ZERG RUSH! Scute Swarm Ramp | 73% Diamond Win Rate | MTG Arena Gameplay

[@paulhorton5168]

I'd like to give a warm heart felt thanks to CGB (Dan) for his efforts in raising the funds for Extra Life's Campaign. It ensures that it's the future generations that matter most. Without those young people, our futures would not be possible. One day the tables will turn in which we will need those who we took care of when they needed us. Good job!

[@dustinhelgestad3783]

42:20 I love that you kept explaining your turn even though they scooped! It was both funny and informative. Great deck!

[@lifeisawesome1391]

22:57 "Patience is my win con" followed by *genuine evil laughter*

[@h8myname813]

I laughed at that 😏

[@workyoutube7798]

"Patience is my wincon." - typical blue player; since '93... I mean, CGB; 2020

[@isaz2425]

Thank you so much! I'm restarting magic I don't have many cards and was having trouble building a green-white deck with this kind of strategy, but I couldn't get it right. So I took this list and changed some cards to fit the ones I had and reduce the number of wildcards needed. right now, I'm at something like 7victories for 1 defeat.

[@Wolfsspinne]

Thanks for the kind words, picked up a new deck today and went 0 in 17 in Platinum ledder, felt really discouraging.

[@permadrunk3444]

your titans nest deck has gotten me to mythic. i love it, they are milling me then all of a sudden stop and just spam OOPS

[@goodbrowngravvy]

I broke the game using Scute the other day. Game ended in a draw because it couldn't compute doubling over 300 Swarms along with Ancient Greenwarden on the field.

[@WobblezTheWeird]

disgusting

[@WobblezTheWeird]

if left alone it scales exponentialy

[@lbradshaw316]

Ive done this also. So satisfying

[@stefanhansen8623]

I hade over 1000 playing a frend it tol 25 minust to prosees the last batch and i hade a fabeld that i did not want to crack whit 1000+ scutes on the battele feald....

[@robertsunderman9534]

I hate scute swarm for this very reason. I had someone dead on the board with some really big flyers that they clearly couldn't deal with. Their response was to play a genesis ultimatum and God knows what other ramp spells until the massive scute stack froze the game. It pissed me off so much. They weren't accomplishing anything, except maybe getting their cast X green spells daily.

[@bastokrepublic]

Thank you for taking the time to explain your thoughts on everything, from the plays to the philosophical.

[@christophersprunger6317]

Thank you for your content and your encouraging words about losing rank. I needed to hear it, I thought it was just me.

[@covertgoblue]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hazadus]

Thanks for encouragement in the end - I will listen to this over and over when I get tilted!

[@lbradshaw316]

Thank you for the encouragement in the wrap-up, I was one of the ones who needed to hear that

[@futhamucka]

Day 2 of thanking CGB for his daily videos

[@cafemalo]

I want to see a really long streak on this comment!!

[@futhamucka]

@@cafemalo well I watch CGB's videos every single day, so strap in!

[@jrvaughn9038]

@@futhamucka I'll be right here with ya, bro. CGB's videos are just the best. Plus, my game has gotten better from watching him. Cool Kids Club every day!

[@fordesgol7947]

Nice!

[@jameslacy7236]

Post game: I needed to hear it. The ridiculous Cat Oven/Mayhem Devil/Dreadhorde Butcher fir my wheelhouse very well and got me mythic pretty quickly my first season after returning to the game. Gotta grind, some days are not your day. More words of wisdom from CGB. See you in the next video.

[@TabooX1984]

Fun deck 👍 Regarding 23:45 Sounds more like Yoda with a bad smoking problem.

[@mikechua4893]

I miss the Dade comment already 😪

[@isaz2425]

at 15:40 , you could have created more swarms , you had 4 lands on the field and 2 in hands. Activate full control mode, put down 1 land, the swarms ability triggers, then in response you activate rootgrazer's ability to put down your 6th land. that way , the 2 triggers of the swarm will both copy it. and then you have fabled passage to copy them again.

[@Kyvinn]

Cleanest build ive seen in a while! Not thr greatest cards doing great things. My favorite. The bans are showing off your building skills even more than the chops you usually display!

[@NamathCB]

Agreed with the Indiana Jones, Sean Connery discussion/ tribute. Great voice for him.

[@MrDaveC84]

Add a few Ancient Greenwardens for some real maddness. + The ability to replay your Fabled Passages again and again... I just had a game crash, when 320 Scute Swarms were about to quadruple (with 2 ancient greenwardens out) :)

[@timformusic]

At 20:30 yasharn turns off your fetchland. That's why you couldn't sac it. Nice video though!

[@wapjs6781]

evolving wild is bugged: yasharn says "nonland permanent"

[@jrvaughn9038]

Nice deck. That last game was quite the come back. Not sure why they scooped. Really wish Arena had the option to see the top of your library once the game is over. They let us see the field afterwards in one of the last few updates. Why not see the cards that were coming too?

[@brysonmay6301]

I want "Patience is my wincon." on my gravestone.

