☀️💧💀 Esper Control | 7 Win Challenge | Innistrad Crimson Vow Standard [MTG Arena]

[@covertgoblue]

Me crushing Commander: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4PSnoaeeJmonMk Me revealing Alchemy cards on Twitch 4-6 PM EST #ad: www.twitch.tv/covertgoblue

[@user-pf2ic1ph2e]

I was originangel the reason I scooped there I had a land in hand and my only effective out was fading hope (I can't remember if I exiled all of them) so any if you drew into any counter spell with deluge it was over since can pick a counter spell and another draw card. Edit:also I think even if I did manage to get my hullbreak horror back I had no way of protecting it both my liers we're in exile and I had no way to gain card adavantage anymore (those were also either in graveyard which I no longer have access to or exile)

[@davidaschaeppi]

Better luck next time my friend ! Also the kraken splash in the even money dance was great!

[@m.j.728]

So your recommendation for this Esper deck is to play Dimir? Got it.

[@mariaszegedy6044]

Still kinda surprising, coming from the Azorius player. Poor Esper.

[@PittsburghRocks]

Nothing more hilarious than when an opponent concedes to an early Test of Talents.

[@UnstableInstrumental]

People don't like fighting uphill battles when its non ranked 😅😅

[@Eyriour]

The other one was turn 1 ruin crab or the following turn for evolving wilds. People just can’t hack the crab.

[@UnstableInstrumental]

@@Eyriour thats a no no for me too. If I can't remove the ruin crab after its dropped...*scoops*

[@sniff494]

@@Eyriour it's not the crab that's the problem, it's the 2 copied Tasha's hideous laughter's that are coming on turns 5 and 6

[@travisjohnson6703]

Kind of weird for me. Any time I'm playing a midrange aggro deck in unranked I auto concede to izzet control spells, so while I'd like to laugh at the guy, I feel I live in a glass house.

[@ryanbolson23]

Dude plays Izzet, had a decent hand with land to play, then instantly conceded when he gets countered. WHILE HAVING A COUNTER IN HAND!!! What a baby. Can dish it out but not take it. Pathetic.

[@Zyvelteas]

Always a joy to see you pilot Esper! No one can torture your opponents like you do.

[@Nicksizzle77]

44:40 a very good lesson for those who don't know. It's critical for people to pay attention to what zone a card was cast from and you have bounce effect available.

[@user-pf2ic1ph2e]

That was me I scooped because I was pretty much out of options I would need multiple turns in a row of top decking to get out of that situation since I had no more liers and hullbrealer horror was my only way of dealing damage besides hall of storm giants (which I wouldn't want to topdeck since it enters tapped and gives them more time to prepare with deluge and any other draw cards)

[@Nicksizzle77]

@@user-pf2ic1ph2e I would've scooped too. Lol Was just saying the bounce interaction with "stolen" cards is an often overlooked thing. My comment wasn't directed at that player (you) in any way. Cheers to you for hanging in there in that match. Very entertaining match.

[@user-pf2ic1ph2e]

@@Nicksizzle77 yea it was an honor to featured in one of his videos, as soon as I saw who I was fighting I was like ok I need to not make any stupid mistakes that would embarrass myself on camera.

[@TheGaryDaniel]

Hullbreaker horror will very quickly be nerfed in the Alchemy Format. My guess is that they will take away the return target spell ability and replace it with something else to pick from.

[@thepowerofthegodhand7003]

No why

[@cluckoftheduck]

Now we need slug horror and kraken combined with... Say it everyone... YORIOOOONNN! In some historic shell of course

[@toof987]

I wonder if the horror is a card they will nerf for alchemy. seems pretty likely.

[@mattloeffel496]

Best part of the video? Money dance with the crab pose haha

[@ryanbolson23]

I never thought I’d be consuming a salty cherry today, but here we are.

[@toof987]

nice!

[@TotallyTribal]

Imagine playing CGB in paper: You: wow that was a nice play CGB: WOAH OK CALM DOWN CHATTY KATHY.

[@BlazingSerenade]

i built something like this in historic, peril deals with elves and mono white as well as scurry oak combo, really underrated imo

[@dreadmoc12]

Lol. When you muted the bat you reminded me of Nummy's pet. I couldn't figure out what the hell was making that weird noise. I thought there was a mouse under my bed. I kept turning the volume down to listen for the noise. It took me a minute to figure it out.

