It's mono black but the 4 drops get worse every game | Standard Ranked Diamond Ladder MTG Arena

[@TheArcanePengu]

That statue deck actually seems pretty cool

[@HomeCookinMTG]

i tried it out in anvil for a little while, it was neat.

[@Fingral29]

@@HomeCookinMTG do you have the deck list plz?

[@remallius]

That rakdos deck with the statuettes was a very cool brew. I'm a fan of it.

[@alvin9470]

The game against the statuette deck was crazy

[@lukemartineau490]

I love how this whole video was CGB basically saying, "Quit complaining about Invoke Despair, monoblack, you're still powerful."

[@Wolfeson28]

This "mono-black 4-drop mystery spot montage" was a great video idea. Really unique for your videos, and a great way to keep us watching and waiting to see what crazy 4-drop is next on the depth chart. :)

[@gobomania]

Imagine being on ladder, you regonize CGB, he plays mono-black, you know CBG, you know he plays all the good cards, you envision the entire decklist in your mind, you got him! CGB proceeds to slam down a Bloodvial Purveyor and pass turn.

[@xKingxTitus]

I love this concept! Very creative, keeps things entertaining!

[@lucasturner1872]

The four drop exhibition was awesome! This and mono red draw have been my favorite recent videos by far. They are good decks with cheap land bases and most of the rares are good, staple cards that are safe crafts. Always love to see CGB versions of the top BO1 decks!

[@pst5345]

that rakdos34 deck was hilarious. That Vampire's Kiss card was borderline trolling you.

[@pedrofonseca7643]

Great video as always. Made some changes to the shell and am quite enjoying it. The scavengers are helping a lot on mono blue and legends matchups. Deck 3 Liliana of the Veil (DMU) 97 22 Swamp (LTR) 267 4 Cut Down (DMU) 89 3 Go for the Throat (BRO) 102 1 Infernal Grasp (MID) 107 2 Mirrex (ONE) 254 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (NEO) 278 3 Tenacious Underdog (SNC) 97 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse (DMU) 107 3 Phyrexian Fleshgorger (BRO) 121 3 Graveyard Trespasser (MID) 104 4 Evolved Sleeper (DMU) 93 2 Gix's Command (BRO) 97 1 Sheoldred's Edict (ONE) 108 1 Mishra's Foundry (BRO) 265 1 Sorin the Mirthless (VOW) 131 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (BRO) 95 2 Urborg Scavengers (MAT) 15

[@yoav.kats6328]

Imagine the statue game but instead of Sorin it's Sheoldred.

[@Lordidude]

Smart

[@alilheureux5148]

Thanks for the daily uploads. It makes my day better

[@cups9449]

I like this title theme you've been doing. Makes me chuckle

[@nilsonfilho26]

16:30 We got a New Bankbuster for the Rakdos Midrange Build 😂

[@IzzetNilson]

The name convention of these recent videos gets funnier every time I see it. My prediction of Next video title: "It's Mono White except there's more exception clauses every game." It's a mono white stax video

[@jahbariw5534]

CGB said Deluge right every single time in todays video. I’m impressed

[@chriswampler1]

Enlighten me! What is the norm? Deloogey?

[@gyrasolune5436]

I, too, absolutely loved that silly blood aggro deck. Simple as heck and centering on the kind of card a lot of people probably /axed/ from the usual Rakdos artifact sacrifice stuff. It's like, almost spiteful, like lol I'm gonna kick your butt with something everyone dismissed as a weird limited gimmick card

[@tommygol15br]

43:40 poor Karn, he tried so hard to give you that lethal and you missed it

[@frinbar]

Please explain the lethal?

[@paulwhite9303]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shadowmanx7558]

Draft chaff is truly CGB's kryptonite

[@PomanRolanski]

This is a great idea ! Swapping gives us more options to save on wildcards, and allows more strategies. thx!

[@roshandala]

I LOVE THE TITLE

[@marekjurcik]

Cool video concept. Thanks, CGB!

[@odststalker5117]

that rakdos vampire deck actually looked fun to play

[@botMAXX3R2975]

Did you try Phyrexian Puppeteer? Pretty good 4 drop if you have some 123 CMC creatures and 2 life if you draw a 2nd card. Sleeper is great for this.

