I love watching how happy Seth gets after pulling off a come back with these Against the Odds decks. The giddiness is infectious and just makes my day.
@@MTGGoldfish bro take a look at my rakdos anvil/mechtitan list. At first glance it looks like some jank...but boy oh boy does this put in work Deck 4 Oni-Cult Anvil (NEO) 230 8 Mountain (NEO) 290 10 Swamp (NEO) 288 4 Reinforced Ronin (NEO) 158 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant (AFR) 258 3 Okiba Reckoner Raid (NEO) 117 4 Shambling Ghast (AFR) 119 4 Deadly Dispute (AFR) 94 3 Mukotai Soulripper (NEO) 113 2 Tribute to Horobi (NEO) 124 2 Raze the Effigy (MID) 156 2 Debt to the Kami (NEO) 92 3 Gravelighter (NEO) 98 1 Haunted Ridge (MID) 263 2 Abrade (VOW) 139 1 Blightstep Pathway (KHM) 252 3 Lizard Blades (NEO) 153 2 Mechtitan Core (NEO) 249 1 Lolth, Spider Queen (AFR) 112 1 The Meathook Massacre (MID) 112 Do not underestimate the power of reinforced ronin bc anvil doesn't require your artifact to die it requires it to leave the battlefield....that includes ronin returning to your hand AND exiling the anvil constructs to form Voltron!!!! Okiba raid helps make sure I have a 2/2 to crew our mokutai soulripper and it doubles up on the menace which means it's not that bad if you've sacd s veral creatures and are down to the 2/2 and soulripper you still have the menace ability Anvil is solid here it's not even the sacrifice part that you're going for as much as it is the infinite amount of dudes to sac to soulripper or make and turn into Voltron with mech titan
I just did this! with an improved version of the Tezzerator Control deck that Crim` posted this week. very fun and also you have to be lucky that your opponent doesn't scoop it early 🚀
Couple things: 1. That into took me ALL the way back and I love y’all for it. 2. I’ll never forgive y’all for not including form blazing sword 3. Idky I always felt this card was more like the power rangers megazord. Idky
With regards to #3, it could be because the Mechtitan parts are made up of an assortment of machines of various shapes and sizes similar to a Power Rangers Megazord as opposed to a series of uniform machines similar to Voltron's five lions.
Hell yeah! I have a commander deck built around doing literal voltron like this. It's Bosh, Iron Golem as the core, and then I use bludgeon brawn to equip vehicles, and I attach them like the arms and legs on my board to make it look like a lil person when I swing. I'm definitely adding this thing as voltron redundancy.
When I saw the Core I already knew we'd be seeing you make AtO with it. Interestingly I imagined a build for it in a very different direction: Play cheap artifact creatures, play threats that can't be ignored for long to draw out removal. Meaning Lion Sash, Reality Chip, Aquesition Octopus combined with small fliers like Network Disruptor and Silver Raven maybe even Enthusiastic Mechanaut or Ogre-Head Helm, depending if you wanted to go red or not. Obviously Ingenious Smith and Reality Heist. If vehicles were the plan I'd have expected the Hoverbike (cheap and cheap crew, as a bonus even an etb) and probably the Mobilizer Mech to get the other mechs going. But once again you have surprised me with your deck building. If I ever venture into standart again I will probably build around the Core in as many ways as I can think of.
Awesome opening. I would include lizard blades. Creature to pilot vehicles, artifact to exile (in a pinch) and can give your volition doublestrike if it's not exiled.
I LOVE the fact that he used the 'real' Voltron clip. Not the "updated" one. I remember having all the toys as a kid. And, in those days, they would have people dressed as the characters visit malls and stuff, so you could meet them....ahhhh, the 80s. Good times. lol
Hey Seth this might be too deep but, the Dollhouse of Horrors and Scute Swarm combo provides a ton of artifact creatures for Mechtitan but you actually go down in total power and toughness if you combine them into mech titan but it is a haste lifelinker to stabalize your life total. Also mechtitan is a construct so you only go down 3 constructs(4 if you reanimate mechtitan core) for the purposes of your teams power and toughness.
