Playing My Meme Poison Deck Against Andrea Mengucci

‪@MengusWorkshop‬ brought one of the strongest decks in Pauper! Can Carl beat it with his meme deck with no creatures?
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👑☠ Decklists: bit.ly/4bhn9Ge Find Andrea's Channel here: www.youtube.com/@MengusWorkshop

[@Obsernathan]

You could try vraska’s betratal

[@kurowasanabe]

I like to think Andrea traveled all the way to Germany just to play a match against some jank and then went home again.

[@andrewstandish7635]

Yeah but he’s from Italy what is that like a 5 hours drive max

[@comlitbeta7532]

​@@andrewstandish7635 5h drive max is such an american thing to say XD

[@amarauk9687]

​@@andrewstandish7635Implying a 5h drive (and another 5h back) just to play a match is perfectly fine

[@_reenzane]

@@andrewstandish7635 Depending where in Italy he is from, getting to Berlin by car is a 12+ hours drive

[@GrayVMhan]

A true enjoyer of mtg

[@CaptainWwowW]

Even when he's not playing Turbo Fog, Karl plays Turbo Fog

[@CardmarketMagic]

🫡 This is the way

[@awesometubing9471]

​@@CardmarketMagic this is the way. By the way. You said that Storm Proliferate doesn't exist. Uh RADSTORM 3(B) Storm Proliferate It does exist. You just didn't play it.

[@covante4822]

@@awesometubing9471 They said poison storm but close enough. Though that's a rare and this was pauper.

[@aliens858]

​@@awesometubing9471 Radstorm is not legal in pauper.

[@CanadianOreoable]

The poison overlay on the health bar was a really nice touch

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@idarotruelove6866]

Carl obsessively arranging like 50 dice on sixes and getting immediately mad about andrea moving one sent me))) love yalls energy

[@Mebimuffo]

I find the dice arrangement very pleasing. Thanks Carl

[@kubakopcil9992]

Love the post production :D The storm count jumping up to match where carl was pointing at 5:37 is hilarious.

[@AlienValkyrie]

3:17 And that favor is much appreciated. Every time there's a Carl-less match and the dice just sit there misaligned, my heart sheds a silent, lonely tear.

[@tgumina]

Card Market and Mengu's Workshop are my favorite channels for MTG content. Online MTG loses so much from the lack of personal interaction. Thank you for showing there is an audience for this content.

[@TheBirdOfParadox]

All the pauper content is super fun. Poison is just the kind of mechanic that is irresistable for the Johnnys of the world, I understand. Mengu liked the vibe so much he brought it home to his workshop, thats truly the greatest compliment.

[@Lucasinbrawl]

Prologue to...WHAT? Pythesis? :D Hail to Pythexia!

[@S4DC4T]

heheheheheh

[@mosgon]

My reaction exactly 😂

[@Dracomandriuthus]

I think he was trying to say pthisis, which was the power stone illness Yawgmoth inflicted on the thran.

[@LazarusIsBackBaby]

​@@Dracomandriuthushell yeah. The Thran is an awesome book, folks should read it. I can't believe we still don't have a Thran Temple card

[@Enja_Near]

​@@Dracomandriuthusphthisis was the disease Yawgmoth was hired to cured, he didn't actually cause it. Also it was the original name for tuberculosis IRL.

[@doctorexam6164]

The lore of the crown should be you plundered the cave of a colossal dreadmaw instead of a dragon

[@thenumberpie314]

No, it's too powerful. It would make the story unrealistic.

[@InsomniaOwl952]

the editing in this episode was a step above your usually already high quality. I really loved it. (the cut back to Andrea moving the dice, the moving mana symbols to play along with Adrea's and Carl's Talk, the Poison filling up the life total, it was just fun without being overbearing)

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's very kind of you to say! It's easier when I edit the videos because I'm in them :) I can do things like point at the mana symbols and know how to interact with it later during editing.

[@zurreal8087]

Carl’s pronunciation was seemingly inspired by SaffronOlive in this video lol What a cool poison deck!

[@kyleanderson7026]

SaffronOlive is literally the most obnoxious person in the entire magic world. Anytime he speaks and emphasizes random words for no reason is just unbearable.

