We need to talk.... Plus NEW Standard Rakdos Anvil🔥MTG Gameplay & Deck Tech

Important message in the deck tech and a new take on my beloved Rakdos Anvil deck!
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[@ericbarr734]

3:00 "you should know your worth". This is good advice for any working relationship. Or actually any relationship. Know your worth and don't be afraid to get it. Good stuff as always. Keep it up Ash!

[@vimian29]

Great pfp update, champ! Edit: A creator that's created such a positive community definitely deserves to be compensated fairly. And like you said, don't know how people can doubt your records when they can just catch your stream. People just being weirdos

[@Ashlizzlle]

💜

[@digitalstatictv]

Ashlizzle is a beast of an MTG player with insane amounts of experience streaming all day. I can pick up her "80% winrate" decks, get a 40% win rate, and still have close competitive fun games and improve as a player, while she can stack W after W with her skilled hands. So in that case, the win rate doesn't matter tbh

[@JaminGray47]

If your potential sponsors see this comment, up your game. Ash is one of the best MTG creators out there!

[@hkp9257]

Anvil is love Dont let these negative voices get to you. I know its hard, for every 100 praises you will get just 1 negative comment which will hit so much harder. You often dont play 'simple' decks. And you are a damn good player. People see winrates and try out these decks and often dont fully understand how the deck is working. When to Mulligan, what is my wincon, how to sideboard, when to trade, when to go all in. That are critical decisions and one mistake can mean you lose and often there are really cool tactics I only learnt by watching your streams. I also started with one of your earlier Anvil decks and I went like 1:10 with it. But it was a fun deck to play. Over time I got better and better and games became closer and closer until I got the hang of it. And I will miss Anvil and Nixilis after the rotation :( Keep doing what you do. You rock!

[@thetinman4481]

Your channel is the only one I listen to deck builder wise because you don’t sound like you’re selling me garbage and you’re honest when things don’t work. You are also not afraid to take risk.

[@KPCSlor]

Anyone questioning win rates isn’t a fan. Because these videos are clips of Twitch, anyone who watches has heard you talking about the previous days decks that didn’t do well. This is one of the most honest YT channels I’ve seen. The fact that I have a 60% win rate with cookies is my skill vs Ash’s skill. Top players make decisions based on what they think the opponent is going to do. I don’t have that experience level yet and/or make mistakes from bad sequencing. Keep the decks coming! I love having different options to get my daily wins. Also the more variety I play the better I can counter it.

[@ryanellingboe3108]

Long time yt viewer, been playing MtG for 15+ years. I'm still learning lines from watching you. Its one thing to be able to brew a fun/creative deck (which how consistently you do is amazing), its another to be able to pilot that deck at such a high skill level as you also do. Basically, you're a top creator in both regards.

[@Celari]

You’re probably one of the highest ranked magic players making content on KZbin..The main reason I watch you is because I know the skill level is really high whatever deck you play. You’re also making good content ofc.

[@justinbeck2899]

Anvil deserves a spot in the new core set

[@Ashlizzlle]

ONE TIME!!

[@naraku07x]

We love you Ash! Thanks for keeping us entertained with your undeniable skills. Don’t let the haters get to you bestie!

[@Glitterblossom]

I would absolutely adore a vod channel, but not because I don’t believe you. Your skill speaks for itself, ash, and anyone who knows anything knows you’re one of the best brewers and players in the game.

[@Tiago000.]

Everyone that understands magic and plays this game for some time, knows by just see you play that you are a top tier player, and have amazing decks ideias, thank you for sharing them.

[@Jack-Onee-san]

Besty secure that bad number 1! Your decks got me outta plat and into Diamond 3 at the start of otj. I think a lot of people either die out to bad variance or don't look at these videos not as just entertainment but also your content is public coaching. Takes work to be able to navigate these lines or play to the outs the decks have. Keep it up!

[@glitchyikes]

I'd totally binge the vod channel as I'm at the opposite timezone of your streaming times. If it helps your revenue. Just want to say appreciate all your brewing and gameplay.

[@ironpig7747]

ever since i came back to arena i been tuning into your twitch and youtube i think the content is great don't let the haters get you down. I have played alot of your decks and had great win rates with them.