My first impression with this deck is I think Hotshot Mechanic is vital to this list. It's a 1 mana creature that crews for 4 which is good for our topend vehicles like Esika's Chariot, and it's an artifact creature by itself which lets it help form Voltron. Plus a 1/2/1 is just fine enough in the early game to cleanly block threats like ninjas. I'm not entirely sure what I'd want to cut for them (maybe the menders? seem a bit expensive for me) but I storngly recommend them if you revisit or revise this deck in the future.
@@inquisitorgrand This all comes from my brews so take it with a grain of salt. This deck is all about synergy. You will be making tokens to pilot all the time. In this format you need as many 2 for 1s as you can. And a savannah lions does not do that. I don't play titan core, I play midrange grind vehicles. Giant OX + plow has been winning me tons of games to be honest, and we now have a vehicle shell for it. If playing titan core, I guess more artifact guys are important. But titan core is a meme I think. Actual vehicles for me at least is creeping up to competitive every day. Touch the spirit realm has impressed me too. But esikas chariot+ greasefang is the best. Another note, bankbuster is pretty solid in the sideboard but feels clunky in the main. I tried mindlink mech several ways, but it is too slow. And I usually keep a surgehacker or two in the side for lolths. Have not tried hoverbike at all. Do you think it is worth testing?
Definitely want to see this in Pioneer! Seems so fun to play! Would also like to see updated Hammer Time and Mr. Plow decks with Dominaria United stuff.
Am I missing something, or were there several moments when he could've played another Mechtitan Core and used that as a a 4th Vehicle to make Mechtitan? It would still return to the battlefield, right? And the Core isn't legendary, so what am I missing?
Should've Foretold Doomskar the turn you were leaving up Eiganjo in Match 2, since the Channel ability only requires 3 mana base, but otherwise the gameplay and the deck both seem sweet. Nice work all around
Totally agree on Seth's stance about saying "Good game" when one person gets to play Magic while the other just watches them play. That's not a good game.
@@pablito12sc bro. Not being able to play cause that's what your opp is trying to do to you and not being able to play cause you get mana screwed are two different things.
as much as this comment is 2 weeks late, i've found the most consistent way to actually summon Mechazor is an Oni Anvil Sokenzan Smelter deck, it doesn't use the ETB effects as well but it makes a lotta little artifact creature tokens so you can pop the core effect decently early, unless the opponent just pops a boardwipe but at low ranks nobody has those so it works flawlessly
Seth please I beg of you, Eiganjo [Ee gone Joe]. You've said it so many other ways this video. 😭🥺 Also love how Bear is tearing apart your office in the background.
i feel like 4 1 mana blue artifact dorks would help this deck achieve voltron so much easier, the vehicles Seth is running are great but kinda expensive and esikas is legendary , when i built the deck i went mono blue all in on the combo with the new artifact counterspell and spell pierce to protect the token, bankbuster was the only other vehicle in the deck....2 Tezzerts aswell to discount the mechitan/bankbuster activated ability. i like the idea of having good ETBs if the token dies, but my plan was to get the token protect it and win with it. deck was deece, far from broken. lots of different ways to build this deck, curious what build will turn out to be the best
I think the deck needs Automated Artificer, Its the 2 drop artifact creature that taps to add colorless. Can get get to Voltron way faster with mana left up to protect it.
20:00 Am I missing something or could you have crewed Chariot or Mech using the wanderer +1 and force the chump block? You wanting to go flashy (which is fine and all) could have lost you the game. Also the legendary stuff seems kinda awkward when trying to use the core. Well this (24:00) proved my point that game 2 might have been a mistake not playing the Wanderer during your turn.
I feel like this deck could stand to have a fun-of copy of Cosima. If nothing else, The Omenkeel is a 3/3 vehicle that crews for 1 and steals lands from your opponent's deck.
Honestly, not surprised the deck was performative. Mech Titan Core is effectively a 7 mana 10/10 with keyword soup with the downside of it being a mini Yorion if it's removed.
Should have used the removal spell when they were tapped out of green instead of letting them untap. Then doomscared the following turn. But we live and we learn.
Im making a breya deck in edh completely around mechtitan core XD Its going to have token doublers, Mirror box and sakashima to cancel out the legend rule, and brudiclad to make a crap ton of copies of Mechtitan. Looooool
I think you could have gone with less Forests, let your Boseijus and Mech Hanger take care of most your green mana, since you are basically splashing in Esika's Chariot.
