MTG - U/B Pirates “Budget” Tempo Standard Deck Tech for Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan!

[@TheManaSource]

Starting to lose my voice a bit. Make sure to stay until the end to see the HILARIOUS upgrades! Hope you enjoy :)

[@chillinlikeavillain3108]

TheManaSource ay I just want you to know that I appreciate you

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

TheManaSource so this is the equivalent of standard faries

[@LunaFayeForever]

Can you post the decklist for the upgraded version? Not sure what cards to take out from the original when upgrading

[@Mister-Thirteen]

EDH Pirates a possibility for the future?

[@Veon97]

TheManaSource hey wedge, wouldn't it be worth it to play this as Grixis? I mean we have the duals for it, and even a red splash would bring so much to the table!

[@TARDIS915]

0:22 "upgrades" nice choice of meme

[@calebj5852]

Awesome tech! I already built a UB tempo deck, and yours + SBMTG's techs gave me some awesome ideas for upgrades! Thanks for the great video as always!

[@Wallawats]

I played Pirates at pre-release, super fun. I had two Siren's Ruse, two Depths of Desire, and Two Run Aground. All of those combo very well with Hostage Taker, especially after you cast the creature you exiled. With one Captivating Crew and Entrancing Melody, I was often swinging at my opponent with three of their own creatures.

[@SBMTG]

Our Pirate decks are...very different. I guess that's a good thing. Also I gotta say Ruin Raider was not as good as I wanted it to be. I tested against a lot of mono red and Raider was the worst card in the deck in that matchup

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Strictly Better MtG what were you expecting? It's called a bad bob for a reason.

[@alex-ix9jb]

Bob is strong enough that 'bad bob' does not have to imply the card is bad. A card with the nickname 'Bad Gideon AOZ' could still be a scary card lol.

[@Yurikan]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Ruin Raider in some of the early deck lists I was brewing with, either. It felt like I kept dying to attrition in games that drew to turn 6. Also tried blending some energy in the mix with a light splash of non-pirates such as Glintsleeve Siphoner.

[@aaronborgstrom2696]

im glad you both had different buids tbh. it gets the community thinking about the builds they want to make with the cards and ratios they want to use.

[@SunniestAutumn]

Strictly Better MtG Your pirate deck also had a far larger overall cmc, meaning it was more punishing.

[@ashenwuss1651]

I'm beyond ready for this

[@criosovereign]

OH my God I saw that photo used at 0:38 from an article called "why do people Check other people out when they're partner is around" or something like that

[@pwoo581]

You and Dev going head to head on this deck tech

[@schlaackmusic]

This looks fun! Your deck techs are always great.

[@rubenrelvamoniz]

Oh irony the moment you got the upgrades before the budget version.i got the cat tribal deck plus 3 fatal push

[@photohound4793]

Interesting play with plunderer and Jace!

[@muffin8r]

I know this isn't primarily a "deck tech" channel, but I would absolutely love to see your take on Standard Merfolk. I don't imagine it would play too differently from Pirates, or that it would even be as good since the two tribes are set up for very similar strategies, but I'd still be very interested to see what you came up with for the tribe!

[@shockstar222]

I’ll just wit for my vampires in a corner here. All by myself

[@MrXunholyx]

Shockstar vampires are good it's just that there's been an over saturation in recent blocks. luckily we had a break with amonkhet and kaladesh but yeah a lot of vampires recently

[@jl6723]

im working on a blue black artifact deck that work with deadeye plunderers and metallic summonings, gonna be awesome to play with.

[@aidanm.655]

Lol, that starting image tho

[@nicholaskillmeier4895]

Whoa... i tuned this deck a bit with the upgrades and it's been doing reaaaaaly well. Might finally have a candidate to play at FNM

[@justjoe8397]

I'm thinking of going with R/B aggro Pirates. The removal/hand attack is looking pretty decent this time around, also get to do something with my Ragavan tokens.

[@zigzack54]

curious if its possible to pull off the whole treasure win condition with pirates .

[@AL-sw6im]

I was curious as to why wanted scoundrels isn't in the deck, seeing as it is a 4/3 for 2. Did you find the 2 treasure to be too big of a flaw?

[@ShockedLogic]

Dropped out of MtG around the end of the Theros set and sold it all, but this new setreally makes me want to jump back in. especially with this kind of deck. Should i?

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Could you turn all of your creatures into merfolk with arcane adaptation to ignore walk the plank?

[@MrXunholyx]

just the base version looks legit, am reconsidering r/b pirates and merfolk because of it.

[@AzemSP]

What are you swapping out for those upgrades? Fatal push for Walk the plank? Fell Flagship for Mimic? And Idk Ruin Raider for Jace?

