It's Mono Black but every card is a removal spell | MTG Arena Ranked BO1 Standard Ladder Control

[@hurkersmm]

This is basically what happens whenever I roll the 750 gold/Kill 30 opponent creatures quest 😍

[@notdylan561]

Yeah I slapped together a boardwipe tribal deck for that one. Its...not bad actually.

[@AngelitoRage]

yes, we all need a deck like this to complete daily quests....and self-healing, damaging others 😌

[@MultiJoeKerr]

But sacrifice does not Count as kill

[@theachooinator]

I'm loving this experimental series you've been doing lately (the different black decks+the "Draw Cards in different colors" decks. I think its a great way to keep the format fresh during the summer!

[@cmfrtbly_nmb]

the rumors of Mono Black's demise were, in fact, greatly exaggerated

[@LeMuzi]

this is the content i subbed for...they took my hook...they took my Invoke...but they wont take my dignity as a black mage...KILL IT

[@stw7120]

I absolutely love this series. CGB is just flexing at this point and I'm all here for it.

[@Kino280]

It’s like Jank week, but instead of building around cards he’s building around concepts

[@jman2point0]

This list is an absolute delight, probably my favorite in quite awhile

[@loremaster6828]

I'm a simple man, I see removal tribal and I click

[@jonathanp5125]

This video ended too soon!! I could've watched so many more matches with this deck!

[@lobes117]

This flavor of "every card is removal"---I like it a lot

[@MagicGreenSquid]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Enchantments, Esper Legends and Mono-R players can't get ruined enough times for my liking :-)

[@StewartChambers]

bumped into someone on MTGA who was playing this deck - presumably saw the show and copied the list. got absolutely thrashed by it (was playing my mono green ramp) but hats off...it's a pretty effective build.

[@marginis]

Removal is my favorite tribal deck.

[@YuGiHo]

I run a mono black Toshiro commander deck that is basically this. I love it.

[@jacobbaird1180]

Same, I love Toshiro

[@sovietgreen9328]

I miss Tergrid.

[@jeremiahdriscoll9095]

Sweet deck, thanks for the list! I had to sub a few cards because I'm out of Rare wildcards *again*, but I've enjoyed the few games I've gotten to play with it.

[@PatrickKassowRossing]

Watched till the end. This was a fun one. Miss the post game wrap.

[@AntonioBanderasSPb]

5:01 Where did the invasion come from if it's not on the decklist?

[@protoquark]

Similar to my "Off with their Heads deck" when I have to kill all the creatures

[@wesrouse2599]

Okay this is the first deck in awhile that makes me wanna try standard again, but im sure ill be up only agaisnt creatureless control decks 😂

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

🎶 _Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match!_ 🎶

[@brunokbelo3248]

What format you play? I only play standard.

[@merke323]

Yeah, exactly, that's the problem with the deck: see no creatures by turn 3, maybe they're azorius? Just scoop.

[@Silent_Pyro]

23:25 ayooo, sheoldred getting strangled from the front and back 💀

[@jacobbaird1180]

This is beautiful

[@jantheflyingdutchman]

Henrika Domnathi is such a cool card that can be really good, but just doesn't tend to make the cut versus some of the other powerful 4 mana creatures, which is a shame.

[@MetalHev]

Shuffler: "here's all the zero permanent decks in the queue, have fun"

[@Linkwii64]

You'll encounter few match there and there but it not that bad. Just scoop and go on to the next game. CGI farming enchantment and mono red.😆

[@JR-xp1yr]

I play something kind of like this, not quite. I love Jeskai control: some life gain, board wipes, spot removal, value cards, card draw, etc. But I don't play enough to have the wildcards/resources to maintain a 3 color deck, so I opted for a Jeskai-esque mono black as it saved like 40 rare/mythics. It's pretty decent

[@SK-ep3eg]

Sounds pretty interesting, do you mind sharing the decklist?

[@CaptainMurdock1337]

Also interested in the decklist

[@KPX01]

winning with more than 20 life? this deck is actually a lifegain deck!

[@marekjurcik]

EVIL CGB AT HIS BEST!-) Thanks for the refreshing experimental phase, Sensei;)

[@subscr1pt_lucid797]

Love it when CGB uploads a deck that gets absolutely trounced by my normal deck. Who needs creatures when you have Arcane Bombardment?

[@geoturcotte]

You are having way too much fun with this deck...

[@josephiroth89]

15:31 Why did CGB say that the adversary could block Sheoldred? Or did he leave the Sheoldred behind intending to block the adversary? Did I just misunderstand what was going on here?

[@ElitePi1337]

Sheoldred blocks Adversary.

[@josephiroth89]

@@ElitePi1337 Okay... so it was just my interpretation of what he was saying that was wrong.

[@ZeroAccess]

CGB, telling the future one match at a time. Love when you can literally pick the opponent's brain apart!

