Surprised no mention of fishing. This is a backbone of aggro strategy. Fishing = getting opponent to deal with the threats in the order you want them to. This is useful in all styles of play but essential for aggro play. Still all in all a good video.
Could you guide me a bit through the deck types etc I am hoping there is a hilariously fun deck out there ? My kajak buddy wants to try magic when we are on expeditions
@MTG DEVELOPERS For example, if you know your opponent plays a gates ablaze deck, you might want to keep your main/stronger cards in your hand and wait until your opponent play gates before fielding your good cards. You can also fish by playing minor threats in order to play a counter for that threat. For example, you can play phoenix and your opponent plays a remove spell. You can self-inflict a justice strike on your phoenix to save it from being removed rendering your opponents counter useless. Last example is unbreakable formation againts board wipes. You can extend your board with all you got waiting for your opponent to board wipe, then countering with unbreakable. Since the board wipe threat is out of the way after you scared the shit out of him with your stacked board, you beat him to death with it. Fishing is basically counterpunching a counter punch. You jab. Your opponent evades and tries to punch you back but surprise, that is what you wanted and counterpunch.
@MTG DEVELOPERS Fishing is using the open windows to cast spells before or after the attacking phase. Example: I attack you with a 2/2 and a 3/3. You have a 2/2 and a 4/4. You block my 2/2 with your 4/4 and I play a giant growth to kill it. That's one example of fishing. Or you play against a control deck and you cast a creature or enchantment or something that is a threat that you would rather have them counter first, then cast the creature spell you really wanted after that. That's also fishing.
Control can't, though. It never could. Unless I play only counter spells to counter literally everything Aggro throws at me, but I can't do that. Still need to draw cards, play own threats/win condition etc. Also, there is a reason mono red aggro has been (almost) oppressively strong in the last months or even years and is probably the best archetype/deck in Standard rights now. Also, love that profile picture. Have a nice day.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I believe you misspoke in the first scenario. In the first scenario (example 1) Attacking in for 2 and then 2 = 4, but then the second example a turn building up is 0 and a turn attacking is 6. The extra 2 comes on the 3rd turn, which while relevant is not the same time frame as 2 turns. Note that I am not disputing that this is the better play.
Ere’s wot we’s gonna do, right? First I’se gonna yell Waaagh! an’ ‘den I’se gonna run up to ‘em an’ krump ‘em. ‘Den, while I’se runnin’ and hollerin’ an’ before I get to ‘da krumpin’ part, you lot yells Waaagh! an’ makes a run at ‘em too, see? ‘Den we’ll all krump togevva! ‘S a great plan, innit? ‘Dem ‘umies’ll nevva expect it
Joel Johnson i play my aggro decks based on game state and i compare tye creatures and spells to the gold standard burn spell lightining bolt I have a RB agrros deck so on curve i have Cmc 1 rakdos cackler 1/1 with unleash to make it a 2/2 so if it swings once its as good as a shock if it swings twice its twice as good as shock and slightly better than lightining bolt if it swings a 3rd time its twice as good as bolt amd 3x better than shock At cmc 2 i run terminate, gobhobbler rats at 2/2, and goblin deathraiders at 3/1 obviously unconditional creature removal is great and the rats are more durable and have added power and defence once my hand is empty and the goblins have trample It goes on like this up to the just for funsies win more card at 6cmc o have raldos the defiler which hardly ever hit the fiwld as normally my opponent is dead 2-3 turns before he can land but if i get to turn 5 and have out rakdos lord of riots i could play him in turn 5s swcond main phase but thats really late game at that point
Keywords are usually common knowledge, but try putting a definition on the bottom when a “new” keyword or slang term is used (eg - Alpha Strike) Otherwise, I’d also like to see a series Delving into the terms more.
the hardest matchup for most aggro decks to play is by far the aggro mirror, while the combo and control matchup is relatively straight forward the race is what separates the good aggro players from the rest. This is also why allot of control players think agro is easy.
Having tinkered around with the aggro archetype a time or two, these were key points that will assuredly help ones tactics and playstyle. A lot of scenarios are circumstantial, and a bit of luck involved with what you may draw of course. However, again these are key points. I cannot express enough of how over extending your board can potentially set you up for failure. As a control player, if we see you dump your entire hand on the board we know that's a good time to board wipe. Odds are we will be able to out play you at a higher probability if we can take out several potential turns worth of threats from your perspective on a single turn, with a single card, that gives us tempo advantage. As the professor stated, evaluating the board is a key component. Also pay a lot of attention to the first match of three potential rounds if you're playing competitively, this will give you feel for how well your opponent plays, and exactly what cards they're playing, allowing you to make better sideboard decisions. Pay attention to what cards they use that you want to work around, out play, or counter. And assess what cards you did, or didn't play that were dead weight. Great video professor, very informative to new and old players alike. Cheers and happy card slinging, and fun times!