[@leroywilson8597]

Dinosaurs and pirates are getting a lot of attention. I would like to see a vampire deck

[@jedidr4918]

Great video but the real question is how much is it foiled out?

[@nicholaskillmeier4895]

Seriously, played like 7 matches with this and won 5. This deck is the best Ixalan build I've played yet. I put in Fatal Push for Walk the Plank, Metallic Mimic for Censor, and Walking Ballista for Ruin Raider, and of course 4 copies of Drowned Catacomb. I also don't have Fell Flagship.. but there's not much room left for it. One match I stole God Pharaoh's gift with Hostage Taker, re-cast it with 2 hostage takers in the graveyard, stole his Hazoret and Rhonas next 2 turns.... it was just ridiculous. I balanced it to 24 lands. 22 just wasn't working for me. Also, I didn't really like the new Jace very much until I saw what it does in this deck. It's silly. Great build dude.

[@fitnerd8957]

Solid content as always

[@isaacroachford-gould9349]

0:23 made me lol

[@s7121n9s]

I'm running merfolk atm but pirates look like a lot of fun

[@xakuyer]

I have a small problem when playing, i never really know what cards to swap out for the ones in the sideboard

[@monsolo1775]

5:03 did wedge just say nobody is playing carnage tyrant?

[@snowuk1472]

think I have most of the cards for this from prerelease and draft so thank you

[@electrowitch1149]

What do you cut for the uprade cards?

[@mox__mtg8792]

Could u do an updated mono red vid

[@timbuktuproduction31]

Do you have a link for the upgraded version?

[@teddylester67]

Could you Mabey show some gameplay for this deck?

[@vadameee]

so how does this compare to your nayasaurs deck?

[@dashieldmasta177]

So why should Dimir be the premiere pirate color over Rakdos' big burn and direct removal?

[@spookythiccy4494]

Da Shieldmasta Dimir provides Hostage taker, siren stormtamer, and more tempo like elements that let you in a sense out value your opp

[@MrXunholyx]

both decks are valid just depends on how you play. Will probably be playing dimir, but first left captain almost makes me consider grixis lol

[@spookythiccy4494]

Agreed on that rakdos is just as viable especially with fell captain

[@birdbath22]

Because blue is water and boat go in water

[@cjreedy333]

Umm just wanted to see what the upgraded deck would look like? What do you take and stuff.

[@TeddyDejack]

Wedge, I have been following your Commander 2017 upgrades but it lacks feline ferocity due to ixalan spoilers.... Please make feline ferocity upgrades, the cats will love you for it~

[@godofchaos7569]

But Wedge, Hostage Taker isn't budget anymore? Any ideas on what to fix? And also, can we get more worst cards ever and color pie philosophy? I love those.

[@NameEntry]

Are people running Cancel in standard or are there better counters? I know double blue is more difficult to handle but it's a hard counter and standard seems to have mostly soft counters.

[@Agrus_Kadeen]

No Dreamcaller Siren?

[@evanstein3587]

My favorite part of walk the plank is when I play merfolk

[@Obelion_]

is the hostage taker necessary? the playset is more than half the deck right now

[@SuperKingLozer]

Please do red/black pirate please

[@rafaelpina226]

Please make a budget Merfolk deck as it looks very buildable

[@mylab.1311]

We can play Revel in Riches in this deck ?

[@juanvaldez544]

Wedge! Please make a Merfolk deck!

[@Tryforlive.]

This is gonna make me play standard again

[@ackerizzle]

I think you forgot to add metallic mimic to the deck, it combos with skyship plunderer

[@bhaalgorn]

its in the video at 8:37

[@loopie1206]

Still need my B/G fish

[@emilsonhilario3688]

Please do a budget Merfolk deck! I appreciate your channel ;)

[@brynomytehargett9093]

Can you paste the upgrade decklist?

SWEET PIRATES!!!

[@readytorandom9127]

Yess

[@mybrad7812]

Wedge do a modern merfolk deck!

[@PalmerDemetrius]

If you build the upgrade version then I think you would want Metallic Mimics instead of the Ballista. Mimics make all your Pirates better and fits better with the Plunderer giving him more targets to add counters to.

[@deadendsebastianshurigami9716]

are u selling the fathom fleet captain?how much?:philipines

[@royalteakon]

Gonna have to redo this deck, hostage taker isn't budget any more

[@evancrosby2721]

What does U/B stand for

[@wanderingaming5805]

What cards would you take out when you upgrade the deck!?

[@jjndlr8445]

Also make a BR Pirates list also please!!

[@Momentomori916]

I don't see the upgraded decklist

[@rabidwallaby84]

I miss when the deck techs would show the number of each card in the deck. :/ I get WHY it's done (generate more clicks on the TCGPlayer link) but I, personally, can't access TCGPlayer's site from my network (it's locked down). I would love a return to the numbers beside the cards. Also, price on this skyrocketed, thanks to Hostage Taker jumping with Scarab God use.

