I love Mana Tithe. Brawl is the perfect format for it tbh. In tabletop commander, it's always seen as "unlikely to do anything" because something-something-big-mana even though people DO tap out, that's just how people play. But in Brawl it being 1v1 makes the tempo play easier to time against your opponent, and nobody sees it coming. Even if you know and love using Mana Tithe yourself, it's a single white card in a 100 card deck. Playing around being countered by a non-blue deck can just be slowing yourself down for no reason, which is already deadly against a deck like this Adeline deck. Mana Tithe is the perfect extra bit of spice. It's the opposite of those decks that run nothing but counterspells and bounce for interaction. Only one counterspell in your deck? Good enough. It WILL win games, as this video wonderfully shows.
Adeline is my go-to historic brawl deck; excited to see this take. I play it real low-curve and aggressive and have around 80% winrate over nearly 1k games.
i love how the most challenging deck was Zacama the big Dino lol Beats all the control decks but off meta decks take it down which proves Mono white is super solid..
Yes! I have an Adeline paper commander deck and recently built my first brawl deck with her. She is so aggressive and I love it, fantastic games as always CGB!
You are part of a daily routine for me. Your videos go online at 8 pm for me. So I mostly watch them whilst I go to bed. I pause as I fall asleep and continue the video during breakfast. So I have to tell you: you are very cool!
I enjoying the mono deck streak rn. My group only plays commander, and I plan to celebrate All Will be One by making a (budget) deck for each praetor. Seeing a lot of things I like from Selvala, Baral, and now Adeline.
CGB, I am not that into sports anymore. I used to watch football and nascar with my Dad growing up, but I'm now way too far out of the loop to care about the games anymore. One of the things I love most about your channel is shouting at the screen when you misplay, like in this video, "THIS TURN, cgb, THIS TURN!" It reminds me of watching sports with my Dad. We shout at your misplays because we're rooting for you, and we enjoy shouting at the misplays. Never stop misplaying!
Damn I am D_Blackblade and we faced off later in the video. I was not paying attention that it was you. Yeah you owned me that game. Went second and had to mulligan a couple of times. Hats off to you, your deck was definitely ready for my version. Just excited I got to ne in a video. Just wish I made more of a game of it. Until next time (I'll get my revenge 😆)
You win games not only because the deck you're playing is great BUT ALSO because you know how to play against your specific opponents so well (knowing when to hold us removal, knowing what you want in an opening hand). So it's like playing aggro with a control mind.
“Oops” is the worst emote because it’s impossible to use without looking like a jerk. I often want to “oops” after I make a big misplay but don’t want to give the wrong impression
so yesterday we got the TIMMY SPECIAL and today we are full blown SPIKE. like, i think i'm going to use these 2 videos to explain to people what "archetypes" in magic actually are. loved this
I actually built something reasonably similar and I'm damn proud. White Weenie is a simple enough strategy that it's possible to build this list without having all the cards and still do decently well, which is not true for some more complex strategies that need critical mass of board clears or combo pieces that require rare/mythic wildcards. Based on how a budget list performed vs crafting some of the cards to get closer to CovertGoBlue's version, I think I can safely say the following: * If you're on a budget, the most important thing is to get a critical mass of 1- and 2- drops. Against control, playing drops on curve is often enough to win. My version suffered pretty hard from not having enough 1-drops and once I added more, even mediocre stuff like Hotshot Pilot, I had a much easier time. * There is no budget replacement for Esper Sentinel. It's a stupid card that gives you free wins. Just craft it. * Lay Down Arms isn't as good as most of the removal spells in this list but is a good enough budget replacement. * Thraben Watcher is not nearly as good as Mothrider Cavalry but it would be decent enough.
Woohoo, I'm elite! I always watch your videos start to finish though. I wasn't sure how I'd feel when you decided to take a break from standard for brawl, but I actually started playing Brawl because of it and having a blast! Love the content, keep it up!
Lots of pairing against Niv Mizzet Parrun. It's actually a really good matchup for Adeline. They're usually just too slow and don't have good enough tools to stop go-wide. Lots of the red wipes still leave Adeline alive and she'll just repop the board. I'm 25-0 against UR commanders this season with Adeline, and it's nearly all Niv Mizzet Parrun.
Who knew that in a queue with endless removal, counterspells, value engines and combo decks, the white weenie aggro strategy can go almost undefeated Also funny that out of all the format's powerhouses, like Tasha, Niv and Bolas, a big dino boi was the only one able to handle the Adeline hot streak :)
I have an unquenchable love for mono-white durdle in Brawl. Mangara is my favorite, Gideon Blackblade is sleeper good, no-one expects to die to a regular 4/4!