[@tommyburnett866]

Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@samrayan9542]

If yaaaa smell what the CGB is cookin!!!!!!

[@mtgdreamer]

And he was so evil in commander lol good video. I feel bad for MTGnerdgirl

[@fearfctr3685]

CGB!!! I GOT A FEVER, AND THE ONLY CURE IS MO CRAB POSES!!!!!

[@jigglefloyd]

I'm loving the lobster pose lol

[@lawrenceshields8791]

i like the long videos. keep it up dude

[@LegacyTangent]

Stop hissin' at me, Grandpa!

[@fallguybuddy2654]

Imma like and watch every cgb video until Alchemy next week! Let’s go! Im 😎

[@phoenixblaze5491]

Hull breaker is so busted but izzet is still more busted so you dont notice it. Once izzet is brought in line youll see way more of that card its so unfun to fight.

[@empirate100]

I honestly find the Kraken at least as frustrating as taking no more turns. Both are basically saying "you don't get to play any more Magic", almost regardless of the board state or card advantage you have created for yourself. I only beat it once or twice with my (Kraken-less) Dimir control brew. You basically have to have Divide by Zero ready on every one of your turns when the opponent has 7+ mana open, and enough stuff to target it with once they inevitably do resolve it on their own turn.

[@gunrunner7721]

@@empirate100 I agree. I don't even want to watch any KZbin videos where the content creator plays Hullbreaker Horror in their deck, let alone play against it. I find it worse than Teferi, Time Raveler as far as lack of interactivity and fun goes. It remind me of old school Modern Tron decks that are extremely hard to beat when they get to 7+ mana. Well...at least it has a high mana value.

[@mistrchees]

The moment he drew the test of talents I understood :D

[@PerttuPiirto]

Nice cherry-song! I might have use as a sample in some song - I hope you don't mind. :D

[@evanmiller8739]

I love facing people knee-jerk playing your decks in ranked since it's usually a free win :)

[@TheGentlemanGamerLive]

CGB singin a little Frankie Valli. A man of culture.

[@stormmaster108]

I wonder how deck trackers react to cards like Siphon Insight: do they show every card remaining in the library as if all the cards were still there or are they actually a way to see what your opponent had taken from your deck?

[@aidankendra7108]

I don't know about yall but I'm here for the CGB Frankie Valli impressions

[@beatriztneves]

I love long videos; just leaving feedback

[@danlewis7707]

I would love to see you give abzan a try CGB! Play what you want, but it would be cool. Kill it.deck?

[@Maevar]

@52:59 "Holy CRAB".

[@rainbowfox22]

Esper is always fun to play and watch :D

[@barney3444]

yeah but not to play against

[@rainbowfox22]

@@barney3444 I was thinking about saying it's also fun to play against or that it's not fun to face but I decided I don't have enough experience to add that part yet, lol

[@jurassicshrub]

WE DONT MIND THE LONG VIDEOS

[@comedyman4896]

You should play snow basics to activate your opponent's faceless haven

[@cups9449]

That second game made me so uncomfortable for the opponent. They really enjoyed suffering.

[@TheUpGrayed]

It's Friday boys and girls! Have a WOOT WOOT!

[@anchapin]

In the last game, would it make a difference if you got reduce to memory at the end instead of mascot exhibition? That could have dealt with their Immersturm Predator.

[@RotemD]

No, he didn't have enough white mana to cast it, so it wouldn't have made any difference...

[@Nicksizzle77]

No, cuz he didn't have the 2 white mana required to cast it unless the topdecked jwari turned out to be a white source instead. But even then, the opponent would have a enough power on board along with bug bear for lethal and he wouldn't have enough white mana to verse it cuz he used it for Reduce.

[@qorpraltv5276]

At what point in standard do they start cycling the sets? Is it after the core set releases? That means the meta will expand for atleast another set release right?

[@toof987]

the sets just got cycled very recently, it's going to be a long while before they cycle again.

[@MrThule]

Yeah. Playing it as Dimir is better. Gets room for few creature lands, 2 Port of Karfells & perhaps extra copy of Field of Ruin. I would even go for second Lier. Really hope Esper gets something worthy in next few sets.. wizards, please give something slightly better than Esper Charm? Maybe version that multikicks for Esper mana to copy it? Please.

[@asdasvedas1]

52:24 green deck player being a green deck player; no brains required, just go face and hope for the best

[@chrisluyster3344]

CGB taught me everything I know

[@joelhatterini6392]

the only wincon you need with esper, is patience.

