Hazored vs Temur Energy | Grand Finals - Quest for the Best Deck Ever

What was the best deck ever? It's finally here. We cut 27 Worlds Winning Standard to the final 2. We played five rounds of Swiss, and now we bring you each match of the Top 8. Andrea is playing Carl here and either Glorybringer or Glorybringer could be knocked out of the tournament... oh wait
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[@CardmarketMagic]

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[@shaneg9081]

Did you have a summary of how the Swiss rounds went somewhere?

[@FPRobber]

Now I want to see Hazored go up against the monster of a standard deck we almost had a few years later if Oko, Uro, Once Upon A Time etc hadn't gotten banned

[@bozzosilvagianluca]

Make this an extra boss episode!!!!

[@highleylikely]

Gotta do it!

[@ankhi3585]

@@bozzosilvagianluca I think a no ban combo-winter deck would also make for a good boss.

[@MarkAvo]

100%

[@AlVash2]

Yes this needs to happen

[@Draqson]

Semi's and Finals showed who really is the goat of standard-history: going first.

[@Wintersmith12]

This was a great series. I absolutely love that the janky black deck from 1997 made it into the top 4 with decks from the late 2010s "purposely overpowered" era of card design.

[@egoalter1276]

Aggro is just good.

[@Aurelius2142]

That game 3 was more hype than it had ANY right to be. Absolutely electrifying. Really hoping for more series like this in the future!

[@EgXP]

Just a comment to respond to your quip at 14:20 - yes, this was VERY much worth it, and I did enjoy this series, Carl 🙂.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :D

[@BacchusGames]

I was SO certain hazored was gonna win, though in hindsight the strength of going first is prevalent this matchup for sure.

[@traviscochran9253]

It didn't matter but Carl forgot to spend 1 energy to pay for the Essence Scatter with Aether Hub. Awesome series, would love to see another tournament style series like this.

[@LiLIrishSoutherner]

Mattered a lot because Andrea didn’t attack with scroungers because cub could be a 4/4

[@traviscochran9253]

@@LiLIrishSoutherner good point

[@bondeulv]

Didn't a thopter trade with a scrounger that same turn?

[@Prismaticism]

to be fair Carl mistapped his lands and could have left up the blue needed for scatter without using hub

[@ChrisSaur]

It was just a misstap i think they saw it and decided to not make it a match losing moment because that ending would have been aweful.

[@MrWader76]

As a sad kid who missed out on the standard/modern scene until just recently, these videos mean so much to me. Thanks for completing the series. Play all the modern. I just can’t get enough of Modern/standard/pioneer now. I love your sequencing and expert play.

[@CardmarketMagic]

We're planning on doing this again for modern or pioneer :)

[@ElvencloudYT]

For Carl in particular- I appreciate you being able to play a serious game of magic with one of the world's best in front of all of us. You are so fun to watch when you are having fun.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) that's high praise and so kind of you to say. I'm truly happy you enjoyed!

[@prashanttewari]

The perfect culmination for the best series yet. Mengu does it again. Will love to see more such series for other formats like standard with sultai control and rogue mill etc.

[@Trivedi_Tuesdays]

Andrea is damn good at magic, his lines are impeccable.

[@ssglitchers]

21:55 Remy's essence lives on in the Cardmarket studio

[@theblakwarior]

Ohhh yeah. That was awsome! Probably one of my favorite series on this channel. Kinda sad that its over now, but I know this channel generally does not disappoint so I'm excitied to see what other things you will have in store.

[@CardmarketMagic]

We'll do our best to deliver with our upcoming videos as well! :)

[@mrgrowlmon]

Thank you for the series. I played both energy and hazored at nationals when this still was a thing and the nostalgy levels are insane.

[@SantaCatcher9000]

My main takeaway from this series is not how powerful these decks are but how when you have strong decks going first is so huge

[@blakewilliams8148]

I would be interested to see this series redone, i suspect we might see a completely different top 8 coming out of the swiss

[@CardmarketMagic]

It likely would, and we are indeed planning on doing a very similar series again :)

[@quenteta1]

I love the discussion of sideboarding, the card closeups, and the history lessons from this series. Really good balance of educating and entertaining content. Really accessible to casual/new players in a way that doesn't dumb/slow down the content!