Adeline is easily one of my most powerful HB decks. I don't see that many other Adelines, and it's weird. Mine is a tiny bit less agressive, has a token subtheme and goes to 5 mana. And I agree, agressive decks are often underestimated in HB. But you have to be reaaaal agressive. Forget mana rocks and the like, and go all in
Love you're content cgb! I wanna dare you build a competitive Kira mono blue in historic brawl, for you're favourite colour! It's gonna be a pain in Arena
Hello my friend, wondering if Varis, Silverymoon Ranger / venturing into the dungeon is possible to be good in Historic Brawl? Or is there a better choice?
Haven't watched this yet (am about to), but this is the first time in your HB vacation that you got to a commander I was already having amazing success with. :D Adeline's gotten my third best winrate behind only Ivy and Emmara, as so many aren't prepared for ultra-fast decks. Anyway, on to watching and enjoying your take on Adeline!
Been dunking on Hell queue commanders and going 14-2 with Thalia, but I guess CGB is letting the secret out now! Oh well it was fun while it lasted! Maybe people will play the same way and not adjust to the taxing power of Mono white
How is Adeline doing so well? She seems so weak compared to other commanders in brawl rn. It's only one 1/1 per turn and a decent pump as upside. I also play her with success, I'm just surprised she can keep up rn
"I will not play Zacama!". Shit... :c I was really hoping to see a CGB Zacama deck. It's a card I love but cant seem to actually make it work, and after two losses against it, I was hoping he'd try it. I understand why he wont, but it would be really nice.
i say we tcgtrader direct every green card in the game ever and cut them in half give them to me so i can make briquets to power a generator that runs my trailer a penny or less. the white cards are next.
Now play an aggro deck, but piloted by Raffine. You'll see what is a high winrate. Oponnents cant do anything when you start putting counters on the likes of esper sentinel and mausoleum wanderer. Develop the board a little with 1-2 cmc creatures, play raffine, start looting for counterspells while making your creatures bigger and bigger. You will be hitting them with 10 power 1 drops lol
Pretty sure that guy was oopsing because he wiped your board in response to Adeline's trigger instead of allowing it to resolve first
exactly. didn't need to go straight to being so offended there.
Nah, that seemed like average toxic brawl player. Just vibes.
@@leclaireiswin7069 play pppppppppppppppppppppp z and,t
@@andrewdashwood-begg362You alright there, buddy? You’re allowed to use your words.
@@leclaireiswin7069 He didn't sound that offended to me at all, now that I watched the bit.
I love Mana Tithe. Brawl is the perfect format for it tbh. In tabletop commander, it's always seen as "unlikely to do anything" because something-something-big-mana even though people DO tap out, that's just how people play. But in Brawl it being 1v1 makes the tempo play easier to time against your opponent, and nobody sees it coming. Even if you know and love using Mana Tithe yourself, it's a single white card in a 100 card deck. Playing around being countered by a non-blue deck can just be slowing yourself down for no reason, which is already deadly against a deck like this Adeline deck. Mana Tithe is the perfect extra bit of spice. It's the opposite of those decks that run nothing but counterspells and bounce for interaction. Only one counterspell in your deck? Good enough. It WILL win games, as this video wonderfully shows.
I f*cking loveeeeee how often Mana Tithe catches people off guard. Especially when they’re trying to ramp.
How ironic is seeing an Izzet concede after getting counterspell'd by mono White
Get counterspelled by blue and nobody says a thing, cause it’s all part of the plan. But get countered by white? And everyone loses their mind!
"You are elite, the best of the best" That should be everyone's description of you. Ty for making the content
Adeline is my go-to historic brawl deck; excited to see this take. I play it real low-curve and aggressive and have around 80% winrate over nearly 1k games.
i love how the most challenging deck was Zacama the big Dino lol
Beats all the control decks but off meta decks take it down which proves Mono white is super solid..
Yes! I have an Adeline paper commander deck and recently built my first brawl deck with her. She is so aggressive and I love it, fantastic games as always CGB!
I don't want the commander series to end 😢
You are part of a daily routine for me. Your videos go online at 8 pm for me. So I mostly watch them whilst I go to bed. I pause as I fall asleep and continue the video during breakfast. So I have to tell you: you are very cool!
I enjoying the mono deck streak rn. My group only plays commander, and I plan to celebrate All Will be One by making a (budget) deck for each praetor. Seeing a lot of things I like from Selvala, Baral, and now Adeline.
I watch you everyday, you brought me back into Magic. Thank you for doing all of this for us
I appreciate it
CGB, I am not that into sports anymore. I used to watch football and nascar with my Dad growing up, but I'm now way too far out of the loop to care about the games anymore. One of the things I love most about your channel is shouting at the screen when you misplay, like in this video, "THIS TURN, cgb, THIS TURN!" It reminds me of watching sports with my Dad. We shout at your misplays because we're rooting for you, and we enjoy shouting at the misplays. Never stop misplaying!
