I have a budget blue/green infect deck, probably less than $100. I played it against my brother today and easily got a turn 2 kill, then a turn 5-6 kill through disruption. Love it.
Regarding Infect: Cut Noble Hierarch for a cheaper Mana dork. The Exalated ability can help push through the 10th infect damage occasionally, but it's a steep price to pay for that extra damage. The land base uses 9 Fetchlands and 4 lands can be fetched with them. They are more for the landfall trigger, and all are meant to fetch a forest (either Forest or Breeding Pool). Change all the expensive Fetchlands into 4 Wooded Foothills and 4 Windswept Heath. Then add a 3rd Breeding Pool or Forest. The sideboard runs 4 Tarmogoyf as an alternative beat down strat. This can be changed for something more budget or meta specific. That's my early look suggestions
Just my experience, but I have found that replacing hierarch with another dork works rather poorly. Since every card in your hand is worth its weight in gold, having an additional pump spell or another protection card is usually more valuable than the extra mana. Only my two cents.
I pride you on bringing light to the prowess deck, as of recent in the meta I think it has been overshadowed a bit compared to where it used to be in the past. I’ve had friends make the deck competitive for under $150 and I just think it’s a great modern deck that sadly doesn’t see as much attention as it used to.
OOOH, Best thing about the prowess decks in modern, is that with core 2021, going UR may make it go over the top! The new Blue elemental becomes a 2 mana (1)(U) 3/3 with prowess and a scry 2 etb after a manamorphos, mutagenic growth, noxious revival or gutshot on turn 2! Turn 1 with a simian spirit guide or gemstone caverns (and a blue land if you go the simian + phyrexian mana card route)! Plus this enables the deck to run some draw cantrips (though amazingly enough crash through is a legit good card in the deck, amazing for a common from the past few years, ran it in a wizards prowess deck from dominaria) and mystical disputes from the sb. Then there is a possible GUR route but I doubt that one would be as consistent as the green would be more for mana dorks for easier turn 2 drops of the elemental and for stuff like giant growth and that stuff is maybe not the right route for any sort of green splash.
Love the budget Merfolk list. I think Affinity is a great budget entry into the format, since you can make $100 lists that win t3 still, and I bought in with mono-red Burn, and slowly upgraded.
Nice decks! I have a 50$ modern deck that I made just to laugh with my friends and was looking for a more meta one, and all the decks I considered you included them here! I decided for fetch less storm, and as the most expensive cards are the morphoses I also thought of cutting some steam vents and change them for fiery islets, so I can go into prowess, what I considered the best budget deck before I saw the potential of storm.
Love the infect nod at the beginning. To make it cheaper , drop become immense and go to waterlogged groves and botanical for budget. Birds instead of nobles.
Awesome!! Thank you so much for putting this together! The decks look like a lot of fun and I enjoyed hearing your thought process on what concessions you made and some possible upgrade paths.
Hardened Scales is a pretty good on a budget. If you proxy 15 cards you can build a version of it for somewhere between $50-$100. Yay for Basic Forests.
What a great video, thanks for the good content :-) It would be lovely to see more people join in on the fun (and add more voices for complaints at Wizards, reprint fetchlands!)
Mono Red Burn could still even benefit some from a couple of Magma Jets and Forgotten Caves as other budget options to help stem the flood. Also that Mono Red Prowess isn't just aggro or combo, since it can also just burn the opponent out with it's 36-40 damage in burn spells.
the end one mono-red my brother loves to play all the time. I have built decks to deal with specifically that lol and he will lose 2 out of 3 usually but he won't move on from that and I am like the only person who he plays with. I do have to put out there we are not playing under modern rules though so it makes it easier for me.
Nice wideo, but i would love to see budget option for white or maybe green-white mages? Most of the decks u mentioned are red/semi red. In every video like this people are talking about burn prowess or storm. Although Merfolks and eldrazi tron are nice and orignal mentions, I've never thought about tron as a cheap deck. Keep up the good work!
Mono green infect is really good, since the whole mana base is like 19 forests. (Maybe some pendles and inkmoths if you want it) Also I can do the mana base kinda cheap for simic, just use the pain and fast lands. Infect does get hurt by creature removal though.
