NO MORE TWO LANDS IN A ROW! Citadel Historic 1 Land MTG Arena

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Deck
4 Zof Consumption (ZNR) 132
4 Planewide Celebration (WAR) 172
4 Skyclave Cleric (ZNR) 40
4 Karn, the Great Creator (WAR) 1
3 Bolas's Citadel (WAR) 79
4 Oath of Kaya (WAR) 209
4 Paradise Druid (WAR) 171
4 Revival // Revenge (RNA) 228
4 Vastwood Fortification (ZNR) 216
1 Swamp (DAR) 261
4 Tangled Florahedron (ZNR) 211
4 Bala Ged Recovery (ZNR) 180
3 Chromatic Lantern (GRN) 233
1 Trail of Crumbs (ELD) 179
4 Llanowar Elves (DAR) 168
4 Gift of Paradise (M19) 184
4 Gilded Goose (ELD) 160
Sideboard
1 Bolas's Citadel (WAR) 79
1 Platinum Angel (M10) 218
1 Chromatic Lantern (GRN) 233
1 Navigator's Compass (DAR) 225
1 Forsaken Monument (ZNR) 244
1 Helm of the Host (DAR) 217
3 Wand of Vertebrae (GRN) 242
1 Ratchet Bomb (SOM) 196
1 Perilous Vault (AKR) 278
1 God-Pharaoh's Statue (WAR) 238
1 Meteor Golem (M19) 241
1 The Immortal Sun (RIX) 180
1 Traveler's Amulet (RIX) 184

[@virabhadraX]

Classic Chris: Deck introduction *this is the deck* (no golden eggs) First battle *two golden eggs in hand*

[@Voiid000]

truly the only rational thing to do when youre annoyed with hitting 2 lands with a citadel of bolas deck, just take them all out

[@jorgamund07]

36:04 The shuffler gets angry at the abuse of its algorithm and strikes back.

[@timledestructeur3586]

Berserk Soundtrack! I love you man.

[@TheFurbee18]

That intro song literally made my day ^_^ So much love for Beserk!!!

[@Frnndio]

Berserk ost = auto like kkkkk

[@stankyjankmtg3363]

@Mono Black Magic, I thought I might make the cut for this video! Played against you last night but didn’t realize it till the game was over. Very honored.

[@zyibesixdouze4863]

He's done it. The no land deck. The true jankmeister's dream

[@kingfuzzy2]

I have an obsession with landless decks so this makes me very happy

[@zyibesixdouze4863]

@@kingfuzzy2 Same, but I rwfuse to play cheerios

[@kingfuzzy2]

@@zyibesixdouze4863 yeah cantrips can be boring

[@kingfuzzy2]

: D oh yes there's a few of those that are quite entertaining

[@haveiszalfaroqie1628]

WotC: Nooo, you must build with ideal 1/3 land ratio! MBM: haha, no land deck goes brrrrrrrr

[@somecallmejorge2462]

I love that you have an entirely separate channel for tryharding games to get better and avoid mistakes.. And yet forgot to turn the mic on to record for it. 😭😂

[@bedwarssweat6205]

Which channel?

[@MowJoeJoJo]

This opener. I love this opener. I laughed so hard. God bless you MBM for making me laugh over and over again in each of your videos!

[@TheSailorKing]

Oh my dark lord at 28:03 you could also win with Chromatic Lantern turned into creature with Karn These intros and you in general makes my day (sorry I'm not a member or patreon although you deserve it)

[@diegotejada55]

The Guts theme in the intro hits different

[@AleksTufte]

Fun deck idea. Just wanted to give you a shout out, I love the creative decks you showcase. I played you on the ladder tonight and you crushed me, haha.

[@kamilkrol977]

What an amazing deck! Also it looks like it doesn.'t need many rare/mythic wildcards to complete. Big Thanks for showing it to us MONO BLACK MAGIC

[@lucagiovanninieddu2603]

Crazyyy... this is why I am still subscribed! Best deck 🤩 Also Rambunctious Mutt op... pls ban 🤣

[@emptiness2538]

A true European Hero. God Bless You Sir !!!

