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[@covertgoblue]

The last two videos are all about giving new-to-arena players something useful while I mess around with other formats and await the new Eldraine set in Sept.

[@nicolastomalino1285]

cheaper-faster-meaner monored, the one that beats other monoreds, the true meaning to the all-in monored player win on 4th or go home: 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan 4 Phoenix Chick 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Cacophony Scamp 2 Feldon, Ronom Excavator 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch 1 Voldaren Thrillseeker 4 Ancestral Anger 4 Blazing Crescendo 4 Play with Fire 4 Lightning Strike 2 Reckless Impulse 2 Wrenn's Resolve 19 Mountain 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

[@tripleS88]

Enjoying the new angle to your videos. Please keep up the ‘deep dive’ into the meta decks.

[@Se7en7upp]

how about jank stuff , there are many stuff in historic, like the mirror march, thousand storm and such, good old back fun silly and broken stuff

[@davidpurcell9497]

Standard is so bad why not play Alchemy? Anything interesting in Arena right now is happening there.

[@ilyafoskin]

I'm the player at 13:08. I remember this duel but I had no idea it was CGB. He had probably the best mono-red start which is Kumano on turn 1 into a 3/3 Feldon on turn 2 going first. That's not easy to stabilise against without a 2 cost answer in your opening hand. I gave him a good run but I totally misplayed that last move. My life was at 1 and I wanted to start pushing damage before he drew a burn spell thinking the Reinforcements would be enough if he drew another creature but I didn't think of Squee. I thought he was bluffing with a land since he didn't play his last card on his turn and he would have played any burn spell if he had one. He speculated my card choices were to counter a red meta and that's partially correct. Dennicks are in there solely for red but Surge of Salvation is in for red and all the black / blue control decks. If they feel pressured, they will tap out for Phyrexian Jace and try to give something -3 only to get blanked by Surge and then lose Jace on my turn. In this game I definitely felt hosed on the draw and I'm glad CGB mentioned the tempo advantage he had on the play after realising. If I had gone first, Dennick would have been protected as he was by Surge but then buffed next turn by Valiant Veteran so CGB would have had to waste the burn spell on the Veteran because I wouldn't have sacrificed Dennick by blocking so aggressively since I would be able to rely on the lifelink. In back foot situations like this game, I think the best strategy is to remove as many of the red creatures as possible with sacrificial blocks rather than take the hits. Trading creatures to an empty board makes their top deck burn spells less impactful.

[@MagicHolyhero]

I love how CGB got into the mindset of a mono red aggro player - instead of using Play with Fire with Mechanized Warfare on the battlefield to get 100% lethal, he waited to get it exiled and still top decked lethal 😄

[@AnonymousNeruon]

its a dark day in the dojo today

[@danielquigley2695]

Needs to be 'EVIL' CGB every time he plays Mono-red 😅

[@clarencebray8681]

No it's not. Ots a great day. He's exploring everything! Kinda tired of seeing the same decks tbh😅

[@marcowefers6990]

@@clarencebray8681LMAOOOO replying that on a monored vid is crazy!

[@Justadadonthetok]

​@@mo938tbf he play almost every deck he makes like a control deck . As someone relatively new to this channel it is nice seeing a non control way to play stuff coming from cgb

[@goldenbear724]

It's a very beautiful day

[@The13rannon]

I’d be so pissed if I finally got to play CGB and he was playing mono red 😂

[@alaingamache3908]

LegenVD channeling his “inner CGB”. CGB going “hold my mouse”

[@Noxilar]

@covertgoblue I'm so glad that you show not only the wins, but the loses as well, this is much more entertaining and interesting to watch, thank you for that

[@krimhorn]

I look forward to the end of this series entitled "A Control Mage Plays: A Control Deck (Finally!)"

[@mr.coolio1746]

Mi mi mi

[@yomommashaus]

Not all Gandalfs wear UW capes..

[@StanZibar420]

I try to play decks like this but it's just too complicated

[@daniduc]

I propose that B01 Standard becomes a format a part, with its own rules and banned cards. For instance, if you're on the draw, you get a free mulligan. Or something else to off set the play-draw imbalance.

