When a Hilarious Interaction Becomes A Deck: JUNK REAVER!

[@kovala]

Incredible how premodern players are still finding ways to innovate. I love this format.

[@fpawluszmtg]

It is truly remarkable, I'm not gonna lie. The pool of cards is so wide and there's so many gems!

[@vaentkhing579]

premodern is the best

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@vaentkhing579 It really is

[@Izelor]

Premodern is so much better than anything that came out the last decade.

[@fpawluszmtg]

By so much that it's not even funny...

[@raoulselten9480]

still not into premodern, but still into your videos, i like you as a content creator, just so enjoyable to watch! i selfishly wish you'd play legacy but hey can't have it all. thanks for all the videos!

[@fpawluszmtg]

I appreciate you watching, and thank you for the kind words! I am personally a big fan of Legacy, and it's the WotC format that I revisit the most often these days, but I have no interest in it whatsoever in its current form. I have tried making Legacy videos twice already, and I just got t1 Griefed at least twice per video. When something changes I may dive in again.

[@garciahahn]

Griefed how? Even in events/competitions?

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@garciahahn I played some leagues on MTGO and the format looks way too stale with UB scaminator being too obviously good while nothing is being done about it.

[@PerKeltMusic]

Hehe, I was toying with that idea for some time, glad someone made it really work in the end :)

[@blastfromthepast4108]

Hi, again a good Video with a cool deck. Last weekend I went with some friends, 6 in total, to a bigger Tournament in Darmstadt here in Germany. Over 100 players and I choose zu play BW Control. The maindeck was pretty standard, but my sideboard was a littlebit wild. I went 5-2 in the swiss rounds an didnt made the cut for the top 8. But 2 of my friends did, one became second place and the other 8th. I became 12th. I won vs Contamination Control, the Mirror, Stiflenought, TerraOath, the Rock and lost to Enchantress and Burn - which was unfortunately the round I had to take several mulligans both games and it cost me the top 8. Still a Great weekend and the deck was a blast to play. If you are intetested I can write down my decklist.

[@IPlayMagic]

Spicy list with some really underrated cards. Cloak is so good in a lot of matchups.

[@fpawluszmtg]

Cloak certainly does a ton of work! I feel like a new version of this deck with Carnophages and Sarcomancy could be much better than this, having a 4/4 lifelinker on turn 3 will probably beat a significant amount of decks.

[@IPlayMagic]

@@fpawluszmtg yeah I was thinking something like that, I was thinking of sylvan safekeeper which is really good in the bogles deck or mother of runes if the mana base can support it.

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@IPlayMagic Mom is a no-no because you will often be facing Swords, and that makes your Cloak fall off. I thought of Safekeeper, but it feels a bit awkward because it being a 1/1 is such low power by itself, so at that point it's just a protection spell and requires another creature to put the pants on, feels like too much work...

[@IPlayMagic]

@@fpawluszmtg I’m not sure about this deck but safekeeper is really good in bogles, if you’re playing 4 rancor and 4 cloak then even a 3 power guy attacking early is surprisingly good in a lot of matchups especially because people don’t know how to play vs safekeeper and it really messes them up

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@IPlayMagic When I build decks I completely ignore arguments such as "people don't know how to play against it" when choosing the cards I want to include. I want my cards to be good when my opponents know how to play against them! But if the card turns out to be good (which I really doubt) then I'll happily play it. If we go down on green early drops and up on black ones then I am not excited about adding them again since it'll make building the mana base that much harder.

[@micheleb.00]

46:10 interesting statement, i love it

[@fpawluszmtg]

Goblins is really, really good!

[@Faustized]

Amazing deck and gameplay!

[@fpawluszmtg]

Thank you!

[@bobbychess5652]

back in the days of kitchen table, armadillo cloak was huge

[@AutumnReel4444]

Fledjling, like Arjentina, yeah. Sick deck

[@fpawluszmtg]

I'll figure it out eventually, hahaha. Thank you!!!

[@BoeseTat]

Love your channel and videos so much, this looks like a nice brew! Keep it up

[@fpawluszmtg]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pier-paulpedeches5574]

I feel like if you go to sarcomancy route, I think you should consider playing a drinker of sorrow. Sacrificing the sarcomancy is so much value and you'll have 3 to 4 rancor to back the drinker up. His downside is less taxing that the negator but maybe I fear the downside of the negator too much.

[@fpawluszmtg]

I am honestly not sure. a 5/5 trampler is much, much better than a 5/3 without built in evasion. Drinker feels more like a "combo piece" in that it needs to be enabled by a Rancor style card. It's definitely worth exploring either way!

[@realbadtech9318]

was seeing what you mean about lands over the birds, but maybe some missed opportunities to suit up the bird with flying for beats here and there? i wonder about keeping the birds but making a few cuts for some treetop villages or factories?

[@fpawluszmtg]

Treetop we may be able to make room, though if we cut BoP now Green is left as a support color, which makes having lands that only produce G very costly. And at that point we'd be taking damage every time we are activating... Factory would be good, but it doesn't help the already steep mana requirements this deck has, so I'm skeptical.

[@85mcarnold]

This is the sexiest deck you’ve ever played

[@fpawluszmtg]

This is a heck of a compliment coming from the legend himself!

[@Lwilibert]

oh wow, this looks like the MTG I remember. I`m back after decades and playing Arena... I`m like wtf!!

[@fpawluszmtg]

Things have changed a lot in the past years, and in my opinion for the worst. Premodern is a little haven where we all get to remember why we fell in love with Magic.

[@Lwilibert]

@@fpawluszmtg im shocked at the powercreep and the amount of text in the cards. It's just too much.

