Mtg Deck Tech: Abzan Control in Ixalan Standard!

[@vikinghammer4561]

im new to mtg and watching your videos really helped me out. Not only you create good decks, which we can put to test, but you explain every card and its role - making it much easier for a player like me to know when to swipe out something from sideboard to main deck and how to pilot this deck in certain matchups. Thank you for your work you put in those vids man :)!

[@joshbowdish9851]

I want to make the case for Ixalan's binding, especially in multiples. The sorcery speed might be killing it, but permanently answering legendary permanents is completely amazing. If you cast out a Scarab God, they can still cast another one, but if you Ixalan's binding it, the most popular answer right now is Cast out. If you Ixalan's Binding on the Cast out, you can 1) maybe redirect your binding, 2) never ever get cast out again, getting ever closer to really locking those cards clear out of the game. Idk. Card's been amazing for me in slower games.

[@juanzavala4981]

I really like this deck. I have been playing grixis pirates tokens decks but really thinking I wanna drive this a try looks really fun thanks for the explanations and effort you put into all your videos

[@TripsAhoy]

This is what we wanna See! Competitive deck techs! Budget is cool tho but decks like this are way better. Keep up the good work bro.

[@tomh8497]

I love how you look to where you edit the card in, nice touch man

[@Juhheli]

We need a jundquestions deck then.

[@shorewall]

Just when they think they have all the answers, I change the questions!

[@joshgooding3273]

+Shorewall strange music!

[@claytonleal7947]

Lost legacy in the side is a personal favorite of mine. You name the second sunrise or the big threat in B/U. Plus against ramunap u name hazoret against energy you can name hydra or cub and just gimp them hard.

[@tinss619]

what do you think about 1 copy of torment of hailfire as a super win con against midrange, or maybe swap one caracal for 1 fumigate

[@MemoryLaneWizard]

Welp, there goes the budget Great deck tech as always, though! Thanks for all you do, Dev ^^

[@chrisbotful]

I can only see this type of deck getting better after rivals launches, and that is because of one card Mastermind's acquisition this is just because of the utility it provides.

[@Blackmystix]

You weren't wrong

[@FlatEarthTalk]

Hey Dev, love the deck! Just wanted to say I like that you're upping your content and making an end screen, but I wanted to point out to you that you cannot actually click on those videos and all you need to do is keep the end screen blank (not put on the thumbnails) and then just add them in your creator studio by going to the creator studio, clicking on video manager, then clicking on the title of your video you want to add the end screen and then there should be a tab that says "end screen and annotations" From there you can actually add a patreon button, subscribe button, and video thumbnails that you can actually click on. You can have up to four of these elements on your end screen. When video editing, keep the outro 20 seconds long, because 20 seconds from the end of the video is where you can start to add these buttons. If you want an example check out one of my recent videos and scroll to the last 20 seconds to see what I mean. Hope this helps you!

[@Arghore]

While i won't be shelling out av. $200,- every time you bring out a deck, and pretty likely will never shell out that amount for a deck, i do very much like these deck techs !! Because let's face it, no matter what deck you play, once you play there is a pretty big chance to go up against (one or more of) these decks. And like the saying goes: "Knowing is half the battle", which i think is especially the case in Magic. So even though my personal focus is on fun budget decks, i still want to be seeing these deck-techs to know what i'm brewing against/for.

[@CyberSecond]

Dev, I have been testing a RB construct agro deck with vanquishers banner. It is pretty competitive and even 2-0 4 color energy at my local fnm. You should do a deck teck

[@wardog995]

I've been playing a 4 of glint sleeve since pre-release. I have seen it includes in a tone of decks. No one ever runs gonit's machinations with it besides me. I feel like a lightning helix that only goes at an opponents face is good. Anyway Dev what do you think?

[@andrewmarinkovich8657]

Thanks, Dev. Can a case be made for playing Ixalan's Bindings over Cast Out main deck? Yes, you lose the Flash but the ability to keep them from playing other copies of the card you enchant is really strong.

[@nicholaslott4575]

Any way you could do Bant Cat's. I have a Cat Tribal that has great match ups in Mono-Red, Temur energy, UB, Control, Tokens, pretty much everything except Approach Decks. There is no defense in GW to a Settle the Wreckage. Was thinking of splashing Blue for Counters.

[@ulyssesvogel1797]

What do y'all think about a kind tower deck, sounds dope and can make absurd amounts of energy w tower, winding constrictor, and bristling hydras

[@chocolatte7769]

Awsome vids!! Detailed and helpful.

