🌳🌳🌳 Mono-Green Aggro Revisited 🟢🟢🟢 Mythic Top 300 || Standard 2022 MTG Arena

[@covertgoblue]

On the Prowl for NEW CARDS www.twitch.tv/covertgoblue

[@MartinBerisso]

I am blue hate personified, so hearing "covertGoGreen" sounded fantastic actually

[@michaeladik776]

I was the Wombat player u fought at 32:30, and my luck infact lasted for the entire day and i finished top 80 when my quests were done ^^ All jokes aside, I was really happy playing u since i binged ur videos this past month. Im pretty new to magic (started late July) and landed on 1 of ur videos when i googled top magic decks, got to sultai ultimatum and wanted to know what the heck a sultai ultimatum is. The deck i played was just every good black/red treausre card x4 with 4 alrund and 2 counterspells. Until next time I ll return to be a silent viewer, keep up the vids and ggs :)

[@psteels]

Always nice to see the opponents chime here and hear their side of the story. You played well for a 'new' player

[@juanckjim]

Rakdos treasures is so efficient right now. I'm sticking with that right now

[@Xebind]

Feels bad, I also played against him but I didn't make to the video ;(

[@seaneverett8224]

When I saw your name it brought back fond memories of building a Rabid Wombat deck back in the day

[@stefanoriva9767]

In a month of play in top 80 mythic! I believe you play a ton of matches!

[@RickBrennan]

“They could forget to block” 2021 winning strategy from CGB everyone.

[@seifer447]

Play to your outs I guess...

[@nickstalgia9569]

@@seifer447 to be

[@CowboysNo1Fan]

This time it’s CovertNoBlue! Mono Green time

[@MisterManuva]

At 18:00 the attack does not draw a card because the Pack Leader checks for power as you declare the attack while the Class triggers after attackers are declared. It's the same principle as flickering something with Yorion: any "beginning of end step" ability will not trigger because they were not there at the beginning of the end step

[@LM-rs1co]

Based on my experience in reaching this season's mythic rank i'd like to share 2 critics: the only relevant removal spells that target are vanishing verse and blizzard brawl, making 4 copies of snakeskin veil definitely too many (i played 0, but 1-2 might be ok). Manlands can have an impact on long games, but 8 are too many: having a good curve is very important and having a lot of (potentially) tap lands and non-green sources can slow you down. The deck has access to many mana sinks/recursion (the wolf ability, ranger class, the troll ability, the kickable fighting spells, lessons...), which makes animatable lands less important in the lategame than, for example, in a regular standard monored deck. Keep up the good videos ^^

[@ziegfeld4131]

Frostbite and Dragonsfire are both very good removal spells

[@ziegfeld4131]

Plus there are a bunch of great sweepers frost and fire,crush the weak for red, doomskar for white and black has blood on the snow and shadows verdict

[@danielmorton7577]

The pack werewolf only triggers if the 6 power is there when attackers are declared. It doesn't go on the stack, then check. It checks if it even goes on the stack at all first.

[@Uncle_Troy]

I really do feel like the rule should be that the +1/+1 counter would go on top of the stack so that the Wolf can get that 6th power unit it needs a turn earlier. There's so many sub-sets of rules that allow for similar synergy with so many other builds, I feel like that little nuance should be tinkered so that this situation is in Mono Green's favour.

[@danielmorton7577]

@@Uncle_Troy It would have to read, "Whenever CARD NAME attacks, draw a card. If the total attacking creatures power is 5 or less, do not draw a card instead." That would put a trigger on the stack no matter what, then replace itself. It's really clunky, and it's why they don't do it that way.

[@perlundgren7797]

@@danielmorton7577 Couldn't it just say "draw a card, unless you attacked with creatures with total power of 5 or less"? Doesn't seem much clunkier than the original text to me.

