The Ultimate Guide to Control

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[chetasaur]

i usually hate baked in sponsor ads for youtube videos but when the creator does a little work and makes a skit or something with them they are a lot more bearable, also cute lizard!

[atlantahuskey]

I personally like the longer videos, they're great to watch/listentoo when im at work or driving to and from work.Your videos always bring me so much joy and knowledge. And that advertisement was awesome!

[lloydnoid]

15:06 Red has lots of cards that change the targets of target spell, which are sorta like counterspells in a way.
Also you forgot Mages Contest, the funniest counterspell

[yurisbest]

I love control decks, nothing brings me better joy than removing the one ring with a breaking down the door. One thing I value a lot in control deck is to have removal engines or cards that can do more than just 1 to 1 trade, a lot of 5 mana counter spells are great for this, but cards like collective resistance that can let you scale up are excellent

[powerminer]

cant agree more that the best answer to the commander arm's race is to play control, you save the table from never being fun again by playing as a sentient speedbump to the fast decks in your pod

[alexliang]

11/10 on this longform video, bonus for the cute sketch ad
That was a solid description of deck archetypes in EDH, Im looking forward to using this framework to evaluate cards

[cameronpowell]

I don't mind playing against control decks. Just know I'm attacking you all game.

[de]

Hi trinket mage, your heliod control deck has inspired me to finall rebuilt build oketra the true draw go control(which I've failed many times), and with your deck list's guidance, I've finally built something that is equipted to win the game, thank you so much, the deck has been a blast to play with.

[elijahlyons]

you have spoke to my heart this day mentioning render silent. Simply my favorite card.

[enso]

As a kid in the 90s I had like one gruul stompy deck (it used winter orb and mana dorks to run out stuff like Ernham Djinn), and then a goblin sleigh deck. And after than I've pretty much only ever played control decks in one form or another. Being able to have the answer to a situation or having to use your deck to solve the puzzle of the game state is the best part of the game. I love counter spells and will always have at least one in a deck if I can get it in the color pie. Yes mana tithe and lapse of certainty are my pet cards, fight me.

[hardhittamtg]

This couldn't have released at a better time. As I sit here building my first commander deck, with Niv Mizzet, Visionary. I've played control a long time but commander is a whole different beast, this video was very helpful.

[chello]

Yooo trinket mage, just found out there's a card named trinket mage 😂

[The_Natalist]

Hot Take: Burn is a type of control, it just aims to control the board in the early game and win then. (Not every deck, but many can operate this way)

[Spinoguy]

The blue tongue kavu should definitely be an alter or renamed card with your skink as the artwork, absolutely adorable!

[TeifitV]

Oh boy, I needed a way to avoid getting devoured mid trade, thanks Trinket Mage! Also cute lizard!

[TheAngelRaven]

Before fully watching: Control decks are sort of a necessary evil in most Commander pods, HOWEVER it requires a person willing to - hopefully - be seen and watched constantly.

I'm fine with a control deck at my table, but not when I'm the only person seeing their 2 Smothering Tithes as a problem BEFORE they resolve a Faerie Mastermind. That game made me focus my Jund deck further into harsh attrition plus anti-Blue.

[beevuu]

JOJO CAMEO GOES CRAZY 10/10 sponsorship segment

[ney]

The second ad was one of the best I saw in a while!

Thank you for the control guide as I learn to play better control. I bought a Gavi nest warden deck from a friend of mine and thats the deck i try to learn control with. Gavi is simply the draw enginge of the deck and over time I get some blokckers as well. By drawing throughh the deck I have most of the time a counterspell ready. I still need to figure out when to flicker/bounce/counter the threats my opponent have. I do struggle to evaluate if a certain choice was good. E.g. I played against Omnath locust of creation, ashling flame dance (forgot the fourth deck). When I removed the threats of one deck, another just pulled ahead just afterwards and I don´t know whether I made the right choice, as the other players didn´t do much. If you have tips for that, I´m glad to hear your oppinions. Also I´m unsure when I should counter a threat or just let it pass in hope the onother player has a counterspell, so I dont have to remove the threat. All in all it was great to hear your thoughts and I try to get better playing (and doing actual politics) with that playstyle

[andrewb]

I really like the Council of Four as a control deck. I do run some of the group draw stuff like Kami of the Crescent Moon and Howling Mine, but that deck really takes advantage of those. It's also an extremely compact deck because of how much value is stuffed into the council. It's an army in a can *and* a powerful draw engine. Combine it with other draw engines like Tocasia's Welcome or Ephara, god of the polis and it goes absolutely nuts.

I actually think a sneaky upside of playing the group draw effects in this specific deck is that it makes people want to cast more spells. Overfilling their hands early silently incentivizes them to double spell and give me knights. I mean, who wants to discard cards?

[MalachiGillespie-lu]

love your videos, no crazy editing and always well spoken and thought provoking. keep it up 🙏🏼