I played a version of this against that nonsense unkillable kirin samurai deck and forgot to include bounce so i lost -300 to 12 after. a very long time...
You create a 2nd token, but since the tokens are legendary one of them must be sacrificed as a state based effect. If the "original" token is sacrificed, the component cards come back to the battlefield as per mechtitan core's rules text.
3 drop artifact from Neo Dynasty that turns off legend rule+ mechtitan core+ scute swarm + echoing Equation!!!! This will only ever work in historic brawl because it is too many pieces, but if you can ever make it happen? Man, oh, Man.
@@funkydiscogod True, tron can win anyway once it’s assembled, but I believe from the meme perspective it’s quite interesting to have double tron here.
I had a guy kill my mechtitan with meat hook massacre it cleared his board but the next attack from mechtitan would have ended the game anyway. Don’t think he knew the materials returned because he conceded right after all my mechs and pilots came back
I love watching how happy Seth gets after pulling off a come back with these Against the Odds decks. The giddiness is infectious and just makes my day.
Ha, thanks :)
@@MTGGoldfish bro take a look at my rakdos anvil/mechtitan list. At first glance it looks like some jank...but boy oh boy does this put in work
Deck
4 Oni-Cult Anvil (NEO) 230
8 Mountain (NEO) 290
10 Swamp (NEO) 288
4 Reinforced Ronin (NEO) 158
1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant (AFR) 258
3 Okiba Reckoner Raid (NEO) 117
4 Shambling Ghast (AFR) 119
4 Deadly Dispute (AFR) 94
3 Mukotai Soulripper (NEO) 113
2 Tribute to Horobi (NEO) 124
2 Raze the Effigy (MID) 156
2 Debt to the Kami (NEO) 92
3 Gravelighter (NEO) 98
1 Haunted Ridge (MID) 263
2 Abrade (VOW) 139
1 Blightstep Pathway (KHM) 252
3 Lizard Blades (NEO) 153
2 Mechtitan Core (NEO) 249
1 Lolth, Spider Queen (AFR) 112
1 The Meathook Massacre (MID) 112
Do not underestimate the power of reinforced ronin bc anvil doesn't require your artifact to die it requires it to leave the battlefield....that includes ronin returning to your hand AND exiling the anvil constructs to form Voltron!!!!
Okiba raid helps make sure I have a 2/2 to crew our mokutai soulripper and it doubles up on the menace which means it's not that bad if you've sacd s veral creatures and are down to the 2/2 and soulripper you still have the menace ability
Anvil is solid here it's not even the sacrifice part that you're going for as much as it is the infinite amount of dudes to sac to soulripper or make and turn into Voltron with mech titan
Absolutely inspired art this time. Especially like the chariot arm.
I just did this! with an improved version of the Tezzerator Control deck that Crim` posted this week. very fun and also you have to be lucky that your opponent doesn't scoop it early 🚀
Awesome!!!!!
What list did you use? Really want a voltron deck.
Couple things: 1. That into took me ALL the way back and I love y’all for it.
2. I’ll never forgive y’all for not including form blazing sword
3. Idky I always felt this card was more like the power rangers megazord. Idky
With regards to #3, it could be because the Mechtitan parts are made up of an assortment of machines of various shapes and sizes similar to a Power Rangers Megazord as opposed to a series of uniform machines similar to Voltron's five lions.
@@TheAverageGuyTAG you might be right ✊🏾
I mean the cores alt are directly references gurren lagann
Hell yeah! I have a commander deck built around doing literal voltron like this. It's Bosh, Iron Golem as the core, and then I use bludgeon brawn to equip vehicles, and I attach them like the arms and legs on my board to make it look like a lil person when I swing. I'm definitely adding this thing as voltron redundancy.
When I saw the Core I already knew we'd be seeing you make AtO with it. Interestingly I imagined a build for it in a very different direction:
Play cheap artifact creatures, play threats that can't be ignored for long to draw out removal. Meaning Lion Sash, Reality Chip, Aquesition Octopus combined with small fliers like Network Disruptor and Silver Raven maybe even Enthusiastic Mechanaut or Ogre-Head Helm, depending if you wanted to go red or not. Obviously Ingenious Smith and Reality Heist.