[@CityState_of_Valletta]

@@kyleanderson7026Many Magic the GaaaaAathering Players ask the question: why do we all have speech impediments and or bad pronunciation habbits? I think it just comes with the profession if I’m being honest 😅 Usually after the first or second video I stop noticing it

[@kyleanderson7026]

@@CityState_of_Valletta see, I don't see the professor doing it as much as saffron. But I'll admit he still does it. Saffron does it like every two or three words. I tried to watch his videos because he has great ideas, but I cannot stand listening for more than 20 seconds. Brewers Kitchen on MTG Goldfish though, now that's content where I can excuse it. I guess it really just depends on the quality of content versus how obnoxious the person's voice is for me.

[@josephspeak6366]

Don't you mean saffron ahhhhhhhliiiiiiive? 😂

[@kyleanderson7026]

@@josephspeak6366 😂😭 I'm so glad others hear it too.

[@Zakading]

Visualizing the poison on top of the life total was a very nice touch

[@hobez64]

This is the kinda stuff that makes me love Pauper. Just so much weird stuff you can do with just commons

[@Bastardized_Brilliance]

I'd like to formally thank all the dice rotators in the studio. Your work is truly needed and appreciated. Everytime I see those dice lined up perfectly on the corner of the screen I run my eyes up and down and am satisfied.

[@XRaxVxeNX]

Andrea pulling out the counter spell before Carl even casted to cast was hilarious. xD

[@udhh2619]

I love when Andrea gets excited and goes whoooo. I think you two look like brothers ❤

[@nathantripathy]

After the first win Carl's interview looked like the ravings of a madman.

[@doylerudolph7965]

My god, the production value and the kindred energy of the two of you are both just off the charts. Mengu fixing the die before deciding it would be funnier if he didn't, the players riffing together about the balloons in the studio and editing Carl making sure it all worked in post, and Carl chucking the Monarch token to Mengu's dismay before getting up to get it made this feel like two great friends playing two fun decks in an excellent format, which is how I love my Magic.

[@zkwalban5288]

The editing is really high quality, the musics, the details in the life and poinson counters, the mana... everything is just perfect and in the details but it makes the game easy to follow and fun to watch :) Every paper magic video should be like that!

[@rustage]

Love this!! Getting more into pauper recently and enjoying your videos on them !

[@carlavlund5841]

This is so FUN. I wanna see more janky, odd, off-meta Pauper content! This is what it’s all abouttt☀️☀️☀️

[@hellhound22_18]

This video singlehandedly inspired me to want to build my first pauper deck, and I've been experimenting with making the poison storm deck much more consistent. My LGS isn't gonna know what hit em

[@CardmarketMagic]

Hahaha good luck at your LGS! The deck is super fun :)

[@reset6292]

Is that an Andrea Mengucci pauper Izzet list?! I was just looking for an Izzet Delver Pauper list! Wow thanks Cardmarket and Andrea Mengucci!

[@TCG9777]

I've never seen THIS version of Pauper Infect before! I can't wait to try it with my friends!

[@jessesutton7985]

'With all due respect.' *YEET!, goblin grin. I love the vibe these videos carry.

[@duotoasty]

Cool to see this pop up! I just built a Zevlor Poison deck for Commander that includes a bunch of these spells that have Proliferate stapled on. Pretty scary dishing out 9+ poison counters on a turn!

[@theprojectdaemon]

Never a bad time for more pauper and Andrea. Also I love Carl's deck, it reminds me of all the absolute jank I've built because I had a "wait... what if?!" idea at some point.

[@Phished123]

I was surprised Carl even got a game against Izzet Snakes tbh. Let alone a game AFTER sideboard! I thought for sure his only chance to win would be preboard. Well done! Another fun video :)

[@Z-713]

I appreciate you putting all of those dice on 6!!!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! 🥳

[@OtherSideLLC]

18:50 if I've learned anything about magic it is Island Ponder Keep baby thank you Bosh

[@total_dk6517]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I've got an actual poison deck but this is a HILARIOUS theme, putting down one posion counter and desperately trying to proliferate it ten times is such a fucky game plan, I love it! I'm actually planning on turning mine into a commander deck at some point, and since I'll have atraxa as the commander it'll include this in the gameplan. I even have prologue to phyresis as well!