I've been playing infect for 6 years with a list that's about 200€. I finished it basically spending nothing (the store I played in gave me the cards fort the tournament, and since I kept winning I could afford them just by playing). The main problem of that mana base is that it uses misty rainforest. Overkilll. Just use windswept heats, the are soooo much cheaper and litterally do the same in this deck My mana base is: 4 WG fetch 2 UG shockland 4 UG fastland 2 pendlehaven 1 dryad 4 inkmoth nexus 2 snow covered forest (they can be just basic forest, the snow is not needed)
Even though the deck isn't for everyone, I think dredge deserves a mention. I was able to pick up a full power dredge deck for $250 but cutting a few fetches (I was still able to fit 3 wooded foothills in that price)
I swapped the nobels for Pendleton haven elders then upgraded down the line the fetches and shocks got swapped out for fast lands and pain lands very cheap very fast and easy upgrades now a year later have the full list
I started modern with a mono white tokens deck for $30 to $40 and have upgraded to an orzhov midrange tokens with thoughtsieze, bitterblossom, and gideon, ally of zendikar with shock and check lands.
Nice Idea for a new Format! If you have the money(2.5 tix per card) you should upgrade Endless one to stonecoil serpent before you even start your first match. Endless one is the cooler card (in my opinion) but Stonecoil Serpent has X cmc, Trample, Reach and Protection from multicolored. Strictly an (cheap) but very powerful upgrade to endless one! And the Serpent works with Eldrazi Mimic.
Great list, some of these could even be budgeted a little more for those who really can't or don't like spending a lot for their start in the format. I would like to add, Bogles is really not that expensive and tends to be a pretty good deck for wading into the format.
There's a UR prowess deck there, no fetches so land base is cheaper, could go monored as most of the cards go over with swapping out stuff like lightning bolt & no upgrades with the horizon lands. UR is getting a new elemental in 2021 named Stormwing Entity that's a flying, prowess, 3/3 powerhouse with an etb scry 2 for (1)(U) to get down on turn 3 in pioneer (and in modern can be put down on turn 2, and turn 1 on rare occasion based on potential build). It's cmc is 5 mana but it's ability takes off (2)(U) from the cost when you cast an instant or sorcery that turn.
I used to play magic back up to masquerade , people were just starting to make proxies , which I'm all for, these cards are really to expensive , if I got back into the game id be actively searching out counterfeits .
Love the video! I'm one of those who ask about chip modern competitive decks. I have 3 wishes for the genius blue Djinn: modern in mtg arena, chip version of death and taxes, and death and taxes guys come back to youtube
Great video, Nikachu. Would you share your thoughts on a different perspectives of getting into modern: Cards that are can be used in different decks and are likely to stay relevant in modern? (Food for thought: Some fetches are getting reprinted, conversely, Lilianas are lower than hey have been in a while. K commands and collective brutality where just reprinted. Aether vials? Would you guide somebody wanting to go into the format and not buying jank that will not last?)
Ideally you want to buy staples but that’s very expensive and might not be for the person’s playstyle. I think the most important factor is to buy cards for a deck you want to play, even if they see play nowhere else. Like Amulet-Titan or Hardened Scales Affinity.
modern is what I play most but all I really got is jank decks I throw together so I don't do well 🤷lol but my go to deck that I win with most and like the most is a mono black vampire drain with Vito life gain n drain
Perhaps yiu could make a video like thu=is but focused on control decks. I really liked the idea, but I'm not inti any of the lists, I'd like to see if that's possible to do with archetypes such as grixis or esper control or death and taxes
Games are best of 3. So after game 1, you can exchange x number of cards from the sideboard for cards in your maindeck. You are also allowed to add more cards to your deck from the sideboard without exchanging anything. You get to do this after each game.
@@NikachuMTG Very good to know, thank you! I've been thinking about trying Modern partially cause it seems fast paced and partially because I want to start trying mtg competitively. Thanks for your help understanding how it works!
Modern doesn’t rotate their sets. In standard you play with the last 2 blocks of sets and when a new block of sets comes out, the only legal cards are the newest 2 blocks. So the old block becomes illegal. Sorry if this is a bit confusing but basically standard only gets to play with cards for the last two years (although this is not exactly what happens)
I bought Death and Taxes Legacy in paper justifying that I'd play modern too. But I want to buy modern jund. Online Paper? Meanung you see goyfs,lillys,ren6 etc holding sell out of jund,mtg value??
