Can Braids Break Karn, Living Legacy in Standard? | Against the Odds

Can Braids Break Karn, Living Legacy in Standard? | Against the Odds | Magic: the Gathering (MTG)

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What are the odds of winning with Braids, Arisen Nightmare and Karn, Living Legacy in Dominaria United Standard? Let's find out!
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0:00 Start
3:21 Match 1
11:43 Match 2
24:00 Match 3
39:11 Match 4
49:52 Match 5
1:12:48 Wrap Up

Пікірлер: 201

@MTGGoldfish Жыл бұрын

Apparently there's some sort of sync issue with the first match. Don't worry, it gets better! Sorry for the hassle.

@TehPlutoKiss Жыл бұрын

I got *super* thrown off and got worried, immediately went to the comments, thank you for letting me know xD

@TheRicharizard Жыл бұрын

I call this deck "karn(corn) rows" cause it's karn with braids

@felipesouzabarros3744 Жыл бұрын

i thought i was too stoned.............

@Saoatomesan Жыл бұрын

I also went immediately to the comments for this

@winterbreaksable Жыл бұрын

It makes it look like Seth is commentating on a live game he's watching instead of playing

@Petronio39 Жыл бұрын

Powerstones are a funny thing in magic, because as they become worn, fractured or broken into shards, they actually become more efficient energy sources.

@Psycchan Жыл бұрын

the energy output must be determined by surface area rather than mass then

@petrsevcik5044 Жыл бұрын

Today we learned that Karn is almost as good as Storm Crow, since you can sacrifice the powerstone tokens to Braids. Although Braids isn't quite Force of Will, it's still not bad.

@itsallenwow Жыл бұрын

You beat me to the storm crow comp 😢 I love that this community can immediately all remember a meme from ten plus years ago hahah

@AzelRavenWood Жыл бұрын

I think the thing I enjoy the most about you Seth, is that even if you are playing a card you don't think is good or you are playing against someone playing said card, you always find the moment positive and cheerfully instead of being a salty salt lord, and I respect that!

@hashiro124 Жыл бұрын

Your commentary is out of sync with your visual in the first match (haven't made it past that match yet)

@MstrKipper Жыл бұрын

Just got there was thinking the same

@TheSnaare Жыл бұрын

It's all throughout 😓

@Pixelatedude6 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this apparently happened with the stream replay from last week according to a viewer

@alejandropardo6978 Жыл бұрын

I thought I was having a stroke! Thank god I’m not.

@liorramati265 Жыл бұрын

Match two looks good

@Eddyb1e Жыл бұрын

"We got more blood than we're ever gonna need." - Seth *Dracula has entered the chat.*

@AkodoNoEyes Жыл бұрын

This made me choke on my drink hahah 😂

@Blackflame305 Жыл бұрын

Braids and Karn are definitely a cool synergy, but what this has really convinced me of is that Dragonspark Reactor is a hugely undervalued card

@jerryleganker4630 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn’t even know it was release du til I was building an artifact deck a month back, its sooooo good

@adamoberlitner1188 Жыл бұрын

Starting to wonder if Dragonspark Reactor is the card I’m missing from my own Braids Anvil deck - could always use more ways to pressure the opponent’s life total!

@AkodoNoEyes Жыл бұрын

It would be pretty good as a 1 or 2 of.

@sethc.1366 Жыл бұрын

Maybe as a one of, still a little clunky

@numchux2 Жыл бұрын

I think that's why this deck works so well, it's just incremental pressure all game forcing opponent to deal with something every turn or take the damage

@thekopekemaster Жыл бұрын

Dragonspark Reactor is INSANE. It's the main wincon in my Legacy 12-Weld (Goblin Welder and all of its variants) deck. I realized how strong the card was after it won me a bunch of games in NEO prerelease (with double Fable, Anvil, and the guy that sacrifices an artifact to make a 3/1 haste construct).

