☀️💧💀 Esper Control | Ranked Standard MTG Arena Ladder

[@dazzace]

Decking out an enchantment deck must have been massively cathartic.

[@uniwaffleable]

It was his deck too!!!!

[@Lordidude]

​@uniwaffleable like he way playing against himself. Two Magic Titans playing a great game.

[@therealforge]

@@Lordidude Well, more that CGB showed why a CGB-made deck is only half the magic. He took apart his own selesnya-draw deck and showed how to use it's strength as a weakness. I've driven that deck into multiple board wipes and still managed a win. CGB was just showing off what makes him T1IBO1.

[@Lordidude]

@@therealforge beautifully put. Great comment.

[@akumamatataaa]

Brutally cathartic 😉

[@Hdsvhgffcbuured]

That game against the enchantments deck was INSANE. GG on that one

[@afguy8i]

As per usual, Convert Be Trash is pushing an archetype that has no counterplay. 3 of the top 5 decks (including tier 0) is control, because you never have to worry about adapting and adjusting to counterplay except in mirror matches

[@trevorr994]

The game vs enchantments was pretty amazing to watch lol.

[@krdthegreatest1910]

2 life vs 2 cards in the deck. That match was wild

[@krimhorn]

A Control player that's ahead never misses lethal. They end the game exactly when they intend to.

[@jojojo9240]

is it you gandalf?

[@jaredplaudis4825]

CGB said “ossify” instead of “ossificate” and I’ve never been so happy

[@Major_Patrick_Star]

In my opinion: you are the best magic the gathering youtuber! And the intros are mega cool dude! that is what i wan´t to see it´s entertaiment...

[@matheusvportela]

Loved the 5 second intro

[@thefinalboss4471]

Playing a deck that doesn't have any creatures while you're in a rush? Bold move.

[@Childofbhaal]

I enjoy playing hard control decks but fck sometimes I don’t have 20 mins for one match lol

[@ClocksTickin]

It probably takes time to build new deck ideas so by comparison, yeah, those longer matches might be the preferable choice, especially if you feel confident in your piloting of the deck

[@gillgillgillgillgill]

bro auto-tapper LOVE tapping other mirrex for the one you are activating...i have learned this the hard way too many times now

[@Rihitu-ji7pi]

The last game against Orzhov control was brutal. You slowly ground the opponent to dust with card draw and counterspells. The discarding to hand size, not looting with the Celestus, and sacrificing the Wandering Emperor to the legend rule was just gross - you had so much card advantage you didn’t need any more. It must have been awful for the opponent. “Never didn’t have it” has never been truer.

[@jojojo9240]

Can you pls explain why he drew and then discarded? What cards was he looking for and why?

[@jojojo9240]

Ah, just the emperor?

[@jojojo9240]

And by "looting with the celestus" you mean he does not even need its card draw?

[@Rihitu-ji7pi]

@@jojojo9240 Looting is MTG slang for drawing and discarding. CGB didn’t need to loot because he already had all the cards he needed.

[@jojojo9240]

@@Rihitu-ji7pi Nice, thanks for the explanation! :-)

[@comedyman4896]

I have to say, at first I was worried that not banning Atraxa would unbalance the meta. But it seems like control becoming playable has effectively nerfed Atraxa down to a reasonable power level.

[@JetpackAhoy]

Posted 4 minutes ago? Time for my morning CGB.

[@odststalker5117]

man nothing feels better than making green white enchantments suffer

[@redemptionpeak9438]

The best part is that they suffered from success.

[@callmeinfidel8370]

Last game: Mercy of the blue mage. Also - thanks CGB, these games were really nice from an instructive play standpoint.

[@grimmonolith]

Wins by decking, poison and damage. Solid.

[@Exttrakinas]

The enchatment game is definitely one to remember

[@klasclaywood2667]

Actually a really enjoyable intro. I usually really like the long analytical intros, but this isn't the first time you play this type of deck so

[@ToasterTheTerrible]

That intro had me chuckling for no good reason

[@DoomSpellSkadi]

When an aggro deck outdrawed control deck

[@panascope3162]

Geez the poor enchantment deck. Guy saw all 60 and couldn't get there.

[@funnehbunneh5415]

That is the shortest intro ever 😊

[@Javier-rm6ql]

Living on a prayer indeed.

[@SimoneColaci]

fastest intro ever

[@stevenrivera2707]

Can you do a satoru umizawa standard, brawl or historic brawl?

[@frank-narzug]

first 10 games, all soldiers or mono red, 1 win.....great deck

[@DreamwatcherTheNightwing]

How do you never face mono red when thats all I face

[@CookieOutaSight]

Love that intro

[@JadamH]

How about a Saruman/LotR infused Esper deck?

[@JadamH]

Escuse my ignorance but what does Esper mean?

[@felipesoaresspiess8048]

Black, white and blue combination

[@JadamH]

@@felipesoaresspiess8048 thanks. But why “Esper”?

[@JanSten6708]

@@JadamH has something to do with magic lore. Google "mtg esper" and see in the magic wiki

[@redemptionpeak9438]

@@JadamHon the plane of alara it was separated into 5 shards each with 1 main color and it’s ally’s in espers case it was blue with white and black as it’s ally’s.