[@94kalysto]

I've got something similar with 2 additional cards I find interesting : for 2GG a 4/4 master symetrist gives trample to most of the deck's creatures and for 1G arachnoform is an enchantment that gives +2/+2 reach and creature becomes every creature type (so, it's a giant too)

[@efitwithnick]

I’ve been using Symetrist in this deck too. Really comes in handy. I might toss in an arachnoform an try it out.

[@hellproof2379]

Symmetrist was great in limited

[@jojodelacroix]

Master symmetrist doesn't get enough love. Reach is huge. It trades for an unbuffed Goldspan too, which is great.

[@negativecreep7963]

I toss in Exponential Growth, those tramplers can finish the job quick when you double their power a couple times

[@konradwasyluk9658]

lets gooooooooooo my favourite no eyebrows youtuber

[@-random-9198]

Can't wait for Innistrad Wolves/Werewolves deck

[@Asian_Caleb]

Can’t wait for Inistrad period!

[@TheMmaConnoisseur_]

Same just drop it now

[@casinoboy8871]

Yeeee boiiiii

[@NStripleseven]

Ye, gonna be exciting!

[@CanuckMonkey13]

I'm so happy to hear you say that you don't like Kazandu Mammoth in this deck. I am NOT a deck builder; I'm a netdecker through and through. Even so, I occasionally end up tweaking some of my decks and the Mammoth is always first to go if I tweak a green deck. It's very affirming to know that you also think this is correct!

[@toof987]

i would think wildshape is a better choice than snakeskin veil. it just gives you so much utility. hexproof, trample, and reach.

[@petertheamateur-mtgarenade2004]

It depends. Snakeskin Veil does leave a +1/+1 counter that can benefit from the Swarm Shambler's ability in addition to permanently boosting your creature. Wild Shape's trample ability isn't always useful as well, as some bodies have better basic stats than 3/3. So yeah, both are good in their own way.

[@pst5345]

As soon as we get bo3 queue Wildshape is an instant swap from Veil imho, since the current black control decks exploit not having to fear trample with their eye twitches and shambling ghasts. Otherwise Veil is a good default. I think CGBs list is how I wanted my deck to look vs bloody snow control after sideboarding. A bit sad is that Vorinclex is so expensive. His counter nerf is a very powerful off switch for Lolth.

[@ProudLikaAGod]

@@JS-it3dx no, costs 1 green mana.

[@petertheamateur-mtgarenade2004]

@@JS-it3dx only if your opponent has Paladin Class in play 😂

[@petertheamateur-mtgarenade2004]

@@pst5345 Love what you said! BO3 should be the basic Standard! Having a side board with different creatures, different spells, etc. is much more interesting and doesn't leave your wins/losses to good/tough matchups.

[@HobbySauce]

My wife really liked your old intro music. She never watched your vids, but she half listened while I was. Your new intro music has been met with a firm, “Boo!” from her :P

[@paravastha]

I really appreciate this showcase of mono white vs mono green and your thoughts about it. Thanks for another awesome video for us spikes-in-the-making who try to get good.

[@gerard2383]

yesterday i faced a monogreen that ramped into gnarled professor and then casted the sorcery that doubles a creatures stats and would swing in for a huge pile of damage.

[@WereWade]

Sweet sweet 🌳 justice on that white deck. Trample is such a must with board flooding!

[@CanuckMonkey13]

Just an FYI, the dragon familiar sleeping wasn't because your emotes were off. I never turn off emotes and I have seen it do that in the early stages of a game as well. Dragons love their beauty sleep I guess!

