💧 Worlds Mono Blue Tempo | Pro Version | Dominaria United Standard [MTG Arena]

[@R_Arsiks_6]

I feel like youve made it as a deck brewer when a deck you pioneered is eventually played by one of the best pro players in the game at the world championships. That must've been such a cool, validating feeling for you.

[@brianv3ntura]

but let's be honest, the mono U decks were floating around in the same shell before cgb posted. his differed going to the more heavy counterspell route in the first iteration.

[@AaronRotenberg]

6:20 That was just the guards confiscating Ted's internet connection. 😬 10:33 Was totally expecting opponent to Burn Down the House on their turn for maximum dramatic irony. 19:49 It's the Maestros logo from New Capenna. You can get the sleeve with one of the free store codes. 27:42 Interacting on the opponent's upkeep is often correct against mono-blue. The weird part is that before they were doing stuff on _their_ upkeep.

[@gillgillgillgillgill]

i know you are getting away from longer intros/outros but as a control player i REALLY appreciate the post-game analysis on this one...i like azorius control a lot but this one makes me feel like I should at least try monoU...as long as haughty and terror exist you cant go wrong

[@joey13787]

When that guy smelled mono blue and left, I felt that

[@sergelachapelle2004]

Thanks for reminding me that i do the right thing for my sanity when i concede as soon as i see an island drop on first turn

[@eliott9508]

personally? i wait for the consider

[@ValueBro]

As a newfound tempo player, this consider comment had me lol

[@jessebensen3569]

I'm picturing some insane scenario where mono U has used up their Fading Hopes, Slips, Marches, and Otawaras against a black/white deck who managed to resolve a single Evolved Sleeper and a Cloudsteel Kirin. U continually ramps and swings with their Djinn as the black/white player slowly but surely spends each turn activating the evolved sleeper's ability (using pain lands for added effect). I would pay a small amount of money to watch that game.

[@comet8157]

Hope to see you use Julian Wellmans izzet version of this deck. His deck looked strongest in standard, if only his explorer deck got some wins, I believe he could've won the whole thing

[@jasemeece9533]

He was my favorite player in the tournament for standard he went nuts. I couldn't find the match he got knocked out in, please link.

[@stjimmy831]

For sure!!!! If he could of got through explorer he probably would of won that deck was wrecking !!!

[@l0lan00b3]

Didn't he get stuck trading off in a mirror match? I watched a few minutes of him playing vs the same deck and couldn't take it anymore lol

[@newjerseydamo]

Would also love this.

[@ZephOx_]

JED was second in last year’s worlds with Gruul Midrange with blue in sideboard.

[@Michael.032]

AKA Moist Gruul

[@timedGuano]

For people who hate playing against mono-blue tempo-put graveyard hate into your deck. Jund especially gets to trample this deck with Riveteers Charm. Tolarian Terror and Haughty Jin both rely on spells in the graveyard, meaning any way to exile their graveyard slows the deck to a crawl letting you grind them out. For mono-white midrange, a copy of lion sash can be slipped out early, is rarely expected, and eats away at the graveyard while becoming a big threat or blocker.

[@Ankhyl]

There are several ways to battle against these decks, however they mostly play in best of 1 where you cannot really make your deck against a couple of unpleasant decks.

[@imapseudonym1403]

And this is exactly why this deck is useless. Thank you. Had I read your post earlier, I would have saved myself so many wasted wildcards.

[@jendak2653]

A that’s why I have ton of counterspells😊

[@jendak2653]

@@imapseudonym1403I wouldn’t say useless, it got me in platinum in two days so😂

[@Trackthedaily]

I like your build with syncopate for the early underdogs and denicks to exile so they don’t come back

[@snugglyhugs8698]

A wise man once said: Don't buy stuff to have stuff. Buy stuff to support the things you love. So thank you for the opportunity to do so, and I look forward to the next video!

[@charlesgros8862]

I just love how he says "Jean-Emmanuel Depraz". Frenchies love you Senseï 🙏

[@Wyattbw09]

Great, looks like CBG is highlighting a standard mono blue deck. Looks like it’s going to be Explorer for me for the next week or so.

[@janeblogs324]

Living up to his name once a year, yet its not even his deck

[@1984kylea]

If you haven't noticed he's going through the top decks from world's, he's been doing it all week.

