Selesnya Valakut | MTG Modern | Much Abrew About Nothing

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

Oh god, the boil on your blood mooned dryad lands was just, so, so, soooooooo freaking amazing!!!!! That’s like my favorite ever moment an opponent has done against you in the last four years!!!! It is jank worthy of freaking against the odds, and I am so bloody happy to have seen something so absolutely ridiculous. As you say, magic has weird rules...

[@xavisimon3095]

I'll remember that moment as Seth being "Kotva'd" (name of the opponent). The onli problem is that I hate Boros so I couldn't fully enjoy how ilaruous the play whas. I'll think about building some kind of driad/ harmless offering/boil for modern

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

@@xavisimon3095 If it ever works, you have to then send the list to Seth and have him play it.

[@naphackDT]

@@xavisimon3095 prismatic omens does the same thing, is harder for the opponent to get rid of and doesn't give the opponent an attacker.

[@spikescafe3940]

I was laughing for several minutes. What a match!

[@marlowemouse]

This match made the entire video worth it lmao

[@ChaosForce08]

The Blood Moon-Dryad-Boil timestamp thing was hilarious. Never thought I'd see Boil come in against a deck with no Islands, but it does make sense as a one-sided Armageddon if the opponent ever plays Dryad. It definitely feels like the Deck could use more Tireless Trackers given how many lands are coming into play with Reclaimer and how it can kind of stall getting to the Prime Time Mana and at least one more Field of the Dead in the main as Seth mentioned.

[@breadknot4590]

15:32 "the upside of our deck in this matchup is-" is what?! I don't need sleep I need answers!

[@NickyKnickerson]

boil as a sideboard card against dryad nonsense is hilarious

[@blackfalcon179]

Choke is a really funny tech against them as well hahaha

[@Platonic69]

Just wanna say you guys have really gotten in the groove of the preview clips. It took a little bit, but now they're fun and I don't feel like I have to skip them anymore.

[@goat666db]

Realms Uncharted is the “land gifts” you were thinking of Seth! I love that card, always wanted to try to break it

[@blackmountain1983]

Seth, 37:47 the card you are thinking of is Realms Uncharted. Seems like a fun way to assemble Tron actually lol.

[@carter9449]

Legacy players are here confused hearing that elvish reclaimer doesn't see play in modern

[@JonaxII]

Having neither Depths not Wasteland makes landtutors a LOT worse. Trust me, I've been playing Knight of the Reliquary Decks a few years now.

[@MrBurrito]

@@JonaxII ya, but a 1 mana 3/4.

[@JonaxII]

@@MrBurrito true, that makes it much better, but it tends to either not come online before at least turn 3 or consume turn 2, costing me much of the tempo it gained.

01:01:51 That Angel Jank is what you should play next

[@Gingerbreadley]

Damn it’s been a while since Seth got out janked. Always fun it see

[@joshuabraska1028]

You had a ghost quarter to take out their Field of the Dead. Might not have saved you but it definitely would have put you ahead with zombies.

[@Cornelius135]

At 38:00 you're thinking of Realms Uncharted, works great as a combat trick for Reclaimers and Knight of the Reliquary, but you need Crucible of Worlds or Excavator to ensure you get the lands you want (maybe with the new landharmonicon??)

[@goat666db]

I’ve been trying to build around that card for a while. I’m liking the idea of a Temur Loam shell with W6, FoF, Uro, maybe pulse of murasa. Could be fun. You could even go 4 color for KotR 🤪

[@willpatterson3674]

Been a looooong time since I've seen a title that made me do a triple take XD

[@natejablonski]

41:46 "We don't have any way to deal with the graveyard" This is Modern, home of Dredge and Uro. You're running Eladamri's Call. You couldn't have at least run one Scavenging Ooze?

[@brendanerickson2363]

I really enjoy the Modern meta at the moment. That match 3 mirror was a really fun game to watch. great content!

[@Gitah92]

Prime time is just grave titan with a fake mustache these days.

[@horsebones727]

😂 a super Grave Titan that fetches colorless lands

[@blackmist33]

This deck with its 2 different toolboxes feels really high variance as it is almost 40 different cards in a 60 card deck. I feel it would benefit greatly from a Yorion shell even if just to pad the numbers of certain effects (4th Call, More trackers, more basics.) Other thoughts, that Sun Titan seems good here, early game plan seems a bit wonky (2cc is weird when your important cards are on 1, 3, and 6.)

