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Having a hand full of lands and a single counter spell then discarding that counter spell is a next level mind game.

One small parallel that you missed out on mentioning, Celestial Collonade is actually Serra Angel on a land, which is fitting given the win con of the original Deck.

I really really appreciate these kinds of videos. Viewers can tell the difference between throwaway content and well researched/informative videos. This could become my favourite series from your channel next to all the fun paper play content. You're doing a great job guys

I've always played Azorius Control in every format. I live for that precise moment in which you go from losing to winning. You always start behind, and every game is uphill. I love Azorius Control.

I’m disappointed to report that Azorius control is still alive and well in Pioneer. As a mono-red player, I keep a couple copies of Fry in my Sideboard to snipe Teferi before he becomes inevitable. I’d love to see a history of Tron, and what the different targets have been over the years.

I loved how this vid opened with Ivan winning the pro tour with creatureless control. I watched basically every game in the top 8 he played and i bought the entire deck the next day. It's in my opinion the coolest showing of UW control I've seen and made me an azorius guy to this day. Super iconic

I don't think I've seen another MTG channel put out as much consistently high-quality content with such varied formats and topics. Keep doing history videos, on top of the goofy staple or stinker videos, the gameplay, news, and any other content you want! You guys are doing such an amazing job. Keep it up!

I love these looks back at the history of the game. I started playing in '96, when Mox were 100 a piece and lotus was 300. I can still picture the spikes at my school with their power 9 and legends cards in a big stack, being angry that I missed out on obtaining those cards

I will never forget the UW control in RTR/Theros. I started playing around this time and I thought the deck was unbeatable. I played in a local PTQ and one of the guys from our hometown brought UW control, and every time he lost a game I was completely flabbergasted. He ended up in top 8 but didn't secure the win, and I'll never forget that day :) Great video, I loved this.

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this video is genuinely one of my favorites that you guys have ever produced, it's obvious that the amount of research and effort that went into this was huge. making sure to send this to my magic group chats so it gets some more views, really really great and I hope to see some more videos like this in the future. very excited at the prospect of agro control as you mentioned earlier, fairies is one of my all-time favorite decks and I still play dimir faeries in pauper. great job and looking forward to more like this

Great bit of history there. One note with the name of Weissman’s “The Deck”, Brian has said that when he started playtesting with a friend that they had a bunch of decks all named after themes. So they had “The Direct Damage Deck”, “The Weenie Deck, and “The Counterspell Deck”. Then they had one with 4x Library of Alexandria and 4x Mind Twist that was very good but they didn’t know what it’s theme was so it was called “The Deck”. Both Mind Twist and Library were later restricted, and eventually the 1x Amnesia replaced Mind Twist when the latter was banned in 1995.

Love Azorius, and I’m so happy to see such an awesome video about its control history! Love your guys content

Please do more content like this! I'm a sucker for the history of Magic and learning about how the game has evolved over time. Also just want to say a solid job on all the content you guys are putting out!!

the history of my peoples, I've had to move away from my dear control deck into hammer as control simply does not get there enough anymore, but I yearn for the day in which I can play it again without feeling like its a futile deck

The interviews were a cool change and quality was at the rendez vous, you really are getting more and more a staple of mtg content for me, keep it up guys !

I really love this kind of videos about the history of magic decks/archetypes. Please do more of them!

Wonderful documentation! Thanks a lot for making this. I had 32 minutes of pure fun watching this!

I love this! Please continue the format! Very entertaining having someone from "back then" add his insight.

please keep these up! these are amazing and i look forward to seeing more with many different archtypes!

These videos are some of the best videos you guys put out. I love the straight-up games. But, the effort put into these really shows.

Guys! So stoked to see this sort of video from you all. Hope to see even more from you dudes! Much love

Another banger format by this channel, at this point we expect nothing less

Love the video, I really appreciated the extensive history on probably my favorite archetype!

Man I really loved this video, being a control player and remembering how I started playing Magic as a UW control player really gave me nostalgia. Nowadays I mainly play UW control in Commander with my Yorion deck. Also I would love to see more of the rest of the archetypes like aggro and combo, this was an amazing video.

