The Saltiest Wincon in Standard.

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[@rxjellis]

Been saving your videos to watch on the treadmill! Helping me keep my fitness goals! Keep the standard videos coming!

[@breakingthewall2112]

"Down here, salt is a way of life." Beating ramp and burn down was a pleasure to watch.

[@DynosaurYoshi]

Seeing someone make those types of decks makes he so happy

[@delus5311]

I could watch CGB play UW control for hours

[@GoQuackDuck]

UWU* control

[@johndortwegt]

Same here! Every day 😀

[@dreamwalking]

And have.

[@Xgya2000]

All of us already did :)

[@agentofashcroft]

it'll take hours to play a single game, so strap in

[@Finnigan28]

That first game was incredible. Opponent getting tons of value with Atraxa and Etali. Cgb chillin

[@FoxTheBandit]

Loving the casual vacay vibes of these videos!

[@deaditemanchild4067]

Just went 5-0 with this deck into 3 Esper control match ups... As soon as the Devious Coverups came out ... Rope. Rope for days. Never been roped so much in my life! Salt truly is a wincon.

[@theonlykalonji]

i love that you keep finding a way to make this no win con deck work lol

[@daniduc]

Frustration is the wincon. Patience too. :D

[@KoDoG06]

​@@daniducI was about to say that lol, frustration is definitely a win con😂

[@6starcrippin]

Cover-up seems like a pretty good win con to me

[@Clouded-Logic]

@@6starcrippin Might as well call it Agonizing Mill.

[@Ren-1979]

It's always a pleasure to see CGB having fun with blue and white control decks. : D

[@KoDoG06]

That second game was a perfect classic mono red v azorius control 😂😂

[@jrossbaby141]

I took a break for about a year and seeing the title made me wanna open the game. This vid feels like classic CGB love it

[@vanillacrem3]

16 white sources are needed to consistently have WW up by turn 4 (for emperor/depopulate). With only 13 unconditional sources, this deck is reliant on demolition field / field of ruin / mirrex and draw to get there, which is pretty tenuous vs. aggro. Would definitely add 2 white sources.

[@MsJbird2]

20:47 Made me think of these lyrics: "Set up, like a bowlin' pin Knocked down, it gets to wearin' thin They just won't let you be"

[@Hylianlink51047]

Loved the Death Note reference

[@getlooky736]

Cgbs hair getting increasingly unhinged is giving me life

[@jorwegs]

😂 your humor has a delightful hint of Ace Ventura Jim Carrey-ness to it 😂 pop references are great too

[@AradiaMindfang]

I love watching you play control, I could watch azorius every day just about Edit: that first game was disgusting, and I loved every moment of it

[@LorcanaControl]

Uw control and a deathnote reference right away. Is it Christmas

[@niccho8470]

Flipping disgusting. And I can't stop watching you play it! Haha love it.

[@prestonmitchell9135]

Whenever you feel like doing historic brawl content again it'd be awesome to see a controll-ey superfriends deck

[@Kuryux]

34:00 Loved ur Jim Carrey impression!

[@docauch5938]

CGB out here working on vacation. We don’t deserve you.

[@MrBe56]

Quick Study is back! I honestly was not sure of this card when I saw it, but watching CGB play it made something click for me and now I can't get enough of the card. Can't wait to see the next UW control deck!

[@sanctuaryofmonsters2840]

Angry comment. Rage full rant. Vulgar statement. Passive aggressive threat. I hope this comment has fed the algorithm for you. God bless you.

[@piageach7997]

CGB holiday hair ❤😂

[@WafflyTerror]

This is the kinda deck that makes mono red feel okay to me.

[@cmfrtbly_nmb]

Love me some uWu control ❤

[@shadowfox513]

1:31 so CGB is a Death Note enjoyer. Good to know

[@Krazyabe]

I realized the other day why CGB doesn't like limited. It's not because of low power levels like he says. It's because control is rarely a viable strategy in limited unless you get realm lucky. Lol. Still my favorite content creator!

[@javiernunez7058]

CGB in the second game: Jace avatar? I’m down for some mental gaming! Opponent: mountain -> swiftspear /falcepalm

[@MrSirbra]

Commenting after the lions win. Congrats cgb! If you are also a lions fan, this will be the first you might remember

[@Azazel226]

27:15 Exile target tapped opponent.