I mostly see content to understand a control mage, because you explain you line of though really well. But to day,I really enjoy your aggro side!
Damn I am D_Blackblade and we faced off later in the video. I was not paying attention that it was you. Yeah you owned me that game. Went second and had to mulligan a couple of times. Hats off to you, your deck was definitely ready for my version. Just excited I got to ne in a video. Just wish I made more of a game of it. Until next time (I'll get my revenge 😆)
You win games not only because the deck you're playing is great BUT ALSO because you know how to play against your specific opponents so well (knowing when to hold us removal, knowing what you want in an opening hand). So it's like playing aggro with a control mind.
Does the commander determine what queue your in? I play a lot of arena but never do any dives into the mechanics of the queues
Yes seems to be the case
The commander is the primary factor for what matchups you get, but the 99 other cards in the deck also effect it, to a smaller extent.
Loving all the commander videos, keep ‘em coming!
Not sure where he ranks but love to see a Valki/Tibalt control deck
Same🎉
List looks real good. I'd recommend Hanweir Militia Captain as it can be one of the most explosive 2 drops and has great go-wide synergy.
I love the historic brawl content. Well done.
I like to think that cgb spent weeks uploading counterspell control decks with the intent to warp the meta enough so that this deck could thrive
12:58 You could've countered Mangara, Tribunal'd the Sentinel, then swung for lethal.
This.
“Oops” is the worst emote because it’s impossible to use without looking like a jerk. I often want to “oops” after I make a big misplay but don’t want to give the wrong impression
Mono White has received so many tools in recent sets, very cool to see a lot of those cards featured here.
And Elesh Norn, that white Obliterator and that white Dominus from All will be One are incoming-
You misspelled mono Black...
OMG CGB I absolutely love you for playing this commander!!
Going great! Your videos make my day better! Keep up the awesome content CGB!
so yesterday we got the TIMMY SPECIAL and today we are full blown SPIKE. like, i think i'm going to use these 2 videos to explain to people what "archetypes" in magic actually are. loved this
Oh CGB, you brought aggro to a let me set up game, bwahahahaha. They weren't ready for a quick death
I actually built something reasonably similar and I'm damn proud. White Weenie is a simple enough strategy that it's possible to build this list without having all the cards and still do decently well, which is not true for some more complex strategies that need critical mass of board clears or combo pieces that require rare/mythic wildcards.
Based on how a budget list performed vs crafting some of the cards to get closer to CovertGoBlue's version, I think I can safely say the following:
* If you're on a budget, the most important thing is to get a critical mass of 1- and 2- drops. Against control, playing drops on curve is often enough to win. My version suffered pretty hard from not having enough 1-drops and once I added more, even mediocre stuff like Hotshot Pilot, I had a much easier time.
* There is no budget replacement for Esper Sentinel. It's a stupid card that gives you free wins. Just craft it.
* Lay Down Arms isn't as good as most of the removal spells in this list but is a good enough budget replacement.
* Thraben Watcher is not nearly as good as Mothrider Cavalry but it would be decent enough.
I'm digging all the historic brawl content, dude
GJ CGB, I love your work
It was not enough with agroo in standard, now they come invading Historic Brawl, truly a dark time
Woohoo, I'm elite! I always watch your videos start to finish though. I wasn't sure how I'd feel when you decided to take a break from standard for brawl, but I actually started playing Brawl because of it and having a blast! Love the content, keep it up!
I love Adeline so much. Thanks for the gameplay CGB
Crafted the deck and am loving it. Also the user name at 34:34 slayed me
Lots of pairing against Niv Mizzet Parrun. It's actually a really good matchup for Adeline. They're usually just too slow and don't have good enough tools to stop go-wide. Lots of the red wipes still leave Adeline alive and she'll just repop the board. I'm 25-0 against UR commanders this season with Adeline, and it's nearly all Niv Mizzet Parrun.
glad to see good old fair magic is still alive and strong.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
If you played the sentinel first at 28:40 you would have gotten an extra card :(
Dude was so sour at a white counterspell
Who knew that in a queue with endless removal, counterspells, value engines and combo decks, the white weenie aggro strategy can go almost undefeated
Also funny that out of all the format's powerhouses, like Tasha, Niv and Bolas, a big dino boi was the only one able to handle the Adeline hot streak :)
Opponent was ready for the rock, paper, three-headed tyrannosaur
I have an unquenchable love for mono-white durdle in Brawl. Mangara is my favorite, Gideon Blackblade is sleeper good, no-one expects to die to a regular 4/4!