[@feetoffthesky1]

This deck rules! Wish I could afford it, super glad that you are so budget minded bud!

[@wesleysinclair9485]

Brian Butcher it's magic, if you can't afford a tier one deck then you shouldn't be playing.

[@chrisbartkowicz2759]

Carnage Tyrant subs in for ? and against ? Same questions for Scavenger Grounds. Thanks!!!

[@lanterngeist5592]

What was the vraska replacing in the purely BW build out of interest?

[@SideboardMTG]

About to run this deck on my live stream.... What does Gids come in for?

[@divineinfekt7106]

Would love to see a good budget deck around vraska relic seeker!

[@SadaParkour]

Hey Dev nice content as always ! How do you "proxy" a deck please ?

[@bcmaledragon]

Hmm...No Walk the Plank or Vraska's Contempt's main. Also no Authority of the Consuls in the side....? As for Vona blocking and using it's ability it can't happen because it say's only during YOUR TURN. Deck is ok but could use some work.

[@perrywhitlow]

i very much like this deck, i am going to do some testing this week with it.

[@rumplestiltskin3217]

Will you be at the GP in Atlanta next month?

[@mtgravesmash599]

7:24 was that chris farley?

[@mightyhulk1483]

How do you answer Hazoret in GR? I'm looking to revive my sideboard for my pummeler deck, its struggling against the gods

[@CyberSecond]

Aaron Amanda hour of devastation is basically all you got

[@mightyhulk1483]

Doesn't stop scarab god..

[@josedelavega7907]

Puncturing Blow deals with it in Red.

[@michaelmendez3572]

You can run some blue with botanical sanctum, evolving wilds and a single island and you can sideboard in essence scatter for creatures and negate for everything non creature (Chandra). Even confiscation coup

[@JoshyuaGorgon]

Saffron olive didn’t a segment for answering Gods on his channel you should check it out

[@geo088]

I played this deck on showdown. 1st game lose 0-2 vs temur energy 2nd. Game won 2-0 vs bolas preconstructed. 3rd. Tie 1-1 vs femur Energy 4rd. Tie 1-1 against GWU approach. And other showdown. 1st. Won 2-0 vs red deck capture your creatures and fling them. 2nd. Tie:1-1 vs GR Gods energy. 3rd. Loss 2-0.vs Temur Energy 4rd Loss 1-0 vs Black Aggro. So I played it as fast as I could, to avoid ties, most of time I didn't found a winning condition, I'm thinking on leaving it or maybe include some torment of hailfire. Any suggestions?

[@geo088]

My sb included authority of consul, lost legacy

[@chrisladouceur4093]

Been building this deck on the side. Almost finished. Played with it a bit online and was having a hard time. Not sure if I'm playing it too aggressively or just not facing what the deck is intended to answer. My local meta is a little weird but the top players are often playing UB ctrl, UW approach, or energy variants. Will be interested to see how it works, I've got my concerns. I've come 1st place in the last few events though using a RW homebrew so will keep running that until I have a reason to switch. It's unexpected, keeps ppl on their toes lol

[@alicedenightmare]

Ok question How does fatal push work with creatures that cost X of XX?

[@geo088]

joshua81709 walking ballista dies on fatal push, doesn't matter how many mana you sepend on it.

[@orboflighter6085]

Building a gonti blink deck, so fun.

[@ZakkiOrichalcumTheTCGGraveyard]

I would say things like Noxious Gearhulk and Authority of the Consuls could be good to answer something things. Noxious good as generally our strategy and Authority is good against Tokens but amazing against Red.

[@mustang18530]

I need help. My nephews and I just started playing MTG and we each got an ixalan deck builders toolkit. I was hoping someone could make a pirates/dinosaur/vampire/merfolk deck list ONLY from what's in the deck builders toolkit. I know it won't be good or competitive but i'm interested in what kind of deck you can make.

[@razieltaung4845]

mustang1853 not every toolkit will be identical... many cards will be the same, but not all (thats why they label them as semi-randomized)

[@JamFlexx]

Just read the cards, pick your favorite colors, and your favorite tribes from Ixalan ! No shame in building your own deck for tabletop sessions, if you really want to step to the next level look up budget deck techs. They are out there

[@mustang18530]

We ended up dividing the three tool kits into the four types of creatures. I got pirates and merfolk one of my nephews got dinosaurs and the other got vampires. I made a b/r pirate, b/b pirate and g/b merfolk. My nephews made a b/w vampire, w/r dinosaur, r/g dinosaur.