I feel like the video demonstration of the board state is pretty weird because in real life and MTGO we don't look at the board state turned on its side. Creatures attacking seems untapped, and untapped creatures seem tapped. I think a better way to demonstrate the boardstate is to have creatures we hypothetically control on the bottom side of our screen, instead of being on our left.
Love the video, would like to see how to be a better control player next if possible i tend to struggle there most sense im now getting into control type decks
one of the moat important things is there are different types of control. if you play a more counter centric strategy, its knowing your opponents deck in the way of knowing what to counter. and saving removal for the more important creatures. you wanna play a land every turn but at least until turn 6. the second you try to turn into a midrange deck when the board state is close you fall behind.
Honestly, the best way to play control is to play it and play it and play it. You need to practice, and you will learn how to time counter spells, sweepers, and finishers.
I use aggressive gas fumigate and works well. Before the big match I eat beans and onions in mass. I find it’s hard for an opponent to see the board if their eyes are blurring and gagging. Only way to leave the game is to forfeit. I usually win 2/3 of these games being the fact of misfiring every now and then. Like if you will try this next game!!!
As someone who plays Burn in Historic (and is considering upgrading to Modern Burn once this blasted pandemic is over), I found this really helpful. Thank you Professor!
Okay, so to be an aggro player, the first step is to get a pair of Oakley's. Now, don't worry, you won't actually be wearing them over your eyes - spin them around so they're on the back of your head. Okay, great, first step done. Next step, you want to integrate the word "bro" into your vocabulary. Try and use it every other word or so. Bonus points if you gesture overtly while saying it. Now the main part: always get wildly offended when your opponents and/or teammates do something you do not do yourself. Don't worry if it has little to nothing to do with the game at hand, just make sure that your rage is accompanied by loud yelling, repeated use of the word "bro," and angry flipping of tables if you can manage it. Congratulations, you are now a true aggro player. Wait... you meant the other type of aggro, didn't you...
this is by far my favorite series you do professor. I am looking forward to a video like this for control, tempo and midrange because those are the archetypes I enjoy playing the most. in pauper I play mono blue Delver, and I play storm in modern. I love magic and this is my got to TH-cam channel for all my learning
You compare 1 turn of damage to 2 turns of damage (@4:15), and you compare 2 turns to 3 turns at another point earlier. This isn't exactly apples to apples, but I know you are doing it to illustrate a point
Ive noticed into making a chevill aggro deck (non meta) even with only about 18 lands im still finding myself with way more mana than i need. I feel like i just need a few higher costing spells in there?
Love the episode and the whole Tolarian Tutor series, really plays to the channel concept, which in turn is what draws me to the channel. In regards to the priority of abilities it would seem like haste often ranks higher than first strike as early game it allows fast swings before they setup and after sweepers allows for putting a fast clock back up.
For years I usually play aggro monoblacks and from my experience they play pretty mych the same no matter the era,so here's a general guide. 1- Black has low cost powerful creatures that have as much as power as green creatures but with huge downsides,so learning to reap benefits from downsides is a must. 2-Even if you can't reap benefits from downsides if the damage is high enough it's worth it. 3-Try having creatures with thoughness 3 or more so you can take advantage of mini board wipes like infest or Ichor slick in case the opponent has lots of 1/1 and 2/2 lots of good decks runs creatures with thoughness 2 or lower. 4-have in your main deck or sideboard spells that forces sacrifice instead of direct targeting so you can get around hexproof and indestructable. 5-Have powerful discard stuff in your sideboard,even decks that likes to throw stuff on the graveyard don't like to have nothing at all on their hands,Hymn to tourach,mind cracking or mind twist are good stuff. 6-Don't be afraid of paying life to swing for lethal,if you're playing against red you can still disrupt them a lot by running alternate stuff like smallpox or sinkhole. 7-Don't forget black can have powerful draw stuff,drain skull,altar's reap,night whisper or sign in blood are all great draw spells. 8-Above all remember the essence of the black color,the ends justify the means,it doesn't really matter how much you kill yourself as long as you kill the opponent more. Have fun
Could you please go into further detail on the Combo Archetype? While your explanation of the archetype was good for an introduction, I feel it did not explain how to play combo in depth at all, (hint hint: the point of a combo deck is not to combo off, but to constantly threaten the combo; forcing you opponent to waste all of their resources on it while you push through with the board presence this allows you to make) Just food for thought. 1 out of 6 of my wins is actually from achieving the combo, its mostly Kitchen Finks, voice of resurgences, Renegade Rallier, Noble Hierarch, E-witt, and Archangel of Thune putting in the real work.... oh yeah and don't forget about Gavony Township... Ahhhhhh Gavony township :D Show less REPLY
Good video. I watched: MTG - How To Screw Up Magic: The Gathering Arena - A Guide, do you have new opinions and how to make it better-ideas? I still play Magic duels, because of the two-headed giant format, if MTG: Arena you can also play two-headed giant format and when you are inviting friend to play with you, the matchmaking works flawlessly, you and who you are playing with can complete daily quests together when playing 2HG, then i will be pleased to play MTG: Arena.
