What is Tempo and why should you care? - MtG Game Theory 

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someone "putting a clock" on their opponent is a tcg term for applying pressure

@@litkakashi I know. My point is... speed IS the ability to apply pressure. Speed is quickly implementing your game plan, aggro or control. Its why saying, "you're on a 20 turn clock" is a joke. The ability to quickly finish games with a clock, requires speed. Ultimately, the player that can be in the driver's seat FIRST is the one with tempo. That's why I think it's goofy to say Tempo is not about speed. That's basically all it's about

​@@maurygoldblat8982 Pretty late to the party but here is my 2 cents: I think the importance of "speed" in this case is just that you need to take advantage of tempo quickly for it to mean anything so it often pairs well with aggressive and fast strategies that go under the opponent. For example an aggro deck trying to end the game quickly playing a tempo card like Unsummon to quickly finish the game. HOWEVER you don't need to be playing fast to make a tempo play or gain a tempo advantage. You could have a long grindy game close out with a tempo swing after many turns of board stall.

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glad you enjoyed! while i used magic examples in this video, the concepts i talked about can be applied to most card games