☀💧🔥This Is THE Future KING Of Control In Standard?! UNSTOPPABLE - And Will Get Even Better!

[@_____kb]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You're commentary is so good. The way you narrate your thought process before every play has made me a much better player. You understand and explain how a single play can decide the entire game well before its over. You remind me what's so cool about this game, and what I love about control decks. Thanks for your dedication to pumping out quality content!

[@SlothMtg]

Hey man, glad to see you still enjoy the channel so much!:) And yeah, control decks are just so cool - hard not to love them :) Thanks for kind words, really appreciate it❤

[@TassadarPenguin]

Another video where I woke up, copied the deck, and just went from diamond 2 to mythic in about an hour and a half two days before reset. Thanks Sloth as usual!

[@SlothMtg]

That's insane, good driving detected! Well played my friend, thanks for letting me know!

[@chrispambos2]

I conclude my favorite deck for laddering at the moment is the Control Domination deck you shared. I am currently averaging 58% over 200+ games with Control Domination which has been one of the better winning decks for me. Cannot wait to start putting this new deck to work. Thank you for sharing another winning control deck variation.

[@SlothMtg]

That's some insane results my man - doing my best with decks but your driving must also be top notch :) Well done, ggs!

[@charlesdexterward6831]

Very nice, looking really forward for helix too but for sligthly other reasons, i think it will make Dragons be competetive together with the dragon battle an most likely in jeskai colours too

[@SlothMtg]

I would love it!

[@sebastianfey56]

I agree that control with Helix will be hard to beat in the coming standard. The next set is very creature focused, so nothing really to scare for control.

[@SlothMtg]

Also some of bomb cards for control - can't wait for new set :D It can't come early enough, so many cool cards

[@Superpanzy]

Thank you for this awesome deck! I love Jeskai control. I would really like an updated version as soon as karlov manor is out ❤

[@SlothMtg]

Will do, also excited for it :)) Thanks for watching Bro!❤🦥

[@empirate100]

Jeskai control is probably my favorite archetype, thanks for revisiting!

[@SlothMtg]

We will revisit it soon again - at full Power😈🦥

[@ScorchedRusalka]

I love the deck, thank you for sharing!

[@SlothMtg]

Thanks man, appreciate it!:)

[@snizalphuff]

Awesome content! Love your humor and positivity - the commentary is outstanding! Thank you

[@SlothMtg]

To be honest, it's mostly thanks to you guys and comments as kind as this one :) Thanks!❤

[@olafturek2077]

Thanks for taking us all through journey of your ladder :)

[@SlothMtg]

My pleasure Bro, thanks for supporting the channel always :)

[@brendonjennings3934]

Glad to see the return of mono red after their absence against obliterator

[@SlothMtg]

😂True that!🤷‍♂️

[@chrispambos2]

Hi Sloth, What would be the modifications for this deck in regards to what to "remove" in order to add the new Lightning Helix you mentioned?

[@SlothMtg]

My friend, new jeskai with helix is already online, posted it like 12 hours ago (it is exactly what you asked for :)

[@flexmastrkoolaid]

Sadly monored will always ne a deck bc its simple and usually cheap. (Nothing wrong with that....I guess... lol) but helix, like you mentioned, will be a huge boon for control. I super appreciate and enjoy your videos so thanks as always man!

[@SlothMtg]

Appreciate it man, I hope that mono red will lower in numbers quickly after new set hits :) Can't wait!

[@Noah-hz9cx]

Jeskai and Simic will always have a special place in my heart :)

[@SlothMtg]

True, I miss simic :/

[@Penguins6687]

Awesome deck! I always try the ones you post and they work! I will say I feel I’m having a harder time this season moving close to Mythic compared to the last couple seasons. Is it just me? Or are you having a more difficult time ranking up this season?

[@SlothMtg]

To be honest, I don't seem much difference between seasons, it's usually just about playing more games and you will eventually get there.Sometimes run is a bit unlucky and you bounce into this losing streak (most painful ones are 1 tick from mythic, happened many times), they happen randomly and then it definitely feels harder, but in the end it's all about playing more games and it smooths out :)

[@_Asleep_]

Either playing vs mono red or playing vs all the odd control decks when you are expecting red haha. Truly can't have it how you like it 😅

[@emjjones6261]

1st? Also I play similar deck with Chimil - pulling sunfall out from deck with discover is savage 😂

[@SlothMtg]

Indeed my friend, the ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Chimil+sunfalls/emperors is very cool :)

[@corybridges2589]

Awesome deck! Hope u had a nice holiday! Soon 🦥 :)

[@SlothMtg]

Thanks man, with those comments it had to be great!:)🦥 Soon🔥🔥

[@Hencid]

u saw the azoriu mana leak and the izzet wrath? i KNOW jeskai will be amazing very soon

[@SlothMtg]

Yeah man, so excited for those cards (and many more!). So glad wizards made some of those choices, it feels like BIG Set :)

[@Hencid]

@@SlothMtg yes i love that we might see multicolor decks, right now i see weeey too many monored. monowhite, monoblack with a bit of splash here and there. like cmon the tri color combinations are waaay too fun and unpredictable. JESKAI FOR EEEEVER

[@alexd9134]

Can someone explain the rationale behind wizards programming the matchmaker to make sure their playerbase gets unfavorable, unfun matchups? So the players blame the deck and spend money on other cards?

