OMG! Discard Shenanigans! Setting aside battles with Golos decks, this is really doing great for me. Also, that battle with the Syr Konrad deck was intense!
I'd like to see Konrad turned into a machine gun in a monoblack list. I tried making it by combining it with discard and mill 1/1 creatures + Massacre Girl + Unlikely Aid on Konrad + Forever Young for the turn after (not necessarily the whole string, but at least some part of it), but didn't manage to get this combo of yet. Forever Young often just stays in my hand or played with too weak of an effect and more often than not I just beat down the opponent with Konrad and Girl, or they scoop right after I clean the board with the Girl. I still wonder though if this combo has potential, maybe if deck built differently, or if it's not monoblack, but one or two colors more.
Modern Grixis Discard is such a fun archetype to play. Waste Not, and Liliana’s Caress just have really great design behind them, and make playing these kinds of decks incredibly fun.
I believe I'm one of those completionists who like "full runs", but in my case it's more of an interest towards the the start and end of a run, as in fully seeing how well it ended. I definitely won't miss salty scoops due to missing every land drop (especially against Golos). Cheers and keep at it! 😎
I felt like the movie kinda screwed itself by going off script before the rest of the books were done. I read the absolute crap out of Brisingr in highschool, and it's a shame we never got to see the extra movies
Nice, this is the one I was waiting for. I got seven consecutive wins in ranked with a deck based on your old version. Reassessing it in light of this update, I'd still play second Liliana over Cauldron (seems very slow and underwhelming, I'd rather play more Orders of Midnight), and Dreadhorde Invasion over Davriel (need more sac fodder).
I really like having Plague Crafter in this type of deck as it have multiple uses. If they don't have a creature or walker out they got to discard a card atleast. And you can eat a ret or lurker, get them back again. Also the cavalier can bring it back if it dies. Perhaps two copies is enough in this deck.
Great video, CGB! You were talking about the games you don't show where you get upset; how do you deal with those emotions? I get so frustrated and my games go downhill. I feel it is a common issue we all deal with but I don't see many tips regarding it. Just like to get your 2 cents.
When I saw discard tribal I rolled my eyes because every time I have played against 1 rack I've won. (I've heard people call this deck standard 8 rack... but you can literally only have one Davriel in play... so like....) I should have known better and that you wouldn't do JUST discard like a lot of people have done. XD
Kumagoro Haunt of Hightower is hilarious in mill decks. I’ve been down to 2 life, had 7 attackers to my 1 Haunt blocker, and ended up with a massive surplus of health cus it was 22/22.
Cauldron is kinda meh. I had drawn 3 of them, even in a self mill and resurrect deck I never get to play it in time, and it drains life too... 🙄 can you help us and do a working reanimator with it 😝
Indestructible doesn't mean damage prevention, it can take damage, but can't be destroyed. Cavalier of Night could take the 4 damage, and heal you for 4
You're right about indestructible, but Gideon Blackblade specifically has a line which says "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn". If the damage was prevented, you wouldn't get the lifegain from Cav.
Im not exactly sure what the issue is with people saying Golos or field of the dead is an issue. You literally have one of the best outs in the game. Legions End or Sorcerers Spyglass. Pop a legion end? Every zombie dies, You see their hand, and there goes all their momentum that they have to get back and chances are that they have used up several growth spirals and routes to get the most out of their field of the dead. The ONLY way they can even get some damage in at that point would be to Growth Spiral at end of turn to get some zombies that can attack immediately. And by that point, in order for that to even be worth it they would need a land in hand and at LEAST 3 Field of the dead already in play because its just a shitty 2/2 zombie that can be chump blocked to oblivion. Mono black? Quad Legions end, even quad Cry of the Carnarium. Sorcerers Spyglass on the Field of the Dead. There are NON STOP answers to field of the dead. You can run Multiple Spyglasses to get rid of Fae of Wishes and then they are just dead on board. Because Fae of Wishes is what pulls their win cons from the sideboard. All achievable on turn *TWO* In Locals I played against a Bant Scapeshift Field of the Dead that took full advantage of field of the dead. I won in a 2-1 (only losing 1 game because I didnt own multiple copies of Legions End and no copies of Carnarium at the time) And I was playing a SUPER JANK Elemental deck that was thrown together in 15 minutes because I was late to the locals. All it took was Legions end for me to win that matchup even when he made 32 Zombies. And they were playing the net deck of the one that won Grand Prix Denver. Legions End slaps their deck into oblivion. So does spyglass. 2 Mana cards that can just shut down an opponents entire deck on turn 2? Sounds like its not an issue. Specially when Spyglass can be ran in EVERY deck as its just an artifact. It should be a mainboard card. In MTG I havent seen any serious amount of Rogue decks that you wouldnt know what you are playing against game 1.You could literally hold off for a few turns and get enough knowledge that Spyglass would be perfect in any mainboard. Its not like Yugioh where you could use something from like 7 years ago since they dont have a standard, legacy, etc system.
