The BLF188 will not be as robust as the tetrode, at least not without a hell of a lot of protection circuitry.
Those videos you see typically have the short near the amplifier so pretty close to zero reactive component, and have a power supply with serious current limiting. Also, the device starts off cold.
Four things kill ldmos, Overheating, Over voltage, Over current and Over drive, and it is the drive one that usually kills fastest, followed by drain over voltage.
I would commend the GU-34 to your attention, cheap as chips and fairly robust, or the GU43 for more woof. Note that indirectly heated tubes typically need the heaters to be on for a few minutes before applying HT.
Regards, Dan.