OP: I play all my hand onto the battlefield. CGB: I use the Farewell you saw me get. Surprised Pikachu

CGB's impression of Palpatine is too damn good. Such is the power of the Dark Si- I mean, Azorius Control.

I can't lie... you getting sent after admitting to being greedy on not casting the Farewell was ever-so slightly satisfying

cgb being a relatable arena player for 67 minutes straight

The throw of all throws not playing Farewell at 32:50

Funny thing is that I always thought 12 counters was the bare minimum for a control deck

" It's my favorite archetype, there will be zero misplay in this one "..... Dies with a Farewell in hand with only 4 life left...

Kabe Wolf with the giga brain compiling the complexities of each possible board state

The CGB play by play commentary was pure gold. Haven't laughed like that in a while. Love seeing you have fun with Magic again!

Legend has it that KabeWolf is still out there somewhere, roping another opponent.

@CGB, funny enough I was the one building the 11 counterspells deck that Sonio played against and then replicated in his video, and I did that based on a CGB deck from a while ago 🤣🤣

They really need to create a que for all of the ropers. They can just sit there and rope each other while the rest of us play magic in the regular que.

You know you’re fired up about a deck when you hit an hour standard video😂

Oh look, it's Mono Blues Slightly less annoying Older Brother Azorious Control. Lol, I hate playing against it with my Esper Tokens deck but at this point, it's if you can't beat em, join em. Great vid CGB

Always fun to see another 29 land deck. Arena gaming at its finest 👨‍🍳😙

I usually play control or combo but had to stop playing Arena a while ago because of people roping. every. single. turn. and salty roping. I really don't mind long games, as long as people PLAY the game! Just couldn't handle being roped to death lol, guess I have at least THAT to work on myself. Love the content, sir. Keep 'em coming!

So great watching CGB having a grand old time with Azorius control!

Maniacal Emperor CGB is my favorite CGB

33:36 Full Greed on display.

I recommend having a book on hand for rope moments to help decrease the frustration.

It's always funny to me how CGB takes it as a personal slight against his honor, Magic itself and common human decency when aggro beats control. Love the videos as always though :)

When CGB plays azorius control, with over an hour of footage... I watch it all! Love it.

10/10 Emperor impression. Would “Dew it” again.

funny how in paper magic you never struggle to hit a 3rd land in a 27 land deck. but on arena it happens all of the time.

The palpatine impression is fire. I’m cackling. Love this content!!!

Title: They can't handle it! First opponent: Wanna see how I make you cry?

One of the funniest CGB performances I’ve seen in awhile lmao

24:00 i wonder if opponents will ever realize how much satisfaction you get out of being roped.

41:32 CGB coringando kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

42:48: "I just wanted to play fun magic..." The decklist:

@2:20 I'm actually dying laughing.

And the award for worst emperor Palpatine impersonation goes to.

If you run a hypergeometric calculator, you need 13 1- or 2-drops to consistently (91%+) cast something by turn 2 (not accounting for Bo1 shuffler), whereas this deck was running 11. A deck that has a critical turn of 4 also wants some of those to help find land (draw/loot/scry/siphon insight/etc.). Those were a bigger issue than the land count; 27 lands + Celestus is already quite a lot. TL;DR: think Xerox theory before adding too many lands.

"The counterspells will be quite operational when your spells arrive"

58:06 and on, was só satisfying

11 counterspells is almost as many as I use in my aggro decks

This reminds me of a deck a friend of mine had. We called it “Mother May I”. Counters and removal. The only win con was your lack of patience. We hated him. We loved him. As long as you kept at it eventually he’d have nothing. Eventually. At 23:19 a mono red player was born.

楽しそうで何よりです。 気持ち良さそうでしたが赤単相手の土地事故は辛そうでしたね...。

I feel like we need one of your late night quieter vids after this. It was like CGB got bit by a radioactive CGB with maximum ego, irritation, and screech activated lol it was amusing but I also once had eardrums :D

Kabewolf ropping from turn one is exactly the type of player that destroy the experience of mtg arena. And you always get one of those at least once a session for some reason

That first game warmed my soul to the core. Nothing on Arena is more satisfying than watching a UW durdle you-can't-do-nothing deck get run over 1-2-3.

34:19 hahah too greedy you're punished :P ^^

Question: using Jace sleeves or a Jace avatar and playing aggro is wrong, or is it the ultimate Jace move, by playing mind games and tricking the oponent?

They should change his name to Calix, Guided by Topdecks

If you think you heard a high-pitched sound (maybe a wail) in the distance, that was John Williams hearing CGB trying to sign/hum Vader's theme. I'm still waiting to see if my spinal fluids return to equilibrium.

KabeWolf probably got to plat 3 fast by games conceded by impatient opponents.

Back from a years break playing. Got 9 counters in my deck. Took some out last week in favour of some removals. Must have had like 15 before... its fun though to counter everything. Keeping an empty board.

27 so we don't miss a land drop. Gets mana screwed every game xD

saheeli popcorn is the best emote for a roper lmao

At 54:00 you could Field of Ruin their basic land and get the planeswaker back

Man, that LotR song plays on such a short loop.

