As far as I can recall Seth knows how to pronounce Roiling Vortex. Where he's getting the 't' in Monstrous Vortext is a secret known only to him and the magic gods
@@Noah_eotlrI am pretty sure that most of Seth’s mispronunciations are half trolling half real it’s kinda he knows he struggles a bit so why not go all way with it for that sweet engagement
@@mageius Not a ball, doesnt get to swing on 3 mana, doesnt get discovered with monstrous vortex, no trample or haste, bad card and this deck doesnt fit it.
@JohnDirtySpleen It's more about the effect and stat line. Remember, it evokes for 3, deals 6 damage to a creature when it leaves play. I'll concede that it's not truly a Ball, but you can use it more as removal that triggers Vortex. Vortex is on cast, so the evoke cost is why it's worth it.
Reminds me of a Mono Red deck I had a long time ago, that Ball Lightning was the core, but also all the other "Honorable Balls" in red at the time. Spark Elemental, Hellspark, and there was one other, stacking with all the cheap burn I could find. Stole quite a few games with that old deck, as people just didn't know how to react. Good times!
And here's where not knowing a card exits hurts: Spitebellows If you're gonna do this type of deck this card is a must. It's originally from Morningtide so is modern legal and you can evoke it for 1RR. Basically a 6/1 that deals 6 damage to something on ETB. It's normal cost may be 5 and a R but who cares you'll use it as a kill spell while triggers the enchantment. Edit: it's on leaves play not ETB but the evoke cost is what I mean.
About 52:25 in, I heard a hilarious Seth-ism: "I think we attack *before* combat..." Hilarious deck is hilarious. Imagine if this deck actually got tuned to become good!
From a bit of scrolling I found a lot of comments pointing out that Keruga would by a viable companion with some minor modifications. From what I can tell, Scion of Draco (and the sideboard crab) is also the only card preventing Kaheera from being an option.
Would it be worth getting beanstalk giant or beanstalk wurm in this deck? it seems like adding some ramp to get to the combo a turn or two sooner might make it a lot more consistent, and because they are dual mode, you don't have to worry about them messing up the monstrous ball combo
Hell yeah! I’m doing this on arena too, 4 Phlages and tons of treasures from Gadrak to close out the game with a Magma Opus. Not very competitive but so much fun when it works!
Seth's "vortext" reminds me of that episode of Critical Role: Narrative Telephone where Liam says "wald hexe", but over time it gets misheard as "the Vortex".
I waited the whole time for Seth to set off his mass summoning, getting all excited and declare his attack with all "12 Ball Lighnings" only for an opponent with 1 untapped land to cast a fog like Darkness. With all 12 "Ball Lightnings" being sacrificed at the end of the turn that would have been a one mana instant reversal of the game. Unfortunately it did not happen... I would have loved to see the instant change in his facial expressions.
I'd play Beanstalk Wurm in this deck as an attempt to speed the gameplan up a turn - its adventure is explore so you can theoretically hit 4 lands on turn 3 Maybe also more split/aftermath cards? You can actually get some counters or interaction in on the early turns beyond bedeck
I know we want to be in on Ball Lightnings, but this deck has room for improvement while keeping the idea intact. The biggest note is that this version isn't playing with the restriction properly - it's not that you can't play any spells with mana value 3 or less outside Ball Lightning variants, you just can't play anything at three mana that won't trigger Monstrous Vortex or anything cheaper. That might seem like not a big deal, but that means this version of the deck isn't playing the following interesting card: Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury Phlage to replace Groundbreaker is massive, since Phlage + Leyline Binding + Leyline of the Guildpact at 4 each is enough white cards to support playing Solitude instead of Trumpeting Carnosaur while also making the deck's mana wayyyy less intense since you only at most need triple red, one white on turn 2 [for Leyline Binding], one black on turn 3 for Lightning Skelemental, and one green on turn 4 for Monstrous Vortex. Dead // Gone and Fire // Ice are also interesting choices for the deck, but not nearly as big a deal as Phlage + Solitude.
I still think that a line like "You can only have one copy of the ONE ring in your deck" would be perfectly fine for the one ring. Still be busted, but you would run into the "play another one ring" problem. Or at least that the new ring gains the counters of the old ring.
I play a 10 pin balling deck in modern. You need to be able recur your threats constantly. Unfortunately relying on vortex is a massive glass cannon. I do like the addition of scion though.
