Firecorgi giving trample to a 6/6 always feels good.

[@Feyamius]

Nature's Way would be way (!) better. ;) Give trample to stuff. And vigilance. I'd think about adding two Consulate Dreadnought to the sideboard to deal with big vehicles, because often they're outclassing even our biggies.

[@bananza88]

You are a gift to Magic the Gathering, all players at every level should appreciate your hard work to the community! Thanks again for all you commit to Magic, all while helping the newest players understand how decks work, why they are built and how to smash face at FNM. You da bomb-dig Dev! #MTGone-stop-shop

[@believ]

I'm seriously 2 weeks into MTG as a whole, and have gotten a more expensive deck than most starters would like to spend *about 150* and this kind of video is great to see just as a change of pace. To flat out give perspective that some cheaper cards, just because of their price, do not make them nonviable or useless. Very happy with this sort of youtube content it's great!

[@SBMTG]

Lands (24) 24 Lands. They're FORESTS dammit! Geez there's always something. Hope you enjoyed it!

[@coldfusion2121]

Strictly Better MtG I was gonna say... ALSO I'm brewing Jund Aggro but I'm also interested in Abzan counters, like BG Snake but with Ajani and his oath

[@HoneyNutBeemo]

run a Cryptolith Rite and have the scions not only tap for mana but also sacrifice it for ANY color after. You could have a Blisterpod turn one Cyrptolith Rite turn 2, have the Blisterpod die getting a scion, turn 3 play Call of the Scions, then turn four play another call of the scions and have like 10+ mana

[@BFinFlavin]

+ColdFusion go on....

[@coldfusion2121]

BFinFlavin Well, I actually played a dude running Abzan Snake and absolutely crushed him with Jund (my brew also uses snake for cub, hydra, rishkar and energy gen) it's super dope. the full list is available on tapped out (Jund Counter Energy Aggro by Dance master5000)

[@melaniepoor1767]

do you have a Facebook page?

[@fehidragon]

Cool deck! Would like to see all 5 mono-colors budget decktecks! I always enjoy the videos!

[@Spearman9]

First deck i ever built was a mono green Eldrazi deck that you put up and i've been in love with magic ever since, thanks Dev!!!!

[@Matthew_A_N]

Same actually, first deck I played was his mono green ramp eldrazi back in bfz. With conduit of ruin and surrak

[@Spearman9]

loved that deck ^^ good times

[@LapahnYT]

Surrak was so strong. Also that 6/6 renown giant that turned into a 12/12. I wish mono green was the same power level right now.

[@numba1user]

Just wanted to say that I have been playing magic for a little over a year and I love your videos and the deck ideas you come up with. im a budget player and i always try to tweak your budget decks to my play style. Keep up the good work

[@ripvanwho]

Just wanted to thank you for making MTG accessible and understandable to casual players. Great comical presentation. You crush it!

[@madviolentchicken]

Haven't even watched it and the title has impressed me!

[@Baby_boodle]

Right? Hahaha.

[@Batch91Batch91]

Dev, man, you probably won't even see this but I just want to let you know what a good job you do! Can't believe how quickly you spit out all of these deck techs, it's a real talent. Hope you keep it up. Love from Ireland.

[@StarkMaximum]

Mono-Green Big Creatures. Dev, you have always had the key to my heart and this confirms it. Magic at its most pure! Ramp and big creatures hitting your opponent until they die, I couldn't be more excited!

[@NewSchoolPOKERstrat]

I luv this guy, luv u man. The way you went from "if there's anyone who knows about fat guys it's me" to "that probably came out wrong" was so good. I didn't even get it at first and you were already moving on while I was thinking on it. Pure gold buddy, nice!