[@RRedlund]

So you are telling me to play control today.

[@tobi-wankenobi3687]

Didn't even know this deck exists but never ever faced grave lighter before. Crushed it pretty easy with a phyrexian mono black. Oppo could not compete with recuring threads. Only build it for kill 25 creatures daily.

[@theBestInvertebrate]

Fun, would have liked to see a results breakdown.

[@AdamMarland]

I see you running Invasion of Innistrad in games but not in decklist... what was subbed out?

[@prufrock1977]

Monoblack removal is my favorite way to play. I love when the opponent quits after losing 3-4 creatures.

[@Asiis]

I tried and got paired against four control decks, three creatureless, and go wide soldiers. Fun

[@wesrouse2599]

​@@AsiisI was thinking as I watched this that if I run this, I will ONLY see control/creature less/ go wide decks 😂

[@starview00]

@@Asiis Same, matchmaking just pairs you with control and domain / breech. Not a good deck.

[@brightandmorningstar]

Problem is, there's nothing but Breech the Multiverse decks when I play.

[@marekjurcik]

Not after this one:)))

[@LesterMiserable]

Content Go Blue up in this bissssss

[@discopotato4089]

Can someone let me know if they banned invoke despair in historic?

[@headlessfool7050]

Hilarious . Also, Arena Shuffler peak performance, and on Video !

[@binkycat]

I play a zero rare removal deck that's pretty much the same thing. It has a pretty good win rate even against legitimate decks.

[@bryanleblanc5648]

It's also a reflection of the meta, without invoke there are more creatures and planeswalkers and without fable your removal is more 1 for 1. I have the exact reverse of this deck (trying to make bant superfriends a thing!) and... it has no turn 1 or 2 removal so it has a huge lossrate. Most decks without cut down, burn, or lay down arms are just bad in B01 rn

[@Icameron259]

Like CGB said in the intro, it's a much more viable strategy in Best of One, where 1) the meta is much more aggressive and 2) there is no opportunity to sideboard to take advantage of your Removal Tribal meme deck.

[@bryanleblanc5648]

@@Icameron259 for sure, superfriends is probably better in bo3 but I'm not a great sideboarder I play bo1

[@tuomasronnberg5244]

​@@bryanleblanc5648sideboarding is a skill that needs to be learned. Start by playing with no sideboard whatsoever. No, seriously. Then after each loss think what card would have helped you, and put two of those in your sideboard. See what happens when you come up against that deck again. Keep doing this while you adjust the cards and their number in your sideboard. Continue until you're confident in your deck.

[@bassburglar4053]

Straight up awesomeness 🤙

[@matthewbryan6774]

Why does this deck make me so happy lol

[@mistrchees]

Farming the creature decks

[@Farfetchd.]

morbid opportunist would probably be a nice source of card draw for this deck, if a little slow.

[@flaremag1975]

Not the first but always glad to be here for early squad. Love your videos, keep it up!

[@Xgya2000]

Murder Dot Deck. Was never as satisfying to me as Counterspell Tribal, but very close.

[@hedduyou]

What deck is that intro clip from where you have like 100 huge creatures out?

[@michaelmcallister-uy3lf]

He didn't have video of the best part. When you actually flip the sheoldred and all those creatures you spent all game killing show up on your side of the board. Epic.

[@Luna-Lux]

Everyone scoops before that happens

[@michaelmcallister-uy3lf]

@Luna-Lux happily not everyone. I had 2 games yesterday where I flipped it. I don't think everyone knows what this card does, it's not played much in the current meta. Against esper legends it was a thing of beauty.

[@jaredplaudis4825]

I have never seen a gravelighter played before today. Today, I played 5 games against decks with it.

[@theonewhohasowotism4093]

Might be because it's showing up in lotr jump in and everyone gets a playset

[@jaredplaudis4825]

@@theonewhohasowotism4093that makes sense!

[@westonwillard2698]

Can't wait to see even more Sean Connery in future videos.

[@aarlavaan]

I run something similar, but in grixis, for the kill 30 creatures quest.

[@Swamp_Thing_4487]

Use grave lighter or even plague crafter??

[@Ren-1979]

❤monoblack and hate the freaking shuffler...

[@thelifeofmasters7704]

Best of three side board option for this deck?

[@diegogamboaramirez6735]

17:38 remember sheoldred has menace bro 😊

[@docauch5938]

The life gain in this deck is insane

[@thrillhouse4151]

I just bought a copy of Ink Eyes for half price today, hope it wasn’t “inked” on.

[@lshook]

In the second match, you drew 2 Invasion of Innistrad cards but I don't see them listed in the deck list. What cards did you remove from thew deck to add these?

[@yannickguitar1539]

Nice deck! Love it.