HELP me out guys! I'm playing mono red aggro against my friends black and white vampire / gain life deck. I always ALMOST beat I'm. After round 5 to 7 he is almost dead... then the game always ends with him having 20+ life and I'm dead. Any advice?
Yep. When your blitzing. Keep a tactical reserve (The board) Or a strategic reserve (Your hand) Don't let blood lust cloud your thinking. Make sure you know when it's time to go all in.
I was playing a mainly red deck (borrowed) and even though I do not remember what cards I used it went kind of like this, P1:me, P2 draws card, P1 plays instant. Makes P2 draw 2 cards and take damage = cards drawn that round ie 3pts of damage. P2 fw, P1 uses creature ability that lets instant/spell cards be recast once, deals another 5pt in all 8pts of damage. P1 has wizard, casts wizards lighting, +3dp = 11pts of damage. P2 ends turn. P1 has leftover energy and two high damage monsters. P1 does some things, P2 dies.
Tolarian, can you re-review Hareruya sleeves? I'm curious if they're still using the same formula that they made in collaboration with the original KMC manufacturers, or if they changed it like KMC did. Pls!
So, I didn't touch a mtg deck since 2006, then a friend of mine asked me to playtest against him and asked me to play the Ramunap Red... Sorry to say that deck requires no thinking at all. I've never been a lover of aggro, but I have to say that while it is fun to win fast, I don't like the lack of general thinking involved :/ I'm not saying Aggro doesn't require a brain, but it's kind of close to that...
I appreciate this, when I started playing magic the first decks I managed to wrap my head around were heavily aggro based. I feel like aggro is very simple but reading the board state is a huge part of it.
For new players, I tell them to swing first and think later. Obviously its best to contemplate your attack before you go, but they don't have the knowledge to really do so, so they sit there for a long time, and end up not attacking because they feel its safer, it doesn't leave them open. But for an aggro deck, which many new players start with, thats exactly the way you lose. You may be making a mistake by swinging all out, but its a mistake that gives you a lot of information and experience. The mistake of holding your creatures back just feels bad and you don't get better by doing it. If you aren't sure what to do, swing every turn. Because the control player will do everything they can to make you think you shouldn't be swinging. And of course know when to trade, when to recognize creatures that aren't really going to engage in combat. Swing a 3/2 into my guttersnipe, basically every time
Ok, so I have 8-Whack. My opponent had 2 creatures out and I had three. Legion loyalist, goblin chieftain and Mogg fanatic. I also had a bolt in my hand. So a good play for me would to bolt the one creature and swing with all?
I really like your videos and appreciate what you are doing. I have but a small improvement idea: the pictures on the wall behind you are positioned a bit awkwardly. They seem to "grow" from you (especially from your head). This is a problem so common that they actually teach to seek for a better shooting point to avoid it. As I said it is a small but persistent annoyance and might not agitate other viewers. But as this is something I know and can give constructive criticism on I feel like I should. Thank you for all the hard work you are doing!
What about land or artifact destroying cards should i put them into red agro deck, or i should put there some other spells to beat up creature or player?
I wish there was a mode in magic where you just grab a random stack of cards and try to battle, adding lands and shuffling after you find out what cards you have. Draft is the closest but the cards aren't really random. Used to love grabbing random deck sized chunks of cards from my buddy's giant collection and trying to win with them
I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention Afflict. If you attack with a creature that has afflict, your opponent will take damage no matter what, often even having another benefit if it doesn't/does get blocked.
Professor I liked the video as I am often in these same states with Elves or Merfolk. Keep up the good work. One note: the example board state layouts are a different perspective from paper magic and MTGO and thus was a little harder to comprehend at first glance (left to right vs top to bottomw) Are these creatures tapped? What is going on here? While this layout might suit a wide screen better in terms of real estate it is not the natural magic perspective.
If i watched this guy 20 years ago when i use to play this game i would laugh hard. Just look how he gives examples of 2 turns ignoring/not assuming the possibilities of the oponent turn, he always assumes in his favor in most of the examples, thats wrong teaching...the outcome will never be how he is showing in this video.
The only thing is that the initial scenario was wrong. You take 3 turns to get in 8 damage, as opposed to 4 damage over 2 turns. That said, it is still more efficient, because you have 6 damage by waiting at opposed to 4 by not.
