Much Abrew: Jund Assault Loam (Modern, Magic Online)

[@danielmartin4703]

Wait I wanna know more about the spectacular coffee

[@RealNoGear]

Daniel Martin I don’t drink GMC but I’ve only heard great things about it, plus it’s from my home state which is an added bonus. 👍🏻

[@MTGGoldfish]

Me too.

[@clavinova1231]

I was searching my tabs for an ad I thought was playing

[@dweebyphoebe3033]

I serve GMC at work. Gonna be real it's pretty bad

[@danielmartin4703]

Thanks I now know a little more about a spectacular coffee. You could say y'all quenched my 'thirst for knowledge.

[@DylanHunter64]

"Nihil Spellbomb, draw a card." *clappy dance music intensifies*

[@tygrak]

What happened with this episode, that was hilarious

[@ATownShow]

SPECTACULAR COFFEE

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

FROM A SPECTACULAR PLACE!

[@shadowjamm]

Seth says around 30 min mark in match two that all 4 copies of assault are still in and wants to hit one off a cascade- There's only 3 in the list, and with it being so crucial to winning there should probably be 4

[@sheepy403]

James Martin the problem with playing the full 4-of is that once you've resolved one copy, the others become the worst draws in your deck. Given that, how slow and grindy the deck is, and how relatively resilient enchantments are in Modern, I think 3 in the maindeck is probably correct.

[@BernardoPowaga]

This is so much more fun when we are hitting our swans,drawing a couple of cards

[@thatonescarecrow4692]

Craving Karen is now my new favorite land.

[@sensei9767]

She's craving to take your kids.

[@ianilgner5556]

Enjoyed that impromptu brew at the end, got to see the master at work live ;)

[@joeltucci1916]

Deck needs faithless looting, you don’t mind lands in the yard and it churns through the deck

[@bryantan4228]

You know its good coffee if the editor didn't cut that one out

[@RealNoGear]

Hahaha! Green Mountain Coffee! At first I thought it was my iPad doing some weird crap. 😂 a great video as always Seth! Also greetings from the Green Mountain State of Vermont! -RowdyMagic18

[@MTGGoldfish]

I'm not sure how that slipped in :)

[@billyl4413]

I liked the brewing at the end. The deck at the end seems super fun - please play it!

[@BeckettBaladas]

I've been playing around with Loam in Modern for well over a year now and my deck is currently Jund colors, but it looks completely different from this one. I think the problem with this deck was that we didn't have any real cards to set up our combo of Loam and Assault and without the combo it really is just bad Jund. In my list I play 4offs of both Faithless Looting and Stitcher's Supplier to help with setting up the combo; Looting helps find our pieces and works well in conjunction with Loam, Supplier helps us find both Loam and lands (let's not forget that we need a surplus of lands to really get crazy) and can chump to keep us alive until the combo is set up. The 4th Assault is also non-negotiable; games with one redundant card in hand are better than games where our deck doesn't work. I also have playsets of Raging Ravine for more reach and Tireless Tracker to have more payoffs for Loam (in that regard they are basically Assault 5-8 despite the fact that they do two completely different things).

[@BeckettBaladas]

for anyone interested, here's my current decklist, although I'm constantly changing stuff here and there: www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2104071#paper

[@geesegoose6174]

The most adrenalin pumping moments are when you both have cards in hand but it still turns into a top deck battle. "Oh he got me, NO! I GOT HIM!, Oh, nevermind, he got me... WAIT JUST A MINUTE NOW!!!"

[@erfunk]

In the WB smallpox match, the opp plays Kaya then ticks up Lili first. You could have, in response, bolted Kaya and prevented them from ever activating it. The downside is Lili lives, but only long enough to get Trophied instead.

[@josephgraves1528]

In the first match up game two, I actually called the aria of flame when you didn’t lead on IOK lol

[@Skywarp2099]

"Wren and Stix" LOL. Seth, you never cease to entertain me with your fumbling of the English language.