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@Lwilibert At one point I just realized it's not for me anymore... Especially after finding Premodern I realized that I simply don't need to deal with that shit in order to play MtG.

[@portland573]

Amusing interactions 25 years on... ❤

[@fpawluszmtg]

I know, right!?

[@WatchThatFast]

What is this?! Lets watch!

[@fpawluszmtg]

That's a great way to find out!

[@kzelmer]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@fpawluszmtg]

❤❤

[@JWar-]

Try adding a single copy of Thrashing Wumpus. Armadillo Cloak is pretty silly on that card.

[@Rabid_Wombat]

That is actually pretty sick 🤟

[@fpawluszmtg]

Damn, you really brought me back with that comment! 4 mana is probably a lot for this deck, but I remember seeing that card for the first time when I was a kid and thinking it was freaking busted!

[@zdenkonouzovsky6947]

Wumpus costs 3BB

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@zdenkonouzovsky6947 Oooooh, I mistook it with Hunted Wumpus! Yeah, I don't think this deck can ever support the thrashing variety.

[@Kryptnyt]

Crypt Rats is probably better.

[@vojtazelenka1462]

man I got similar deck idea like a week before u posted this :D. what do you think about spirit link?

[@fpawluszmtg]

I thought about it, but the lack of pump is... concerning. I am afraid it simply won't do enough. Try it out and see how it goes!

[@vojtazelenka1462]

My idea was to make the deck revolve more around creatures that deal damage in other ways than just combat like plague spitter. Its probably more janky, but in such deck the link is more viable and important (at least i think so)

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@vojtazelenka1462 It could certainly be!

[@I1caro]

Perfect.

[@fpawluszmtg]

This deck definitely has some cool stuff goin on, haha

[@christuckwell3185]

Maybe vindicate maindeck?

[@fpawluszmtg]

3 mana is A LOT to ask... It could be fine in this deck, but in a list without Birds I don't think I'd want Vindicate and would rather have access to cheaper and instant speed answers.

[@issmoul931]

@@fpawluszmtg hey 3 mana is a lot.... look the cloak, herd negator, sorrow ect.... lol?

[@NormalTheBand]

3 mana is a lot FOR A REMOVAL SPELL. This is an aggro deck, not a control deck. You want to be paying 3 mana for big spells that win the game, not for a versatile but inefficient removal spell that doesn't work the gameplan

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@issmoul931 Right, the deck is built around those cards... This deck cannot play that many 3 drops before it turns into clunky and non-functional

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@NormalTheBand This is a great explanation

[@issmoul931]

Premodern: like+ comment

[@fpawluszmtg]

Appreciated!

[@btrbt8613]

If you know how "hedging" is pronounced, fledgling is similar. It's a bit like J in "jam" or "jester." So like "flej + ling." Anyway, this deck is fire man!

[@fpawluszmtg]

Hahaha thank you!

[@goat666db]

Awesome, looks super fun! Junk ftw 😎

[@fpawluszmtg]

Junky, as all junk should be

[@garciahahn]

Wait, are you argentinian? or are you there just by chance?

[@fpawluszmtg]

I was born and raised in Argentina, but I have been living in the US for the past 15 or so years.

[@garciahahn]

@@fpawluszmtg Copado de saber :) estoy yendo cronológicamente por todo tu contenido! Casi rutina antes de dormir. Keep up the good work!

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@garciahahn Jajaja genial! Tenes bastante para investigar, espero lo disfrutes!

[@benjones1717]

Take out djinn and anurid add meddling mage, swap battlemage for orb. Add lots of bounce lands. imo

[@fpawluszmtg]

There is a 5c version of this deck, which is an entirely different animal. In fact, I drew too much from that deck, and this deck should not be playing Birds, for example. I discuss this at the end of the video.

[@CarloGoiff666]

I think i got it. You should first play with the deck and get familiar with it before recording. Why would people be interested in someone playing a deck in a wrong way? its better to know beforehand what to do against certain matches and how to sideboard.

[@fpawluszmtg]

I think a lot of people are interested in the process since it inspires them to explore and make further changes, especially in the Premodern community. In fact, all the videos where I am trying out new and whacky stuff are usually the ones that get the most views and likes, so the data supports that.

[@nathanaelswayne8024]

I really enjoy seeing decks struggle because thats what happens when I brew. Seeing you make changes and improve decks is awesome!

[@fpawluszmtg]

@@nathanaelswayne8024 I think there is value is seeing the process, in my opinion. If I only play decks that are good and "finished" then there is nowhere to go. Also I simply don't have the time to do that :P

[@issmoul931]

I understood that you didn't like bird... I don't understand what is wrong with them. You want to make your combo with the maximum amount of mana ASAP, you play a lot of 3 drops... So if birds are bad, why they wouldnt be bad in fire of yavimaya deck, survival, aluren ect

[@NormalTheBand]

Because those are wildly different decks. As he explained, birds is not where he wants to be in this deck. Birds ramp you and fix you colors of mana. This is an aggro deck, not ramp and not 5 color deck. By adding aggro creatures, that fits with what the deck is trying to do. Birds accomplishes a gameplan that is tangential to the gameplan of this deck

[@fpawluszmtg]

I want to build this deck as an aggro deck. Bird is not the most aggressive card. In a deck like Fires is ramping you into playing Blastoderms and Saproling Bursts ahead of time. Here you can't really feel the effect of a bird because the curve tops at 3.... On top of that, as far as the combo goes Bird doesn't even speed it up... Whether you have BoP or not you cannot deploy the combo earlier than turn 3.