[@patfenn399]

Fantastic job Carl and team. This is the best collection of magic content on KZbin, you've really outdone yourself with the concept, the dedication and the edits. I hope you had as much fun making it as we did watching it. Also super big thanks to Jamin, Thoralf and Andrea for their contributions and for being fantastic players to watch. Can't wait for more series like these.

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's such high praise! :D thank you so much for your kind words. We will be doing a similar series again in a few months :) I hope you enjoy it as much as you did this one

[@orangefury7959]

I have enjoyed this whole series. Only played mtg for few months back in highschool around 2006. Had to pause and read all cards(thanks for showing them on screen). Loved it hope for some more.

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm happy you enjoyed it :) I think the biggest challenge I struggle with is trying to make the game easy to follow for people that are not as enfranchized. We will indeed be doing some more similar series like these

[@IceCoola]

Genuinely enjoyed this series, I hope you guys do a season 2 hoping to see sultai midrange with oko and once upon a time

[@CardmarketMagic]

We will likely be doing a season 2 :)

[@archlichazalin5769]

Thank you for the amazing series! Just top tier layout and editing. Both of these decks in the finals feel so powerful and oppressive on the play that the dice roll will almost be the game. I did have just a little bit of hope with that essence scatter....

[@pedroursua6657]

I have been waiting for this all the month

[@ComePatsy]

these videos scratch that back-in-the-day SCG tourney itch I didn't know I still needed. so much fun to watch

[@dks6515]

Congrats to the Hazored deck and Mengu for winning! Wow, what an amazing series. I really enjoyed watching these episodes, some of the best quality mtg gameplay and entertainment i've ever seen!

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's truly kind of you to say! :D we'll be bringing the series back in a few months and I hope you enjoy it equally

[@dks6515]

@@CardmarketMagic Awesome, looking forward to that!

[@vaclavnemec9053]

Mengu is the best human being ever! We want to see him every day! Jokes aside, whole series was fun to watch, really enjoyed it, ALL you guys are great :-) Can't wait for new videos to come ;)

[@helfiswelf]

I love how you talk and communicate so well, even risking exposure of something perhaps unnoticed by an opponent to be fair and honorable.

[@lopmon.apologist]

This series was amazing. and the editing is GODLIKE. You guys can be proud of yourselves. ✌️

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you so much! :D that's so kind of you to say

[@DevilmarGaming]

This is the best series you guys have ever had. Thanks for going through yhe effort of making it happen

[@zealcrux]

Dang, what a blast! Thanks a ton for this series, it was such a blast to look forward to! Looking forward to the next one! ツ

[@CardmarketMagic]

Happy you enjoyed it! :D and you mystified me on how you did that emoji

[@untrainedear]

A really fitting end to the most enjoyable gameplay series I've come across...possibly ever? Answered questions I'd had for years, thank you so much for putting this all together!

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's so kind of you to say :D thank you!

[@Varler_]

Great series! It was a nice peek through Magic's competitive history. I think it would have been fun to have the older decks play with the MTG rules of the time. Like: mana burn, damage on the stack, old legend rule(s), old mulligans, batching instead of the stack, etc. (Maybe that's a future video idea? Playing modern decks with old rule sets?)

[@cat-astrophe8697]

20:20 is somebody sighing at the Chandras Defeat? :D

[@CardmarketMagic]

Yeah I did not have a pre-made animation set for it and I didn't want to add an explosion or cutting sound because the art was just Chandra being sad. So I added a sigh 😅

[@marekjurcik]

THANKS A LOT, GUYS! You have done a TREMENDOUS JOB! Loved every second from the very beginning. Perfect editing, in-game comments, player chemistry... all-in-all, THE BEST KZbin SERIES there is! Congrats Mengu on the title;) Much love, Marek

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you Marek! :) that's very kind of you to say

[@karelchocholousek2336]

This was the best Magic series I’ve seen on KZbin. Seriously guys, good job! Can’t wait for the same series with modern 😉

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :D and I know you are saying the next series will be modern as a joke, but that is actually what we are planning next

[@karelchocholousek2336]

@@CardmarketMagic Actually, it was more of a wish than a joke 😃 Awesome to hear that!