[@WebSpyder777]

19:56 They released a full series of sleeves featuring the logos of the 5 families back when SNC came out. There are codes to get them all. I believe that one is CrimeIsAnArtForm.

[@sleatery8067]

When you invoke despair without realizing we are talking about your, despair.

[@docauch5938]

It’s funny to see CGB accepting Fading Hope into his life now.

[@jjangles]

"I accuse you of no taste" To the guy that obviously loves Robert Jordan, you've got taste.

[@patrickwoodlands4086]

That sleeve you didn't recognize was the Maestros symbol from SNC

[@mawoh3027]

so amazed from the video that I totally forgot to give you your +1/+1 counter! Thanks for reminding us at the end! Thanks, YOU'RE cool! Edit: +1/+2 😋

[@bounceday]

For posting a deck that Arena already rigs agaisnt I give -1/-1 counter.

[@mawoh3027]

@@bounceday +1/+1 means +1 Like/+1 Comment. So you have a +0/+1 counter... 🤫

[@Silenceaverted]

CGB those sleeves are part of a promo code for Streets of New Capenna. A good side video idea to help viewers out could be advertisement for all the codes as there are plenty of codes that are still redeemable and give card packs, sleeves, etc. Not a lot of people know about the codes and they don't seem to be advertised too well to my knowledge.

[@l33tminion]

23:00 One mana play, two mana play, three mana play, floor!

[@funksniffer2598]

This year, when set rotation 1st came out, I thought the way to play mono blue was to go extra heavy on artifacts cards because the only mono blue planeswalker = Tezzeret So I spent all my rares and mythic craft cards building a deck that's essentially an artifact deck, but has blue cards like counters, phasing, and bounces It revolved around tezzeret and karn, karns sylex, and the usual blue mechanics Then I discovered the mono blue tempo meta and I didn't have enough resources to craft it 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼

[@Linkwii64]

Yesterday I play against 3 Blue Tempo deck BO1 against my Orzhav discard deck I came up on top all victory. Early game I just kept dropping 2 mana creatures and sorcery spells to pick their hand apart it much more annoying then counters spell.

[@AzazelReborn81]

I tried both this version and your first one. In BO1 your version works better but I’d say the best thing would be a mix. Your original version would run only 1 terror. I’d make it at least 2 or 3, because after all without creatures we don’t do much and relying on 5 only is kind of dangerous. Eventually the opponent might just scoop out of frustration for having everything countered, but if they’re patient enough and we don’t get to have board presence soon, we might eventually lose bad. Also. Your version used to run 2x march of swirling mists. It’s a game winner many times. Especially when you face aggro decks.

[@sleatery8067]

The thing I like the most about my version and CGB one is the March. I honestly think it's strictly better than slip out the back, most of the times, and the ceiling is so much higher. You can literally freeze a whole board and gives you other outlets to use the card advantage as a resource

[@GamerFlair]

I have been running that original CGB build since it came out, and have modified it myself over time. I had upped the Terrors to 3 and added some scatters at the expense of syncopate too, mainly due to the amount of aggro builds i'd been coming up against. I still run March over Slip for the reasons you mention. I feel like Slip is much better with Delver then with Djinn/Terror due to how it massively accelerates the clock and takes it out of removal range. Slip not only dodges the first removal on a delver, but it also takes it out of shock ranges, and stop its getting cut down. It also is a 33% increase in damage. With Djinn, your mostly only swinging 2 or 3 times anyway, and slip is pretty much never going to make you win a turn faster, but March will win you games you would have lost otherwise (Either by gaining you a turn quicker by removing a chump blocker, letting you live to the lethal turn by removing thier attacking board or just flat up breaking through a stalemate when they have flyers or spiders.)

[@sleatery8067]

@@GamerFlair Sounds like we came to the exact same conclusions haha. Slip is great with delver but I hate that card with a passion. The deck already feels swingy enough without a card that fizzles every freaking turn (unles it's against you ofc lol) and I subscribe to the idea that focusing on protecting the actual bombs is a much more consistent plan. It's been a while since I've played with the djinn bubble, but next time I'm on it, I'll try to lean even more on the essence scatter. Syncopate is great, but there are way too many times when it doesn't fit well with the make disappear and with the game state. Games go grindy wayy too often to have all those mana related counters

[@benbachman9085]

Well played and much respect to you and Jean-Emmanuel Depraz! But I absolutely despise Monoblue tempo

[@anitkythera4125]

CGB played against the Dragon Reborn himself! Very cool though you’ve doomed us all.

