Every non-swamp card in this deck removes creatures | Mono Black Control Standard MTG Arena

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[@Bostich]

I run a deck like this for whenever the "Kill X Creatures" daily happens.

[@tcmatias]

And then you face a control deck 😂

[@Bostich]

@@tcmatias Every time, thank you. matchmaker.

[@rainbowfox22]

Well I just got that quest today, it seems like we all know what time it is 😈

[@dillonlee1164]

I run black white afterlife for that challenge 😂

[@pyrobob5724]

Same

[@imaginarymatter]

That one guy certainly emBoros-ed himself.

[@fiendfrank]

👌

[@blobzombie]

What an em-Boros-ment to the game.

[@ZeRedSpy]

I like how in the deck intro CGB tells you to just scoop to control match ups and go play a different game; and, then most of the people he plays scoop to the control match up and go play a different game.

[@daniduc]

Reminder: if Meathook wasn't banned, it wouldn't have rotated out of standard yet. Can you imagine how the meta would be?

[@Bersarker]

That's why I love Explorer, I don't see any of this shitty standard meta decks, maybe that Boros Pile, but that should be it :D

[@LinkyGene]

Hell yea, it would be much more enjoyable then currently!

[@the_r4ts]

Boros convoke wouldn't exist and mono-red would probably would be built differently.. but mono-white would be fine with Thalia into Peacekeeper naming Hook just like it did when Hook was legal

[@blobzombie]

Wizards seriously need to reconsider unbanning it. It'd really help balance against all of the white sweepers getting played.

[@yejifanboy1981]

Why is meathook even banned like….

[@joshuahafer]

savagenic is a baby

[@danzoingo]

I wish to speak with Savagenic.... show yourself.

[@Xalkerro]

hahaha! Exactly my thought. Toxic is the name of game

[@thomaseddy7347]

Holy crap, that last game was incredible!

[@602x10tothe23]

I appreciate you reacting to the game but not spoiling what happens at all

[@damo9961]

Yeah scrolling comments before watching the video and being offended by spoilers at the same time? 200 IQ plays ........@@602x10tothe23

[@Adam-fn3ed]

Yeah, that was a pretty sweet game

[@jamesstevenson3116]

Imagine being ranked in mythic and still not playing veteran BEFORE you play other creatures. Boros is definitely the new brain red dead

[@tommygol15br]

Cgb did exactly the same sequencing error in one of the recent videos

[@CorneliusQvist]

Bro you’ve been on fire since you had the Florida Man lifestyle influence you. Love the energy in the in- and outros. Just super entertaining content all around.

[@josiahdavis8630]

Amazing comeback!!! Well played sir.

[@ALovelyMan]

Could you imagine how humiliating it would be to net deck someone and get matched up against them and get so salty you rope that person out because you realize that just because you’re using a good deck doesn’t mean you’re a good MTG player.

[@blobzombie]

That comeback in the final game was intense and fun to watch. Warleader's Call was insanely good in that matchup.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

Want a brutal drinking game? Take a shot every time a creature dies.

[@RenanTheBoss21]

another mono black deck? awesome!!

[@sleazeberg]

CGB: "its an 80% creature meta" Me playing control: "its 80% control/mirror matches"

[@brianarsuaga5008]

I'm continually AMAZED by the number of people who rope me out. Like, what's the point? What are you even mad about? (although, I also often play prison type decks, so I get being a LITTLE annoyed... but just scoop!)

[@PsychedelicCheeseburgers]

That first game was incredible haha. I don't think I've ever seen such a bodying in a mirror match (not counting mana problems).

[@kallofkthuluz5922]

That last game was an epic win for mono black! Well played sir

[@richardthomas9529]

CGB, you’re the only one I trust to teach me about the meta and how to deal with it 😊

[@LordZurkov]

At 19:00, the autotapper was actually helping. It left up a land with a non-mana ability that you had enough mana activate. The only problem is that while you can charge a Blast Zone for 0, it does diddly jack bupkis.

[@maximumjoker8692]

If people finish all 3 timeouts, it should be an auto ff imo

[@supitsriley]

Yup or an hour ban. The timer system is dogshit

[@TwitchyWilson]

Loving this new direct intro style 😘

[@jasondelpire9786]

Game 3 was an opponent from the Boros video, too. They played the same deck.

[@TC-cq7oc]

I'm reminded of Seth's boardwipe tribal deck from a couple weeks ago. This one is built better because it's not trying to be a meme, though.

[@pretends2know]

I learned from watching Ash that Massacre Girl, Known Killer isn't just a commander card, so she may justify a draw engine in a kill everything deck.

[@daniduc]

Ash is a way better player than I am, I never managed to make massacre girl to be effective when I played it. 99% of the time it was a 4 mana does nothing dies, for me. I'm not saying the card is the problem, I'm saying I couldn't make it work, even tho I saw Ash's videos. It is very skill dependent. In the end, I thought I was way better off with Shelly for 4 mana.

[@mikewest7839]

This is basically my Athereos Brawl deck, board wipes and instant removal and card draw.

