For more on the deck check out the article here: www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-82-gleeful-8-whack-modern Also, a lot of people have been asking about artifact lands. I tried the MH2 ones and found that coming into play tapped made them too slow for the deck. I also tried Darksteel Citadel, but being colorless was too much of a drawback, especially since Goblin Bushwhacker costs double red to kick, so I cut them. You can give them a try, but my experience was they weren't worth it, even though they do have some cute synergy with Gleeful Demolition.
Your list is interesting, it's quite different from the other lists that play Synthesizer and star to grind out more value if the initial explosive start doesn't work out. Yours feels a little more "all in" perhaps? I did also find having as many free spells as possible was amazing for RB. Curious how you felt about the signal pests? Not sure if I should be squeezing them in or not. I do think Voldaren Epicure is worth the include though - gives you a creature and an artifact to sac, and the one damage ping is nice and filtering through bad draws with the blood token.
@@yaboibanana33 I agree that this is a more "all-in" version, and it makes sense to not have Synth in an "all-in" version while something like AspiringSpike's version is maximizing being good against spot removal (and is more resilient in general at the cost of speed if unimpeded).
I SO want to build this list. My one hesitation is rakdos scam (mostly fury) beats this deck pretty handily. Also still terrified of chalice on 1 though.
So I have played the previous version with the dom united lord and even that died to scam consistently so the fact this can go even wider makes me optimistic and for chalice I really think you need 3 or 4 Shattering Spree instead of the Smithereens it helps get around when your opp has chalices on 1 and 2
Yeah, Chalice on one is a solvable problem I think with sideboard cards. Fury we mostly just have to dodge or try to play through, it's pretty brutal against us.
Not sure if you considered it, but I actually like Voldaren Epicure over Foundry Street Denizen in this type of deck. Same cost, gives you an artifact to sac or filter/card advantage, and does 1 damage. The only slight drawback is that it's not a goblin for goblin grenade. But I really like having just a bunch of vanilla 1/1 so opponents targeted removal doesn't have clear best options. They often end up just taking more damage waiting for something "worth" killing, like a Foundry Street or Signal Pest.
Cavern of Souls would be really solid in this deck to make the Whackers unable to be countered. One Cavern is basically the same price as the whole deck though
I built this too but I used a few copies of darksteel relic over bauble because gleeful can target it and not destroy it, then I can sack it later to kuldotha or shrapnel. Super fun deck :)
Wish there was a way to play an Indestructible Artifact Land with Gleeful Demolition (doesn't work as well with Kuldotha Rebirth), but mono red is definitely the way to go with a budget deck.
I love having decks like these for a few reasons, if someone wants to borrow a deck from me, I don't usually have any troubles lending a deck like this out and it's easy to teach, I can get 5-6 custom goblin tokens that really show off my personality while playing, and if I have great success with the deck it's not very hard for most decks to build sideboard hate for in a small meta.
Oof. That's how I felt Friday when I went 4-1 best I've ever done in a modern league with a home brew. Went 2-0 vs creativity, 2-1 vs Tron, 2-0 vs Izzet Prowess, 2-0 vs Tron, and 1-2 vs Eldrazi Tron and they team extremely well had answers to my answers. Was still super happy.
Seth just to let you know I do play old 8 whack and it really wins on turn three MOST of the time but it has a slim chance to win on turn 2 though but the odds are EXTREMELY slim.... With a foundry street in hand with four burning tree emissary also in hand and a surge cost whack
I feel like Void Mirror to just say no to Cascade out of the board would be pretty good - Rhinos/Living End seems like one of the only decks that can easily say no to your plan. Even Control is likely to be too slow, as we saw here, but being able to make fast blockers or wipe with a pitched Fury is absolutely backbreaking for this kind of aggro. Plus Void Mirror is 20 cents, it's a very budget option.
I love the way your videos are edited and I also think your video thumbnail drawings are great 😀 It would be nice to see the people responsible for those things receive credits / a mention in the description or something. Just a suggestion!
@@MTGGoldfish have you ever considered of going over some of the options you tried and didn't work out and explaining why in some of your videos Seth? It might be really interesting to hear your thought processes on what doesn't make the cut
While the video is a year old, it looks far different than the “agreed upon” necessary cards I run. Going to have to play with this build for myself. Appreciate ya.