[@joshwhitmire5753]

Seth.... you are the master of jank. Keep it going.

[@Mast3rChip]

This isn’t jank.......

[@melissagrenier2200]

Would this list even fit on a deck registration sheet in a paper tournament with all the 1 ofs? Not that paper tournaments are happening much right now.

[@jessejetpacks9749]

Dude. I so would have cast generous gift on the zombie targeted by detention sphere in game one. Fizzle the ability and keep all the zombies. I could totally see holding it as the correct thing to do, but just to send a message I would've done it.

[@Manalabs1]

That Boil play was one of the most clever things I've seen in Magic holy shit the blowout lol

[@ODIRGO]

Seth casting gadoc instead of immediately destroying the bounceland, before it untaps, was the thing that made him lose the "mirror" game.

[@fosterdawson7339]

My favorite seth quotes from this video: "We Eladrami's Call for... W H A T" *activates spongebob voice* WOOOOOAAAAHHHH

[@ChaosForce08]

I feel like the deck would be better named "Selesnya Reclaimer" or "Reclaimer Flagstones" other than "Selesnya Valakut" which is not even the go-to land to fetch in the late game (Field is) even if it does cause a double-take upon reading it.

[@UlfMTG]

i've seen the guy who created this deck play it and he wins with valakut 99% of the time. Field is there just as a free roll

[@e-frame4675]

It's obviously named Valuekut

[@somefishhere]

@@UlfMTG who is the guy

[@User__Not__Found]

@@UlfMTG Who is the guy you're mentioning? I want to see this

[@HNO3_68]

This seems like the ravings of a madman.

[@mrlescure]

Why are you paying life on your horizon canopy with the Dryad out?

[@gjones9356]

Seth keeps talking about his deck and the other dryad/lands deck pulling Valakut shenanigans, while their boards are definitely more centered around Field of the Dead

[@DigimonFan814]

Turns out that an ability that can almost never be interacted with (because it's on a land and triggers by lands entering the battlefield) that's actually fairly easy to pull off, particularly with how much ramp/land searching is available, is pretty insane.

[@Molly-ml1wn]

23:40 The moment you DIDN'T say "Selesneya Value-kut" is the moment I died inside

[@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet]

By the by, modern still continues to look really quite healthy. I mean, when boros angels is a thing that someone's playing with a decent chance of winning, you know modern can support a lot of stuff.

[@sonsysy4195]

I think the boros deck is just built to counter your deck lol

[@shotokantiger4982]

Aspiringspike has been rocking uro gifts ungiven for a while now. It seems really powerful

[@jessedorval7051]

This is an interesting deck :) I love to see that you are playing flagstones I used to play martyr this is the only other deck I've seen to play it I really like the land

[@Alikaoz]

Opp in match 4 earned some applause.

[@dankurach5340]

37:55 editor, where are you when we need you?

[@cptawesome11]

That Boros deck was insane

[@frankcastle9691]

Seth was so mad he lost to the random red white deck. 59:23

[@itsallenwow]

Good lord Field of the Dead just seems more powerful every time I see it played. Jace, the Mind Sculptor really stands no chance when it goes up against a Field.

[@firstandlast.1254]

Everyone, remember to vote!

[@andrewallstar2719]

vote for next week’s against the odds

[@BrunoNunes83]

yes, this channel is US only! remember to vote!

[@firstandlast.1254]

@@BrunoNunes83 what? No it's not.

[@firstandlast.1254]

@@BrunoNunes83 it's hilarious how easily you get so butthurt and defensive. Lol a worthless, stick-wristed, paper-skinned, lolligagger.

[@User__Not__Found]

I want to see the list for the opponent's deck in Match 3, that one looks just as fun to play

[@Gitah92]

1:17:14 I hope that one damage doesn't come back to bite you.

[@nickhaupt1072]

The way your opponents topdecked I expected Maelstrom Pulse M5G3 to take both Dryads. What bad beats those last two matches were.

[@PrestonThorpe]

Love the Cake shirt and the jank

[@evandecaplo7830]

Super sleek idea

[@jazzfestyz9734]

Why is this deck actually pretty good

[@streiifi]

ah its the deck you played last week against, i really hoped you play this deck. Ty for your content seth!

