I would watch and sub to a stream of yours, but I do want to say that I love the current way the videos are. The decks are always either unique, fun, budget, or creative - and often are all those descriptions in one! The tech is thorough, and expressive. Overall good vibes. Good work
I have not played a game in at least two years, but i watch your videos everyday. When you showed the lava runner in the sideboard i thought "wow, that creature is perfect, it gets better with removal-haste and power boost! I love it! Keep up the good work sir.
I would think this card would go great in a Sultai deck with merfolk as well. This and Quasiduplicate to keep those EBTs going could be pretty awesome.
Aww you have a cute cat!!! It’s a 4/4 cat with claw: if Julie the beautiful doesn’t get her attention then she deals 3 damage to each opponent and draw a card. Untap all cat creatures at the beginning of your opponents turn. Very good commander
Looks like a fun deck. I like to build a couple of your budget decks up and leave them at my lgs for new or returning players to get a game in with. This is a strong contender for my next build. Thanks Dev 🤘
can you imagine a deck like this but with Ahn Crop crashers + Earthshaker Kenras ..... would be dank in this standard, but not good enough for modern lol
Dev would you ever consider asking Saffronolive or somebody else who makes videos on mtgo or arena to build a few of your decks and play some games? This deck seems awesome and I'd love to see it in action!
I imagine you get asked this question a LOT and it would be stupid of me to assume you've never even considered making videos of your decks in action. I just haven't watched the video where that question has been answered. Is there anyone here who could help me out?
Hey Dev, I would absolutely love it if you made another 5/10 dollar budget deck. I know it must be kinda hard but your last mono black deck was super fun and cheap. I would love to see another one out so I can pick it up and play with it haha. Thanks for the vids!
Love your videos!! Haven't seen the whole video yet but the title says 25$ and the thumbnail says 35$... just a heads up if you want to change that Edit: did I make him change it??? lol....
I think Gruesome Menagerie is very underrated. A mono black deck could be in the cards (pun intended) in the future (i.e. Dread Shade, Knight of Malice in the main, etc. plus the potential for artifact creatures, Vicious Offering has synergy). Tons of potential for this card!
I think R/U Land Destruction may be possible in standard right now. Crackling Drake and/or Enigma Drake make all those land destruction spells count for something plus both mana ramp 2 drops are wizards (Goblin Electromancer and Vodalian Arcanist) so it is possible to run wizards lightning. Sadly Arena won't let me create or edit decks so I can't do any testing unless I commit to building it for FNM. Here's the list I was thinking about: 4 Goblin Electromancer, 4 Vodalian Arcanist, 4 Lightning Strike, 4 Wizard's Lightning, 4 Risk Factor, 4 Demolish, 4 Seismic Shift, 4 Tectonic Rift, 4 Crackling Drake 24 lands with at least 4 Sulphur Falls. SB definitely needs Lava Coil. I somewhat like Blink of an Eye but don't know if it would fit in the deck or be in SB. I think this version has enough direct damage to be a threat and slows the opponent down with all the LD.
I really think that you should consider a Jund version of menagerie. Basically combine this deck with the sweet jund video you made. the combo with path of discovery curving into Menagerie targeting wildgrowth Walker, pelt collector(Texas), and jadelight Ranger is ridiculous. I am really surprised you did not cover the combo in either list? Gain 15 life and put 3 beefcakes into play for 5 mana sign me up. The decks explosive life gain allows for 4 copies of midnight reaper. That plus the red splash for 2 frenzies help you dig for more combo pieces.
What about Dark-Dweller Oracle or Costly Plunder to get stuff into the GY? Severed Strands or Vicious Offering? Or, the flavor win: Whisper, Blood Liturgist?
There's gotta be some way to shoehorn Duress and Raiders' Wake into this build with Burglar Rat and Plaguecrafter already there because the idea of a deck called 'Red Rack' seems too spicy to pass up.
What happened to the sideboard card name text? Also I love your brews man. You take decks that aren't really considered and awesome brews and make them as competitive as possible. Brews I'd wanna play.
YOU SHOULD REALLY PUT TORGAR, FAMINE INCARNATE IN THE DECK. He is able to put your 1 drop, 2 drop, and 3 drop in your graveyard and get him out (hes a 7/6) for 2 mana then reduce an aponet to half their starting life total. Now you can gruesome mengareie the 3 guys you sacrificed to torgar. And if you want to put thud in the deck you can then sac torgar with thud killing your oponet.