[@lucienwolfswift]

I'm done lol. A no mythic counter deck. I built this despite the fact I hate counter magic. Fun video

[@paulhorton5168]

Don't typically get into mono blue that much but this build went quite smoothly and did not get bogged down on game play like I am used to seeing.

[@ted88pd37]

thank you, this list is super fun 🥰

[@markjohnson406]

From the bottom of my heart, f*ck you for concocting this deck. You are the one and only blue Chad.

[@LuizFeReis]

lol on the draw against mono white with Thalia and Peace on the curve. Just absolute nightmare for this deck 😂😂

[@pointyheadYT]

I run this same deck, but without spell pierce, slip out(replaced with a full set of alchemists retrieval) and only 2 terrors. I find that the risk of drawing 3-4 terrors early (them then becoming dead cards in hand) is way too high a price to pay. I'd rather play full sets of make disappear and negate then. Also don't mind replacing essence scatter with a full set of syncopate.

[@jald6277]

CGB is the king of monoblue

[@masterventus7948]

This deck makes people so mad. I can feel the anger when my counter wall is active. 🤣

[@stoiccrane4259]

CGB in his natural color just oozes confidence in these games. Good to see!

[@smileygoldfish]

24:24 When CGB said "Which is weird" My computer crashed and turned off. I heard something like this "Which is weii rrrr d d d." Idk why that glitch in the matrix happened.

[@JohnWVarner]

Piloting this deck is fun, playing against it miserable. I only bust it out to hit daily's out of respect for my opponents.

[@PTNLemay]

It's all the more impressive since the deck is so affordable. You can give it a shot for as little as 2 rare wildcards

[@canman87]

Well, you really need the full set of Djinns because it's more or less the best card in the deck. So I would say four rares are nonnegotiable, but anything else is on the table for replacement if you want to play alternative options.

[@PTNLemay]

@@canman87 yeah, I meant sometimes you're lucky and you already unwrapped some in your free packs

[@accaltum4385]

Hey I have a deck very similar to this in my real life pioneer deck. The deck falls apart with graveyard hate, any sideboards to help with this?

[@TheStanislavson]

Hello everyone! What was the white mono deck at 23:20, that he resigned to it?

[@martinconverss2195]

Evil… just how I like it😮‍💨

[@ahduhm]

anyone's thoughts on playing a copy of Lier in place of slip out the back?

[@t-dogn6171]

Thanks CGB!

[@Jake-pn7wr]

I still think March of Swirling Mist is WAY better than Slip Out the Back. Maybe could have bailed him out at 15:20

[@TheKetsa]

Would this deck still work today ? Seems to be the only somewhat competitive deck I could build.

[@Szechwang]

Late to the party but I just started mtg. How is this version compared to the original mono blue video? Or should I look at a hybrid between the 2?

[@thelifeofmasters7704]

How would you use the side board?

[@anythinginteresting3412]

Disgustingly strong

[@benbrandt6588]

Appreciate the re-cap of the World's Decks, but is there any chance we can get some historic brawl content? Missing my weekly CGB brawl fix!

[@schumerus6786]

Djinn is really a reason to go Blue, be that Mono or coupled with any other color, be it Red for some burn, black for double control or White for the same reason. Green perhaps not the best add but why not try. Mono seems to be indeed the best way to go but I can appreciate a Dimir build for some kill spells or white that do fend quite well with removal this Standard

[@androssandross7410]

Ah the “nah I’d rather scoop if I am not playing aggro” deck. Such a good thing to have in the game, really.

[@bounceday]

My first impression is that it doesn't work if you aren't hitting impulses or thirsts. It also seems to strongly rely on djinns cost reduction.

[@bounceday]

My 2nd impression is that this deck has already been flagged and draws are manipulated. getting land flooded every time. I'm going to emphasis thats its every time. Like three land thirst draws.

[@sorcerereye]

True. And only are four djinns....

[@sorcerereye]

@@bounceday True too. Are draws manipulated?

