What are the odds of winning by throwing Melek, Reforged Research at our opponent’s face in Murders at Karlov Manor Standard? Let’s find out!
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3:43 Match 1
18:13 Match 2
25:06 Match 3
34:37 Match 4
42:31 Match 5
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I was hearing beach boys pet sounds right before watching this video and the minute you talked about sloop I thought about sloop Johny B. Freaky stuff
Zef is like South Africa's version of Northern American white trash or chav culture in the UK. It was first used as a derogatory term in the 60-70s, but has since been reclaimed into a counter culture movement. It was popularized by Die Antwoord and YES in their song Enter the Ninja. "My style is UFO, Totally unknown, You can't fuck with my new ZEF flow, I'm hard to miss, You can't do this, you can't do that, Yo, fuckin' who said so? I do what I like, Too hot to handle, Too cold to hold"
"I, I, I,. I am your butterfly, I need your protection, Be my samurai!"
Seth having all these extra Meleks in hand and NEVER PLAYING THEM as a blocker/threat/cost reducer, and just waiting for the Fling is so… Seth. Infuriating, but on brand.
“No one expects the ______”. At least not until Seth’s video drops 😉
Imagine if the last opponent suddenly started cantripping into a removal and got a huge melek with virtue, that would be so funny xD
Oh dang Seth unlocked a core memory with the song. I wasn't sure what he was talking about at first but as soon as he started singing I could hear it lol
I feel like even tho Pyrrhic Blast is 4 mana, Callous Sell-Swords only targets are Melek, a thopter, or a devil token and the only time it's not 1 mana on melek is if it's not the first spell that turn but it's instant speed so you could cast it on your opponents turn too and it draws a card and gets around removal. The only downside is if you draw it mid turn from a different draw spell and your opponent counters it on there turn after passing.
CyberDance TechnoTrance, (remixed) by Marco Polo, its Eurobeat
My wife Esmila hates your cheap shit Set.
Seth where has the modern game play been??
lmfao @ 18:50 Seth trying to remember the group Die Antwoord. They weren't called Ninja, that was the guy in the group.
I had never heard the Zef thing but looking it up it's…uh…interesting
Reef Pirates looks like it depicts a Sloop, but also the Portal Three Kingdoms Blaze has Sloops…though its more dutch so idk maybe its not a Sloop.
You were referring to the south African band Die Antwoord, "Zef" is a kind of lifestyle descriptor, think Dutch rednecks
Seth with all the unexpected windfall spells you play I would LOVE to see you incorporate in a madness deck, very meh mechanic I feel like has potential
Finally: melegoyf
Opponent in the last game actually could have activated the plaza on the melek to fizzle the burn together, not that would have stopped the sweeper + fading hope.
Youtube are fuck cunts
Fuckaa you youtube fuckers
18:46 The band you're referencing is Die Antwoord, a South African hip hop group with Ninja and Yolandi Visser. Their aesthetic is called Zef, it's like being poor but having expensive things. They got accused of doing really bad things and disappeared.
Listen to smile by The Beach Boys not smiley smile just smile it’s an insane album.
Aside from Duress vulnerability…I think Pyrric Blast is just a superior card…Melek makes it cost R and its an Instant…
Delneymonicon when?
Why wasn't this deck playing Pyrrhic Blast? It's another fling, actually counts toward your instant/sorcery count, and costs the same to cast with Melek out. Plus it draws a card.
Can confirm, Pet Sounds is an incredible album. When you're losing to Dimir, just putting on Pet Sounds wouldn't be a bad way to go.
Pet Sounds is easily one of the most influential albums of all time, especially considering there is a direct line from it to Sergent Peppers
Interesting in that kind of deck, do adventure cards count towards instant sorcory in graveyards? 🤔
I would also recommend listening to "The Smile Sessions" or "Brian Wilson Presents Smile" " to anyone who likes "Pet Sounds". It's more experimental than Pet Sounds but has a similar vibe.
Please try my worldspine wurm alter voracious roots deck, I call it graveyard shuffle, and I have consistently won turn 4-5 infinite and 3-4 combat
Brother. Hood>>>’S<<<. End.
Yes, Die Antwoord referred to themselves as Zef.
match 4: I hate discarding a fling, cause our oppo sees it
Oppo shortly before: Looks at hand sees 2 flings
Arena: Gives an eye symbol on both flings
Sometimes i wonder if seth even plays his own games xD
How many creatures do I have to fling for you to do an ojer-warleaders call deck?
Every. Single. Against the odds: after match 1, “is __ actually good?!😸”
I wonder if theres a decent melek temur deck built around doppelgang
is there no graveyard hate in standard?
Pet Sounds is so good. Pet Sounds for life.
every against the odds video: "Wait……is [[cardname]] ……good/a thing……? *tilts head like Bear the dog
Melek is a Commandard card
22:57 I would have kept the chart a course
Seth you gotta check out Beach Boys album Wild Honey. Pet Sounds gets all the love and no one talks about Wild Honey its full of bangers.
"Who knows where Magic cards come from these days." I feel you. I browse through new cards on scryfall by date nowadays just to not miss the MKM super extra commander but not in the decks cards.
I secretly take credit for introducing Seth to Callous Sell-Sword.
Reminder that Flame-Blessed Bolt is obsolete now, because Torch the Tower is strictly better.
if you think melek is good, try playing voja, it has been an absurd 5 drop in just naya midrange with a few elves.
18:45 yeah that's zef, you're referencing die antwoord
hey seth!
really love your content! but why no more modern?
absolutely wild to me that Seth just keeps pronouncing callous sell-sword *correctly*, wonders never cease
People don't realize how impactful and innovative Pet Sounds was. It directly inspired some of the Beatles' best work.
From Wikipedia:
"Pet Sounds revolutionized music production and the role of professional record producers, especially through Wilson's pioneering studio-as-instrument praxis. The record contributed to the cultural legitimization of popular music, a greater public appreciation for albums, the popularity of synthesizers, and the development of psychedelic music and progressive/art rock. It also introduced novel approaches to orchestration, chord voicings, and structural harmonies; for example, most of the compositions feature a weak tonal center, rendering their key signatures ambiguous. Although it had been widely revered by industry insiders, the album was obscure to mass audiences before being reissued in the 1990s, after which it topped several critics' and musicians' polls for the best album of all time, including those published by NME, Mojo, Uncut, and The Times. The album has also been consistently ranked number 2 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" lists across 2003, 2012, 2020 and 2023."
29:30 There's also Voldaren Thrillseeker, but that's obviously worse too, of course