Trolling Arena Zoomers With Stax | Against the Odds

[@Xan1011]

Seth has become Crim, player of Leyline

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Why does this sound like the Oppenheimer speech lol

[@Xan1011]

@@TheyCallMeDio Look upon his stax, ye mighty, and despair.

[@mikemoyer8162]

Seth has always been Crim's big brother. He just hides it well.

[@TransformersBoss]

Well, Crim recently became Seth with a Flawless Victory in one of his videos

[@jellywillreturn]

It's his Sethcurity Blanket

[@TransformersBoss]

1:57 “hopefully our opponent is trying to Scam us.” Opponent has Lurrus as companion. Grief and Fury aint comin

[@kmb1800]

4:25 you wouldn't lose the phelia thanks to first strike

[@ToadboyMTG]

I was just about to comment this. Seth is goofy sometimes

[@roryhatcher1880]

"Should have played some basics!" Hahaha dying rn

[@GuyrillaBraun]

Put some respect on his name. That is DOCTOR Amish Goat, thank you very much.

[@goreobsessed2308]

😂

[@Darkflamecrusader]

Based on how he played, Mr. Goat doesn't deserve all that much respect.

[@GuyrillaBraun]

@@Darkflamecrusader He's Amish, so his degree is questionable at best.

[@imakuni67]

They didn't spend 6 years in Amish Goat school to be called mister

[@jackthebroken2084]

Janking out Mythic "#69" with a Leyline of Sanctity was pure bliss.

[@mh_voltage7974]

how is leyline janking them out? that card is far from jank... the deck is jank but he didnt jank them out that game he just played leyline

[@justharry2190]

it was quite nice B)

[@bigpoppy3]

@@mh_voltage7974 how mr 69 handled it was pretty jank

[@JStack]

Says something about the level of skill to play SCAM when several people ranked high mythic didn’t even know how basic interactions worked lol

[@gaminggeckos4388]

4:28 Ya forgot how double blocking works when one of your creatures has first strike! That Phelia was never in any danger at all!!

[@randomloginnamebtw7759]

Would you ever consider revisiting old decks? The very first deck you made that I absolutely fell in love with was the brain in the jar zombies deck and a lot of that is available on arena.

[@ToadboyMTG]

Lol u could maybe get a smaller creator make that video!

[@OddMidnight]

Mono-red prison witn wintermoon maybe?

[@joshuabrown1607]

Its good, but no replacement for blood moon. Definitely goid along side of it. Timeless also has fury!​@@OddMidnight

[@elogee_yt]

Those games where Winter Moon felt like a Thalia without the 2/1 First Strike were pretty eye opening

[@sams3476]

Always a good day when we get more Instructor Seth

[@thechestrockfield]

The Mythic 59 player shame scooping on turn two was AMAZING!

[@SoftyMage]

Loved the Bear stories!

[@TakaRai7]

Its not cat Jesus, but Aven Mindcensor is in the format

[@VBane]

Was about to post this

[@wafflehaxxx]

3 mana dies to bowmaster is not the best rate.

[@arghanothername]

Rather see that in place of winter moon

[@as95ms98]

After seeing Crim and now this video, it almost seems optimal to always have 4 Leyline of Sanctity in a Timeless deck, even if they're off colour. At least in Bo1.

[@Guynamedharry]

Getting "Aether Vile" and "Leonen Arbitor" on Arena would be fantastic.

[@jstuckless]

lol Vial. That's funny though, some people think it's vile.

[@as95ms98]

As much as I hate The One Ring, I think it's better to replace the Winter Moons with The One Ring for card draw. Most of the games you lost were due to a lack of card advantage after a successful early game.

[@nietrelevant3338]

Novice inspector also a good consideration, fills out the curve nicely

[@KDKalvinDrake]

My favorite Phelia combo is The Princess Takes Flight, exiling an opponent's card, then when it comes back to your turn, gives Phelia flying and +2/+2 to hopefully swing over their creatures, rinse repeat

[@dracish123456789]

watching seth target the fable which he can block instead of the grief in that board state at 19:20

[@josephwodarczyk977]

12:40 Bear is precious, and he needs to cuddle with the goats.