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Got into Arena after playing MTG in paper for 10 years. Tried the deck with Delver. Worst card in the deck by far, it was awful early on because it lost on tempo. It was awful late because it was a 1/1. I am experimenting with 2 Surge Engine as an unlockable threat. Feels pretty good because it's immune to graveyard hate. Will try increasing to 3 if I pull another in draft.

[@ltlsWhatltIs]

You are crazy, delver made my wins go up way more VS without them.

[@rulamagic]

I missed Competitive Historic Brawl this weekend :(

[@danielstoner3831]

Wheres the brawl content? Bring Back Brawl! Bring Back Brawl! Bring Back Brawl! Just joking this worlds content is kinda cool, but i do miss weekend brawl, so i hope it comes back next week. :)

[@yancumani6884]

Hi, CGB. Hou Are you? Nice video. Thanks for that! I love mono blue tempo and played seasons last year with your original list. Here's one thought: Why use Essence Scatter if you can use Essence Capture? The same counterspell with a ocasional +1/+1 counter on your creature sounds cool, right?

[@archons-court]

I've been running this list with Syncopates and Essence Capture - the Syncopates are a good idea, the essence capture not so much. The +1/+1 counter is less meaningful than the 1 mana discount that djinn gives you off Scatter

[@Erock22]

After learning from this dojo, everybody knows one simply does not "Craft All" lol

[@CookieOutaSight]

I'm remembering a certain mtg content creator saying Do not try to race the enchantment deck hehe

[@hellproof2379]

When the djinn got printed I thought it was going to be a fun card. Boy was I wrong lol

[@matthewarnold4557]

It's fun for the player casting it LOL

[@Newblar]

I've been building a paper deck like this but red/blue. After watching this, I might just switch it to mono blue. I just like the electromagnetic infantry in red.

[@schumerus6786]

I mean you can go 2/3rd blue and 1/3rd red and add perhaps Lightning strike or so in order to make sense for red

[@Newblar]

@@schumerus6786 I'm basically a 1/2 1/2 currently. Mostly using red for burn, a few pump spells, and artifact destruction. Blue for counter, bounce, and draw. Haughty, Electro, and Serpent as the main creatures. It hasn't been doing terrible.

[@haggleboggle]

Hmm, syncopate is specifically really good against underdog. I don't know how big monoB was in the big leagues, but its still popular down in BO1 even without meathook.

[@mikeyj.philly]

Binary Check, the Deck.

[@Garostegui1987]

Why Essence Scatter instead of Essence Capture?

[@ShineThatLight]

scatter becomes one-mana with djinn out, capture doesn't. plus you're really only running a handful of creatures, so most of the time you won't put a counter on anything

[@sorcerereye]

If you play Delver of Secrets instead of Tolarian Terror, in that case maybe is preferable Essence Capture, after all, reduction of Haughty Djinn is very later

[@ltlsWhatltIs]

The delvers are giving me more consistent wins VS without.

[@Saintmadman]

Day I of my request for CGB to play WORLD SPELL make it happen, CGB!

[@bounceday]

hmmm i thought delver and stormchaser drake was what was up. doesn't matter if they don't get to play. Ledger shredder and maybe the one that draws 2 cards too. Playing aggro means they also get to build a board state. Funnily the extra cost from academy loremaster is still reduced for tolarian terror.

[@canman87]

Academy Loremaster is great; I don't know why more people aren't playing that in their Mono-U lists.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Delver is unplayable. It only sees play in legacy because of Brainstorm, but the deck would cut it there if anything better comes along. They actually cut it when Ragavan was legal. Delver is a rubbish card in every format.

[@piercearora7681]

The sleeves are Maestros 19:55

[@TheDorkgetreal]

I played 3 esper matches back to back facing mono blue in best of one and lost each game. Pissed me off so much I went best of 3 and torched them because players suck at side boarding lol

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Esper is a good matchup for the blue deck. Bad players have a problem of over sideboarding and damaging their game plan.

[@aleksanderasimov4899]

ah hell yeah

[@robertomontoya3901]

Yooo. My men. Ive been waiting al week for that brawl deck. Play my deck dont play my emotions.

[@phenixman6462]

One of the most hated decks to ever encounter in BO1

[@giovannicalzolari4001]

Why does he play essence scatter instead of essence capture in mono blue? Isn't the latter strictly better with no downside? Asking just out of curiosity

[@marcusagidius1178]

Essence Capture has double blue pips, so it doesn't get its cost reduced by Haughty Djinn.