[@MTGGoldfish]

That's a 70's band, right?

[@MindLaboratory]

I think he started to say Wren and Stimpy

[@joshbaker8767]

Deck seems fun, but I liked the on the fly deck building at the end. That was interesting.

[@MultiTaz333]

I like the land discard enchantment that makes bears more

[@michapiwowarski4834]

25:29 >typical burn opening Seth: Is this mono red prowess?

[@DropkickGoose]

I would love to see G/B Bear-Pox :D

[@petrie911]

These in-video ads are getting weird.

[@TheCardq]

You should probably also have some ayula’s influence.

[@multeyemeteor]

Hey Seth, here's a couple of thoughts on the mana base and a direction that could be fun to introduce into the deck. I think you're right that the deck isn't running enough cycle lands, but in specific I feel you're missing a huge opportunity in not running Canyon Slough and Sheltered Thicket (it's a shame that there isn't a Golgari double colored cycle land as well). Both lands are fetchable, they are good for fixing and have cycle. Sure, they come in tapped, but a lot of the time, I think their upsides might balance that out. Nuturing Peatland should probably also be included, just so you can sac it for card draw, if you desperately need to dig for stuff. Also, if you're going to run Tireless Tracker main deck and focus more on a Golgari build, how about perhaps adding more af few more landfall abilities, and even Scapeshift to get your lands in the graveyard and find the utility lands you need, and so you go can all in on land synergies. Valakut is of course a tried and tested option for red, but also Field of the Dead, Ob Nixilis, and maybe even the green and black Retreats as sideboard options to either drain, pump your creatures, or even gain life against more aggro'ish strategies. I know you want to throw your lands away, but this could give you a second axis to work on. I also think Elvish Reclaimer could be an interesting way to circulate your lands from your hand to play, to your graveyard, and back to your hand again with Loam. It's also a pretty solid mini-Goyf that comes down on turn one, and is a decent blocker and attacker. I don't know, just a thought.

[@ianrenfro5310]

perhaps a force of vigor in the board for the blood moon matchups?

[@anaphysik]

47:25 That Raven's Crime cast was almost certainly a misplay -- if the opponent's card was Lava Dart, then you just enabled an out for them and can no longer guaranteed-kill them unless they mess up.

[@anaphysik]

Actually, in that case they would definitely kill you if they don't misplay themselves -- Flashback Faithless Looting, then after Aria's effect resolves, flashback Lava Dart (if you try to Bolt them now or in response to Looting, they just double Dart you; if you try to to respond to the first Dart, then the second finishes you off.) FWIW, had they indeed discarded a third Lava Dart, I think the correct play would've been to mainphase Ghost Quarter one of their Steam Vents in the vain hope of tricking them into saccing it to flashback one of the Darts, which would give you a window to Bolt them in response to Aria's effect -- if they flashback the other Dart, then that plus Aria would only deal 6 and your Bolt would kill them (the first Aria trigger wouldn't have resolved and so wouldn't have added another counter). It's an unlikely-to-work plan, but it's also the only out I see at that point.

[@thecrazycapn]

I lost to Assault Loam playing Modern at Zulu's last night. When I came home afterward, I saw there was a new Much Abrew on it. Hah.

[@azlimajid2900]

Shred memory worth a try. Can tutor our 2cmc spells like wrenn, trophies and loam especially. It can exile the irritating cards in our opp GY also.

[@azlimajid2900]

I'm trying shred memory to wrenn. Quite on a budget to get him. Other cards I have already. Works well also with wrenn not in the deck.

[@t5k313]

7:02 scared me there

[@Vulcren]

1:07:28 when your dog needs to go outside and pee

[@mouse2588]

@3:34 "budget fetch lands" 😂

[@aiden1347]

mouse2588 buncha

[@jackl8025]

7:00 tel us more about this coffee

[@adriangalisteo1645]

My favorite deck of all time. What about 3x Ayula's Influence in SB to be able to make creatures instead/at the same time, you do 2dmg

[@grim3646]

Probably due to mana reasons

[@bigwig8657]

The kaya pox deck was heating on gy as a synergy to power up kaya ultra which seems one of their main win cons.

