How to NEVER lose to aggro AGAIN! | Black/Red Anvil Sacrifice Control Standard Ranked MTG Arena

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[@TheRedGauntlet]

"Cool deck ill build it." Proceed to lose to every aggro deck.....

[@jbouija9180]

and every control

[@XaeroGames]

Long live Cult of Rakdos! 🤟

[@MISTAWULFY]

RAK EM UP

[@nerovalquel1844]

They can sack this....

[@pauljimerson8218]

All hail Lord Rakdos!

[@blobzombie]

RAK 'N RUIN!

[@mapleheaf7648]

Bow to the mighty anvil!

[@wilpulling]

Krenko wants you to pay 1 red when you sac an artifact to make a goblin, crime novelist is a goblin that makes one red when you sac an artifact. Coincidence? I THINK NOT

[@TauntedSymbol]

Yeah I'm not playing a 3 mana 1/3 in my constructed deck no thanks

[@goreobsessed2308]

​@@TauntedSymboljust went up against it bro doesn't stay 1/3 at all

[@grimwall7186]

Haha "Help me help you!!" Thank your Jerry!!

[@Vpach530]

I love a good anvil deck. It’s been one of my favorite cards for years now.

[@Lordidude]

Years, decades even!

[@sammysammyson]

Damn, NEO really has been out for 2 years. Feels like yesterday!

[@henrygandelman]

Love to see the return of the no-pants goblins

[@callmeinfidel8370]

Boros is like.. umm - wait - it's supposed to go recruiter > dead, not recruiter > think

[@lamjeri]

It actually went Recruiter > dead. Except the dead part doesn't really specify who dies.

[@callmeinfidel8370]

@lamjeri that's a fair point - through having the "Boros is like" part in there kind of specifies who is supposed to die 😀

[@Ashen_Hollow]

Glad to see an anvil deck, love sacrifice decks in general but anvil just feels satisfying. Miss meathook so badly though.

[@absence9443]

Of course there are tons of cool decks that annihilate all of the current aggro decks, but then we just get farmed by UW and Esper control. Currently there barely is a solid middle ground between heavy spam control and heavy mindless aggro.

[@RetroMTG]

Aggro cannot withstand! CGB is the Hero we need but don’t deserve

[@user-nh1bo9ii4p]

I've been playing a lot of anvil. My favorite may be the vat reanimation varient but thetes no doubt that this sort of midrange shell is the most powerful.

[@canis39]

Your renewed excitement about Standard actually got me to reinstall MTG:A a couple of days ago. Now I'm having fun with a blue/white control mill deck. :)

[@covertgoblue]

Glad you are having fun!

[@sammysammyson]

Not sure if this is mentioned or comes up anywhere, but Krenko's token generation ability doesn't care who controlled the artifact, so it's really good in the mirror. If you're an Anvil gamer facings lots of Anvils, might be worth craftin' for that reason.

[@jcomposer12]

Glad I'm not the only one into the Etrata sleeves

[@undacoval3rotha]

As a fledgling free to player Anvil was one of my first ranked decks that I made because of how cheap it was. Anvil has has a place in my heart ever since and I will heed this call to arms and bring Anvil to the ladder once again.

[@daniellimalemos1945]

@covertgoblue I sincerely hope that you never abandon this work. It's really amazing and I also like making the Mored/Boros players ragequit!

[@daniduc]

3rd Opponent that played with the humans deck is a KZbinr, Hand of Justice, has a cool channel.

[@delus5311]

Aggro player🫠

[@Journeyman2585]

I've only been playing limited and watching limited content for the past few months, but I still watch your standard videos to keep up with what's going on. Appreciate the content.

[@MISTAWULFY]

I needed a good Rakdos pile, thank you for your service

[@user-te1sv9xg4d]

I can see poor little boros brain BREAKING hahaha

[@tlatoaniretialis8316]

Thanks for the deck!! Slow but effective!!! I love!!!!

[@UdyeTODAY]

CovertGoBlue playing Rakdos? I click.

[@ethanhammond5950]

Absolute banger deck, not tons of new stuff but what can you do when standard rotation is 3 years ( I cry )

[@saladmcjones7798]

The odds of you hitting all 4 Bloodtithe Harvesters in 8 cards is ~0.01%. Close to 1 in 10,000 odds, congrats!

[@t-dogn6171]

Thanks CGB

[@andrewrichter3185]

Rack em’ sack em’ RAKDOS!

[@voltcorp]

you have my gracious admiration, Daniel

[@uiop60]

What would you think of 1 or 2 copies of Mycosynth Gardens in this? Getting to copy an anvil seems pretty sweet to me.

