Is Collector's Cage actually busted?

Mono White Shitters Control Deck for MTG Arena Standard
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[@covertgoblue]

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[@mr.coolio1746]

Would have been nice if you added est time for convenience. ;)

[@Kuryux]

way too many non plains to be playing lay down...

[@carltremblay9451]

hey cgb why do you play field of ruin after their draw step giving them one more mana instead of at the end of your turn ?

[@forbidden.404]

WOTC heard the player base complaining about how many mythic wildcards we all had compared to rare wildcards, and now we get to spend all of those on Big Score cards

[@ender4101]

Damn, I WISH I was drowning in mythic wcs too :(

[@forbidden.404]

@@ender4101 they are not as easy to come by compared to commons and uncommons obviously, but most formats end up requiring more rares than mythics, so more likely than not you are running low on rares wcs

[@Dragon_Fyre]

@@forbidden.404I’m free to play, so I run low on all of them.

[@alexandreleveque8394]

I guess in brawl we prefer mythics (very greedy curve with an affinity for big spells, planeswalkers, expansive cards, a lot of mythic stuff in fact), but yes in all x4 exemplar formats it's more useful to have rares, especially for the mana base (triomes, ravlands, fetchlands etc... all rares and x4)

[@FluffySpikeM]

@@forbidden.404 That's only true if you start playing Arena from scratch (i.e. no collection). If you've played for a while, rares become way less of a problem. Mythics stay a problem even if you keep up with the game - unless you seriously whale up.

[@maaikevreugdemaker9210]

This deck genuinely convinced me why tocasia's welcome says once each turn lol...

[@wickederebus]

Because someone spent too much time playing Yugioh

[@LanaDelGayyylmao]

Using Hideaway cards with Elesh Norn MOM is my favorite thing. Double the triggers, double the hideaway pulls, double the chance to pull another Hideaway card and just roll from there lmaooo.

[@solarupdraft]

Playing control decks doesn't interest me, but watching CGB play them is relaxing somehow.

[@breakingthewall2112]

Agreed

[@fexxb]

It's also a deck I would love to play offline and look at my opponent with an annoying grin all the time :>

[@jonathanmccanless2273]

It's time for another mono white 200 card deck before rotation.

[@someguy1ification]

7:37 the "oops" there is golden

[@kylejohnson4662]

3 color control decks have trouble with mirrex, because they don’t have room for field of ruin.

[@hurkersmm]

If only Collector's Cage had been in standard at the same time as Emeria's Call.

[@parkerpope1163]

mono white control that just grinds to dust. I love every part of this. Really any mono-control I love

[@Tinil0]

I sometimes wonder if CGB even knows the top option for Flanker exists

[@breakingthewall2112]

Right!? It could have been huge a few times

[@andfriends11]

I love how hard CGB has leaned into the Mesa Falcon Gang.

[@DhorianGray]

Makes me nostalgic of monowhite midrange value slogfests, love it!

[@stephenpettengill5350]

You brought me back to the arena since I left in Crimson Vow. Go Mesa Falcons!

[@oscarguzman3017]

Anyone else have disproportionately more mythic rare wildcards than rare ones?

[@FreeFromAllThings]

I had...not anymore though

[@ryanmeier4530]

Yep. Fancy lands are at rare. That's where mine go.

[@Raiitei]

all the rare wildcards allways get used in lands u.u

[@chriswampler1]

I completed my play set of OTJ and all the Big Score cards after a couple of weeks. Yes, Collector’s Cage is very good. It is good to copy, good to double the triggers, all of the above. One of the strongest uses I have found for it is with Brawlers, Fight Rigging, Ornery Tumblewagg, Yarus, All Will Be One, and Siege Veteran. I will say that Omenpath Journey is a good card but have never needed more than 2 in any deck I have used them in. Territory Forge is one of those secretly good Big Score cards. Hint: Meticulous Excavation and Hulking Metamorph.

[@UnIucker]

The deck I climbed to mythic with last month was a collector's cage+backup boros brew. Also worked well in Naya counter/treasure midrange but I dont have the full land set for it so I gave up and made boros

[@AzureAiluren]

Watching those boardwipes was just...god damn.

[@TurkeyballsPaco]

The times I've seen Collector's Cage pop-off, it usually involves Nurturing Pixie to re-trigger and big hits like Moonshaker Cavalry

[@chriswampler1]

lol! Keep the Moonshaker under it for that secret threat for the win. Wait to pay the one until you drop one onto the field from your hand. Selesnya is a great home for the Cage along with Fight Rigging.

[@humanjackalope]

The Best in Best of One could actually be one of the most patient gamers around. Years of UW control have created a real monster. That last match would have killed my will to live but the power of an untouched Mirrex over 40 turns is amazing if one just waits.

[@l33tminion]

This deck tops out at four-drops (okay, also Vanquish the Horde, but that's cheaper when you want to cast it), so it doesn't seem the best way to highlight Hideaway, which really wants to cheat out some haymakers. At least might be worth replacing the Spirited Companion with Combat Thresher. The double-strike plays well with the extra counters, and you can possibly cheat out the large version.) And maybe adding a big Wanderer or two?