[@ExtremeMedium]

I actually think a Gruul build of this deck would be better. Main deck some Anger of the Gods and interaction to make up for the black cards, you can still Loam and Wrenn, maybe throw in a Crucible or two, Prismatic Vista to find basics when you need them in response to Blood Moon. Could be fun

[@elliotyamamoto38]

Why didn't the opponent sac their mountains with lava dart w/ aria of flame :s

[@MTGGoldfish]

They were just short of lethal I think.

[@274pacific]

Me, after coming back to MTG after many years: "Why tf is this Wrenn and Six card so expensive?!" Me, after watching this video: "ohhhh..."

[@rogueirl]

You had me at Jund.

[@CodenameJD]

Seems like Collector Ouphe was something that should have come in against Relic of Progenitus.dec

[@cpmcmillion1]

You should run the canopy lands!

[@Ahayzo]

End of M1G1 where you were concerned about being too greedy, it was actually right to go for it there. You just start by cycling the Moor, make them have the Surgical then instead of giving the chance to have it next turn too. If they Surgical, you weren't going to be getting it next turn anyways.

[@wafflesporq]

Andrew Klein actually though he is protecting himself. If they have the surgical, they need to use it before he goes to his next turn, so most likely they do it in upkeep before draw. He can respond to Surgical then by cycling the Moor and dredging the targeted loam which fizzles the surgical. If he goes straight for cycling the moor they can respond to the draw trigger by extracting loam. The safe line makes them need two surgicals to stop the loam, the greedy line means he needs a second draw to stop a surgical.

[@Ahayzo]

@@wafflesporq That's fair. I think, having already seen a Surgical that game, I'd still make the play of them not having one, rather than give them an extra chance to draw it. But you're right, I wasn't thinking about cycling in his upkeep

[@jstuckless]

I wonder if there's a Gruul version of this deck possible. Obviously that removes your discard suite but I wonder if there are RG cards worth losing it to make the mana less painful.

[@user-vi4sn9eh5l]

Wait Congrats on 200K

[@GuyFromCanada]

Wrenn and Sticks eh? I suppose you’re not wrong 0:42

[@m1n1fan]

At least it's not Wrenn and Stinks

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

Redraws from a spectacular place.

[@williamfristo1040]

Spectacular Coffee?!?!

[@benlittle5543]

My buddy has been tweaking a seismic assault deck for a while. I am excited to see a 2 color version

[@___ooobodybagooo___]

Was there a good one color or many color assault deck? I only seen 2 color. Jw

[@Sey318]

"Hit our swans, draw some..." oh, wait

[@jstuckless]

lol that Bloodbraid into the one of Anger vs an empty board... tragic.

[@chaosof99]

The second game of the first match was really decided on turn 1 when you decided to play Spellbomb instead of leading with Inquisition. If you had played Inquisition you could have played both Spellbomb and Fatal Push on turn 2. Instead you left Inquisition stranded in your hand for two turns, and it could very likely have taken Aria turn 1.

[@thefrozengoat]

amazing deck

[@Vortsukoto]

See, I'm an old fart but I'd try and find a way to use Elder Pine of Jukai as a land draw engine. Red-Green then use ramp spells for your sac-lands to fill your graveyard and empty your deck and then your cycling lands to fetch Life from the Loam. As suggested elsewhere Faithless Looting would be good too to help you dig for a win condition and mana ramp spells would help your color balance. Your big issue is the deck doesn't offer a back-up win condition if they have a solution to either half of your combo.

