MTG Pauper Rebel Teachings | Unlimited Value!

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Decklist:
16 Island
4 Dismal Backwater
13 Plains
4 Prophetic Prism
1 Forest
2 Devious Cover-Up
4 Mystical Teachings
2 Exclude
1 Roilmage's Trick
1 Holy Light
1 Dispel
2 Azorius Chancery
4 Brainstorm
1 Crypt Incursion
1 Capsize
1 Ob Nixilis's Cruelty
4 Ponder
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Diabolic Edict
2 Echoing Decay
3 Lat-Nam's Legacy
2 Resounding Silence
4 Preordain
1 Lightbringer
1 Orzhov Basilica
4 Counterspell
4 Esper Panorama
4 Azorius Signet
4 Ash Barrens
3 Swamp
2 Dimir Aqueduct
4 Amrou Scout
4 Blightspeaker
4 Ramosian Lieutenant
3 Aven Riftwatcher
3 Bound in Silence
1 Saltfield Recluse
1 Doom Blade
4 Defiant Falcon
1 Nightwind Glider
2 Merchant Scroll
2 Prismatic Strands
4 Tranquil Cove
2 Disfigure
4 Ramosian Sergeant
2 Doom Blade
1 Nightwind Glider
2 Lightbringer
1 Thermal Glider
1 Patrician's Scorn
1 Aven Riftwatcher
3 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Dispel
1 Lawbringer
1 Leave No Trace
1 Shred Memory

[@gregorygarrison572]

This sounds like hell in paper. Pardon me while I shuffle my commander deck every turn.

[@CalebGannon]

yeah haha but better than the previous builds at least!

[@Trooper_No.2102]

I have a rebel tribal deck in commander... my suffering knows no end..lol

[@benjaminhill8092]

This video deserves more views! I love the deck idea.

[@CalebGannon]

haha thank you! I always thought this deck was actually somewhat competitive. I did have at least one person tell me they built it in person and play it in events lol

[@brandonbagley795]

This deck is awesome, but that bouncing land denial deck from a week or two ago... Oh man. I'd love to see more work with that. Or just LD in general, any format haha

[@CalebGannon]

haha yeah I'll get back to that eventually :p Now is the time for it too, since people are running tapped lands and such

[@Jadefirewsn]

Perhaps a Muddle the Mixture would be good in the deck as a Merchant Scroll/Mystical Teachings target that can become a rebel searcher, and also a card that stands on its own. Gotta love those tutor chains that give additional options to get the rebel value going.

[@CalebGannon]

that is definitely a good idea

[@ToadManJon11]

Although I'm happy the deck is better, I'm very sad to see Auroch's herd go. Dedicated Auroch's deck when?

[@CalebGannon]

ahaha you can play aurochs in green ramp I think, alongside some mold shamblers and stuff

[@Trooper_No.2102]

Aurocks herd is best boi! *hugs the big fluffy chonk*

[@colinsickels8013]

We have changelings now

[@SobaGreen]

I have a strong feeling that you have not shown us the most interesting decks yet? On the left I see a large list of what looks very interesting. Can we see the "Infinite Mill" deck? :)

[@CalebGannon]

those are all in the works :) I've shown you all the interesting stuff that actually does stuff most of the time lol. If a deck over there ends up good then you will see it :p

[@kokonuts5749]

Round 1: 6:25 Round 2: 20:37 Round 3: 28:01 Round 4: 39:03 Round 5: 48:59

[@CalebGannon]

thank you so much!

[@JediMB]

Eternal Masters made me really appreciate Aven Riftwatcher. For my final EMA draft I accidentally built a Brago blink deck and got nutty amounts of life gain.

[@Jrodsly]

I know I said I was gonna build the 420 meme deck in paper, but honestly, this seems like a much more optimal deck to build, even if it is still well over 100 cards. I'd love to build this in paper.

[@newtpondskipper]

I don't play online where this looks fun to play. Brutal in paper! Loved seeing rebels thanks for upload!

