THE MANGARA LOCK RETURNS- 60 Card Mono White D&T (Legacy Death and Taxes MTG)

[@tralph283]

Man old Legacy talking like 2007- 2013 was an incredible format.

[@tarultoyarto]

That round two, when you drop Thalia and a second Wasteland against a mana-screwed opponent? Those are the moments D&T exists for. The ones you savor.

[@hunterredtalon9011]

lol. I was reading your old D&T guide on your website and was thinking "I wish cards like these saw more play". Maybe your next list will include Jotun Grunt?

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Unless the metagame is SUPER unhealthy, I'd probably never consider playing Jotun Grunt seriously again.

[@derekcline950]

@@ThrabenUniversity keyword is "seriously" right?

[@MH-dn3jz]

​@@ThrabenUniversity heh. "Back in my day" I once was running Jotun Grunt unironically. In Vintage.

[@Zauzzie]

I just started this video and I can already tell this deck is going to do better than yesterdays!

[@ThrabenUniversity]

To be fair, that bar is pretty low...

[@MordiggianMorddoth]

Yeah, seems like a pretty big miss, though it didn't matter in the end Edit: Main comment got edited, it originally mentioned Flickerwisp-ing the Murktide at 11:30

[@somniosator]

The bar is low?

[@johndoe6449]

In Round 1 Game 1, couldn’t you have flickerwisped the Murktide to remove the counters and make the two trade if they attacked? That would also slow down your clock if the opponent top decked a bolt and they started attacking in. 11:30 into the video

[@gregballsy]

he's not a proffesional player i guess

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

Thought the same thing.

[@nomatyx5789]

@@gregballsy He mentioned it in the deck tech I believe, so I doubt he didn't just not think of it.

[@dingdongs5208]

Death and Taxes is NOT like riding a bike, if you dont pilot the deck regularly for a while you forget a lot of the key interactions

[@TROLOLOLOLO007]

he does that in the second game of the same round so prob just a quick misplay. Either way he won lol

[@MH-dn3jz]

It's very satisfying watching you get to flex the D&T muscles when the meta (or pairings, at least) lines up. Like. What a clinic.

[@Korwinga]

I love Mangara so much. My brother had a standard deck during Lorwyn standard that used Mangara with whitemane lion and similar effects to do the same thing. The deck used thousand year elixir to give Mangara effective haste, and it was brutal.

[@baselineleaner1064]

How good is Mangarangara

[@jaredschroeder7555]

Excited to see you playing some D&T, as ive heard about how youre a big proponent of it, but dont see you play it much. Id love to see more D&T in the near future, including spicier variations that arent ohrzov for bowmasters. Basic land supremacy

[@ThrabenUniversity]

The reality of my channel is that I pay what people to play me. When people bribe me to play taxes, I'm happy to do so!

[@jaredschroeder7555]

@@ThrabenUniversity fair enough. I can't because I'm sadly not in the position to do so, but I am definitely happy to see some D&T from time to time from someone as experienced as you.

[@dBradbury]

Oh wowwww - This is a throwback. I had Mangara in my first D&T deck some 12-ish years ago. Let's see where this goes!

[@nadavperry2267]

11:31 when playing flickerwisp you probably should've targeted murktide to shrink it instead of just blinking your land which doesn't really do anything.....

[@tophergenie688]

Lion Sash is one of my favorite cards I am so happy to see it in action in legacy D&T.

[@ring1313]

the boooop in r4g2 when you got lethal was wonderful

[@joeaquilino19]

Phil game one was absolutely a masterpiece ❤

[@antoniofelipesanchesgomes1032]

Seems nice to see you enjoying a game after some supper difficult videos hahahaa Have fun my friend!!, its a pleasure to see how much you are liking theses games

[@antoniofelipesanchesgomes1032]

PS, i am not a legacy player and I watch all your videos!

[@unknownservant913]

11:40 why didn’t you flicker murktide? This plays around potential removal spells. Murktide gets flickered and comes back as a 3/3, which trades with flickerwisp and straight up dies to pro blue from mom, which prevents an attack and does not require you to use mom

[@GGun1t]

I love the mangara tech so much. Timeless

[@AWESMATHEGREAT]

I recently put together a cEDH Mangara list that used haste enablers and bomberman to exile all the opponents' permanents

[@merrytime8665]

14:10 We be eatin like Diane Keaton.....

[@danielprestin5773]

I Would have guessed samwise the stoutharted would have been in the deck to pair with wasteland and be a secondary lock, still love the deck!

[@warrenr4048]

I made a commander deck with him as my commander. I use it when I’m feeling particularly mean. I call it Perfect Silence. It normally wins by concession by turn 6-7 because my opponents have no permanents on the board. I generally use it vs land ramp decks

[@bububu__]

would love to see you play a league with an actual factual optimal DnT list someday to see how the master does it

[@robertbanham8167]

Infinite Thumbs up, bread and butter Phil!!!!

