The weirdest hybrid aggro-control deck I have ever played

A red/blue Izzet control deck for BO1 MTG Arena ranked mythic ladder. This deck uses Slick-Shot Showoff as a finisher or as a distraction, depending on the situation, but it actually wins by grinding value. The latest Standard-legal set is Outlaws of Thunder Junction aka OTJ.
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[@misos2290]

Farewell on one Mirrex token is crazy

[@randomlyrobotic]

To be fair, it did also hit the infusions in his graveyard

[@calebmills6051]

@@randomlyroboticyeah but with a slickshot plotted it was an incredibly risky play that was completed unnecessary

[@randomlyrobotic]

@calebmills6051 of course. Not saying it was correct, just giving more of a reason op could have done it.

[@pepper7880]

Incredible editing on that Uuuy guy lmao

[@CristianCiotti]

The amount of time wasters on Arena is going out of hand lately.

[@bacKboii]

when im in the normal queue and not in ranked i just leave...no need to waste my time like that

[@tgatt5759]

They're salty because this game has a way of fcking you over

[@FlyingSpaceOstrich]

You could argue that arena itself is a waste of time

[@CristianCiotti]

@@FlyingSpaceOstrich I feel you’re not completely wrong.

[@SignorAde]

In my experience the mobile version makes just about everything slower, so it might be that.

[@EggsAreGood55]

Love this style of deck, way more versatile than people would think. Plus the value you get from Lilah is crazy. Really the only downside with your version is that some matches you may never find a creature because you dig with arcane infusion. May be worth it to just swap it out for Memory Deluge, or Memory Deluges replacement from Eldraine. Thanks for the daily vids while your gone CGB you are a real one.

[@calebmills6051]

How is it versatile when all it takes is 1 removal spell to shut down the whole plan?

[@yourimpossibletoisgn]

this is the first time I've seen Lilah in a constructed deck she was pretty unfair lol.

[@EggsAreGood55]

@calebmills6051 Because you can throw in countermagic if you would like and it would still work, or could throw in a haughty Djinn, or maybe even more aggro pieces. The sideboard for this deck is probably different for a lot of people.

[@calebmills6051]

@@EggsAreGood55 with counter magic and protection I agree the deck is versatile but this build in particular is anything but that

[@EggsAreGood55]

@@calebmills6051 Yeah this exact deck didn't work out very well tbh lol. That's why I said style of deck in general. Ive seen a better version of this deck just wreck. Mogwai's version was pretty good.

[@user-rw5tf9oc8j]

Cool bug game 1. Arena seemed to both fast forward the attack step and then hit with Lila, making it look like CGB had lethal.

[@ender4101]

I've seen it happen in other games where the defending player concedes during the combat damage step. I guess the game calculates the total damage that player would take before the attack animations go off, and ending the game prematurely causes it to reveal the predicted post-combat-damage health before the actual attacks resolve. Weird!

[@HalcyonVentures]

@@ender4101 the game computes a bunch of stuff in the background in advance to it actually happening, so that the client itself can move smoothly without having to wait for any computation before playing an animation. As you say, what throws this off is unplanned variables such as a concession. The game then tries to insert this new information into it's existing calculations (seeing as getting it right is somewhat irrelevant anyway)

[@ashleyhamilton5064]

That mono Red player got to Mythic by roping. Valid strategy when even mono Red strats are tough.

[@westonmillett9385]

He should be banned. These players piss me off

[@jeremiemordor7821]

CGB getting up for the third time and yelling "Mythic!" was great comedy.

[@lordbunbury]

They should give every player a speed rating. If you’re slow you go in the slow tier, and play against other players in the slow tier.

[@_Ve_98]

​@@lordbunburyNah. Being slow depends a lot on the deck and situation, this would be really unfair. Plus, it's very easy to see which players keep constantly abusing this. Just keep everything equal and punish those by shortening their rope. Force them to play faster or at least lose faster.

[@jdgarrison9913]

This would probably be even better in Bo3, where you can change to a full control or more aggro deck, after sideboarding.

[@creatorhandl]

Not using play with fire on the recruiter 😂

[@sirtrixx]

I'm a simple man, I see red blue, I click like.

[@GabrielCoto]

Nice deck, thank you!

[@eliaspapa4415]

only CGB could make an izzet control deck 🤣🤣 love the videos! and enjoy your holiday!

[@hkp9257]

Really cool looking deck

[@talonarayan]

I already watch most youtube videos at x2 speed, so the speed-up bit was extra funny XD

[@mrkbrry]

Thank you much for a standard video.