[@barney3444]

thats nice, I'm having "I told you I was ill" on mine

[@simonrobinson8065]

@@barney3444 classic Spike Milligan.

[@barney3444]

@@simonrobinson8065 you got me :)

[@JustinHinzMagic]

What would be your suggestions to update to standard 2022? I added 2 Ashaya, soul of the wild and 3 Prosperous Innkeeper for the cards that weren't playable. 4 evo wilds, bumped the lands to 6 plain, 6 forest, 4 branchloft pathway.

[@twizleryep]

Thank you for your wise philosophical words at the end. Magic is a great game but sometimes it can chew you up and spit you out.

[@Garryl367]

15:43 While the Scute Swarm trigger is on the stack from the 5th land, would activating the Grazer to put a 6th land into play cause that first trigger to create a Scute Swarm token copy instead of just an insect?

[@RmFrZQ]

Yes. Triggers on the stack check game state when each of them resolve.

[@NunoRufas101]

Inserted a few ancient greenwardens in the mix instead of the mammoths.....nice creature to come around against mill decks and to abuse fabled passages :D

[@HatingThePlayer]

Since you have the ramp for it, have you thought about Adding Ashaya, Every Monster that gets summoned to the field from hand procs scute swarm and it helps with being a big blocker while you set up your field.

[@TheChaBuku]

Love this deck list and would love to try it. Except... 42 rares and 10 mythics. Maybe I can craft it in a year if I save my wild cards 😂

[@Hieroglyphics87]

i think turning it into to naya gives you more options and better removal, and allows you to machine gun people with terror of the peaks as a massive threat.

[@revolt81]

I think g/w is the best combo for scute swarm. Especially with impassioned orator, run maja ad an additional win con

[@forrestrycommitee3808]

Just went of a 7 win streak to get out of gold using cgbs' titans' nest deck with some cuts to add a couple elsbeths' nightmares and eliminates (eliminates are to deal with an ooze with counters or crawling barrens)

[@user404-o6e]

I´m using a similar deck but i use 3 Harmonious Archon. It´s pretty fun (and good)

[@Derael]

Harmonious Archon sounds like it's way too expensive, and a dead card in many match ups. For decks like this early game is the most important, since you win late game anyway, and Archon is a win more card.

[@jhannigan210]

Can you tap the rootgrazer for a land drop in response to that primal might?

[@louelastic954]

Yasharn is actually kind of nuts. A 4/4 body 4 CMC that thins your deck 2 cards and counters sacrifice plays. Definitely slept on.

[@OUSTET]

Kinda. Maybe as a regular card he’s decent but kinda buns for commander

[@stoneddozer]

24:40 CGB what are you doing here? You should be brutal deathcore vocalist :D

[@stevenshelton4807]

Could you add more removal without loosing power? More ECD and some banishing light. Mid range build could trade a few creatures for more control, just gets run over by extinction event and ugin no matter what i guess

[@tommygol15br]

Why do you always prioritize the cobra over the rootgrazer on t2 when you have a basic? You could then play the cobra AND retreat/yasharn with the two landdrops (and ramp in the process)

[@sazger]

Right, rootgrazer turn two, turn three you play lotus first, then drop two lands with rootgrazer giving you 4 mana, play Yasharn, turn four you can drop both lands for 6 lands on board plus 2 from lotus

[@treybooher9608]

this seems a lot better than the simic scute mutate build. cant wait to try it!

[@user-et3xn2jm1u]

I think Rootgrazer is a legitimately good card. edit: also CGB you missed lethal at 23:00, just so you know :)

[@jonahbaillie8923]

So I’ve been playing magic for about 2 months now. What would a reasonable rank be for someone this new to the game?

[@vincentbigras1515]

20:17 can u grow the after dmg are assign to save your creature? like in full ctrl or something like guy say i put 4 and 1 to the other ok a fetch land then +1 / +1 ??

[@Jnelle4]

Hm, I know you have opportunity to take action once blockers are declared. However not sure about after damage has been dealt. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful 😕

[@HalTuberman]

I have noticed a couple (2) missed stops this past week. It's possible I wasn't paying attention and auto clicked through something... but IDK. It was the step right after attacks were declared in both instances. Just like in CGB's video. Maybe I'm just imagining it. Or there is an in game explanation (like ECD tax or something) that I'm not considering. But I'm starting to wonder. I didn't think much of it the first time, but the second time I couldn't figure out why it skipped ahead. Anyone else notice anything like that?

[@jordangeiser]

45:45 I needed to hear that lol

[@champdoggaming]

I came up against a similar deck playing Rakdos Control, destroyed it. I do think they had some bad draws, played poorly, and some questionable deck building choices. They were all in on the ramp element with Cultivate and Migratory Greathorn, got some durdly, do-nothing hands

[@matt21643]

The one bolas impression was more of a very deep Yoda today lol

[@billymiles6870]

I needed to hear that. I go 0-6 a lot.

[@aplsin]

I love the bestofonefying, thanks for the content!

[@demonicell]

I hate Scute Swarm with a passion. Hate it. Apparently I need to get over it. I didn't hate this deck. Love hearing about the new blue chair. Awesome.