[@arenahacks4836]

Love mono green! I had a game in the 2021 meta with an old mono green deck. The opponent played that whale that gives me a pirate forcing me to attack with all creatures every turn!! If I had the choice I probably wouldn't have attacked each turn, but that aggression is definitely why I won! :D

[@ronnyweinreich]

Wahoo!!! CovertGoGreen!!! 😁🟢 For me Mono Green is by far the best in Standard 2022.👍 My list looks a lot different, everything over 2 mana without trample is useless. 🤪

[@mightyhulk1483]

What kind of trample cards are you runnibg

[@ronnyweinreich]

@@mightyhulk1483 Deck 4 Werewolf Pack Leader (AFR) 211 4 Old-Growth Troll (KHM) 185 4 Gnarled Professor (STX) 133 2 Battle Mammoth (KHM) 160 4 Blizzard Brawl (KHM) 162 4 Inscription of Abundance (ZNR) 186 4 Jaspera Sentinel (KHM) 178 4 Snakeskin Veil (STA) 57 4 Ranger Class (AFR) 202 16 Snow-Covered Forest (MH1) 254 4 Faceless Haven (KHM) 255 4 Lair of the Hydra (AFR) 259 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider (KHM) 199 1 Froghemoth (AFR) 184 Sideboard 1 Basic Conjuration (STX) 120 1 Containment Breach (STX) 125 1 Environmental Sciences (STX) 1 1 Introduction to Annihilation (STX) 3 2 Mascot Exhibition (STX) 5 1 Expanded Anatomy (STX) 2

[@ronnyweinreich]

@@mightyhulk1483 that's my Feel good Deck. 😁 I play and test a lot of Decks In Ranked and when I have a bad day, this Deck is my Backup Plan. 👍 When I have good day, it typically results in crazy win streaks with mono green. 🤪

[@SR-di7ox]

CGB heading toward 3 years of daily videos. Thank you for your content

[@jorgamund07]

Oh, _this_ is why every deck I'm facing suddenly runs Troll and Inscription.

[@J03FARR0W]

Would love a return to the mono-green with Midnight hunt cards. Could totally see the addition of Primal adversary and Tovolar's huntsman

[@t-dogn6171]

Thank you for all the entertainment

[@juancuelloespinosa]

1:06 cgb obviously changed the thumbnail on the video to prove his point, you can't fool me! 😆

[@tahlialysse]

So, I found the same conclusion to be true (about mammoth and about other random stuff), but only in the version of the deck that plays the 1 drops, which after playing a ridiculous amount with the deck are seriously the weakest parts by far. I've tried a few different configurations to try and mitigate that. First I tried cutting the shamblers, but you really can't do that with sentinels in the deck without slotting in another 1 drop...and there just aren't any other good 1 drops. Or at least not good enough 1 drops. The next thing I tried was some lotus cobras to back up the sentinels. That worked better than the shamblers overall, but now sentinels were too often not doing anything worthwhile. I then tried 2 innkeepers to back up the cobras and...holy cow innkeeper was better than cobra, better than sentinel, better than any 1 drop. Innkeeper (and cobra if it sticks around) still give you the upside play of a 4 drop on t3 that sentinel does, still lets you play on curve with your lands and hold up hexproof, and has the added benefit of dynamically changing how races go for the mirror, for mono W, for mono R. Or they use a whole card to trade for its body, which is the less useful part of the card in most matchups. I've also found that this specifically lets you run a couple Froghemoth in the deck, which has been clutch against the blood money decks, or any other random blood on the snow deck.

[@tahlialysse]

This also actually makes mammoths a lot better in the list, since you don't mind a tapped land on t1 ever, and with the acceleration of innkeeper and/or cobra, you often aren't too unhappy with it as a 4th or 5th land, with the upside of sometimes being another random body. Definitely the weakest card on rate for the deck, but as a halfway version of a manland, I've been happy with it in this version. Also, since you are dropping the reach of sentinel, which was seriously the biggest upside, I've found that Varis actually fits pretty well as a 2 of to shore up the curve slightly. The upside of venturing is usually minimal, but vs anyone slower than you, going into Tomb of Annihilation can be a nice way to push a bit more damage *or* tax their cards, and with things like ranger class and werewolf to push you ahead on cards, I've seriously just gone over the top of control decks. More damage, better board, and more resources. Vs anyone where it's close, some random scry, goblin bodies, counters, or drain ekes out some small edges that sometimes matter and sometimes don't. Not to mention that if you ever manage to get a counter or two on Varis (I know, how could that possibly happen in this deck), he is really good at not just blocking, but killing dragons, and his ward 1 means that a single treasure from a goldspan attack isn't enough to dragon's fire him to stop the block. I've just found he lines up really well with the format, despite only being a medium card in a more objective sense. And this is more minor, but I've also found 4 brawl, 4 scales, 1 mark to be about 1 too many noncreatures in the deck. Personally I've liked 4 brawl, 3 scales, 1 mark, but that's gonna be a small edge based on how someone values different matchups.

