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Professor, I know you go through the trouble of trying to keep your identity hidden. Are you aware that Polygon name dropped you in their article about everything going on between jeremy and the MtG community.
That is a good analogy. I do have a tip for you. Catch a caterpie first. Then evolve it into metapod. Metapod will still learn harden. Plus it can remember takle and string shot from the Caterpie stage. So the metapod can still useharden for defense and string shot for slowing the opponent down. Then the metapod can use tackle to finish the opponent off. It is not the fastest way to win the battle, but it is doable. It should go without saying, but one should evolve Metapod to Butterfree when given the chance. Butterfree is a much better Pokemon. It has access to many moves including plenty that deal damage. It also has two powerful control moves, stun spore and sleep powder. I am looking up Butterfree on Bulbapedia out of curiosity. Ooh! Butterfree has access to one of the most brutal control methods, paraflinch. Butterfree can use stun spore to paralyze the opponent. Then it can attack with air slash, which has a chance to flinch. Butterfree would likely get the first turn, due to paralysis. I recommend using a quick claw to help get the first move. When the opponent has to deal with both paralysis and flinch at the same time, it is very unlikely for them to get in a hit. I don't remember the exact chance. However I do know it is about as low as one hit moves like guillotine and horn drill.
This is how my cousin introduced me to MTG. Cousin: Let's play MTG, I'll use this deck, and you can use this one. Me: Okay. Cousin: Me: I'm never playing MTG with you again, douchebag.
@@christianbatchelor1448just started playing MTG and this was very much my experience, my friend played, I sat in silence watching him play by himself for a dozen or so games. Just stopped playing MTG.
You know, back when I was first starting back in 2003 during elementary school this was essentially my whole strategy. Bluff bluff bluff ----> play Storm Crow ---> Profit
The classic blue bluff;I've used that trick in the past,as your opponent will always be leery to cast an important card only to see it get countered. What most players don't take into account is that you're forcing the control player to burn up a counterspell.
I just bumped into your channel a few days ago, and I’m knocking out your videos left and right. The content is magnificent, the approach is thorough, but YOUR PRESENCE and DELIVERY are astounding. I’m not sure if you were/are some type of instructor (outside this channel) but you are incredible and I just wanted you to know that you’re doing something really special man. Great job, and keep up the MAGNIFICENT work.
This is such a great video for a lot of players. As someone completely out of touch with new sets, your examples gave me a pretty decent idea of what to look out for in Standard. Also, this video actually makes me want to play constructed, which is crazy.
Tolarian Community College I noticed the improvement! I listen to your videos at 1.25x, but I do that with coverage archives too so it's not unique to TCC. :)
Prof's first comment at 11:48 was accurate. Control mirrors are a nightmare. When the win con becomes who decks first, it is no longer magic as Garfield intended.
+Coffeemancer Richard Garfield is a mathematician that made games, he has little to do with current MTG...at all. Sold MTG to those than want to run it as a business.
Even as someone who no longer plays Magic the Gathering, I've been enjoying watching these videos quite a bit. They do ask you to have a general understanding of MtG, but beyond that it's been super useful (although sometimes not easy) to parse the information you give us into other games.
You nailed it by pushing the control mentality, because everything else with control is situational; you really can't draw out a flowchart on how to react to what because it depends on your build, the match-up, what's on board, etc. Ultimately, if one wants to be good at control, they need to put in the rounds with the deck until they're familiar.
Today I learned I've been playing a control deck in MTGA "Jump In" I'm very new to Magic and these videos have been very helpful in allowing me to become more thoughtful when I play. When I started I lost pretty much every game I played, but after some tips from this channel I've been on a long win streak. The most helpful one has been to wait to cast my Instants, but holding onto mana so I can react to my opponent has also been very important. My favourite play so far is casting Burrog Befuddler when my opponent attacks, using it to crash into their 2 toughness creature and weaken their other creature (usually allowing me to safely crash into that creature with something else). 2 mana and I end up +1.