@gingermagicc7859 Жыл бұрын

I’m running it as a 2 of in my deck and it’s a control killer

@neufmarche8489 Жыл бұрын

I must say Seth, this looks really really good! Closer to competitive playable than Janky Against the Odds!! That was such a cool concept and a cool deckbuild I might buy it in paper. Amazing video!

@BobardeZanzibar Жыл бұрын

It was only a matter of time before someone broke Karn.

@lasterman94100 Жыл бұрын

Seath the scaleless?

@Blackmystix Жыл бұрын

@@lasterman94100 he must play DS so much his phone autocorrects lmao

@EduPascualSaez Жыл бұрын

I'd take two big lessons from this: First: after so many busted Karn versions, the one that isn't busted seems bad. Second: having cards that are great in the right shell but pointless otherwise, rather than cards that provide a low of value on any deck you slam them in, yields much more fun and variety to any format :)

@wudgethenumbers Жыл бұрын

I think you caught a few people not reading and not realizing that declining the Braids sac was an option.

@jeffreylooter535 Жыл бұрын

Seth’s ingenuity knows no bounds, I would have never thought to combine these

@azullove979 Жыл бұрын

After I saw your games I built a mardu version, used Edgar, wedding announcement, rite of oblivion, as the white splash and then was more aggro with the artifacts, used the 3/3 blood token making artifact, so good. Went 5 and 1..

@a.artmaster8733 Жыл бұрын

Name the card that’s the 3/3 blood token maker please and thank you

@Gregness2000 Жыл бұрын

In game 1 of match 2, you didn't get punished for it but you should have sac'd the big reactor to kill the lifelinking vampire token before it dealt damage to you. You ended up having exactsies, but you ended up killing it on that end step anyway so there was no reason to let the opponent make it close.

@jdude99lolz Жыл бұрын

He also just straight up missed lethal earlier around 15 mins. Oni cult a power stone to ping for 1 and tick up reactor to 7. Use reactor to kill samurai and swing with braids for 10 total damage. And then braids trigger and they lose 2 life and die

@asherhinrichs9566 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating brew, cool synergies, and you rose to the challenge of making new Karn good! 10/10 Seth, great fun to watch!

@ajax4709 Жыл бұрын

😂 my fav thing about Seth is how confidently he pronounces words however he feels like

@the_r4ts Жыл бұрын

"Ejanno"

@ferdithetank7535 Жыл бұрын

Unlikely friends, but good ones nonetheless! Amazing how sometimes slamming two build-around cards together is so effective.

@leanin2it Жыл бұрын

The amount of fun you’re having with this deck is infectious! Karn might be worse than Voldaren Epicure in this deck, but gosh darn if it isn’t way more fun

@Dracinard Жыл бұрын

I'm honestly not sure Voldaren Epicure is better. Karn gives you an artifact every turn, a potential alternative win con in the ultimate and a colourless Impulse for when you really need an answer. Epicure gives you one artifact, one body and one damage. For the grindy sacrifice strategy that this looks like, Karn's the perfect piece!

@angelicahernandez1035 Жыл бұрын

Lol, I have been toying with this idea for days! I am so happy to see a (way better) version of it!

@KisoX Жыл бұрын

These were amazing matches. I watched this the third time now :D

@dracosfire7247 Жыл бұрын

"Braids and Karn, together at last" has the same energy as "Nuts and gum, together at last"

@barekstubblefield3237 Жыл бұрын

I love the deck idea. I was thinking karn need a artifact deck or some other weird way to use powers tones. Very creative use of them

@theokchannel2081 Жыл бұрын

I saw the title and I already could see the vision can't wait to watch this video see if it works

@spencernoble6824 Жыл бұрын

I love this combo. Me and my friend happened to both pull showcase Karns, and I'm determined to make Karn useful

@vulcanh254 Жыл бұрын

Reactor win. Seth: "That's Karn! Karn is good!"

