The Deck vs Mono Green, MTG 93/94 | Old School

In today's MtG 93/94 battle, we see the legendary "The Deck" take on my budget mono Green Stompy deck. Can my budget deck make a dent into the most powerful deck in Old School Magic the Gathering?
Decks:The Deck (WUB) vs Green Stompy (Mono Green)
Players: Joep vs Timmy
00:00 MTG 93/94
01:54 The Deck
05:08 Green Stompy
09:47 MTG Games
Rule Set
This Old School Magic Game plays according to the Swedish Rules and B&R list with Ravenna re-print rules. Would you like to know more about the rules? Take a look at the rules vid here, • Differences between OS...
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[@joepmeddens3649]

Please note that while a degenerate choice, The Deck was played at the explicit request of Timmy 😅

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Yes, I regretted it straight away 😂 but still cool to play this matchup and show it on the channel. Bedankt broer :))

[@nickfanzo]

It’s the best deck though 😂

[@guidomercuriali6812]

That double land drop on turn 3 was sneaky 🤣🤣

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

😱 really?! What game?

[@guidomercuriali6812]

@@TimmytheSorcerer first game LOL

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

@@guidomercuriali6812 you're right, so obsessed with my Pendel plan that I forgot the rest :((

[@WarhavenSC]

That was the _real_ reason for the nail polish. Street magicians often do that to distract their marks while they perform their slight of hand. Seems to have worked!

[@joeb1522]

On the turn that starts at 31:40, his opponent plays an island and a factory in the same turn (playing a time twister between the land drops). This might have been game impacting as the opponent only had 3 life and needed a factory to block.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Did you know I have a playlist full of matches against "The Deck"? You can find the playlist here, kzbin.info/aero/PLsGeV_wxUkUZgFoQ_K4W4zx5BSlxx2uQa&si=COuBWgrPxh1bM3GF

[@antoniumsolutions1791]

Great games....it is very difficult to play against "The Deck" if they can get 7 cards in hand mid game. I think the sideboard is very defensive, but you want to be aggressive with this deck. If the creatures get shut off the game is doomed so maybe diversification of damage like more storm seekers or a rocket launcher in the sideboard. Perhaps the addition of concordant crossroads (sideboard) to get rid of the abyss. The chronicles version is only about $12.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

I do have some weapons in the sb, but.. ah well, agree with your suggestion about the Crossroads, def should play 2 ik the sb.

[@macadoo1588]

Should have played Berserk on his factories in game 2 when he first started attacking after Abyss came down. Would have taken it on the chin for one round but could have removed his threats.

[@WarhavenSC]

I'm pretty sure nearly all of the Alpha and Beta cards are in Scandinavia. :D

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

😂

[@Pypamid]

23:25 missed the life from plow there

[@savannahlion3081]

That's gonna be a hard win for Green... Good luck! 🤘🦁🤘

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Green can do this 🔥🔥🔥

[@homesaucemagic]

That was an awesome series!

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Thnx Kevin 🙌

[@nickfanzo]

Brian Weismann says if you can’t play four strip mine in the deck, play at least three sink hole main deck. It’s needed with only one strip mine.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

I also like CiaB as an answer. You just have to make sure you're not playing too much arn yourself.

[@ibanezleftyclub]

To be fair you gave it some good competition, and that speaks volumes to the power of mono green.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Thanks 🙌, I was pretty happy with myself as well. I know there are some os players who are dedicated green players, like dfb and they really know how to get most out of these decks. They’ve beaten plenty of UWx decks. I took this list to a tournament as well (a few years back) and went 3-2. The only total 💥 loss was against a powered robots deck (trike t2 or t3 is ridiculously powerful against my little guys).

[@manuelbohm8884]

Game one you played two lands in turn 3, forest and Pendelhaven ;-)

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Yes, a viewer already mentioned it. I was probably to busy with my grand Pendel plan 😂

[@manuelbohm8884]

A Great plan indeed :) @@TimmytheSorcerer

[@briankropat]

Truly embracing the spirit of competitive magic in 1993-1994 😂

[@nathanplant3677]

GO GREEN STOMPY GO!

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

💚

[@hermodnitter3902]

Gotta say, I find "the deck" to be utterly boring. Thank god for green stompy!

