In my days of watching reference Magic: the Gathering Arena gameplay, I have been following CovertGoBlue Youtube Channel where he features and playtests every Magic: the Gathering Arena deck whether it is a Top tier deck or a deck brew. Every video is very educational and fun at the same time as he discussed the deck strategy and play-by-play scenario.

In one of his recent videos, I saw an interesting deck with a theme of Izzet Sharks. He got the list from a fellow MTG Arena Youtuber which he then presented in that video. The list composed of the usual spells of the Izzet deck strategy: spot burn removals, counterspells, card draws, and the like. What is unique is that the top-end cards in Shark Typhoon and Voracious Greatshark.

You can check his MTG Arena gameplay video here below.

CovertGoBlue’s official Youtube channel here.

As I am waiting for the equipment to arrive for my planned online game streaming, I am thinking already about what games to feature. Magic: the Gathering Arena is a given choice already in the list and I am also considering other games that I played such as Ragnarok M: Eternal Love. Mobile games are my other option.

The priority though is, of course, Magic Arena and with that, I am thinking about how I can grind my way into building my first Standard deck. I have already redeemed most of the freebie codes and other freebie cards in the game and that is my starting point.

I have read that when starting your first stream, you got to have a goal or objective with a touch of uniqueness. There is already a lot of online streamers nowadays, especially now that the new normal encourages social distancing thus making people stay more at home. This in turn resorted to online access to information and having more people connected and so game streaming has also become more popular.

Some of the popular Magic: the Gathering streaming ideas include card and deck tech, booster drafts, and playing older formats such as Modern. Magic Arena is a widely popular and probably the default platform for online streaming today and so I am also adapting to this one. The next question is: what will be my objective?

Can I make it unique and not the regular Magic Arena streamer guy? That is one of the factors to consider. Maybe I can achieve it via a Standard deck tech, or maybe by adding little spicy bits of information. What would then be my references? These and all other questions that I aim to answer in the coming days.