I wanted cursecatcher but the card is really bad these days. Fairie Conclave isn’t exactly a great proactive turn 1 play, but it’s basically my turn 1 play
Nikachu MTG i mean even mistcaller or triton shorestalker, it even cosi’s trickster. plus with cosi’s trickster you could probably play field and/or ghostquarter in the main to some success. but yeah i just feel like without the tempo of vial its very important that the deck has a smooth curve so that you can more reliably kill on turn 4-5
Nikachu MTG i suppose youre right. although maybe if you were to do a similar video in the future it could be cool to talk about different card choices and explore ideas like that. i think its important to encourage new players to make decisions like which cards to play in their decks and to figure out which cards are best for their meta.
It’s near damn impossible to make a playable manabase on a budget. The deck needs WG very consistently. Budget lands will make it too slow or too inconsistent.
The list is probably 8-12 cards away from being competitive. There’s something there but very important cards probably need to be dropped for other important cards.
One warning for people who want to buy storm on mtgo is you will not enjoy learning it. People do not appreciate slow games in the practice queues and you will get a lot of toxic opponents before anyone actually lets you finish the combo.
Also mono red incinerator is now a thing I mean a dude went 5-0 with it against real decks and even beat mono red burn and collected company which are both solid decks in the meta. it can be built for cheaper than prowess and has higher highs but is a bit luck based because there are only four incinerators and is trying to combo off in a way. Also why aren't you playing any gutshot it's worth at least one copy in prowess
@@NikachuMTG do they not play it anymore they used to just as a free spell for prowess. I can see people cutting it. thinking about it now it's not as good since the Phoenix builds fell off. I wouldn't be surprised if they cut it now and something else works better. It was never for really killing things and now the spell count per turn matters less than damage
Agree In all decks but e tron, its a worst mId range tron deck that gets Its Power frOm a Legacy card (chalice of the void), without chalice, its a shitty tier 4 deck
@@NikachuMTG e tron matchups tend to be good when chalice is good in those matchups, the metagame actually has a ton of very power full 1 drops and even some 0 drops in amulet titan or neoform, although you may play e tron without it, what makes it a top tier deck is the unfair advantage of shutting of a ton of your opponents cards (path bolt and fatal push are some of the most played cards in modern) as long as directly winning some matchups like prowess, burn or shadow
Just play mono green infect. It can be as cheap as about 20 dollars and has a clear upgrade path.
Infect is my second baby , after merfolk.
Yes mtg goldfish has a good list
it's my default deck if i can't built the modern deck i want
Everybody hates infect, unless they're playing it!
I have a budget blue/green infect deck, probably less than $100. I played it against my brother today and easily got a turn 2 kill, then a turn 5-6 kill through disruption. Love it.
Regarding Infect: Cut Noble Hierarch for a cheaper Mana dork. The Exalated ability can help push through the 10th infect damage occasionally, but it's a steep price to pay for that extra damage.
The land base uses 9 Fetchlands and 4 lands can be fetched with them. They are more for the landfall trigger, and all are meant to fetch a forest (either Forest or Breeding Pool). Change all the expensive Fetchlands into 4 Wooded Foothills and 4 Windswept Heath. Then add a 3rd Breeding Pool or Forest.
The sideboard runs 4 Tarmogoyf as an alternative beat down strat. This can be changed for something more budget or meta specific.
That's my early look suggestions
Nice Mana base suggestions! That's what I did too. It's so interesting to me that windswept heath is less than breading pool right now!
pretty sure the only reason to play noble is because of exalted and not the mana ability...thats just an extra plus
Just my experience, but I have found that replacing hierarch with another dork works rather poorly. Since every card in your hand is worth its weight in gold, having an additional pump spell or another protection card is usually more valuable than the extra mana. Only my two cents.
I pride you on bringing light to the prowess deck, as of recent in the meta I think it has been overshadowed a bit compared to where it used to be in the past. I’ve had friends make the deck competitive for under $150 and I just think it’s a great modern deck that sadly doesn’t see as much attention as it used to.
