Thst moment when: the faithful disciple shuddering in the elements outside the temple hears, faintly, the master inviting him inside. Hope you get your video sir. 😎
I cant believe the things you go through just to bring us regular epic quality content. Dont get me wrong, I truly enjoy it, but putting your life at risk driving through crazy weather isnt worth it. Please stay safe!
Just want to say having a CGB video at the end of every work day to look forward to every single day feels like a public service. You’re doing gods work CGB.
Man, I was having a really bad arena day. I lost 6 games in a row on the ladder and then went 1-3 on a premier draft. Seeing how poorly CGB's game vs mono-red went cheered me up. I'm sorry it went so bad for you CGB, but it went so bad that it actually is great content. The comeback after missing so many lands on game 3 was awesome
It'll be one sad day when the streak ends! Thanks for all you do! Your hard work & commitment have given me tons of entertainment in this crazy year :)
Honestly, I enjoy the more unfiltered content. It’s nice to see that you have the same struggles and salt-inducing games that we all do. It’s easy to forget that we usually see your best games and then subconsciously think that we should win at the same rate. Thanks for the content. Also, I’m jealous of your weather.. it’s been in the eighties here in California, and as a midwestern guy I miss the cold!
Love the Tremors reference mate most people have never heard of it, was enjoying that movie from when I was a kid and now My 6 year old can keep it alive in this family.
I've been playing a deck like this since M21 - I've managed to pull off the Vivian/Massacre Wurm Fetching Troll combo three times at FNM and it was amazing each time
It’s incredible how good and necessary Scavenging Ooze has been in this standard meta. Wizards gets a lot wrong, but every now and then they get stuff really right. Re-printing Ooze was definitely right.
Love to see you play something janky for a change. With decks like these, you have to savor those wins because a lot of times you really have to claw your way, tooth and nail, to victory which makes it so much more satisfying.
I love when you explain your mistakes because you as a high level player Your mistakes are little but high level at the same time. It only makes us better players. Thanks, not for the mistakes but for the explanations.
Been using it for a month now, & got to mythic last session ;) a slightly different build I have been evolving over that month to suit the evolving meta.
Even if the opp blocks with the pro-black Apparition you get to deal the full 8 from the troll because of trample. So you could have attacked for 16 left them at 2 and they'd be in a pickle.
Hey CGB! Nice craft! I think you're right that game One you should have done what your deck is meant to do which is to heel out the Mass Troll Lol you played it in Control fashion instead 😆
And here i am in California in November wondering when we'll finally have a day that doesn't reach the 80s, 26 or 27 degrees celsius for the rest of the world
You can't use Clacky B, but I've had some success with using Gyruda and Massacre Wurm in the same deck. It's pretty fun to ramp into Gyruda and then pop a MW or a Questing beast on them. Works great too against the Dream Trawler decks
Along with the people pointing out Heartless Act and the Viv token interaction, you didn't get to eat the Ox at 21:40 just because of their triggers, but because your opponent didn't exile it. The mill and exile happen at the same time on the stack.
In Magic after the final trigger resolves the turn player maintains priority, which means he could use its escape ability before CGB could exile it. The second trigger allowed CGB to respond to said trigger which allowed him to exile it. If Elspeth's Nightmare was the first trigger resolved, then Calls the Dead once Calls the Dead resolves and he chooses to not exile it he could then maintain priority and use the ability of the Ox. It is the same reason when someone casts a Planeswalker you can not use Planeswalker removal before they use a loyalty ability.
@@Manslayer2009 you should still be able to exile it anyway, right? It's still in the graveyard. I know about the tack clearing and the current player continuing their turn, just didn't think it would ever matter
@@m4stermodder Unfortunetly no, similar to Planeswalkers being casted and resolving. Once something has had the ability to resolve then it does its effect. The effects of the cards happen in order too. So for Calls the Dead it will Mill 3 cards. Then you can exile a creature or enchantment, then if you do such thing you summon a 2/2 Zombie. Every part of a card is stopped with a period. You play card effect in the order of operations, for example if the card said "Exile a creature or enchantment card from your graveyard. then if you do summon a 2/2 zombie. Mill 3 cards from the top of your library." you would do it in that exact order, meaning you would not be able to use the 3 cards milled for the exile effect. That is neither here nor there though, when that card effect is completely resolved the priority goes back to the turn player. Even in there is another ability on the stack, MTG just passes priority automatically, but if you turn full control on, after a trigger resolves. In this case "Calls the Dead" the turn player would have priority again before Elspeth's Nightmare resolves, then it would pass back to CGB. Think of it this way 1 Turn player plays card. 2 Turn player then chooses to pass priority or respond. 3 non-turn player responds. 4. Non-turn player chooses to pass priority 5. repeat 2-4 until no responses 6. Card resolves 7. Turn player takes priority So in this case it goes like this 1.Triggers on the stack 2. Turn player orders them 3. Calls the Dead first, Nightmare second 4. Calls the dead trigger 5.Turn player chooses to pass priority 6.non-turn player passes priority 7. Calls the Dead Resolves 8. Nightmare trigger 9. Turn player gets priority 10. Turn player passes priority 11. non-turn player responds to Nightmare 12. non-turn player passes priority 13. Turn player passes priority 14. Ooze resolves 15. Turn player passes priority 16. Non-turn player passes priority 17. Nightmare resolves 18. Turn player has priority- Complicated I know but that's how it works although I think I skipped some steps. You can do what is called "Maintaining priority" which allows you to play multiple cards at the same time too. So I could let's say play 2 instant cards at the same time as the turn player, then pass priority to the non-turn player to respond. Sorry about the edits, I don't post often didn't know * * bolded and - - crossed text out.