[@emotionalcontentmediaunltd2267]

I love brewing. Sometimes more than playing. And if you get something so odd like this people just have a meltdown hahaha I enjoyed this very much. What a pile hahahahaha

[@jots083]

I dig the brew. Will be interesting to see if it's viable post rotation. Losing vanquish the horde will hurt

[@BlackDragonStudios1]

This is my kind of deck..and lay down arms is such a sweet card..

[@seanjacobson1612]

I always find it funny when CGB is surprised that control players play super slow. Like, making the opponent sit there and do nothing is what makes them happy, of course they always go as slow as possible.

[@LaurentCassaro]

🤦‍♂️

[@arjunheart5859]

We've had hideaway in standard since New Capenna. They just haven't been playable, except the white one.

[@chriswampler1]

Fight Rigging has been used since day one. What do you mean? The white one is hardly playable. I think you are confused.(not meant as a jab)

[@arjunheart5859]

@@chriswampler1 I forgot that the Rigging was a hideaway card. I don't know how, but it didn't register to me.

[@zealiskander]

Last game is like: “I mean yeah sex is nice, but have you tried beating esper with one (1) Mirex and hitting them in the face like 17 times over 17 turns?”

[@lancelee338]

I think Mirrex is the real star of this deck

[@MirrorAshes]

No field esper really showing why the greed will get ya

[@iverson7x]

@15:13 you see him die inside

[@isidoreaerys8745]

Yes! Collectors cage and Nexus of Becoming are critically under valued!

[@bencheevers6693]

Did you stream this? Do you stream? I played this deck in the standard metagame challenge a day or two ago (so I think somebody was copying you) He ended my run with 2 soulless jailers but I had an out when he was out of gas but I used mists on a jailor and another random creature by accident and then shame conceded.

[@arminjesersky8301]

Here to leave comment since I watched the whole video while trying to get my newborn to sleep.

[@morganmoores7870]

Me too! CGB is my newborn middle of the night feeding playlist

[@lancelee338]

Funny enough, I got three collectors cages just by drafting. I gave one to my friend who plays atraxa in commander (among other decks, he’s cool, don’t judge him too hard). I’ve never played it myself tho lol

[@odysseuslost]

Death of a thousand paper cuts

[@michaelsilk275]

Hmmm. A black/green crime deck with those and soul cauldron.

[@thefinalboss4471]

This is the weirdest deck I've seen in a while. Just two or three 1/1s durdling around, somehow getting replaced each time the opponent decides they're worth a board wipe. And somehow it wins.

[@boobox2000]

32:47 Why did you choose the creature they were destroying for the counter? You could have put it on the farmhand.

[@alecthe2nd]

36:11 My brain cannot tell if you are holding a sippee cup or a short water bottle here, and it isn't helped by the fact that as I tried to decide you looked right at the camera and said the word "dopey"! It could be the ultimate troll! 😂

[@alecthe2nd]

"No way right? Its too dopey" 😂

[@donslaine]

I feel like I always have more mythic wildcards than rare ones

[@anubislee36]

This honestly looks like such a fun deck

[@kobisjeruk]

Nobody expect the spanish inquisition.

[@KalRyan]

I hated this video and everything about it! Have my juices!

[@MrFl0bo]

Been following the chanel for a while now and nice to see Cgb manages to be annoying no matter what format or deck 😅

[@dallinhilton3189]

I have 3 creatures with different powers, now I get to sweep the board for free!

[@dallinhilton3189]

I typed this at the beginning of the video to make fun of the deck, but now I’m at the end of the video and I wanna try it out. Why does this work?!

[@agentofashcroft]

Despite all my rage I'm still not playing collector's cage

[@hugopatola4267]

Despite all my rage ! I'm still just a rat in cage !

[@joshuahafer]

Ullet was definitely high while playing that game

[@archangeljmj6008]

I have more mythics than i can spend. Can't keep rares though

[@nogodk]

Needs more Market Gnome

[@DiscardatRandom]

Its just a little guy

[@nogodk]

@@DiscardatRandom who blocks red, and yields live and cards

[@ptp1999]

Love this daft deck.

[@williamebf444]

Can we get a Sandstorm Salveger deck?

[@thisispotatos9957]

If it works and its stupid, is it really stupid?

[@thomasmiller8289]

Algorithm juice box here ya go

[@netlinimp510]

Love your videos

[@Arcolyte13]

I reached way past the end of the last game today because I misread the timer while I was eating food. I haven't subscribed yet though, your content is kind of hit or miss but that is how the algorithm be sometimes. Hope the juice was worth the squeeze as it were.

[@orgeljonny4369]

Definitely a funny deck!!

[@mkylem]

Obligatory I'm being squeezed for interaction comment.

[@pumaluna4065]

Great handling of the deck and situations. Sorry that the format is quite boring

[@michaelboyer7253]

🦅

[@aznpholyfe6693]

but cgb

[@ClockworkEngineer]

This Hideaway is way too slow to actually matter. You may as well just play more of the card you'd want it to be.

[@undahraadaundahraada5594]

I've seen it be hilarious with Moonshaker Cavalry - which you definitely don't want to be playing too many of.

[@Raiitei]

hated every second (? :v

[@adamgreen6051]

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