[@MTGGoldfish]

I had to look up ELder Pine of Jukai :)

[@darkonekosuke2]

Seth fell for the Phoenix trap, playing t1 spellbomb instead of iok meant you didn't know what game plan they were on and just got janked out. Remember: Phoenix is not a graveyard deck, it's a turbo Xerox deck that uses the graveyard.

[@carrotzone6298]

31:22 "We have all 4 left in our deck" Seth you're only playing 3 Seismic Assault

[@Pintyhet]

Spectacular.

[@Mr.CrossFire]

I want to see that GB version. Do you think Gitrog would be to extensive/ slow? Also what about doing a couple of lands for bounce lands?

[@MTGGoldfish]

I didn't really think about Gitrog, it might be worthwhile. It is expensive and slow, but seems like a powerful engine for the deck.

[@mpepp9]

6:20 ‘Graven karens’

[@Altorin]

That loam/seismic cycle is like throwing your shitty mana flooded hand at the opponent and winning

[@garrett1433]

Is mono red prowess and mono red burn the same?

[@MattiaGiardini]

you should try that green/black on stream :)

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, we'll have to give it a shot.

[@benjohnson4161]

Congrats on 200k subs! Will there be a special celebration vid?

[@RohanDeMark]

I feel like the deck needs Looting main deck and Destructive Rev in the board. Move the trackers mb and get rid of the ravens crimes?

[@RohanDeMark]

Also if more cycling lands are needed go the full four forgotten caves because consistently even thru hate you should have red mans. Maybe add Thought seize to the sb for matches where you need the targeted discard.

[@gsumbreon]

I actually think straight RG might be the way to go, running 4 Assault and 1-2 Ayula's Influence, then some number of Sheltered Thickets.

[@michapiwowarski4834]

gsumbreon 1. ayulas influence is worse than seismic 2. ggg and rrr is not castable reliably unless youre willing to deal 9 damage to yourself

[@zoidbergnoise]

Might I suggest Tectonic Reformation for the increased modality of Land Discard?

[@MTGGoldfish]

Ohh, that does sound spicy!

[@zoidbergnoise]

I'm totally not trying to use you to hype up a card I keep pulling from Modern Horizons packs, how dare you suggest that Seth.

[@zoidbergnoise]

But genuinely, I've been trying to think of a use for that card since seeing it. I know it's powerful, it just yet to have a home. Or I'm a bad judge of cards. Either or, really.

[@TravisWasntAvailable]

is Living Twister just too slow to consider adding? Seems like a good way to run more Seismic Assaults without them being totally dead draws after the first one. 2/5 body could have been pretty solid in some of these games.

[@grizzerotwofour7858]

What set are those basic forests from? Gorgeous!

[@char6547]

This deck needs gitrog and dakmor salvage because both cards would be good in it anyways.

[@MyAverageLife01]

I’m curious if he thought of a single copy of gritrog monster or the bear assault Enchantment.

[@paolorumi9882]

I am really curious to see if the brwed version is actually better

[@MTGGoldfish]

We'll have to try the updated version :)

[@crovax1375]

Force of Vigor could help to get out from under a Blood Moon lock

[@MTGGoldfish]

We might have enough green cards to make it worthwhile in the sideboard. I'll have to give it a try.

[@Kiplingi]

Assault

[@Soulless_MTG]

ib4 green mountain coffee announced as new sponser

[@JamesBonedOO7]

cut lands, trim some other stuff (maybe lili, bloodbraid), and add 4th seismic assault and faithless looting.

[@offthewalls1203]

This deck is cool. Any chance the Bant Reanimator gets played on stream this week?

[@refroggy]

Arbor dryad seems like a lock in this deck.

[@davidspangenberg3860]

this deck needs 4 faithless looting, and probably some number of magmatic insight as well

[@truetbird1730]

So whats up with all the pheonix?

[@christiangoette2315]

can we get more pauper content. plz.