I love the emperor palpatine lines! CGB my anti-hero!

Countering spells -> 😜 Getting your spells countered -> 🤬

monored 18 lands 5 land by turn 5 this deck 27 lands stuck at 3 drops by turn 6

Loved the deck. Could use more counterspells, though

It is comforting to see I'm not the only one still stuck at Platinum T4

30:30 Literally all you have to do is fucking farewell. It's not rocket science, you can even leave your fucking incubate token on the battlefield! All you have to do is use the fucking sweeper in your hand to win the game!

Bro not farewelling that graveyard deck was gigacringe. What in the world were you thinking????

Loved it. Thanks CGB.

The Branduin River flows through the Shire. They cross it at Buckleberry Ferry in the book. In the hobbit tongue, it is counted as the Brandywine river. Also, where the One Ring was found by Smeagol, I believe.

I can't believe how frequently I get mana screwed playing against mono-red. It's time Wotc rectified it. Truly disheartened and sick of it

So did you Google Buehler blue before posting that 11 counters is a lot?

Do a deck around Ajani every version and mass token creation

Not going to lie, the best game was the one you lost to the Sultai unearth deck. The oppressive "fun police" deck versus de jank. May be you can try the deck the other guy was playing, try to meld titania (I know you don't have a good history with melding if your Misha meld deck is a reference but it would be cool if you got it).

Game one was hot 🔥

cgb makes a great sith lord for a uw player

8:16 kinda did this one to yourself man 😂😅

Some people can't read cards. I play Historic ranked with 4x Archon of Absolution plus copy effects in my deck. My opponent wonders why they can't attack with all with no mana available.

cgb : i play counter spell deck. 1st game classic forceloss monowhite.

Not using the wandering emperor avatar was the problem

41:42 LMAO

I think the enchantment player game later on was jest seeing the log in screen from game crashes. That's the only reason the attack rope came out like that. Surely they didn't just go snail when they had freedom to play and sonic during the control section.

very nice vid, lad

Why not 28 lands and 10 counters? I don't think the shuffler would make that much mana screw difference of 28 to 29

I'm a big fan of Ertai's Scorn. The cost reduction matters alot. Combine it with Haughty Djinn and you get a consistent 1 mana counter anything.

KabeWolf, if you're reading this s, for the love of god press the space bar.

I wonder if he practices that Palpatine impression in the mirror. Lol

I don't think people who rope their opponent realize that there's no better feeling in MTGA than making someone so salty that they rope to death. Bonus points if they're playing the most stock standard deck in the format.

23:53 Snow Covered Plains???

Well... this is the arena... the amount of the lands in the deck doesn't matter at all. You'll have as many lands as the arena allows you to have. The only way to be sure that you won't have mana probles is to not win too much games in a row. Your win ratio needs to be corrected and it seems that the lands are the best way to do it. Nothing can save you from the dreaded win ratio correction. The petty thing is that the amount of the lands in the deck doesn't matter at all... I tried a deck with 30+ lands... still draw only 2 in first 20 cards several games in a row if I go over 65% win rate... I tried low curve mono red with only 14 lands.. still draw 10 of them in first 20 cards when my win rate goes over 65%... there is no escape... And if my win ration goes lower then 45% then I'm strting to play against oponent that have only 2 lands or that are with empty hand and draw only lands... but I don't fill like a winner. It seems that only 2-3 games out of 10 are maybe real, the rest are decided by the win ration algorithm...

I’m guessing first the enchantment deck roping guy was lagging in the first part of the game. Probably downloading anime or something.

MTG: Arena really miss quick format - like rope coming out when your turn starts or something like that

This is just going to get worse unless we just get reprints of counters already in standard for the next year.

love the pile, but devious cover up should be here too. Although with it in, it's gonna win less games

If you had the makeup on and the robe you would actually look exactly like the emperor too.

33:50 The greed got ya. I was screaming at my screen for you to Farewell but I guess you didnt hear me... Also, the game against KabeWolf was so ANNOYING to watch.

Ertai scorn with jin gitaxias

im a simple man, i see counter, i click

6:21 the avergae intelligence of a standart player.

Control players: "Roping?!? I want to waste my OPs time and stop them from playing their game - not the other way around!"

i'm confused, why did the Kumano at 36:10 cost 3 mana?

Shuffler approved. Two games of mana screw with 27 lands in deck. Never go over 26 just saying 😅

Palpatine opitomises MTGA's speedrun to the dark side in the modern meta. Single card board wipes, win con lands with infinite value, counterspells and decks with no creatures. I miss the time you both built up your board and arm wrestled, with creature battles won or lost by +1's from instants.

Shoulda Farewelled when you had a chance...

Wizards, for the sake of CGB's sanity, MAKE AZORIUS CTRL GREAT AGAIN thanks

I don't think I hate anything as much as I hate green white enchantments

omg this fu-ck counter lol

Who ropes control decks?

I would think that if you are running 11 counters spells you would prefer to have 3 depopulate and 1 sunfall, or just 4 depopulate.

Bring the pain!!!!