[@rakkis1576]

Karn can actually fetch citadel directly from exile.

[@underwherewhore]

That would have been nutty. I've never gotten to see karn used that way

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

He seems to grab something with Karn before actually thinking about what he should grab with Karn. I doubt he even noticed the "exile" button.

[@leonc4653]

now u mention this, the last game became a big facepalm of a win

[@Jero1020]

In an unexpected turn of events more than 80% of Jankometers around the world exploded today during morning hours CT. Scientist believe the triggering signal came from the pacific somewhere near the Japan.

[@christianolsson2898]

at 17:17 the card states "Shuffle up to five target cards", not shuffle your library.

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

Shuffling 5 cards into your library would imply shuffling your library, I would presume. I think the fact that there was still a citadel on top was just an MTGA shuffler moment.

[@christianolsson2898]

@@Thesaurus_Rex Na, MTG is way too literal, if they state "target" it's just that and not a random all shuffle.

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

@@christianolsson2898 So how exactly would one shuffle cards into the library _without_ shuffling the library itself?

[@christianolsson2898]

@@Thesaurus_Rex A number of ways I guess, otherwise you'd shuffle the entire deck whereas the text says "five target cards... into your library". I guess it should say "...bottom of your library" like most cards would with that sort of text. I feel like they probably forgot to add the "bottom" part. But it's a good question you have that points out some real problems with the card's text. By the looks of it on the video the 5 cards are semi-randomly without affecting the top card, put into the deck.

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

@@christianolsson2898 Again, pretty sure the top card stayed the same just because RNG can be a pain sometimes. The top card doesn't usually stay the same when using that Wand of Vertebrae ability.

[@evandalton5742]

Dark Lord, much respect for getting ANY wins with this deck! Tried this deck in historic ranked and lost 13 games in a row before getting a win by attacking with a florahedron. Deck loses to: turn one Thoughtseize (every time); any creature larger than 1/1 (most games); any deck that wins by attacking with creatures. It is fun sticking a citadel, but I never had enough life to make it work for me. Love the Jank though!

[@LeMuzi]

Love this Berserk Music....excellent vid

[@Mr10ley]

O love The thumb of Nazaré Tedesco. I'm from Brasil :D

[@marzix427]

Ya, that 1 land in the deck seems like a real liablity. Also, it's better to get some of those creatures out there rather than using them as a land in the first place so you have 10 nonland permaments to sacrifice. There is also other creatures that gain life upon etb as well that may be better than the Trail of Crumbs.

[@ayties5113]

As in 38:02 you trying to cast Perilous Vault, maybe you should include 1 copy of Ashaya. It will make all our creatures Land Forests, isn't effected by PV and you you got a mana source for creatures, that normaly don't creat mana. And it would pump itself cause of the "play-for-free"-stratergy.

[@obadijahparks]

You are a mad genius!!! You sick minded genius! Thank you

[@HenrykBudzinski]

Man, I laughed a lot in that opening

[@leolafortune1255]

Awesome deckbuilding as always, my Lord. This inspired me to make Gideon of the Trials deck with Bolas Citadel, no lands and Approach of the Second Sun. Gideon's emblem says we can't lose the game. With this emblem and Gideon in play we can go below zero lifepoints, play everything in our deck until we hit Approach of the Second Sun and play it again.

[@mr.picklemurri5410]

Unfortunately you can't pay life you don't have

[@leolafortune1255]

@@mr.picklemurri5410 Damn, thank you for the tip, Mr. Pickle.

[@aetherae]

Next time: You can use Karn’s ability to get any exiled artifact.

[@dakotajones321]

It didnt seem to give him the option to for some reason

[@IronRoper]

@@dakotajones321 If you pause at 39:36 you can see that it's currently showing the Sideboard, which is the blue button behind him. He would have to click the black Exile button to see the Citadel.