[@anthonyellison5998]

You did get me there for a while, making me think that you were back from vacation. I can’t wait to hear what your thoughts are on the foundation set when you get back though.

[@dittmar104]

Omg I only brought this up like three days ago on Devs channel. Glad to see we’re thinking the same thing.

[@lordbunbury]

They should give every player a speed rating. If you’re slow you go in the slow tier, and play against other players in the slow tier. Make a couple of tiers 1 being super speedy players, and 5 being super roping slow. Why do players in lower ranks play the game like they’re in a world tournament anyway? Just play and have some fun, stop overthinking everything. This is not a world gp, you’re at home eating cheetos and you’re diamond rank.

[@Neto-schmeto]

now I am somewhat hot for a izzet control brew evening

[@richardmason3]

whenever i got eat a gummy and watch this, i can see just how much disdain you have for having to play this every day. its one of my favorite things because your sarcasm really comes out and is quite funny.

[@lonelongboarder27]

Black control does take this one to the cleaners but it's fun against other aggro. It's not controlly enough to deal with 2-3 aclazozt or shoeldreds.

[@DarthTUK]

Uuuy type games is major reason why I quit Arena. The game as a non-limied F2P player is a massive grind to have any meaningful progress. All it takes is one or two slow players (spoiler alert: they're all slow players) to want to insta quit the client. On top of that WotC doesn't give a shit about managing the banlist/powerlevel in a reasonable way so playing the game is not even fun, more like a chore. Watching gameplay on youtube (at 2x speed and content being nicely edited) is only sane way to engage with Arena. Thank you CGB for your service/sacrifice.

[@ericaschner3283]

gotta get a Rubik's cube for your desk. It's great at soaking up 40 seconds of nothing

[@Hanmacx]

Cgb You need to try Delney Kambal, Profiteering Mayor And Experimental Confectioner

[@kevinpage8778]

Slizzet

[@petyadveri]

Oh man, didn't expect to see here mogwai deck

[@ender4101]

Mogwai's is extra spicy for being Jeskai and going all in on the Lilah tech. Man's a legend.

[@RetroMTG]

CGB is a huge Mogwai fan, way back from the before-times. However, I don’t think he copied it. I think they’re both legends arriving at the same place via different paths

[@honestabe411]

Mogwai is toxic 🤮

[@EggsAreGood55]

@@honestabe411 How?

[@snekku]

Arcane infusion not being able to find lands feels bad.

[@vsqshok]

Why is wotc not punishing intentional ropers?

[@richardmason3]

lol weird. i made nearly this deck like 2 months ago. i couldnt get it to work really well

[@TotalTimoTime]

24:58 It is… ill timed 😅😅

[@redarndiculous]

x8 speed haha sheeeeesh

[@zaksaturday1693]

I play aggro and it is baffling to me how some aggro players take millennia to decide "land, creature"

[@AngryJ]

Please put the format in the video title.

[@tigerlike7472]

That match with Uuuy got me tilted. Please, if nothing else, stop the roping 😭😭

[@michaelmiller5177]

Lol "Izzet"

[@SublimeWanderers]

This was cool, but when are you going to start doing rotation friendly decks?

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

Algorithm boosting comment. Sick Naruto shirt, dude!

[@absence9443]

Neat sneaky approach, but with just 6 creatures you'd most likely get none or lose one and then just stumble through the rest of the game.

[@xenogenesis9635]

Pretty sure playing a deck like this is illegal.

[@lea8288]

can someone explain to me why even at the highest levels, people think roping is the way to go? This community disappoints me so much because they basically suicide bomb the joy of others. In live magic, if someone makes a great play and snatches victory from defeat, I congratulate them and shake their hand. Online, all ppl do is ragequit or spam the chat wheel

[@Tinil0]

God I cant fucking stand the people that take forever. Making this game available on phone was the worst mistake ever.

[@EggsAreGood55]

@Tinil0 It being on the phone is reason I first got into magic, and I'm sure for a lot of other people as well lol. Chill out and take your daily Xanax before you break another keyboard.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

Wish I could play it without spending $200 on wildcards.

[@KroyX]

This deck is not really expensive though.

[@mufasafalldown8401]

@@KroyX i used to olay somewhat casually. One or two games a day. It was tough to sustain anything more than monoblack. If you want to treat the game like a job then sure it's easy to play multiple archetypes. Otherwise, pick a lane and stay in it.