That's a nice history lesson on deck archetype!!! Really interesting to have this insight in the evolution of the game. I'd love to see more vids like this 👍

Nice job guys, I hope you carry on this channel for a LONG time.

This is a great series. I really like the interviews, they make the content more engaging. Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite MTG channel. I do want more live game play video especially non ban list decks.

i would love to see an in depth video on krark clan ironworks combo. such a convoluted and oppressive deck during its day. this format of video is something that i would be very open to watching again, i really enjoyed it.

Finished the video and wow! That was really well put together and informative!

Holy hell, you guys are going to the moon with your content quality and length both.

Carl, I gotta say... i found the channel from the game you played with Magic the Noah, and i love the work you do. The effort you put into these videos helped reignite a love for magic i had back in elementary school! Much love from Montreal! Thanks for putting in the work you do, and i hope the channel is rewarded for it 😁

Morphing and faerie conclave were both clutch additions to UW during that broken ureas block time. That deck was really good then

This is great. Please make more this type of content. Cover all archetypes if possible. Cool video, guys.

Love the video Carl! You guys did amazing on this one really love the content.

Loving these videos!! Not sure if there is one yet but one in when people started using sleeves/deck boxes and playmate would be cool just to see the history.

I love this deck over the years. Hated playing against it. Mill stone. Blinding Angel. So satisfying to lock a game down and mill someone to death.

A very big yes to midrange/aggro control Jund or Faeries history! This is excellent excellent content! I appreciate the love, time, and attention put into this. The video evidence, interviews, and deep knowledge are great! Also I think U Tron's history's is tied up with Modern Jund or came out of reaction to Jund, not sure, but might be an interesting aside/tidbit in such a video.

Amazing video, hope to see more videos in this format going forward

I always was a Doku kid, I consumed all the documentaries I could get my eyes on, and this tickles that exact itch. The editing is great, I love the atmosphere it creates. And this cut about 6:05 in was so good. Definitely give the editor(s) a big high-five and some Spezi for that one.

I love these kinds of videos by you guys, please keep them coming.

I would love to see more videos like this, it is amazing! Hopefully you guys do affinity next

This was a very good change in general content, not that the current content isn’t good but it’s nice to see you all obviously care about trying other stuff.

Great video and as a fellow UW Control player, it only took me like half a game to watch this. Keep up the good work👍

YESSS. I adore these kinds of videos. History and stuff like this is my ideal drug. As someone who plays a lot of Dimir Control (Black/Blue), Azorius is a bit like my distant brother whom i am on good terms with so I felt extra excited for this.

I’ve been following magic yt since 2014, never have I seen anything like this. This is absolutely amazing.

Please make more of these! I loved this! Maybe you could do the history of burn, green stompy, death and taxes or maybe something that isn't even a deck like the history of planes walkers or the history of modern or something. I loved this so much, please make more !

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria is my favorite magic card of all time, so happy to see it get mentioned!

amazing production. love the video!

Please do this more more long lived archetypes!

Great video! I love a nice in depth deck history. I’m throwing my hat In the ring for merfolk or dredge.

This was easily one of the most interesting and entertaining videos I've watched as a newer Magic player

These history videos man... maybe the best magic content out here.

A very well put together video about the history of blue white control. What did I get from this though? "BAN wren and six!"

Love this style of video :) keep up the good work, weiter so ❤

Congratulations for this content, very well made, and Carl is great! very enjoyable to watch, Carl has improved so much, again congratulations! and keep going with the good job!

Great video, I always love it when a video takes the time to go back into the history of Magic. The Deck still wins all the time at MTG 93/94 tournaments. Super though to play against and I always love to take on the challenge to try to beat it with my Timmy's Spellbook.

On my heart, this is the best video on control i've ever seen thank you!

Awesome! I would love to see a coverage of the Beatdown type. I don't know if that ever was considered an 'archetype'. I just had so much fun with a Temur aggro deck in 2000...

Phenomenaly produced video, really interesting and lots of fun!

more in depth magic history please!!!!!!!! I crave this type of content

My friend used to play a UW winter orb relic barrier deck after legends was released until type 1 died out in about 1996. He used to win quite a lot. He used to play 70 cards because he didn’t know what to cut. Eventually he listened to me and added black duals for 1 demonic tutor. That made it even better.