[@zm-mentat]

Thank you as always for Mengu and Pauper content, just great stuff!

[@Ricardo-zo1ti]

I don't know about your decklist in particular, but poison storm is legit in pauper right now

[@CardmarketMagic]

Of course I'm exaggerating a little by calling it a meme :) but it's a tier 3 deck at most. It's still super fun and I'd recommend it to anyone

[@devan9197]

It can still be very competitive though and Kalikaiz made top 8 at the pauper creator showdown event thing. @CardmarketMagic

[@CardmarketMagic]

@devan9197 that's the thing :P Kali seems to be the only person capable of consistently winning with the deck. But Kali could probably win a pauper tournament with a pile of blank paper he's so good 😅

[@deutscher1a]

@@CardmarketMagic tbf: Everyone can win with a pen and a deck full of infini-tokens ;)

[@Sientir]

Love me some 60 card, 4-of's Magic. :D Do I enjoy the 100 card singleton formats? For sure! But I also love 60 card 4-of's, and we don't get to see nearly as much of that as we used to. Thanks for keeping it alive!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you for watching and commenting and helping us keep it alive :)

[@adamr1949]

16:51 the sheer surprise in Andrea's voice is why I love weird, off-meta decks and formats like Pauper in general.

[@jebush1733]

Those pyroblasts were brutal

[@artemisharpin2279]

Carl's typical manic energy is really what makes this matchup so great. He's just as surprised as we are every step of the way.

[@violaknapp7904]

Watching Carl put all the dice in perfect order should be added to those "Oddly satisfying" compilations! And it's always cool to see weird and unusual decks be played that are surprisingly effective, maybe you could do some user-submitted decks again? I don't really have anything but there are a lot of very creative people out there!

[@colinsickels8013]

this was a sneaky way to put a pauper match up, i like it lol

[@shadowisp]

The mics picking up that crisp card snap sound... you guys get it. That sound is so satisfying.

[@Aurelius2142]

Proliferate poison strategies! You love to see it! Dimir proliferate was my first Standard deck, in the far distant past of All Will Be One XD

[@greenwave819]

these fallen empire lands seeing play makes me very happy!! perhaps Hymn to Tourach is not the only playable card from that very misunderstood set

[@dreamwalking]

Bro is wearing The Armor of God, I recognize that. That's the Breastplate of Righteousness and the Helmet of Salvation. Man got that armor from his local Christian bookshop.

[@VeryFinalBoss]

I know this is two months old at this point, but just in case anyone cares; A regular D6 has opposite sides that add up to 7. So if you're looking to go from 3 to 4, or reverse, they're directly opposite each other. 1 and 6, 2 and 5, 3 and 4.

[@dracomasters9039]

Great content as always😉👍🏻 One thing to point out. In game one Carl should of had one more turn. Each time he cast Weather the Storm, they only counted the Storm count. You gain 3 life from the spell itself too. So Carl should of gained a total of 9 more life the first game.

[@splingo]

@Cardmarket said "Don't try this at home", but I would love to play some Pauper rounds vs Andrea or Carl at home 😅

[@GreenestTrampler]

I spent way too long wondering why the mana base was so bad until I realized this was pauper. XD

[@spidery7618]

"we don't use tokens here so we have this arsenic for you to drink" lol best part of the video

[@ChaoticKatana]

It's Against the Odds, but in paper! I loved this one! Carl was having so much fun. The edits were funny and on pt too. Content Idea: Go back to doing user submitted decks. Card Market does this from time to time, but mix it up. Play BOTH decks user submitted rather than 1 vs the meta. That way a community member always wins a deck.

[@Sinfulpapaya]

The editors, as always, deserve as much praise as the great people in front of the camera

[@_____kb]

I believe the editor himself was in front of the camera! Carl does a great job.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thanks! :D

[@Diogo._.Eusebio]

I'd lean on the green mana and add some fog effects, sure you don't kill them as fast, but depending on matchup can (like this one for example) it'd be pretty good I think

[@dajishawa6420]

i've been playing the EXACT same kind of deck on Arena in alchemy for a couple months. It's honestly such a fun deck to play, even though you don't win super often

[@hallowedmist4289]

only cardmarket could make a video I could enjoy about a deck with a mechanic I dislike so much. A room with menug and carl in it simultaneously must be such a positive environment thanks for the content

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thabk you that is such high praise :)

[@beesus1412]

i had found and played a version of that poison deck when me and my friend were trying pauper, it's honestly so fun

[@CardmarketMagic]

It is! :)

[@ChillSwan]

I built a mono blue deck around that card with Ojer Pakpatiq as the commander where the idea was to never attack in combat called "I didn't even touch you"

[@Lumpalooza]

Great video! It might be a good idea to add that this is a pauper video in the title or thumbnail so people know what they’re in for when they click. Awesome video again!