[@Arghore]

+mustang1853 Nice way to solve it :) ... most important is to have fun, esp. when just starting out ... While it will likely be impossible to un-divide the cards (and if everybody is happy then i think you shouldn't - but mostly to let you know: ) the 'normal' way to go about a situation like this is to each play with the cards they got, so everybody has his box of cards and makes the best deck he/she can, and play with those (and try and build different decks for the different play session if you'd want). Then when ever you all feel like it, you each add a booster to the box (or a couple), and keep expanding the box of cards that you can play with. (this is what i generally referred to as a 'toolbox league' )... again though, if you all got what you wanted, combining the contents of the boxes into tribes has given you all much stronger decks each, because you now end up with 4 copies of cards, as well as more synergy in the decks and likely also more stronger creatures over all... One thing that i do not like persee about this way, is that you are less likely to try out different colors, unless of course you play with each other's decks, which i would recommend, so that you all learn how the different colors play by actually doing it... i started with 2 free packs, in 2 colors, and it took me quite some time to get out of that 'comfort zone' of what i knew and try other colors, bit of a shame. So, i'dd recommend to also play with each other's decks, so you each get a better idea of what each color is about, and as such grow quicker as a magic player. :) last thing to mention, do make sure everybody has their land packs (both basic and duals) and the evolving wilds for themselves, and do not divide these up along side the colors of the tribes. This because these cards (basics most noticeably) can be added to every deck, so say one of you decides to go to FNM or Pre-release, or buys another product (bundle f/e) they will be able to build the decks they want because they will have the mana/land cards to build them. (ps. obviously when you all come together to play you can borrow each other's dual lands for the color combination you are playing, but when apart it's going to be helpful to have at least the land cards that came with 'your box' if you get what i mean. :) ... and have fun :) ... ohw, and if you 3 all like magic, and there is just 3 of you, i would suggest maybe all asking a pre-constructed 'Commander Deck' for Christmas, these commander type games are played multiplayer, so you each can play at the same time. just an idea ...

[@mustang18530]

At first we each kept our own toolkits and experimented with a variety of decks but the decks we made were inconsistent and all over the place. Since we split the toolkits up we've enjoyed the decks we made so far. We now can run four copies of cards and overall consistency is so much better. We did run each others deck today and it was an eye opener to how the different archetypes function.(My nephew with the vampires made a surprisingly good b/w vampire token deck today.) Oh and we didn't split the lands up. Question about the Commander decks tho. You stated that "commander type games are played multiplayer". Since there's three of us does that really mean all three of us can play at the same time in the same game ? Any who it has been so much fun playing MTG with my nephews. They ask me everyday since we started "Let's play magic unk !" and i can't turn them down. It's too much fun and it's also a great way to spend time with them. Btw I do appreciate the time and effort you put into your reply. Thank you.

[@datkros6945]

One question, any idea where Ajani Unyielding could fit in?

[@wumbo5560]

Datkros no where he is terrible in standard right now

[@honestheuristic5467]

What's the song at the start of the video?

[@MojoVince]

What about Hour of Glory to get 20 bucks reduction.

[@Police94]

Dev do you take deck list for submissions?

[@elginjames1744]

Couldn't we drop the green and add the red? We could use Huatli. Also what about Aerial Responder

[@aces6123]

Interesting deck, what would you sub in for ballista?

[@tinss619]

i personally like hailfire, it has the same effect to where if we draw it late game it does work and early on if we done enough damage we could even make them sac permanents or discard cards, which is what we are looking for.

[@e5205]

anyone know an alternative to walking ballista? I live in canada and I can't find them anywhere

[@e5205]

Hymen Hitman yes but scg takes too long to ship, cardkingdom and tcgplayer don't ship to Canada and the store I buy from online doesn't have them

[@chrisladouceur4093]

Try from Thunder Games & Gifts. Tell them Chris sent you lol. You'll find that there are many smaller stores across Canada that do online and are hardly ever picked over. Some with wicked deals. Wizard's Tower in Ottawa is another good option

[@e5205]

Chris Ladouceur yeah I usually buy from wizards tower, I'll check out thunder next time though. thanks!

[@Melekith]

www.cardmarket.com/en/Magic

[@aaronorbik5531]

What is the intro music?