[@somedrunkdude5728]

Is a slug-jund deck viable?

[@geekoutgaming1682]

Final match thought: It would have ended diferrently if you Devided by Zero the demon and Vanished the wolf instead of the other way around.

[@Rhystiik]

Haha wow CGB, I wonder what OTHER 7 mana Blue "win the game" card exists in Standard, as well! :)))))

[@Linkwii64]

I am new to Magic Arena, I kept seeing this word Dimir, Esper, Izzet, and Tribal. I see every youtubers title use them. What does it mean?

[@Chloebaybee]

Its based off the guilds of Ravnica color pairings and the shards of alara/khans of Tolkir 3 color wedges. 2 color pairings (named after ravinica guilds) Boros=Red/White Izzet=Red/Blue Gruul=Red/Green Rakdos=Red/Black Orzhov=White/Black Azorius=White/Blue Selesnya=White/Green Dimir=Blue/Black Simic=Blue/Green Golgari=Green/Black 3 color pairings (named after alara wedges and khans clans) Abzan=White/Black/Green Naya=White/Red/Green Jeskai=White/Red/Blue Mardu=White/Red/Black Bant=White/Blue/Green Esper=White/Black/Blue Grixis=Red/Black/Blue Temur=Green/Blue/Red Jund=Green/Red/Black Sultai=Blue/Green/Black Hope this helps fren! Gl learning more stuff about magic 😇

[@Linkwii64]

@@Chloebaybee Thanks. That help a lot.

[@Chloebaybee]

@MaskHero Zo You're welcome! I almost forgot, but tribal means all the creatures in a deck share at least 1 creature type. The deck is then referred to a tribal deck since the creatures are all from the same tribe. Some notable tribes in standard right now: Humans, Spirits, Goblins, Clerics, Zombies, Angels, and Warriors. Usually a good way to tell if a creature type is a lord is to find a creature that gives +× +× to s specific creature type.

[@v_o_r_p_a_l]

Leir is a house, need more mythic crafts stat

[@FrankL-n2c]

11:09 is why people play Edgar😂

[@jakeenfield5518]

Did anyone else get Deja Vu from the Mono Green match

[@darkrayaccel]

Took em long enough to realise kraken+instant=win Now time to wait till they figure manaform hellkite out...

[@gaberielpendragon]

If only there was Intro to annihilation in your learn board for that predator...

[@treizeepyon5799]

Im still relatively new to MTG, what is Commander?

[@eni7443]

The most popular format in the game, and one that isn’t on arena. 100 cards, but you can only have one of any card that isn’t a basic land. You get a legendary creature in a special zone available at all times - your “commander”. The colors of your deck must match your commander. It allows almost every card in mtg. There’s more to it but that’s the basics.

[@CountryFried]

❤ Some Esper

[@Verienn]

Please lets make lobster pose an official part of even money dance

[@user-wo5dm8ci1g]

Last 2 events the final boss is a Brew. Seems that creativity can still edge out the meta, no?

[@clagen86]

There's an advantage in your opponent not knowing your list. Once a deck becomes popular people will be better at navigating the match up. I wish more people would brew but I get that the Arena economy isn't as kind as it could be for f2p accounts.

[@christopherpoole5120]

Hullbreaker Horror needs to play with Ovar.

[@regalgiant1597]

CGB has firends?!?!

[@mixi292]

I like this one, i like dimir control but lack some 4 of some key rares ,mixing some white seem good idea

[@KavkaObscura]

More non-izzet control, yay

[@graysonjones5425]

I miss the days of yorion/doom esper :(

[@Krazyabe]

I'm just here for the song references and singing🤣

[@mikejensen233]

Algorithm juice

[@aquilaFUN]

Last game would have been possible if you didn't forgot how verse works (again) :D

[@ianbesso7018]

Pro tip, make sure you use snow lands over basic lands just in case you steal blood for snow or a faceless haven with siphon insight

[@clrl936]

Then you play monowhite, they drop redaine, you dont get to play your wrath in time and die

[@ianbesso7018]

@@clrl936 I run 6 basic snow lands in my esper list and I've gotten to use faceless haven and blood on the snow way more often than I haven't been able to cast doomskar vs redaine so, I'm all for making my MUs against orzhov and mono black easier while every once in a blue moon losing to Redaine with an unforetold doomskar.