[@schwarzerkaterbajun3712]

I built the Rakdos deck a year ago according to CGB's instructions, I'm now modifying it according to your instructions and I'm very excited about the result. I'll write you feedback in the comments tomorrow, I'm looking forward to testing the deck

[@ModernArtery]

GGs Ash don't listen to the haters. Also I could be wrong but I think you can get slightly more mileage out of Anvil + double Vraan (mentioning it since it came up twice in these games) if you first use Anvil during your turn to sac a creature and trigger Vraan 1, then play Vraan 2 and choose to sacrifice Vraan 1. I think this should let you get two Vraan triggers in the same turn, instead of having to wait until the opponents upkeep for the second trigger. Might be slightly safer if the opponent has something instant speed during their upkeep.

[@FluxxAvatar]

I 100% believe your win rates, your play style is fire 🔥

[@joudan]

I would definitely watch VODs for some selected decks (cookies to start with).

[@Fovulonkiin]

It IS obvious that the win-rate applies to exactly what YOU experienced, not what people will experience who play those decks. Like.. education really failed those people who did not understand that (I intentionally try not to blame just the people themselves but their surrounding factors, not everyone has the same opportunities etc.). Besides RNG like hands/draws, matchmaking and stuff like that it should also be clear, that there is a skill gap that is really hard to close given you're a full-time MTG streamer. Anyone expecting to play on the same level as you do might be seriously underestimating what it takes to become good at something. Oh and yeah, don't let sponsors low-ball you, your channel and others like LegenVD are what keep me motivated trying out new decks on Arena and I'd assume you inspire quite a lot more people to do the same.

[@Ashlizzlle]

🫶🫶🫶

[@edwinvermeulen8187]

MTG (arena or life) has 3 major contributors to win rate: 1 Your opponent, each deck has his best and worst matchup 2 The cards you draw, no matter how good or bad your deck is, you can always draw the right, or wrong cards for that situation. 3 The way you play. if you give 5 people the same deck, you will end up with 5 different playstyles and 5 different winrates. A deck needs to fit your playstyle or you will not win with it.

[@maxt5634]

Sorry that these haters are all up in arms bestie! You are by far my favorite MTG KZbinr. You are not only incredibly skilled with tons of unique decks, but I think more importantly you just have the best vibes ever. The Pearl references, your silly gifs, the witty banter; you are that girlie!

[@joudan]

These games versus Gruul, just wow, both plot twists and skill, wow!

[@Kollege555]

You are my 2nd favourite mtg content creator (beside crokeyz), love your deckbuilding and playstyle. Besides that your vibe is awesome. Dont let some negative minority come to you. It is so obvious that your winrates are 100% correct. (sorry if my english is bad). Keep rocking The Gathering! :)

[@Starburster33365]

We love your content Ash. It's all really good. You're awesome at what you do.

[@Starburster33365]

Sorry Aims

[@gibbamon]

i dont care if you can get a 80% wim rate deck, i just enjoy the content and brews. dont worry about the haters its them that have the problem, you just be you

[@_Ve_98]

I'd love to have a KZbin channel with the full games on it. I just don't use twitch at all because I like watching things at my own pace and don't care about the immediacy of live content. I just end up defaulting to KZbin when I feel like watching something. The edited videos are great and I'm sure they perform better, but I do sometimes feel like I'm missing things. Be it games, sideboarding or just your banter with the chat. I'd really love having access to the raw unedited streams in KZbin.

[@EggsAreGood55]

Are you not able to watch past streams on twitch? If so that would be pretty dumb.

[@christophercraven7833]

I trust your win rate, I love your stuff, you're great

[@delihogg]

Also something to give these people to think about. The winrate doesnt matter jackall if you are ass at the game

[@abe9396]

I dont usually comment on videos but this video warrants one: thank you ash for making really cool decks im always too poor to try 😂 i got the pleasure to try play your orzhov skellies deck in a kind-of-tournament last weekend and while i only went 1-1 i had a lot of fun playing it, i got my opp low consistently and because im f2p it was a joy to play with so many useful land cards 😅 keep putting out banger deck ideas and im sure youll get what you rightfully deserve eventually 💪💪

[@disneynerdcraig]

I know for me, I don't doubt at all you are winning, but I think it's a lot more about your strategy than your deck (although the decks are cool). But I wish you would include more about why you do what you do when you play. That would really be helpful in how you can be a better Magic player. You're awesome.