Arboreal Grazer? I think is the name. One mana 0/3 that when it ETB's you put a land into play tapped. That would speed the deck up that one turn that he needed
I think upgrades can be done with switching groundbreaker for arc runner and go down go like two them and play phlage. Makes the mana essier and perhaps leds painful, and phlage does add to the removal suite
Glad you've had balls to keep the suggested deck name in the spoiler video comments. The lack of 2 mana adventure ramp spells hurts, in a lot of matches it felt like a single turn difference
I feel like this deck would be both better and more dedicated to the ball lightning theme if you took out the Draco/Leyline package in exchange for a ramp package to play Monstrous Vortex and ball lightnings sooner, possibly with arbor elf/utopia sprawl and/or Noble/ Ignoble Hierarch. Cavern of Souls might be a consideration as well
I really like Rise/Fall in the sideboard, and honestly maybe in the main deck at this point of the meta. Spitebellows is also a good include against Nadu and other creature centric combos.
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According to Magic Deck Naming Conventions, this deck can also be called "12 Balls"
12 Ball
I would call this Chain Ball but 12 ball sounds pretty good as well 😂
"What deck do you play?"
"Oops 12 balls"
Just shorten it to 6 Guys
@@Zadysseus "oops all balls"
Monstrous Balls is just an objectively funny thing to write on a thumbnail. Good job! 😁
If that's not the deck's name forever and ever I'll riot
I just love how happy Seth gets when his junk works.
phrasing? 😏
@@slyguy183 🤣 🤣 I meant Jank.
Anyone would be happy for their Monstrous Balls to work 😆
Doesnt every man on earth?
@@Bigd2k I don't think you did
Every time he says "vortext," I die a little inside
i have come to appreciate whenever seth does his slight mispronunciations, its part of what makes him so likeable to me
You've gotta be at least like 75% dead inside by now, right
Where he keeps getting the mispronunciations is a mystery. This one is pretty far out there.
Part of me thinks he’s doing it on purpose at this point. The other part is dead.
shoutout to the match 2 opponent who let the combo and the hit play out for the content
Yeah that was hilarious. I appreciated the opponent watching the nonsense all the way through
Especially since the cascading was pointless. A single ball lightning was lethal.
Imagine getting blasted by Seth, probably better known as SaffronOlive’s monstrous balls
UwU
@@simic0racle157 it translated UwU to wow OwO, also i totally agree with you simic oracle
Modern Horizon 4 will finally bring us Blue Balls. They'll draw a card when hitting your opponents.
Takes balls to play a deck like this
Specifically 8-12 of them.
10/10 😂
As far as I can recall Seth knows how to pronounce Roiling Vortex. Where he's getting the 't' in Monstrous Vortext is a secret known only to him and the magic gods
I'm convinced he's trolling the cause he says it normally at 8:58 🤦🏼♀️
@@Noah_eotlrI am pretty sure that most of Seth’s mispronunciations are half trolling half real it’s kinda he knows he struggles a bit so why not go all way with it for that sweet engagement
English is a really stupid language anyway. Why not have fun with it?
He does it with Roiling Vortex(t), too
Tbf, English is a dumb language. Let him have fun with it.
Spark Trooper looks on sadly from the window as his friends all get to play outside but he has to stay home because he cost 4.
Lovestruck Beast could be a useful card in this deck. It works with the combo, gives you a one drop, and can dodge discard to start the cascading
I was thinking beanstalk Wurm and Kellan, Inquisitive prodigy for a bit of ramp myself
Golly gee that One Ring card sure does seem like a *LOT* of fun to play against.
Seth’s monstrous balls bolted into his opponents faces
"He Monstrous Vortex on my Ball Lightning till I Groundbreaker"
He’s got big balls. She’s got big balls. But Seth has the biggest balls of them all.
How was this not sponsored by Manscaped?
Teaching Arena Zoomers about AC/DC songs. Nice.
This video proves that the real busted three drop that MH3 enabled was ball lightning, like who is Nadu anyway?
Second opponent was a good person for letting you resolve all your triggers instead of just scooping
This video is everything mtg should be. Fun, janky, big creatures, new cards, old concepts. It's perfection
This is the deck I was most excited for after spoiler season and I'm so happy it was done so soon!
But he forgot about a card like
Spitebellows. Trust me it's a card that should have been in it.
@@mageius Not a ball, doesnt get to swing on 3 mana, doesnt get discovered with monstrous vortex, no trample or haste, bad card and this deck doesnt fit it.
@JohnDirtySpleen It's more about the effect and stat line. Remember, it evokes for 3, deals 6 damage to a creature when it leaves play. I'll concede that it's not truly a Ball, but you can use it more as removal that triggers Vortex. Vortex is on cast, so the evoke cost is why it's worth it.
Same!!
I was actively working on this, as a commander deck, this morning. Seeing a Modern variant makes my warm Ball Lightning heart happy! Thanks, Seth!
the fact that seth was able to say the intro with a straight face is impressive!
Seth, you did it. You broke the balls.