[@seanz1115]

It’s too broken… when I first saw it I found it amazing… but now it’s just played out

[@seanz1115]

To be fair though I have seen a few Aggro variations of The Deck which were really cool

[@WarhavenSC]

Hey Timmy, have you thought about reaching out to Murray Taylor, Michael Haire, and Frank Frazier about getting your Shandalar playmat signed? They were the game artists for Shandalar and are apparently still active on Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Would be pretty dope.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Great idea! I should.

[@gomcse]

You need to run Hurricane x 3... LOL

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Yes, why oh why am I playing Winterblast in the sb?! 😭

[@gomcse]

@@TimmytheSorcerer this actually showed me the importance and power of hurricane! I have been obsessed with fireball but I think hurricane may be just as powerful especially in situations like this.

[@kylereblitz2856]

I was expecting to see a Winter Orb in your stompy deck. Why did you choose not to include a copy or two?

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

I chose to go for a play-set of Ice Storms and three Crumbles to take on the mana base of my opponent.

[@kylereblitz2856]

@@TimmytheSorcerer fair enough. If you ran one in the SB, you could possibly sub it in for the Hurricane where appropriate.

[@AndreaBianconi84]

UW is Tundra!😂❤

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Did I say Taiga again? 😂

[@anonymousanonym7275]

You could have tried to berserk a opposing factory if you had berserk early in the second game.

[@87plank]

Gane 3 you were sooo close! And it was slowly turning in a game of solitaire for the deck player. And with 18 lands in your deck you drew the hell out of them instead of threats.... Next time Gadget, next time........

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

I know!! But I am hopeful, the day will come 😎

[@BaronNick]

u gotta sb avoid fate!

[@joeb1522]

I agree. Or put 1 avoid fate in the main board.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

That's the interesting thing about these decks, do you want an extra threat or an avoid fate, or perhaps take out a Giant Growth or Berserk for a fate? You're constantly puzzling. Mono green has so, so many great options.

[@BaronNick]

@@TimmytheSorcerer you are a blue player U know how impactful a well timed counterspell is. U drop an Earnie, they plow it, the dance goes on. But you counter that plow, and it puts them on their heels. Avoid fate is a 1 mana counterspell that assures you maintain board control. Or worst case for you, they have a counter ready for avoid fate which u make them use up. U spent 1 mana, they spent 3. And your next important thing is less likely to be countered.

[@joeb1522]

I like avoid fate to protect yourself from a 2 for 1 when you cast giant growth or berserk.

[@hwmtg2138]

That Joep guy must be a horrible person bringing the deck to a LGS, how does he sleep at night? Timmy is so cool that he even gets away with nail polish!

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

😂😂😂 HW for president 🍻

[@hwmtg2138]

@@TimmytheSorcererThat would be something, Beer would be free and Raging bull would be a public holiday 😂

[@johnblack7554]

Just looking at the lists, The Deck list was FAR too passive and didn't have enough creature control.

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

The deck is essentially passive. It’s all about card advantage 🤷‍♂️

[@johnblack7554]

@@TimmytheSorcerer I get that, and that's the issue, it's too passive and gives your opponent time to find answers. Also, I didn't see Maze of Iths or Wraths, even post side board. This is just me, but I feel that is very disrespectful to creature based decks to not at least have them available and I feel this list would have been eaten alive by Djinn Suicide or really any deck with bolts, chains, and blasts alongside creatures.

[@asge17]

I always feel its kinda boring its not possible to win unpowered green against the deck unless he draws desd hands, and that makes the games boring no matter what, you will loose 90% of all games if you play unpowered against the deck and the 10% you will win is him drawing no mana or all lands, never a good time for e Anyone playing that matchup

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

The version with a black splash has had some great results versus the deck and mono green has also been performing well at os events around the globe. These matches are nice examples of how powerful these decks can be, - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGXWf36Lg7hro5Y - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGq4qmWPeN2bY7s

[@asge17]

@@TimmytheSorcerer thank you ill check them out😁

[@ChefPharmD]

I could never be a MtG content creator because I’d have to not be a salty dog when playing against UWx control decks. Such degeneracy. Yuck. Did Dervish come in from the sideboard at all? Perhaps relevant against Abyss in game 2?

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Yes it did, but didn't see it 😣 I think there's def room in the SB for some improvements.

[@ChefPharmD]

@@TimmytheSorcererIfh-Bifh’ :-)