[@cubandarknez]

Thanks for the content! Don't put too much stock on the haters! Keep doing your thing, love your content and vibes!

[@00110000]

You go bestie, don't let them lowball you. You're one of the best creators in the space and they'd be dumbasses not to get you on. And I'm flabbergasted to hear there's people debating your winrate. Like you said, you stream all your games. If they want to make serious claims, all they have to do is link the proof 🙄

[@zephax3629]

It's obvious to see that you have a ton of knowledge and skill. I'm playing a lot of your brews and some fit me more than other, but that's more a personal thing and lack of skill from me 😂 I'm thinking those commentators lack some kind of reflection for the game and themselve, so they chose the easy and unfair way. Must be frustrating to hear those comments, because u are showing without a need how much u deliver in this game. We have met yesterday at the magiccon (I was the guy with the Assassin's Creed Artifact) and it made my day to meet you! And i got a feeling, that you brought alot of smiles to some besties that day🖤 We are here to support you and it's good that you show the thoughts as a creator and the problems with it. Sending love Champ🫶

[@Ashlizzlle]

Was lovely meeting you!! :D

[@zephax3629]

@@Ashlizzlle thank you for your time, was so nervous 👉👈 See ya in chat🫶

[@AdamJSmithberger]

The MtG content creators are keeping the magic fandom alive when WotC continues to milk their players trust for profits. Keep doing what you’re doing

[@luluwew]

Sorry you're getting negative comments. You're vids and content are amazing!

[@AngelLopez-ss6su]

another channel more ashlizzle, your game wisdom is very heplful I love your content!

[@thoughtfuljanitor6627]

Hey Ash, you seem really affected by how people have been casting doubt over your winrates (which is a perfectly reasonable response btw, you're right to be proud of your work and your skill). I just want to make sure that you know that they're in the wrong, full stop. It's publically available information, linked everywhere on your channel. There's clearly no deception afoot, it's just that the algorithm hates unsuccessful brews so there's a survivorship bias. Also I really appreciate your tight play and your combativeness in games. It helps with winning games, of course, but as a viewer it's also great to help me understand how good a deck is when running at full capacity. Many content creators, including competitive players, don't go that extra mile, and so when they're unsuccessful you're left in the dark as to whether the fault is with the deck or the pilot. You're among the very few where there's essentially never this issue. You're very very talented, and those who matter will recognize that

[@Ashlizzlle]

This means so so so much to me.. It has affected me pretty badly unfortunately so your message really makes me feel a lot better, thank you💜

[@antoniomendes7171]

Cant wait for rotation

[@erebusnyght414]

Any advice to getting out of plat hell

[@Davealapoo]

If you want to "road to 1%" I recommend selecting a deck you think should not be in Mythic, then building a deck that loses to everything BUT that. And lurk in the shadows, hunting the one deck you selected, and then you blow them out utterly while losing every other match and it's always fun but you're still ranking down to 1% Mythic without truly griefing/smurfing.

[@ShawnRakar]

I honestly should be familiarizing myself with Twitch because I absolutely love your style of building. As in the toxicity over the win rate, I get it but MtG can be extra so fuck them. 🤷🏻‍♂️🔥

[@Mattsto26]

I’d love to have a vod channel I’m not the biggest fan of twitch tbh

[@brianpetersen4371]

When I play your decks I don't get anywhere near your win rate. It's not because you're lying, it's because you're better than me. Except cookies, I slay with that deck.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

Always engaging with content.

[@slonski]

I love rants!

[@franksokola8317]

YEAH I LOVE YOUR DECK S LOVE YOUR STEAMS KEEP IT UP :)

[@ArgentIcon]

What are we going to do once Anvil rotates? 🥲

[@patrick4438]

Expecting to pick up a deck and get the same winrate out of it as the person who designed it is silly. Anvil in particular takes a ton of practice and knowledge to pilot for the optimal play patterns.

[@danielwilson8495]

The minute private negotiations go public, negotiations are over. There has to be another way. Most drafters keep a running scoreboard as they play the event. Maybe you could do that too. Truthfully, your winrate is reflective of your play more than the deck. Ash you may be the best player on BO3 arena. Make your ability to make the deck sing the draw (like limited streamers do) and less about the deck.

[@alexlore4716]

Doesn't matter Arena is Hyper Rigged with a Broken Shuffler...