[@tj1156]

Is this "No Questions!" Year? 😅 loving it

[@simonh5870]

I've seen it now a few times, so I wanted to strongly advise to not run Demolition Field instead of Field of Ruin. There are fringe cases where you want to force your opponent to shuffle their library (e.g. after a scry) and while Field of Ruin forces them to do it, Demolition Field does not. That is disadvantage of Demolition Field that is currently just not necessary to have, as long as Field of Ruin is in Standard.

[@aleckgardner6845]

He was running 4 ruins already

[@simonh5870]

It's more of a general suggestion. In CGB's case I would argue that he runs too much of these lands overall. He has eight lands that cannot produce a color (if you include Mirrex), almost a third of his total mana base.

[@aleckgardner6845]

@simonh5870 these aren't his decks though tbf, they're from events and tournament play.

[@simonh5870]

​@@honestabe411 thanks for this brilliant input.

[@TheNinjaOx]

I see dubious coverup in the thumbnail, i press like

[@deanitis]

Frustration is the ultimate arena win con

[@ClockworkEngineer]

Where do I find your version of UW control?

[@DynosaurYoshi]

This deck is a from of torture for his opponents,destroying all of their forms of dmg/wincons and then slowly killing them with anchorage and emporer

[@Late_Night_Mega-MTG]

I love your “but cgb…” voice.

[@hcgtrplaya92986]

In Bo1 with an aggressive format I would think you’d include more incidental life gain sources. Sunset is a house in these kinds of decks, and more of the 1 drop removals - it offsets the tap lands. I also think mirrex is explicitly bad in these kinds of decks. MAYBE a one-of, but mirrex offsets your draw-go strategy in the early game by not providing colored mana.

[@Zaszz1]

It does provide colored mana the turn you play it, which is often enough to get a draw spell off to hit the colored lands

[@Clouded-Logic]

It is also technically a part of the draw go strategy.

[@Chubbies34]

That first game was so satisfying to watch

[@jonathandock8416]

Nice echo in the room! Did you use a clone spell on your voice XD

[@jonathandock8416]

Oh wait... you are on your roaming throne and it doubles your abilities!

[@Orinn000]

Feed the algorithm. Play Blue/White because Sunfall and Farewell are still breaking the entire format.

[@empirate100]

I like greasy vacation hair CGB - he's much more chill!

[@Cyberplex]

Link to your better version you mentioned? :)

[@tristangoins3917]

Now this is the kind of content I pay for! Awesome video!

[@andres.5990]

Any suggestion guys how to optimize this spesifically against aggro mono red deck. Trying to make this work on standard event where everyone just play mono red aggro deck

[@dariogliendo]

Sorry for asking questions :(, but I'm curious about the play at around 5:19, not sure if you didn't see the same play as I did or if you conisdered your play better. What I thought you were going to do is let the Virtue be, wait for the angel to attack, kill the Binding, exile the angel and then Virtue is back to useless, and you remain with two responses in hand to solve it if it got dangerous later.

[@thisispotatos9957]

This is why we have no questions.

[@muysalado5582]

Love you so much this is awesome

[@LilZambee]

I dont know if I am ready for this but lets go!

[@wikingviklund4736]

Yesss! More control!

[@mattlatham1305]

I've been playing this and had to tweak the mana. So many colorless sources and if you are playing against mono-colored you can't sac the Fields to get a basic. Otherwise, fun deck

[@N3gativeR3FLUX]

Came for the salt. Was not disappointed. I'ma go login and play the only decent deck I currently have. It's definitely not mono red...

[@somethingsomething9006]

23:25 sex is great but this game is even greater

[@noobknights]

I love CovertGoReverb

[@miles8233]

At 9:46 I don’t get why you wouldn’t get lost the Atraxa before attacking with the 7/7 token, taking them down to 6 health. Instead you attack, they block with the atraxa and go back to 20 life..?

[@janjansen4239]

Watching covert at 2x speed sure is funny

[@SliverLife]

Oof. That poor enchantment player. I felt that.😢

[@hardfoil]

YESSSS finally some devious coverup

[@PittsburghRocks]

Counterspells are the best!

[@catchasmurf762]

crazy how 90% of this deck would be illegal if standard rotated

[@tjloefflerjaetem]

But CGB, the algorithm is hangry.