[@La_Lente_Oscura]

That's an interesting idea, since the banning Bo3 standard on arena has been a lot better but bo1 didn't seem to change much. I like to play bo1 every now and then especially with meme decks and the meta feels so much worse.

[@daniduc]

@@fastydave may you always be on the draw with a 1 lander

[@MetalHev]

I like how CGB started the video already dead inside, saw someone playing bant with courier briefcase, thought it was something new, perked up, saw it was atraxa crap, then died inside again. Truly one of the formats of all time.

[@treverdunn9686]

Control mage commits genocide against fellow CGBeans

[@pointyheadYT]

I find this deck usually performs quite well against go-wide and other non-red aggro decks. Its not that good in mirror matchups since there's waaay faster mono-red decks in the format. Dragons, pump and super low curve mono-red decks come to mind. Overall it does achieve a really good winrate though, since only half of your games will be mirrors.

[@sambutler9927]

"since only half of your games will be mirrors." Kill me

[@carlpalacios]

can't wait for Eldraine. as long as it is standard, i'll be here

[@xKingxTitus]

Lets gooo love CBG embracing aggro and returning to monk

[@61locdog]

You were supposed to bring balance to the arena not leave it in darkness 😢

[@yomommashaus]

"I have the low-mana ground" - cgb probably

[@odysseuslost]

16:00 Maybe I'm wrong but it looks like Arena cheesed CGB out of a 2-for-1 with the assigned damage by the Swiftspear. Arena assigned all 3 damage to the 2 toughness lord and none to the timely reinforcements. I think it did so because the reinforcements was 2 toughness from the lord buff, but if it had assigned 2 and 1 damage the reinforcements would have died once the lord died because it would have shrunk

[@lehran6415]

Damage assignment happens before replacement effects are taken into account. So it assigns lethal damage to the first blocker and has no further damage to assign. Then the damage is modified only when it is dealt.

[@odysseuslost]

@@lehran6415 That makes more sense than I would have expected. Thanks for the explanation

[@yomommashaus]

OH it's the rarest version - A wild "Monored CGB" has appeared! Quick!

[@SpinAroundU]

I just watched 1 hour of monored. That's how much I like cgb's videos.

[@joshgodfrey5401]

48:30 you should have used the play with fire on the stack so you could hit him for 3 damage that way you would have been lethal regardless of what you drew with playing the exiled Squee.

[@pst5345]

meta is stonecold anti mono red. I prefer your mono ded draw x. Much more resilient vs removal tribal although the mana screw seemed far too often.

[@pst5345]

*be happening far to often

[@pablolins1429]

48:36 should cast your Play With Fire before Farewell resolves, cause you wouldn't need to top deck any card. Squee would be enough.

[@jorwegs]

5:07-6:08 shows how fine the shuffler really is

[@befuddledfaun]

What happened to the Lord of the Lord of the Rings? I was really looking forward to that series. I thought that was going to be the daily video for a while. Will there be more after episode 5?

[@iangreen]

A dark day indeed and an hour long vid, its almost like cgb was enjoying playing monored 😮. You must always resist the pull to the red side, its promises power and easy wins but dulls the mind of all! 😂

[@kebo4660]

Never fear CGB, unless a ban occurs, only 426 days before Kumano rotates out! 😈 Thanks for your great content & efforts.

[@thefruitfan5616]

I am now sad

[@oDMACo]

This is what happens when you add another year onto rotation...

[@grahamburch5400]

I love how you got the new LOTR play board like 5 times in a row

[@Demios101]

CGB unable to go the distance and getting clapped in a losing streak with monored. Glad I'm not the only one that experiences this whenever I try to monored.

[@tripleS88]

“Many Magic the Gathering players” don’t understand game etiquette. 48:53. I’ve been increasingly put off by the toxic “good game” culture in Arena. Like a game of chess, a player can concede and congratulate the winner with a good game. But a winning player (or player thinking they’ve won) should not be issuing a “good game” - it comes off as arrogant. Should remember there is a human being on the other end of the screen.