80-90% aggro creatures? WHAT?!! Guess i downloaded a different software then.. All I see is Golos field, Simic flash, Jeskai Control, sacrifice oven, Oko food control. I don't even see red anymore, most likely because i have lifegain in my deck. The matchmaking can't tolerate a possible win..
"They still draw a card every turn that you can't interact with" Leyline of anticipation exists. Put a stop on their draw step and you can force discard before they can cast it
I didn't realize that it was a series of just mono black decks. Dimir discard is really fun, but working within the confines of mono black, this is just about as good as a "discard" deck can get I still say you haven't lived until you flash a Disinformation Campaign on someone's draw step though.
@@Malfuuu Sadly, I'm still working on tuning it. The list I normally run lost a lot of cards with rotation. I kind of want to see what someone who's actually good at this game comes up with.
Meh, I still think mind rot is better than davriel. 80% of the time Davriel only nets me one discard, while mind rot (for the same price) gets 2. Also you can play more than one in one turn without wasting value unless their hand is empty.
Think about any changes to magic as if it were done in paper. Wizards can't print and sell cards and then retroactively change them. They instead use bans and restrictions for balancing.
I don't understand why you take out the pridemate over the bloodthirsty aerialist. you can chump the pridemate for days while it grows but that growing flyer crushed.
Pls pray for CGB, he's out of mythic rare wildcards!!!!
gofundme coming soon ;)
OMG! Discard Shenanigans! Setting aside battles with Golos decks, this is really doing great for me. Also, that battle with the Syr Konrad deck was intense!
Favorite color: Check! Favorite content producer: Check! I'm in CGB and you rock!
The name of one of your opponents, SuperNintendoChalmers, made me smile. Old school Simpsons reference
Mono Black is back! loving the videos, keep them coming
I'd like to see Konrad turned into a machine gun in a monoblack list. I tried making it by combining it with discard and mill 1/1 creatures + Massacre Girl + Unlikely Aid on Konrad + Forever Young for the turn after (not necessarily the whole string, but at least some part of it), but didn't manage to get this combo of yet. Forever Young often just stays in my hand or played with too weak of an effect and more often than not I just beat down the opponent with Konrad and Girl, or they scoop right after I clean the board with the Girl. I still wonder though if this combo has potential, maybe if deck built differently, or if it's not monoblack, but one or two colors more.
Modern Grixis Discard is such a fun archetype to play. Waste Not, and Liliana’s Caress just have really great design behind them, and make playing these kinds of decks incredibly fun.
I love that song. And the movie was Meet the Robinsons
Why didn't you use Mobilized District in the last match up at the last rounds? Did miss something or just a mistake?
I believe I'm one of those completionists who like "full runs", but in my case it's more of an interest towards the the start and end of a run, as in fully seeing how well it ended. I definitely won't miss salty scoops due to missing every land drop (especially against Golos). Cheers and keep at it! 😎
Keep holding on was in Eragon, wasn't it? Great movie, too bad the other books didn't follow.
I felt like the movie kinda screwed itself by going off script before the rest of the books were done. I read the absolute crap out of Brisingr in highschool, and it's a shame we never got to see the extra movies
@@dhoulmagusrhapthorne9082 yeah, the books were obviously a better story, but the movie was good. Great dragon and magic animation in my opinion
26 minutes in: I don’t need to see all the games. And I especially don’t need to see anymore Golos games.
Nice, this is the one I was waiting for. I got seven consecutive wins in ranked with a deck based on your old version. Reassessing it in light of this update, I'd still play second Liliana over Cauldron (seems very slow and underwhelming, I'd rather play more Orders of Midnight), and Dreadhorde Invasion over Davriel (need more sac fodder).