[@guilhermetomishiyoteixeira4731]

Hey kids, you see this cool deck and think "f** it I'll craft it! What could go wrong?" What WILL go wrong is that you will face 10 Mind splice aparatus decks in a row. Trust me. You will suffer.

[@phillipladefoged1694]

hiow can u draw a "go for the throat" it isnt on the list xd

[@Genaral_Doom]

I know overall it didnt matter but around 15:35 you made a comment about intrepid being able to block sheoldred but sheoldred has menace i guess maybe if you were worried about flash but you made it sound like it was just a flat block

[@TomTom-xm3id]

I loved this!!❤❤❤

[@syk2973]

i lovest this mate8s deack vidoe!!

[@pedrodiehl419]

Dude, I just lost 5 min ago for this Deck. hahahah I was playing monored. I miss my 3rd landrop, never could come back.

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

I gotta know, how do I play Dimir in this format? I've been trying to do the triland+Drown thing but it's sketchy.

[@TakenoKatana]

Huh in the Video he is using the -13-13 Battle which isn't on the list.

[@freyamiles3718]

Grenn players watch the flowers in early summer to watch them bloom. Black players look at flowers late summer to watch them wither. Golgari pkayers are something else

[@ac34116]

reminds me of old kamigawas iname flavor texts

[@freyamiles3718]

@@ac34116 oh the shrines are all mystical except the red shrine that's so funny

[@phlumpharmatitical3888]

Would this deck not just suck against control?

[@a5h1y]

absolutely

[@kamakazitp]

Yes. Any deck not heavy on creature cards. It doesnt put enough pressure to be aggro on its own.

[@marekjurcik]

There are still quite a lot of bodies in this deck and you have the Corrupt and Liliana with the great ultimate. I would say it is still playable even against control.

[@kamakazitp]

@@marekjurcik you can get lucky, but after playing a lot of matches, ramp is a tough matchup, so is skrelvs hive, on the draw versus enchantment if you don’t have cut down for their one drop, and control with sunfall is tough, so is monoblue djinn

[@Minmataro718]

If i played this deck all i would ever see is control decks.

[@Gaston-Melchiori]

Mono removal, i love it XD

[@Hitzel]

I stayed until the end.

[@ericbarr734]

I miss being told that I'm cool at the end of each video

[@salomar77]

Why not add Mirrex to make Hendrika and Gravelighter a bit better as well as having something to attack with :)?

[@BosmanB]

Covert, You should change music for this video for Type o Negative: Everything Dies ;)

[@chubbs6684]

Why did you take the invasions out? Too hard to flip?

[@kylenash5963]

removal tribal i love it lol

[@illstplaya84]

Is this standard or historic ????

[@TCTopps]

Love this deck, but I can’t help but feel it would get clowned by control. All those removal sitting in your hand while they make land drops, then all your big hitters get countered since they don’t care about their tokens getting killed

[@mcbescheiden725]

Yeah for Sure, but in bo1 you face a Lot of aggro

[@reguengos15]

I think it is a fine deck for dailies and if you dont mind to concede those matchups

[@vendettarules1]

I miss that you don't put the format in the vid title anymore.

[@falaaevictor]

CGB Could you keep the new names for video but at least say what format the deck is?

[@50yrOldTennisImprover]

excellent

[@pangopod2969]

That's my style !

[@rasmusforlorn7767]

With Ossification being played quite a bit, would there be a viable card to add to this deck that can kill a land (and a creature along the way)?

[@giuseppevgiordano]

Monoblack doesn't like destroying permanents

[@mefikFS]

Im waiting now for blue deck but every spell is bounce spell :P

[@mikeyj.philly]

Why is CGB doing a bad Dr. Disrespect impression lol

[@tcmatias]

Imagine this deck with Invoke Despair

[@Herenoeviltattoos]

Standard… on a sunday?

[@22TheJuggernaut]

Covertgoblack

[@StanZibar420]

This is the most blue mono black deck ever. You want to play? Nope!

[@SphinxMTN]

CGB, You are cool

[@CristianCiotti]

Seriously there wasn’t any need for this deck on the ladder. There’s enough annoyance already.

[@mistysowards7365]

26 lands. Why. that's 6 too many could be 4 sheoldred the apocalypse and 2 card draw

[@koragola]

I think you need to run path of peril if you’re gonna seriously run this.

[@RigorM0]

What about splashing the G/B legendary that draws and destroys enchants when damaging a player, 3/3 deathtouch initiative ?

[@RiKSh4w]

Yeah. I got a list like this for Historic. Why bother building a deck with 'card advantage' and 'synergy' when the opponent is blowing their hand on turn 2 and a couple of fatal pushes completely destablises them.

[@Ltnuggetv3]

i would cry if i had to play against this lmao

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

Other decks play / Monoblack kills!

[@johnmorton4750]

I just come here to watch the mono red decks get destroyed.

[@matthewjessey12]

Manipulating the meta to increase your UW control winrate