Life gain hasn't been this good in years!

[@westonlines6241]

This is a huge turning point in CGB’s MTG journey! His hatred for mono-red has led him to see the light of life gain 😇

[@Beesechurger_73]

Resplendent Angel is one of my favorite cards ever printed

[@tristinbulko6786]

Such a cool animation too, feels like a power move on turn 3 lol

[@vermora356]

This decks looks like it CRUSHES mono red. Even their good draws when they're on the play. Definitely going to play this one.

[@AggroCrow616]

CGB is singlehandedly the only person keeping me playing Standard

[@Rusaarules]

You need some Legend and Sonio in your life.

[@horsebones727]

Explorer is the way to go 😎

[@just_zohan]

And for me it has been the case for a couple of years now! I'd probably only play historic brawl, explorer and limited if it wasn't for him

[@AgentPazuzu]

Still haven't really tried explorer. Is the explore meta limited to/plauged by a few go-to competative decks?

[@just_zohan]

@@AgentPazuzu if you play ranked or bo3 events it can get grindy, but usually you get a lot of fun matchups. I played a couple of play queue matches as Rakdos Midrange and Dimir Rogues and ran into Amalia / Wildgrowth Walker combo and Invasion of Alara cascade combo. The format is cool because you can either play to win, or play for fun, or even both (unless you get thoughtseized every game lol)

[@Mattball82]

Yesterday I played an explorer game with an Orzhov angels lifegain deck I just made and played an opponent with probably 95% the same deck. The game took like 45 minutes and ended in a draw. He got the faceless haven/book of exalted deeds combo, but I was at 1756 life to his -705 at the draw. I also had the same combo in my library waiting to be drawn lol (thanks to an older video that I watched from this channel)! The turn he decided to finally block the attack lasted well over 30 seconds and most of it took place off screen. The draw was because his blocks resulted in 148 triggers on Bishop of Wings, which each one triggered 4 times 4 life gain. He was going to gain over 2300 life that turn! He got from -1133 to -705 then the draw happened from timeouts with 122 of the 148 triggers (each times 4 still) not done. Nothing was in either graveyard. It was majestic. I know CGB and any fans of his would appreciate this and thanks if you read all the way!

[@CeeBeMac]

That last game is the type of battle I like watching 😎 Kudos on the dope deckbuild!

[@NicolasTasche]

I like that the first oppo called “WhoRlyCares” plays it out to the last deluge.

[@TrophyGuide101]

Resplendent Angel reminds me of when I first played standard, not sure how meta it was but because I played a Ajani Pridemate cat lifegain deck it was mirrors everywhere. Games were just two huge Pridemates hitting each other and ending with ridiculous stalemates were players had over 1k life.

[@brawlfan9999]

Man, lifegain stalemates are fun if you like to see numbers go up in a ridiculous amount

[@plutonrond9206]

I miss stalemates in general in magic, that's such a cool moment where every decision matters to tip it to your side

[@AndrewVM11]

Fun stuff! :D I really liked using the Thran Portal for mana fixing in my lifegain brew since the damage is far less significant. Amalia and Voice are monsters and I'd love to make a lifegain deck that can actually compete with domain.Thanks for the video!

[@ertuzu2]

i really enjoyed this video :) i just cheer for life gain decks and it is great to see, a new version that might be playable in standard and gives me a a view new additions out of the new set for my commander collection :D

[@GTAjedi]

Angels and Clerics. A timeless combo

[@JoShe-c2o]

I'd love to see what CGB could do with the millennium calendar

[@funguslore]

Probebly control with the calendar as the only wincon😂

[@EduardG1976]

Combo with All Will Be One

[@danbecker9805]

Loved the wrap up conversation!

[@TheFluke32]

"Ward - Pay 3 Life." It is such a beating 😂

[@matthewerickson3734]

CGB single handedly got me into standard

[@marcusolsen96]

Lifegain was my first fav deck when I started playing and it was so strong at the time with cards like Heliod, Daxos, Linden, Alseid, Speaker, Righteous Valk, Skyclave Maul and I even played boros sometimes for the hmm… Blade Historian (?) that could give double strike to someone 😌

[@edwardsullivan5884]

I was doing Mono White Healing Soldiers... Switched to trying to incorporate Sheoldred with no luck, but this helps a lot

[@GuildMasterTrav]

CGB bringing back a classic OutKast song. Nice!