[@Rob-qe3cg]

Fantastic series, very well edited and composed. I hope you undertake more series like this.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! And we will :)

[@heitortremor]

Excited to see what is the graaaand chaaaaampion!

[@espogabe]

Amazing series - Cardmarket definitely has the best magic content on youtube right now.

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's so kind of you to say :D thank you!

[@amaldabe]

I think this was my favorite magic content I've ever seen on KZbin. More of this pleaaaassssseeeee

[@donhooplah]

A very interesting strong series - having a series of matches linked like this is really interesting.

[@NerzugalRP]

Amazing series all the way through and love that the poll for the top deck was split almost 50/50. I thought Temur had it but wow Hazored is relentless! Was worth all of the effort, Carl!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you 😃

[@deathtoallturkeys]

Guys this series was so fantastic, thanks for putting in the time and effort to make it. I would love to see more similar videos in the future!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! :) we'll be doing a similar series in a couple of months!

[@nilesamon7577]

Unironically the best MtG content on KZbin right now.

[@33shin33]

this was actually very enjoyable to watch wow. I remember well this bomat courier creature was destroying people

[@PKFat]

I did not see that coming. Y'all both piloted them amazingly

[@TheBirdOfParadox]

This was such a great finale to an excellent series, stellar by everyone involved!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! :D

[@MrNeostatic]

Ayyyy, haven't watched yet, but I know this'll be a banger. Also, as someone who got into Magic pretty late (like 2017-2018 or so), this has really showed me a bunch of cool decks, cards, combos and more! The same can be said for a lot of your content. Thanks so much!

[@Thorg42]

Thank you Carl! Very good series, on the table and across it. Well worth the wait as each bit came out. Life is good

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's kind of you to say :) thank you!

[@Audentior_Ito]

@14:20 yes - we absolutely enjoyed this! Incredible series (& a reminder of the dark years of FIRE design haha)

[@CardmarketMagic]

Happy you enjoyed it :) I'll do my best to make sure you enjoy our upcoming content as well!

[@ethanglaeser9239]

I love this premise, seeing more series like this would be great! Also, that Hazored deck though, geez. I remembered when that deck was good, but I forgot just how much it wrecks people.

[@FreyjaMentado]

this is a sick finals match! Love that yall did this, please continue it for other formats

[@CardmarketMagic]

We'll be releasing the same one for pauper in 2 weeks :)

[@FreyjaMentado]

@@CardmarketMagic Awesome!!! ❤️

[@olyhrias5410]

This serie was so cool ! I'd love to have a recap of the pools before quarters

[@billyum608]

Man, I was playing at FNM every Friday after school when these decks were standard! What a time.

[@fushioon]

So excited for this episode but also sad to see the series finally end. Hoping there are more like this in the future, great work as always!

[@CardmarketMagic]

There will be more :)

[@АлександрТерехов-ш5о]

Thank you, gentlemen! WOnderful ending, it was my pleasure to watch. Andrea is great, btw!))

[@BowlingWolf855]

No doubt this was the most powerful standard years.

[@MrPlow-jc4cr]

Pre-ban Saga block was WAY more busted, you would beat people within t1 and t2 frequently. They played the tinker deck missing a ton of busted stuff, and the guy playing it didn't really know what he was doing.

[@yeepyorp]

also: oko?

[@80081355318008]

@@MrPlow-jc4cryeah this format didn’t have Acedemy or Jar, but that’s for the best because they probably wouldn’t have had a close game with any deck in the field

[@ClubbingSealCub]

​@@MrPlow-jc4cra phyrexian colossus was dropped super early and it died to a harness lightning. the deck just cannot compete with modern cards.

[@MrPlow-jc4cr]

@@ClubbingSealCub Lol pre-banned Saga block standard decks had: Tolarian Academy, Windfall, Time Spiral, Memory Jar, LED, Yawg Will, among all the broken mana in the Finkle version. The pre-ban Saga standard decks win before Temur Energy would even cast their 2 drop

[@nicodee8282]

That Rakdos deck is just too much value! No matter the format Rakdos is a safe bet as a competitive meta option. Great series and I would love to see another with maybe Modern decklists over the years or Legacy deck lists pre/post horizons and commander sets. This channel is always a great watch and I am so glad I found it!