@johndoe9343 13 күн бұрын

Haven't finished the vid yet, but how many times did a Powerstone tick up Reactor?

@goomshill Жыл бұрын

Well you COULD just play a {5} Jodah's Codex and draw an extra card each turn. Or you could play a vulnerable {1BB} creature and a vulnerable {4} planeswalker both with no way to protect themselves, and then you draw an extra card each turn unless your opponent has a treasure or blood token to sacrifice... Yup, this is my kind of jank.

@protestthebread1046 Жыл бұрын

What I love about Seth, probably better known as SaffronOlive's cadence is that it reminds me much of a bumblebee's flight through the air. Darting about, up and down, going from flower to flower to collect that sweet nectar.

@Pixelatedude6 Жыл бұрын

59:55 "We've got more blood than we're ever gonna need." -Seth pbka 2022

@mjb552 Жыл бұрын

I feel like ts been a long time since I've seen this much Seth joy. Thank you for that, Braids.

@MstrKipper Жыл бұрын

Now this is the crossover we needed for true greatness

@ShiivaWilding Жыл бұрын

Killer deck idea!

@raymundosantos8872 Жыл бұрын

Finally, Karn Against the odd video!

@martinprybylski2392 Жыл бұрын

before rotation I built a budget Red/Black anvil deck that I loved. So much play to it. I think this is it's spiritual successor. Dragonspark Reactor is soooo good. Braids definitely is good in it.

@person3176 Жыл бұрын

not sure about the green splash but this was a really sweet brew, well done seth!

@OGNoNameNobody Жыл бұрын

Good Job giving the new *Karn* a chance, Seth. I had decided after preview weekend, my first post-rotation deck was gonna be on *Karn* just to get you, but, after this, I'm still doing it. My build will just be....slightly different.

@latinkingzgl Жыл бұрын

This... this puts a smile on my face

@dimitrialberti2092 Жыл бұрын

Not all heroes wear capes I was torn with the vote between Karn and braids. But Seth did both.

@enmanuelrondon9700 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you resisted the urge to make a deck where you just discard karn to fable and enemy lili for value.

@derekcline950 Жыл бұрын

You spending wildcards on Karn for the content fills me with strong emotions. Mixed, but strong.

@ther3aper561 Жыл бұрын

Been enjoying the absolute hell out of all the videos because of DMU. Standard, explorer, hopefully we'll see if any lords can make a difference in Legacy or Modern

@LazyQahnaarin Жыл бұрын

What a LEGENDARY final game.

@danlewis7707 Жыл бұрын

Seth! You could have played that Bootleggers at 37:52 to get like 4 triggers on each reactor and basically kill them through anything next turn!

@heaveemetal3223 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sweet. I’ll test drive

@jacksonlarge1549 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been combining Braids with Lagomos, Hand of Hatred and Sheoldred the Apocalypse for a nice unconventional life gain and infinite permanent sac. If I get lucky and get to throw in a Liesa, Forgotten Archangel and Ratadrabik of Utborg to infinitely sacrifice Braids and Sheoldred and create tokens with the same abilities. It’s just a slow deck and I need to figure out how to make it better cause once that combo is out there, there isn’t a lot opponent can usually do 😅

@elesh3178 Жыл бұрын

Missed kill at 15:14. Saccing a power stone with the anvil puts them to 11 and reactor to 7. Reactor hits their blocker and puts them to 4. They’re then dead to braids attack for 3 + sac for 2.

@houseplant.mp4 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been running new karn, dragonspark, oni cult, sanguine statuette and just a bunch of blood token generators to fuel karn. It’s good midrange paired with falconrath forebear etc it’s a legitimately fun deck

@SpecialKail Жыл бұрын

I love dragonspark reactor. I've got it in my prosper deck

@generalbochii Жыл бұрын

This deck is oddly super synergistic. I like it.