[@vulpes94]

i literally played this deck today i love anvil

[@user-te1sv9xg4d]

the way you ended the first game was one of the smartest plays I've ever seen and I've made it to rank 500 a few times.

[@joecanales2928]

Gotta love the shuffler at 4:04

[@Sordsmin4]

I've been playing Ojer, Anvil for awhile now. I'll have to give this take on anvil for a spin

[@justinshaddix2775]

So many lines of play! BOOM!

[@RenanTheBoss21]

that was a fun video!!

[@VeroAce_]

COVERRRTT, I would love to see a brawl featuring that 3/3 whenever a haste crature attacks create a tapped treasure token.

[@richardthomas9529]

I am entertained 🤘🏽

[@lancelee338]

I might start playing standard to play this deck. Super cool

[@MrRevCytosis]

i've been an advocate for anvil since it came out, and as a cat oven jund/rakdos vet...honestly anvil is so much different from cat oven like theres so many different layers to oven where as anvil is like lawl surprise i hurt you i get life i get many creatures!

[@AndyG3173]

35:40 made me happy lol

[@user-pi3op3pp2z]

Vraan is a lot of fun to use when playing four

[@CMAzeriah]

Grinder players: You will be made to think! Gas peddle sideways will no longer be meta! Red players: REEEEEEEE! Why are you not dying fast like you're supposed to!?

[@m.bmcginnis9733]

I would super happy to help. Could you please go through the lines you are thinking about more.

[@tophergenie688]

I need a deck that can easily beat the turn 4 breech deck I keep running into

[@johnthesologamer6111]

What about using bloodletter or vein ripper instead of sheoldred

[@Ricky92Ra]

loved the video and the sadistic 2 fist minutes

[@Wolfbladekai]

You should make a Voja deck next! She's so cool!

[@brianavner4186]

Holding up the anvil activation until the opponents turn represents two extra points of damage with the Thran due to his “triggers once per turn” clause. That would be four extra points of damage in game one.

[@TheFeintOfHearts]

Yes, but then the anvil doesn’t create a new 1/1 because that part only triggers on your turn.

[@Jerrysaurus]

Ashlizzle made a pretty sweet anvil deck featuring the new blue black drake

[@breakingthewall2112]

Blue red isn't it?..

[@RaZerGamiing1]

wouldn't gleeful demolition be a good combo with krenko? pumping all of the goblins you get from the demo could be gas

[@jkonkl3]

I was just thinking this exact thing

[@blobzombie]

CovertGoJerryMaguire!

[@acrolyt]

Massacre Girl could do some damage here, card draw and the forges tokens would make blocking a pain

[@Zvejas_EzYs]

how to never lose to control? i know - no questions...

[@WitnessedOne]

play mono red

[@Zvejas_EzYs]

i have seen plenty of monored loosing to control ;) especially now that temporary lockdowns are in the main@@WitnessedOne

[@josh-mf7lt]

Look I play anvil but I always get control decks playing board wipes that hit my artifact tokens so it tends to not be worth it, lol. But hey maybe my list is bad, I'll try this

[@MrFunkysaxguy]

Love me some Anvil

[@plaxy100]

question does it beat Dimir Breech

[@covertgoblue]

no questions

[@tomserdar412]

cool

[@iPivo]

Cat + Oven ❤

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

Ha jokes on you CGB. I play alchemy where mono red is strong. :P

[@nicolasraffaele2489]

Anvil Love⚒❤‍🔥

[@tcmatias]

Why not to play both Krenkos?

[@alexkline1586]

Just crafted this deck and im currently 0-9, it seems like if one thing goes wrong the whole deck completely falls apart

[@brsbrs9275]

I see Anvil - I click Like!

[@Hanmacx]

Try Krenko + Soul Cauldron

[@blakearrington4950]

"so cute when they try to use the brain" :)

[@callmeinfidel8370]

You have my gracious admiration!

[@user-wr1jp8yr4x]

As a casual player, I don't think I need that much thinking. lol

[@ella6547]

If I had a choice, i'd rather all non-creature players left the game and never returned.

[@hirschhugo5742]

I agree 100% 👍🏻

[@dovnotarius2825]

Why?

[@marginis]

I think all players are non-creatures. Otherwise stuff like Go for the Throat would be broken.

[@EGglied]

Hey CGB, I just watched Jim Davis do a “bat heist” It was seriously compelling content. I’d love to see your take on it. 😊

[@archangelxireongodofchaos1902]

Tbh. I think they Alergic to Thinking lol.