Adeline is easily one of my most powerful HB decks. I don't see that many other Adelines, and it's weird.
Mine is a tiny bit less agressive, has a token subtheme and goes to 5 mana.
And I agree, agressive decks are often underestimated in HB. But you have to be reaaaal agressive. Forget mana rocks and the like, and go all in
That 2 mana brainstorm hurt me emotionally
I don't know if there's money in it for you. But it's cool that you shout out your favorite people.
Love you're content cgb! I wanna dare you build a competitive Kira mono blue in historic brawl, for you're favourite colour! It's gonna be a pain in Arena
Absolutely loving cHB content! Any plans for oswald?
Of course we go all the way when we watch you!!!
Loved the Zacama comeback
Enjoyed this aggro!
Lol. Hadn’t watched CGB in months: video one, game one, mono white and he counterspells for the win 😂
damn that turn 5 kill is smooth!
I like that you gave a shout out to the other creators. 169,420!
Great games on! Nice!
Hello my friend, wondering if Varis, Silverymoon Ranger / venturing into the dungeon is possible to be good in Historic Brawl? Or is there a better choice?
Secret Shout out for having the fortitude to make it through.
thanks for the brawl vid cgb
"what I can't foretell from exile?" lmao
Haven't watched this yet (am about to), but this is the first time in your HB vacation that you got to a commander I was already having amazing success with. :D Adeline's gotten my third best winrate behind only Ivy and Emmara, as so many aren't prepared for ultra-fast decks. Anyway, on to watching and enjoying your take on Adeline!
I'm pretty sure they changed ranger, it used to say until your next turn
wait, how long we queue is affected by something???
CGB content is always good stuff
Been dunking on Hell queue commanders and going 14-2 with Thalia, but I guess CGB is letting the secret out now! Oh well it was fun while it lasted! Maybe people will play the same way and not adjust to the taxing power of Mono white
No hanweir militia captain?
It is going great. Loving your videos
You gotta do Freyalise man, you can make so much mana and still have a board it's insane.
Taking any more Scarab God requests?
Every mono black I play always seems to have every destroy, exile, sacrifice spell I'm the game lol even Gix
Black is unbalanced, they got the best removal AND the best creatures
It's funny how that Kaya player had Esper sentinel out all that time, then scooped after mana tithe ....couldn't pay the one 😆
Dude I love your videos so much ❤ Hope you're doing well XXOO
2 things I really want, Ranked Brawl and 4 person brawl
gotta love some fresh cgb
You should try The Royal Scions historic brawl.
19:12 ahh is that this popular saying: "plow the bird"?
what about a good old life gain historic deck ???
There’s an angels deck in explorer that’s basically the same thing and pretty good.
Thamks
I tried Adeline but I ended up with Katilda and Paradox instead! 😂
If you know you know: You made it to that point in the video
This is my go to on historic brawl, ridiculously easy wins!
Yea, easy wins! Then you approach 5 kinnans in a row and question your choice of reliability.
Stayed to the end like normal (
What’s your tag on mtg arena I’ll take you on
Part of the elite🫡
How is Adeline doing so well? She seems so weak compared to other commanders in brawl rn. It's only one 1/1 per turn and a decent pump as upside. I also play her with success, I'm just surprised she can keep up rn
Adrenaline, resplendent cathar hyper aggro
"I will not play Zacama!". Shit... :c
I was really hoping to see a CGB Zacama deck. It's a card I love but cant seem to actually make it work, and after two losses against it, I was hoping he'd try it. I understand why he wont, but it would be really nice.
That bolas player was not a representative of the tribe.
play kozilek great distortion for brawl
Aggro is so slept on in brawl. I've lost count of how many times I've lost on turn 4 to aggro.
white deck are op !!
133t 😮
I feel like Adeline is like Torbran
But, y'know, better.
Mana Tithe MVP.
169,420..... still waiting
Where is the new episode of the worst possible commander? 😢😢😢
I made it this far in the video!
Yayyyy non-control no paradox
i say we tcgtrader direct every green card in the game ever and cut them in half give them to me so i can make briquets to power a generator that runs my trailer a penny or less. the white cards are next.
I’m the elite.
Now play an aggro deck, but piloted by Raffine. You'll see what is a high winrate. Oponnents cant do anything when you start putting counters on the likes of esper sentinel and mausoleum wanderer. Develop the board a little with 1-2 cmc creatures, play raffine, start looting for counterspells while making your creatures bigger and bigger. You will be hitting them with 10 power 1 drops lol
ive tried a number of monowhite commanders, and adeline is really good but just seems kinda bland
but i hate paradox engine
Recently I've been trying Shaile, Dean of Radiance. It's the only mono-white commander that can run Lurrus as companion. 🤔