Question. Now hear me out I get the card plaguecrafter. I understand it. I know what edict effects are but what if you respond. “I just can’t sacrifice my only 4/4” I’ll just discard a card.” The card doesn’t say must. So can someone do this.
No. The card doesn't say sacrifice or, the board state is what dictates what effect is selected not the player if they have a single 8/8 in play it's going to the graveyard like it or not.
Yup. The only way you "can't" sacrifice a creature is if you have none on the board, and in that case you discard a card. "I can't" as in "it'll break my heart" or "it's a horrible move" just wont cut it :)
Nah. From the rulings: "If you don’t have a creature card in your graveyard with one converted mana cost, you just continue on to the next." If they wanted to force having the picks, they'd either make it target, or they'd add "If you do" in there.
Rafael Ortiz really depends whether your playing control or aggro. Divest, pilfering imp, plaguecrafter, Vona’s Hunger, Phyrexian Scriptures, Eldest Reborn, Karn, & Artifacts can deal with Vine Mare. Mono Black control is not a “friendly” magic deck. It wins by Disrupting, Drawing, & Destroying.
How many more cats than Ziggy and Julie does dev have? I think i remember an orange and white one too... Or am I crazy? How many cats does the man have?
@@SBMTG lol, thanks for the reply. Three is good number. Ive had three cats before. I think any more than four though and you're at rick to become the " crazy cat neighbor" . ive got 1.5 cats now. My indoor outdoor cat" fat fred ", and then this stray hes cool with, that he brings around sometimes. That stray is literally the only cat Fred likes. We call him Shawn Mathews. He wants to trust humans but he's not 100%. He only let's me and my dad go near him.
@@SBMTG Dev. rundown what you think you would have to do to get all three cats in the video at the same time. I for one can rarely get all three of my cats in the same room at the same time unless there is tuna involved. XD
"Simple and Clean like Kingdom Hearts." AHAHA, good one. But unfortunately I'm over it. I want 3 to come out so I can stop hearing about it, until they release the special japanese re-release with a different ending. And then the english release. And then several filler games...
The card says return a one mana, creature then return a two mana creature, then return a three mana creature. So they don't enter at the exact same time, they enter in that order. 123. The other wizards are 2 drops so the 3 drop would see them on the battlefield
Gruesome Menagerie does not say you "may" choose a creature with converted mana cost. So, wouldn't this mean that you "must" have all 3 mana cost in the graveyard? I would look up the ruling on this card but that's always a headache....lol
Is there an argument to be made for more black sources? There aren't any RR cards in the maindeck and there's a decent risk of not being able to cast Menagerie on turn 5 with only 12 black sources.
This deck is cool and all, but it's just really a budget build of burn that most people are already playing with a different top end. I would have preferred to see Mono Black Zombies revisited with Menagerie at it's top end since Liliana's Mastery rotated, and this takes it's slot getting just as good value at the same cost. If not Zombies, a Mono Black Aggro or Midrange with Menagerie would be cool. Just for the sake of a "new" list nobody Is really playing. Again, not knocking the deck, just wish it wasn't the kind of deck theme with the usual core build for the most part....
Anyone else having problems on MTG Arena with Token builds? Opened so many packs and don't even have the non pirate wipe. Don't see Goblin Chainlwhirler on Area because it's impossible to get ? I get the same 8 rares opening packs shit is rigged up.
has anyone else watched some of these MTG celebrities and thought: "they're kind of shit players."? Day9, This guy, Like, learn to play the game yourself.
Carl Moores There’s a difference between content creator (celebrity?) and pro. Watch a pro if you want but you’ll find they aren’t greatly entertaining
I'm spanish and that 4:36 "el diablo de fuego" has been like music for my ears! You're awesome, Dev!
Creates drinking game where everytime he says "in any case" I take a shot. *Died*
Yeah, I noticed that during editing. Sorry about that. *In any case*, I hope you enjoyed the video!
@@SBMTG in any case, it was a great video. Thanks for your continued efforts.
Hahaha you so dead man. ;D
Julie had me at @0:01. I've missed her. Thanks for the deck tech too!
I would watch and sub to a stream of yours, but I do want to say that I love the current way the videos are. The decks are always either unique, fun, budget, or creative - and often are all those descriptions in one! The tech is thorough, and expressive. Overall good vibes. Good work
I have not played a game in at least two years, but i watch your videos everyday. When you showed the lava runner in the sideboard i thought "wow, that creature is perfect, it gets better with removal-haste and power boost! I love it! Keep up the good work sir.