[@The-Ertai]

Heart of the cards was strong with Men-Gu-Oh and Carl-Gi-Oh! Great content as always :)

[@maarten0104]

Poison storm is real deck, not a meme. Recent multiple challenge top 8s by Kalikaz (premier pauper combo player)… check out his KZbin channel for leagues and challenges

[@CardmarketMagic]

I love both Kali and poison storm, but it's hard to argue that this is a serious deck :P

[@aleksandarabrams431]

Gonna have to agree here. Poison storm may seem like a meme at first but pauper decks are very slow and poison storm attacks on an axis that most decks can’t interact with. Against those decks poison storm has an auto-win

[@dreadfulpopcorn]

@@CardmarketMagicI mean also if you had an updated version that uses lotus petal and breath weapon to get the crimson fleet commodore off the board it would’ve been ok

[@Tom-bb3fm]

Idk, I get what you are trying to say but Kali is literally the only person putting up consistent results, nobody else does well with the deck

[@maarten0104]

@@Tom-bb3fm fair enough, question is whether other good combo-control players play it or is kalikaz the only one putting time and effort into mastering the deck? I don’t know. Yet… meme seems a bit to harsh judgement. Seems better suited for glass canon decks like 1-land-spy or tour de fish

[@danielkings2443]

The interaction between the charge counter lands, prism, and proliferation is excellent and might be worth exploring further

[@BaldurtheImpious]

3:10 i have watched alot of gameplay footage and have never noticed. I'll be sure to rewatch games or future matches for this easter egg.

[@HearseCarpool]

Carl never stop throwing people's cards across the room 🤣

[@joshuarichter4183]

Holy shit i was not prepared for the nostalgia blast of seeing that simple plastic knight armor. I had that same toy growing up and it triggered so many lost memories. Thank you.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Somehow, no matter where we were in the world, we all had it 😄

[@kalikaiz]

MEME!?!?!

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm sorry! I said it for the clicks 😅 you made a very fun deck that insta-wins against certain matchups 👏👏👏

[@kalikaiz]

@@CardmarketMagic super fun deck. Don't let your memes be dreams! Awesome video

[@sh41]

Back on phyrexia I made an artisan standard deck based on proliferate and poison counters, because I love the mechanic. But this deck with the prisms and the depletion lands is a lot more fun. I love it

[@AaronOneal-e7h]

I've got a version of Mono Blue Infect/Proliferate for Modern. It's not as fast as versions that rely on pump spells to pull away quickly but my god once it gets going it snowballs so fast. It's a blast. And the backup plan is hilarious Levitating Statue getting massive casting Treasure Mage searching for Soul Conduit and flipping life totals and killing them with a huge flyer.

[@DeadlyGrim]

Proliferate with Pentad Prism and the depletion lands is actually really scary! Being able to cast "free" spells or keeping 2-mana lands on the board seems quite strong.

[@sunnydfangirl]

if you're looking for pauper decks for the future, id love to see gameplay of Jeskai Ephemerate/Energy! No big channels have played the new MH3 energy package in one of Mengu's favorite decks!

[@Bootus123]

I think Andrea should have animations like this for his next workshop video. Tommy will NEVER get to leave the editing booth!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Maybe I'll guest edit that episode :)

[@Darium856]

“OH nono. We don’t do that here… We had to plunder the cave of a dragon to get this…”

[@stevenmarcy5706]

I almost died laughing when Carl said "You're not going to boink me with a huge snake." and realizing he is playing Deep Anal-ysis.

[@Bigd2k]

What I’ve learned trying to make a poison deck is that easy to make a bad poison deck. There are many different ways to give someone poison counters that you’re temped to mix them, while it’s better to go heavy in to way specific way to give your opponent poison counters.