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's very kind of youvto say :D and yes, with the success of this series, we are considering doing Modern next

[@Risicoco]

Awesome series. Did you publish the swiss resaults somewehere? I am interested how no deck from the last 4 years made it to the top 8. Esspecially for the Omnath deck.

[@simonteesdale9752]

At a guess, Tangle wire. Carl has commented repeatedly that it's not even close to being a fair card.

[@JJW410]

This has been one of my fav seiers EVER on KZbin! You guys and Tolarian Community College are my favourite Magic channels by MILES. Hope yous do more fun Grand Prix-style series like this in the future! ❤

[@IkarusTheFallen]

Cardmarket and harrymtg is the only magic gameplay channels worth watching!

[@joraddevries]

Legendary, I absolutely adored this series and my favorite deck won! The sideboard plan of Javier's Rakdos deck is amazing. Inspired by these games, I also added a Temur Energy deck to my Peasant(+) gauntlet, looking forward to play it.

[@nickstatt7341]

Great series, thanks for the hard work of everyone. Loved seeing so much Mengu.

[@PyroSparton117]

Carl with the best quote 😂 “You can defeat me at magic, but please don’t do it while singing that song”

[@bricelory9534]

I absolutely love Mengucci's energy in every game he plays.

[@FPRobber]

Carl had far more energy though. Mengu only had one from the Aetherhub

[@bricelory9534]

@@FPRobber I mean, Carl does tend to have the most energy always 😂

[@Flip4Crypt]

Yo, this series was absolutely amazing Congrats on finishing it, and thanks so much for putting it out

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you for watching it and making it worth it! :D

[@adamrehor9748]

Best mtg series ive ever watched on youtube, thank you guys:))

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's so kind of you to say :) Thanks!

[@sprawly3320]

I love Andreas face expressions he’s such a likable face and personality

[@simonteesdale9752]

This was awesome, and I'm simultaneously really excited about the video, and sad the series is over. What would be awesome would be another round, where you pit Hazored against all the decks that got banned before they could make it to worlds. UNLEASH THE JAR!

[@b.h.abbott-motley2427]

What can Hazored hope to do against Jar? For game one, its cards don't matter beyond 2x Doomfall & maybe 3x Abrade. After sideboarding they're up to 4x Doomfall, 2x Duress, & 1x Sorcerous Spyglass. I doubt that's enough.

[@CardmarketMagic]

We'll definitely be doing a series like this again, and if we do standard, we'll have you all vote for which deck was the best from each year (with banned cards) before throwing them into the Swiss :) (we might have to ban Jar though 😅 as it might just become a series we're every deck just watches jar do its thing and dies)

[@nailahprincessofhokuto2024]

7:22 that Classic Mengucci top deck magic. Andrea is such a fun Player to watch

[@olli8545]

14:19 definitely did! Amazing series, great content!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! :D

[@Jewsphf]

My favorite series you guys have done yet! Always excited for the next VeeDeeoo

[@Mindscape6]

I don't play standard, so I learned a lot while watching this series. Would love to see a version of this format with Pauper, Legacy, etc.

[@ShunyValdez]

Good series. I haven't played magic for a long time but the editing made it easy to follow.

[@Infamouscritter]

This is honestly some of the best content ive ever seen

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@Unpetraccable]

The MtgRemy quote at 21:55 was so good

[@fredrey4267]

Great series ! As an older player from the late 90's I am always amazed to see how absurd créatures have become. But on the sidenote, I don't think it would end well for both these decks if matched against Kai Budde's red-artefact Ponza deck.

[@CardmarketMagic]

We are considering doing another one of these, except we have the viewers vote for one deck to represent each year :)

[@andesmountain9178]

Gosh this was a cool series. I couldn't wait to watch each video as it came out, they were too exciting!

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm thrilled you enjoyed it :D we'll be likely doing a series like this with a new twist in a few months

[@billygoten]

This series was very enjoyable to watch. I also would love to see more like this.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) you'll definitely be seeing more of this

[@couchpotatoe91]

Ouff, I'm only on round one and can already really see the difference in skill level. Andrea would've never kept a 5-lander with a 5-drop and Magma spray otd, let alone let Scrapheap Scrounger hit again and again or play into the chainwhirler that was super obvious. I would've loged if two players with a more equal skill level would've played that final, maybe Andrea vs Thoralf. That said I still think this format was really interesting and a blast to watch. Keep it up, I really enjoy these cool video ideas!