[@paulocampino5045]

I think it's time for some control. It's so rewarding watching aggro in pain. CGB, any color combination of your choosing is acceptable.

[@MrBe56]

Magic needs more math

[@mawoh3027]

I've got one question....

[@hastat7322]

100% wr against boros convoke omg!!!

[@tasmanianerd2558]

Blackcleave Cliffs enter untapped - play the black/red until arena gets their sh1t sorted...

[@kurtgreenhead8206]

Which rihanna song?

[@covertgoblue]

disturbia, always

[@VeigarIII]

Im helping you help me get mono red out of arena 😊

[@TH-dg2mm]

5:07 This is one of the things that bothers me about current Standard. The difference between going first or second is MASSIVE with these turn 4 kill aggro decks running amok. I wish WotC would change it up somehow. Maybe if you go 2nd you can choose to either draw or a card or not draw a card and play 2 lands. Idk. All I know is going 2nd there are some games/matchups that become completely unplayable.

[@petr4150]

I'd be in favor of giving the person who goes second a free treasure token (or maybe an equivalent token that only creates a color of mana from lands you control). Doesn't ramp you permanently but that one extra mana at a critical moment could be huge.

[@TH-dg2mm]

Yeah that's basically what hearthstone does and it feels way better.@@petr4150

[@logan-870]

best of 1 isn't traditional magic and never will be, so they dont really care about the disadvantage of going second. bc in best of three it's less relevant.

[@twinzonix9767]

Game 1, why not return a blood token opponent? You keep your angel...

[@MrBodies07]

Somebody is finally rejoining MTG after years away to recover from Rakdos/Esper fatigue. 10 seconds into game one they're gone for good 😂

[@tertmemelur1880]

CGB : "Red players hate math" Frank Karsten : "You sure about that ?" (seriously tho so many red players are math people (me included I'm a math teacher and a proud burn player))

[@pokeslim]

This may be true, but there are just as many, if not more who are like, "is their life 0 yet? no? hit face."

[@adamgreen6051]

!

[@TheEmperorAs]

I wish it was possible to sue KZbinrs based on false promises contained in Clickbait Titles... 😂😂😂

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

If more people play anvil in standard all the boros and mono red players will play alchemy. 😭😭

[@kevind8240]

Brain herts

[@robertbloch7559]

Cat did nothing wrong.

[@mids5854]

LoL and anvil makes them do math... And they hate math. Freaking lovely.

[@jojodelacroix]

Someone has been spending too much time hanging out with Ashlizzle...

[@AngelitoRage]

Now many anti-agro movements are starting to emerge...this is a good thing 😌😎

[@N3gativeR3FLUX]

Rack doe's wins up! Questions are overrated. There are two answers though. 1. Yes because Dad jokes are win. 2. Farming aggro is fun.

[@brittbritt1838]

Okay, but like, why does everyone hate mono red aggro? I win against them 9/10. I usually have to be screwed over by the shuffler to lose to them. Why is everyone making decks against them? Why is no one making decks against White/Blue control? I have never once won against them and I only seem to go against them. No hate to Covert by any means, I'm just ranting as I'm hard locked out of Diamond (literally by like 1 or 2 wins) right now because of freaking control.

[@chrishermans]

Really depends on what you're running. Each deck has their good and bad match ups.

[@brittbritt1838]

@@chrishermans I've made everything from meta decks and then some. Lifegain, aggro, big stompys, destruction, etc. Nothing works

[@mikeyj.philly]

Watching a boros player try to make decisions really tests my sociopathy.

[@Valdreag17]

No. We want more players, not less.

[@paulrexlan1307]

I don't think I've ever wanted any material possession on earth less than I want that CGB playmat

[@deathwraith2318]

The death of any deck that wants to end the game before it even starts is music to my ears. Get 'em!

[@KoDoG06]

yesterday out of 7 matches in a row i was matched 2x v mono red, 4x v boros tokens, 1x selensya enchants. thanks for providing a solution to all the n00b plebs who only know how to play red 😂😂

[@tyborgmaster]

Day 46 of asking for Covert Go Beard

[@Tinil0]

25:30 Why didn't you block with a 1/1 goblin to get the vraan trigger?

[@supertoilet562]

CGBeeeeeeee and weeeeed

[@js100tr]

You want people to quit? What a sad goal.

[@6tiple6ix6afia]

Calling aggro dead is hilarious ( and you know it) bring this to historic and my grape shot decl will beat it turn 3 lol. Obviously this is Standard, but it is WAAAAY to frail for the version of Golgari ramp i play. Rakdos is my favorite of all time, but its honestly weak on arena.