@mikemoyer8162 Жыл бұрын

My 2 cents: 1 is that I love this deck. It's funky and uses jank, but can be surprisingly effective. The 2nd is that you know that first game of match 5 that your opponent had a blast. That was a wild game all around and slamming all those legends and being thwarted over and over again, had to be a feel good win.

@KnicKnac Жыл бұрын

This would be fun in historic brawl if there is a good commander in area to choose. Seems artifact focused.

@ciaran.downey Жыл бұрын

Love to see dragonspark reactor pop off

@Lionbug Жыл бұрын

The biggest reason for clicking on these videos are the thumbnails, then the awesome host

@connorfranke3687 Жыл бұрын

Not to be picky but I noticed a delay with the 2nd gmae in match 1 with the audio and the gameplay. Not a big thing but something I noticed.

@MrMeszaros Жыл бұрын

At around 9:00 the sound is late by a few seconds - commentating on past actions

@kats7930 Жыл бұрын

very sad about the audio desync... it was such an exciting combo too!

@EnordAreven Жыл бұрын

If you would avoid the green, what other cards would you recommend adding instead?

@3meiguri Жыл бұрын

Need that one of fun of sheoldred in the deck

@chrishoye55 Жыл бұрын

If the powerstones didn't come in tapped, Karn would be slightly more playable

@trap8798 Жыл бұрын

Seth, premiere Karn, Living Legacy hater, playing Karn? This is legendary.

@Jacob-ee8ux Жыл бұрын

I was your round 1 opponent. I didn't realise it was you until you cast Bootlegger's Stash lol.

@robertcusick9931 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the work you do making these junky decks. Good job.

@TripsAhoy Жыл бұрын

D3ck has so much synergy!

@metroplexgrimlock7089 Жыл бұрын

I am going to try an Orzhov Karn+Braids. The only thing I'm missing is the Karn

@demiurge2501 Жыл бұрын

The ultimate game 1 wow

@jesterking42 Жыл бұрын

I opened Braids and Karn in my Pre-release. Wonderful combo! And the whole "new Karn is trash" meme played to my advantage, because people underestimated Karn. Ulted him twice and machine gunned my opponents, haha! Got second place with them in an Abzan elf ball deck.

@margibso Жыл бұрын

So with a Braids on the battlefield, Karn becomes a sorta decent planeswalker? Yea, Karn is pretty bad.

@petrsevcik5044 Жыл бұрын

Almost as good as Storm Crow

@VampDemigod Жыл бұрын

So with two other specific lands on the battlefield, Urza’s Mine makes one extra colorless mana? Sure it’s not an identical scenario, but by your logic, decks shouldn’t be built with synergy, they should just be powerful cards that don’t affect each other or combos that win instantly. No need for ramp or card draw, they’re only kinda good.

@davidchaput5484 Жыл бұрын

Well he is a source of artifact generation which channel the whole deck idea to sack them. Id say rather that this karn wasnt born in the right standard format to be good? He would've loved a time sieve.

@plasmawisp18 Жыл бұрын

I'd rather them make unique PWs that have synergies vs the formulaic of uptick for card draw, downtick for removal/protection, and an ult that wins the game

@Hawko1313 Жыл бұрын

@@plasmawisp18 right? everyone just expects a 4 mana planeswalker to 3 for 1 their opponent, cook them dinner and tie their shoes these days. Kinda glad the artifact reliant planeswalker stayed on brand and tried to find a niche rather than becoming a generic all include like the karn from the last dominaria set.

@christianbarrett3040 Жыл бұрын

Tear asunder is actually great mainboard in modern, albeit a bit mana hungry, because of chalice, Urza's saga, and the entirety of hammer time. 2 Mana to shut down a ton of powerful cards, and 4 mana to nuke nonlands. Just make sure you don't kick it when targeting Urza's Saga....

@MrSuperiorTech Жыл бұрын

The evolution of Saffron Olive's youtube voice leads me to believe that, one day, we will not be able to understand him

@omegalazarus Жыл бұрын

How do you get the Tokyo lands? I ordered the secret lair, but it didn't come with an arena code (according to my order).