Deck is great flavor too, a storm of elementals breaking forth from a vortex, pretty dope
Reminds me of a Mono Red deck I had a long time ago, that Ball Lightning was the core, but also all the other "Honorable Balls" in red at the time. Spark Elemental, Hellspark, and there was one other, stacking with all the cheap burn I could find. Stole quite a few games with that old deck, as people just didn't know how to react. Good times!
When Seth's Against the Odds deck works, we get to witness pure joy.
Seth's got big balls. Seth's got big balls. They're such big balls. They're hastey big balls.
Surprised no boros titan essentialy fits ball lightning mana cost and power to trigger monstrous vortex
All of the titans would work, you're right. I suspect there isn't space? Maybe? Though Phlage could swap in for the carnosaurs
@@gillablecam No, Uro is banned, and Kroxa is 2 mana, which could ruin the combo. But Phlage should probably be in the deck.
Seth is balling out with this one
THAT'S RISQUE, MR SAFFRON OLIVER!!!
I was a little disappointed there wasn't a small clip of AC/DC Big Balls
The first 10 secs of this vid was enough to set me for life. The look on Seth's face saying that deck name was priceless
The blue green Kellan that costs 4 can let you explore as an adventure for 2 mana to ramp. Might be good as a way to jump ahead a turn?
Love that Vortext
There has never been a modern deck i want more than this one. Perfect meme
You could attempt to speed it up by playing magma opus to ramp.
Nah wouldn't be
@@charlied8284how would making a treasure on turn 2 not speed things up
I have been waiting ever since I saw your short about this combo
So happy you attacked before combat (52:22) so the Vortext could resolve.
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT INTRO OMG
And here's where not knowing a card exits hurts:
Spitebellows
If you're gonna do this type of deck this card is a must.
It's originally from Morningtide so is modern legal and you can evoke it for 1RR. Basically a 6/1 that deals 6 damage to something on ETB. It's normal cost may be 5 and a R but who cares you'll use it as a kill spell while triggers the enchantment.
Edit: it's on leaves play not ETB but the evoke cost is what I mean.
that final game is the most satisfying win ive seen in a min
Abreal grazer always cracks me up. Classic Seth! Arboreal is tough
This deck should be called Leeroy Jankins
I'd love to see Lovestruck Beast, Phlage, and Kroxa in here. They satisfy the "5 power/3mv" while giving you options.
Kroxa is 2-mana.
Seth posting balls wasnt on my 2024 bingo card, yet here we are
Shoutout to the one guy that plays electrickery in modern
Building decks around Ball Lightnings really opens us up for some fantastic deck names 🙌
That last win against control was great
4:20 Why was Seth in a hurry to grab a Sacred Foundry untapped here? I think that extra 2 life would have helped him survive.
About 52:25 in, I heard a hilarious Seth-ism: "I think we attack *before* combat..."
Hilarious deck is hilarious. Imagine if this deck actually got tuned to become good!
YES! Ball Breaker is BACK!!
From a bit of scrolling I found a lot of comments pointing out that Keruga would by a viable companion with some minor modifications.
From what I can tell, Scion of Draco (and the sideboard crab) is also the only card preventing Kaheera from being an option.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!
Phlage seems pretty good in this deck to both be easier to cast *and* as removal if you don't have the vortex.
Seth has to have dyslexia
Vortext
I wonder if keruga the macrosage is worth it for cutting one sideboard card
Seth it's great to see you so happy. And I'm happy we didn't get blue balled either.
Would it be worth getting beanstalk giant or beanstalk wurm in this deck? it seems like adding some ramp to get to the combo a turn or two sooner might make it a lot more consistent, and because they are dual mode, you don't have to worry about them messing up the monstrous ball combo
Hell yeah! I’m doing this on arena too, 4 Phlages and tons of treasures from Gadrak to close out the game with a Magma Opus. Not very competitive but so much fun when it works!
The wizard cast testicular torsion on the opponent. It was lethal.
I love how happy Seth is to have his combo go off while his opponent is at only 6 life with no blockers 😅
Seth's "vortext" reminds me of that episode of Critical Role: Narrative Telephone where Liam says "wald hexe", but over time it gets misheard as "the Vortex".
If you're looking for more counterspells to run, you could go with Odds//Ends. Odds is essentially 2 mana Invert Polarity for instants and sorceries
Fog would completely counter this deck.
I never thought id be saying this but, nice balls Seth 🤣🤣🤣
Haven’t even seen anything yet, and I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS TO WORK!!!!
Running this kind of deck in a tournament would require some serious... courage.
You can put Grabby Giant in the deck; it ramps you on turn 2 without being a 3 mana or less spell!
I waited the whole time for Seth to set off his mass summoning, getting all excited and declare his attack with all "12 Ball Lighnings" only for an opponent with 1 untapped land to cast a fog like Darkness.
