2:50 "...It is attached to a Merfolk, so that is a downside" I know it's probably meant in the same way that Magus of the Moon is a Blood Moon attached to a body, but that line about specifically being a merfolk made me chuckle a bit lol
No, i actually think he's actually dising merfilk. He's mentioned in other videos that he doesn't like merfolk (the deck specifically, i believe) very much
Thanks for playing it Phil! Deck looked solid. Wrath does seem awkward, I mainly liked it vs the concept of chalice decks while hedging vs artifact decks. Chalice can lock the deck down hard so you do need some stuff vs it. That's actually why I put some endings in the board so you could have removal for delver while having some more options vs chalice. Might be more important to answer reanimator in this metagam so might cut 1 skies for another surgical, path, or borrower. Seems the core is solid though.
I love how he frazed the harbinger of the seas as "our bloodmoon but in blue. It is attached to a merfolk which is a downside.". The way he chose to say "merfolk" and not "creature" is an other unintentional jab against merfolk as a tribe and i love it. XD
Also hushbringer is like doorkeeper thrull (1/2 flying for 1 white + 1 generic) except it doesn’t have flash or impact artifacts coming into play and instead it has lifelink (but at 1 power that’s mostly irrelevant)
What is the reasoning for Wastelanding a land on the opponent's upkeep rather than right away on your own turn? Genuinely curious because I can't think of a difference.
If you waste them they can float a mana then use that to cast an instant. If you wait until their turn it can force them to be less efficient with their mana. Thats all i can come up with tbh
37:05 Doorkeeper Thrull would have prevented Thought Knot Seer anyway, you didn't have to hide anything. Also getting Brainstorm locked that game wasn't really a "risk", because if you were Brainstorm locked on lands you would have failed to draw a land for three consecutive turns anyway and lost regardless. Brainstorming is just correct.
I love this deck and will probably put it together for a local event. Just thinking about a matchup you didn’t face. Is a turn one grief, reanimate on nulldrifter too punishing?
Was it my turn? If so, please reread Force of Negation. Otherwise leave timestamps in the future. I rarely answer gameplay specific questions that don't have timestamps.
the deck used to play uro before nulldrifter. playing three colors is a real cost. in my list i play a single triumph of st katherine as another win condition that's reasonably easy to set up with your cantrips
That first game was a massacre, ewww XD Scratch that, that first ROUND was just totally unfair XD Scratch that, that whole tournament was nuts, it took you literally THE worst luck to lose, since no deck could have survived flooding under THAT many lands without any out like this.
Round 2s opponent was so confusing to me lol. He knew from the turn 2 thoughtsieze that you had a force still in your hand and ran into it. Also a 4 color mana base but basics, no fetches and gemstone mine??? What was i watching
Post round one im just gonna say what i've always said which is that the problems with slow play and miracles during that area was always counterbalance, not top. Unban top, cowards.
what an absolute tragic run of lands right at the end. It took both you AND the opponent drawing nothing but lands for them to fight back in game 1, and then you blanked on actual cards in game 2 while they drew well.
the difference between this and the other stiflenaught nulldrifter list you ran is wild
2:50 "...It is attached to a Merfolk, so that is a downside"
I know it's probably meant in the same way that Magus of the Moon is a Blood Moon attached to a body, but that line about specifically being a merfolk made me chuckle a bit lol
No, i actually think he's actually dising merfilk. He's mentioned in other videos that he doesn't like merfolk (the deck specifically, i believe) very much
Thanks for playing it Phil! Deck looked solid. Wrath does seem awkward, I mainly liked it vs the concept of chalice decks while hedging vs artifact decks. Chalice can lock the deck down hard so you do need some stuff vs it. That's actually why I put some endings in the board so you could have removal for delver while having some more options vs chalice. Might be more important to answer reanimator in this metagam so might cut 1 skies for another surgical, path, or borrower. Seems the core is solid though.
Hey buddy! Just added you on discord. I played this exact list yesterday on paper. It felt solid. Wrath was amazing. Lost to reani and jeskai control.
Yeah, this core was very strong. With some tuning, this feels like a real contender.
I'm guessing ugin's binding is just too expensive for only 1 playset of 7 drops.
“It is a merfolk so that is a downside” haha tell us how you really feel😂
That counterbalance fight was some crazy skill testing stuff.