[@thecrazycapn]

When do we get Against the Odds: Freerunning Assassins? The only reason that trash is in Modern is for you, Seth!

[@joev1083]

This seems like a really good Sam / ghost quarter deck. Maybe with baubles too, perhaps a slightly better engine than thrabs

[@v-niftytrickster4166]

Wait you could get evoked solitude back too!!

[@joev1083]

@@v-niftytrickster4166 yes exactly, it'd give the deck a little more flexibility with the doggo too, I think it'd also probably be worth running a few fetches for him too

[@Harakeeri]

This looks like a fun deck. If you're having mana flood problems, cut 4 lands and throw in 4 Witch Enchanters, the 4cmc 2/2 that moonlights as a land

[@JFroPrime]

Crim would be so proud to see you play this. He loves having all of the fun in a game

[@SpringDryad]

Loved the goats and dog story lol pets are amazing ❤

[@combatwombat8742]

I really want to see you play with the lizzard wizzard so you can make king gizzard jokes. It also seems like a very cool card and idea for a deck. Your amazing Seth :)

[@Laevus2321]

Always happy to hear more stories about Bear :) The deck was also fun to watch - though almost definitely not as fun to play against.

[@purplecharmanderz2975]

overall winter moon while it may have slowed things down, didn't really win any games there. If you're looking for alternatives, given how you wound up losing typically - main suggestions would probably be: - archivist of Oghma: draws you cards when ever an opponent cracks a fetch. Not the most consistent, but does still provide some opposition to the fetches. Better than nothing. - one ring: best card draw option we have here. Can buy a turn as well. - ghostly prison: Won't address the card draw issue, but fits with the stax theme more, especially once you got yourself bunkered down with leyline.

[@JLazyLaz]

@35:21 It does matter which one you exile first. The opponent gains more life when you exile the scourge first. You gave him 3 extra life.

[@AllTop507]

If winter moon said "nonbasics enter tapped" as well it could be good bc then they couldn't have mana from nonbasics or fetches on the turn they played them. Essentially, the card does a thing, but has no text that forces that thing. A lot of generically good cards, like guide of souls for example, do a thing and have a payoff for the thing it does that can be reached in a timely manner. Guide of Souls makes energy AND gives you a way to use energy in a timely manner. Winter moon limits your opponents' land untaps, but DOES NOT give you a way to tap or guarantee that your opponents' lands will be tapped in a timely manner, which would need to be the turn they are played in a format like timeless where everything is a fairly low mana cost.

[@hydra66]

They're being Conservative whilst they find the sweet spot for land hate. But I'm expecting your version of winter moon in the next couple of years

[@CJTongue]

@@hydra66 Thalia, Heretic Cathar would be good though

[@ShinjiGetsGrounded]

"its got the best art out of any card in our hand" 😆😂🤣

[@NtasticMan]

This budget deck sounds interesting I’d love to see a video on it

[@koltwynia8451]

He can’t because he kept losing

[@pedrosaenz5520]

I love that Seth goes from lets have fun, to oh evil I will show you evil

[@xorik1592]

4:25 First strike damage will still happen first…

[@kyonizuka]

yeah pretty sure he was thinking of the amped raptor, like in his head he knew his opponent had first strike as well and then just didnt piece together that he had a clean block there.

[@mikemoyer8162]

I think the only reason winter moon sucked so bad was the nonbo with the white orchid phantom. It still might not be good. But that definitely made it look worse.

[@Weenhander]

Love the vid! Still waiting on rough drafts to come back though!!

[@79awinkler]

Can we add smokestacks to arena?

[@modsroma3173]

Seth your videos are always such a treat! ❤

[@vincenzosardone5806]

This video gave me so much satisfaction. 🤣 The zoomer playing Grief, only to notice later that you have leyline, made me laugh so much! 🤣As well as the one who played Not dead after all. 🤣Arena players who doesn't know the rules are so funny sometimes. 🤣 Love you Seth!! 🤣🤣

[@core_crystal]

Okay but you got me excited for that Young Pyromancer deck

[@brennanclement8582]

Tried this with a red splash for Blood Moon instead of Winter Moon, and threw in a One Ring. 4-1 record so far, awesome deck!

[@Wizardofexisting]

@14:26 that scoop made me laugh so hard.