[@Kunichiban]

You are such a rad dude. I really appreciate your deck techs, especially the budget ones. Your passion for MTG is infectious, and makes me want to be a better community member. Thank you bro

[@NonkiKong]

Always happy to see budget deck techs on your channel :D

[@Horatiuy]

I think your channel improved a lot over the last 2 years and I really like how you manage things. I played a lot of formats but the problem is that I was never good at one format to master it. I think draft is the one most related to standard if you want to make videos about something else (because you draft, you get cards and you buy the rest to play standard). Or sealed/ league events.

[@robertleclaireiii7723]

Dev! i used this tech for help with the shell of my Kiora, Ramp based Friends deck... it cost a little more than $3.50, but is super fun and this was a lot of help.

[@SavageD-qi2ti]

"This card is crazy" lol. Way to channel your inner Wedge there Dev. I like the deck, and the fact that the deck is cheaper than the sleeves that you put it in is pretty awesome. Well played sir.

[@mtgcommons2200]

Thanks for all your vids, man! I built 2 full copies of this deck just to give away when I see younger folks that need a bit of help. Keep the videos rolling!

[@scott2306-b3y]

I am digging these super budget decks. I take these builds and make them for kids at the school where my wife teaches. They love the decks and play them in their Magic club. Thanks!

[@EkaluxUaareemitr]

the budget is strong in this one

[@LapahnYT]

I LOVE MONO GREEN FAT DUDES! I wish this was a double deck with with a higher budget ($30-50)

[@PatrickLima69]

Long time subscriber who kind of veered away from mtg for a bit (other focuses for now) and decided to come back to your channel, congrats on 50k subs man I remember seeing you at 10k

[@Deverex729]

This is exactly the kind of deck I would make to teach someone how to play the game. Maby throw in an enchantment and sideboard the instants so that they could play with most of the card types and finish it off with a Nissa (in a format with so much removal the minus 3 could get us back an important creature and the +1 also can work as ramp) Thanks for the tech, looks like simple fun :)

[@greysun7020]

The reason a deck like this can backfire on you is because you aren't playing with anything more then a whole bunch of creatures and the format today has a ton of removal and big threats. Splash in another color, add in about 10 removal cards and I bet this cheap but awesome idea will shine even more! Love your videos and ideas bro! Keep being inventive and coming up with new decks that can compete with all the top tier decks, you're awesome!

[@ubermythic2304]

Draft junk decks are very underrated. They are still very competitive at a Friday night magic, and it brings out the best in brewers. I might make a video series of these kind of decks, too. Great work, deserves a Like.

[@PedroOliveira-ew9eo]

Nice video man! keep up the good work, your channel is probably my favorite in the mtg comunity, best standard channel for sure. Could you do more G/U deck techs? I don't see a lot of deck techs regarding this combination (with the exception of Simic Aggro you did and some Temur)

[@VeronicaFernandez9109]

Please, Please, Please do a 50K Q&A. Question #1: You said your "real" job was waiting tables somewhere; where do you work? Do you like it? Elaborate?. #2: What color of mana are you? Elaborate? Thx Dev.

[@gemofmagic9436]

thanks for mentioning about ridgescale tusker being sometimes better than verdurous gearhulk! It really surprised me too, the first time I was choosing between the two whilst brewing and I wound up choosing ridgescale. It feels weird but it is often right! (depending how many creatures you have)

[@andrewfornes136]

54 Forest/4 Lost in the Woods/2 Sands of Delirium. Last cheap green standard deck I ever played. I miss m13 era. Love your content and your shirts.

[@derrickpershing1529]

A fun deck I have been playing with is super servos with Odric, Lunar Marshall. White has a lot of cards with a lot of keywords and a lot of servo generators. It is definitely one to consider playing/building since it is relatively cheap to build and not too bad in the games I have played.

[@prufrock1977]

Always looking forward to more deck techs!

[@nicholaslott4575]

Love the deck man!!! I made a budget Temur Fat Dudes. With Oath of Jace Anticipate and Splendid Reclamation. It has an improvise sub theme. With Plated Crusher and Bastion Inventors as my top end.