I really like having Plague Crafter in this type of deck as it have multiple uses. If they don't have a creature or walker out they got to discard a card atleast. And you can eat a ret or lurker, get them back again. Also the cavalier can bring it back if it dies. Perhaps two copies is enough in this deck.
I play a variatiom of this deck in Historic, and with Anthology it has become even better. Hypnotic Specter
Great video, CGB! You were talking about the games you don't show where you get upset; how do you deal with those emotions? I get so frustrated and my games go downhill. I feel it is a common issue we all deal with but I don't see many tips regarding it. Just like to get your 2 cents.
I usually take a walk
Why not 50:18 Kill the Aerialist and then cast the rider? That buys you more time than letting him keep it.
Took me a bit to figure out as well. He was on 2 life. Swift End says "Destroy target creature or planeswalker. You loose 2 life"
@@madmarcelnz damn, i keep forgetting about that loss on swift end.
Found the plugged miss pronounced word of the video. It’s not “order of the ebon legion!!” Lol
How about vicious rumours? Pings them for 1, discard a card, put top card into graveyard , and you gain a life. All for 1 mana
Also perhaps a haunt of Hightower?
CGB's face lit up like a the moments when people find gold when spamming the golden eggs! :D
Thanks CGB, are you going to do a summary of your thoughts on mono black and the decks you've ran at the end of your series?
I will write about it in my weekly article on coolstuffinc.com. I usually put a link in a youtube community post and my discord
@@covertgoblue look forward to it!
Added Revenge of Ravens to this style of deck, and it has not disappointed me yet.
I never see anyone playing RotR. It's so awesome. Keeps aggressive decks opponent on their side of the board.
That first game Leg End topdeck
Opp's soul would probably wither if they knew
I love mono black! Copying all of these decks to eventually make with some changes to recent cards (theros)
Came for the Magic. Stayed for the Dr Squatch ads.
When I saw discard tribal I rolled my eyes because every time I have played against 1 rack I've won. (I've heard people call this deck standard 8 rack... but you can literally only have one Davriel in play... so like....) I should have known better and that you wouldn't do JUST discard like a lot of people have done. XD
I feel like 1 haunt of Hightower for grins at the top end
6 mana elk
@@covertgoblue Plus, by the time you have it out, opp might well be empty-handed. Hightower is beyond jank, it's pure trash.
Kumagoro Haunt of Hightower is hilarious in mill decks. I’ve been down to 2 life, had 7 attackers to my 1 Haunt blocker, and ended up with a massive surplus of health cus it was 22/22.
Haunt is great in a blue black bounce control shell
The 3/2 knight that draws cards looks good here, it's also a great card to bring back with the cavalier
Plaguecrafter is also great but there can't be room for everything, sadly.
What a great deck! Love this stuff cgb
Cauldron is kinda meh. I had drawn 3 of them, even in a self mill and resurrect deck I never get to play it in time, and it drains life too... 🙄 can you help us and do a working reanimator with it 😝
Indestructible doesn't mean damage prevention, it can take damage, but can't be destroyed. Cavalier of Night could take the 4 damage, and heal you for 4
You're right about indestructible, but Gideon Blackblade specifically has a line which says "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Gideon Blackblade during your turn". If the damage was prevented, you wouldn't get the lifegain from Cav.
Why did he gain life with Cavallier o knight? Someone can explain?
because cavallier has lifelink?
olaf brolaf yes you are tight. Thanks
@@fgreve np :) merry christmas
I'm looking to get into mtga but would like to also be able to queue up specifically with friends on occasion. Does anybody know if this is possible?
Challenge mode. Both players send a challenge to each other. The only way to play with friends.
Im not exactly sure what the issue is with people saying Golos or field of the dead is an issue.
You literally have one of the best outs in the game. Legions End or Sorcerers Spyglass.
Pop a legion end? Every zombie dies, You see their hand, and there goes all their momentum that they have to get back and chances are that they have used up several growth spirals and routes to get the most out of their field of the dead. The ONLY way they can even get some damage in at that point would be to Growth Spiral at end of turn to get some zombies that can attack immediately. And by that point, in order for that to even be worth it they would need a land in hand and at LEAST 3 Field of the dead already in play because its just a shitty 2/2 zombie that can be chump blocked to oblivion.