If vehicles were the plan I'd have expected the Hoverbike (cheap and cheap crew, as a bonus even an etb) and probably the Mobilizer Mech to get the other mechs going.
But once again you have surprised me with your deck building. If I ever venture into standart again I will probably build around the Core in as many ways as I can think of.
Awesome opening. I would include lizard blades. Creature to pilot vehicles, artifact to exile (in a pinch) and can give your volition doublestrike if it's not exiled.
Seth in the deck tech: We're not really trying to win with vehicle beats.
Seth match 1 game 1: We're gonna win with vehicle beats.
Who would win: GIANT ROBOT vs two buff women who turns into wolves?
Curious if Treasure Vault has a home here so Smith could grab it in case of mana screw
Those sweet sweet Megazord's wins were just :* chef's kiss. You always deliver, Seth!
Kitani going hard on the thumbnails again!!
I LOVE the fact that he used the 'real' Voltron clip. Not the "updated" one. I remember having all the toys as a kid. And, in those days, they would have people dressed as the characters visit malls and stuff, so you could meet them....ahhhh, the 80s. Good times. lol
Man it would have been great if Seth's face had come out while the Lion was opening its mouth. Still a solid intro though, well done editor!
What a shame ! No animation for the most epic monster (Voltron) in MTG history !
We only get the animation if we use the four Visions chimeras
@@Kryptnyt it 8is so close but it has lifelink not firststrike
I want to run green with it to run Tamiyo’s protection. The one mana that gives indestructible and hexproof.
Hey Seth this might be too deep but, the Dollhouse of Horrors and Scute Swarm combo provides a ton of artifact creatures for Mechtitan but you actually go down in total power and toughness if you combine them into mech titan but it is a haste lifelinker to stabalize your life total. Also mechtitan is a construct so you only go down 3 constructs(4 if you reanimate mechtitan core) for the purposes of your teams power and toughness.
I actually had a Voltron backup plan in a deck with a treasure theme and the red black anvils that make 1/1 constructs
Esika's Chariot is already a Voltron by itself, because it lets you combine cats into a big robot
Doing this in limited and being hit by a crab during the combination phase is the best meme of the kamigawa set xD. It a amazing 5 for 1.
Spend 5 mana and exile 5 of your own gamepieces to make your opponent discard the crab! What a steal!
I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T WAIT for Tomer to play this on Commander Clash repeatedly until he assembles voltron :D
My first impression with this deck is I think Hotshot Mechanic is vital to this list. It's a 1 mana creature that crews for 4 which is good for our topend vehicles like Esika's Chariot, and it's an artifact creature by itself which lets it help form Voltron. Plus a 1/2/1 is just fine enough in the early game to cleanly block threats like ninjas. I'm not entirely sure what I'd want to cut for them (maybe the menders? seem a bit expensive for me) but I storngly recommend them if you revisit or revise this deck in the future.
I have been playtesting a lot of vehicle deck brews. Hotshot does not make any of my lists now.
@@Seldomheardabout Interesting, I find myself going the opposite direction with a full playset. Would you mind telling me what you've found?
@@inquisitorgrand This all comes from my brews so take it with a grain of salt.
This deck is all about synergy. You will be making tokens to pilot all the time. In this format you need as many 2 for 1s as you can. And a savannah lions does not do that.
I don't play titan core, I play midrange grind vehicles. Giant OX + plow has been winning me tons of games to be honest, and we now have a vehicle shell for it.
If playing titan core, I guess more artifact guys are important. But titan core is a meme I think. Actual vehicles for me at least is creeping up to competitive every day.
Touch the spirit realm has impressed me too. But esikas chariot+ greasefang is the best.
Another note, bankbuster is pretty solid in the sideboard but feels clunky in the main. I tried mindlink mech several ways, but it is too slow. And I usually keep a surgehacker or two in the side for lolths.
Have not tried hoverbike at all. Do you think it is worth testing?
Definitely want to see this in Pioneer! Seems so fun to play! Would also like to see updated Hammer Time and Mr. Plow decks with Dominaria United stuff.