[@amarauk9687]

It was only a matter of time before this happened in mtg:arena, like it did in modern That second opponent's name tho'

[@gragrim]

That is my ring tone! I thought someone was calling me

[@FromAgonyToLight]

This deck is terrifying!! One card combo!!

[@yrden99]

1 land belcher and manaless dredge approve this deck. Awesome Sir ! Awesome, really.

[@GodBreathed77]

Dude, can't believe you somehow came back from that last game like that haha! This deck is amazing. The guy had no idea that was coming.

[@realtalk143]

Shoutout on the next video please! Totally enjoying this! I also like the berserk theme

[@TheShalestorm]

Here from the Future :) Due away with the concept of some of the healing carts i replaced Revival Revenge with 3 copies of Aetherflux Resevoir.....It's increadible. Just hit 1.2k health before i decided to blast my opp lol

[@LordKaramazovsk]

Thanks for this video, the Berserk song almost makes me cry, thanks indeed!

[@pefp2008]

The last opponent was an idiot sacrificing the white leylines..... The only thing that kept them safe. Facepalm

[@dakotajones321]

Actually i dont think the opponent saccing the white leylines is the reason they lost, all the cards that mbm played that affected that opponent's life total said each opponent, not target. Sure he had the revenge's but he never played them

[@chaosmastermind]

I feel your pain dude. My very first twitch live stream I played Diablo 3 for like 2 hours with the microphone muted. AND NOBODY IN CHAT BOTHERED TO TELL ME. I was commentating and making jokes the entire time. >.

[@UmbraPhi]

This deck needs to play Charming Prince. An actual net positive for life or scry away something you don't like.

[@charlesleninja]

It risks being a dead card in hand tho

[@charlesleninja]

Reservoir flux in the sideboard wouldn't be bad.

[@UmbraPhi]

@@charlesleninja With 19 White sources it would be a body with scry two at worst right?

[@charlesleninja]

@@UmbraPhi Didnt realise he had 19 sources, thought it was more like 8, then yes, it'd be a great card

[@randychen8703]

27:08 You could have cast the recovery side for the oath of kaya and hard cast it to kill them.

[@MrTottenheimer]

That was a creative deck!!!

[@donttoywithfloris]

Made a few changes to make this deck more consistent, and replaced some sideboard cards that made no sense to me ;-) Most important additions are Bond of Flourishing and Treasure Map, as well as the mana Druids. I think a few more Mammoths and one more Celebration would be good but I don't have them. I'm not a huge fan of Revenge because it's only good if you have a life total to speak of, and this deck is slow. If you have any suggestions please let me know, I do think this is a fun deck (though not super competitive). Deck 4 Zof Consumption (ZNR) 132 3 Planewide Celebration (WAR) 172 4 Skyclave Cleric (ZNR) 40 4 Karn, the Great Creator (WAR) 1 2 Bolas's Citadel (WAR) 79 4 Oath of Kaya (WAR) 209 4 Revival // Revenge (RNA) 228 4 Vastwood Fortification (ZNR) 216 4 Tangled Florahedron (ZNR) 211 4 Bala Ged Recovery (ZNR) 180 3 Chromatic Lantern (GRN) 233 4 Treasure Map (XLN) 250 4 Gift of Paradise (M19) 184 4 Incubation Druid (RNA) 131 1 Kazandu Mammoth (ZNR) 189 4 Bond of Flourishing (WAR) 155 3 Leafkin Druid (M20) 178 Sideboard 1 Bolas's Citadel (WAR) 79 1 Platinum Angel (M10) 218 1 Chromatic Lantern (GRN) 233 1 Navigator's Compass (DAR) 225 1 Grafdigger's Cage (M20) 227 1 Helm of the Host (DAR) 217 2 Wand of Vertebrae (GRN) 242 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue (WAR) 238 1 Meteor Golem (M19) 241 1 The Immortal Sun (RIX) 180 1 Tormod's Crypt (M21) 241 1 Transmogrifying Wand (M19) 247 1 Sorcerous Spyglass (ELD) 233 1 Fountain of Renewal (M19) 235

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

Would Gary be a fit here? It should at least refund itself if there's a Citadel on the board, which makes it better than Zof Consumption for the deck's win con (though obviously Gary isn't a land, so it couldn't fully replace Zof).