OOOH, Best thing about the prowess decks in modern, is that with core 2021, going UR may make it go over the top! The new Blue elemental becomes a 2 mana (1)(U) 3/3 with prowess and a scry 2 etb after a manamorphos, mutagenic growth, noxious revival or gutshot on turn 2! Turn 1 with a simian spirit guide or gemstone caverns (and a blue land if you go the simian + phyrexian mana card route)!
Plus this enables the deck to run some draw cantrips (though amazingly enough crash through is a legit good card in the deck, amazing for a common from the past few years, ran it in a wizards prowess deck from dominaria) and mystical disputes from the sb. Then there is a possible GUR route but I doubt that one would be as consistent as the green would be more for mana dorks for easier turn 2 drops of the elemental and for stuff like giant growth and that stuff is maybe not the right route for any sort of green splash.
bro update this every 3 months. Nice video
If this is not spoken, 8 Whack is a great budget brew for modern.
lol. liliana of the veil like 100 dollars xD
@@cross25011990 8whack, not 8 rack, is a red all-in aggro deck that uses goblin bushwacker.
I actually have 8 whack and I can fully attest to this.
@BRIAN KRAMER I remember when she was at 25, then 75, then a hundred... Now she is over that amount XD
Love the budget Merfolk list. I think Affinity is a great budget entry into the format, since you can make $100 lists that win t3 still, and I bought in with mono-red Burn, and slowly upgraded.
Nice change on the video format, the addition of music is nice! I still miss the upside down adepts and the 4 dead okos!
That format isn't going away
:D
Love the video/format! Fantastic walkthrough of each decks, showing how to save in cost without cutting too much power! Thanks Nikachu!
You’re welcome!
Ooh, I'm digging the new intro.
Also, Swiftspear is love, Swiftspear is life. 🥰
Nice decks! I have a 50$ modern deck that I made just to laugh with my friends and was looking for a more meta one, and all the decks I considered you included them here! I decided for fetch less storm, and as the most expensive cards are the morphoses I also thought of cutting some steam vents and change them for fiery islets, so I can go into prowess, what I considered the best budget deck before I saw the potential of storm.
Damn, I might have to give that prowess deck a try. Burn is my pride and joy but prowess seems right up my alley.
Woah the quality of the videos just skyrocketed! Nice!
There is a budget affinity deck around £30
Speedwagon???
*takes a bow* make artifacts great again
Love the infect nod at the beginning.
To make it cheaper , drop become immense and go to waterlogged groves and botanical for budget. Birds instead of nobles.
Dropping become allows you to drop fetches
Was about to comment nika how do I modern with 0 moneys but you got me man you got me, keep up the good work
Awesome!! Thank you so much for putting this together! The decks look like a lot of fun and I enjoyed hearing your thought process on what concessions you made and some possible upgrade paths.
I have been playing modern for the last five years and I think it is still great
Me too!
Hardened Scales is a pretty good on a budget. If you proxy 15 cards you can build a version of it for somewhere between $50-$100. Yay for Basic Forests.
Awesome video man. I like the direction you are taking with the channel 🤙🏻
What a great video, thanks for the good content :-)
It would be lovely to see more people join in on the fun (and add more voices for complaints at Wizards, reprint fetchlands!)
Mono Red Burn could still even benefit some from a couple of Magma Jets and Forgotten Caves as other budget options to help stem the flood.
Also that Mono Red Prowess isn't just aggro or combo, since it can also just burn the opponent out with it's 36-40 damage in burn spells.
the end one mono-red my brother loves to play all the time. I have built decks to deal with specifically that lol and he will lose 2 out of 3 usually but he won't move on from that and I am like the only person who he plays with. I do have to put out there we are not playing under modern rules though so it makes it easier for me.
I love this new style of video!
While I do agree that Mono Red Prowess is a good budget deck, without the horizon lands, it will tend to mana flood without em.
damn: i absolutly love your modern Magic - Videos!!! ♥ please more of them :)
Nice wideo, but i would love to see budget option for white or maybe green-white mages? Most of the decks u mentioned are red/semi red. In every video like this people are talking about burn prowess or storm. Although Merfolks and eldrazi tron are nice and orignal mentions, I've never thought about tron as a cheap deck. Keep up the good work!
Mono green infect is really good, since the whole mana base is like 19 forests. (Maybe some pendles and inkmoths if you want it)
Also I can do the mana base kinda cheap for simic, just use the pain and fast lands.
