CATS, RAPTORS, AND ENERGY... OH MY!!! Boros Energy (MH3 Modern MTG)

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CATS, RAPTORS, AND ENERGY... OH MY!!! Boros Energy (MH3 Modern MTG)

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I play a Magic: the Gathering Online Modern league with a Boros Energy deck featuring many cards from Modern Horizons 3 / MH3 like Amped Raptor; Ajani, Nacatl Pariah; Guide of Souls; Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury; and Unstable Amulet. This RW Aggro deck seeks to dominate the board early on and then finish the game with burn or Phlage triggers.
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0:00 Deck Tech
5:49 Round 1
23:17 Round 2
33:46 Round 3
44:12 Round 4
50:36 Round 5
57:41 Conclusion
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@Thewallace7347 Ай бұрын

The best reason i can give to phlage being good is while the front of the card being a sorcery speed helix sounds bad, the back side being basically a 4 mana recurable inferno titan that gains you life is just incredible

@thomass1750 Ай бұрын

As someone that has been following this deck (and finally built it in paper), this was an awesome vid. My thoughts are that you should probably maindeck blood moon if you're playing the monkey pirate, wheareas Ocelot Pride is better on average. Ragavan is better vs tron & storm as they don't interact at all. Phlage and amped raptor are probably your best cards.

@neros_soren Ай бұрын

Because this was recorded 1-2 weeks ago...

@tylermfdurden Ай бұрын

"Oh my God, it's Lightning Helix!!!"

@jamesbuchen6256 Ай бұрын

I am speaking from a Timeless player and I know Timeless=/=Modern, but the Ocelot Pride is really a glue for Guide of Souls and Ajani. I am very surprised it wasn’t in your deck. As far as static prison, I wouldn’t be surprised if swords to plowshares is just the better option as a clean answer even if it gives the opponent life when you are trying to be aggro.

@isalundstrom4778 Ай бұрын

Swords is not legal in modern, but otherwise I agree

@neros_soren Ай бұрын

A) Swords is not legal in Modern B) even if it was, it doesn't answer Ring, which is why Prison is mostly played for.

@noahwick3217 Ай бұрын

phlage is so much better than kroxa, i dont think the comparison is valid

@Alikaoz Ай бұрын

Yeah, I've been saying this since spoiler season, Not-Dying + Taking-pressure-off-the-board is oddly underestimated. Kroxa usually is a twice as expensive raven's crime. Phlage is reach or removal plus lifegain.

@quatzecoatl1795 Ай бұрын

Kroxa has the opponent's choice downside, similar to cards like Vexing Devil or the actually playable Palantir of Orthanc. Those cards are always much worse than they look on the surface, as the opponent obviously gets to pick whichever option is less impactful to them, so you never actually get the mode you "want". They look like modal cards intuitively, but they're the exact opposite. Phlage is, on the other hand, a banger

@joelbuschaus8505 Ай бұрын

It's closer to Uro in its Powerlewel. Not Quite as busted as Uro but it will stabilize on its own from a bad position and when your ahead it just ends the game if not properly answered. Kroxa does close to nothing when your behind on the front side and when it comes back it's on blocking duty.Phlage and Uro start attacking gaining life and drawing cards or destroying creatures. Notably on an empty board pflage kills from 18 life in 2 turns.

@JerBear0328 Ай бұрын

@Alikaoz kroxa is 1 mana more than raven's crime, Phlage is 1 mana more than lightning helix.

@sohpeeah3131 Ай бұрын

@@JerBear0328 lightning helix is a lot better than ravens crime and 1>2 is a bigger jump than 2>3

@bananajoe275 Ай бұрын

Love to see more modern content from you. There where some builds in legacy you did where I often thought, that could work in modern too since mostly was legal there.

@mangodude6790 Ай бұрын

There are 6 nonland cards not from a modern horizons set in the maindeck.

@kplers Ай бұрын

even only counting mh3 cards, there are only 10 :)

@jacobjensen7704 Ай бұрын

Almost all of the playable energy cards come from MH3, soooo….

@Alikaoz Ай бұрын

@@jacobjensen7704 Yeah, it's a bit like saying the standard Energy deck was mostly Kaladesh+Aether Revolt. No shit, it's got no support elsewhere.

@carsonbos472 Ай бұрын

@@jacobjensen7704 of the 18 nonlands that are not related to energy, only lightning bolt, and two copies of fable are not from modern horizons.

@neros_soren Ай бұрын

@@carsonbos472 And most are cutting Bolt down to 2/3 copies, because they clog your hand.

@cogsworth659 Ай бұрын

We need to see this attempted again with Ocelot Pride in the list, that interaction looks so nice

@potatodavid1987 Ай бұрын

I have been playing this deck in the timeless format on arena and mother of God Phlage is a fucking house.

@sadieroms Ай бұрын

28:38 Not an ideal 2 for 1 but you could have galvanic discharged, marked one damage on the thought knot and have the other 2 energy to use for mana and then used one of those to bolt it and then have a energy for colored mana left over to better set up for drawing out.