Dear Professor, I enjoyed learning with this video, as I have only been playing for 3 months and didn't quite know when it was right to play certain counter spells and this video helped out a lot. I just want to say that I began as a Pokemon TCG Collector and stumbled upon one of your Pokemon Booster Box Game videos months ago and really enjoyed what i saw. Then, a few months ago a friend talked me into learning how to play Magic and I remembered your videos and I just want to say I've been a fan ever since and I love what you do for the Community. Thank you good sir, for your contributions.
This is a great start for new aspiring control players. I like how you explain that you need to counter or remove threats for a reason, although I disagree with some of your examples. Sometimes its good to try to get your opponent to "overextend" into your sweepers or other 2+ for 1 scenarios for example. Or even to sandbag counters for an obvious threat to trick your opponent into thinking you have none. For more advanced players they need to be very astute to perform well. You can't cover every situation and really. Good control players know what their line is to win, and are planning many many turns ahead. That being said I'm a mediocre control player so take this with a grain of salt.
Yes Prof! Great to see the channel return to it's former glory. More videos like Tolarian Tutor please. Over the last 6 months or so, the channel has lost its way and your style of presentation has not matched that which we used to enjoy. This is Prof we know and love!
Been watching for a while but just noticed now how good you are are looking at the script on the side. Can barely tell you’re looking away almost like your using one eye lol. Impressive.
As a control only player over 20 years great job on the video. Should definitely help beginning control players. You can also see and hear the influence of the great Emma Handy.
I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You sir are one of the people who I'd love to play against. Win or Lose, I feel like I'd have a great time, and that's what this crazy game is all about. I have always avoided playing control in standard because it doesn't match my playstyle. I've tried it and gotten outplayed time and time again. That is until I started looking at playing control in EDH. I turned my Geist of St. Traft deck from a Voltron to a control deck and I followed most of the points you made in this video.
Thanks Prof for the video. I love playing control in pauper and standard i have just gotten back into the game after a long hiatus and these Tolarian Tutor episodes have been great to relearn the game. Keep up the great videos.
thank you very much!, most of my tcg life has been yugioh and now playing magic with friends and being a complete noob trying to upgrade my deck, it rly helps to discover new cards every single video that you make :P :)
As a relatively new control player I found this video very informative. I'm going to start taking a lot more care in being selective with what I remove or counter!
Excellent video. Just one important note: Hand disruption spells like Thoughtseize, Duress and Collective Brutality are a control player's kryptonite. Cast Thoughtseize, pull a removal spell out of their hand and put out your threat that they can't answer.
"You may also want to sideboard out draw spells in a control matchup." So this whole video has been great. I've personally been trying to get a better grip on control/tempo lately. While all of the information in this video has been useful, I would say this one line is perhaps what was most useful to me. I see a lot of deck techs which go into really granular detail explaining exactly how many if this card get sided in or out, and that can certainly be helpful, but I'd really like to see more sideboarding "rules of thumb." You're playing control and your opponent is playing combo? Side out draw spells. If you could make a tutorial video on sideboarding and cover what to side in and out for each of the archetype matchups, I think I would personally find that super helpful. Thanks for all the great videos over the years!
I've been playing magic since high school in 2014 and I would consider myself to be a C- player. But your videos and tips really helped me pull myself up to a B player. Plus it's kinda hard to listen to people if their voice is annoying. Yours isn't and I actually like hearing your videos when I'm at work.
I like the concise nature of your tutor videos. It's always nice to have a quick guide to refer to. Are you going to talk about the ramp matchup at all? I feel like it's a lot more important for EDH players and is worth mentioning but I get that it's a lot less common in standard and limited which are used in most of your examples. Thanks!
Thank you so much professor! I have been trying to get my dimir treasure control deck to go off in standard but didnt know how to deal with aggro decks. Like cats and mono red. I shall put your lesson to heart!!
Roses are red Violets are blue Opt is reprinted like new and OP in blue! Awesome video as always Prof, keep it up! Don’t let the drama get to you, I believe in you! BTW I am a grixis control player with my win condition being Primal Amulet doubling Torment of Hailfire
Great video, Professor, as always. If anyone in the comments wants to see control vs control matchup, I recommend watching the world championship video that's mentioned in MagicManSam's video "Bolt". That was real hardcore stuff, total carnage
I absolutely love all of your fantastic content! I recently purchased some eclipse sleeves after watching your review. I tried the rip test myself they really held up! Thank you so much professor. Keep up the fantastic work.
