If there ever becomes an MTG talk radio channel, Gfab needs to be on it. I don't even care if he's wrong about everything, he's got the perfect voice for it.

Thanks for the story in the beginning, love your content and looking forward to seeing more from you on CFB!

GFabs is a true modern master - wrecking people's netdecks with another creative brew. You can tell he's a teacher as well... he explains everything so clearly and well. Thanks for the video Gerard, and your wisdom. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Love your channel! Your breakdowns and explanations are awesome, and I appreciate your constant positivity. Keep making content!

Audio quality is on point.

This audio quality is amazing. Thank you!

Gotta say Gerard, love that you're making videos for this channel again! You have great personality and they're lots of fun to watch.

I really enjoyed the way you explained the lines of play in detail. It makes for a better understanding of the deck imo

Wow that fifth round add-on was really cool of you. Something about the consideration you showed really makes me a fan

My man! You always play decks that are right up my street! Loving the content, hope you had a good xmas!

I really became a fan watching this video. Keep being a class act and keep making awesome modern decks!

The man the myth!!!! Teacher of the year.

Great content. I actually got to face this deck earlier today, and I was impressed. Thanks for the match!

Really appreciate how you explain you thoughts and line of plays and how they can be applied to other situations. Would be awesome if you could come out with more videos; even if they are net decks.

This is my first time watching a Fabiano video, I am highly impressed!

Gerard, awesome content. Please keep playing sweet brews like this one and keep putting up your content! You're awesome!

I love watching someone play modern Ensnaring Bridge, it’s my favorite card to play against!

Boil in the side, Blood Moon in the main This deck looks like literal hell to play against. I really loved the content! Thanks for the video!

Love your videos Fabiano, always fun and informative content

Hey Gfab! Don't worry too much about the haters in the youtube channels, they will always be there no matter what. What matters is that you are relatively new to CFB and you are already a must watch crowd favourite.

I love the story about the concession. I believe this is the spirit of gamesmanship. Victory without honor isn't victory at all.

Great video GFab! If only all KZfaqrs put the same amount of thought and effort into their videos as you do.

This and the Temur Moon videos were both really good, you have a real talent for explaining your thought process. I'm getting back into Magic after being away from the game for 20 years (!), and it's really helpful to see videos like this. Keep makin' em, I'll keep watching 'em!

This guy seems like such a great person let alone magic player , really enjoyed the games and your insights. Hope you make more vids mate

Game one... turn four... 13:03 why didn't you untap blood crypt to to play thoughtseize?? Was the four damage really that worth it against blue-white or jeskai control?

Really like the way you talk through your videos.

GFabs is the man, great content as usual

Love the deck and have been a fan since you were playing BUG control in modern!

Love this deck! My first GP I played Rakdos Burn with bump in the night. I agree this is great vs. the current meta. Well done!

My kind of deck! Looking forward to more videos from Gerard.

That little talk about being a good (in the sense of nice) Magic player at the start of the video in order to be a good (in the sense of competent) Magic player is one of the reasons why Gerard is one of my favourite players.

Dude great intro, thank you for that ☯️🙏💚

Very nice, very nice video :D I'm glad I got here!

Another awesome deck and video!

Awesome deck, great commentary! Honestly this reminds me of a "Free Win Red" style of play. Koth and Chandra as win condition and bunch of metagame hosers: Moon, Bridge, no Chalice here, but Ratchet Bomb and Relic in the maindeck. It feels like the maindeck is a ball of condensed hate that's usually brought out of various sideboards, and I absolutely adore that idea.

Did you just become my favorite MTG content producer? Probably, definitely top 5. Awesome video, I really would love to see you post here on a regular basis!

Very interesting deck and a great video. Thank you.

Haven't played the game in a few years now but saw this deck and was like this looks cool..

Quality content. Need more from the FabFather

GFabs might be one of the most unpleasant players to face live but his content is always goddamn top notch.

yo what's up GFab match 1 game one what do you think about at around 13:00 when you played the koth instead of uptick and hit him for 4 with the mountain you could have targeted the blood crypt to thoughtsieze him that turn and be more mana efficient and try and clear a path for the Chandra?

Any consideration to siding in a Boil or two against the Scapeshift deck that showed they started with Prismatic Omen in Game 1, Match 5? Boil can either destroy them with their own tech (since all their lands will be Islands), or you can discard Boil away to your various discard outlets if you end up not needing it.

Sweet looking deck. Reminds me a little bit of a mix of the older versions of Skred red and Mardu control from about a year ago. Any thoughts on slotting in that 5 drop Angrath in place of ob nixilis? Though the card draw on Ob nix is really nice.

13:00 what speaks against playing chandra there so you can take her up for mana next turn so you can 4 mana planeswalker+thoughtseize even if you don't draw a land?