Infect does get hurt by creature removal though.
I've been playing infect for 6 years with a list that's about 200€.
I finished it basically spending nothing (the store I played in gave me the cards fort the tournament, and since I kept winning I could afford them just by playing).
The main problem of that mana base is that it uses misty rainforest. Overkilll.
Just use windswept heats, the are soooo much cheaper and litterally do the same in this deck
My mana base is:
4 WG fetch
2 UG shockland
4 UG fastland
2 pendlehaven
1 dryad
4 inkmoth nexus
2 snow covered forest (they can be just basic forest, the snow is not needed)
We need an updated budget modern video!
Even though the deck isn't for everyone, I think dredge deserves a mention. I was able to pick up a full power dredge deck for $250 but cutting a few fetches (I was still able to fit 3 wooded foothills in that price)
That’s a good idea. But I think the mana without fetches is also expensive, no? Maybe not. I’ll look into it next time I make this video.
Copperline gorges are relatively inexpensive and you only need 2 blood crypts and 2 stomping ground
I swapped the nobels for Pendleton haven elders then upgraded down the line the fetches and shocks got swapped out for fast lands and pain lands very cheap very fast and easy upgrades now a year later have the full list
I think that boogles also is a very cheap budget deck, love your videos, great modern content
I had it on my radar but it was similar to Infect where the manabase was very expensive.
I started modern with a mono white tokens deck for $30 to $40 and have upgraded to an orzhov midrange tokens with thoughtsieze, bitterblossom, and gideon, ally of zendikar with shock and check lands.
Nice journey
Im thinking about getting liliana of the veils to turn it into a deadguy ale deck, then work on gb or gw harden scales.
Like the new format! Great video.
Nice Idea for a new Format!
If you have the money(2.5 tix per card) you should upgrade Endless one to stonecoil serpent before you even start your first match.
Endless one is the cooler card (in my opinion) but Stonecoil Serpent has X cmc, Trample, Reach and Protection from multicolored.
Strictly an (cheap) but very powerful upgrade to endless one!
And the Serpent works with Eldrazi Mimic.
Tru but then you are also losing the downside of eldrazi temple for it
True, i did not think about that
Great list, some of these could even be budgeted a little more for those who really can't or don't like spending a lot for their start in the format.
I would like to add, Bogles is really not that expensive and tends to be a pretty good deck for wading into the format.
I looked at bogels but they had a similar issue as infect where all the money was in lands.
Hammer Time!
Can you make the same video except legacy?
play merfolk or death and taxes. Done :P
Nikachu MTG sir, please don’t forget the champion of the masses legacy BURN.
@@NikachuMTG you mean inverter combo? :P
@@NikachuMTG you mean snoop mogg combo?
god this video just made me realize im sitting on a goldmine with some of my old magic cards
I confirm monastery swiftspear + kiln fiend = 26 dmg with trample in turn 3 :-).
Nice , what happen to the Repeal's from the last poorfolk? non meta choice?
No more Oko.
@@NikachuMTG Nice
Great suggestions for new modern players or modern players that want to play something different. What are your suggestions for budget Pioneer decks.
Not a clue, never researched it. They have a lot of budget decks anyway though.
There's a UR prowess deck there, no fetches so land base is cheaper, could go monored as most of the cards go over with swapping out stuff like lightning bolt & no upgrades with the horizon lands. UR is getting a new elemental in 2021 named Stormwing Entity that's a flying, prowess, 3/3 powerhouse with an etb scry 2 for (1)(U) to get down on turn 3 in pioneer (and in modern can be put down on turn 2, and turn 1 on rare occasion based on potential build). It's cmc is 5 mana but it's ability takes off (2)(U) from the cost when you cast an instant or sorcery that turn.
I used to play magic back up to masquerade , people were just starting to make proxies , which I'm all for, these cards are really to expensive , if I got back into the game id be actively searching out counterfeits .
Love the video! I'm one of those who ask about chip modern competitive decks.
I have 3 wishes for the genius blue Djinn: modern in mtg arena, chip version of death and taxes, and death and taxes guys come back to youtube
Been doing this with burn
Thanks you very much😊it helped a lot☺
You’re welcome Lasse!
@@NikachuMTG 😄
Great video, Nikachu. Would you share your thoughts on a different perspectives of getting into modern: Cards that are can be used in different decks and are likely to stay relevant in modern?