Amazed that I was right. XD (took your popquiz on twitter). I don't think I'll ever be much of a blue player, but I'm glad I could at least grasp that lesson X3
Control vs. Control is a game of attrition. Akin to whittling seasoned oak with a spoon. Control doesn't necessarily mean they will be playing Blue, but it's the most common. Ex: 8 Rack decks are mono black but are extreme control in a fun (IMO) and very unique build.
Had an amazing game last night vs another control deck. I was down to 4 life and every turn I kept thinking it was my last but with some careful execution I was able to stall turn after turn until I got my win conditions in place and my opponent conceeded.
Amazing video Professor, I love this one, Alot. It will help me a ton in concidering when not to counter. I have an itchy counter finger, but thanks to this I'll be a lot more analytical in trying to determine my opponents strategy. I play blue black control for the most part in modern and commander. I'm always calculating life because of this, but now I'll be alot less itchy in my counterspell trigger finger. Love the vid. Very very helpful, ty.
I love those videos. Now Tempo needs its own video too ;) But I really think you should use Modern decks as case studies for the archetypes, it would make more future-proof videos since the decks and cards you are talking about here won't exist anymore in a year or two (for the most part). Or you could also give a selection of decks following the archtypes you're presenting in different formats ! Anyway, thank you for the constant stream of quality content Prof !
I really enjoyed the portion of the video where you quiz the audience. That was both fun and informational. I'd like to see more practical applications of he principals you are discussing. Could you do these practical applications perhaps for each format? Perhaps a primer for the archetype in each format...? I am also going to take the opportunity to express my appreciation for the pauper deck techs, they're great!
This is a wonderful video. Thank you! I personally love playing tribal decks, and am looking to play a B/U Faeries deck in Modern, and just traded for the last few pieces a few days ago. This video is a fantastic guide to control as I usually go for more aggro Elves and Goblins and Slivers. Thank you so much for all the info!
Hello professor iv been following you most recently and I’m very happy to have found these videos. The video on the dice was interesting and I even purchased the monster rocks dice after watching your video. Keep up the good work!!
Had to laugh at the Control vs Control mirror match section. That’s a big part of our local meta, so it always turns into a bit of a slugfest that usually heads into overtime. The winner is usually the one who can get their Scarab God on the battlefield and make it stick!
This guy is so irritating to watch and I can't put my finger on why. Yet, I am so glad he is doing this! I watch several of his videos weekly to try and catch up. I hope he keeps it up!
Awesome vid prof. I was looking forward for more advice on being a better control player. My very first deck i ever made was mono blue counter deck. Nothing but control and denial. Great combo.
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How's Sprankle holding up?
when will the winners be announced?
Professor, I know you go through the trouble of trying to keep your identity hidden. Are you aware that Polygon name dropped you in their article about everything going on between jeremy and the MtG community.
thanks prof!
Tolarian Community College another great video, as always. Gotta show my control friend now :D
Blue Professor teaches about control. Pure synergy
Control vs Control = Metapod vs Metapod
Monoblue uses harden
@@firstnamelastname489 monotwo responds with counterspell
Monoblue used negate
That is a good analogy. I do have a tip for you. Catch a caterpie first. Then evolve it into metapod. Metapod will still learn harden. Plus it can remember takle and string shot from the Caterpie stage. So the metapod can still useharden for defense and string shot for slowing the opponent down. Then the metapod can use tackle to finish the opponent off. It is not the fastest way to win the battle, but it is doable. It should go without saying, but one should evolve Metapod to Butterfree when given the chance. Butterfree is a much better Pokemon. It has access to many moves including plenty that deal damage. It also has two powerful control moves, stun spore and sleep powder. I am looking up Butterfree on Bulbapedia out of curiosity. Ooh! Butterfree has access to one of the most brutal control methods, paraflinch. Butterfree can use stun spore to paralyze the opponent. Then it can attack with air slash, which has a chance to flinch. Butterfree would likely get the first turn, due to paralysis. I recommend using a quick claw to help get the first move. When the opponent has to deal with both paralysis and flinch at the same time, it is very unlikely for them to get in a hit. I don't remember the exact chance. However I do know it is about as low as one hit moves like guillotine and horn drill.