[@ben11kovan]

"Strike first, strike hard, no mercy" -Lotus Cobra Kai

[@vermora356]

"Land"ing in DIamond! I just got what you did there.

[@nickbalmes6640]

It might not be MTGA content but I sure would like to watch that Among Us game on KZbin! (Since I can't really catch a stream from CGB due to timezones)

[@fvizeus]

I like including at least one Klothys's Design in my Scute Swarm decks.

[@Sythog]

23:40 dat Bolas line

[@Nitron2097]

Ah, that second to last game. I got the same thing in Pokemon online. Your win streaks are only allowed to continue for so long.

[@michaelnoel1852]

CGB, My favorite Sean Connery Movie is The Rock!!!

[@CoachBill315]

Definitely appreciate your videos. Thanks man

[@antroz9181]

I'm a simple man, I see Yasharn I click like

[@CoryFPS]

If you play grazer and then cobra, you would have 4 mana for the retreat. Play the basic off grazer and normal land play gives 4 mana and 4 power on the board

[@CoryFPS]

with a fetch it's five mana

[@Hanmacx]

Try Sultai Scute Swarm Glasspool Mimic Thief's Guild Enforcer

[@SuperstarBR]

Deck looks fun, will try ut tonight.

[@ubermalice9589]

yea... i needed to hear that

[@Jorg05111980]

Not sure about the value of Vivien in this deck?

[@psyborg01]

I needed to hear the last part.

[@HylianMigz]

love these decks against my heliod angel token deck

[@h8myname813]

Cool build I’ll try it out Thanks

[@jmdamas]

This outro is underrated!

[@musicaexmachina_]

Wouldn't Azusa be a fantastic add in this deck?

[@hectorbastida1095]

No, slow and gets stomped

[@musicaexmachina_]

Would it not compete with Skyclave as a stomp target? you could create some interesting situations where they have to choose to stomp your ramp or your removal. As far Azusa being slow; I'd generally agree, except for that the deck is based on landfall, and azusa can threaten game ending turns earlier.

[@lordfifth4520]

I dont like Azusa if you dont have a way to play cards from top of your deck or something similar. Azusa would be good in a Valakut Exploration deck, or maybe if you are playing Radha. But this deck will run out of lands quickly. It can work well if you have couple Murasa Rootgrazer out maybe but other than that i dont see Azusa providing that much value.

[@jesseblanchard9609]

In the game vs Benjidanger...Ive noticed if I win more than 3 in a row the shuffler completely screws me on mana for at least 2 games...

[@jamesbuchen6256]

20:10 game is bugged with evolving wilds. you need to be in full control for working with evolving wilds combat tricks unlike fabled passage. Had the same problem when I tried naya landfall aggro. Lost several games to not gaining priority with evoloving wilds before I learned to use full control.

[@RodZuprising]

I understood that reference

[@Eyari3]

22:15 "WHERE IS SHE?!!!"

[@Etdashou1]

A blue chair. WOW! With white?

[@ukmaverick8016]

I did. I needed to hear that ending. Haha

[@guineapig1016]

I been to coolstuff in Jacksonville Florida

[@bobconway5958]

nice outtro

[@Meskarts]

15:50 - wait you can attack AND use the Tap ability?!!

[@sazger]

It’s because the rootgrazer has vigilance so it doesn’t tap when attacking

[@lanceschulz1182]

u never appreciate what you have until it is gone dades comments I miss them

[@justindv8915]

"Patience is my win con" LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@AirIUnderwater]

I run a similar deck but with Heroic Intervention...

[@Menelker]

For the Swarm!

[@coachhoiidexplains36]

7.7K Subs left to 100K!

[@horsecop2372]

Friends don't let friends play Scute Swarm

[@carlosrenner]

Hey, that is PewDiePie Chair xD

[@apgamer4053]

25:43 dam they realy need to add that report button for these children

[@therealfolkblues2526]

Do you have plans to upload the among us stream to youtube?

[@MetalModelMaster]

No scapeshift?

[@tiredtraveler4536]

Thought this was a starcraft 2 strategy video 😂

[@vdubkrob7099]

Thought I was the only one lol. I was like CGB plays StarCraft?

[@LordKaiju_2]

Not Gonna lie, Zerg Rush got my attention

[@pitinavion]

STRIKE FIRST STRIKE HARD NO MERCY !

[@Drakmo79]

Hail to the chair!

[@PaulMFDouglas]

Yay! Daily videos

[@stefanvanwyk4733]

In the land of bugs and pigs.

[@camdenbaer6415]

this deck is sick

[@chuchugugu]

But good you beat cycling I hate that more

[@Mike-bq7go]

He got lucky as hell that simple

[@sheldondeklerk2044]

Great way to end FNM day!

[@jimmycarlson4871]

Tenth?

[@neverfail9432]

32:20 - This is why my cycling deck has 3 shatter the sky's. It can't complete with any decent aggressive deck otherwise

[@NicolTheDragon]

oh dang hes posting an hour earlier than usual