[@kvh911]

ive been play gnarlid colony and the ooze losts of things get counters in this deck so having everything having trample wins lots of games against control where they play dorks and against the mirror and white

[@RmFrZQ]

Mono Green T-Shirt is a nice touch.

[@perfectionnonpareil9678]

Covert go Green yeah boi, looking forward to your wolf token card. As a mono green player never cared if the deck or decks are tier one green is love.

[@AlbertoNeurohr]

I'm surprised that in a deck that creates so many +1/+1 tokens, you don't run at least a single Vorinclex. It's also a good counter against many planeswalkers.

[@drachimera]

CGB! Where are you in the streak? We almost have 1000!

[@damned2127]

Ministrad Ignite Hunt sounds like a fun set.

[@WereWade]

I love it. I need to make it! Thank you.

[@Asiis]

What is your favorite deck of Minstrad: Idnight hunt?

[@moralnexus]

In every CBG video, he says "aspirant" but I hear "ass pirate"

[@snugglyhugs8698]

There's something wrong with my screen He's turned to CovertGoGreen

[@henryreinhold9097]

Don’t underestimate oran-rief ooze, particularly in the mirror match.

[@Biblionaut]

wombat just living their best live with that hand.

[@xxRxIxKxSxx]

i dont play with music on like at all so for me during this first match im listening to the music and thinking this shit is banging lmao maybe i should listen to the game music more often

[@jsum33]

I want to see Woodland Bellower reprinted. I've loved it since Duels and grabbing a Tracker with it. Wow. That's another card I wanna see reprinted. It's spiritual successor got previewed today.

[@casualenjoyer5420]

My dumbass just realized that WotC made several bomb rares with type Werewolf/ Wolf in AFR so that Midnight Hunt is busted... Green gets to have fun, what a surprise

[@mattberz1450]

Thanks finally used some wild cards on this deck- well spent 😁

[@freyamiles3718]

15:55 the illusion allowed you to play the veil on their turn Edit: there are good explations bellow

[@Peinfull87]

Yeah but then he would have to tap the reach creature, hence not being able to block and dying.

[@undterred]

That was my first thought too, but if the Veil is played in response to removal before combat, neither creature would be able to block. I’m not sure why he didn’t elaborate on that thought like he usually does.

[@freyamiles3718]

That's actual good point both of you

[@Amphok]

@@undterred why before combat, just block and then play it

[@Basoosh]

@@Amphok skyclave and portable hole are what he was afraid of and needed snakeskin for. Both of those come down before combat, which would force him to tap the sentinel.

[@LuxiusDK]

That mono green player was soooo slooooow!

[@Promethuus]

I have two gnarled not 4 what would you replace maybe four esikas and 2 inscription or maybe add toski some where

[@JusticeJudge]

Master Symmetrist would be a good replacement has reach and gets trample from it's ability, also gives your Wolf tokens, Cat tokens, Esika's Chariot, Swarm Shambler, Werewolf Pack Leader and Lair of the Hydra trample. I would consider playing them over the Gnarled Professor.

[@Amphok]

i would put two vorinclex, it's really good with all the planeswalker, plus other that are coming in innistrad

[@LiangHuBBB]

mono green ftw

[@FAQiFIKNOW]

CGB have you considered running the gnarlid colony 1 and 1 green 2/2 that gives trample to all creatures with a +1+! counter. With snakeskin, inscription, and ranger class you will get the counters. Just a thought at common its an easy craft at least.