Mono black? Quad Legions end, even quad Cry of the Carnarium.
Sorcerers Spyglass on the Field of the Dead. There are NON STOP answers to field of the dead. You can run Multiple Spyglasses to get rid of Fae of Wishes and then they are just dead on board. Because Fae of Wishes is what pulls their win cons from the sideboard.
All achievable on turn *TWO*
In Locals I played against a Bant Scapeshift Field of the Dead that took full advantage of field of the dead. I won in a 2-1 (only losing 1 game because I didnt own multiple copies of Legions End and no copies of Carnarium at the time)
And I was playing a SUPER JANK Elemental deck that was thrown together in 15 minutes because I was late to the locals. All it took was Legions end for me to win that matchup even when he made 32 Zombies. And they were playing the net deck of the one that won Grand Prix Denver.
Legions End slaps their deck into oblivion. So does spyglass. 2 Mana cards that can just shut down an opponents entire deck on turn 2? Sounds like its not an issue.
Specially when Spyglass can be ran in EVERY deck as its just an artifact. It should be a mainboard card. In MTG I havent seen any serious amount of Rogue decks that you wouldnt know what you are playing against game 1.You could literally hold off for a few turns and get enough knowledge that Spyglass would be perfect in any mainboard. Its not like Yugioh where you could use something from like 7 years ago since they dont have a standard, legacy, etc system.
80-90% aggro creatures? WHAT?!! Guess i downloaded a different software then..
All I see is Golos field, Simic flash, Jeskai Control, sacrifice oven, Oko food control.
I don't even see red anymore, most likely because i have lifegain in my deck. The matchmaking can't tolerate a possible win..
Funny , the gates deck morphs into a Golos deck
Were you a band teacher? You look/talk/sound like one of my band teachers in highschool
Nope
"They still draw a card every turn that you can't interact with" Leyline of anticipation exists. Put a stop on their draw step and you can force discard before they can cast it
Well, yes, but this is a monoblack series, so it can't be in this deck.
I didn't realize that it was a series of just mono black decks. Dimir discard is really fun, but working within the confines of mono black, this is just about as good as a "discard" deck can get
I still say you haven't lived until you flash a Disinformation Campaign on someone's draw step though.
@@flusterfluff you've got a good list ? I wanted to build one
@@Malfuuu Sadly, I'm still working on tuning it. The list I normally run lost a lot of cards with rotation. I kind of want to see what someone who's actually good at this game comes up with.
2 lands vs 8 is fine. I once played against 15 lands in reef deck with only 3 of mine. The draw was painful
I Just realized, with Sorin and Davriel on the Battlefield you might gain 2 life each turn
3 because of Sorin's +
Well, tried this list in Ranked BO1, l'm in Gold 4, had 5 pips, lost all of them :) It's a fun list, tho :)
I don't matter if u lose, but yo see how the idea works, good or bad pairings
loving the mono black decks
CGB Love your Videos!
Discard, kill, davriel was my main deck last rotation. Eldest reborn destroyed people.
I see mono black discard, i like
Gravewaker and plaguecrafter discard in opponents draw step
Meh, I still think mind rot is better than davriel. 80% of the time Davriel only nets me one discard, while mind rot (for the same price) gets 2. Also you can play more than one in one turn without wasting value unless their hand is empty.
I'm disappointed Bartered Cow wasn't part of this deck.
Finally banned field of the dead, hooray, it just beats about most of the stuff I come up with in random single games... and I've never used it...
Don't ban Field of the Dead, just make it Legendary land
Make it an enchantment that fetches a basic land out of the library and enchants it, giving it the field efect
Think about any changes to magic as if it were done in paper. Wizards can't print and sell cards and then retroactively change them. They instead use bans and restrictions for balancing.
Land destruction in standard is bad -_-
play ranked when you present a deck // please
HAH.. I only watch for the salt.
J/K lol
I don't understand why you take out the pridemate over the bloodthirsty aerialist. you can chump the pridemate for days while it grows but that growing flyer crushed.
How was he supposed to take out the Aerialist? It has a CMC of 3, so Legion's End wouldn't hit that
Tribal? not so much
1 life isn't 0.
The loading screen informed me that life is a resource!
I comment.
More singing.