[@gillgillgillgillgill]

an entire HOUR of aggro? this is bad for one's mental health

[@TsujiCross]

47:05 how flavorful that you’re killing Sunset Revelry tokens with End the Festivities lol

[@obiwancoruscant1024]

My RDW uses 1 less mountain and squee for a full set of reckless impulse. I found that flooding was worse than bricking, plus the extra impulses can help find that 3rd land for warfare or squee.

[@josephiroth89]

How do the smooth brain red mages do it when cgb has a rough time figuring it out?

[@agentofashcroft]

Player "KuK" living up to his name

[@henrygandelman]

Won't complain. I believe playing monored is a mecessary evil. I only got to the channel because of a monored video (the one with a ridiculous low land counting. I believe it was 13)

[@raefcon9816]

Ah, the monkey red deck. I must say, I've witnessed quite a spectacle when you unleash your strategic prowess. It's like watching a grandmaster at work, or not. You see, I discovered a little secret while climbing to mythic with that deck. The key to victory? Switch off your brain! Yes, you heard me right. Any trace of cognitive reasoning or processing must be put on hold. I was dumbfounded when I realized that the more drool pooled around me, the more my badges magically transformed. It's truly a perplexing phenomenon, isn't it?

[@JadamH]

Lol! So that is what it’s like for the mono-red players 🤪

[@wolfman5740]

If you want something I have yet to see anyone else play in standard: I got to mythic easily last season and am easily climbing again now with a Gruul backup/modified/counters deck. My current deck feels A tier, but would love to know if there is better version a professional deck builder could come up with.

[@tastytesty]

6:00... the game did him dirty... haha

[@olavoborges57]

🎵 fervent champion…

[@lonelongboarder27]

Who are you and what have you done with CGB? Surely mono-red is cause for some chad sunglasses.

[@golternator333]

ive struggled for two days to get from diamond one to mythic i in historic. i pick up this deck for standard and do it in 20 minutes

[@yomommashaus]

ahhh trading your soul for mythic, a fine choice

[@La_Lente_Oscura]

Did you try green devotion? Haha

[@odststalker5117]

this video was everything that happens to me when I play mono red. I get farmed by the shuffler every time

[@mattirachminov6461]

I just played 6 mono red decks in a row and now I know why

[@thefinalboss4471]

This is treason! This is BLASPHEMY!

[@braekennedy797]

We play mono red

[@alaingamache3908]

Plays mono R for 1h, proceed to play a blue mage deck for 30 minutes.

[@patmacrotch5611]

Red deck = play each card in your hand until there are no more cards. the only thing red deck can do wrong is not go first.

[@paulocampino5045]

1h of Mono Red. CGB must be mad hahah

[@TheCommandSphere]

wasn't mono white the arena #1 deck just like 5 hours ago?

[@jualopepino]

as a punishment mono red plays mono red more that 50% of the time jajajaja

[@emorsi]

I dunno... regarding fast damage output I played against I think the Elven deck is the hardest and fastest imo. On turn 4 the game is over most of the time if you did not manage to intervene earlier.

[@Speeno-rq7el]

This is mono red

[@leonfriedemann9151]

Must say, I like more seeing you crush mono red 😅

[@jamesgreenwood1703]

Mr. CGB will you be covering commander masters reprints?

[@EnragedEcho]

You should have recorded this on the toilet because that’s the kind of gaming it is

[@ChicchiGuFo]

awesome haircut

[@justmightbegood]

i like the lotr bgm. 🎧

[@wordsmith451]

lol. KuK got mad cause they were supposed to counter/exile everything and then win by default 🤪 it's the control equivalent of mono red. "Wahh, i dont wanna have to actually play or think; I copied a netdeck and bought the wildcards so I should win automatically, this is so unfair 🥺🥺🥺"

[@thefinalboss4471]

They won enough to make it to diamond, so it's likely they just got a bad hand

[@wordsmith451]

@@thefinalboss4471 uh huh

[@thefinalboss4471]

​@@wordsmith451Also, what inspired you to type that whole thing lmao. Who hurt you?

[@dabeul3101]

this guy is so mad 💀

[@wordsmith451]

@@thefinalboss4471 "you're not allowed to express yourself because I disagree. Now I'll attack your character by insinuating hysteria" Go play in a wood chipper 😀

[@justinbeck2899]

Mono green needs a 2CC 3/4 with reach and ward 2 to ever stand a chance against mono red’s 1 drops.