Simple and clean is among the best intro music to any video game. Love the reference
Menagerie was absolute bonkers in my Guild pre-release deck. Pulling back a hired poisoner, pack rat and plaugecrafter was absolutely back breaking
MonkeyPantsFace Pack Rat is not in Guilds?
I had it as a promo and got another one in a booster. That shit was ridiculous
Great content man I get pumped when I see a new video. You and your cats seem like good people too which makes it better.
Dev, i'd totally watch if you stream MTG arena on twitch. just saying
I WANT THIS SO BAD
Me too.
I don’t even like watching streamers but I would totally enjoy watching dev stream and talk MTG
0:34 I got that reference. Best song ever.
Thanks for making these videos man, really helping me out with my gameplay.
Would you ever upload videos of you playing these decks?
Off The Walls Magic - that's what sideboardmtg's channel does.
I would think this card would go great in a Sultai deck with merfolk as well. This and Quasiduplicate to keep those EBTs going could be pretty awesome.
This seems very cool man. Good deck!
Aww you have a cute cat!!! It’s a 4/4 cat with claw: if Julie the beautiful doesn’t get her attention then she deals 3 damage to each opponent and draw a card. Untap all cat creatures at the beginning of your opponents turn. Very good commander
That means she's legendary
of course she’s legendary she’s a good girl
Ernest Tokes yup yup!!! It would be cool if he makes a commander card with Julie. Cat Tribal is fun!!!
Gabriel Lopez most definitely!!! I really want a Julie card so bad.
For once, I don’t recognize the intro. You finally got me.
I got the Simple and Clean pun, though. Dang it, Dev. You pain me each time you do this.
This one is all original. Sometimes, I actually don't use samples. Sounds crazy I know
Strictly Better MtG Original? I wasn’t aware any intros you ever did were originals, that’s bloody amazing! Never even unsubbing as a joke now!
interesting use of viashino. normally i would say no, but the regen factor is nice.
Looks like a fun deck. I like to build a couple of your budget decks up and leave them at my lgs for new or returning players to get a game in with. This is a strong contender for my next build. Thanks Dev 🤘
can you imagine a deck like this but with Ahn Crop crashers + Earthshaker Kenras ..... would be dank in this standard, but not good enough for modern lol
Dev would you ever consider asking Saffronolive or somebody else who makes videos on mtgo or arena to build a few of your decks and play some games? This deck seems awesome and I'd love to see it in action!
I imagine you get asked this question a LOT and it would be stupid of me to assume you've never even considered making videos of your decks in action. I just haven't watched the video where that question has been answered. Is there anyone here who could help me out?
check out sideboardmtg here on youtube, he streams my decks
Hey Dev, I would absolutely love it if you made another 5/10 dollar budget deck. I know it must be kinda hard but your last mono black deck was super fun and cheap. I would love to see another one out so I can pick it up and play with it haha. Thanks for the vids!
Gameplay for abzan tonight i will get this out sunday.
Thumbs up for the Utada Hikaru reference!
Looks fun.
Like the idea too
I loved the 5 dollar mono black drain.. i almost beat red black rush... and the whole deck cost less than any single piece. ....almost
I loved it too, I switched the tattered mummy for night market lookout to speed it up. Got a lot of, " wow that's fast" comments.
It made me overrate ravinous bite though
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I still play that deck to this day. One of my favorite recent Dev decks. Dev you explain synergy so well in your vids!
What do y’all think about chainer’s torment? How effective has it been?
My fav flavor text of all time
‘Variety is also the spice of death.’
6.00 wizards lightning is the only wizard pay off while showing a card that has upside if u control a wizard brilliant deck as always tho
Experimental Frenzy is indeed very fun in this deck. :) Thanks, Dev!
Love your videos!!
Haven't seen the whole video yet but the title says 25$ and the thumbnail says 35$... just a heads up if you want to change that
Edit: did I make him change it??? lol....
Yup. Thanks for the heads up!
🎶🎤Simple and clean is the way you reanimate meeee tonight🎶
Loving this deck design. Makes my inner Rakdos player happy.
this looks fun. great job
Playing Rakdos before Ravnican Allegiance is released FeelsBadMan
I think Gruesome Menagerie is very underrated. A mono black deck could be in the cards (pun intended) in the future (i.e. Dread Shade, Knight of Malice in the main, etc. plus the potential for artifact creatures, Vicious Offering has synergy). Tons of potential for this card!