Curious question I play against a red burn(Chandra deck) turn 5 or 6 win any way to stop it/deal with it? I am aggro but that is faster than my aggro and difficult to deal with.
Your first combat example isn't "the same two turns" but the better option takes place over 3 turns. I'm sure others have mentioned this already, so sorry if it's duplicate.
What is your advice for aggro vs token spam My play group has both and they weirdly seem to cancel each other out the token player can easily put out tokens to block creatures and can stall the game with an ajan welcome and such effects However the aggro player can also manage to slip enough burn through sometimes if the token player runs a bit slow Is there any advice I can pass along that would help an aggro deck get past a token\lifegain deck?
May we get tutored on how to play against planeswalkers? Especially in commander with the new rules! Many of my friends feel useless against them with the recurring value and control that they have.
If possible, I'd like to learn more about playing control. It has never been my strong suit; I feel I never know when to cast and when to hold up mana for other spells.
hi I've just started watching your channel and can you give me some tips on what to do in Magic the Gathering I just got a deck builders toolkit the new one and watch your videos that I'm a sister and I need some tips for please can you help me bye
Nice videos. The other way to learn this stuff is to have your friends who play magic with you all weekend ridicule you or beat you with your own aggro deck : )
Surprised no mention of fishing. This is a backbone of aggro strategy. Fishing = getting opponent to deal with the threats in the order you want them to. This is useful in all styles of play but essential for aggro play. Still all in all a good video.
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Could you guide me a bit through the deck types etc I am hoping there is a hilariously fun deck out there ? My kajak buddy wants to try magic when we are on expeditions
@MTG DEVELOPERS For example, if you know your opponent plays a gates ablaze deck, you might want to keep your main/stronger cards in your hand and wait until your opponent play gates before fielding your good cards. You can also fish by playing minor threats in order to play a counter for that threat. For example, you can play phoenix and your opponent plays a remove spell. You can self-inflict a justice strike on your phoenix to save it from being removed rendering your opponents counter useless. Last example is unbreakable formation againts board wipes. You can extend your board with all you got waiting for your opponent to board wipe, then countering with unbreakable. Since the board wipe threat is out of the way after you scared the shit out of him with your stacked board, you beat him to death with it.
Fishing is basically counterpunching a counter punch. You jab. Your opponent evades and tries to punch you back but surprise, that is what you wanted and counterpunch.
@MTG DEVELOPERS mtg.gamepedia.com/Aggro_deck#Fish hope this helps :)
@MTG DEVELOPERS Fishing is using the open windows to cast spells before or after the attacking phase. Example: I attack you with a 2/2 and a 3/3. You have a 2/2 and a 4/4. You block my 2/2 with your 4/4 and I play a giant growth to kill it. That's one example of fishing. Or you play against a control deck and you cast a creature or enchantment or something that is a threat that you would rather have them counter first, then cast the creature spell you really wanted after that. That's also fishing.
I was expecting a 5 second video of the prof slamming his head against a table.
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Hey i thank you so much. I have been fan fir about a year now. But you got me into magic your videos are a great help. Keep it up please.
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Lol fail.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the Professor's suit
The One Dylanator it us a lovely suit, very Tibalt.
Erm, no. I'm sorry, but burgandy on red is just awful. He has some excellent suits, but this is one of his weaker performances.
I want it
His suits are always fire.
Looks like he raided Austin powers’ closet. I love it though. This man has Jackie Chan level swag.
Professor: "Effectively trading 4 creatures for 4 damage"
Aggro player: "wow, look at that value, only 16 HP left!"
Are you being sarcastic?
In the Aggro video he wears Black/Red.
In the Control video he wears Blue/White.
Coincidence? I think not!
How to be better aggro player :
SMORC AND HIT FACE
Yep!
What does "aggro" means in magic?
>"They can't counter everything you do"
The sweet innocence of 2017.
Control can't, though. It never could. Unless I play only counter spells to counter literally everything Aggro throws at me, but I can't do that. Still need to draw cards, play own threats/win condition etc. Also, there is a reason mono red aggro has been (almost) oppressively strong in the last months or even years and is probably the best archetype/deck in Standard rights now.
Also, love that profile picture. Have a nice day.
ThorsShadow the sweet innocence of a pre Oko world.
my friend built a deck with the win con of forcing me to play one spell per turn and then countering that spell. its the most annoying deck ever
Tuxedo bird and that’s why I don’t play with certain people anymore. If you can’t play magic what’s the point in playing magic.
@@sl8103 Arcane laboratory?
I had this deck in the past,it can be amazingly frustrating to play against.
Taunt is chea- Wait, wrong game.
Miss Nothing pfffft taunt.. just play quest mage and 0tk everyone
Punny minions can't taunt -magic- death.
Face is the place! SMORC 4 life!