@@c.d.dailey8013Just use paraflinch jirachi, less than 20% chance for them to move
I like to counter cards based on how much money the card costs
Drew Horst YOU MONSTER
You're a fuckin' savage mate. XD
Love this idea.
😂
Woah there Satan.
Keep hands with only lands. Then, leave 2 blue mana open and bluff until you have something...
I stay on the safe side and keep THREE blue mana open when I bluff.
Yeah...no.
If his hand is full of land he's no doubt going to be leaving mana open
I've done that XD
@@jdortiz86 it's about how much you're playing
Let’s play MTG.
“How do I play?”
Oh, you don’t, I negate everything you do and you get to watch me play.
I would never do that to you
@@josephzanes7334 Suuure, I'm sure you won't.
Get better?
This is how my cousin introduced me to MTG.
Cousin: Let's play MTG, I'll use this deck, and you can use this one.
Me: Okay.
Cousin:
Me: I'm never playing MTG with you again, douchebag.
@@christianbatchelor1448just started playing MTG and this was very much my experience, my friend played, I sat in silence watching him play by himself for a dozen or so games.
Just stopped playing MTG.
Use every counter and kill spell, then always threaten with 2 open blue mana.
This is so true
You know, back when I was first starting back in 2003 during elementary school this was essentially my whole strategy. Bluff bluff bluff ----> play Storm Crow ---> Profit
The classic blue bluff;I've used that trick in the past,as your opponent will always be leery to cast an important card only to see it get countered. What most players don't take into account is that you're forcing the control player to burn up a counterspell.
First you tell us we need to come together as a community, then you make a video about blue control. You're sending mixed messages, sir! :P
Affinity for MTG alright, I give you full props for that one.
I don't think I want you comment to resolve...
😂😂😂☝🏽
*you're
**your
I have to say your lighting is excellent. Beautiful job.
Brad Ringhausen I second that, and I adore that lamp in the background.
I just bumped into your channel a few days ago, and I’m knocking out your videos left and right.
The content is magnificent, the approach is thorough, but YOUR PRESENCE and DELIVERY are astounding. I’m not sure if you were/are some type of instructor (outside this channel) but you are incredible and I just wanted you to know that you’re doing something really special man.
Great job, and keep up the MAGNIFICENT work.
This is such a great video for a lot of players. As someone completely out of touch with new sets, your examples gave me a pretty decent idea of what to look out for in Standard.
Also, this video actually makes me want to play constructed, which is crazy.
Milo!
What about the purest form of control; land destruction?!
We do not speak of that.
‘‘Tis breaks the social contract.
If you break the social contract, prepare for an unanswerable meta game.
With some hand destruction thrown in for good measure. Ignore social contracts, friends just get in the way of world domination.
My stepdad made a land destruction deck
Gotta love this guy
My brother suggested listening to TCC videos at 1.5 speed. Life changing advice.
Yeah, I cannot recommend this enough. This was me trying to speak more quickly, too! I just can't seem to break my natural rhythm.
Tolarian Community College I noticed the improvement! I listen to your videos at 1.25x, but I do that with coverage archives too so it's not unique to TCC. :)
I do it because it's funny.
How does one do this type of thing
Play at .5 or .25 to unlock The Drunkian Tutor. Aaaalllwwwaaaayyysss ssaaayyyiinnngggg nnnooooooooo :D
But Control Mirrors are the purest form of Magic, and the way Richard Garfield envisioned his game being played :)
Marc Western boooo
Prof's first comment at 11:48 was accurate. Control mirrors are a nightmare. When the win con becomes who decks first, it is no longer magic as Garfield intended.
He made Counterspell common for a reason...
+Coffeemancer
Richard Garfield is a mathematician that made games, he has little to do with current MTG...at all. Sold MTG to those than want to run it as a business.
@@wearealreadydeadfam8214 and 10 versions of counters for that matter
Man the theme, the production quality, and content of these Tutor videos are excellent!