@@Manslayer2009 I'm not confused on the mechanics, I'm confused on where the ox would be after activating escape. Would it still be a card in the graveyard you can exile or is it because it's on the stack that you cant
@@m4stermodder You can exile cards on the stack if they're in the graveyard, when they're targeted by ability and such. The difference with escape is it "escapes the graveyard" it is now neither in the graveyard, hand or anything, it is on the stack, as you said. This means it can't be targeted by ooze. It can however be targeted by say a counter spell. Escape is an ability that allows you to cast the card at a different type of cost. Once activated it is treated as a casted card, not an ability of a card.
@Leejen Denetsosie Gomez CGB opened a similar list in one of his last streams and the one I'm using looks similar. So you can check out his VOD. The only difference is that I'm using much more spotremoval because of the agressive BO1 Decks
I run those with Kaerevek in this mono black control I have. I feel like it works alright over there. I have other -x/-x removal so the troll is my real finisher even if the wurm doesn't show
Why does saying "GG" as the game ends tilt CGB so much? I would understand if it was someone taunting an aggro player saying it before using Settle, but here? I feel like he's just saying good game without any malicious intent?
In MTG it's usually the loser that gives the GG, since the respect for the opponent should be implicit, if you win you don't need to say anything, if you lose you admit the defeat through the GG. Now... i'm telling you what i understood listening to Legenvd and Ben Stark talking a bit about this, but i know what i said doesn't really apply for CGB since he plays the evil character. ps. Also saying GG when YOU THINK you are about to win could lead to really embarassing moments. :^)
@@danlewis7707 I mean, I guess it just depends on your own temperament and perspective. I very very rarely see it as some kind of malicious "rub it in" move, with one of the exceptions being what I said in the first comment.. I personally don't see the harm, but he seems to hate the term regardless of when it's used. Even when he says "that was a fun game" he doesn't use gg. It's just weird how tilted he gets about this saying lol. It's almost like he's super self-conscious so even when someone is saying good job, he can't stand hearing it and assumes they are making fun of him.
@@iDivinity117 picture this being said in person. Your opponent looks at you and says good game, before the game over, before you're dead on board.. They just smile and say gg cos they know they're going to win. Its damn rude and arrogant. Would you ever go to shake your opponent's hand before you've even shown them how they lose?
@@erenjaegerbomb8653 It happens in chess, why not here. The more intelligent the player, the less of a need to play it through an obvious loss. When it is malicious, that’s also obvious.
you could try Blazing Volley (deals 1 dmg to each creature your opponents control) instead of Massacre Wurm, If you want to go a bit more aggro, because it's cheaper and immediately puts opponent in a bad position in order to sac their on creatures or deal with 8 trample dmg.
Thing is, Massacre Wurm actually deals damage when their creatures die. Also gets pass Indestructible. Including red for only one card seems kinda, not good.
The same storm that affected cgb affected me and we had no school :). And Tuesday there is no school bc of election day, so 4 day weekend :). Good thing paper magic exists, I was able to play w/o internet.
An early g.g. doesn't make it someone scum. People scoop so soon when they see they've lost, they don't stick around to let you take the kill, and they certainly don't stick around to say g.g. A g.g. is nothing more than what it is. Whether you win or lose... Good game.
Tu es tellement divertissant! C'est tellement facile d'être heureux grâce à toi👍😜 *you are such entertaining! It's really easy to be happy because of you👍😜
@@covertgoblue then as a yooper I guess my only thought is perhaps it’s fitting this video is about trolls :p Jk, man. Love your vids. Keep up with the good content and crazy fun decks. Any thoughts on some historic shenanigans?
Didn't you have lethal around the 33:30 mark? Attack for 16, if they had to sac another creature to give protection from black on their turn they'd die to the wurm trigger.
CgB at 17:50 ur aftaid of playing vivian because he’s gona heartless act ur token and kill vivian but ur forgetting the token has a counter and can not be killed by heartless act