TOTAL CONTROL ☀️💧 Five Color Azorius Standard | Mythic Climb Aug '23 | MTG Arena

[@JDXC666]

Ah yes, the duality of man: 45-minute control mirror and 3-minute Red aggro

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

U played a Bot?

[@KPX01]

more like slow rolling, i would be more understanding if you have a full hand but the 1st opponent only have 3 cards at time and still slow roll

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

There are two types of cgb: Lol and that was one of the most torturously slow domain players I've ever seen. Wtf 😅

[@eliashigham8901]

What an epic, I love that poison, decking, and damage were all possible win cons at various times

[@cmfrtbly_nmb]

Watching that control matchup live on twitch was crazy. 50+ mins to get a single pip in Plat 4 😂. I felt that in my soul

[@patrickwoodlands4086]

Another reason why I don’t understand why people bother playing control in Standard. If your goal is to rank up why do you wanna use a deck that takes 30+ mins to get wins. Hence why aggro seems much more popular at least until you get to mythic. Yet another reason why I don’t understand why people even waste their time with standard once you get to platinum. The extra rewards bonus is not even close to worth the time it takes. HB and limited will always be the superior format on Arena.

[@josephgabel234]

@patrickwoodlands some people find it fun and it is a very good deck. Only 10% of people play mono red, optimized to rank up, because you play the game for fun

[@Hezort]

@@patrickwoodlands4086 Why would I even care about ranking? It's not giving me backrubs, I wont brag about it. I play the game for the pleasure of playing it and I'm not getting this pleasure playing aggro.

[@freyeik]

Honestly why play magic in general it's a waste of time. Life is a waste of time that we fill the void of happiness. Do whatever you want it doesn't matter.

[@Sir_Master]

This comment stream plays out like a book lol. I see the whole character arc.

[@AaronRotenberg]

Game 1 is the reason why we need the best of 3 chess clock in best of 1.

[@theboyjockage9390]

who's this tanned guy that's infiltrated the dojo?

[@dogninja8]

It's CGT (CovertGoTan)

[@chrisofthehoovers4055]

The Gandarian guy in the first game slow plays every match he's in. I've run into him a few times and if it were table top he'd be the jerk to bring it to time because he's losing.

[@PsychedelicCheeseburgers]

You could have ended that game significantly faster on the one turn where you transformed your battle, you attacked it with 3 mites and never activated your Wandering Emperor for the entire turn. You could have plussed the emperor onto your 2/2 token and attacked the battle with that instead, and gone face with the mites instead. You missed out on 3 poison counters that turn.

[@TheArcNgeL]

45:55 omg what an epic game !!! loved it

[@wtfroze2280]

Wow! What an epic struggle/battle/game this was. Great job CGB!

[@ostrogodo]

32:44 good flex not plusing the emperor.

[@ella6547]

CGB frequently miscounts numbers - adding 3+4+4 and making 10 out of it. If he hadn't blocked around 19 minutes, he'd have lost and wondered how.

[@correnegadagaming8417]

Was looking for this comment. I believe not much people understand he could have lost for miscounting.

[@paulwhite9303]

that first game was a frickin emotional rollercoaster. epic

[@zeusalternative1270]

9:17 Mister beeeeeeeeeeeeeast

[@t-dogn6171]

Great to have you back CGB.

[@wykydtron]

These long games are what I subscribe for

[@patrickwoodlands4086]

I hope you're planning on completing the LOTR challenge before Wilds of Eldraine releases cause I know you'll probably be busy making new decks with the new cards. I'm really curious how many commanders you have left to do for LOTR.

[@RadioSilver27]

SKIN! SUN! HEALTHY SKIN FOR THE COLLECTION!

[@rinaldoazevedo4369]

Epic match!!! It was great to meet you in Magic Con Barcelona, sorry to interrupt your vacation time😂

[@benjaminblais-mr7gk]

Will you please do a Toxrill the corrosive historic brawl deck

[@homebrewed]

Welcome back CGB :)

[@elicadesky5805]

Well worth watching that first game! Gandarion Goat

[@dawsonnunn2445]

Great first game

[@archangeljmj6008]

Lookin a lil sunburned my bro

[@theretiredyogi4246]

Great Content. CGB returns

[@qdlaty23]

Thank you mono red, back to the sewer. Last game was very entertaining

[@StanZibar420]

41:03 - Losing the construct was tragic, I don't how you didn't rage quit!

[@shadowkev101]

The first opponent's internet is hanging on by a thread

[@leehunt6031]

Looking healthy CGB! Welcome back

[@jasonandkathleenbarker6306]

I play a lot of UW decks with Jace as my win condition. I hate losing a 40 minute game! At least mono red kills me quickly like a decent person. Other control decks just play with me before killing me. One day I’ll get beyond Gold on the ladder

[@TabacoTheGreen]

Beyond gold is easy. After that is all a nightmare full of soldiers or atraxas or enchanments decks. A trully nightmare.

[@PainGumbo]

that was a fucking fiesta holy shit hahaha

[@MsJbird2]

I've been getting rope burns *constantly* - why do people do it soooo much!?

[@bobboberson6664]

Bc they are petulant children lol

[@dergreif9236]

Some people have a shitty internet connection. I am one of those. Cost me at least two games today.

[@KPX01]

@@dergreif9236 shitty internet and purposely playing slow like the opponent is very noticeable.