[@iiBurdenedSavageV5]

New to MTG. Ramp is easy to understand. Really helped. Thanks!

[@NathanA-mk9ne]

Keep it up Dev. I enjoy this channel for MTG more then any other.

[@eulaliosoria5242]

I like the oldschool video game tune at the end of the video! keep up the good work!

[@SinnerIon]

Really love this deck and would have liked to seen upgrades for it. Thinking Decimator of Provinces or "He whom you mentioned several times we are not ramping to" lol. Was there any other big cards that you wanted to play, dispite the rarity restriction?

[@jasonedge2309]

Right on Dev! U deserve the swag! Aaron Cain is a master craftsman. I'm stoked for the next few builds coming up.

[@camilacoppola4620]

I love it. I would like more decks this cheap and very fun like this one. Thank you very much.

[@hivefleethappiness7331]

Not a bad deck for $3.50 I would put in the land blighted woodland. It can tutor up the last land needed for Bournemouth, crusher, and ulvenwald captive activation. I would also put in the land spawning bed. It provides the eldrazi spawns necessary to get deathless behemouth out of out deck. since we are only running mono green. I think it's safe to play around with the fancy colorless lands.

[@danielhelps5229]

Love the video's and the music at the end is awesome simple and fun ^^ i have 1 question would it be possible for you to make a deck tech budget preferred that includes or revolves around Consulate dreadnought im currently trying to abuse the crap out of this thing and im just getting smashed in the face.... Repeatedly is it actually one of the best cards in the set with zero progress?

[@butterman1653]

Amazing deck tech Dev, as always, definitely going to play this at my LGS.

[@BFinFlavin]

was there a verdict on natures way vs prey upon? I built the deck and do have a bit of trouble with using prey upon if I happen to fall behind, the damage dealt both ways alot of times doesn't help me to get where I need to be to make a comeback. even ahead though sometimes prey upon just feels slow and doesn't it lose vs. death touch and have disadvantage with first strike or double strike? ps. thanks for these videos. you've gotten me back into magic.

[@jwhews1882]

man I love when you do these ultra cheap decks. they are so fun to build for fun.

[@naejin]

Hey Dev, have you considered a budget RU improvise deck? My version has a few rares (rare dual lands & key to the city), but a budget version with no rares is possible & is pretty fun. Potential Turn one 4/4's are pretty cool, or turn 1 Mana Leak. Replenish your hand with Reverse Engineer. Protect your Artificers with toughness beyond 4 pretty easy with goggles. Pacification Array as removal. Your choice of extra removal from red or blue. In my sideboard, I have some rares in the Aetherflux Reservior + Paradoxical Outcome combo kill (with 12 zero CMC articacts.) I think the budget version is probably between $5-10. With Dual Lands it goes up, but you can play w/o them if you want.

[@willpacetti4532]

Hey Dev! love your content. I'm a new player, and I'm just wondering, what sort of starting hands should I be okay with taking, and what starting hands should I look to mulligan at the start of the game. Would appreciate your advice!

[@elitheworrywort]

I've been having fun toying with a temur converge/energy budget deck starring woodland wanderer and all the best energy creatures, the new simic one that draws a card is super awesome

[@evanstone724]

Finally a use for all my foil plated crushers

[@TheMusrich888]

Was there any consideration for Mockery of Nature for either the deck or sideboard? I would think artifact removal on a body would not be underestimated, especially one with emerge. At least then, the Primal Druids would have some use outside of chump blocking.

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

my son and I love putting these budget decks together!

[@jamesrobb704]

Yeah, Grixis Tower with the No.2 spot! Kudos on the MegaMan music again, Dev! Keep up the good work!

[@Rangersly]

Easy and cheap deck to play! Love it! Once again: Good job and well played Dev!

[@gemofmagic9436]

love your videos Dev, I always learn something new and become better at my deckbuilding, thank you for always explaining your choices.