[@SilentSamurai8]

It’s not as simple as the way that you’re wording it. It’s similar to asking why a social media company may present your feed with argumentative content. Why would it be beneficial to make you irritated? Well, because it provokes more interaction. In that same way, not saying spending money/time on getting new cards/decks to try isn’t a part of it, but I assure you they have algorithms based on data that keep a carrot right ahead of players at the right time and reward you when they feel they’re losing you. In the end, there are ways to play through it for the most part. It’s not as though we miss top prize often or miss out on making mythic each cycle. It’s just funny when you are at the top of the ladder or tear one and finally, after 6 wins in a row, get that one Manna hand, or get destroyed by a tear one guy with the perfect draw, despite the making every tactical error, and barely knowing how to play. Check your overall wind rate versus global wind rate. There are areas to get compiled data on this and more… It’s hard to describe through text when you don’t feel like riding a lot.😂 it’s not a novel concept by wizards now. You should look up NBA 2K. they are notorious for similar practices, but are far far worse. Wizards and arena, at this point anyway, is more comical than anything. We complain Justin good fun for the most part. That doesn’t mean data driven people don’t keep a close eye on it though.

[@ddompin]

Muchas cartas serán bandadas en septiembre.....

[@raoninery]

You know that match maker puts you against decks archetype that they feel are strong against you right? Do you want to get rid of mono red in your ladder? Just add temporary Lockdown in your main deck and all of the sudden match maker will never put mono red against you AGAIN

[@raoninery]

I noticed that when I played reanimation, always facing weird decks that play heavy counter or exile effects or mirror matches over and over . Then When I was playing my usual Esper I noticed that Mono red vanished on my ladder when I decided to put 2 temporary lock downs and 2 Third Path instant that you draw a card and win life equals to the amount of cards in your hand. Mono red gets crazy if it's turn 4 and your still 20 life or above.... lol and then when you clean all their board with a single 2 mana enchantment

[@Prepostasaurus]

This doesn’t make sense. You’re saying it’s never possible for a player to have a favorable matchup based on the deck they are playing? If that were true, how would your opponent have a favorable matchup against you if the matchmaker isn’t supposed to give players favorable matchups?

[@raoninery]

@@Prepostasaurus it is, but depending on what archetype you’re playing. Wizards have their own plans for meta, focusing on promoting new sets and building a “health” meta. Usually they don’t like some archetypes to get very popular or very high on mythic like reanimators and heavy control. So match maker is used to control win rates and slow your progression on the ladder.

[@raoninery]

@@Prepostasaurus I’ve been playing Arena since 2019 and to me it’s clearly not a random matching process. It’s pretty obvious that some decks just show up on the ladder depending on what you’re playing.

[@SilentSamurai8]

It’s also not about YOU losing or ME losing, personally. It’s about WHEN you lose. What tier are you at? What’s your current wind rate like? It’s not simple, cut and dry. However there’s certainly many factors in the algorithmsalgorithms at play here. It’s honestly not that big a deal, yet not a conspiracy either. It is what it is. 😅

[@SilentSamurai8]

SLOTH! Ok, ok…this is just a coincidence. Just random stuff so let’s move on. 😅 Your narration today was on another level. Wizard needs to make cards with the names from your quotes. 🤣😂 “ your mono-red friend just absolutely crumble in despair” “ you can feel the dreams getting shattered” -Great catch on the foundry block in game two, followed by sunfall -Sokenzen play on endstep… new players… what can you say??😅 “ it’s a good block for you. It’s so good… it’s so juicy. Ah, that’s what I thought.” 🤣 “ so worst case scenario, we still win, and best case scenario we still win. We generally win and that’s the case.”🦥✊🏽 “ sweet despair” “ power honk” 😂 We need to have a petition for MTG to make these cards. Man, these are just glorious lines. This was partly MTG arena content, and partly a 30 minute comedy special.

[@SilentSamurai8]

By the way, “just saying random things”, but Sonio played my current mythic level Esper control deck and the first three opponents were mono-red aggro. 🤔 We weren’t able to watch the entire video and start after the third game. However, looking ahead, there’s a mirror match, followed by mono white humans, Agro, Agro, mirror, and Agro. Take what you will. 🍷

[@SlothMtg]

Really glad to hear you enjoyed it, or should I say 'that that's the case'🤷‍♂️🦥 Very glad you enjoy commentary, trying to keep magic as fun as it is when we all got hooked for the first time :)