[@dergreif9236]

@@KPX01 How do you distinguish between a rope caused by loss of internet connection and a purposefully slow play?

[@KPX01]

@@dergreif9236 most telling sign is during combat, if dc the AI will skip all the block step and such. Other are no stop at end step, the AI will only rope during main phase when you are dc. If just lag i would look at play pattern, end step should end relatively fast unlike what we see with cgb, every single phase and end step is rope till the end. If nothing else people that purposely rope usually does that when they are at losing position aka being salty, funny that these people need to rope when they only have 1-2 card in hand and no board.

[@zilith]

Why not +1 the emperor. There were a few turns you left it without activating?

[@aznpholyfe6693]

actually a 1 hour match holy moly

[@aznpholyfe6693]

i heart deck intros

[@malachiwelch3202]

The top thing that I despise on arena when opponent try to get you to concede by roping. Im stubborn and that wont work

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Use glitched to beat bots like that one duress that is also coereion. That is what i would do or make tautalogies for your plays...

[@collegehumorrulz1]

IDK with control atm i feel like you need x4 jace as your wincon or you are judt gimping yourself. The harder control decks with tree, mindplice or whatever breach stuff just lose to most decks

[@WhoAmi2357]

Almost thought it's a one-game video. 😂👌

[@jonathansheehan5983]

Should add the Kami war 5 color saga

[@freshdumbledore2198]

What a Game ❤

[@dragonic13]

Are you going to make a vide about your thoughts for the announcements for the future of arena?

[@MALane-ox2rx]

CovertGoTan

[@Remyfication]

Yay no lengthy intro

[@Shinnizle]

Man that first game was painful to watch

[@adamchreene595]

I just wrecked this deck in best of 3 with 5 color ramp. Atraxa etali herd.

[@camcongab765]

What happened to the intro explaining what format you’re playing??

[@danbecker9805]

❤ Keep bringing new options.

[@mostlyholy6301]

Is Doomskar not better than Depopulate?

[@Inifnitiv]

So is day of judgement 😂

[@ArsenalDave04]

No Ash Blossom?

[@kraplaz]

Pink CGB is awesome.

[@CantonMasterDrummer]

Welcome back to standard, where opponents with aggressive decks thrive and the 26-28 lands you have don’t matter to the shuffler. 😂 The next round of bans and state of game updates can’t come fast enough.

[@aliasbillsmith7200]

It’s amazing how stall tactics can frazzle a player, even one as experienced as CGB. It’s actually a good strategy that can force your opponent to misplay.

[@PHthaKING]

You couldve killed him WAY faster with the mirrex mites and poison.

[@fugooglescum415]

hahahaha the freaking horrible sportsmanship by opponent, what a dbag he was.

[@aznpholyfe6693]

so healthy

[@johnattandelvalle529]

I tried watching your pal krokeis but I can't understand a word he says

[@kevofett]

Omg CGB you look so healthy and rested! :p

[@aliceheart9476]

Dear lord lol

[@dominegem]

Players like this guy are so annoying. Hate to have to wait what feels like an hour for every move

[@kunimitsune177]

CGB, please stop referring to 'europe' as one entity. We hate it. We're literally dozens of countries and languages.

[@NmdAura]

tan gandalf

[@fabio1160]

So, if I understood correctly, your skin sees the sun and says: "let's play mono-red"

[@shuffler2039]

I wonder if fans who play against you get nervous & overthink lol

[@AzazelReborn81]

Hope your vacation was good and, since you’ve been to Europe, I hope you visited some parts of Italy. If not, what the hell have you been in Europe for? 😂

[@JadamH]

Facts

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Hallelujah games is aweome

[@kensw87]

sadly it was a 45 minute with subpar play by the opponent

[@junshanluo14]

why didn't you play the shark cgb. binding and shark is best combo make 7/7 incubate token op

[@RickJo4]

I need more of this deck, Im still at the 42 mark but I want more 🙏

[@su0tin731]

Game 1 was atrocious, people taking 5 minutes for every decision like this is the final of the World Series... really.

[@thomassabecky3055]

That was too much

[@efitwithnick]

Back to the sewer😂

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

White is better than blue which us second

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Glitches over heat the server teaching it how to conced all are options play duck magic life duck chess...

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

🎉😅use colored hearts until is over heats

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Take full control ... Memlapse your own spell watch the bot consider and over heat so many options the bot hant do.

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Rope the bot win with 13 loving or 13 hating

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Irish spring can't be smelled by bots.

[@TabacoTheGreen]

Epic game holy shit. 2 hatefull decks fighting each other is amazing. I really hate Atraxa so bad. It needs to be nerfed they wont because sells a lot of money in physic boxes but in 1 or 2 years will be banned for sure.

[@akumamatataaa]

gg

[@alilheureux5148]

Yayy

[@XaeroGames]

Azorious Snoozefest

[@lintoralnoman]

Arena has been kinda broken for a while now. A lot of ropes going on

[@RickBrennan]

You do look nice and relaxed CGB even if your whiteness still shines through.

[@kunimitsune177]

Wtf

[@user-vw1ij8ic7j]

Slight tan u have I guess u wore sunscreen

[@catchasmurf762]

UW control carda are so boring and unsophisticated atm we need to borrow them from other colours smh...

[@lookwhereibroughtyou]

Painful to watch that Gandarion. It's like playing chess with my dad..or paper magic with my wife... Just feel like to concede and go play outside.