[@thehatebringer8005]

i trust your win rates but wouldn't mind watching your vods on a seperate channel just to watch them.

[@cubandarknez]

That last RG aggro player must've been drunk gaming or something, so many misplays... Trample on the druid already cost them game 2, but other lines were also strange.

[@brattesani12]

We stan

[@MoneyRag]

Don't let those fucking nerds get to you, dude. It's all jealousy and misogyny. This is the best gameplay channel on KZbin.

[@mikeharvey6310]

This is fire 🔥

[@malachorfives]

why do people keep hating on bloomburrow, I think it looks really cool :( don't even think it's just gonna be all cutesy or anything, xenofiction is usually pretty brutal and fucked up. I have high hopes!

[@justnot8232]

Wtf. Those win rates can be checked

[@kevingrisler4123]

I think there's two things working against you when you talk about your win rates. First of all, out of all the content creators I watch, you are the only "big name" who consistently plays best of three for content. So when people build your decks and try them in standard BO1, I think they run into a much different experience. Secondly, I think your decks are a bit out of the comfort zone for most brainrotted players. Simic cookies for example, is a surprisingly complex deck despite it appearing to be a simple aggro deck. I'm sorry to hear you're having some rough times with this. I am also going through a rough spot, but it'll get better for both of us. 👍

[@Ashlizzlle]

💜

[@TheJakeL152]

it is so goofy to accuse you of lying about your win rate. what would you even gain from that? I always believe you because you're a top tier brewer and a top tier player. I kinda feel like most of these fuckboys accusing you of foul play are just a bunch of weak men that feel threatened by a girl being better than them. Please don't take them too seriously, you are out here making great videos and you don't deserve their shit.

[@doormatt72]

The win rates don’t seem that unbelievable. I don’t know why people get that way. I’m 120/18 in best of 3 with my main deck. It’s a similar win rate. If you have a good deck and you know how to play it, the win rate reflects that. I’d be unlikely to ever have that kind of win rate with say… cookies though. That’s your pet deck, not mine. And your win rate on your pet deck is usually going to be insane. Anyway, all that said, people should also just be nice. 😂

[@edschofield5572]

Just do wat u want to do

[@nachitogameplays9024]

abeautiful lady cant be a bad person

[@hatred9142]

As someone who has played both magic:online and Arena, I completely believe Ash's win rate ...but its important to note that arena has LONG been accused of shady practices. They have openly stated they have code to give a better balance in hands by trying to give a balance between spells and lands and trying to give all colors in lands....but somehow only people on their creator list and high spenders seem to have it consistently work in their favor. It does fail , but no where near as often as free to play players. High spenders and creators have a crazy high chance of going first, with most of them going first around 75% of game while I've counted games from me and friends who are free to play going first in around 25% of games. You do need to realize most of these decks have much lower win rates for average players. Don't make decks based off creators if you aren't spending money, instead go with decks that have proven to have high win rates for the entire community. That said, still love your videos ash.

[@JohnnyTightIips]

if I tried playing with one of Ash's decks I wouldn't have as high a WR, cos I'm not as good a player as Ash, which is exactly the same as the bozos complaining about the winrates lmao

[@aidenhanna4577]

Bump

[@danheinz6755]

Wtf? Like seriously? People aren't taking the win rate at her word? That's insane. I'm sorry, but I've never heard Ashlizzlle once say you HAVE to craft one of her decks. You choose what you want to craft. That is incredibly frustrating, that someone as incredibly successful as Ash has to come out on her own channel and ask for trust, and that people have insinuated that she is trying to get them to waste wild cards. Is she hacking your computer or phone and hitting the button for you? No? Then make decisions for yourselves, it's not that hard. I'm not that good of a magic player and when I watch players I sit there and try to think through what I would do, it's why I appreciate when players talk out their thoughts. Some decks I watch and go, nope i absolutely do not think this deck will work for me. I think most can watch gameplay footage and at least make that determination. Creators such as and especially Ashlizzlle are not having you waste your wild cards. Rant over. Thanks for the video Ash! Congrats on your Game Knights live win!

[@erdinyobarboza8083]

Also remember this is why your employer does not want you to share your wage with co-workers as well. Know your worth and get that bag all of you!

[@qmarkus2836]

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

[@gowerman1]

love your channel, love your games. I don't want to view losing decks. So up and at em, keep on what you're doing. its good and it works.