[@CardmarketMagic]

You clearly don't know Andrea 😅 he always keeps the sketches hands, it's his signature move

[@nikogronlund6703]

This was absolute blast to follow along. Great work guys! Congrats to Mengu and thank you for the entertainment!

[@simpking2500]

This game was over after the coin flip sadly. I think you need to show a deck winning on the draw to actually be considered the best deck. Still enjoyable series

[@matthewradabaugh1635]

Not true. A deck doesn’t need to be well rounded if it is so dominant in one area that its faults don’t matter. For example, the extreme would be a deck winning 100% of the time on the play and 20% on the draw (disregarding player skill, of course). This deck would have a 60% base winrate, which is astronomical. In fact, most decks favor the coinflip for this reason, as it provides them a base to work off of when it comes to play patterns and fine tuning.

[@wolfwoodgamer5814]

This was an awesome series - kinda sad it's over! Hope Mengu adds best deck of all time card market to his long list of accolades

[@morof_r]

Very nice series! I'm surprised that the 2021 and 2022 decks didn't even get qualified.

[@Starkipraggy]

That was way closer than it had any right to be. Props to Carl for playing so well!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@iamnotafiremage5140]

This series was great, would love to see more like this

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! And you will :)

[@bobbyhanson346]

I loved this series, Carl. Hope to see similar in the future.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! And we are planning a similar series soon :)

[@aggedon7483]

Loved this series, can't wait to see what you guys cook up next!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) we'll do our best to make the upcoming videos good for you!

[@bl4klotus]

Thanks guys, enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one. (Greatest standard decks including non-Worlds decks? Although maybe leave out the Urza block decks.)

[@CardmarketMagic]

Leaving out Urza block seems like a good idea 😅

[@alessandrobernhardhoefer1350]

The whole series has been cool! Very good job guys!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! :)

[@sango323]

Great run of episodes last two decks really seem to be competetive with each other and just good games of magic

[@soldancer]

Over this series, I was reminded of the difference between "best deck" and "winning deck". It was weird to look through the Worlds deck lists and see stuff like: - Astral Slide won the year Affinity was a thing - The Standard versions of Tinker and Rec-Sur were *terrible* - Caw-Blade was banned before Worlds 2011, so it never got a shot at being in the quest for the best - Worlds 2012 didn't feature Standard, and was instead Draft and Modern. 2013 was also Modern in the finals

[@TimmytheSorcerer]

Really enjoyed these series, thanks for making these 👌

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm happy you enjoyed it :) we're about to film a similar one for modern (I know that might not be your format, but just letting you know)

[@theneongentleman]

That was a very entertaining series! Suggestion for a follow up: a tournament with every deck that came in second, and then have the ultimate grudge match between the winner of series 1 and 2.

[@davioliveira7233]

Well, this gives me flashbacks from some FNM's where I tried to jank out my opponents with those decks with my new perspectives combo deck.

[@brokensprites]

Nicely done guys, this was a great series and such a fantastic idea overall.

[@MFewwy]

The Guchi man prevails! Really cool series! It was fun to watch :)

[@TurlePower981]

Love this series. Make a quest for the best jank ever series next!!

[@inferno1217]

When this ends I'd love to see a "modern but with commander legal cards" series. Please Mr Carl Market it would be very cool.

[@CardmarketMagic]

You'll have to give me some more info because "Modern with Commander cards" just sounds like legacy to me 😅

[@inferno1217]

@@CardmarketMagic Oh I meant like commander supplemental products like out of precons and commander masters/legends.

[@CardmarketMagic]

@inferno1217 ooooooh that seems like a spicy brewing environment! I'll talk about it with the others when we brainstorm this week :)

[@MightyQuince]

They say better lucky than good, Andrea seems to be the terrifying combination of being lucky and being very, very good

[@eepopgames2741]

Another cool video to follow this up might be taking all the experience you got and using it to do a tier ranking of the 28 decks you used, including the ones that didn't make it past the swiss and into the videos.