It feels like you brought your own spark and creative fun back to standard - by trying cool new combinations that you really enjoy testing out yourself. It really shows - makes me wanna try more and more of your recent decks! : )
I feel like I might jinx this if I say something... but I'm going to say it anyway. Absolutely loving all of the Standard videos lately. So much variety, so much entertainment, so much fun... and in a Standard meta that is older than Methuselah and more stale than the bag of chips you left in the car last week. This is why you have been my favorite MTG RUclipsr for 2+ years and it's not close. When you are excited and passionate about brewing in Standard, it's just an experience that can't be replicated -- even by you in other formats. (Okay now I'm ready for like two weeks of nothing but Historic Brawl, LOL)
It's incredibly hard to navigate through that first game as a mono white deck against that kind of control, the only merit you have is to be a pw deck; a card type pure control can't really answer right now while it's on the board (sans fateful absence). Thanks for that amazing gameplay cgb!
A lot of people were shitting on Elspeth when she was previewed and I never understood why. Sure, she's not Wandering Emperor, but being able to give things 2 +1/+1 counters and flying is nothing to sneeze at.
Yep. My view since preview season for MOM has been that she's a situational but solid 1-of to 2-of include in the right decks. It feels like a lot of people just want instant 4-of includes for the top of meta decks, and she _is_ a bit too slow for the current top of white meta archetypes like soldiers.
She shits a 1/1 lifelinker on a +1 and starts at 4 loyalty. People don't understand how powerful that is. Same with the other Elspeth, which is pretty much a 3 for 1 every damn time her -2 hits anything that isn't a land.
Hey CGB, you are an awesome Magicplayer. This Deck just blows my mind. It is so great to play….even to say so cool, if that term wasnˋt be allready taken…canˋt remember by whom though 😮 Keep up your awesome work I enjoy your content very much.
Deck looks nice. Honestly you could cut the Revelry and bring in another Eternal Wanderer. There are a lot of decks that are going to drown you with a crap load of creatures and Blast Zone is definitely too slow for that.
Am I the only one who suspects the guy with the awkward Orzhov pile to actually be a mono red player? Their play pattern was so awkward and their choices weren't indicative of someone that actually understands the game very well. Nope, I think they just rushed the ladder with a downloaded mono-red deck and now they think they're a MTG god
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"I have some plains-walkers. Plains and walkers and some planeswalkers"
It feels like you brought your own spark and creative fun back to standard
- by trying cool new combinations that you really enjoy testing out yourself.
It really shows - makes me wanna try more and more of your recent decks! : )
Proud of you for that last game CGB. Big props to that mentality shift from you.
CGB: Lets focus on Elspeth
CGB: proceeds to run 6 wanderer cards
CGB: I am going to prove how great Elspeth is by running almost as many copies of the Wanderer as I can in the Elspeth deck.
The decklist has 8 elspeth cards
Yep it has every copy of Elspeth he could play.@@jorwegs
Other MTGA players: I watch CGB for variety in deckbuilding
Me: I watch CGB for speaking my internal monologue when shuffler screws me over
many of us love the salty tears of shuffler whiners!
Thanks for the new video cgb. I'm sick today and can barely keep my eyes open. Nothing is better entertainment than listening to mono red suffer.
Favorite part of my day is opening up youtube at lunch to see a new standard vid from CGB. Love the content man, keep it up!
CGB: Need to draw another Elspeth
Me: How much should I bet that he's gonna draw a plains now
"That's silly... but so am I" -CGB 2023
100% I thought he was actually gonna go for that play lol
I feel like I might jinx this if I say something... but I'm going to say it anyway.
Absolutely loving all of the Standard videos lately. So much variety, so much entertainment, so much fun... and in a Standard meta that is older than Methuselah and more stale than the bag of chips you left in the car last week. This is why you have been my favorite MTG RUclipsr for 2+ years and it's not close. When you are excited and passionate about brewing in Standard, it's just an experience that can't be replicated -- even by you in other formats.
(Okay now I'm ready for like two weeks of nothing but Historic Brawl, LOL)
Just finished yesterday's video, I bet this one's just as awesome!
Running Farewell in a deck that runs o-ring style removal is some galaxy-brain deckbuilding
Wedding announced...WELL I'M NOT GOING! This gave me a good laugh lol.
It's incredibly hard to navigate through that first game as a mono white deck against that kind of control, the only merit you have is to be a pw deck; a card type pure control can't really answer right now while it's on the board (sans fateful absence). Thanks for that amazing gameplay cgb!