Am I missing something, or were there several moments when he could've played another Mechtitan Core and used that as a a 4th Vehicle to make Mechtitan? It would still return to the battlefield, right? And the Core isn't legendary, so what am I missing?
Should've Foretold Doomskar the turn you were leaving up Eiganjo in Match 2, since the Channel ability only requires 3 mana base, but otherwise the gameplay and the deck both seem sweet. Nice work all around
52:30 my sentiments on Goldspan Dragon exactly
Totally agree on Seth's stance about saying "Good game" when one person gets to play Magic while the other just watches them play. That's not a good game.
bro. His favorite deck is prison red and blood moon. He consistently laughs his ass off when the opponent doesn't get to play...cmon now
@@pablito12sc bro. Not being able to play cause that's what your opp is trying to do to you and not being able to play cause you get mana screwed are two different things.
Ive been playing an azoruois vehicle deck with 2 cores and ive never assembled voltron seeing you do it was nice
I wish Seth would read books to me. The way he pronounces things makes me smile.
as much as this comment is 2 weeks late, i've found the most consistent way to actually summon Mechazor is an Oni Anvil Sokenzan Smelter deck, it doesn't use the ETB effects as well but it makes a lotta little artifact creature tokens so you can pop the core effect decently early, unless the opponent just pops a boardwipe
but at low ranks nobody has those so it works flawlessly
Seth please I beg of you, Eiganjo [Ee gone Joe]. You've said it so many other ways this video. 😭🥺 Also love how Bear is tearing apart your office in the background.
i feel like 4 1 mana blue artifact dorks would help this deck achieve voltron so much easier, the vehicles Seth is running are great but kinda expensive and esikas is legendary , when i built the deck i went mono blue all in on the combo with the new artifact counterspell and spell pierce to protect the token, bankbuster was the only other vehicle in the deck....2 Tezzerts aswell to discount the mechitan/bankbuster activated ability. i like the idea of having good ETBs if the token dies, but my plan was to get the token protect it and win with it. deck was deece, far from broken. lots of different ways to build this deck, curious what build will turn out to be the best
3 Eiganjos seem awkward; they kinda messed you up in some games
Agree, i don't feel like it's a good idea to run more than 1-2 of the Legendary Lands in multicolor decks, no matter how powerful.
39:06 New MTG card: "Ottawa, Canadian Capital"
That goldspan player got dunked on. That was a fun video
i’m thinking of brewing this with saheeli as an alternative wincon, looks like a fun lil card!
Is Eska's Chariot really worth being in three colors? There are so many other good vehicles. Why not go for a consistent 2-color deck for once?
Game 2 of match 2, why not play the second chariot then crew up the menace mech?
I think the deck needs Automated Artificer, Its the 2 drop artifact creature that taps to add colorless. Can get get to Voltron way faster with mana left up to protect it.
Coming out swinging in NEO Standard! Great video :)
20:00 Am I missing something or could you have crewed Chariot or Mech using the wanderer +1 and force the chump block? You wanting to go flashy (which is fine and all) could have lost you the game. Also the legendary stuff seems kinda awkward when trying to use the core. Well this (24:00) proved my point that game 2 might have been a mistake not playing the Wanderer during your turn.
I feel like this deck could stand to have a fun-of copy of Cosima. If nothing else, The Omenkeel is a 3/3 vehicle that crews for 1 and steals lands from your opponent's deck.
I got this to go off once during prerelease.
Seth missed a voltron assembly in match 2
The moment I've been waiting for
Honestly, not surprised the deck was performative. Mech Titan Core is effectively a 7 mana 10/10 with keyword soup with the downside of it being a mini Yorion if it's removed.
Hey Seth, it may be worth noting that Ottawa is the capital of Canada, while Otawara is a card in MtG. They haven't made a Canadian based set yet.
Ready to form Mechtitan!
Activate interlocks!
Dynotherms connected!
Infracells up!
Megathrusters are go!
Let's go Mechtitan!
"Shinj... *ejem*... SaffronOlive, get in the robot!"
Thumbnail is god tier
ranger class tron < voltron made me smile
Top tier intro ⭐
Should have used the removal spell when they were tapped out of green instead of letting them untap. Then doomscared the following turn. But we live and we learn.
Yessssss love that intro made my day 😁😁😁
These openings still poppin off like my kids cereal.