[@clrl936]

@@ianbesso7018 Maybe. The thing is: you dont need to be able to cast blood on the snow with the benefit against monoblack or similar decks to win. You already have a favourable matchup, and can win without it most of the times. Now, against white aggro, if you miss your wrath you just lose. I dont really see the use of improving a matchup that you should already be winning confortably regardless.

[@rossmiles5760]

Finally

[@misterdystopia8991]

Ohhhh the horror! 😖

[@ArgEnBata]

Expert Esper Pilot-

[@TimeWalk936]

More Challenges please. Maybe a Historic Brawl 🙃🙃

[@JesseKerson]

Thumbs up to everyone who sat through the whole video, and then jumped into Arena to start playing with this! ~As a side note I really want to get that Alchemy 1W 1/1 double strike into a draw go shell!!

[@CookieBalance]

Ohhh the horror! 😖

[@charlesgros8862]

Day 168 of asking CGB to play a deck with Mystic Reflection and Reflections of Littjara in it.

[@devineyre5545]

No slug? For shame CGB

[@darreldorigatti862]

Gonna sound weird maybe, but I want to start a boycott. I don't think this new format is good for the game and adds to killing real paper magic forever. Arena was supposed to be an option to get us through covid. On the other side many of us are anxious for the real game to come back. This is a move that will give all the new release excitement to arena only and will leave card shops desolate. CGB: I can't ask you to break your streak. I can't. It's your job. You have sponsorships and an audience and all forms of pressure to keep going. But if your a fan of the real game and don't want wizards to simply push it to extinction then this could be something to explore. The whole weekend this new thing drops I will not be playing. I will not buy into the new cards no matter what revealed. I can't expect anyone to do the same but this is a game from my childhood. I don't want it to go down like this.

[@THEAWESOMEGHOST]

Different POV here - MTG was a game from my childhood, in the 90s all the guys my age were playing and trading decks at school and with time it did die out. For me Arena has actually revived my interest in the game and taught me how deep the game could have been all this time. I am an arena only player but I now want to go out and see if there is a paper community where I live because of it

[@darreldorigatti862]

@@THEAWESOMEGHOST A very very good perspective. That's actually the kicker too. Arena rebirthed this game. It's original release, die down, then total resurgence in this form makes MTG the most successful TCG there ever was. Should have been an awesome move. It's weird, however, to be your own biggest competition. To get a nice shiny, armor-piercing gun, polish it up, load it up, point it straight at the foot and pull the trigger.

[@OneSet84]

Am I alone in feeling like Environmental Sciences is the best Strixhaven card?

[@jakestavinsky3480]

Man, i remember people undervaluing the learn mechanic when it got announced..

[@kyleharmon853]

no slug wth

[@heman193]

Mostly i don't care pre game post wrap but it is good i only wanna see you'r game play but please don't take away you'r conclusion about the deck.

[@heman193]

Mostly i care about game play I love the see when you broke the game

[@jonathanadams1714]

Amazing but also disgusting

[@Ketoinvestor]

7th 👍 Like. ❤️

[@N3XUSbrz]

Magic is good. But the ARENA shuffler is so fucking rigged man. I'm tired to have 3 losses in a row after winning some matches because or I got flooded or I got wrecked on mana. I run 6 board wipes on my 60 cards decks. Agains Mono white or aggro, they simply dont show up. But against control I often have 2 on the opening hand. Come on, what are the odds???

[@captaindc]

Yo

[@paravastha]

I love your content, but CGB - stop with the BM against your opponent! If they rope you, they do. If they "your go", they do. If they oops you, they do. A lot of old and new players look to you for a role model on how to behave on the arena and frankly, your emoting is not up to the same standard as your colossal deckbuild skill (except UG) or your pilot skill. When they give a conceding GG - GG in response. Ignore childish emoting and don't stoop to their level. Show us the way CGB!

[@giovannidarcangelo3709]

this deck is a shame

[@petezhut1]

Dislike because no slug

[@francisrobitaille3909]

First and thank you

[@andrewmarinelly5838]

You play and talk about hullbreaker like there is an out, or opponent should just concede. My concern is your aware that the card is broken and you enjoy playing it. Your livelihood depends on people being interested in this game, extra turn and "I win" cards are the meta and then you pretend to wonder why mono white is prevalent. This episode you played fun cards because you added a win condition that is un-fun and broken and knew you only needed one copy. Wizards instead of bettering their practices, client, community just announced they will charge you to hope for fixes. Good luck community, I don't think I can stick around....