A lot of people were shitting on Elspeth when she was previewed and I never understood why. Sure, she's not Wandering Emperor, but being able to give things 2 +1/+1 counters and flying is nothing to sneeze at.
She's incredibly mid 😂
Yep. My view since preview season for MOM has been that she's a situational but solid 1-of to 2-of include in the right decks. It feels like a lot of people just want instant 4-of includes for the top of meta decks, and she _is_ a bit too slow for the current top of white meta archetypes like soldiers.
She shits a 1/1 lifelinker on a +1 and starts at 4 loyalty. People don't understand how powerful that is.
Same with the other Elspeth, which is pretty much a 3 for 1 every damn time her -2 hits anything that isn't a land.
Tried this with Rite of Oblivion and Graveyard Trespasser. Worked pretty well. Only 3 Elspeths etc.
Here's my modified version. Any ideas how to make it better?
Deck
2 Elspeth Resplendent (SNC) 11
10 Plains (LTR) 263
3 Archangel Elspeth (MOM) 6
4 Spirited Companion (NEO) 38
2 Tocasia's Welcome (BRO) 30
3 The Restoration of Eiganjo (NEO) 34
4 Wedding Announcement (VOW) 45
2 The Eternal Wanderer (ONE) 11
3 The Wandering Emperor (NEO) 42
1 Blast Zone (WAR) 244
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268
1 Mirrex (ONE) 254
1 Field of Ruin (MID) 262
4 Inspiring Overseer (SNC) 18
3 Tenacious Underdog (SNC) 97
3 Graveyard Trespasser (MID) 104
4 Rite of Oblivion (MID) 237
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (NEO) 278
4 Swamp (LTR) 267
4 Shattered Sanctum (VOW) 264
Do you think mondrak would be good in a similar mono W deck?
Ah yes, CovertGoWhite, back at it again.
Hey CGB, you are an awesome Magicplayer. This Deck just blows my mind. It is so great to play….even to say so cool, if that term wasnˋt be allready taken…canˋt remember by whom though 😮 Keep up your awesome work I enjoy your content very much.
That last game was nuts - I'd be so tilted if that many removal spells got thrown at me lol
First game was master class playing. Respect.
loved hanging out with you yesterday on Twitch!
Two wandering emperors and two Elspeth Respledents in hand on turn 7. That's just gnarly
Deck looks nice. Honestly you could cut the Revelry and bring in another Eternal Wanderer. There are a lot of decks that are going to drown you with a crap load of creatures and Blast Zone is definitely too slow for that.
32:26 I don't know what it is, but someone scooping because of the effects of their own spell will never not be satisfying to me.
Drop down to 3x on the Elspeths and the Emperor to slot in 3x Sunfall. That will provide more sweeper answers than just the 2x Eternal Wanderer.
But that would be less Elspeths!!!
Should have foundries in there, crazy good with combat tokens from elspeth pws
My2c
Game 6 was a study in patience.
Thanks CGB
Game 4 was beautiful
no elspeth spite no like
jk love you much and am digging the character theme series going on
Never seen monowhite look so fun
This is my kind of deck
I don't get it, around 9:20 why did opponent play two x=0 Syncopates?
To stop CGB from drawing a card with the sunset revelry by not having more cards in hand than CGB =)
Every time he says "ossificate" it's like nails on chalkboard. There IS NO SUCH WORD. It's OSSIFY.
awesome video
idk why people aren't adding Loran's to their build with the current enchantment meta madness going on lately.
Watching you beat the shuffler nonsense, was good for the soul. Game 2 is exhibit A if this rigged bs.
I want to see a battle deck
All elspeth and without elspeth's smite? :p
ALL OF THEM?>
Bro this deck,6-0 already,tweeked a bit but wow
Let's prove how good Elspeth is over Wanderer by running 6 Wanderers of them so I don't lose games.
Oops! All Elspeths
watched
Honestly watching pro players play MTGA and get mana screwed is seriously cathartic.
The Eternal Wanderer is broken...
Ay made it early
Am I the only one who suspects the guy with the awkward Orzhov pile to actually be a mono red player? Their play pattern was so awkward and their choices weren't indicative of someone that actually understands the game very well. Nope, I think they just rushed the ladder with a downloaded mono-red deck and now they think they're a MTG god
The 3rd point of poison also matters no powersink sad face vjnyard
Let play best of two and tie every time @cgb
Card draw now allowed only card selection....
I would need a a handicap the 1st round you can have a handicap 2nd round if we play
We bothe star with 21 life too