[@somekindadragon3414]

CGB is probably the only person who could get me back on Arena.

[@T-Stokes]

Got my a** kicked a couple times today by this deck. Thanks a lot CGB 🤣 But nah you have a strong following and people love your decks. They are effective for sure 🔥

[@hoplaaaa]

Damn, I didn't notice the resplendent angel was back in Ixalan. It brings back some fond memories!

[@Draichnyr]

She's back, and her new art is gorgeous.

[@geekwhosings]

Liking this before I even see the games. This is one of my fav archetypes! May get me back into Arena for this :)

[@mysticthunder5838]

It feels great to see you farming the red decks. I feel it is time to do the same.

[@silash.5535]

Interesting take on lifegain! Really like the deck

[@jefrylopez2588]

Dude that opening is soo lit!

[@endlesstidesofphyrexia4357]

CGB low key singing a Magic themed cover of NiN’s Perfect Drug has just about made my evening 😂

[@RafaelAAMerlo]

The reference to both of them actually is Tim Burton's "This is Halloween" :P

[@RafaelAAMerlo]

@@honestabe411 Huahauhau, true, my bad mismatching director and composer in the hurry 🤣

[@petejuliana8537]

CGB with the sneaky OutKast reference.

[@lordfenrir1394]

Ive being playing life gain even before Ixalan, and MRed scooped at 3rd turn some times.

[@binbhrf]

While orzhov does seem better on paper I've found better succes with seles leveraging augar and sigarda for card advantage. Playing off the top also makes resplendant more viable without bishop making life easy.

[@TheZombiegenesis]

"I wanted to play my game!" I actually laughed out loud at this. Unless your game is "constant removal" you don't get to play any game in Magic Arena. :)

[@moralnexus]

I like this deck because it is full of removal that incidentally gains life. Prob does just as well without as many lifegain payoffs

[@DmitryGrunin]

Hi! What is the app for matchup analytics in the end of the video?

[@jaredplaudis4825]

As a control player myself, I truly cannot wait until Wandering Emperor rotates out

[@gabrote42]

9:00 I would have attaced with the fortress for the drain 2 trigger

[@l33tminion]

Which Johnny-bait line is more likely to actually come up in games: The "exactly 20 power" on Amalia or the 1000 time counters on Millennium Calendar?

[@begovere6419]

The "exactly 20 power" is a emergency break to not get into an infinite loop with Wildgrowth Walker ("Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on Wildgrowth Walker and you gain 3 life.") Without that "exactly 20 power" you could get unlimited explore whenever you get life and get life when you explore.

[@Goldy01]

Getting TMC to 1000 counters isn't too difficult

[@jarrodreed8183]

Thought about doing a throne with cleric tribal and the draw card angel cleric

[@emti29]

I like that rank 69 is briefly shown. Nice

[@carlpalacios]

The one in best of one is back in standard!

[@drakelastimoso8257]

Be-na-v-des a-gui-re

[@eduardojuste]

I crafted this deck and life has been hell since then. :( solid 37% winrate

[@edwardsullivan5884]

I struggle with the rare wildcards... Need about 10 gold cards just to get the same mana... another 8 to finish creatures

[@deathwraith2318]

If it clowns on Brain Dead Mono Red, it gets my stamp of approval.

[@nijalgriffin1981]

I really want to see a Abzan life gain deck

[@CuTeapot]

I know you said no questions, but where are the "no questions" sleeves haha

[@sacha2785]

Amalia - BEN-AH-VEE-DESS is how you pronounce it

[@cupcakeapplesauce]

Actually cool deck

[@damo9961]

Yes! I'm always looking for decent decks that absolutely obliterate mono red.

[@Enkelados1]

Its not decent, spare your wildcards

[@JKGuitarPro]

Wait, what are you doing down in Platinum?

[@HidemiChan]

Yorion and gin is still in standard?

[@Goldy01]

yorion isn't; there are two gin-gitaxis in standard, but not the "draw 7" kind

[@valentinbouvard7798]

you're cool CGB

[@CakoKun]

Deep Cavern Bat could be interesting in this type of deck. The little bat helps with life gain and can exile a sweeper or removal from opponent's hand.

[@Goldy01]

Seems like an auto-include to me

[@dispenserjakethedog5579]

that lst game was nuts

[@acedobleace]

TAINTED REMEDY REJOICING

[@fatalheal]

Hopefully, Wizards will bring back my Torgaar one day.