(Food for thought: Some fetches are getting reprinted, conversely, Lilianas are lower than hey have been in a while. K commands and collective brutality where just reprinted. Aether vials? Would you guide somebody wanting to go into the format and not buying jank that will not last?)
Ideally you want to buy staples but that’s very expensive and might not be for the person’s playstyle. I think the most important factor is to buy cards for a deck you want to play, even if they see play nowhere else. Like Amulet-Titan or Hardened Scales Affinity.
Twiddle storm is missing: And Neobrand. You just take out serum in neo and just have a superdupercheap deck
Great resource!
I like commander way better then modern or even legacy vintage as well
I think Stonecoil Serpent would be much better than Endless One in the Eldrazi build :) and it's still cheap
But not an Eldrazi.
Hello! I think the storm deck link is broke. Great video!
modern is what I play most but all I really got is jank decks I throw together so I don't do well 🤷lol but my go to deck that I win with most and like the most is a mono black vampire drain with Vito life gain n drain
??? So were going back to zendikar, what holes in the eldrazi deck need to be filled sideboard maindeck
The curve could be a bit lower and the removal more efficient.
Weird seeing 4 Master of Waves at such a low price (I know this video is like 3 years old, but still)
Where can I watch the video you did with harry?
It's at my Vod channel: NikachuMTG Streams th-cam.com/video/nhrR6Dkx-04/w-d-xo.html
Would you ever play Weathered Runestone over Graf Diggers Cage?
Cage, yes. Runestone probably not but I'm sure there is a meta for it.
@@NikachuMTG yeah, it sucks it cost 1 more but it does effect permanent types that Cage. Honestly I dont play Modern. I want to though
Perhaps yiu could make a video like thu=is but focused on control decks. I really liked the idea, but I'm not inti any of the lists, I'd like to see if that's possible to do with archetypes such as grixis or esper control or death and taxes
sorry about the typos, I was typing this while I was on the gym
I have to interpret much harder comments than this ;) You're all good.
You could look at hollow one decks. Not sure if they are any good anymore but if I remember right the list can be budgeted pretty easily.
How do you use a Sideboard? I've played mostly EDH and Causal home games and have never actually seen a sideboard used
Games are best of 3. So after game 1, you can exchange x number of cards from the sideboard for cards in your maindeck. You are also allowed to add more cards to your deck from the sideboard without exchanging anything. You get to do this after each game.
@@NikachuMTG Ahhhhhhhhhh that's cool! Thanks!
@@danielcrowley162 BTW, sideboards are a maximum of 15 cards.
@@NikachuMTG Very good to know, thank you! I've been thinking about trying Modern partially cause it seems fast paced and partially because I want to start trying mtg competitively. Thanks for your help understanding how it works!
@@danielcrowley162 you're welcome!
Storm deck list, file not found.
Hello I'm new to magic and was wondering what is the difference between modern and standard?
Modern doesn’t rotate their sets. In standard you play with the last 2 blocks of sets and when a new block of sets comes out, the only legal cards are the newest 2 blocks. So the old block becomes illegal. Sorry if this is a bit confusing but basically standard only gets to play with cards for the last two years (although this is not exactly what happens)
Thank you very much for the response I appreciate it loved the vid btw it helps a lot
I bought Death and Taxes Legacy in paper justifying that I'd play modern too. But I want to buy modern jund. Online Paper? Meanung you see goyfs,lillys,ren6 etc holding sell out of jund,mtg value??
Playset of manamorphose is $15, cheaper than it showed
without vial in merfolk, is it possible that you’d want 4 cursecatcher just so that you have roughly the same number if proactive t1 plays?
I wanted cursecatcher but the card is really bad these days. Fairie Conclave isn’t exactly a great proactive turn 1 play, but it’s basically my turn 1 play
Nikachu MTG i mean even mistcaller or triton shorestalker, it even cosi’s trickster. plus with cosi’s trickster you could probably play field and/or ghostquarter in the main to some success. but yeah i just feel like without the tempo of vial its very important that the deck has a smooth curve so that you can more reliably kill on turn 4-5
It’s nice to have some turn 4 kills, that’s why I have Biomancer, but it’s hard to do it reliably in Modern because there’s so much removal.