[@FAQiFIKNOW]

forgot to mention you can kick it for 2 more mana for 2 +1+1 counters on itself

[@Ryuksgelus]

Varis is fun against White because they always forget he has reach and the Goblin token helps when they go wide.

[@butdoesitscrub3457]

You should try that ice kraken landfall deck I saw on mtg arena zone list

[@zombieninjapitbull3856]

Great deck in theory but when pitted against mono green or mono white you get blown out before you can get a kraken out or even think about the combo

[@TheUpGrayed]

WOOT!

[@wakkacraft84]

I get an Evil CGB vibe from the art on this new token. Hopefully we'll see a vid from him :D

[@andreavila6610]

Man, Goldspan takes Muxus' title of my most hated card. "Gotta be red" is not a rule, but it does not need to be.

[@rhinogene4658]

Been can you do one with treefolk .? I have been trying to get treefolk to work.. can it be done…?

[@styfen]

Not going to lie, this new CGB music is anxiety causing.

[@mattbowlby2931]

Is choose a wapon better than the inscription?

[@exile_the_13th]

To be fair, that BW deck was an Angels deck and not a Blood Money variant.

[@gabrielcrager5979]

Mono white had lethal, putting those counters on the aspirant would have been game 😂

[@jazza724]

This deck has such reliable draws

[@celeschan90]

16:00 Couldn't you have played the Veil on their turn by tapping down the Sentinel for mana?

[@wntriam]

He literally commented that lmao

[@celeschan90]

@@wntriam Oh

[@jeffkosko5815]

CKC! Mono green stronk! Gnarled Professor

[@РусланРекк]

It was my first game against you (jeskai dragons game 1 in the video) and it was such a shameful defeat :(

[@Chaoslorden]

Can't wait for the Covert go Red goblin token.

[@Chaoslorden]

I cannot have Faceless haven in my green deck anymore. It have screwed up my mana so many times now.

[@m.m.3645]

Henlon Friens I Just did 5.629.499.534.213.120 Damage turn 7 in a historic game, and this Deck I personally invented is in diamond 2 alrdy, interseted in using your range to show it to people :D `?

[@vaettra1589]

Took it for a spin in Platinum bottom tier. 1st game wrecked by mono red Goblins, lel. 2nd game wrecked by Simic Koma and that spell that sends the board back to your hand for 7 mana, so boring. So I guess turn 7 lose will be alive and well in 2022 standard. 3rd game stuck on 3 mana, loss to Gruul dragons. 4th game stuck on 3 mana against Izzet dragons, loss. 5th game mirror, win. 6th game mirror, win. 7th game, on the draw against Rakdos, clowned. 8th game, opponent conceeds on the draw, win. 9th game Rakdos, stuck on 3-4 mana, managed to eek out a win. 10th game mono white, stuck on 2 mana on the draw, loss. So a 40% win rate, half of them against mono green. Not really a good showing, I feel I get mana screwed a lot. And the Faceless Heavens mess with turn 3 Old-Growth Troll, I'd probably go down to 2 copies.

[@grixx9707]

Boy I miss mono green

[@locilocisu]

Esika's Chariot: 2 Cats 2 Curious

[@megalamoniacal]

Rakdos players will never chump with their Kalain. They would let 3 damage through on 2 life rather than chump with their treasure queen.

[@JohnSmith-ye3me]

CGB what happened to the 70s/80s zombie music intro? 🥺

[@nathanchesney9675]

Me, a new player who has taken green to be his favourite and runs a mono green deck. Now this looks like a video for me

[@brentlucas731]

Can we get a close up of the cgb-wolf face on a t-shirt.

[@Logan619ine-i5q]

I’m really having problems beating it with GW humans

[@williamwalton9154]

Midnight hunt has so much Green love that we may see mono Green vs mono White fight for dominance.