This deck looks sweet. I think I want to build something similar to this soon.

At about 13 minutes when you played the koth is there an argument for untapping the blood crypt and thoughtseizing, instead of hitting for 4? Maybe you care more about damage and his hand is terrible anyway but just an idea for future lines

my god... this audio quality! thumbs up just for it

Very very good content.

Loved the video! Great job. A possible missplay could be fetching a bloodcrypt and paying the life when you don't need the fixing against turn 1 aether vial

Would faithless looting be a viable replacement for night whispers . Seems like it can help smooth out things earlier and you can discard extra lock/hand disruption to it? Or am I missing something

Great content with interesting decks and comentary that is entertaining and useful. At 13:25 when you untap mountain to swing in for 4, would it not be better to untap Blood Crypt and cast Thoughtseize, to invaliate any potential answers to Koth and get info?

Any thoughts on Damnation for side? A couple sided in for Koth could be good against aggro

@13:00 is the 4 damage better than untapping blood crypt to cast thoughtseize?

high level content! thanks

I’ve been working on a BR Walkers deck for awhile now. It’s put up excellent results, apparently 4 LoTV, 3 LtLH, 3 CToD, and 1 Chandra Pyromaster is really good. I had Bobs and Kalitas in the main but I think the deck would like Nights Whisper better. Plus mainboard Bridges are too good to pass up. I can send you the list if you want but I’ll definitely be putting in some other things, Ob Nix is reaallly good. Anyways awesome content! I enjoyed it!

at 12:30 is there a reason to not untap blood crypt with koth and toughseize?

was there am option round 2 against UW on turn 4 when you played Koth to untap blood crypt and thoughtseize, rather than attack for 4? Just curious

I think having maybe a couple Simian Spirit Guides in the deck, they work well with Ensnaring Bridge and powering out the 'walkers and blood moon earlier.

13:30 on first activation of koth, maybe untap the dual land? and use thoughtseize?

Confused by night's whisper, isn't sign in blood better just for the potential face burn?

Hey, do you think its better to untap blood crypt with koth in rd 1 and ts away your opp to strip their hand first instead of just bashing for 4 since their decks is slow anyway.

Not a single copy of damnation feels odd

at 13:09 you could've used the dual land to thought seize them. Can you explain why the 4 dmg is a better route there?

Is Nahiri the Harbinger worth considering? It's plus is great, it's minus is great (especially for working with leylines) and it's ult can get ensnaring bridges, ratchet bombs etc. not the usual target for a nahiri ult but it is an interesting thought :P

Great deck! Been trying to make br moon work for a while and I love this ensnaring walkers version. The only thing I can think is you needed ratchet bomb in a lot more matches than you needed nights whisper so maybe go up to 3 bomb and down to 3 whisper because hilariously enough drawing cards actually hurt you when you had bridge down

@13:00 Any consideration to untapping Blood Crypt to Thoughtseize?

Great deck, great story at the top. Thanks for sharing this. I apologize if someone else already commented on this. At 52:26 you get Ghost Quatered for the second time and choose not to search your library to replace the land. It would have saved you game two when it happened and would have allowed you to cast Chandra game three. I hope this helps. Keep up the great work.

Just wanted to let you know- was not familiar with you until now but this is great content. i don't play modern i just play pauper but i love watching modern stuff, and this commentary, deck and overall quality were A+, and dont worry about pronouncing weird card names correctly. i will def be following ur content from here and prob looking up ur prior modern stuff! this deck is sweet! also appreciated the little story u told at the beginning about how u conceded a match then went like 10-0!

On the first game I kept thinking "Why doesn't he tap a mountain and untap it with Koth to cast Chandra after that thoughtseize?" was it a misplay or did it have a reason behind it? Because you could have had Chandra and Koth on ultimate for the next turn.

I feel like a couple pyroclasms in the sideboard would be useful for aggro matchups. Other than that, it looks sweet and seems like you've put the effort into it.

Did you test the 4th Blood Moon in the board? The Valakut and Eldrazi match ups seemed to live or die by drawing it.

I may have missed it, but why not sacrifice the ratchet bomb at 2:31:24 to take out the Norin? It doesn't come back from the graveyard? Not sure if we had some information about the opponent's hand I'm not considering but from what's on the board it looks reasonable.

At 13:01, did you consider Koth -> Untap Blood Crypt --> Thoughtseize? The idea being to remove an answer for Koth and make it that much easier to ult.

13:04 why not Koth, untap Blood Crypt play thoughtseize? Do I miss something here?