[@aarong2606]

"eladRami's call" hurts me everytime

[@absolutfx]

This is strange as a Much Abrew I feel like I've been seeing this deck for the past month +.

[@jonathansnow21]

Looks bad. Can't wait to watch.

[@zotha]

Decent Field of the Dead deck you have there, that was the only card that won you any games.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Lol, apparently it's harder to Valakut without Mountains than I expected :)

[@jb3arz]

Hind sight is always 20/20 but should have generous gifted your own zombie when he targeted it with detention sphere. Match 1 game 3

[@HellBent4Kitties]

Yeah, turns out field of the dead is pretty good.

[@drye135]

Valakut players will do absolutely anything to avoid playing red

[@Gombol1989]

20:46 should have responded with generous gift on ur own zombie

[@OhNoGames]

I'm 45 minutes into this Slesneya Valakut video and I don't think there's actually been a single Valakut activation yet. The gameplay is great but I was lured here with promises of cool, janky weirdness, so sitting through three matches of Field-of-the-Dead-is-good is a little frustrating.

[@MTGGoldfish]

I was disappointed that we didn't get to Valakut more often too :(

[@moneyforshort]

I want that angel burn deck list

[@bjarkov12]

that was one hell of a boil :o

[@MTGGoldfish]

They got us good.

[@Humanoid_Ty]

Can Uro be escaped with Gaddock Teeg since it’s escape cost is 4 mana?

[@averagefox5126]

I love how befuddled Seth was when he got outjanked by the Angel/Burn deck. Not often that happens

[@HokaMagic]

Geometric Calculator: Don't worry! You have a 99.2% chance of drawing a land in the next 5 draws! Seth: Draws 5 Nonlands Also Seth: "WOW our deck doesn't care about math and we lose" 😭

[@Memeking000]

Where is the naya landfall deck at??? I know you scooped to bogles

[@Tree3D]

"Ellah-Drami's Call"

[@ExtremeMedium]

Please have whoever is in charge of hiring at MTG Goldfish hire on the angels player. That guy made me laugh harder than anything else done on this channel, no joke

[@davidscholtz3242]

Zero actual Mow-ins in our deck

[@nathanielnizard2163]

That Kotva guy tryhards pretty hard but it works :). Lots of metagame calls in his deck.

[@momagic383]

Love you Olive .... but best thing was OPs blue valukut Deck ⚡️. Edit - I take that back rofl I just watched the boil match 🥇

[@Malik1378]

Isn’t field of ruin bette then Ghost Quarter in a deck like this?

[@gaspachazo815]

Why not Prismatic Omen out of curiosity?

[@mtgmax8732]

el-uh-DOM-ree.......'s Call. You're welcome.

[@andrewgolubiewski3463]

I'm pretty sure that the r is after the d, based on how Seth says eledrami.

[@shammerHammer]

I think eledamri's call is the one that triggers me the most...

[@BeCurieUs]

If you would have destroyed your own zombie with the Generous Gift, would the Detention Sphere's trigger for the named card fail? I presume since it says target it would stifle the trigger, but I know there is some jank with that card,

[@BeCurieUs]

(i know this isn't likely the best line since you ended up winning, just interested in magic stack shenanigans)

[@winssports4830]

Yes it would've fizzled. I'd have taken that line myself.

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

One of sac elder and rejuvenator??? That's really weird.

[@ScrOuch13]

Seth's trend to play these one ofs is strange to say the least. With that he weakens the deck by reducing consistency imho. Same with the sideboards. It would be MUCH better if he focuses on less archetypes and thus fills the sideboard with more playsets or at least three ofs.

[@ExKiwi-yw8er]

@@ScrOuch13 A lot of the one-ofs are pretty defensible with the tutor packages but you're not gonna call for sac elder unless you're REally struggling. He didn't build this one anyway. Wish he would tinker with the much abrew decks more though.

[@pedrobianchi2412]

Been following for over a year, but what is the criteria for “much abrew”? I get budget, and against the odds, but still hazy on these. Thanks.

[@Daralome]

Pretty sure this is a deck that did well in a tournament but its different in a fun way. Thus it is a brew and there is « much ado » about it as now it has won a tournament so people are interested in it

[@Mast3rChip]

It’s been doing well for a while. There’s a very similar version that plays vial.