[@SkillsByNiels]

The worst part of the deck is the poison cards, if there's is printed any better wincon the deck would play none.

[@Astar72439]

my 2 fav magic channels :) love seeing mengucci here

[@wehavemagnums]

Carl what the hell is a 'Pendle Prism' 😂 Great video as always

[@CardmarketMagic]

There are a lot of words in magic :P it's hard sometimes

[@GaryTheMoomau]

this was a great deck to watch. more like this would be great.

[@josephmathes]

Karl, that deck has legs. I would love to see it played again. You should stick with it. Consider trying Waxmane Baku in the deck, the only other common that could add mana while you're going off. I can't think of a lot of spirit or arcane cards that would work well with it - maybe Ideas Unbound or Peer Through Depths - but you'd only need one to get it going. Also, repeatedly proliferating The Modern Age could be a big game!

[@lucasriddle3431]

I don't think The Modern Age would add too much, since most of the proliferate cards replace themselves anyway (as any good storm deck should).

[@josephmathes]

I was thinking they'd replace themselves with lands sometimes, but I'm now realizing they usually give you some card selection. Your right; probably not worth a slot

[@davidverhelpen667]

‘I made fun of you so long, and then I die’ 😁

[@eliasperezprieto6557]

I very much appreciate Carl's OCD with dice, it gives me a little peace of mind in this crazy world :)

[@Lumpalooza]

Poison and storm are legitimately my two favourite mechanics hahaha Christmas came early

[@timr8159]

2:50 How I feel realising I have now have to wait for the next veedeo with Andrea xD

[@KnightPezz]

I had that armor set as a kid, I think you should have modeled for it ong

[@MrABK108]

I've stumbled upon a meme deck that surprisingly kinda works - BG Throne of the Grim Captain (historic arena) It is about self mill and no one sees it coming when you get a 7/7 hexproof lifelink etc!

[@BobBoican]

"You're not going to boink me with a huge snake!" - Carlmarket 2024

[@shiftygypsy89migh41]

I love how i always cheer for the meme decks and it always ends up with andrea winning anyhow.

[@nickjoseph77]

One of the first times I've ever rooted for Infect. And I was playing jank Infect with the Infect lord in standard from scars back in the day. Lol

[@peterrasmussen4428]

Maybe thrumming bird in the sideboard for the proliferate deck, then when the opponent sides out all their removal, you side in thrumming bird to fight for the initiative/monarch and still prolifirate.

[@angelgaming287]

I love how mangu called out carls need for dice on 6 after DUMPING THEM 😂

[@vladtodorov4665]

Carl you are not equipped enough for the pain that Andrea can do with kindness and magic cards :D He is an angel after all.

[@Keksoe666]

Carl, my dude: I love this deck, well done 😂

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! 😃

[@HSKCHER]

perfect production value

[@tciddados]

This video just made me notice the typo in Bring the Ending's text (it's instead of its).

[@abefaerber7994]

How does he do it at 20:00??? The editing in this video was fantastic!

[@CardmarketMagic]

I edit the videos so I know where I'll be putting the mana bubbles later 😅 it's easier to point to them

[@7upac]

I was wondering who stole my picnic table cover

[@Wolfennar]

Ok but that poison deck looks like so much fun

[@MindstabThrull]

Around 2:20 in - "I'll put this back on (ie, the armour) if I feel threatened." Well, Carl... Andrea IS playing Red so he might be able to Threaten you somehow! Do you have any creatures in play yet? Around 18:45 in - "Is it a good hand? Maybe. Who knows!? Is it a bad hand? Maybe. Who knows!?" Gotta love Carl and the team at CardMarket for this sort of script writing! :D I heard meme deck I wasn't expecting Pauper but creatureless infect is hilarious :D Also, would you ever consider Venarian Gold in a deck like this?

[@robertomacetti7069]

I have the vague feeling weather the storm may be a pet card of carl

[@grubgobbler3917]

I like to think that the Cardmarket accountant is always calling Carl just BEGGING him to stop buying costumes!

[@Alpha_November]

I really want to see the turbofog deck again! (Also waiting for some judge tower and dandan games)

[@celeste-y9x]

happy to see mengu on his skred!