Block is cheat
Hadronox druid
Please make one on sideboards and how to sideboard!
I would like to see a video on this too
BlizzardMTG he already did one but it is an older video
thegolden hub I know I just want one with the style of Tolarian Tutor
That would be great
Maybe I'm missing something, but I believe you misspoke in the first scenario. In the first scenario (example 1) Attacking in for 2 and then 2 = 4, but then the second example a turn building up is 0 and a turn attacking is 6. The extra 2 comes on the 3rd turn, which while relevant is not the same time frame as 2 turns. Note that I am not disputing that this is the better play.
tonka truck I noticed he said “in the same two turns “ when in the second example he took 3 turns to get the 8 damage.
This is the comment I came here looking for. Glad you did it already so I didn't need to!
Ere’s wot we’s gonna do, right? First I’se gonna yell Waaagh! an’ ‘den I’se gonna run up to ‘em an’ krump ‘em. ‘Den, while I’se runnin’ and hollerin’ an’ before I get to ‘da krumpin’ part, you lot yells Waaagh! an’ makes a run at ‘em too, see? ‘Den we’ll all krump togevva! ‘S a great plan, innit? ‘Dem ‘umies’ll nevva expect it
Pretty good, innit?
Ah, a fellow Goblins player, I take it?
WAAAAAAGH!!
Wolfblood92 Dey got em shinys tings. "Haall - oh" cards. We takes em frum dem puny humies. Yea. Giv em to da boyz. FOR DAH WAAAAUGH
Filthy xeno lol
Video starts at 0:00 because aggro
ZonkoTheGreat 2000 Your username is cool because it includes the year your comments stopped being funny.
Hahaha BAZINGA!
Ha, nice.
Elo you can thank Y2K for that burn
As an aggro player and on behalf of all the others, thank you!!
Im pretty sure statistically you're the only one.
Joel Johnson i play my aggro decks based on game state and i compare tye creatures and spells to the gold standard burn spell lightining bolt
I have a RB agrros deck so on curve i have
Cmc 1 rakdos cackler 1/1 with unleash to make it a 2/2
so if it swings once its as good as a shock if it swings twice its twice as good as shock and slightly better than lightining bolt if it swings a 3rd time its twice as good as bolt amd 3x better than shock
At cmc 2 i run terminate, gobhobbler rats at 2/2, and goblin deathraiders at 3/1 obviously unconditional creature removal is great and the rats are more durable and have added power and defence once my hand is empty and the goblins have trample
It goes on like this up to the just for funsies win more card at 6cmc o have raldos the defiler which hardly ever hit the fiwld as normally my opponent is dead 2-3 turns before he can land but if i get to turn 5 and have out rakdos lord of riots i could play him in turn 5s swcond main phase but thats really late game at that point
What? Smash face
These tutor vids are great! Keep em coming!
“What if your opponent has a wall of creatures?”
-laughs in Embercleave
Is there one of these for Tempo? ☺
15:30 Got it. if they play control "Hit them in the face."
I just started taking lessons from Emma, and I can absolutely feel her Magic mentality in this video! Very informative, and very helpful!
Great video! I literally feel like I went to MTG school.
Keep up the good work
Look at this quality and intro? You've come so far I'm so happy patreon has helped get you here
Are you an actual college professor? Cause I ACTUALLY learn from these
Aggro v Aggro is not so much a race, but a boxing match... or a street fight if it's black/red v black/red
My new first step to breaking in any aggro deck will be to find a suit as awesome as the professors. It's classy yet sinister.
Awesome video prof!!
Is this video banned in 1v1 online commander like the other tutors?
Nah, in 1v1 you don't really want to play aggro.
why?
I shouldn't send this to my friend...
Thanks for the help! As a newer player to the game, you are a fantastic resource I recommend to anyone else who is new and wants knowledge
So what about the midrange and tempo match ups?
Aggro Deck: Aim like a sniper, hit like a truck. Got it.
I honestly can't even handle how well spoken you are.
This was a great video! I'd love to see more like this. The gameplay examples were super cool and very educational!
Love the specific examples and the in-depth strategic advice. More videos like this, please! Thanks for all you do, Professor.
Anyone else confused by the combat setup? The cards should be aligned portrait if the two players are face to face (with respect to the players' POV)?
same
To better use the entire screen, vertical v horizontal
And so you can read the cards
Doesn't change the fact, that it's confusing.
Agreed.
Nothing levelled up my aggro mirror game as much as Who's the Beatdown by Mike Flores. Classic article.
I'm watching this to learn how to counter aggro, oops
Mono green aggro, and red burn my 2 favs. Been playing since Urzas Saga
Keywords are usually common knowledge, but try putting a definition on the bottom when a “new” keyword or slang term is used (eg - Alpha Strike)
Otherwise, I’d also like to see a series Delving into the terms more.