[@xerogaming3593]

I would say replace the Wintermoon with Novice Inspector that way you have 4 clue makers after watching all those games.

[@L_O_V_E_L_A_I_N]

I could see playing Skyclave Apparition in that slot. Would be nice to have some removal for noncreatures.

[@syrelian]

Isn't Trinisphere on Arena now? Slamming one of those down would stop all the Evoke Elementals dead

[@Blee48]

#59 knew his throw dage deck was stumped with Leyline haha

[@bmcclure3atgatech]

The real reason to watch these videos is the Bear v goats story:)

[@derrickthewhite1]

White orchid Phantom wins game 1 by being a first strike 2/2. Game 2: "Now is White Orchid Phantom's time to shine!"

[@benpouy3345]

I’ve been playing white orchid phantom in Timeless and it’s rapidly become my favourite MH3 card

[@AndresSanchez-jl8zv]

09:50 The peruvian laugh 😂😂

[@zacharywilliams3597]

That turn 2 Ulamog game was wild 😭

[@clintcook8691]

Did Seth miss play forgetting the one creature had first strike in the first game? So even if oppenent would’ve chose to block the dog first the first strike damage would’ve went first anyways?

[@zachgray4767]

Got some room for a couple utility lands. Could go all snow for 2 or 3 copies of Faceless Haven. Roadside Reliquary or Field of Ruin seem pretty decent as well. Yes, I know you run Winter Moon, but a couple copies of nonbasics wouldn't get in the way of that.

[@Kurayamiblack]

*sees the word "stax" and checks the video length* Me: "Yup..."

[@ThCuriousPath]

I come here exclusively for Seth, love his personality

[@cerilious]

This video is cathartic.

[@ruesifus]

It was more like zoomers teaching stax a lesson.

[@cedricappleby2006]

Teaching Arena Boomer about 2024 card design

[@GarrettTrimble]

This deck felt like it could really have benefitted from either some big card draw engine or some inevitable creature/planeswalker. Got in so many positions where the board was clear but felt like opponents had a chance anyway by slowly playing out their janky creatures

[@neverstoplaughingcomedy386]

I can't believe you weren't playing the strongest stax card, Roiling Vortex.

[@SaltyRad]

that 2nd player poor guy lmao. i know that felt bad

[@miguelfreitas5343]

I actually find this whole concept very interesting, because nowadays 90% of my queue is Boros Energy Aggro... I legit can't remember the last time i faced any of the decks this deck is built to face

[@Gorbgorbenson]

In timeless or historic. Energy is far less prevalent in Timeless, in my experience.

[@joeaquilino19]

That new elk might be ok in this deck 👀 👌

[@Moop321]

My favourite deck is mono white mindcensor land destruction. Anything that stops searches, in this case aven mindcensor, field of ruin effects, white orchid phantom, its awesome. It definitely sucks because its so reliant on mindcensor, and does nothing against a lot of monocolour decks, but its beautiful when it works

[@williambowen8054]

This Bear story is goated.

[@DHLightcaster]

This is the sweetest revenge

[@TheLunaLockhart]

this is the most games I've seen in one video lmao

[@connormacleod908]

I’ve just been running slickshot with Harbinger of the Tides and Winter moon to Jank ‘em out

[@starmanda88]

Oh Bear definitely wants to eat those goats 😂😂😂

[@Omnicrom]

Seth turning into Farfa after having One Bad Day...

[@TheLoneAlpaca]

my favorite mtg series

[@noahhager1187]

35:15 I suspect this was a white orchid phantom they probably had a bunch of spells they couldn't play

[@nosyamthegreat8768]

Also remember folks 4:25 he could double block without looseing the dog becuase of first strike👍

[@OddMidnight]

Wintermoon and bloodmoon work good together. Bloodmoon doesn't actually turn nonbasics into basic mountains, just mountains. It forces them to untap one mountain a turn

[@yoyoguy1st]

Typically if you have a blood moon out having a winter moon as well is just overkill. The opponent likely isn’t playing the game at that point

[@OddMidnight]

​@yoyoguy1st Yeah, but until magus of the moon is put on Arena, using bloodmoon as your main prison piece is unrealistic. Wintermoon slows the game down long enough to pull out either your main threats or Karn. It punishes control for countering your spells or casting on your end step, and it makes bloodmoon a lot easier to get out. Also, timeless has a lot more players that play basics than in the past. If they have some way of getting the one or two mana pips they need, winter moon will tax their generic mana like a God Pharoah's Statue. It's not a staple for monored prison, but it seems to work better in timeless with it than without it.