[@giovannicalzolari4001]

@@marcusagidius1178 thanks and very true :)

[@sorcerereye]

If you play Delver of Secrets instead of Tolarian Terror, in that case maybe is preferable Essence Capture, after all, reduction of Haughty Djinn is very later.

[@ignaciolovato5400]

Aaaand that's why everyone hates playing against mono blue .

[@johnpittman501]

I played mono blue like 4 times in a row so I checked KZbin and sho nuff CGB video up...😑. Can you just play with a couple really bad decks so we can all have a break lol

[@danieltush7792]

Monoblue vs monoblue...the ultimate do nothing match ;)

[@heecks9375]

I hate that deck, I can beat it but need to be on the play with a perfect hand so most of the time I conced since 75% of the time I play unranked lol

[@daveslay3449]

What's the point of playing essence scatter. When you could play essence capture and give one of your creatures +1/+1

[@georgesillibourne4472]

UU Vs 1U casting cost

[@canman87]

Essence Capture not getting to benefit from Djinn's cost reduction is actually a pretty big drawback when compared to the slight benefit of an additional +1/+1 counter. If you're tight on mana, the cost reduction can be game changing, whereas your creatures are generally big enough that an extra point of power doesn't meaningfully increase your clock.

[@sorcerereye]

If you play Delver of Secrets instead of Tolarian Terror, in that case maybe is preferable Essence Capture, after all, reduction of Haughty Djinn is very later.

[@shadowseek27]

essence scatter but no essence capture??

[@9_Lives]

Ugh, control cards in black, blue and white are so good right now. Maybe the next set will shake up the deck lists a but

[@ridethelightning247]

What’s the name of the song he is parodying at the beginning of the video?

[@AdrianNomada]

I'm blue

[@Cliodhna-z1i]

More decks like this please!

[@F0r3v3rT0m0rr0w]

Why spell pierce over negate ? I find negate is way better later on, but pierce is usefull only at the start and becomes a dead card later.

[@canman87]

There are both in this list.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Pierce can snipe powerful plays in the first 4 or 5 turns. Discard it to Thirst later.

[@slayerdude12345]

No wonder everyone in ranked play is playing mono-blue… I was so confused as to why I’ve seen like 20 out of 30 games be mono-blue.. sometimes I curse your name CGB. Great content though, and I’ll always be a fan.

[@snethss]

My cat could play this deck walking over my keyboard. Such Skill!

[@Kanoog]

Eiffel 65 MTG is the Top level.

[@johnjohnston974]

Did CGB say why he no longer gave stats? Or is it just the sample size these days?

[@lolblakkr]

covertgobluetongue

[@kuanyewsim5660]

I wonder if anyone knows what is mono blue's weakness?

[@sp10sn]

Anything that limits or punishes card drawing for starters.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Sheoldred, Liliana, powerful ETB effects.

[@canman87]

I absolutely love the tears that this deck generates. Just endless oceans of weenie tears from people who don't like having their sorcery-speed, three color, average CMC of 4, clunky midrange piles get manhandled by a few counterspells. It's fantastic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sehvendusk6612]

Mono blue this season is just annoying as hell to play against. >

[@cafemalo]

Very nice deck, big blue tempo. I like big blue control more. If you understand 😉 pt 18

[@alainassaf]

maestro sleeves 20 min in the game

[@this19suffering]

Not gonna lie, I kinda hate playing against this deck xD

[@sixT4T]

unab0mber shall forever be known as SOFT

[@mikejensen233]

Algorithm juice

[@AlexandrYudin77]

isnt it time for brawl?

[@hedduyou]

I wanna build this deck but I have a strange feeling haughty jin is gonna be banned in like a month

[@heecks9375]

My second comment on this deck just to say, by reading comment of peoples here. WoTc banished meathook massacre ( no ban alchemy ?? why?? ), but I think they forgot some anti fun cards too and more powerfull.

[@jefftucker9225]

Honestly I usually just scoop to this deck or the White/blue version, it's not like I'm playing for money, I would just rather move on to a more favorable match up, but I have noticed that I'm seeing this deck a lot more, sometime 3 and 4 games in a row

[@ChrisLongPhoneRepair]

How to win with Mono Blue Dont fall asleep and have minimal brain function