I love this deck!
Man, these new self driving cars are amazing.
This deck makes me want an intruder alarm for 2W that makes two pilots
That would be so good.
It feels like you were forgetting that Mech Hanger can crew your vehicles when needed.
I love that Voltron is actually kinda legit and not like the book of vile darkness
This is HYPE
Ah yes "Eezhanyah, Seat of the Empire."
Eijano lol will be calling it that from now on
Would it be possible to get this thumbnail as a playmat or print? It's awesome!!!
This is an assembly of 'tron I can get behind.
Im making a breya deck in edh completely around mechtitan core XD
Its going to have token doublers, Mirror box and sakashima to cancel out the legend rule, and brudiclad to make a crap ton of copies of Mechtitan. Looooool
This looks so fun though! Looking forward to trying it
That was fun yet sad… wish they had an animation of it forming Voltron.
Came here to post this. Really disappointing
I'm surprised that they didn't do a cool animated. If anything from the set deserves it it's Mechtitan Core.
What do you think about tron voltron in modern?
I think you could have gone with less Forests, let your Boseijus and Mech Hanger take care of most your green mana, since you are basically splashing in Esika's Chariot.
Missed that you had a treasure artifact token to exile with mechtitan core.
It can only be artifact creatures or vehicles
The deck seemed pretty good!
Wish you ran it in Modern so you could be Tron and Voltron
... But I understand you like having a chance of winning
I played a version of this against that nonsense unkillable kirin samurai deck and forgot to include bounce so i lost -300 to 12 after. a very long time...
Nice!
How do doubling season, parallel lives and anointed procession interact with mech core?
You create a 2nd token, but since the tokens are legendary one of them must be sacrificed as a state based effect. If the "original" token is sacrificed, the component cards come back to the battlefield as per mechtitan core's rules text.
Anybody else a lil bummed that Arena doesnt have a dedicated animation for the mechtitan token?
My friend runs this deck and it’s so dirty, I have one deck to counter it and it’s literally just exile all artifacts and a bunch of draws
I want to see this in an affinity shell in modern.
Kinda sad that Mechtitan's activation doesn't have an animation on Arena.
Holy fuck, my fellow gonzo dude! I have the same shirt! Did you also get yours at the Bearded Monkey in Estes Park?
Mech hangar is soooo good.
Still think we should have an exclusive animation when activating mechtitan core in arena.
Agreed. It should be way more epic considering the amount of work it takes.
My Voltron got hit by a pacifism effect... Felt pretty bad but I assembled Voltron so still a win lol
MTG already has two things named after Voltron.
Let’s call this one the Megazord
3 drop artifact from Neo Dynasty that turns off legend rule+ mechtitan core+ scute swarm + echoing Equation!!!!
This will only ever work in historic brawl because it is too many pieces, but if you can ever make it happen?
Man, oh, Man.
amazing.
Mectitan core says artifacts that treasure is an artifact and works towards the 4 count
Sadly it says artifact *creatures* so unless we have a way to animate our Treasure it doesn't work :(
The real challenge is, to play voltron with tron assembling. Hopefully someone can get a spicy modern one.
But there are so many other things Tron can do that will win a game faster than mechtitan core.
@@funkydiscogod True, tron can win anyway once it’s assembled, but I believe from the meme perspective it’s quite interesting to have double tron here.
GO GO GOLION!
Titanfall in Standard, who would've thought.
when Timmy can be competitive magic is good
If you weren't smiling after that Voltron/ Avabruck game I don't know what's wrong with you.
How to say Eiganjo: EYE-gan-joe. Not Ijano
I don't understand why you can play the newest set in historic
That thumbnail.
I had a guy kill my mechtitan with meat hook massacre it cleared his board but the next attack from mechtitan would have ended the game anyway. Don’t think he knew the materials returned because he conceded right after all my mechs and pilots came back
Hearing Seth calling Eganjo "Ejeno" was very distracting
I like the shift in flavor of the new Kamigawa set, but that crossover with Fortnight is a bridge too far for me.
I play arena on my phone and every time I use mech titan I play the power rangers Zeo theme
I had another guy kill me on turn 2 today and give me the good game. I was looking for the fuck you button