[@LeKrutes]

Would emeria land not be good and a thespian stage. To copy one special land.

[@aeris2704]

Hol up. Selesnya and valakut domt go together...

[@IvanRSaldias]

who knew that the best Valakut deck would be the Simic one 😅

[@MTGGoldfish]

I guess that makes sense, it is 2020 afterall.

[@BrunoNunes83]

omg blood moon + boil = winz

[@mk1533]

Seth, if you aren't going to use ghost quarter then leave it out of your deck. In match 3 your opponent has field of the dead and will be turned on next turn. Use the quarter! That is why it is there!

[@SheonEver]

Selesnya Valuekut? :D

[@canismajor1186]

What if Valakut was reprinted in this standard environment?

[@mBowK]

I feel like the ramp is not as good for gruul and the lack of fetch lands would make it not as strong as last time. I think I would be down.

[@off-meta9962]

finally people play LD against Field of the dead.

[@luiscordoba8300]

can Jund beat it?

[@thetambo]

One of these days you will learn how to say El-a-DAM-ri, Seth...

[@blitzkriegdiscord3366]

GW Prime Titan is showing up in 5-0 Legacy lists hmmmm

[@BassBaseAce]

I think this deck archetype has some potential but isn't quite there. The one of's for tool boxing are good but I think there are too many pieces that you would actually want 3 or 4 of's. Someone in the comments mentioned turning this into a yorion shell and I would really like to see a retooled version of that with this deck, gives you more room for one of's but also ironically I think would increase consistency since you could pretty easily slap in the extra copies of valakut and field, possibly even something like a fierce empath, or actually a couple green sun's zenith would be awesome considering most of your tool box creatures are green.

[@lari5875]

It's all well and good, but green sun's zenith is banned in modern. Fierce empath would be good though as you said

[@BassBaseAce]

@@lari5875 I'm primarily an edh player so I didn't know gsz was banned, derp

[@ThunderousChemQ27]

BassBaseAce - It's actually becoming a bit of a tier Modern deck. It was initially built using Aether Vial but that's been phased out. Check out the Modern challenge from the 19th for a more tuned version, it came in 2nd.

[@JoshRudis]

Only ~30m in but Seth... Jace the Mindscultper is terrible if you are trying to "brainstorm value" your opponent. It's a 4 mana brainstorm which is unplayable in any format, even homelands block constructed. You crush this opponent who thinks that's a good idea (and for some reason you do too). Seriously, Jace is garbage if all you end up doing is brainstorming once or twice.

[@UlfMTG]

his opponent got 5 activations out of the jace, that's 5 brainstorms. Not once or twice. It's an insane amount of card selection

[@colter4265]

-1 Valakut, +1 FotD or drop Valakut all together

[@KebbieG]

I love valakut but this deck is much worse then R/G Titanshift, RUG Uro Shift, or BTL Shift versions of Valakut. That is just my opinion after playing primarily Valakut in Modern for 5 or more years.

[@ToadofJustice]

I'm not a fan of this deck, for precisely the reason you mentioned at the end - everyone's ready for it. Specifically, everyone's ready for Uro and Amulet Titan, so playing a deck that does basically the same thing as Amulet Titan, just not as well, doesn't feel good.

[@JakeMC521]

Please.. Seth.. El-a-dam-ri's call

[@greymon90210]

Full. Tilt.

[@aktonkulous821]

EL A DAM RI'S CALL not el-a-dra-mi

[@UlfMTG]

you must be new here

[@bastianrhone9390]

Conundrum uw dnt do it for the memes

[@juannenna2293]

g1m3 why not generous gift your own zombie?

[@herschelgreen4405]

Must be another Goldfish member that "loves Jank"... love Seth and his videos but seemed pretty condescending on the Boros Blow Out...

[@melissagrenier2200]

The bottom 33% of cards own 80% of the lands

[@somefishhere]

boiled

[@kennethritacco6959]

Deck’s trying to do too much

[@cooperburnham2359]

If you lose to jund in 2020, tear up your deck, it's bad

[@RyanMclain]

Bwahahahahahaha.....

[@xj40002]

Generous gift your own flagstones.... white ramp?