FrozenSpector A lot of them can be guessed pretty easily. Alpha strike is about as self explanatory as you can get.
Backbrowsing the channel. Good stuff.
the hardest matchup for most aggro decks to play is by far the aggro mirror, while the combo and control matchup is relatively straight forward the race is what separates the good aggro players from the rest. This is also why allot of control players think agro is easy.
I totally expected this intro to this video, "turn cards sideways gg" lol
Thank you for the information.
Having tinkered around with the aggro archetype a time or two, these were key points that will assuredly help ones tactics and playstyle. A lot of scenarios are circumstantial, and a bit of luck involved with what you may draw of course. However, again these are key points. I cannot express enough of how over extending your board can potentially set you up for failure. As a control player, if we see you dump your entire hand on the board we know that's a good time to board wipe. Odds are we will be able to out play you at a higher probability if we can take out several potential turns worth of threats from your perspective on a single turn, with a single card, that gives us tempo advantage.
As the professor stated, evaluating the board is a key component. Also pay a lot of attention to the first match of three potential rounds if you're playing competitively, this will give you feel for how well your opponent plays, and exactly what cards they're playing, allowing you to make better sideboard decisions. Pay attention to what cards they use that you want to work around, out play, or counter. And assess what cards you did, or didn't play that were dead weight.
Great video professor, very informative to new and old players alike. Cheers and happy card slinging, and fun times!
naya burn ftw
Ez Win naya burn ain't burn. MONO RED ALL DAY
I don't know what you're talking about. Jeskai counterburn is the best burn deck.
Pfft 4 color lifeburn using tainted remedy is best burn
I feel like the video demonstration of the board state is pretty weird because in real life and MTGO we don't look at the board state turned on its side. Creatures attacking seems untapped, and untapped creatures seem tapped. I think a better way to demonstrate the boardstate is to have creatures we hypothetically control on the bottom side of our screen, instead of being on our left.
Awesome series Prof! Well done as always!
Love the video, would like to see how to be a better control player next if possible i tend to struggle there most sense im now getting into control type decks
one of the moat important things is there are different types of control. if you play a more counter centric strategy, its knowing your opponents deck in the way of knowing what to counter. and saving removal for the more important creatures. you wanna play a land every turn but at least until turn 6. the second you try to turn into a midrange deck when the board state is close you fall behind.
Your wish is our command :)
Blisk45 instant speed everything
Honestly, the best way to play control is to play it and play it and play it. You need to practice, and you will learn how to time counter spells, sweepers, and finishers.
I love the top on the bookshelf. Also... OH MY GOD, those years of playing Yu-Gi-Oh with defensive decks really fucked my aggressive game up.
I use aggressive gas fumigate and works well. Before the big match I eat beans and onions in mass. I find it’s hard for an opponent to see the board if their eyes are blurring and gagging. Only way to leave the game is to forfeit. I usually win 2/3 of these games being the fact of misfiring every now and then.
Like if you will try this next game!!!
Big shout out to the script writer and the mind behind this segment! Great and effective way to learn!
As someone who plays Burn in Historic (and is considering upgrading to Modern Burn once this blasted pandemic is over), I found this really helpful. Thank you Professor!
Okay, so to be an aggro player, the first step is to get a pair of Oakley's. Now, don't worry, you won't actually be wearing them over your eyes - spin them around so they're on the back of your head. Okay, great, first step done. Next step, you want to integrate the word "bro" into your vocabulary. Try and use it every other word or so. Bonus points if you gesture overtly while saying it. Now the main part: always get wildly offended when your opponents and/or teammates do something you do not do yourself. Don't worry if it has little to nothing to do with the game at hand, just make sure that your rage is accompanied by loud yelling, repeated use of the word "bro," and angry flipping of tables if you can manage it. Congratulations, you are now a true aggro player.
Wait... you meant the other type of aggro, didn't you...
this is by far my favorite series you do professor. I am looking forward to a video like this for control, tempo and midrange because those are the archetypes I enjoy playing the most. in pauper I play mono blue Delver, and I play storm in modern. I love magic and this is my got to TH-cam channel for all my learning
Your drip is too clean!!!
You compare 1 turn of damage to 2 turns of damage (@4:15), and you compare 2 turns to 3 turns at another point earlier. This isn't exactly apples to apples, but I know you are doing it to illustrate a point
Ive noticed into making a chevill aggro deck (non meta) even with only about 18 lands im still finding myself with way more mana than i need. I feel like i just need a few higher costing spells in there?
Nice analysis of Aggro strategies!
Serra Angel sounds good for aggro.
Ball lightning is a non blocker
Love the episode and the whole Tolarian Tutor series, really plays to the channel concept, which in turn is what draws me to the channel. In regards to the priority of abilities it would seem like haste often ranks higher than first strike as early game it allows fast swings before they setup and after sweepers allows for putting a fast clock back up.