[@AshBMX2011]

this is the sort of deck I might build and just leave at my lgs for when people want to learn to play magic or complain that standard is to expensive. great work Dev

[@EricWoodrum]

Fun deck, Dev! Have you seen the Baraal Control/land destruction deck? I was absolutely wrecked by it last week. Uses Baraal to cast counters and land destruction on the cheap before switching to metallurgic summonings and torrential Gearhulk to close out the game. Don't know if I lost to the nut draw or if it's actually consistent but when it goes off... dang.

[@JOEY22445]

Eric Woodrum do you know a link or can show me this deck. been trying to put a land destroy deck together.

[@EricWoodrum]

This is my best recollection of the deck. You can probably ignore the Sideboard (I just threw together a sideboard from a previous Izzet deck I'd built). For budget, you can sub-out the Torrential Gearhulks for three Curious Homunculus as a mana-dork and budget beater. www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/579057#paper

[@EricWoodrum]

You can also substitute Void Shatters for Disallows if you don't have them, but they're good against the Saheeli Rai combo.

[@EricWoodrum]

Fixed! Yeah, it's weird. Looking at it, it doesn't seem like it should work (most of the pieces start at 3 CMC), but with Baraal's cost reduction and card draw, it got chugging pretty quickly.

[@hivefleethappiness7331]

A couple bucks more could make this deck truly fantastic. Replace plated crusher with Decimator of the Provences. It is a fantastic finisher, especially with all your little guys you accumulate throughout the game getting +2/+2 and trample. Switch out Ulvenwald Captive for Deathcap Cultivator, just to get rid of the defender. Add Lifecraft's Bestiary X3. I put 2 in the main 1 in the board. It makes the deck much more consistent. Replace some forests with Blighted Woodland. (super cheap). It allows mana ramp in order to get to your Decimator. This thins your deck out nicely as well. Replace some more forests with spawning bed (also super cheap). You can use those spawns as another way to get Deathless Behemoth back into your hand, or you could crack it at the end of your opponents turn right before you cast Decimator. Those 3 spawns are now 3/3 trample, pseudo-hasty nerds that'll attack along with decimator FTW.

[@AlbyMTG]

Dev, what website do you get your card images from? I usually get mine from MTGGoldfish, but they seem to end up blurrier than your card images especially in full screen.

[@SBMTG]

I find that Mythicspoiler, Card Kingdom, and Channelfireball have the best resolution, in that order

[@AlbyMTG]

Awesome. I appreciate the help.

[@Nerazzurri87]

Looking forward to more super budget decks. :) love your content.

[@ryanlaird8902]

I had a question. Can a creature that taps for mana tap for its own ability. The example I was confused with was with Ulvenwald Captive. Can it tap to help itself transform, and if so, does Ulvenwald Abomination come in tapped or untapped?

[@SteelsammyFilms]

Hey Dev, really cool deck as always. What's of more importance is that sick shirt- where did you get it?

[@kennysmith8665]

was that MegaMan music I heard at the end???? awesome budget deck build....stupid powerful for $3.50...

[@austinwilburn1772]

Love the deck, only thing i would say is less lands, theres so much ramp like you said. Past experiences, ive gone down to 18 lands in some decks, one most comes to mind was my standard GB(rtr/theros) highest dude was 4x shadowborn demon at 5 cmc, 2x jarad, golgari lich lord at 4cmc, and 4x nemesis of mortals at 6cmc went down so low cause i had playset of elvish mystics, grisly salvage, satyr wayfinder, and it never came back and bite me. Although the blighted green land shouldnt be added, just doesnt really do anything

[@astachelek]

Sick vid; you always got the best analysis braaahh!

[@xanderfedewa1803]

Great deck, nut I think it could be better if you add a few copies of Kamatra's acolytes and Archetype of Endurance. If you would be willing to add rares to the deck, then Scute Mob makes for a very good 1 drop, Tornado elemental takes care of your opponents flying, Primeval Protector can ramp your creatures and could potentially come out on turn 4/5 or even sooner, and finally siege behemoth would be great so that your can deal damage to your opponent(s) even if they block. Even if you know what most of these cards do, I highly recommend looking them up.