[@Moroklumpen]

There's hardly a more frustrating experience in Magic than "This deck is bad and I'm losing to it." Great video though.

[@italostanley2608]

I am a simple guy, I see Death and Taxes. I watch and leave a like.

[@MartinEntente]

A true student of the classics

[@carrikmcnerlin1770]

Nature is healing. -IRS

[@ThrabenUniversity]

It sure is...

[@Halospartan151]

Just out of curiosity, what was replaced by the three managara? So happy to be seeing DnT in the wild again

[@ThrabenUniversity]

It was some additional removal flex slots, I believe.

[@tomneilson9501]

give it a week, phils gonna realise that mangara combos with paralax wave

[@Frontline35]

I still believe there should be 1 Mangara in Yorion Death and Taxes. It’s already playing multiple Karakas and multiple Recruiter of the Guard.

[@jauntycatt]

Happy to see you back on your namesake! And back on your bs 😂

[@artist91fb]

“Opponent said some kind words in the chat” hmmmmm…. I doubt that 😂

[@faceoctopus4571]

I guess using Stoneforge Mystic as a tutor for lionsash would be too slow against reanimator, but it would have been nice if you brought the possibility up.

[@MOBYDICK2121]

awesome deck

[@Reversespacehippie]

obligatory algorithmic contribution

[@zacharyahearn4069]

I like mangera as a one of but 3 is ridiculous 😂

[@gustavoaffonso8942]

This deck can almost slot in agatha's soul cauldron in some matchups

[@ianshevlin8675]

Is there a specific reason for no ephemerate in the list?

[@ThrabenUniversity]

60 card lists are tight on slots, and we're already getting cute with Mangara.

[@twodo]

I don't like the eminence gaming ad with not phil talking. Great video so far though :)

[@ThrabenUniversity]

I had a time crunch and couldn't dub over the audio. It will be my voice for every other ad read moving forward.

[@raoulselten9480]

11:34 why not flicker the murk ...?? comes back as a 3/3

[@TBeanAndTheSundanceQ]

Can't you just activate Mangara then give Mangara pro white with Mom to save mangara?

[@justass3001]

Mangara doesnt target itself

[@nomatyx5789]

No, Protection only saves a permanent from damage, attaching (enchanting/equipping), targeting, and blocking.

[@robertbrinker1769]

42:46 Just FYI a buddy of mine who has a lot of experience on Mono B Helm (I will list his resume below) disagrees strongly on Karn in the deck. He doesnt play a single copy of Beseech, and plays 4 Karns. His Resume: T8 the Challenge on 10/29 7-2 (24th) in the showcase on 10/22 1st at a 167 person 5k back in July, dropping only like 1 *game* all day.

[@xnevyn5578]

Okay, hear me out. Agatha's Soul Cauldron. Eh? Eh?

[@RobotKid2000]

I think swiftspear is just a regular uncommon.

[@ShadowOfNocturne]

As an old school astral slide player, it hurt to see you do sorcery speed mangara! In G1M1 you could have been blocking the Swiftspear, then activating and hitting the DRC and Karakas. took like 3 damage you didn't need to =P

[@dkv_]

I’d argue he is in enough of a winning position that it’s fine to do this. Giving an OPP a draw has a few downside cases. Top decking brazen borrower would let OP save his DRC Top decking bolt would kill mangara In response to karakas bounce trigger Top decking stifle would allow opp to stifle the mangara trigger. Not likely opp has stifle M1G1 tho. There are probably a few more reasons why doing it before opp can draw is better than saving a block. It just depends on how secure you feel taking a few points of poke vs risking losing your mandara or tempo.

[@ThrabenUniversity]

Your line is just worse than my line though, as it gives the opponent more opportunities to find interaction to stop my lock. It's not about the damage. It's about a grind of resources.

[@ShadowOfNocturne]

⁠@@dkv_I can understand your view, however for the sake of argument. Brazen borrower would not save DRC in this situation. Petty theft can only hit opponents cards. Stifle is a genuine concern, but that information wasn’t present g1m1 and isn’t a common addition currently.

[@ShadowOfNocturne]

⁠​⁠@@ThrabenUniversityunsure about “just worse”. That’s a rather strong statement to make to a friendly comment from a fan man. I understand about the resource grind. But having to wait additional turn cycles for activations is arguably a less effective tempo play vs the risk of removal. Plus it opens you to daze at certain points in the transaction.

[@kendrickvickers2610]

in the first game he could have just used flickerwhisp to flicker the merktide and make it come back without counters instead of using it on a land for no reason

[@ThrabenUniversity]

You know, I probably had a reason ;) Leave timestamps in the future.

[@kendrickvickers2610]

@@ThrabenUniversity 11:30

[@hansoskar1911]

look 2006 called and wanted its video made.

[@wrMendax]

[[Obligatory Prison Deck Comment]]