Is anyone else in love with the professor's tie? It's amazing just like him.
Even as someone who no longer plays Magic the Gathering, I've been enjoying watching these videos quite a bit. They do ask you to have a general understanding of MtG, but beyond that it's been super useful (although sometimes not easy) to parse the information you give us into other games.
You nailed it by pushing the control mentality, because everything else with control is situational; you really can't draw out a flowchart on how to react to what because it depends on your build, the match-up, what's on board, etc.
Ultimately, if one wants to be good at control, they need to put in the rounds with the deck until they're familiar.
Today I learned I've been playing a control deck in MTGA "Jump In"
I'm very new to Magic and these videos have been very helpful in allowing me to become more thoughtful when I play. When I started I lost pretty much every game I played, but after some tips from this channel I've been on a long win streak. The most helpful one has been to wait to cast my Instants, but holding onto mana so I can react to my opponent has also been very important.
My favourite play so far is casting Burrog Befuddler when my opponent attacks, using it to crash into their 2 toughness creature and weaken their other creature (usually allowing me to safely crash into that creature with something else). 2 mana and I end up +1.
Love the improvement in the production quality while keeping the same feel - keep up the good work
Dear Professor, I enjoyed learning with this video, as I have only been playing for 3 months and didn't quite know when it was right to play certain counter spells and this video helped out a lot.
I just want to say that I began as a Pokemon TCG Collector and stumbled upon one of your Pokemon Booster Box Game videos months ago and really enjoyed what i saw. Then, a few months ago a friend talked me into learning how to play Magic and I remembered your videos and I just want to say I've been a fan ever since and I love what you do for the Community. Thank you good sir, for your contributions.
Thanks prof. I'm an aggro player at heart but decided to learn to play control and built a dimir control deck for pauper. This video has helped a lot!
This is a great start for new aspiring control players. I like how you explain that you need to counter or remove threats for a reason, although I disagree with some of your examples. Sometimes its good to try to get your opponent to "overextend" into your sweepers or other 2+ for 1 scenarios for example. Or even to sandbag counters for an obvious threat to trick your opponent into thinking you have none.
For more advanced players they need to be very astute to perform well. You can't cover every situation and really. Good control players know what their line is to win, and are planning many many turns ahead.
That being said I'm a mediocre control player so take this with a grain of salt.
Yes Prof! Great to see the channel return to it's former glory. More videos like Tolarian Tutor please. Over the last 6 months or so, the channel has lost its way and your style of presentation has not matched that which we used to enjoy. This is Prof we know and love!
Been watching for a while but just noticed now how good you are are looking at the script on the side. Can barely tell you’re looking away almost like your using one eye lol. Impressive.
As a control only player over 20 years great job on the video. Should definitely help beginning control players. You can also see and hear the influence of the great Emma Handy.
This video encourages control players to be thoughtful in reacting to unknown threats on board. Great job prof! !
I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You sir are one of the people who I'd love to play against. Win or Lose, I feel like I'd have a great time, and that's what this crazy game is all about.
I have always avoided playing control in standard because it doesn't match my playstyle. I've tried it and gotten outplayed time and time again. That is until I started looking at playing control in EDH. I turned my Geist of St. Traft deck from a Voltron to a control deck and I followed most of the points you made in this video.
Thanks Prof for the video. I love playing control in pauper and standard i have just gotten back into the game after a long hiatus and these Tolarian Tutor episodes have been great to relearn the game. Keep up the great videos.
Alright back to the magic!!!
Professor, it is your channels like this that will help keep MTG alive, as a new player I love watching your videos!! Keep up the amazing work!
Glad you got to make your control video, Prof. Thanks for all you do for the community
I love when the Professor gets fully into character.
Having good answers are the best way to interact in a magic game. Great video prof.
thank you very much!, most of my tcg life has been yugioh and now playing magic with friends and being a complete noob trying to upgrade my deck, it rly helps to discover new cards every single video that you make :P :)
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As a relatively new control player I found this video very informative.
I'm going to start taking a lot more care in being selective with what I remove or counter!