[@TheWashout13]

"Creatures are 80% of the meta" yet I still face the same Esper, Dimir and Azorious decks over n over!!

[@moipaz2290]

I have been thinking Arcane bombardment might be up for a come back, there's so much cheap and versatile removal.

[@odststalker5117]

my goodness I miss Meathook Massacre

[@filkearney]

fierce deck! :)

[@FlowBerni]

This video had me again realize how absolutely absurd Sheoldred is.

[@richbainbridge]

Magic is simply rock, paper, scissors. When there is so much rock in the format you play paper, it doesn’t matter if you lose to scissors.

[@daddykratos6022]

And when all else fails, you physically attack your opponent. Never lose a game that way

[@MrDankDro]

Both BW Lifegain and Mono Black Control have been clowning mono red and boros hard. It's been pretty fun. Lol

[@user-pi3op3pp2z]

A control that doesn't play with creatures: "what kind of shit did you make up?"

[@andersonanderson1009]

I'll never get there, but it's slightly comforting to know that AFK'ing isn't just something in Bronze ranks and can seep into the top ranks.

[@Red_Mag3]

*Laughs in creatureless Arcane Bombardment*

[@Red_Mag3]

Sidenote, strange to see no Corrupt

[@daniduc]

How does arcane Bombardment fares against creature bores convoke deck? I'm interested.

[@Red_Mag3]

@@daniduc it completely depends on if you draw Vampire's Vengence on your turn 3, if you do you sweep their entire board on their turn before they can swing. Then you can usually mop up the knights after and they're topdecking for the rest of the game. Mono red is actually a harder matchup because they use more haste and direct burn. Boros and Mardu Bombardment are a little more resilient with looping Founding of the Third Path and Sunset Revelry, but I'm a Grixis Poison enjoyer myself so it's harder. So a long way of saying that Lifegain and Oops All Removal are great for the meta cause they keep Mono Red down, and are farmable by creatureless strats like Bombardment.

[@daniduc]

@@Red_Mag3 thanks, much appreciated.

[@alexn6121]

CGB being vindicated against aggro decks was so satisfying to watch.

[@risendragongames]

CGB: They didn't have an easy way to remove the Sheoldred OPPONENT: Liliana of the Veil...

[@qmarkus2836]

Back in my Magic Duels on Xbox days I had a deck I called "Bad Deck". Mono B w/ nothing but removal & 4 chonky win cons. Something like an 80% win rate. lol

[@RodrigoPRS]

Me, an educated fellow with an orzhov deck without creatures focused on dismounting opponents with resort mostly on creatures/planeswalkers

[@mcchubbz2975]

At this point I’m thinking we should get Meathook back.

[@L1v3W1r3d]

10:48 The Curse of Daily Content Strikes Back

[@ohword620]

This deck would give me aneurism if i played against it for like a minute

[@comando.ror2]

I wanted to ask a question but now I don't, dam u CTB!

[@brunoferreira6066]

Could you imagine meathook in a boros meta 😈

[@TheDisturbed0ne1]

Savagenic, while mythic, managed to make the absolute worst possible plays while playing one of the absolute easiest decks. Par for the course for Arena ranked I guess lol.

[@davidsen1805]

I'm not sure how much to read into long decision making in the opponents. I've lost dozens of games cause I get a waiting for server screen in the middle of my turn and can't do anything.

[@Asiis]

I'm at 35 matches with zero non ramp/control opponents. I envy your matchmaking algorithm

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

Mono Black Control has entered the chat.

[@armtehcannon4813]

8:50 “I wish them only the worst of luck for the rest of time.” But you played this deck!?

[@aaronpersons1155]

"NO QUESTIONS!"

[@DatMuffCabbage]

banger

[@dittmar104]

Surely there is a best of 3 versions that just uses the side board to swap 15 kill spells out for solutions to control

[@Say_Tin]

"We got mana to pump into this baby, gonna do some fun things" -CGB 5:10

[@LukasPlasil]

There is no better removal than player removal...so Shoeldred fits perfectly

[@XAction20X]

Brought this deck to Standard Showdown and took it down 4-0. Toxic and Boros Humans didn’t know what hit ‘em.

[@stilltraceable6753]

I only needed 15ish wildcards to craft this one. 7 rare 6 mythic rare and a handful of uncommons

[@davidbiggin6109]

Last time i ran a removal heavy deck like this i hit 5 in a row pure azorious control/mill decks 😂

[@Meowmeow.age.6]

10:53 it is not an exact copy. He is playing Thran Portals instead of tapped lands. Also he ran 1 copy of a 1 drop life gain dude (which I don't like for this deck). Personally I haven't found the tapped lands to be of much use - I think Mirrex might be better.

[@mefikFS]

CGB: Gix command is better in deck with more creatures Also CGB: 8 creatures is "more"

[@phantomjoker5362]

Collecting evidence is like delve?🤯

[@xxxmelficexxx]

CGB bat challenge!!!