[@oia]

That Wandering Emperor play around the 5 minute mark still has me scratching my head. Why let it resolve??

[@ericmrx]

It could be argued that the Wandering Emperor is not a major threat and counters are best saved for more impactful cards, which you can expect in a ramp deck. The Sunfall in hand can also deal with the Emperor tokens. So, IMO, it is not an obvious decision, to counter or not.

[@SuperBobs22]

saving counters for atraxa and breach, what i don't get is why he didn't play memory deluge

[@Kestral287]

Because Emperor doesn't matter. He's got answers for it lined up that aren't counterspells, so save the counters for actual haymakers.

[@grizzwald15]

What is your go to deck to grind standard events on arena?

[@lordless12]

Ugh, I still believe in CGBs Zur go Bur is best esper deck 😊

[@Alex-oy6kb]

why sacrifice the other emperor when it can be used to make more pressure?

[@jojojo9240]

To put pressure up faster. The opponent has no answers for the emperors anyways.

[@jojojo9240]

Also you have mirrex if all goes wrong

[@serv4ntPGR]

Why let emperor resolve??? 22:07

[@redemptionpeak9438]

With other answers in hand for her you COULD let it resolve so you can use deluge because that would be a bigger target and counter spells could be used on bigger threats like jace or keya who don’t stick around or can’t be targeted for removal.

[@JKGuitarPro]

cant believe I reached mythic before you again 😅 it just feels wrong

[@akumamatataaa]

Sweet sweet ctrl baby 💪😎 lets gooo

[@PatrickKassowRossing]

Watches till the end. Miss the post game wrap.

[@zackjones5362]

Yo cgb l've been a fan for a while now and I was finally in a spot to support the Content for the first time by buying some murch and I bought the dragon playmate dragon token bundle also the shark playmate and used the code cgb5 for the shark token so i could have the each token with each matt. But I ended up getting another dragon token. In the last part of your videos it said they are available, do you possibly know what's up with that? Thank you for your time.

[@raulsessa]

yOU MiSsEd LetHaL

[@drlegal3143]

speedrun into any% world record

[@SpartanMining]

adpocolypse 3.0 nice vid though

[@simoneamaro987]

I see thats only me that things that to have 4 land at turn 4 is a luxury and i have 24 in 62 cards

[@davidpurcell9497]

Standard is so bad rn can’t you play some Alchemy with new cards?

[@Kolgaki21]

Nice!!!

[@chuchugugu]

the landraw ratio has been insane lately -.-

[@adorkmoreon3599]

Here's a combo for you to build a deck around. Ratadrabik + Nagul. Keep one Nagul as the ring bearer. If you can highly increase the tokens you create it can really get nuts.

[@PennySheraldine]

Holy Hel dude I hate literally EVERY card in this deck. Great video, but standard being a removal fest is just so toxic to my mental

[@Enja_Near]

Mmmmm yes please.

[@TheArcanePengu]

CGB I miss Banksy ;-;

[@mauromapelli4836]

First one, always love your content. Grazie mille!

[@jeyjey7777]

Basically this deck is only good against people that doing absolutely nothing the first 3 turns, and that what is happens in this video. In best of one any aggro obliterate you, especially mono red

[@XaeroGames]

Thumbs up if you hate Farewell 👍

[@AulaGeschrabbel]

Normally I enjoyed watching your videos, but those „covertgoblue hq“ sequences are really annoying. I would be happier with you just telling people normally to go over to coolstuff inc, like you talk in the pre/postgame discussion

[@cyber.nihilist]

Please stop using Moxfield. It has issues exporting decks.

[@tonyprouteau3716]

Please, Can I Get Back My Magic Cards Burned, Thanks you🙏🙏🙏

[@Mezza_Runa]

Ban emperor

[@jansenlloyd9912]

First?

[@Tiax776]

Mirrex is so stupid. I hope they get rid of that.

[@JeF_91]

same old disgusting cards ..sigh

[@brownout100]

barf.

[@vladyslavkostyuk6332]

toxic deck. Its legal and all, but with nothing but counters and removal.... click concede and move on. dont give control mages the satisfaction of having a game.

[@nottsfhj]

toxic deck. its legal and all, but with nothing but creatures and burn spells.... click concede and move on. dont give rdw mages the satisfaction of having a game.

[@vladyslavkostyuk6332]

@@nottsfhj not a fair comparison. creatures+burn can be beaten by a wide variety of builds. Its balanced. Something like this, blue white control, can only be beaten by an incredibly narrow and specific build that will lose against anything else. And with mirrex, sunfall and emperor, control is even more disgustingly overpowered. oh and farewell, to get enchantments and artifacts too.

[@_____kb]

@@vladyslavkostyuk6332 In a healthy meta, top tier aggro will always be favored over control, which is favored over midrange which is favored over aggro. That's how MTG works.

[@Grundlesweat]

Bro can you make yet another UW based deck, I don't think you do that very often

[@david1913]

these bo1s make me puke