I forgot Seth can you find a way to make this deck non budget like adding a void mirror to stop cascade decks and a blood moon or two to make non basic lands to basic mountains and even a damping sphere for amulet titan and tron and maybe some removal? Or find some cards to make this deck a lot better
Seth I wonder what modern whack deck does more damage: normal 8 whack with burning tree emissary, legion loyalist in the main deck and lightning bolt and also in the main deck with either fanatical fire brand or the mogg fanatic. Or this deck the gleeful 8 whack...Can you test these decks with someone you know or do a comparison between the 2 in a video like a Livestream?
Sometimes I forget what a card does and need to look at them in your hand. Unfortunately you moving them back and forth fidgeting with them in the client makes that hard. Not a huge issue, but a little feedback as I did exhale a small "g'damn it Seth" :D
At 21:05 you probably should have just played the bushwacker and swung with everything since that bushwacker always has haste even with no surge. That would have but them to 1, killed ragavan, and still had 3 1/1s left over. Then they're dead on board no matter what you draw and most draws would be lethal too.
I know it’s a small thing but in game 3 match 1 couldn’t you have played the 1 mana bushwhacker normally and then surged the other one, would that have been lethal? I’m not sure
And here I was about to make a different rebirth demolition deck, I was going to go for something more pauper like this is quite good and better than what I was thinking of.
I got very excited for this deck. Unfortunately, Modern it seems is straight up pay-to-win. Taking it out against the field on MtGO you'll grab maybe, maybe 1 match in every 5 in my experience... Fury is everywhere, Urza's Saga's and Shocklands making perfect mana. Very bitter aftertaste and makes me wonder how many leagues Seth had to go through to get a 4-1
Do you ever just play Ragavan in the deck? I know it doesn't exactly have synergy, but it's also just so powerful on its own that maybe the deck gets better anyway. It fits the aggro plan and technically, it does make artifacts.
For more on the deck check out the article here: www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-82-gleeful-8-whack-modern
Also, a lot of people have been asking about artifact lands. I tried the MH2 ones and found that coming into play tapped made them too slow for the deck. I also tried Darksteel Citadel, but being colorless was too much of a drawback, especially since Goblin Bushwhacker costs double red to kick, so I cut them. You can give them a try, but my experience was they weren't worth it, even though they do have some cute synergy with Gleeful Demolition.
Experimental synthesizer?
@@alessandropela4878 That was in my deck originally over Mishra's Bauble, but I found it was pretty rare that I could actually play the card from it.
Your list is interesting, it's quite different from the other lists that play Synthesizer and star to grind out more value if the initial explosive start doesn't work out.
Yours feels a little more "all in" perhaps? I did also find having as many free spells as possible was amazing for RB.
Curious how you felt about the signal pests? Not sure if I should be squeezing them in or not.
I do think Voldaren Epicure is worth the include though - gives you a creature and an artifact to sac, and the one damage ping is nice and filtering through bad draws with the blood token.
@@yaboibanana33 I agree that this is a more "all-in" version, and it makes sense to not have Synth in an "all-in" version while something like AspiringSpike's version is maximizing being good against spot removal (and is more resilient in general at the cost of speed if unimpeded).
@@MTGGoldfish reality, nobody cares about yourshit opinions in reality
I have to say that I really enjoyed watching Seth whack his opponents gleefully for half an hour.
I’m surprised he managed to make it that long with all the whacking going on..
Being able to whack for half an hour is an awe-inspiring feat
Match 4 is exactly why Ramunap Ruin and, to a lesser extent, the other deserts are so underrated in Modern.
it was pretty awesome to see
Gleeful 8-whack is such a nice, cheery name for this deck! I doubt your opponents find it very fitting though.
“Whacked off the Ragavan” is something I needed to hear from Seth
Here to say this
Also here to say this.
it's been barely twenty minutes and it's already my favorite modern deck I have seen by now
I love this deck's synergy, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Very true.
and this is great because so many people play Ragavan nowadays, I never worry about them trying to steal a Bauble or a Memnite
I love every video where Seth gleefully starts to wonder to himself if the deck is good or not, cracks me up everytime lol
Didn't know what to watch during the metro ride off work (I'm french it's 6pm) Right on time Seth. Thanks
Bon retour!