[@luisgutierrez8047]

Ye, it along with sheoldred In my training grounds deck with faeri mastermind 😈

[@ghoul_nxt_door1790]

This would make a great series!

[@paulwhite9303]

That last game was frickin hilarious. As soon as you started using that voice I lost it 😂

[@SkullfaceTalks]

I noticed the angle you have set up for the camera and monitors makes you look like a intense/angry/evil mastermind. Pretty sure it's from the way you have to drastically off-center your eyes to be able to see the screens mixed with the slightly downward angle of the camera. Once I noticed couldn't stop seeing it. :)

[@emorsi]

Lol, against mono red: "Mono red, finnaly some lunch!" Lol, that was a good one.

[@samsimmons8370]

Streetcar Named Desire? Nah, A Bus Named Glutton

[@zebwilliams8945]

"Poison without creatures isn't scary." *Laughs in Dimir proliferate*

[@iandugan8029]

That statue deck used to be my rakdos oni cult anvil deck. Meathook massacre made it incredibly strong before DMU came out

[@frenzygaming2963]

I’m gonna be testing the Sheoldred deck! New to the game so this should be interesting!

[@PanicBlade757]

CGB: Defilers suck! *Defiler of Vigor has entered the chat*

[@jayzesty7497]

The defiler of vigor + the great henge + elves is insane

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

And CGB said the Defilers were pathetic... 😂

[@demonicell]

I've found uses for 3 of the 4 defilers. They're not as bad as he says they are.

[@ArgentIcon]

Let’s play the Statue deck next 😅

[@Somane27]

Very neat idea🤍💙

[@bpozzy8952]

This style of video is fantastic

[@geoturcotte]

Karn no pants!!! that was awesome.

[@mcheezy]

Is there a way to cheat P Obliviator onto the field during the assign blockers step? I feel like that would cause an auto scoop

[@ch1v3_theonion]

I don't have tainted adversary, what's is a different option for a 2 Mana creature?

[@jmbw4271]

I'd say one factor that may push dross and purveyor (and even obliterator to an extent) over the rest is that they cant be removed profitably with a Nahiri's Warcrafting, A key removal spell in the mono red matchup that they need to run in order to not lose on the spot to sheoldred.

[@mgrazzmataz]

I wonder if they would change Bloodline Purveyor to, " your opponent cant sacrifice permanents during your turn" , if that might make him viable for the four drop slot? Maybe as a 2 of.

[@ZDubsMGS]

"rakdos34" Hmm, I wonder if they play rakdos. Y U P.

[@pierrewilder7048]

Didn't he have lethal on that last game if he blitzed the underdog? 8 attackers each power >2, and only 5 blockers. 6 life left. What am I missing?

[@styl__]

Does anyone have the deck list for that statuette deck? Looked like a lot of fun and prob cheap to craft

[@MisterWretham]

Careful CGB, all those agents might be taking you down that sleeper-y slope to becoming an aggro player.

[@lanychabot-laroche135]

That was a really fun idea!

[@cooperthyne7019]

The final 4 drop being Karn SENT me Lol

[@whyamievendoingthis...]

The Karn reveal was true comedy.

[@taylorgamble1965]

Opponent, please don’t attack Karn 🫥 39:09

[@АнтонНовиков-ф9б7о]

Thats a great video idea, we need more of those (totally not bot)

[@MrMaxel3]

Statuette deck confirmed as the Jin Gitaxias-Prismatic Bridge's successor

[@00110000]

That Karn was definitely... unexpected 😅

[@frater_niram]

i idid play against that statuette guy recently too ! how funny ! i did beat him up with mono blue tho (eheh)

[@randomdariusmain1553]

imho the only playable defiler is Defiler of Vigour, aka 5 mana green 6/6 trample with all your creatures get a +1/+1 counter when you play a green permanent spell (which to be fair, is basically all monogreen does/has lol)

[@chriswampler1]

It surprises me that you don’t have any Urborg Scavengers in there at all. It’s such a good card considering it can remove a card any time it attacks and gains abilities. I love that one and swap out some Trespassers for a couple.