[@donttoywithfloris]

@@Thesaurus_Rex That's a nice suggestion, I'm going to try it.

[@bushmantheanimal]

The berzerk music in the intro, im fucking dead

[@TimeWalk936]

We need another round with this briliant deck!

[@thehatebringer8005]

i think ajanis welcome would make this deck insane because then when you find the cheap mana dorks on the top they will also give you life back and if you find multiple copies of ajanis welcome it will start gaining you extra life

[@obadijahparks]

Please make another version of this deck. I can see more jank potential here.

[@SuperWine7]

Amazing deck! The only thing I'd like to ask is how many matches did you lose. Usually in historic I lose on the opponent's 3rd turn. It's amazing seeing how many times they didn't finish you off that fast. Were those matches edited out?

[@jonasnow]

The madman gets Citadel on top...twice in a row

[@urias134]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss! Another bolas' citadel deck from the dark lord

[@alejandroespinanavarro4875]

Ooou i loving it, remembers me the Belcher decK it could be amazing here but it's a pitty that isn't at MTGa

[@xxskabxx]

Yeah that game two confused me too with after shuffling cards into deck why it behaved that way with bolas citadel

[@jbrown1381]

Yeah what was that? Looked like a glitch

[@xxskabxx]

@@jbrown1381 mine has been glitching. Names on the cards disappearing. Mana costs literally 3-4 inches big on the card. And Chinese letter alongside the card. I got pictures but can’t post them in chat. Crazy af. I just have to restart the client. Hasn’t affected the gameplay. But strange none the less

[@jbrown1381]

Scooty Puff Jr suuuuucks

[@kemejia05]

i love refrigertors

[@Fucyankee]

UAHAUHUAHUAUAHU A NAZARÉ NA THUMB

[@blabik]

You could maybe try one or two Ugins, that will make artifacts 2 cheaper, so eggs will be free, his +1 could remove some bad top card and -3 some bad creature.

[@dakotajones321]

Cost reduction actually wouldnt alter the amount of life he has to pay for the citadel, as citadel specifically references paying life equal to the cmc of the card on top

[@blabik]

@@dakotajones321 That's a shame.

[@bikerpepe]

Is that Berserker that I heard ?

[@MCKepitz]

Interesting choice to not have the reservoir but it does make it more entertaining for sure

[@cracken3010]

Señor

[@TheLiquidpower]

Berserk in the first 30 seconds of the video: .....You son of a bitch, I'm in.

[@TheEase1]

You can use berserk theme all the time now. Just perfekt. Also i would you as a President.

[@user-qh6ot7hn3j]

😱😱😱😱 супер идея!

[@tedgop1932]

I loooove the deck!!

[@nervedamage3097]

I wonder if you could make this work the same way with bolas's citadel, forsaken monument and mystic forge?

[@Jero1020]

I predicted this, thank you Dark lord i new you wouldn't let us down.

[@pavlatoar]

hah, that´s genious:) You did it sir...you did it again

[@Merit_Liege]

The best deck EVER!

[@NekoDalian]

tfw you realize it's *pay* life rather than *lose* life

[@placebounicorn2325]

12:24 I have been watching your videos for months and months now, but this is the first time I remember seeing you eating something. I always thought you would feed on the souls of crushed scrubs (or is that what you are eating here?).

[@tallguykai]

Ah yes, another dank intro.