[@pst5345]

it kind of has one. That legendary granting all untapped critters desthtough and can tap to give hexproof

[@justinbeck2899]

@@pst5345 yeah that’s 4cc

[@clubz1]

It was said that you would destroy the sith, not join them!

[@mr.coolio1746]

Attack face till they're dead.

[@newjerseydamo]

I love you CGB, but I can't sit through an hour long video of mono red in standard.

[@n1mand]

Love monored when I play against it. Enchantmens rule!

[@GFauxfox]

Wow, enchantments, the second most used deck in standard. You’re so cool and unique.

[@paulocampino5045]

I also love enchantments. I bid you farewell my friend

[@Xgya2000]

Yup, I still prefer to see you playing any form of Control. Couldn't even stay here and watch you feel bad about yourself for the full video.

[@tavernadoeogan0187]

If there is a deck that i never score with, is this hatefull one

[@sansantolifrancesco]

One hour of monored?😮😢

[@slayerrazaro8174]

Idk bout yall i love seeing all these boring sit there and counter and remove decks just rope makes us aggro player's very happy

[@2nd2lastdodo]

Boooo monored Jk, great content as always

[@matthewbryan6774]

Missed lethal that second game. 🤷‍♂️

[@XaeroGames]

STOP PROMOTING MONO RED, SINCERELY EVERYBODY

[@Adameshh]

Think the video spoke for itself. Red’s streaky

[@GMZombieMiner]

You are not a true mono red player though. You didnt say hello first lol😂

[@phantomjoker5362]

Aggros is all do is attack, control on the other hand is actually harder who requires timing

[@Shinnizle]

I'm absolutely loving the salt in these comments.

[@Bartonfunk]

know thy enemy ;)

[@lowmin]

Gwan

[@plabadosdesapiencia4159]

Ugh i thought standard was overcomed

[@JadamH]

I came here for the comment section 👀

[@thefreshproduce]

Mono red is easy i have an alt account that only plays mono red - easy mythic - no thinking

[@psyborg01]

You are sleeping with the enemy here....

[@nathanielheverly2471]

Oh mana red 18:01 m

[@wordsmith451]

No.

[@Damondr3d]

No.

[@barmanatl]

It disgusts me to watch this video, I never though you would get to this low point CGB. So happy you lost to Domain Ramp! *No malice is intended in this statement*

[@rabidpeanut3703]

Playing mono red aggro? (Feels betrayed)

[@t-dogn6171]

Hx

[@raoninery]

mongo red is def one of the worst archetypes on MTG.... totally brainless auto play

[@UpsideDownWash]

Ew CGB. Eew

[@Spartacus547]

wizards hates this deck and every variation of it, you only win when they wont you to punish mid-range decks and green stampy then when they don't wont to win you find like 25 loses in a row

[@brentbrewer5296]

Flirst

[@Damondr3d]

FIRST

[@wordsmith451]

no

[@jualopepino]

sometimes i like to root against cgb jojojo

[@GFauxfox]

Why would I watch this video when I have to play against this mindless deck twenty times a day? It’s hilarious you even find mono red in mythic - who are these mouth breathers? Why don’t they just bounce a ball in the corner - it would be as intellectually rewarding.

[@l33tminion]

This seems like the boringest possible build of mono-red.

[@l33tminion]

@@fastydave Sorry for stating the obvious, lol.

[@Remyfication]

Gosh thoses decks as boring to watch as to play

[@kronozord8346]

What annoying background music!

[@waldllwyn139]

Back to back disappointments

[@pauljosepharcher]

i'm leaving the video now

[@keithdeladurantaye7209]

🤮🤮🤢😩 Screw this deck, so dumb. Nothing fun, no cool things. I'm very disappointed cgb😢

[@keithdeladurantaye7209]

@@fastydave 😂😂 At least I don't play mono red. The deck for dummies, if you're mad then you're a mono red player and my enemy. Grow up and play a real deck.

[@keithdeladurantaye7209]

Every time you play this deck, you just keep pushing it and more losers play it.

[@freyeik]

Deck is so braindead why do decks like these exist. Return to monke