@madaramoricep Жыл бұрын

It's an offer prior the DMU release...

@tannermattingly4462 Жыл бұрын

I feel like this deck kinda shows why they had to make the Powerstone tokens so awful. Turns out that artifact tokens that do actually nothing are still inherently strong due to artifact synergies.

@Jupue Жыл бұрын

Why is the cam off for in game 2?

@playdead09 Жыл бұрын

This is the new cat oven combo. I hate it, thanks!

@leowheeler8320 Жыл бұрын

When you have an untapped oni-cult anvil with a construct out on your oppenents turn, you can sack a construct to its tap ability to ping your opponent for 1 and make another one.

@leowheeler8320 Жыл бұрын

Saying this because at 26:30 you didnt

@thaddeusgenhelm8979 Жыл бұрын

@@leowheeler8320 Half a year late, but Oni-Cult Anvil only can make a construct on *your* turn, not your opponent's turn.

@MahouShoujoAutumn Жыл бұрын

I need a Braids & Karn roommate buddy comedy now Braids: 😃 Karn: 😐

@tasogarerubica Жыл бұрын

Karn might be my favorite card from Dominaria. It's no bomb nor top tier card from the set but has potential to be good with the right brew.

@benpouy3345 Жыл бұрын

And you said Karn was bad Seth!

@xxxrated6346 Жыл бұрын

Karn might work in Lantern Control in Modern.

@zerorequiem42 Жыл бұрын

I think Karn might turn out pretty good since it's a +1 ability to get an artifact.

@JJpleex Жыл бұрын

Seth’s pure joy winning with Karn after shitting on it brought me so much happiness

@deejus_e Жыл бұрын

Weird ship but I respect it

@ScarBebop Жыл бұрын

For a brief moment I read the title as, "Can Braids break Karn in legacy" x'D

@nosyamthegreat8768 Жыл бұрын

Who know makeing a deck around a card would make that card good.

@BobardeZanzibar Жыл бұрын

So we can all finally agree that Karn should stand by Oko as one of the most poweful planeswalkers of all time.

@chriscunningham6401 Жыл бұрын

Nice that Karn could find a home in Standard.

@nathangardner4084 Жыл бұрын

To me this deck seems super good but karn could probably be replaced with something else that makes treasures or something instead every turn

@TheDylls Жыл бұрын

Never thought I'd Ship Karn+Braids lmao

@sydm1073 Жыл бұрын

Quaid, start the reactor!

@liToAgresion Жыл бұрын

Opened an alt art karn while watching

@bertdog2119 Жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity for a Barn joke tbh

@Dalenthas Жыл бұрын

Finally put an end to all this Karn slander...

@rupert7565 Жыл бұрын

Do you think Karn would be OP if it was 3 mana and started with 1 less loyalty?

@christianbarrett3040 Жыл бұрын

No Sheoldred to abuse the free draw?

@TheREALTheRealAdam Жыл бұрын

It's hilarious that in the one deck Karn is playable in, his tokens are strictly worse Darksteel Relics.

@AAAAGGGGGHHHHsphere Жыл бұрын

I'm confused, jund burn?

@dinobat1 Жыл бұрын

We’re doing well here, it was just a Rakdos hand😂

@willashcroft2396 Жыл бұрын

petition to name this deck Oni-Cult Karnival

@fo-ef8qo Жыл бұрын

"you got your Shitty Karn in my braids!" 'You got your braids in my Shitty Karn!'

@wudgethenumbers Жыл бұрын

Anvil is a good deck and Braids is a good addition to it, but Karn is taking Ob's spot as Planeswalker, which makes him a lot less impressive.

@elesh3178 Жыл бұрын

Damn, what an impressive deck! You know, that +1 to make an artifact was pretty good. Makes you think if that old planeswalker oko would be any good now, as it basically saw no play in its own standard