[@sidmidnightskies]

What a cool idea for a vid! Great stuff man, how about a deck which aggressively plays chrome host seedshark? Love that card and the incubate mechanic but I just cant make it work 😢

[@wilsonfluffles1568]

What a cool video idea! 👍

[@chriswampler1]

An Ayara’s Oathsworn or two is also good where you have the underdog.

[@js2188]

Good concept

[@odststalker5117]

you had me at mono black

[@pangopod2969]

Cool concept !

[@williamwalton9154]

Ive found mono black just not able to hang with the ramp decks that I face every day.

[@thomasclowater9471]

maybe main deck a bunch of duress and stuff like that

[@kensw87]

statuette X jin X prismatic bridge X madness

[@Fenix31799]

That statuette deck was *chef’s kiss* 👌

[@badgtter9095]

I say the Deans in Strixhaven were way more useless than the Defilers. Defiler of vigor is a pretty good card. Mono green just has no early game right now.

[@theventhatiqtho8112]

My man straight up denied the invasion.

[@TheTheees]

That was a nice clinic ^^

[@goldenpony822]

dang that final ending was painful :p

[@omnicidus]

This is awesome. You should do this more often.

[@Plexiux]

That rakdos blood token deck was mean. I want it.

[@doomkingraye7692]

this video is exiting

[@LunaIata]

You should do this in every color.

[@dougnapier6441]

Big and stupid is always better than just stupid.

[@t-dogn6171]

Thanks CGB.

[@laughaway7955]

Leaning into the algo with these titles 😂

[@hl6142]

I don't think that invoke despair is broken. In previous standards it would have been fine. The problem is that we have perfect mana now. Slow lands, fast lands, triomes, pain lands...it is no problem having all colours all the time. If the BBBB would be a real downside meaning that you would have to play mono black to get access to invoke despair, only few would complain.

[@whyamievendoingthis...]

Seeing the different cards each game was just so funny and I don't even know why.

[@thefinalboss4471]

Archfiend my beloved

[@joshsmoker8840]

What's worse than the set of defilers? Anyone else remember the old Bringers?

[@gabrielfiorotto1435]

Accept your destiny and build that statuette deck CGB!

[@JDPetersonFLA]

I didn't even know that statue was a card lol. Cool deck though.

[@chaosmastermind]

Karn can draw cards, you know.

[@jankfish3252]

that Karn so powerful tho

[@vitorfelipetomio4897]

There's no room for one or two BTM?

[@stormcountmtg4183]

You have to build statues

[@orrkeret]

I love it when CGB gets clowned by some premade deck a 12 year old kid just bought as his 1st MTG purchase

[@marekjurcik]

Rakdos34 with statues FTW!-)

[@hulio_who8605]

i love this video

[@chiblast100x]

Someone complained mono-black was bad now? What? I'm running a consistent but jank mono-black aggro Phyrexian Tribal and still win over 60% on BO1 ladder.

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

My god, such hate for the defilers. At least Vigor is goated in brawl! Lol.

[@thefallendeathlord7690]

I use sometimes the red and the green defilers. The green one helps you cast big spells and buffs your creatures, and the red one helps you deal direct damage and cast all your small creatures practically for free. The other ones... Yeah, they are pretty bad.

[@freyamiles3718]

The eidolon cycle in theros beyond death was close to as bad as the defiler having only one good card. The charms from ne capena where also pathetic along with the shrine cycle

[@badgtter9095]

Some of those charms see play though

[@somedude5353]

It’s bad, and invoke wasn’t broken!

[@haggleboggle]

Am sad that TMG is on the other side of the US from me. Have a great time CGB.

[@46993-r]

I really want to goto too many games but they're out of their mind if they think I'm paying $120 for my wife and I to just get in. It's a shame because it's right around the corner from me.

[@sebastiankocz7925]

Need to see a statuette video now

[@tresnalder2149]

Bloodvial Purveyor is best 4 drop. People don't know what it is and won't read it haha

[@arthurmiller1603]

If I ever play aggro I almost always go second and I always play a mirror match red,white doesn’t matter and I always almost always get rolled when I’m playing red against red and I go second lol match maker imo is broken

[@shogunmoon]

Jank week!! I'll take it ;)

[@ColemanYoutube]

Bant control when