[@LucasN4scimento]

Life gains come to hunt mono red, now a question is your hate for monored overcome the boredon of life gain in previusly sets?

[@TrophyGuide101]

Looks like mill is back on the menu boys

[@Sdustin77]

I'll play this in standard just to keep mono red out of mythic 😂

[@BarnettBlazer]

here, take my wildcards!

[@Gonkcal]

Any deck that beats mono red is a good deck in my book...

[@chriscunningham6401]

Does anything even rotate out these days? I thought a lot of the cards opponents have been playing would have been gone by now.

[@cups9449]

They made rotation changes this year by extending another year so midnight hunt, kamigawa, capenna, crimson vow won't rotate until next year.

[@YouWinTheAward]

cgb dropping andre 3k lyrics lmao

[@jackmondbatchelor9632]

love this

[@tomis080]

Honestly if it lets me beat mono red I’ll play it

[@facebreakr]

Down with mono red!

[@suNn.K.O]

Life gain? More like the lifepainfully most boring archtype! You're lucky you're a joy to watch, CGB. ;-)

[@benbachman9085]

You absolute liar! I feel so betrayed by you CGB! You owe some so many wildcards for building this! 2-12

[@MikulOnIce85]

Anything to get a win over Mono Red eh CGB?

[@dimaanufrienko2576]

What about HB?!))))

[@Slap-m4s]

Wow 2 mana life gain

[@Slap-m4s]

Ease oh

[@jaredplaudis4825]

So many early scoops by opponents in here

[@DocShotsPhotography]

Game one Opp draw go and does nothing lol But I guess they don’t really care

[@archangeljmj6008]

When did cbg turn into James bottomtooth? 🤪

[@plopp2000_]

Day 12 of asking CGB to play The Locust god

[@Crazyphapha]

hi cgb please bring mechtitan back this set

[@Jerrysaurus]

I miss Jinny-G

[@kaemonbonet4931]

Amalia seems like something for legends. getting extra lands and selection might be better than rona for that deck.

[@Enkelados1]

ngl, im kinda bitter this video made me spent wildcards on gumdrop pos. Such a useless card.

[@BensonMTG]

I call bullshit on going 8-1. Arena hoses your deck, rigging your matches and draws and opening hand.

[@guidoromero5702]

Tip: Google translate will give you the correct spanish pronunciation ;)

[@dnicx143]

But CGB, you hate lifegain :(

[@wiktorszczepanowski5526]

standard is back on the menu boys!

[@FullMetalMexican2025]

I love it how mono colored decks, control decks get humiliated not only on this channel but all mtg arena channels web wide😂 And these mono players suck at creating unique ingame names & I love how salty/bitter they are😂😂

[@Geekintheflesh]

One of the worst decks I've played so far.

[@DJHaku12]

I don't critique you much, but you can turn off the ability to record your system sounds.

[@jakobnielsen229]

Why not show games where you loose as you must have with this deck as the mana base are horrible.

[@juanpablomaldonadoguzman5513]

WHY DON'T YOU APPLY STYLES????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@artificieraustin4855]

Ngl, life gain is for wusses in mtg arena. Soon as i see one of the staple cards im out. Not gonna sit here and let them pretend theyre good

[@vyletongue7206]

No new Resplendent Angel Art? UNSUBSCRIBE

[@GFauxfox]

This deck completely fails the current standard meta because standard is currently filled to the brim with board wipes that this deck has no answer for as well as enchantments which this deck can't remove.

[@cycleben]

This deck sucks, I don't know how you got an 8-1, you should play under another account that isn't preferred and see what the meta actually allows.

[@KoDoG06]

Another clickbait trash deck from "The one in best of one"😂😂😂

[@Enkelados1]

Now im one of those guys. This deck fucking sucks. The only thing you can win against is Mono red

[@Enkelados1]

- Enchantments get bigger and wider faster with more card draw - ramp board wipes one time and then plays atraxa - mill does the same - soldiers get too big too fast too - black just kills everything you have and then has a bigger creature

[@brianwilson259]

Can't even beat mono red..... thanks suffler!! 😤

[@LordQualopec]

Deck is to weak for meta, again.

[@koganfinney219]

I see sheoldred I skip

[@odststalker5117]

life gain is gross