Excellent video. Just one important note: Hand disruption spells like Thoughtseize, Duress and Collective Brutality are a control player's kryptonite. Cast Thoughtseize, pull a removal spell out of their hand and put out your threat that they can't answer.
ConsoleCleric you're forgetting the ultimate discard spell- mind twist
"You may also want to sideboard out draw spells in a control matchup."
So this whole video has been great. I've personally been trying to get a better grip on control/tempo lately. While all of the information in this video has been useful, I would say this one line is perhaps what was most useful to me. I see a lot of deck techs which go into really granular detail explaining exactly how many if this card get sided in or out, and that can certainly be helpful, but I'd really like to see more sideboarding "rules of thumb." You're playing control and your opponent is playing combo? Side out draw spells. If you could make a tutorial video on sideboarding and cover what to side in and out for each of the archetype matchups, I think I would personally find that super helpful.
Thanks for all the great videos over the years!
Great video and breakdown of the control archetype. As a lover of control decks, it's nice to hear this all laid out in a succinct fashion.
I've been playing magic since high school in 2014 and I would consider myself to be a C- player. But your videos and tips really helped me pull myself up to a B player. Plus it's kinda hard to listen to people if their voice is annoying. Yours isn't and I actually like hearing your videos when I'm at work.
Love the merfolk art in the background. Fishy ponder is a good ponder.
As always, well presented and worth-while content. Thank you, Professor!
Hahaha.
It's so cool to see this highly professional teacher, who could as well lecture at harvard, learn you the fundamentals of a trading card game!
I like the concise nature of your tutor videos. It's always nice to have a quick guide to refer to. Are you going to talk about the ramp matchup at all? I feel like it's a lot more important for EDH players and is worth mentioning but I get that it's a lot less common in standard and limited which are used in most of your examples. Thanks!
The video has just started and I already know it's going to be your best one
Thank you so much professor! I have been trying to get my dimir treasure control deck to go off in standard but didnt know how to deal with aggro decks. Like cats and mono red. I shall put your lesson to heart!!
This is the one I was waiting for. Keep it coming Professor, your videos are what got me started.
Going to have to go back and catch up on the rest of the Tutor series. This was so good.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Opt is reprinted like new
and OP in blue!
Awesome video as always Prof, keep it up!
Don’t let the drama get to you, I believe in you!
BTW I am a grixis control player with my win condition being Primal Amulet doubling Torment of Hailfire
Bluejay Grixis for life
Also Newish Bolas is fantastic weee lol
Oh gods tri color control...
Same
I never really got into more than 5 colors in terms of control... xD
You filthy, filthy human
That's the true Professor of Tolarian community college.
Man, this new set was worth it. So happy for you---and us. :)
Great video, Professor, as always. If anyone in the comments wants to see control vs control matchup, I recommend watching the world championship video that's mentioned in MagicManSam's video "Bolt". That was real hardcore stuff, total carnage
I absolutely love all of your fantastic content! I recently purchased some eclipse sleeves after watching your review. I tried the rip test myself they really held up! Thank you so much professor. Keep up the fantastic work.
I have that exact tie! It's my favorite. Looks good on you, Prof!
Back to buisness as usual, glad to see your control video
Loving these tutor videos!
Glad to see you back! I was wondering where you've been the past couple of days.
Never been much for commenting, but i watched his video on UA-cam policy so commenting to support.
This was very helpful Prof! I planned on taking a mono blue control deck to FNM tomorrow so this was a much needed refresher course!
I never realized how into Magic the Gathering Jeff Daniels was! Big fan!
Why are your fingertips constantly touching?
I was trying to look like a control freak.
Tolarian Community College I like to think you are casting Spell Crumple.
When you want to Mr. Burns but you come off as Waylan Smithers.
JK, prof, good video.
Isn't to avoid to magic to leave the body unwilling?
Amazed that I was right. XD (took your popquiz on twitter). I don't think I'll ever be much of a blue player, but I'm glad I could at least grasp that lesson X3
wow, I just realized your Arcturian salutation, thank you.
this will come in handy for my ub pauoer control, thx Professor
Control vs. Control is a game of attrition. Akin to whittling seasoned oak with a spoon. Control doesn't necessarily mean they will be playing Blue, but it's the most common. Ex: 8 Rack decks are mono black but are extreme control in a fun (IMO) and very unique build.