[@visi0n4ry]

Where do you get your cards from? Cuz this exact same deck would cost me $10,70, without lands + the cost of the sideboard.

[@johnm.oyerbides5251]

Dev - Made a couple changes to the deck: traded out the deathless behemoths for 1 verdurous gearhulk (all I own), and 3 nature's ways. took out 2 natural obsolescences, 1 prey upon, and the 1 plated crusher from the sideboard put in 4 commencement of festivities. Went 2-2-1 at FNM. I was in every match, very competitive. A couple bad draws from winning another match. I think even with the 1 gearhulk the price is still budget. The gearhulk just gives another nice trampler. Trample is a winner for the deck. I shut down copy cat with commencement of festivities. My opponent mad a gazillion cats, they attacked, and I prevented combat damage. Funny I was holding 2 commencements at the time and my next draw was another. I just asked him if he had any counter magic, he said no, I showed him the remaining two commencements, and he scooped. Awesome fun!

[@randallferguson1981]

I'm just wondering but would blisterpod be an acceptable addendum to this deck? I seen a comment complaining there aren't enough scion makers for the beheamoth synergy. Lmk

[@naejin]

I'd recommend probably dropping 1 or 2 copies of Deathless Behemoth, as the ability to recur from your graveyard might be difficult since you only have 4 cards that can create scions to sacrifice to recur it. And the chance that you're going to want to sacrifice those scions for mana reduces the chances of having them available for recurring Deathless Behemoth. Then you could use those 1 or 2 slots for something else. Maybe another green removal, some card draw, or something else.

[@Trevorious2010]

what are some non budget upgrades to make this more competitive?

[@Midnightv]

Trevor Daniels I really wish you would just naturally do that because people start off here and then slowly over time we get better cards ... that's an important part of budget design in my opinion upgrades

[@ssaijas1201]

Ayyy boss. Could you tell me how do I make this deck even better? I know that I should switch the Tusker for the Green Gearhulk, but that's it.

[@ribeye10000]

Just this: Mono Red Kari Zev 17 lands :) I know you already did a Mono Red which was my inspiration, but cutting the lands to 17 was actually hella successful for me

[@powellperez3711]

I've been waiting for this. I love and always play green ramp.

[@MrRuff-cc3lg]

Great vid! Can't wait for UR Zombies Deck Tech!

[@Baby_boodle]

I always dig your videos! Truthfully, my only criticism is the low video quality, since it lags behind the speech at times.

[@johnc6497]

Three fiddy

[@ddpinkerton77]

John Cummings Damn Loch Ness monster!! "Can I get 3.50?"

[@aham2903]

II aint givin' you no tree fiddy, you goddamn loch ness monster!

[@SupaFry99]

I gave him a dollar.

[@Bigironslinger]

She gave him a dollar.

[@juicicles5881]

"That monsta said he was gonna kick yo ayuss"

[@pellisgrindbrew2974]

Fun stuff man. I'll build it as a loaner for the kids in my Magic class!😎

[@multiranger6362]

I have plated crusher in my cube and it is one of the best cards in there. I love the inclusion in this deck.

[@kylesavage4525]

How about that 5-mana sorcery (forgot the name) that lets you sweep your opponents creatures if u have a big guy out?I think it would be useful in the sideboard as a 2-of

[@fightfish5]

It's a good deck, but i would consider unnatural aggression even if only in the side board for an answer to the saheeli combo. Again i really like the deck and thank you for the list.

[@user-ng5pg4im5g]

Any chance you can start adding tcgplayer buy links? KZbin doesnt allow users to copy/paste the decklist, so we have to type every card individually when we try to buy it

[@camhopper2252]

Thanks i built this its pretty fun. It would be cool if you could make some budget videos for frontier.