[@cavejohnson4054]

14:20 He's not a Zoomer, he has 1989 in his username. 🤣

[@lukasloetscher1037]

11:22 you should cast ephemerate in your opponents upkeep. So he has one less mana to work with that turn.

[@normative]

Sort of seems like if it’s going to work as an anti-scam deck you need to mulligan to the Leyline. Which led to an immediate scoop the one time you had one out & hit scam.

[@CJTongue]

Thalia, Heretic Cathar seems much better than wintermoon, tap their fetches and then their fetched land, encouraging them to grab the basics or be delayed two turns, at which point you can blow up the other non basics and start stone raining them. Also ditching the moon lets you run regular non basic land destruction lands too (fields &co) or creature lands

[@nietrelevant3338]

Feels like ghost quarter would be a good addition. And maybe replace winter moon, with novice inspector.

[@Abolish_Religion]

This might be the deck that gets me into timeless

[@LuizOMenudo]

Well, the shuffler conspiracy is true for Brawl, at least

[@SuPeRHeRoDuDe3124]

What shuffler conspiracy

[@anthonymentalewicz5143]

We all thought crim was crazy maindecking 4 leyline and aggressively mulliganing 3 months ago.

[@nosyamthegreat8768]

Okay but i so wanna see that young pyro deck. Maybe in best of three? AT LEAST an article so can copy it

[@Chuubii]

Best of one is so miserable

[@ComradeVenus]

maybe this list would benefit from a one ring? or some colorless card draw like mazemind tome? it really needs a way to restock on cards

[@ICantThinkOfAFunnyHandle]

@@ComradeVenus literally every deck benefits from the one ring

[@Joyverse]

Was looking for a tax deck. Ayt OK lets goooo!

[@MrMacdaddymcfly]

If winter moon puts them down 1 Mana every turn it's basically a stone rain you just don't deny colors as hard and don't stack very well

[@goreobsessed2308]

Woo can we really do stax in arena time to have old school fun. What was your winrate?

[@doppelganger5328]

perhaps holding back one leyline for pitching purposes is a proper play. but also doubling up is good

[@joeysmith5767]

I think the one ring would be a much better include than winter moon. Solves the card advantage problem

[@jek15origami]

Ahh trolling arena zoomers... never gets old

[@chrisbonjour111]

White board wipe over Wintermoon probably is something to consider

[@htspencer9084]

Beating T2 ulamog gave me such immense seratonin 😂

[@TeabagDeluxe]

Lmao that autopilot player at 14:10 Cards are hard to read

[@Martini_1911]

Path to Exile was added to Arena, right? Maybe having some number of those in place of the Winter Moons would give the deck more resilience against big creatures and put more pressure on the oponent to search out basics

[@Kryptnyt]

In theory White Orchid Phantom and Winter Moon don't make a lot of sense together. In practice people don't play basic lands

[@D_A_D_]

I wonder if Karn, Scion of Urza could work in this deck as it's card advantage engine since you mentioned needing one

[@jancukasu]

Playing with stax feels filthy, but if it's one of the cure for scam, then I'm 100% on board.

[@jonathanstudentkit]

Thanks for testing winter moon, now i know it's absolutely useless

[@kats7930]

Man I love this ❤😂

[@willwithanxbox]

Winter moon needs to read " Neither player can untap non-basic lands unless they pay 2 colorless for each" or similiar. It is no winters orb

[@kamikazebanzai1005]

That might as well just say "non-basic lands cant be untapped"

[@airtempest8945]

41:10 I think you probably could've won this if you flashed in Solitude in response to or before Phelia's trigger, since then the same result happens on that turn (Solitude is blinked and stays and Ravagan dies), but it saves the Ephemerate for later and given that the match was won by exactly 1 creature, it probably could've worked.

[@jonathanstudentkit]

keep one leyline for the solitude Seth