For years I usually play aggro monoblacks and from my experience they play pretty mych the same no matter the era,so here's a general guide.
1- Black has low cost powerful creatures that have as much as power as green creatures but with huge downsides,so learning to reap benefits from downsides is a must.
2-Even if you can't reap benefits from downsides if the damage is high enough it's worth it.
3-Try having creatures with thoughness 3 or more so you can take advantage of mini board wipes like infest or Ichor slick in case the opponent has lots of 1/1 and 2/2 lots of good decks runs creatures with thoughness 2 or lower.
4-have in your main deck or sideboard spells that forces sacrifice instead of direct targeting so you can get around hexproof and indestructable.
5-Have powerful discard stuff in your sideboard,even decks that likes to throw stuff on the graveyard don't like to have nothing at all on their hands,Hymn to tourach,mind cracking or mind twist are good stuff.
6-Don't be afraid of paying life to swing for lethal,if you're playing against red you can still disrupt them a lot by running alternate stuff like smallpox or sinkhole.
7-Don't forget black can have powerful draw stuff,drain skull,altar's reap,night whisper or sign in blood are all great draw spells.
8-Above all remember the essence of the black color,the ends justify the means,it doesn't really matter how much you kill yourself as long as you kill the opponent more.
Have fun
Could you please go into further detail on the Combo Archetype? While your explanation of the archetype was good for an introduction, I feel it did not explain how to play combo in depth at all, (hint hint: the point of a combo deck is not to combo off, but to constantly threaten the combo; forcing you opponent to waste all of their resources on it while you push through with the board presence this allows you to make) Just food for thought. 1 out of 6 of my wins is actually from achieving the combo, its mostly Kitchen Finks, voice of resurgences, Renegade Rallier, Noble Hierarch, E-witt, and Archangel of Thune putting in the real work.... oh yeah and don't forget about Gavony Township... Ahhhhhh Gavony township :D
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Good video. I watched: MTG - How To Screw Up Magic: The Gathering Arena - A Guide, do you have new opinions and how to make it better-ideas? I still play Magic duels, because of the two-headed giant format, if MTG: Arena you can also play two-headed giant format and when you are inviting friend to play with you, the matchmaking works flawlessly, you and who you are playing with can complete daily quests together when playing 2HG, then i will be pleased to play MTG: Arena.
HELP me out guys! I'm playing mono red aggro against my friends black and white vampire / gain life deck. I always ALMOST beat I'm. After round 5 to 7 he is almost dead... then the game always ends with him having 20+ life and I'm dead. Any advice?
Yep. When your blitzing. Keep a tactical reserve (The board) Or a strategic reserve (Your hand) Don't let blood lust cloud your thinking. Make sure you know when it's time to go all in.
I was playing a mainly red deck (borrowed) and even though I do not remember what cards I used it went kind of like this, P1:me, P2 draws card, P1 plays instant. Makes P2 draw 2 cards and take damage = cards drawn that round ie 3pts of damage. P2 fw, P1 uses creature ability that lets instant/spell cards be recast once, deals another 5pt in all 8pts of damage. P1 has wizard, casts wizards lighting, +3dp = 11pts of damage. P2 ends turn. P1 has leftover energy and two high damage monsters. P1 does some things, P2 dies.
Yep, this is the Davinator theme. Don't know who came first, but not a good sign for either (unless there's a SECRET CONNECTION?????!?)!
Tolarian, can you re-review Hareruya sleeves? I'm curious if they're still using the same formula that they made in collaboration with the original KMC manufacturers, or if they changed it like KMC did. Pls!
So, I didn't touch a mtg deck since 2006, then a friend of mine asked me to playtest against him and asked me to play the Ramunap Red... Sorry to say that deck requires no thinking at all. I've never been a lover of aggro, but I have to say that while it is fun to win fast, I don't like the lack of general thinking involved :/ I'm not saying Aggro doesn't require a brain, but it's kind of close to that...
I appreciate this, when I started playing magic the first decks I managed to wrap my head around were heavily aggro based. I feel like aggro is very simple but reading the board state is a huge part of it.
"go to comabt."
"turn them sidways."
I floop the pig
I only just started watching your videos in the last couple months.. and they've all been recent ones. Holy baby face... I mean comparatively. Lol
For new players, I tell them to swing first and think later. Obviously its best to contemplate your attack before you go, but they don't have the knowledge to really do so, so they sit there for a long time, and end up not attacking because they feel its safer, it doesn't leave them open. But for an aggro deck, which many new players start with, thats exactly the way you lose. You may be making a mistake by swinging all out, but its a mistake that gives you a lot of information and experience. The mistake of holding your creatures back just feels bad and you don't get better by doing it. If you aren't sure what to do, swing every turn. Because the control player will do everything they can to make you think you shouldn't be swinging. And of course know when to trade, when to recognize creatures that aren't really going to engage in combat. Swing a 3/2 into my guttersnipe, basically every time
Ok, so I have 8-Whack. My opponent had 2 creatures out and I had three. Legion loyalist, goblin chieftain and Mogg fanatic. I also had a bolt in my hand. So a good play for me would to bolt the one creature and swing with all?