Thank you, Professor. I play Control and I want to play it as best I can.
Appreciate the effort put into these videos Prof. Very well done! Thank you for your hard work.
Had an amazing game last night vs another control deck. I was down to 4 life and every turn I kept thinking it was my last but with some careful execution I was able to stall turn after turn until I got my win conditions in place and my opponent conceeded.
Thank you for this. Been wanting a good control primer.
Really dig the tie too.
Emma and the Prof always do such a great job on these!
Hell yeah Professor back to Grade A content.
Holy shit the Tolarian Tutor intro graphic is golden.
Amazing video Professor, I love this one, Alot. It will help me a ton in concidering when not to counter. I have an itchy counter finger, but thanks to this I'll be a lot more analytical in trying to determine my opponents strategy. I play blue black control for the most part in modern and commander. I'm always calculating life because of this, but now I'll be alot less itchy in my counterspell trigger finger. Love the vid. Very very helpful, ty.
Thank you for another great video in the Tolarian Tutor series. I always learn something new. Can't wait for the next episode.
Love the tie in this video prof!
Thanks prof been playing a rackdos control deck this helped a lot
I like Mill and counter mono blues one of my favorite ways to beat someone is Traumatize into keening stone
I'm playing a white black stax voltron its so much fun and this has given me more ideas
I love those videos.
Now Tempo needs its own video too ;)
But I really think you should use Modern decks as case studies for the archetypes, it would make more future-proof videos since the decks and cards you are talking about here won't exist anymore in a year or two (for the most part).
Or you could also give a selection of decks following the archtypes you're presenting in different formats !
Anyway, thank you for the constant stream of quality content Prof !
I really enjoyed the portion of the video where you quiz the audience. That was both fun and informational. I'd like to see more practical applications of he principals you are discussing. Could you do these practical applications perhaps for each format? Perhaps a primer for the archetype in each format...?
I am also going to take the opportunity to express my appreciation for the pauper deck techs, they're great!
I love the Esper & Jace themed suit! :)
I've come to the point where I like the video before it even started. Great suit btw :D
I love your videos rather it's a experienced are a new player you always have good sound advice to spice up the game thanks
This was exactly what i needed as a control player. Maybe next you could do a strategy guide about playstyles like ramp or graveyard recursion.
This is a wonderful video. Thank you! I personally love playing tribal decks, and am looking to play a B/U Faeries deck in Modern, and just traded for the last few pieces a few days ago. This video is a fantastic guide to control as I usually go for more aggro Elves and Goblins and Slivers. Thank you so much for all the info!
Hello professor iv been following you most recently and I’m very happy to have found these videos. The video on the dice was interesting and I even purchased the monster rocks dice after watching your video. Keep up the good work!!
Had to laugh at the Control vs Control mirror match section. That’s a big part of our local meta, so it always turns into a bit of a slugfest that usually heads into overtime. The winner is usually the one who can get their Scarab God on the battlefield and make it stick!
YES YES YES!!!! CONTINUE THE SERIES!
Welp. You finally got me interested in playing control. Thanks Professor
Thank you this video helped with some of the problems I was having
Cheers!
This guy is so irritating to watch and I can't put my finger on why. Yet, I am so glad he is doing this! I watch several of his videos weekly to try and catch up. I hope he keeps it up!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. Great job, keep it up, and more PLEASE!
My first match was against a control player, it was so frustrating that i made an aggro deck specifically to beat that guy.
Oh Control . . . how I really hate playing against you, but you're so damn effective in the right hands.
kereminde reason why I’m trying to master control
The professor, floating naked with 4 arms and 4 legs like the vitruvian man, surrounded by 4 perfect floating chrome orbs, is my spirit animal
Awesome vid prof. I was looking forward for more advice on being a better control player. My very first deck i ever made was mono blue counter deck. Nothing but control and denial. Great combo.
Great video Prof. Working on a control build right now and got some solid tips. Thanks!
Hey, this was a SOLID video prof, bravo