I think R/U Land Destruction may be possible in standard right now. Crackling Drake and/or Enigma Drake make all those land destruction spells count for something plus both mana ramp 2 drops are wizards (Goblin Electromancer and Vodalian Arcanist) so it is possible to run wizards lightning. Sadly Arena won't let me create or edit decks so I can't do any testing unless I commit to building it for FNM. Here's the list I was thinking about: 4 Goblin Electromancer, 4 Vodalian Arcanist, 4 Lightning Strike, 4 Wizard's Lightning, 4 Risk Factor, 4 Demolish, 4 Seismic Shift, 4 Tectonic Rift, 4 Crackling Drake 24 lands with at least 4 Sulphur Falls. SB definitely needs Lava Coil. I somewhat like Blink of an Eye but don't know if it would fit in the deck or be in SB. I think this version has enough direct damage to be a threat and slows the opponent down with all the LD.
You had me at R/B.
I really think that you should consider a Jund version of menagerie. Basically combine this deck with the sweet jund video you made. the combo with path of discovery curving into Menagerie targeting wildgrowth Walker, pelt collector(Texas), and jadelight Ranger is ridiculous. I am really surprised you did not cover the combo in either list? Gain 15 life and put 3 beefcakes into play for 5 mana sign me up. The decks explosive life gain allows for 4 copies of midnight reaper. That plus the red splash for 2 frenzies help you dig for more combo pieces.
This deck makes me happy
How do you calculate power ranking?
What about Dark-Dweller Oracle or Costly Plunder to get stuff into the GY? Severed Strands or Vicious Offering? Or, the flavor win: Whisper, Blood Liturgist?
Love this deck, love budget content! Thanks Dev!
There's gotta be some way to shoehorn Duress and Raiders' Wake into this build with Burglar Rat and Plaguecrafter already there because the idea of a deck called 'Red Rack' seems too spicy to pass up.
Or, “Rack”dos. 🤔
My thoughts on white black menagerie with militia buglar and mentor feels pretty good.
What happened to the sideboard card name text?
Also I love your brews man. You take decks that aren't really considered and awesome brews and make them as competitive as possible. Brews I'd wanna play.
nice on the utada hikaru English version of kh song reference
Reference at 0:35 got!
YOU SHOULD REALLY PUT TORGAR, FAMINE INCARNATE IN THE DECK. He is able to put your 1 drop, 2 drop, and 3 drop in your graveyard and get him out (hes a 7/6) for 2 mana then reduce an aponet to half their starting life total. Now you can gruesome mengareie the 3 guys you sacrificed to torgar. And if you want to put thud in the deck you can then sac torgar with thud killing your oponet.
Question. Now hear me out I get the card plaguecrafter. I understand it. I know what edict effects are but what if you respond. “I just can’t sacrifice my only 4/4” I’ll just discard a card.” The card doesn’t say must. So can someone do this.
No. The card doesn't say sacrifice or, the board state is what dictates what effect is selected not the player if they have a single 8/8 in play it's going to the graveyard like it or not.
Yup. The only way you "can't" sacrifice a creature is if you have none on the board, and in that case you discard a card. "I can't" as in "it'll break my heart" or "it's a horrible move" just wont cut it :)
how did my notification for this video say the deck list was only $25...? *confused*
Like for the kingdom hearts reference
The wording of “then” seems to suggest that 1 drop is the condition for getting 2 and 3 drops.
Nah. From the rulings: "If you don’t have a creature card in your graveyard with one converted mana cost, you just continue on to the next." If they wanted to force having the picks, they'd either make it target, or they'd add "If you do" in there.
FUCK YEAH I WAS THEORYCRAFTING THIS IN MY HEAD AND IM GLAD SOMEONE WHO CAN PUT PEN TO PAPER DID IT
What do u take out in the with when u bored against control?
Do you think mono black has a chance in this standard format?
I had that idea the other day.
@@DeadBoyAlexxx I think it can have a chance if vine mare isn't played much.
Rafael Ortiz really depends whether your playing control or aggro.
Divest, pilfering imp, plaguecrafter, Vona’s Hunger, Phyrexian Scriptures, Eldest Reborn, Karn, & Artifacts can deal with Vine Mare.
Mono Black control is not a “friendly” magic deck. It wins by Disrupting, Drawing, & Destroying.