[@mightyhulk1483]

They already are fighting for dominance lol if anything green will just be uncontested

[@dunkindognuts3345]

Gruul wolves and dimir zombies are gonna take over

[@yomommashaus]

the days of Red and embercleave are OVER!!! WOOOO!!!

[@williamwalton9154]

@@mightyhulk1483 maybe they merge and Selesnya reigns supreme among the agro decks?

[@J-Martijn]

If only Coolstuffinc shipped to the UK

[@Isberg77]

CovertGoGreen i dont know this guy ...

[@freyamiles3718]

I didn't here about ministrad idnight hunt. When is it coming out? :P

[@mattyD92992]

9/17. There are preorders for it on Arena right now.

[@freyamiles3718]

@@mattyD92992 look closely at my spelling

[@Asian_Caleb]

Mono green still going ham

[@karadras-ccs]

so early ill just go back to sleep

[@toneztoneztonez4735]

I recon master symmertrist is better then gnarled professor. It has reach and gives everything with equal power/toughness trample.

[@JonPersichette]

We want CGB wolf tokens in Arena!

[@wyrd7177]

What about if you don’t have the money for all the cards you need for a good deck like I can make most of your decks but are missing a bunch of rares lol

[@hetstandaardkanaal7167]

7:58 you can't protect esika with veil, cause it isnt a creature yet.

[@Basoosh]

If they try to target it with artifact removal, you can crew it and then hexproof it.

[@hetstandaardkanaal7167]

@@Basoosh not enought mana, you need to tap the elf and a other creature. If you do that you can't crew esika

[@ThePope19861]

Does it seem easier to get into Plat rank these days?

[@robjac3950]

You get 2 pip's per win up to plat now. Used to be just bronze and silver. They changed that a few seasons back. So it's not just a feeling. (At least in bo1)

[@benmanuel7905]

Are you CovertGreenBro now?

[@justinbeck4628]

Old gnawbones for the mana boost

[@yomommashaus]

please explain this mama boost?

[@justinbeck4628]

@@yomommashaus fixed

[@sazger]

Anyone looking to build a green or Grull deck with trample creatures and unnatural growth?

[@theom8286]

needs more VORINCLEX

[@prosperow]

it gets owned now the end

[@fabiocevenini7357]

What you've got? Death

[@returningwhisper]

Play trees, get victories.

[@charlesgros8862]

Day 81 of asking CGB to play a deck with Mystic Reflection and Reflections of Littjara in it.

[@Luper1billion]

CovertGoGreen is most covert

[@joboo8]

You get a bit testy when a player takes so much time to actually play a card. You know you take time trying to explain your moves to the viewers, which takes time as well.

[@ShapelessFetus]

would it be fair to call codespell cleric "Hasnoimpactonthegame cleric?"

[@mikejensen233]

Algorithm juice

[@hankypankywhoopdydoo284]

It's not a shuffler, it's a STACKER. How many IF's statements were written in to the algorithmic code by coders motivated by profit?

[@Magikero6988]

CGG =)

[@felixwankel3989]

WGB is now the best. I only lose to mill.

[@alexcameron2880]

Funny...I played this deck and ran into Rakdos Treasures about 80% of the time and mono-white about 15% of the time. Rakdos Treasures clowns this deck. The meta is so stale and I'm ready for Innistrad.

[@theom8286]

My version of mono green wins against rakdos treasures most of the time. My list is CGB's, but: Drop Jaspera Sentinal and Snakeskin Veil. Drop two Gnarled Professors. Also can drop one Faceless Haven and two Lair of the Hydra (replace with Forests). Add four Kazandu Mammoths, 1 Inscription of Abundanace, 1 Esika's Chariot, 2 Toski, 2 Vorinclex. I had a 73.8% win rate up to Mythic with it (Standard 2022 Ranked)...

[@alexcameron2880]

@@theom8286 Sweet!

[@nothingatonce]

this new 'format' of spend hundreds or get fucked combined with the ability to predict winning without trying or losing without a chance - outright deleted arena.