I love how he frazed the harbinger of the seas as "our bloodmoon but in blue. It is attached to a merfolk which is a downside.". The way he chose to say "merfolk" and not "creature" is an other unintentional jab against merfolk as a tribe and i love it. XD
16:20 the opponent gets punished for the greed. Could have just Forced the Stifle.
Dorky Perthrull
Also hushbringer is like doorkeeper thrull (1/2 flying for 1 white + 1 generic) except it doesn’t have flash or impact artifacts coming into play and instead it has lifelink (but at 1 power that’s mostly irrelevant)
Wrath of the skies is interesting. Do you think Pest Control is going to be replaced by Wrath of the Skies?
Thats a pretty damned cheeky smile you had going there on G2 of R4 Phil.
Winning against a Counterbalance fight is wild
Got this exact deck in paper. Glad to see another run through the grind by Phil!
What is the reasoning for Wastelanding a land on the opponent's upkeep rather than right away on your own turn? Genuinely curious because I can't think of a difference.
If opponent has some way to save their land, they has to spend mana on their turn. Useful against opposing stifles or crop rotation style effects.
If you waste them they can float a mana then use that to cast an instant. If you wait until their turn it can force them to be less efficient with their mana. Thats all i can come up with tbh
The big one is to make stifle etc on your wasteland worse.
Yeah if they also have stifle, making them tap their land on their upkeep means they don’t have the mana for the turn
r1, g1 was the most savage i think ive ever seen you play on the channel
37:05 Doorkeeper Thrull would have prevented Thought Knot Seer anyway, you didn't have to hide anything. Also getting Brainstorm locked that game wasn't really a "risk", because if you were Brainstorm locked on lands you would have failed to draw a land for three consecutive turns anyway and lost regardless. Brainstorming is just correct.
“It is attached to a Merfolk so that is a downside.” Ow, rip merfolks I guess.
23:26, why not Dress Down here into evoked null drifter?
that first game avainst delver was beautiful
My fav legacy deck tbh
Did you like uw or ub stiflenought more?
I love this deck and will probably put it together for a local event. Just thinking about a matchup you didn’t face. Is a turn one grief, reanimate on nulldrifter too punishing?
At 16:00, couldnt the opponent just force of negation the stifle?
Yeah, but then they'd be down one card due to brainstorm being countered. Just got a bit too greedy
If wasteland + stifle is the way to get out of the early game, it makes sense other decks that play with wasteland are tough to fight.
Is mulligrinning when you use the London mulligan to assemble a combo in your opener?
What do you think about consign to memory in this strategy?
killer deck!
IN THE FIRST MATCH WHY DIDN'T HE COUNTER THE STIFLE WITH THE FON?
Was it my turn? If so, please reread Force of Negation. Otherwise leave timestamps in the future. I rarely answer gameplay specific questions that don't have timestamps.
Would Uro (or maybe phlage?) Be worth considering in this list?
Or do we just have enough threats and the 3rd color's not worth it
Personally I really like the UW version of the deck it feels really tight and consistent, especially vs scam
Makes the manabase worse
the deck used to play uro before nulldrifter. playing three colors is a real cost. in my list i play a single triumph of st katherine as another win condition that's reasonably easy to set up with your cantrips
funnily enough, there could be a 7 on top, as we know Murktide is in the deck.
That first game was a massacre, ewww XD
Scratch that, that first ROUND was just totally unfair XD
Scratch that, that whole tournament was nuts, it took you literally THE worst luck to lose, since no deck could have survived flooding under THAT many lands without any out like this.
Round 2s opponent was so confusing to me lol.
He knew from the turn 2 thoughtsieze that you had a force still in your hand and ran into it. Also a 4 color mana base but basics, no fetches and gemstone mine??? What was i watching
I am wondering why you didn't fetch to thin on last game..
Keeping it for a brainstorm topdeck is probably more %points
@@olafthemoose9413 one sure - but 2?!
Post round one im just gonna say what i've always said which is that the problems with slow play and miracles during that area was always counterbalance, not top. Unban top, cowards.
Stifnullought?
21:00 oops all dress downs lmaooo
maybe condem instead of path?
Sweet, when it works.
Nice
Merfolk h8r!
what an absolute tragic run of lands right at the end. It took both you AND the opponent drawing nothing but lands for them to fight back in game 1, and then you blanked on actual cards in game 2 while they drew well.
Penny dreadful could never 😂
You know you're hitting your stride as a content creator when you can make a terrible intro joke funny with delivery