@@aaronmauger661 I like this list. I may have to sleeve it up.
The intro bit made me think it would be cool if you would name your videos like songs (i.e. R/B Menagerie ft. Julie)
simple and clean FTW
That tail action!
Oh snap, this could be a goblin bidding deck.
Would you mind streaming your deck testing?
How many more cats than Ziggy and Julie does dev have? I think i remember an orange and white one too... Or am I crazy?
How many cats does the man have?
I have 3 cats.
@@SBMTG lol, thanks for the reply. Three is good number. Ive had three cats before. I think any more than four though and you're at rick to become the " crazy cat neighbor" . ive got 1.5 cats now. My indoor outdoor cat" fat fred ", and then this stray hes cool with, that he brings around sometimes. That stray is literally the only cat Fred likes. We call him Shawn Mathews. He wants to trust humans but he's not 100%. He only let's me and my dad go near him.
kai russell should have called him Shawn Meowthews...
@@SBMTG Dev. rundown what you think you would have to do to get all three cats in the video at the same time. I for one can rarely get all three of my cats in the same room at the same time unless there is tuna involved. XD
I know it just rotated but I feel claim to fame needs to be in here
"Simple and Clean like Kingdom Hearts." AHAHA, good one. But unfortunately I'm over it. I want 3 to come out so I can stop hearing about it, until they release the special japanese re-release with a different ending. And then the english release. And then several filler games...
Does Journeymage’s ability triggers if it was Menageried together with another Wizard? They both seem to enter the battlefield at the same time.
Yes.
The card says return a one mana, creature then return a two mana creature, then return a three mana creature. So they don't enter at the exact same time, they enter in that order. 123. The other wizards are 2 drops so the 3 drop would see them on the battlefield
Utada Hikaru, got it ;)
Can you make a modern version of this deck?
Dark-Dweller Oracle seems OK here, too.
How does one play mtg arena , where does one go to download it, and does it cost money?
Gruesome Menagerie does not say you "may" choose a creature with converted mana cost. So, wouldn't this mean that you "must" have all 3 mana cost in the graveyard? I would look up the ruling on this card but that's always a headache....lol
Is there an argument to be made for more black sources? There aren't any RR cards in the maindeck and there's a decent risk of not being able to cast Menagerie on turn 5 with only 12 black sources.
double burn spelling is important
STILL WAITING ON YOUR VERSION O JESKAI CONTROL PLEEAASSEEEE 💪🏾💪🏾👌🏾👌🏾✌🏾
Love the reference @sbmtg
I’ve got a deck just like this but it’s jund menegerie
cool t-shirt!
I got the reference
I would like to say you on Twitch streaming some games.
I thought you had to have a one drop in your graveyard to be able to target with Gruesome Menagerie...
Love the kitties
This deck is cool and all, but it's just really a budget build of burn that most people are already playing with a different top end. I would have preferred to see Mono Black Zombies revisited with Menagerie at it's top end since Liliana's Mastery rotated, and this takes it's slot getting just as good value at the same cost. If not Zombies, a Mono Black Aggro or Midrange with Menagerie would be cool. Just for the sake of a "new" list nobody Is really playing. Again, not knocking the deck, just wish it wasn't the kind of deck theme with the usual core build for the most part....
Pack rat?
ziggy 😃
0:44
YAY JULIE ❤️❤️
There are very few cases where someone would block a fanatical firbrand with their llanowar elves lmao
amazing!
Anyone else having problems on MTG Arena with Token builds? Opened so many packs and don't even have the non pirate wipe. Don't see Goblin Chainlwhirler on Area because it's impossible to get ? I get the same 8 rares opening packs shit is rigged up.
Hi Dev, is there any way you can help me improve my deck? If so please send email. Thanks!
UTADA
Julieeeee hyyyyype
GB is soooo much better for this
yes, for nonbudget
Arena for Android! Arena for Android! Arena for Android!
kittens!!!!
Looks like you have been talking with WOTC huh....?
No. How does it look that way?
#confused
has anyone else watched some of these MTG celebrities and thought: "they're kind of shit players."? Day9, This guy, Like, learn to play the game yourself.
Carl Moores There’s a difference between content creator (celebrity?) and pro. Watch a pro if you want but you’ll find they aren’t greatly entertaining
I've been playing for 23 years guy
so its worse Red deck :/
Yep, everyone is tired of rdw by now.
I mean yeah, in the way that a $35 deck is "worse" than a $150 deck