I got ya
The original version of this was, literally, my first MTG deck ever and I still miss playing. I was soooo excited when Gleeful Sabotage was spoiled.
I SO want to build this list. My one hesitation is rakdos scam (mostly fury) beats this deck pretty handily.
Also still terrified of chalice on 1 though.
So I have played the previous version with the dom united lord and even that died to scam consistently so the fact this can go even wider makes me optimistic and for chalice I really think you need 3 or 4 Shattering Spree instead of the Smithereens it helps get around when your opp has chalices on 1 and 2
Yeah, Chalice on one is a solvable problem I think with sideboard cards. Fury we mostly just have to dodge or try to play through, it's pretty brutal against us.
@@MTGGoldfish or run Torpor orb in the sideboard. It's both an artifact for shenanigans and shuts down Fury.
@@winssports4830 but then they get a free 3/3 double strike because torpor orb shuts of the evoke
@@nicholaschidester887 true but if you're going wide one 3/3 double striker isn't the end of the world vs a wrath of your board.
Not sure if you considered it, but I actually like Voldaren Epicure over Foundry Street Denizen in this type of deck. Same cost, gives you an artifact to sac or filter/card advantage, and does 1 damage. The only slight drawback is that it's not a goblin for goblin grenade. But I really like having just a bunch of vanilla 1/1 so opponents targeted removal doesn't have clear best options. They often end up just taking more damage waiting for something "worth" killing, like a Foundry Street or Signal Pest.
I think I'd put Voldaren Epicure in over the Mishra's Bauble. Would definitely help the budget to cut Mishra's Bauble at least.
thanks for the idea!
Seth: It's been a minute since we've had an 8 whack. You know, I could really go for some 8 whack...
Wait! Did he just say he “whacked off the Ragavan?” 😂😂
Great deck though. Good synergy
Super sweet Seth. It’s always fun revisiting 8-Whack with you.
Cavern of Souls would be really solid in this deck to make the Whackers unable to be countered.
One Cavern is basically the same price as the whole deck though
what cuts would you make exactly
I built this too but I used a few copies of darksteel relic over bauble because gleeful can target it and not destroy it, then I can sack it later to kuldotha or shrapnel. Super fun deck :)
I'm a sucker for any deck that gets value out of the hockey puck
The fact that 8whack works makes whacking your opponent so much better lol
I knew this build would come, I knew the signal pest kuldotha would mix with the 8 whack eventually.
Wish there was a way to play an Indestructible Artifact Land with Gleeful Demolition (doesn't work as well with Kuldotha Rebirth), but mono red is definitely the way to go with a budget deck.
I brewed one that runs Darksteel Relic. Silly and inefficient use of a deck slot? yes. Synergizes well with gleeful though.
We might want to take a page out of the pauper playbook and play synthesizer. The card advantage is so insane if we get into anything later than t4
If this deck gets to turn 4 you're probably losing.
Always enjoy watching Seth play 8-whack. Such a fun deck to play. Congrats on the strong performance!
I love having decks like these for a few reasons, if someone wants to borrow a deck from me, I don't usually have any troubles lending a deck like this out and it's easy to teach, I can get 5-6 custom goblin tokens that really show off my personality while playing, and if I have great success with the deck it's not very hard for most decks to build sideboard hate for in a small meta.
Love the Prismatic punt!
Love modern budget builds, it's so immensely satisfying to beat 1k-2k decks with $100 builds.
I liked the part where he said “It’s whacking time” and then proceeded to whack all over the place
Me too
This seems to be an extremely strong build of 8-whack. Way more consistent thanks to bauble and stuff. Very well brewed!
29:54 Don't pretend like we didn't see that little beauty... Love any deck with Sun Titan.
This is the first budget magic deck I'll be buying. Incredible!
21:31
I don't know if you really want to be saying "Whacked off the Ragavan" lol.
I have a version of this deck in standard with expiremental whatchimacallit and every single card is 1 mana, I win a surprising percent of games.