[@jimvilain8420]

i wish sometimes we could see ur decks in actions :(

[@Alexhandre13]

That outro song from Persona 5! Kreygasm

[@1AbsoluteZERO]

I'm wondering why you aren't using Angel of Invention over Regal Caracal. Is it because the kittens have lifelink?

[@9-b_b-9]

Ixalans binding is nuts id put 2 copies in the deck 1 in main and 1 in side.

[@1AbsoluteZERO]

I get why Vraska's Contempt is so good, I agree. But if your main goal is to have answers to the most problematic creatures (Hazoret and scarab god), wouldn't hour of glory be a better alternative?

[@chrisladouceur4093]

L Naveja 1 more mana to gain 2 life isn't that great, true, BUT having it available to stop a Gideon, Chandra, Bolas, or other planeswalker makes it gold. Only other way in this deck is using a Cast Out or beating face. I've got a deck that runs 7 planes walkers competitively. Vraska's is another answer on 1 card

[@1AbsoluteZERO]

Chris Ladouceur I understand that. But I believe the video mentioned about having creature issues (ie hazoret and the scarab good). Now I do agree if there are Planeswalker issues that Vraska's contempt is a better option, however I think it would be meta dependent. To be honest the only reason why I was wondering is because Hour of Glory is a better choice to completely remove God's from the game

[@WesTheGiant]

Aren't those the online prices and not the paper ones?

[@fantasygameshow3172]

why not ajani ?

[@jackpabich763]

Can we see a budget U/B Control deck?

[@carlosleon8535]

How about instead of live fast you use Sword-Point Diplomacy?

[@the_one_who_changes1191]

Make a blue black mill deck tech for standard with cards like fraying sanity and fleet swallower

[@jacobusstefanusvandervyver4211]

Awesome deck dev

[@MagicStew]

I was trying to watch this on my phone in one hand, and eating lunch with the other hand, and I messed up and tried to eat Dev.

[@joshuadyas7786]

Liked it and the price it try it out and tell you about it

[@k98killer]

You cannot block with Vona and then activate. "Activate this ability only on your turn." He is best utilized by swinging in and then activating. Very aggressively tilted card.

[@refuse2lose1985]

But Dev, Vons can only use it's ability on your own turn.

[@xaldath4265]

Phillip Fitchew Correct. Can't black and use ability.

[@xaldath4265]

Block *

[@noahsmith9330]

Thats not true. You can use a tap ability on their second main

[@xaldath4265]

Noah, Vona's ability can only be activated on your own turn. If you are blocking with it, then it isn't your turn.

[@haxpet]

It's fine if you make these competitive decks, you can always make one budget and then tell us on how to make the budget deck better.

[@Drathys]

Cool deck

[@davidesangiorgi955]

i think that abzan token is just better, it is not much different, plenty of removal and boardwipe and the 3 enchantments combo.. vraska really shine when anointed procession is down

[@ronmarshall1566]

Man I just pull a vraska in a pack from walmart

[@elite2defeatgaming706]

Why is green in this deck it is only for vraska and Carnage tyrant ? Seems useless

[@SBMTG]

Plenty of decks splash a color for just one card. Four-color energy? The only blue card in that whole deck is the scarab god. One-card splashes are very common

[@obviouslylee]

I think Vraska's Contempt in the main as well as Fumigate, and duress in the board. I also dont like Glint Sleeve in this deck. I would go: 4 Gifted Aetherborn, 2 Ballista, 2 Caracal, 1 Carnage Tyrant,

[@JamFlexx]

Saw a Nats replay from tonight where U/B control won a tough matchup against R/W approach. He did so by siding in Glint-Sleeve game two, while his opponent sided out his creature removal as most people will do against control. The card is just good as an early threat

[@obviouslylee]

Jam Flex Arent you proving my point though? That is why it isnt good in the main.

[@MD-tb6eh]

The odds of having double black mana sources turn 2 are incredibly low. Trying to rely on a turn 2 GA is a losing battle

[@obviouslylee]

Michael Denis I disagree. He already has 3 in the main. It is a two colour deck splashing for green. And you dont need it on turn 2 in this deck.

[@MD-tb6eh]

There are plenty of matchups you would want this turn two

[@kaisersouzei]

its called 'scry the bones' thank yyyouuu.

[@phillipdemi8689]

Forsaken sanctuary I thought had left standard

[@refuse2lose1985]

Phillip Demi it's in a welcome deck or something, I think.