[@JasstoJazz420]

Nah CGB, YOU'RE COOL!!!

[@danielstoner3831]

This deck reminds me of mtg remy's video, doom, doom, doom ;D

[@juansierrajr]

Covert go boom?

[@hyrumjrichardson]

CGB juicing his win rate by posting a video about a deck, telling other people to play it, and then playing the deck that counters that deck XD

[@drummingtildeath]

It's like he's always one step ahead of the people that copy him

[@MrFrazzleDazzle]

It’s almost like we need Meathook Massacre back for this stupid turbo win boros deck…

[@voidrip5780]

How ironic for the CGB netdecker to be the one roping him. Doubt he even stayed till the end of the video. (not cool dude)

[@77fonebone]

I think he just wants wizards to ban all creature cards, but then, also probably burn spells too.

[@SirFatCatt]

Boros hasn't been this good since Innistrad lol it's crazy how everyone hates the deck when it's good 😂

[@jackattackhissnack]

That boros player through away the game by blocking lol

[@highshelf]

Sometimes i get pissed off an run a deck like this just to make other people feel salty

[@louisnemzer6801]

Removal tribal

[@damo9961]

So control shits all over this deck? Auto scoop?

[@doublethomas8415]

If 80% of the meta is creatures and you win 95% percent of creature matchups then 1/2 of the game is 90% mental.

[@SheetsInc]

You can take this even further and make every non land card a wrath... Mtg goldfish fried this but Seth runs too few lan e and too many colorless lands.

[@Lunalata]

I'd play Malicious Malfunction over Malicious Eclipse but that's just me 😅

[@thisispotatos9957]

In that boros game, was it a lucky topdeck though? I mean in the top 15 with 4 counts of the card it should have a very, very significant chance to pull it. But with shuffler 'fine' and all, yeah like 0.003% chance. I remember playing Commune with Spirits trying to pull a land and the top 4 cards was Generous Visitor. Which ironicly is a spirit, but not something commune hits. Felt great.

[@SigilCraft]

bump

[@MagicMerlin688]

It doesint matter what deck I play I could copy this same excat one and still get screwd on every single draw lol

[@odststalker5117]

monoblack you say

[@marcomarino1390]

That‘s this fun, diverse and healthy meta in the „fun“ MTGA client… Hyper Aggro vs. toxic and lame „kill all“ control decks.

[@marcelmot8164]

Cgb complaining about playing against his own decks is so funny to me

[@MrShawnshall]

Creeping death

[@schlurosaurusrex2827]

yes and if you do, the matchmaker amps the zero-creature-control and poison matchup. yeah, what fun it is...At least in lower level ranks and freeplay.

[@MRgamer00001]

@Covertgoblue We want Cody

[@daniellee8162]

Love spamming token creatures with Gothmog. Stops green in its tracks.

[@rabidpeanut3703]

God this deck gets owned by RNG. I think I have yet to face a non-token creation deck or straight graveyard squirming deck trying this out. WHAT ARE THE ODDS? XD Well at least Mono red is straight up non-existent for me with this.

[@weasley313]

I think people who always play on PC tend to forget that there are Mobile players aswell who suffer from that god aweful mobile client that just crashes out of no reason or that someone just came in while you weren't supposed to be on your phone. It's not always just saltiness

[@Cyrinil142]

I think people who play on mobile forget that all of those reasons are *also* a waste of everyone's time. Whether salt roping or not, it's just as rude.

[@weasley313]

@Cyrinil142 trust me if I could stop this client from crashing randomly I would. Sometimes it crashes twice before I can even see my first mulligan. Of course its rude to just close the phone because something in real life happened but that's just how it is. Real life sometimes is more important than playing video games

[@adamgreen6051]

!

[@canadasyrup2125]

Um CGB WhY DoES ThE DEcK HaVe TWo cARds thAT AreNT RemOVAL?

[@FreeFromAllThings]

Isn't this just a regular mono-black deck?

[@devonpiersol1207]

Imagine salty roping CGB, the guy who built your Boros deck

[@tyborgmaster]

Day 36 of asking for Covert Go Beard

[@deathwraith2318]

I love how the meta is so warped by aggro that you can make a control or midrange deck and *completely* disregard the mirror. Just win the aggro match up, and that's 80% of your games --_--

[@Peter-tq1hr]

Its time to unban meathook by now

[@sergioaugusto166]

Sheoldred Apocalypse is not removal, flavor fail

[@LiamNoir]

Warning: The meta has shifted (3 days is a long time in Arena). This deck is worthless now, or I just keep getting the worst matchups.

[@edgom6216]

still shit now?

[@Djinn-xf2kd]

This is normal in today’s game. It’s one of the easiest decks to make and these youngsters gravitate to the easy.

[@thor82ak]

When we getting a CovertGoCrew Murders at Karlov Manor special? Feels like someone is slackin... Got that retired mindset already. Sheesh.

[@cmfrtbly_nmb]

Mono B is BAE

[@TimO-lj2uk]

People that play mono black have 0 deck buildings skills or imagination.