This is my kind of deck, anything that plays that Chandra will grab my attention. I love that PW, I remember people saying shes the new JTMS when she was spoiled, let's not go that far, but I do think people sleep on how good she is. Shes just so versatile, need to look for a card? Done, if its not what you need, shock your opponent, need more mana, can do. You have a big thing, I'll do 4 to it and more than likely kill it. Her ultimate can be game in the right decks. God I love that card

at 41:30 you mentioned if we had questions/suggestions. I feel like this deck is like a better version of 'free-win red' , but is there a reason you dont run Chalice of the Void? Does it conflict with the cmc of your own curve? Do you just not care about spells the opponents play that cost 1? I feel that it may be in a good position for 0 cmc cards even like Visions + Living End.

Around 12 minutes in the First Game: would untapping blood crypt with koth and playing thoughtseize been a better Play? Or why didn't you so that?

Just commenting to appreciate someone making content on this channel with a half decent microphone.

I like the deck A LOT, as I like any prison type deck. As for suggestions, I like the idea of cutting 1x relic as I'm not sure 4 are needed. I also noticed Collective Brutality not being too great in any of your matches. Aside from being on curve and good against burn I don't think it's needed. For additions, I think the core of the deck is ensnaring bridge + Lili to help discard your hand down and attrit your enemy so going up at least 1x lili makes sense. Some number of Fatal Push main also makes sense as it seems like such a better removal spell than Collective Brutality particularly when you expect Goyf and Death's Shadow. As mediocre as it sounds Keldon Megaliths may be a good fit to the deck if you plan on being hellbent with Lili, it's a pinger against utility dorks, and is a damage source that gets around Ensnaring Bridge. It obviously doesn't work with Blood Moon, but you mentioned if you went down one relic you might consider adding a land, if you do it should likely be a utility land of some ilk. I also like a couple Gemstone Caverns which often allow you to play your Blood Moon on turn 2 when on the draw, which is huge. And when they don't work Blood Moon turns them into a Mountains so the cost is low.

Awesome content GFabs! That bonus match was spicy hot! Was wondering why you took out bridge that match, I would keep bridge against any creature deck.

SERUM VISIONS E: Addressed it. Thanks Fabby!

More GFabs!

Why take out the ensaring bridges in the turns match up? isn't their only win condition Part the Waterveil?

Is there a specific reason why Slaughter Games isn't in your sideboard? I mean, the deck is very efficient in dealing with threats, so I can imagine you'd want to have it for the few threats that you can't deal with yet (like Ad Nauseam for example)

Loved the video. Question around 2:20:04: you have 3 ensnaring bridges in hand. Your deck is configured with no creatures. You're playing against a deck that is trying to assemble giant creatures and attack. Why decline to play the bridge(s) for multiple turns?

Any reason you don't run kolaghan command? The deck looks amazing but I think affinity can be a pretty hard match up

Hi Gfab, any reason on M5G3 you didn't take the nature's claim with the thoughtseize, hope they don't draw land for scapeshift and drop blood moon the following turn? turns off scapeshift and leaves you with a titan to deal with. Just my thought process, let me know what you think!

why no kolaghan's command or lightning bolt?

Sweet deck and awesome commentary! Thoughts on KCommand maybe in board? I'm probably just too much of a sucker for it in any modern deck that can run it, but it just feels too good versus Affinity and a few other match-ups like merfolk/D&T that rely on little creatures and vials to put in work.

1:57:42 i am stupid and have no experience, could someone explain why he discard the pack rat to pack rat

Why Night’s whisper over Read the bones? I feel like paying the extra mana for scry two sounds solid

At 46:00 or just before I think you should have inquisitioned yourself taking seize and hoped to draw ensnaring bridge. The odds weren’t great but I like playing to the one out there.

koth, untap blood crypt, cast seize?

why not in game 1 at 13:30, untap bloodcrypt and play thoughtseize? always good no against a control deck? Maybe you could have take out a cryptic command

Game 1: why did you not untap the blood Crypt with Koth and seize?

Im curious GFab why did you move away from splashing white for sideboard card? Do you think there is a reason that you would transition back?

GFabs please run a league with your Esper Shadow list. Would love to see you pilot that.

Hey Gerard, awesome content as always. Had a quick question about game one since I am a U/W control player myself. With regards to Path to Exile being a bad choice for the deck I can understand that line, but it feels more like a necessary card to play in the format. Do you have any suggestions for alternatives? I always felt Path was a necessary evil just to deal with any creature that gets down. Thanks again for the great content!

I belive you can use K.Command in this deck. It's generally good in modern especially if you'll meet an artifact based deck (especially if it will be something that don't cares too much about your moons and bridges like Lantern Control) and you have a bunch of creatures in your sideboard to make use of raise dead mode. Also you can use some sort of artifact removal in your sideboard like shatterstrom or vandal blast for the same match ups (artifact based combo and control decks).

Against the turns deck why didn't you play the ensnaring bridge game 1?