[@unai49999]

This was matter of time. Nice intro btw

[@natelinhart114]

This is one of my favorite decks ever lol

[@MichaelLawing]

I love everything about this

[@xxskabxx]

Rectum damn near killed em

[@grantwilliams1597]

Lol this deck is amazing

[@ichweissnichtgenau92]

I Play with 10 Lands and Aetherflux Reservoir, scheming symmetry, once and Future. Op shit i can tell you😂

[@mtgpaupercommander2983]

couldn't he go into the negative with platinum angel on the field? Or is he not able to pay for citadel once he goes below 0?

[@dakotajones321]

You cannot pay life if you do not have a sufficient amount of life to pay, and you cannot pay with negative life total

[@DopeyDopes]

glorious deck darklord

[@socesco]

Last play with 2 revenge on hand and no leyline on board, just play karn to fetch citadel instead to go from 14 to 28 and 56 opponent 16 8 4

[@ReiTuG]

amazing deck! keep it up!

[@LordMagnetron]

The last time I was this early, I posted the video myself

[@bottlebrushgames5556]

The berserk play 1 land

[@infinymagnus]

I just watched this and realized I ran into someone playing this deck (Not you unfortunately) this afternoon.

[@napoearth]

Brilliant!

[@omgopet]

You fucking madman, this could genuniely be legit. People are already playing 0 land combo decks in modern and legacy. Honestly, this deck just needs a fair plan, probably Vito and a lifegain package.

[@r4g1ngph03n1x]

Thats the smartest way I have ever seen someone waste their Gilded Goose mana.

[@thomasmiller8289]

You needed the swamp to artificially handicap yourself😊

[@smoraptor]

Couldn't you put smothering tithe in here for more mana?

[@DerLhurgoyf]

Jank is back on the menu, guys!

[@Rusaarules]

If I tried this deck, I swear I would still only pull lands cause fuck me.

[@mateocossani8231]

Genius!

[@maykonschier]

Nazareth meme here I am glad I am Brasilian

[@TheMisleduser]

Damn. I bet he wishes he wouldnt have sacrificed his layline.

[@Deadpool-xt1jo]

could you do a commander like this???????

[@pyredynasty]

Farmer in the del Farmer in the del Actually this deck could use a little Vito.

[@FloatingParticles-wl5wk]

Deck list ?

[@andreaspooky6183]

Never understood why you can't go negative with Bolas Citadel on. The card text does not say anything pertaining it.

[@dkznikolaj7013]

I believe its because there is some rule saying you cant pay more life than you have.... That begs the question, can you pay life when you're at negative life and has a platinum angel?

[@Grimauld1]

I'm guessing that's because it says "pay life" as a cost, so if you don't have life then you can't "pay" the cost.

[@andreaspooky6183]

Can't find anything about this specific case: only ruling i find about this is that Platinum Angel let you live even with negative hp.

[@andreaspooky6183]

@@Grimauld1 subtle, but can easily be the reason. Thx m8.

[@dkznikolaj7013]

@@andreaspooky6183 Okay, i looked it up. I cant find the exact ruling anywhere, but according to some judges, its like this: "If you're at negative life, you can't pay life. You can't pay more life than you have, even if you're above 0. Note that having an Abyssal Persecutor out doesn't prevent you from losing, it prevents your opponent from losing. There is no maximum or minimum life in Magic". So there is probably a rule somewhere saying that.

[@benjaminmealer2618]

Who wants to tell him this is an hour early?

[@Menelker]

Daylight savings isn't for everyone.

[@kronozord8346]

Daylight Savings?!

[@xaveristunderrattet4663]

geniuuuuuus

[@meatrace]

*Hears Berserk music* I'M GONNA LIKE THIS VIDEO SO HARD YOU WILL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE!

[@dittmar104]

would trade the trail of crumbs for season of growth

[@kenjirokawamura5967]

天才

[@ccsquared2442]

4 hour session without the mic = maximim OOF