Oof. That's how I felt Friday when I went 4-1 best I've ever done in a modern league with a home brew. Went 2-0 vs creativity, 2-1 vs Tron, 2-0 vs Izzet Prowess, 2-0 vs Tron, and 1-2 vs Eldrazi Tron and they team extremely well had answers to my answers. Was still super happy.
Seth just to let you know I do play old 8 whack and it really wins on turn three MOST of the time but it has a slim chance to win on turn 2 though but the odds are EXTREMELY slim.... With a foundry street in hand with four burning tree emissary also in hand and a surge cost whack
I had this same exact deck made already. It's sweet! Super cheap too. Rundvelt Hordemaster might be really good in the deck too.
I think I prefer "the bear's eating" to "the kids are eating." Bear is a dog, which is better than a kid.
I feel like Void Mirror to just say no to Cascade out of the board would be pretty good - Rhinos/Living End seems like one of the only decks that can easily say no to your plan. Even Control is likely to be too slow, as we saw here, but being able to make fast blockers or wipe with a pitched Fury is absolutely backbreaking for this kind of aggro. Plus Void Mirror is 20 cents, it's a very budget option.
You mean with the power of magic online, I can gleefully whack from the comfort of my own home!?!? Technology is amazing
This was awesome! It did, in fact, make me gleeful.
I love the way your videos are edited and I also think your video thumbnail drawings are great 😀 It would be nice to see the people responsible for those things receive credits / a mention in the description or something. Just a suggestion!
Did you consider adding any of the 2 color mh2 artifact lands? The two gleeful sabotage spells don't care if the artifact is destroyed or not.
Yeah, I tried Darksteel Citadel and one of the MH2 ones, but it ended up feeling too slow (and Citadel being colorless was a problem).
@@MTGGoldfish have you ever considered of going over some of the options you tried and didn't work out and explaining why in some of your videos Seth? It might be really interesting to hear your thought processes on what doesn't make the cut
@@MTGGoldfish maybe darksteel relic?
"Gleefully whacking..." Never change, Seth.
I don’t know if you can show that on TH-cam. Unless you can convince them it’s educational or recreational.
While the video is a year old, it looks far different than the “agreed upon” necessary cards I run. Going to have to play with this build for myself.
Appreciate ya.
8-Whack is and always has been one of my favorite decks. Even my 6 year old version still wrecks people handily.
Yess I was so hoping this deck was coming! I was looking to build it myself
I love mono red, because it makes almost any MTG format as cheap as pauper, and you're still competitive
This reminds me of the old devastating summons goblin bushwhacker builds in standard when scars of mirrodin came out
Never gonna get sick of 8whacks, fantastic work!
Kuldotha Rebirth already took over Pauper. It was only a matter of time before it set its sights on warmer climes!
Epicuren over Denizen? Less swingy but you assure an artifact that'll card filter, and the 1 ping can put you into burn range.
I forgot Seth can you find a way to make this deck non budget like adding a void mirror to stop cascade decks and a blood moon or two to make non basic lands to basic mountains and even a damping sphere for amulet titan and tron and maybe some removal? Or find some cards to make this deck a lot better
Wouldn't void mirror cause a nonbo with the all the 0 mana artifacts though?
Thanks Seth, kuldotha rebirth has spiked upward since this video 🤣🤣🤣
Why pyrite over bolt? Because its an artifact? woukd bolt be better since you have a high enough density of rocks?
Seth I wonder what modern whack deck does more damage: normal 8 whack with burning tree emissary, legion loyalist in the main deck and lightning bolt and also in the main deck with either fanatical fire brand or the mogg fanatic. Or this deck the gleeful 8 whack...Can you test these decks with someone you know or do a comparison between the 2 in a video like a Livestream?
Hmm, yeah, maybe we can do a stream of that. I like the idea. It would be interesting to see which was faster.
@@MTGGoldfish I agree
@@MTGGoldfish Yes, please!
"Whacked off the Ragavan" - Saffron Olive
I was there
Sometimes I forget what a card does and need to look at them in your hand. Unfortunately you moving them back and forth fidgeting with them in the client makes that hard. Not a huge issue, but a little feedback as I did exhale a small "g'damn it Seth" :D
"Whacked off the ragavan".... lololol
I thought I heard that
From T2 tokens to this.... How would you defend vs fury?
you did what to ragavan? man every whack episode is just gold.