[@catchasmurf762]

i've been running devious coverup for a while in this meta and that card is a house

[@aleckgardner6845]

Always interesting watching Jim really struggle with this deck and CGB own it.. must be a bo1 vs bo3 thing

[@poopmcgee2410]

Jim's a goblin master. He's good at tapping red creatures.

[@theninedivides6851]

I HAVE to play this, I was playing my own version of UW mill with candy trail tech but this list looks very fun !

[@joshuahafer]

Finally more control. Always control. Best type of play. Nope the aggro decks

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

Then why is control rarely, if ever, a top tier deck in events?

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

@@honestabe411 The guys winning pro tours and tournaments are usually 30-40 years old, incredibly intelligent, and haven't been playing control decks in the past 3 years. CGB has said many times over the past couple of years that control hasn't been competitive and doesn't hold up against the current meta. I get that it's easy to say "mono red easy", when in reality, it's powerful and wins often.

[@AlexFarleyMusic]

@@honestabe411 pro Tour is most definitely a thing. It's been back for a while now. There's one in Chicago next month

[@dreadgray78]

Man that first game I felt BAD for the ramp player - they get so much value but it doesn’t matter cause they get 10-for-1 by Farewell Hurts so much

[@curtischamblee1713]

Boom! and another one!

[@richardzealy8104]

I believe the saltiest wincon is boredom 😅

[@VDiro]

The best wincon

[@duxwontobey4887]

Grrrrrrrr this annoys me! But thankfully I have not been tricked into feeding the algorithm!

[@PhoenixInfeno]

Lol, I saw Jim Davis' video on this deck yesterday. He came to the same conclusion as you essentially

[@phantomjoker5362]

Good video but this 5-0 thumbnail is a LIE!!!!!!

[@forrestbarnes6035]

Rare form in this video.

[@christophermiller4829]

Oh darn, another UW deck. How dare you play such a pile. I guess I'll just shove this into my liked playlist like the rest of them

[@ubirajaralopes8415]

I'll never understand the 1 billion colorless mana lands in CGB decks. I always cut a bunch of them, when I play one of his decks.

[@Yt-gd8ps]

As a creature deck player this is the grossest thing I have ever seen. Still love you though

[@stevenstephens504]

The only control I hate most is the mill type. I started when stasis was the control with force of will and winters orb omg I hated that deck with a passion, then they made chronotog and that was at least a faster way to die lol. Anyway have fun in Florida!!

[@L1v3W1r3d]

Opponent 1 will take a potato chip, and eat it!!!!

[@Bradley-b1h]

Vacation? Maybe you could take up archery

[@Bradley-b1h]

Keep working strong

[@brettgt420]

Where did you go on vacation?

[@justinmc415]

​@@honestabe411 California?

[@Basoosh]

He said Florida

[@GregGod-420]

"Insert angry little comment to be blatantly ignored here"

[@SteveMannn]

You know if you can’t beat em….

[@KodasGarden]

Nothing here yet? Oh well, I love UW control!

[@dkist46]

Hotel cgb

[@professortusk]

I will rope out this deck every time and I'm not sorry about it

[@6starcrippin]

Utterly refuses to leave best of one, yet is surprised when every match is mono red🤣

[@Drew-im7is]

....where are u?

[@jackiespaceman]

Wincons are for Spikes

[@johndortwegt]

Please make at least one BWcontrole a week 😀😍

[@yuanshi9346]

Add that one blue battle

[@Marthisdil]

5-0 in title image was a lie.

[@VOIDWALKER_333]

Where’s the Celestus 😮

[@williamwalton9154]

... but Cavern of Souls?

[@danielstearns408]

Comments were at 68 so I had to leave one more

[@tyborgmaster]

Day 7 of asking for covert go beard

[@hewhoisnamed9050]

Why did CGB lose his biggest sponsor

[@Nadav19831]

No questions.

[@FunkMabassUp]

azorious control gotta be one of the most toxic decks in the game, i run a couple of kutzils flankers in my human deck too beat this shit, nothing is more fun than let them sunfall my board on turn 5, do the "good game" emote so they think they won, then you flash out a huge flanker and smash their ass into oblivion while you taunt them ingame, probably shoulda teched to beat mono-red instead but smashing these piece of shit decks gives me so much satisfaction

[@CartezNetwork]

Here for uw

[@Marthisdil]

fun deck is ya like 16+ min games lol

[@willneves823]

Just played against his deck. Not fun. Guess I’ll craft it haha