TOP #50 Standard Ladder | UW Control Deck

[@MyNameIsXYlp]

Yeah yeah, nice decklist and all but where can I find the playlist crokeyz was listening to?

[@Temurmemer]

He probably has a spotify playlist you can follow

[@auxor36]

Love this UW Control arc mister streamer, thank you

[@CristianCiotti]

That Naja deck was pretty interesting!

[@kllraon]

My new favourite thing is listening to the same playlist but on youtube (no music) so it sounds like @Crokeyz is tone deaf while humming along to a different song altogether... Then chat says "#Banger" lol

[@kllraon]

But even more hilarious is when he seems to get it right 😆

[@AlaricXIII]

It makes perfect sense, lightning rods are the ones getting hit by lightning not dealing it.

[@ichcool91]

2h upload by my 2nd favourite strimmer? Lets go :p

[@codydewees5825]

who's #1?

[@TychoCartmell]

@@codydewees5825Joe

[@jordantiburcio4541]

​@@codydewees5825Smitty Hergamanjensen

[@brandonbusby4180]

Thanks for that Killers reference. Now Mr. Brightside is in my head

[@thgeerts]

Keep it up man!

[@Random27790]

That was an amazing 5-head play by the Toxic player in Game 2

[@Temurmemer]

What about resolute reinforcements as a 2 mana remove 2 vs bant toxic and boros in the side deck for control?

[@MrMoman7]

46:32 AoE soundboard

[@Kuryux]

Isnt deduce a bit of a nombo with lockdown? I dont get it

[@TheDasErdinger]

it can be, but the draw is still vital to draw the land/lockdown. Also if you don't draw lockdown, you can go Deluge+Token draw on turn 6 for example. Or stuff like Token+Lockdown turn 5, double draw on turn 4 etc. Very flexible card.

[@joelarcher2691]

Very poggers

[@saltedllama2759]

There are always plebs in the chats while these streamers play who claim that "control needs a new/better Wrath..." That isn't what is different about control compared to, say, 15+ years ago. There are no shortages of board sweepers; in fact, between red, black, and white, there are more (and better) sweepers in Standard today than ever before, and from mana costs 3 through 6. That isn't why control feels different. Creatures used to be far worse. Basically sub-par cards that relied entirely on their power/toughness ratio to mana cost for efficiency. Control decks adopted this toxic play pattern of survive until turn 4-5 and then just win with a sweeper. WotC - and players - HATED that. It was too automatic, too predictable. Sweep the board on turn 4 or 5 and creature-based decks were in top-deck mode while the control player plays by themselves for the rest of the game. There was no skill involved, and no interaction. Durdle around for 4 turns yawning while a creature-based deck spins its wheels, sweep, win. Creature decks were in topdeck mode, playing one spell at a time that the control player could just counter or spot remove while they built a larger and larger lead. It is the creatures that have changed everything. Now at mana costs 1-3, creatures have effects when they are cast, when they enter the battlefield, or when they leave the battlefield. Some of them draw cards, loot, or mill; some of them generate non-Magic: the Gathering cards in the form of Clue, Treasure, Map, Incubator, or other creature tokens that produce resources later on; some do things when they leave play or simply give you more information. So they not only replace themselves making the board sweepers less advantageous and giving the creature player a change to "re-load," they aren't dead draws at later stages of the game despite having small power/toughness. Furthermore, various tokens or creatures that can be made from lands are able to "hide" from sweepers so pressure can still be applied after a control player taps out to blow up the board. The 1-for-1 trades are no longer exclusively in the control player's favor. All of this has made it so control has had to rethink the old strategy of draw-go, sweep, win. Now they have to interact, manage their resources incrementally to gain a long-term advantage, and be prepared for the re-load/dump after sweeping. It is better for the game overall, and gives players of any style in Standard a chance to stay in or get back into a game.

[@RHCPpleasestandup]

reporting this video for self harm because playing UW gives you cancer

[@Gnosis878]

Also gives your opponent cancer. All around, harmful behavior.