I really like your videos and appreciate what you are doing. I have but a small improvement idea: the pictures on the wall behind you are positioned a bit awkwardly. They seem to "grow" from you (especially from your head). This is a problem so common that they actually teach to seek for a better shooting point to avoid it. As I said it is a small but persistent annoyance and might not agitate other viewers. But as this is something I know and can give constructive criticism on I feel like I should.
Thank you for all the hard work you are doing!
In the scenario where you play the 2/2 from your hand instead of waiting a turn, wouldn’t the 2/2’s from hand have summoning sickness??
i love the haircut
What about land or artifact destroying cards should i put them into red agro deck, or i should put there some other spells to beat up creature or player?
I wish there was a mode in magic where you just grab a random stack of cards and try to battle, adding lands and shuffling after you find out what cards you have. Draft is the closest but the cards aren't really random. Used to love grabbing random deck sized chunks of cards from my buddy's giant collection and trying to win with them
I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention Afflict. If you attack with a creature that has afflict, your opponent will take damage no matter what, often even having another benefit if it doesn't/does get blocked.
Does by any chance the meta for Aggro revolve around Head Smash and Rock Head combined with STAB?
Professor I liked the video as I am often in these same states with Elves or Merfolk. Keep up the good work. One note: the example board state layouts are a different perspective from paper magic and MTGO and thus was a little harder to comprehend at first glance (left to right vs top to bottomw) Are these creatures tapped? What is going on here? While this layout might suit a wide screen better in terms of real estate it is not the natural magic perspective.
If i watched this guy 20 years ago when i use to play this game i would laugh hard. Just look how he gives examples of 2 turns ignoring/not assuming the possibilities of the oponent turn, he always assumes in his favor in most of the examples, thats wrong teaching...the outcome will never be how he is showing in this video.
So my mantra of “math is for blockers” and just constantly attacking every turn isn’t the best strat? 🤔 (just a joke, this video helps out a lot)
The only thing is that the initial scenario was wrong. You take 3 turns to get in 8 damage, as opposed to 4 damage over 2 turns. That said, it is still more efficient, because you have 6 damage by waiting at opposed to 4 by not.
Curious question I play against a red burn(Chandra deck) turn 5 or 6 win any way to stop it/deal with it? I am aggro but that is faster than my aggro and difficult to deal with.
Your first combat example isn't "the same two turns" but the better option takes place over 3 turns. I'm sure others have mentioned this already, so sorry if it's duplicate.
Really loving the new series of videos, Prof. If I can offer one piece of criticism, I don't think the musical stings work very well.
I have a Naya (RGW) aggro deck based on Exert and extra combat phases. Combat Celebrant is amazing.
What is your advice for aggro vs token spam
My play group has both and they weirdly seem to cancel each other out the token player can easily put out tokens to block creatures and can stall the game with an ajan welcome and such effects
However the aggro player can also manage to slip enough burn through sometimes if the token player runs a bit slow
Is there any advice I can pass along that would help an aggro deck get past a token\lifegain deck?
Does anyone know what the music is and/or where else I might've heard it? I know I've heard it before but can't think of it...
Thank you, Professor :-) Now I'll start tweaking that Black/Red Pirate shanker.
Awsome Video! I like this whole Series, because it helps me to improve.
May we get tutored on how to play against planeswalkers? Especially in commander with the new rules! Many of my friends feel useless against them with the recurring value and control that they have.
Professor: They can't Counter everything you do.
My Blue Decks: 😈
Saskia, Jeska, Blade Historian, and Xenagos, God of Revels. with Humans
"Aggro isnt just for drooling idiots!" proceeds to give advice only drooling idiots wouldn't have already known
If possible, I'd like to learn more about playing control. It has never been my strong suit; I feel I never know when to cast and when to hold up mana for other spells.
did..... did you just pronounce heretic.... (hair-ECK-tick)..... wtf?
I have a request for a modern deck tech. Could you make a white equipment deck? Either a budget or a non budget deck would be good.
hi I've just started watching your channel and can you give me some tips on what to do in Magic the Gathering I just got a deck builders toolkit the new one and watch your videos that I'm a sister and I need some tips for please can you help me bye
Nice videos. The other way to learn this stuff is to have your friends who play magic with you all weekend ridicule you or beat you with your own aggro deck : )