That Ivan Flock match was magical. I loved that deck.

I just started watching the vid, but Carl, I seriously love your passion for the game and interesting content surrounding it. 10:04 ...wait... is it called "Pro Tour" because it's short for Professional Tournament?!

Love this video! Please we need more of em!

U/W control has always been my favorite deck, probably because when I stumbled upon my dad's old cards, it was the one deck he still had sleeved up, with Serra Angel, Control Magic, Counterspell and Swords to Plowshares, and when I finally grew into building my own decks, from the moment I saw Ivan Floch's U/W control, I fell in love with it. Azorius and Esper decks have always been my favorite, currently building a version of Floch's deck in Pioneer

event though I don't really like control decks, it's still cool to see some of the history on this part of mtg. love the video, keep it u

There is nothing quite like the dread in your opposite’s eyes when you turn the corner. Stabilizing at 1 is just chefs kiss.

Loved this video. Hope it's gonna become a series

Oh, hell, please keep doing more of these. Incredible production quality combined with a high level of research and a host who obviously loves what he's doing? Biddebiddebiddebiddebiddebiddemeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer ;) Personally, I'd love a deep dive into all things Dredge. because I know its good, but I don't get it^^

Hearing that the first pro tour win had Balance and Zuran Orb was a huge moment for me, 20 something years later and I pilot a Restore Balance modern deck that HAS ZURAN ORB KEKW

30 minutes? Blue white? Presented by best boy Carl? Absolutely perfect for me hah!

Y'all are such an underrated channel. Love your content!

I had that VHS of the first pro tour, loved that thing.

This report needed Shawn "Hammer" Regnier's UW turbo millstone from the Ice Age Pro Tour. Howling Mines and Winter Orbs coupled with Icy Manipulators and the full suite of UW removal to run millstones to cap out the grind - imagine being afraid you were drawing too many cards and not being able to cast any of them? It ended up capitulating in the top 8 to a field brimming with Necropotence, but up until this point, it was the singular most unique deck besides Ernham-geddon.

Love this style of content!

I like these in depth videos, good job!

This is my al time favorite video in this channel! I hope this becomes a series, maybe exploring history of mono red, or the rock, etc. One thing I've always wondered is if we know who though about adding star and sphere to tron. Such an intelligent and elegant piece of deck building...

It's nice to see Tobi in those videos! Remember writing articles for PlanetMTG

The first deck I sleeved up was UWR control in innistrad/RTR standard. Such a good time. I later shifted to UB control once Theros came out. Control is definitely what got me hooked on mtg.

This channel is just very good. Like I'm a pauper guy, I only play pauper as 1 vs 1, we even play pauper edh. I don't watch much content outside of that usually, this is one channel I watch content about all formats on. Thanks guys :)

Great series and excited for the next ones!

This video is pure gold, thanks for making it.

Amazing job guys! I love to hear about MTG history :)

Such an outstanding video. I love this channel so much ❤

great video. Pioneer has a great UW control deck. would love to hear the history of Rakdos/ Jund

Thank you for researching and sharing this! I've learned so much about the game from playing this archetype (after red deck wins!)

Congrats on the video, guys!

The Deck was my inspiration for my first U/W control deck in 4th edition

Very interesting content. Well done dude!

This was a great video, subscribed!

Coming back here after building Teferi, Hero of Dominaria in Historic Brawl. It feels so good to be back.

Love you're content, plz keep making more!

Really cool documentary style video, befits the blue-white style perfectly. I think I truly fell in love with the game when I learned you could win without a traditional combat or fireball based approach.

I was a kid playing back in these days. I read Scrye mag, and picked up knowledge here there at my local gaming store. UW control was so good during these times!

Love the video, very well researched.

would you do the history of mill? I love milling people out and would love to watch a video dedicated to the art of passing the turn and winning

This video was awesome, even as someone that hates playing against control. Could you do a video talking about the history of r/b midrange decks, maybe talking about the history of Jund in modern and about RB in pioneer?

The Deck around the 90's was the first iteration of azorius control without using azorius as a name. Bear in mind this is the 90's and the power leves were bonkers. Currently WU control is still a strong deck even with black creeping close with midrange.