[@AlbyMTG]

I have some bad news about using Take Down as a sideboard plan for Heart of Kiran. Take Down is a sorcery, so the Heart of Kiran probably wont be a creature when you can cast it.

[@SBMTG]

Oh, I know. It's vigilant too tho, which means they'll often try and block with it. I've Taken Down Heart of Kiran second main phase a bunch of times. It's mostly there to supplement the Natural States tho. You could always go with Appetite for the Unnatural if you'd rather, though.

[@AlbyMTG]

Fair enough. I think I'd rather go with the Appetites since it is also good then against Aetherworks Marvel, Paradoxical Outcome, etc.

[@ignaciomunoz1627]

climb wing could work

[@JOEY22445]

AlbyMTG clipped wings?

[@AlbyMTG]

Ignacio muñoz Yeah Clip Wings would be a fine answer for Heart of Kiran as well

[@Damiancontursi]

Awesome deck! I'll sure make a couple to get new people into the game and teach them! THANKS!

[@Damiancontursi]

Would also love if you made a little list with some upgrades to make it a little better.

[@xplodinginsect4014]

I've been dabbling in non standard crap decks from old collections. I mainly play yugioh, some pokemon and MTG third. I'm going to build one of your more recent budget decks.

[@Bleargh64]

Hey dev, could I get a link to the site for the deck box? It looks really good.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I like Plated crusher, I used that card for awhile in my Xenagos Budget Commander. This deck could also use Somberwald stag and Pack guardian:) Black red zombies going to be cool, I been playing a zombie deck with vehicles its so funny.

[@kayok07]

dude sweet deck and with just a few upgrades it's actually good for a little Friday night fun deck.

[@Ryan-vw9iw]

While it does break to no rares rule, i think that oran-rief hydra would be a far better inclusion that deathless behemoth (although that would require raising the budget from 3.50 to four dollars, sooooo)

[@mattbutler2639]

Sweet deck. would love to see a B/R Steal & Sacrifice.

[@zzombatt]

"that came out wrong" had me in stitches

[@ChewyMorales13]

this deck is great Dev , I've been here for awhile and this is easily one of the cheapest decks you made , It's awesomeee

[@williamstanton6126]

3.5 bucks? now THAT is budget

[@davidwhite769]

William Stanton i like this definition of budget much better than mtggoldfish's $85 budget decks

[@williamstanton6126]

Nynja Kitty to be fair, Seth's budget decks would probably beat this deck more often than not. and $100 is "budget" when tier one is 300-400. it's all relative.

[@davidwhite769]

Oh absolutely! They're just a bit out of MY budget is all. They're great decks for their price.

[@williamstanton6126]

Nynja Kitty I gotcha. And it's nice to see a solid deck for a much cheaper price than $100

[@huntawpn]

"Just cause I feel like it... (it's my channel*)" love that one liner.

[@andrewtierney1218]

Can't wait for Grixis tower! Can we ever expect to watch you play?

[@SupaFry99]

This is the perfect deck for a new player. Cheap, simple to play and teaches you exactly what green is all about.

[@LowellLGraves]

You need mockery of nature! It's budget, has synergy with primal druid, and it's a big Reclamation Sage that's standard legal. I have no idea why you wouldn't play a couple maybe even just in the sideboard. At least test it, please. I like emerge so much lol

[@scholtzspider]

Thanks fo the tech! But what about that promised Esper aggro? :(

[@DaftKidIco]

dope shirt bro! keep up all the awesome work man

[@Eggyism]

Turn 4 Plated Crusher is no joke. Love this deck!

[@rafe_1318]

is there a link to this deck or any other budget deck you have featured on tcgplayer.com?

[@PicoPlaytime]

"We're going to play... a bunch of creatures!" I like this plan.

[@Flint_Ironstagg]

i'm a kitchen table magic player and this is fantastic for under 5 bucks, very awesome!