[@SBMTG]

It's in amonkhet

[@louislavoie383]

Strictly Better MtG it's not in Ahmonket and not in the plainwalker deck. But it is in commander 2017. So how can it be legal in standard?

[@perrywhitlow]

all you have to do is go to tcg player and take a look it's printed as a common in ammonket, some one said it's in the deckbuilders kit.

[@andrijadrobnjakovic9920]

Dev put painful lesson instead of live fast. You can finish your opponent if you ulty your Vraska.

[@apaz-cli]

I guess most of the cards in the deck qualify as "answers," it's just that most of them are really bad, really clunky answers to threats that don't currently exist in standard.

[@jaiwavy1401]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEEEE DO GRIXIS CONTROL NEXT‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@abenz419]

Hope you never run into another control deck..... like U/B control or Approach of the second sun control..... having 20 cards in the main deck that can remove permanents means you have 20 cards that are dead in 2 popular matchups in this current meta. So as long as your local meta is nothing but temur and other creature based decks then you got a chance with this deck, if your local meta has even a handful of control players and you're punting game 1 in like 1/3rd of your potential matchups.

[@SBMTG]

Fatal push is dead game vs UB, but none of the other removal pieces are. They run Scarab God and Torrential so Cast Out/Settle are very much live. Also Field of Ruin is one of those cards that removes permanents, and it's far from dead in that match; ditto Doomfall, which can make them sac a God/Hulk or force a discard. It's a lot deeper than "removal is dead against control"

[@SBMTG]

Also, we don't punt game 1 vs Approach. We're playing 5 maindeck cards that can rip an approach out of their hand, and a bunch of cards that can deal with Gideon. It's almost like you heard me say "we're playing 20 things that remove permanents" and commented immediately instead of looking at the deck as a whole

[@abenz419]

you will never sit down against U/B control or Approach with a hand of Doomfall, cast out, and settle the wreckage and be excited about what you have because it may be live in 10 turns. Settle the wreckage can be played around, just ask anyone playing approach right now..... people are becoming aware, and assuming your opponent isn't always going to be the dumbest player ever.... they'll be aware too. Settle can't touch their Scarab God if they're just marching Zombies at your face playing like a semi-intelligent person. It'll probably hit gearhulks more regularly but most likely it's already come in, cast them a spell for free, and blocked profitably before you answered it. In other words, it generated a ton of value for them before your situational spell could give them a land when it attacked. It also can't hit a gearhulk before it attacks, meaning the control deck will have full untapped mana available when they attack which drastically decreases the success rate of Settle the Wreckage. Doomfall is also only situationally good against the Scarab God as well. They have to have less than 4 mana available and have no counter magic, or have no creature in a graveyard to target for Doomfall to touch a Scarab God that has resolved. Relying on it to rip it out of hand is situational at best as well. It's not enough to just be able to resolve a Doomfall against them, you have to do it at a time when they actually have the Scarab God in hand. So no, I didn't just hear you say you have 20 things that remove permanents and comment. I looked at the deck list and said to myself, if half those cards literally do nothing (i.e. Fatal Push) and the other half are entirely situational (i.e. doomfall) then having 20 cards in the mainboard that remove permanents means you essentially have 20 cards that are dead game 1 in control match ups. So, anyone playing in a meta that has any bit of control in it will be punting away game 1 in some number of their potential match ups all depending on how prevalent control is locally for them. I don't know, maybe we just have different definitions of "punting a game", but I feel like when you're playing a deck where half of your non land cards either do nothing or only maybe do something then that should qualify as punting the game especially considering that you'll enter that match up assuming game 1 is a loss every time. I'm not saying it's physically impossible to win game 1, but when you do, it will come entirely as a surprise not as an expectation.

[@kylehendrix1065]

tokens please

[@johnwebb3298]

Came out a minute ago...👍

[@maddcadets]

I just like hearing you talk lmao

[@2236UmbrellaCorp]

Rap Deck Tech?!?!

[@Soulless_MTG]

earliest ive ever been here lol

[@vandy3427]

Hi

[@rharris6060]

Show us ub control!!!!!!

[@SecretlyANarwhal]

Wazzup

[@anthonymentalewicz5143]

Need a rap

[@DonovanPresents]

Quite a loud intro.

[@magicfortrolls9853]

Lol

[@littlej211]

I do prefer the cheaper decks