Nikachu MTG i suppose youre right. although maybe if you were to do a similar video in the future it could be cool to talk about different card choices and explore ideas like that. i think its important to encourage new players to make decisions like which cards to play in their decks and to figure out which cards are best for their meta.
This should have been a top twenty (now that tells you that modern can be cheap)
My kind of video
I am sad.
I really love discard.
Mine is about $70 and can beat mono red prowess consistently about 1:1
Sadness
Why do the cards have a price next to them that is way higher than what you said.
What do you mean? It’s possible the prices are outdated. This is an old video.
@@NikachuMTG you said master of waves is $5 but on screen it says it is around $15
Oh, I am mostly talking about the MTGO prices given at the time, we could not play paper magic. Refer to the “online” prices.
@@NikachuMTG okay thank you 🙏
Why is bogles not included?
It’s near damn impossible to make a playable manabase on a budget. The deck needs WG very consistently. Budget lands will make it too slow or too inconsistent.
do you still think this video still applies to modern, maybe worthy of a sequal?
This is definitely dated. But I don't think I'll be updating it.
@@NikachuMTG makes sense
nikachu what do you think about modern soul sisters
The list is probably 8-12 cards away from being competitive. There’s something there but very important cards probably need to be dropped for other important cards.
One warning for people who want to buy storm on mtgo is you will not enjoy learning it. People do not appreciate slow games in the practice queues and you will get a lot of toxic opponents before anyone actually lets you finish the combo.
Why not use acquitects will? Instead of spreading seas
To shut down Tron lands from Eldrazi Tron
How much worse is this merfolk list compared to the meta version if you threw a set of aether vials in it?
Aether Vials would be a very large upgrade.
I dont suggest anyone replace noble heirach.
I suggest noone to have limited budget
nice video btw
What about golgari elves?
Elves is a struggling archetype right now. Lava Dart is quite good against it.
@@NikachuMTG mmm...that's a pity. It's a super fun deck.
I have a budget infect deck
Why not boogles????
Bogles manabase was traditionally very expensive. Maybe with Pathway lands it's cheaper. I'll take a look at it for future versions of this video.
Just play mono green infect
BLOOD MOON REPRINT IS $6 BOIZZZZ
how tha dack is 200 dollars budget
I play kiln fiend spellsling. 20$ deck
MH2 update for this video? 😁
Yeah, I should get on it 😅
Also mono red incinerator is now a thing I mean a dude went 5-0 with it against real decks and even beat mono red burn and collected company which are both solid decks in the meta. it can be built for cheaper than prowess and has higher highs but is a bit luck based because there are only four incinerators and is trying to combo off in a way. Also why aren't you playing any gutshot it's worth at least one copy in prowess
Can’t say, none of those competitive lists ran gut shot. What does it really kill right now?
@@NikachuMTG do they not play it anymore they used to just as a free spell for prowess. I can see people cutting it. thinking about it now it's not as good since the Phoenix builds fell off. I wouldn't be surprised if they cut it now and something else works better. It was never for really killing things and now the spell count per turn matters less than damage
Lists do run gut shot for that reason, but at the time of making this video, they didn’t. I think the UR version is more likely to run it.
my girl is a screamer, too. 😏
oh, STREAMER... lol
lol... $60 for 4 Inkmoth Nexus. #TheGoodOldDays
Or you just play casual commander and get in for 30 bugs.
Agree In all decks but e tron, its a worst mId range tron deck that gets Its Power frOm a Legacy card (chalice of the void), without chalice, its a shitty tier 4 deck
Recently some lists have found success without chalice. It’s a very good card but only if the metagame is full of 1 mana spells.
@@NikachuMTG e tron matchups tend to be good when chalice is good in those matchups, the metagame actually has a ton of very power full 1 drops and even some 0 drops in amulet titan or neoform, although you may play e tron without it, what makes it a top tier deck is the unfair advantage of shutting of a ton of your opponents cards (path bolt and fatal push are some of the most played cards in modern) as long as directly winning some matchups like prowess, burn or shadow
Jesus, ink moth was only $8.60 lol not $50
Blinkmoth Nexus is the cheap one, around $2. Inkmoth Nexus is still $40
Legacy > Modern.
Literally just lost to this exact list yputube showed it to me to make me mad