@sorek__ Ай бұрын

I think like the cat that you opponent play is so much powerful - 2x cats for ajani, extra body in general, great with your other 1 drop - I think its staple card in this deck I would even consider it stronger than monke.

@P3rvenc Ай бұрын

16:10 was greedy XD should've just escaped before op had priority (I would probably also be greedy tho hehe)

@fScS2H Ай бұрын

Man I am so surprised this list isn’t playing ocelot pride, playing against that card with guide of souls is an absolute fucking nightmare

@sancarlos4 Ай бұрын

I noticed you kept playing Raptors into an empty board instead of Ajanis. Why not just play the cat when the chance to hit useless cards like galv blast, wear/tear, or even just a bolt that only goes face is so high? If it's T2 it's likely you don't even have the energy to cast a potential Phlage, and even if you do it's "just" 3 damage face vs the stronger boardstate Ajani creates

@CharlotteMimic Ай бұрын

40:00 I think Phil would REALLY enjoy playing this mono-black midrange deck

@DankAudioStash24 Ай бұрын

Another option for a Modern deck would be Yuta Takahashi's Dimir Murktide Frog deck, which is basically all Legacy cards anyways.

@Dhips. Ай бұрын

I very much enjoy your legacy videos, but it's nice to see you try stuff like this too. I don't really pay attention to modern anymore, but it's fun to see where it is once and a while.

@dekina1198 Ай бұрын

the Obsidian Carnaw disables Jegatha :< i think oceloth pride would have been very good in this deck!

@odoylerules1435 Ай бұрын

I found you can break amped raptor by loading your deck with powerful 4-5 drops and use early energy cards then play raptor into big stuff. it takes some set up but its powerful effect.

@johnkater5276 Ай бұрын

Very nonstandard list, most lists are on 0x Unstable Amulet, 4x Ocelot Pride, and usually some number of Fables

@carsonbos472 Ай бұрын

2x fables are there

@tezuroshima8392 Ай бұрын

Love your content man

@Abby_Affchen Ай бұрын

Phelia is good with ajani, and unstable amulet. I see most builds with the doggo

@amaru1361 Ай бұрын

I’d love to watch you play creator showdown

@WALABOOSH Ай бұрын

I think you're insightful regardless of format.

@taranweeks4393 Ай бұрын

I like the deck!

@ArchaicEX Ай бұрын

I can't win with this deck either. It's pretty fun but it feels like you're always behind. Amped Raptor drawing you something extra is cool, but its body is almost always useless to me so it's more of a 1.1-for-1.

@MekanikKommandoh88 Ай бұрын

If by Kroxa, you meant “Uro”, then yes.

@kek8695 Ай бұрын

the timeless format in a nutshell

@graylord69 Ай бұрын

Ragavan is very poorly positioned in Modern right now. If you had played 4x Ocelot Pride instead of Ragavan, you'd probably have fared much better overall. Also, your manabase is definitely a mess and you could make it a *lot* less awkward with some changes. I'd start by shaving one Arena of Glory, one Aether Hub and maybe one Elegant Parlor for some number of Inspiring Vantages and Sunbaked Canyons. And keep in mind that you faced some pretty bad matchups, including decks that aren't even seen as competitive anymore (I mean, who the hell plays Cabal Coffers post-MH3?) but can definitely catch you by surprise. Boros Energy isn't exactly the best Modern deck around, far from it, but it certainly has more favorable matchups than what you experienced in that league.

@nicklittle8399 Ай бұрын

I feel like swapping phlage for ocelot pride and leaning into the cat, soul sisters side would make the deck a bit better. 4 of phlage seems a bit much. 2 seems ideal.

@vvv7696 Ай бұрын

Good job on having an open mind. Bosh dismissed these energy cards(and ajani) as “tier 3” cards he doesn’t want to bother learning about because he’s a vintage winner or whatever

@AutumnReel4444 Ай бұрын

Kroxa sucks. Phlage does not suck. It is no Uro, but it is no Kroxa.

@neros_soren Ай бұрын

Depends on context.

@nobodyfromnowwhere7510 Ай бұрын

Why does a deck with this much lifegain not have ToR? I mean, I fucking hate ToR, but it's too busted not to play.

@cyclone8411 Ай бұрын

it's too high on the curve, ring is really only playable in control and big mana in modern

@nobodyfromnowwhere7510 Ай бұрын

@@cyclone8411 Did you watch this video? In almost every round of every game it would have been viable.

@MekanikKommandoh88 Ай бұрын

This is an aggressive midrange deck. Ring isn’t good nor needed here.

@cyclone8411 Ай бұрын

@@nobodyfromnowwhere7510 yeah, I also play the format. the ring sucks in almost everything that isnt control or big mana. aggressive decks like this cant afford to spend their time setting up the ring

@nobodyfromnowwhere7510 Ай бұрын

@@MekanikKommandoh88 You can say that, all evidence to the contrary. The decks aggro is weak and it can't stand up to removal due to lack of card advantage. It has no top end and spins it wheels setting up a weak card draw effect that uses its removal AND mana resources and gets blown out by, gee, the one ring...