[@Failbl0gpwn]

Cats? Commander? the fourth deck? Cool

[@johnjahnke9448]

Merfolk stronger in standard then they look?

[@pokemon2poker]

Dude, what's your beef with the cat deck? any reason you won't cover it?

[@MAnnnooo1]

Better theme than dinosaurs, just pirates!

[@StetsonOwen]

Tempo's not my thing but this looks pretty sweet!

[@sabbysmith354]

Grixis fliers is a list I'm brewing

[@GrandiaKnight]

I'm sorry but how does Last Reckoning and Trial of Ambition work against Carnage Tyrant? It has hexproof.

[@Literally15Ducks]

Does either target?

[@Isolanporzellator]

Hexproof only prevents the Tyrant from being targeted. Neither of the mentioned cards needs a target.

[@justjoe8397]

Bontu's Last Reckoning is a board wipe which doesn't target creatures and your opponent chooses what to sacrifice with the Trial so it gets around Hexproof.

[@NicoTown]

Hexproof means it cant be targeted by spells or abilities your opponent controls, those two spells does not target the Tyrant.

[@Vininn126]

Neither of those target the creature by any means.

[@aidanm.655]

0:23

[@zonko]

Video starts at 0:00

[@SunniestAutumn]

ZonkoTheGreat 2000 Not funny anymore.

[@zexionfan15]

Oh god, Hostage Taker was 5 bucks two weeks ago? Good god.

[@Jordan-nm3qu]

where is the cat tribal deck???

[@giantsalt]

Is a grixis list coming? The Admiral herself is only 4 mana, and and aggressive deck like this shouldn't have a problem with three guys hitting every so often or even every turn. I honestly think Admiral Beckett Brass is standard playable.

[@KnotSavage]

sideboard isnt in the deck list. damn you making me do work

[@ChaoS1626]

Vampires Standard? Pretty please

[@ericofire]

watching this while playing blackwake =P

[@Thimbrethil]

Wedge, this is amayzing! Also can't wait for sweet booooty deck ^^

[@mtgeternities3180]

Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me

[@lemonflavouredtnt6969]

Kinda suspicious how Wedge rhymes with sledge. Coincidence? I think not

[@SunniestAutumn]

The weird thing is that people consider New Jace to be good because it's easy to ultimate and get a bunch of them, but nobody seems to be aware of what they want to do with it. It doesn't gain you card advantage and the tokens it makes are incredibly bad as a pay off, not to mention you can only make one of them before you have to tick him up again. It's like 10% of Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, 50% of Jace the Living Guildpact and 40% of nothing. Historically I believe Cunning Castaway to be among the five worst walkers of all time. It's Tibalt levels of bad, except Tibalt is actually kind of funny.

[@AsViewedByFran88]

Why do people care so much about worst cards ever? I don't get it... anyway like the look of this deck! Still looking forward to black / red pirates and booty deck 😄

[@NameEntry]

Does Wedge have a friend named Biggs?

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

Man I really shouldn't watch videos like this. I want to attempt to make this deck and every other deck tech I watch 😂😂😂

[@tigerwarrior1787]

U/B Pirate Tempo deck at Budget pricing: These pirates have no friends. Neither will you when all is said and done.

[@evanbecraft8201]

Wedge, FOR THE LOVE OF GOd give us WORsT CaRDSss

[@ohword620]

What is going on! where is unclaimed territory!

[@tomluna1201]

Red/Black aggro

[@LUCKxIxE]

Hostage taker is slowly making this deck non budget

[@brucewinchell11]

as a control player, i would be very confused if someone else censored ME

[@guilerms]

why is nobody playing siren's ruse on u/b pirates? blink your pirates to protect them or snatch a new permanent with your hostage taker, AND draw a card...

[@0darkhero0]

OBLIGATORY COMMENT ABOUT WORST CARDS EVER PLEASE WEDGE!!! :'c I really need that in my life again.

[@TheManaSource]

OBLIGATORY RESPONSE BEING UPSET AND ALMOST BANNING YOU!

[@0darkhero0]

But but but it was a really cool series. Well, if you really hate it sorry for the comment, nice deck btw.

[@kingwillk7280]

TheManaSource Make it or feel the wrath of your subs

[@steelWindAlchemist]

I like Captain Lannery Storm. She my bae.

[@brianokafor9748]

Don't use memes...Wedge, your face is a meme lol 😭😂😭

[@KnotSavage]

dang my hostage takers quadrupled in value i mean thanks man

[@herringway434]

12th

[@conorwebster3420]

But what about da booty deck?