At 21:05 you probably should have just played the bushwacker and swung with everything since that bushwacker always has haste even with no surge. That would have but them to 1, killed ragavan, and still had 3 1/1s left over. Then they're dead on board no matter what you draw and most draws would be lethal too.
Gut shots or Mutagenic Growths or even side board surgical extractions might seem to be helpfull
Is it worth playing some Darksteel Citadel to target with demolition?
I know it’s a small thing but in game 3 match 1 couldn’t you have played the 1 mana bushwhacker normally and then surged the other one, would that have been lethal? I’m not sure
And here I was about to make a different rebirth demolition deck, I was going to go for something more pauper like this is quite good and better than what I was thinking of.
Seth talks like he's always inhaling
I think i’m in love with this deck
Is that a days n daze shirt? I like that band
Drop a Sideboard guide please. I'd like to get back into Modern
Building this right now, have all the cards except mountains 😂
Does this make Rundvelt Whack obsolete?
why does seth do that singsong high pitched voice? does he have a condition? i dont remember it being like this
Nobody tell Seth's mom about 21:30 xD
i love the whack decks and this is the best one for sure
21:31 what did I just hear?
The banning of simian spirit guide really hurt the whacks
I think legion loyalist should be in main deck, it's not just good against tokens. It gives first strike and trample.
Servo Schematic and Nimblewright Schematic could be fun in some, maybe more casual, version :P EVEN WIDER BOARDS!
kinda surprised you are not playing chromatic star since you get the draw when you sac it to the rebirths
Just a query for this comments section, why no bolt. It's budge enough and honestly I think it feels better than shrapnel blast.
THIS LOOKS FUN!!!
Please bring back budget cedh decks
What about ragavan instead of denizen in non-budget version? Someones tested it? Or gruul with atarka's command?
Ragavan is probably pretty good in the deck. Not sure about Atarka's Command being worth the splash though.
@@MTGGoldfish btw. Great content :)
For budget I'd swap the Foundrys for Voldaren Epicures, I think they're better in the deck :)
Liquidmetal coating is pretty fun for this, even if just a side board
Ha ha blow up opponents lands.
what's pyrite spellbomb useful for?
to kill prot red creatures
I used to be able to understand this guy, now I have to use captions.
Why didn't Prismatic ending work on the Bushwhacker? Opponent casted it for X = 2
it wasnt. it was cast with 2 colours, x=1. 18:45. the targeted bushwacker is cmc 3
@@forisrex I see
I remain corrected
Game three match one I think you could have played the bushwacker unkicked and then surged the other guy. GG!
I too watch this video while gleefully whacking myself 🤣
No Lightning Bolt hurts my heart a bit.
Five matches in 30 minutes?! Speedy red!
I got very excited for this deck. Unfortunately, Modern it seems is straight up pay-to-win. Taking it out against the field on MtGO you'll grab maybe, maybe 1 match in every 5 in my experience... Fury is everywhere, Urza's Saga's and Shocklands making perfect mana. Very bitter aftertaste and makes me wonder how many leagues Seth had to go through to get a 4-1
Aspiring spike built this with experimental synthesizer
Turn 2 Crack the Earth is underrated
no battle cry goblin?
Great shirt,
Nice! No artifact lands, though? Those give you more artifacts for the synergy :D
Unfortunately, the colored artifact lands are banned in modern (I think because of affinity)
I tried the artifact lands, but Darksteel Citadel being colorless was a problem and the tapped ones from MH2 were too slow.
@@lincolnrea1416 Ohhhhh!! I totally forgot. Nevermind then!!
@@MTGGoldfish Yeah, makes sense not to run them then. Thanks for the response!! :D
Ok that was a super cool deck
Whacked off the Ragavan😮
Wait, did you say “whacked off a Ragavan”?
Do you ever just play Ragavan in the deck? I know it doesn't exactly have synergy, but it's also just so powerful on its own that maybe the deck gets better anyway. It fits the aggro plan and technically, it does make artifacts.
Yeah, if this wasn't explicitly budget you might as well. Probably replace foundry street