[@andrewalawami1794]

I jsut saw that Small POX deck...I built one just like that...WB GY Hate..I dont have lilis though...but I do have leylines :)

[@michaelgordon7204]

I feel like this deck wants an ensnaring bridge

[@JablesTheSpartan]

7:00 wtf

[@jaredstivers]

GB loam world be better for a more consistent mana base. I was also looking at GR loam that uses flame jab as back up removal. Plus a one of wurm harvest for the grind value late game

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, there are some potentially good updates.

[@garmatey3816]

Why do I want Green Mountain Coffee all of a sudden?

[@heberccruz]

I was searching for close some tab, Seth made me think I was paranoid

[@peter92russe]

How can our mana be so bad with so many lands- said after discarded 5 lands :D :D

[@BaygelTheDog]

who else googled green mountain coffee?

[@Reevahn]

The deck should've been called Wrenn and 7 Loam (effects)

[@ImJustHereToWatch14]

Wrenn and Six Other Loams

[@Reevahn]

But there are only 3 other loams!

[@turnipy88]

Why no Looting?

[@jancukasu]

41:28 Can't we Ghost Quarter our own land, grab a Swamp, and Collective Brutality to gain 2 life? The next Assassin's Trophy can get rid of the Blood Moon and we can start to go to town!

[@VirtuaSphere]

Ghost Quarter is non-basic, so it also would be just a mountain without its usual ability.

[@sjdhrjrjejdhdhsh]

Do you think this deck could benefit from a card like Flame of the Keld or Jaya, Venerated Firemage???????????

[@danielperkins9347]

Rather than dropping Red I feel like dropping Black could make sense instead.

[@dudeofvalor9294]

Agree. Black needed Dark Confidant for the engine but Wren and Stix kinda feels like the new engine (especially with the cycling lands). Be interesting to see how the deck operates without the discard cards but a less painful mana base.

[@danielperkins9347]

Dude of Valor I think both are better options. 3 colors with RRR and 1BB seems impossible. You’d be less vulnerable to blood moon as well. Could add the bear enchantment. I think both options are more viable. I’m just more interested in RG personally.

[@benw4401]

Ren and Styx

[@ultimateo621]

Why not Ayula’s influence.

[@dallaschaffin1946]

While having the bodies and consistent damage is nice, it's more disruptable with removal as compared to shocking for throwing a land away.

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Why not zoidberg?

[@jameswilson4328]

Now play the bear version!

[@ThePhoenixPaladin]

Wrenn and six with gitrog monster pls

[@zenbrown7144]

I wish Wrenn and Six cost less, I can't even afford a single copy for my Lord Windgrace EDH deck. It would beat out Verdant Catacombs as the most expensive piece by fair margin.

[@MTGGoldfish]

Yeah, it's pretty absurdly expensive right now. Might need to open some MH1 boxes.

[@KebbieG]

Why not just run Gruul Assault? I feel like there is enough Gruul stuff to make a solid deck.

[@mattnoonan6519]

This deck was missing Faithless Looting. That would've really helped in a lot of matches and would've let you play 26-27 lands.

[@Morgormir]

I think 2 Bobs would have been fine too. 4 loams seem like way too much.

[@mattnoonan6519]

@@Morgormir @merynmtg had a more fun deck, IMO, with Ayula's Influence and Bob. Either build looks like a lot of fun.

[@beensupe]

Wrenn and “Stix”

[@gildarmesh3809]

6:59

[@brandenstrochinsky2865]

coffee

[@shwift8789]

This could be 4 a color swan deck

[@juhkystar]

I think going 4 color Swans dilutes the focus of the deck. There aren't enough lands to combo off, and not playing blue lets the mana base better support grindy options like Lilliana. If you wanted to play a Temur Seismic Swans deck tho, you just swap out the blue card draw and counterspells with Life from the Loam + Commune with the Gods, and slot a Worm's Harvest for resiliency and grind against control. I've found this to be more consistent than the Izzet version, with the downside of being more susceptible to Blood Moon with the mana base.