With all 12 "Ball Lightnings" being sacrificed at the end of the turn that would have been a one mana instant reversal of the game.
Unfortunately it did not happen...
I would have loved to see the instant change in his facial expressions.
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
51:30 missed the opportunity to say “grabbed my ball”
I'd play Beanstalk Wurm in this deck as an attempt to speed the gameplan up a turn - its adventure is explore so you can theoretically hit 4 lands on turn 3
Maybe also more split/aftermath cards? You can actually get some counters or interaction in on the early turns beyond bedeck
All of those one rings make me wanna play everlasting torment. Literally and figuratively
I'm so used to Seth's little chuckle at the start of AtO because he's playing storm crow or whatever that what he said completely blindsided me.
I know we want to be in on Ball Lightnings, but this deck has room for improvement while keeping the idea intact. The biggest note is that this version isn't playing with the restriction properly - it's not that you can't play any spells with mana value 3 or less outside Ball Lightning variants, you just can't play anything at three mana that won't trigger Monstrous Vortex or anything cheaper. That might seem like not a big deal, but that means this version of the deck isn't playing the following interesting card:
Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
Phlage to replace Groundbreaker is massive, since Phlage + Leyline Binding + Leyline of the Guildpact at 4 each is enough white cards to support playing Solitude instead of Trumpeting Carnosaur while also making the deck's mana wayyyy less intense since you only at most need triple red, one white on turn 2 [for Leyline Binding], one black on turn 3 for Lightning Skelemental, and one green on turn 4 for Monstrous Vortex. Dead // Gone and Fire // Ice are also interesting choices for the deck, but not nearly as big a deal as Phlage + Solitude.
Seth's monstrous balls is the real reason trinisphere is spiking this week
I love these types of videos, i was rooting for ya
Lightning skelemental from mh1 is so fun. It just hasn’t been playable. Thank you Seth for making it work.
We’ve got the biggest balls of them all.
It takes monstrous balls to play a deck like this.
Seth's chipmunk laugh always reminds me of stinkmeaner from the boondocks
I still think that a line like "You can only have one copy of the ONE ring in your deck" would be perfectly fine for the one ring. Still be busted, but you would run into the "play another one ring" problem.
Or at least that the new ring gains the counters of the old ring.
I actually thought for sure you were getting Settle the Wreckaged when the opponent said GG with all their mana up, heh.
I play a 10 pin balling deck in modern. You need to be able recur your threats constantly. Unfortunately relying on vortex is a massive glass cannon.
I do like the addition of scion though.
Maybe a magma opus would be good for some ramp, you were one turn off enough times I would try that
Arboreal Grazer? I think is the name. One mana 0/3 that when it ETB's you put a land into play tapped.
That would speed the deck up that one turn that he needed
@@aaroneisenman6873 Monstrous Vortex/Carnosaur/"Discover" mechanic could brick.
@twinnieonse1466
Yeah that is true....totally didn't think about that.
@@aaroneisenman6873 Arboreal Grazer breaks the Discover chain. Everything needs to either have 5+ power, or have a printed mana value of 4 or more.
I think upgrades can be done with switching groundbreaker for arc runner and go down go like two them and play phlage. Makes the mana essier and perhaps leds painful, and phlage does add to the removal suite
I was expecting a fog to get played.
You had a lot of balls to try something like this.
Glad you've had balls to keep the suggested deck name in the spoiler video comments.
The lack of 2 mana adventure ramp spells hurts, in a lot of matches it felt like a single turn difference
This kind of deck in arena is so much fun!! Feels like a slot machine!
The last game against control was the HYPE.
I feel like this deck would be both better and more dedicated to the ball lightning theme if you took out the Draco/Leyline package in exchange for a ramp package to play Monstrous Vortex and ball lightnings sooner, possibly with arbor elf/utopia sprawl and/or Noble/ Ignoble Hierarch. Cavern of Souls might be a consideration as well
Saying "monstrous balls" that straight faced is legendary
Ring in to Ring. The amazing current modern gameplay on a nutshell...
I really like Rise/Fall in the sideboard, and honestly maybe in the main deck at this point of the meta.
Spitebellows is also a good include against Nadu and other creature centric combos.
Dead/Gone also seems way better than virtue as well.
Another card you could play is phlage, it has 5 or more power. More staying power and gives you a way to last a couple more turns.
If you want a cheap protection against counters in this deck, play a Ricochet trap
Get out of my brain! I have though about this for the longest time. Thank you good sir for helping me let go of this idea.
Way to stick it to control at the end! :)
There was a “deck and balls” joke here, there had to be
Is there any reason you aren't playing Keruga? Seems like a freeroll for just the one sideboard slot.
You know what? You can also add Keruga as your companion for this deck! 😂