[@aureant9329]

Amazing deck Caleb! A little tip: at 46:10, playing the Thermal Glider instead of Strands was a misplay that ended up costing you the match. In that situation, they had 2 cards in hand. By playing the Glider you opened yourself up to way too many cards that killed you on the spot (2 burn, 2 pump, burn+pump, or any hasty creature). If one of them was a burn spell, they would have cast it before attackers for sure to pump the Kiln Fiend. Having Strands there would have resulted in a free counter while keeping your life intact. Next turn you could throw down the Glider and threaten a removal with the free Strands flashback, eating away their creatures if they attacked but also threatening a free trade, which could have hold them off the attack entirely. With Strands, it's usually a good idea to throw it in the graveyard as soon as you get the chance to "counter" a card from their hand, since having the option to flashback it for free gives you a lot of time and scares away an aggressive opponent. All that said, great video! Can't wait for another league with this deck :)

[@Diotialate]

20:54 Thanks for the explanation. I never thought Lat-Nam's Legacy was some god-awful card like Catalog. I have 1x Diabolic Visions in Commander as a pet card. As low-demand as the Brainstorm-plus-one-mana cards are/were such as Anticipate, I remember that Impulse wrecked house at one point in Magic: The Gathering's history.

[@julianlastname5730]

Big deck energy

[@LibertyFixxxer]

I love your channel. Spicy jank pauper and winning seems really satisfying lol. Love it when you play a card and your opponent wonders what you are doing

[@milanmach2379]

Pauper rebels, how lovely! No consideration for 1 Children of Korlis in the sideboard? It's mostly worse than Riftwatcher but can be tutored by Ramosian Sergeant and can come up huge on the turns Burn double spells or goes off with Thermo-Alchemist. Also, if you ever try to re-meme the deck, may I suggest adding the classic Task Force combo? Tutor up Task Force with rebels, then Teachings for Devour Flesh and Dizzy Spell, with Dizzy Spell getting Nomads en-Kor. Infinite life + big deck = fun times :)

[@CalebGannon]

I was running 1 during testing, but just felt that aven riftwatcher was almost always better. Plus drawing the children is really bad. Oh task force combo is funny haha

[@Governorrr]

1 year later this deck is still awesome

[@_counterspell]

Would have loved to see some matches versus Tron or flicker brews. Sweet deck !!

[@CalebGannon]

I know, can't really control who I play against though :/

[@MaxMckayful]

From meme to dream! Fun vid as per usual :) My two cents: Thoughts on Coordinated Barrage, at least in the sideboard? Would maybe help slow burn down. This deck will always have at least 1-2 creatures in play unless you're really behind. Also good at removing Faeries and Elves. Would love to see this deck in other match-ups, it's such an innocuous looking deck and you just outlast and outlast and win. The Grand Duke of Durdles.

[@enriquesoul5370]

Thank you for sharing this. Would you happen to have an updated version for 2021? I am very interested in playing this or a version of this that's updated for Pauper tournaments. There may be some new cards that have come out in the last few years that could make this even better.

[@ivandasilvarodrigues5935]

Nice deck man! Love your videos!

[@CalebGannon]

thank you! :)

[@Mattpoppybros]

Who would have guessed a rebel deck would be good

[@markolson3732]

Sad that it's not epically huge anymore, but this deck seems fucking badass.

[@CalebGannon]

it really is. I've been surprised at how well it runs

[@alvarotorrent5966]

Thanks for the content! Any chance cycling storm will ever come back here?

[@DrSiddha]

Bro come back to do this content on pauper! The game needs you

[@LaViejaConsolada]

Venomous changeling? Seems a good trick :)

[@Jadefirewsn]

Definitely, the 3 toughness and Deathtouch make for a good roadblock to stabilize the ground.

[@blackr4inbow]

might be a dumb question but why do you teachings for teachings over and over? wouldn't you rather get a useful card the first time?

[@zeeschnell397]

It's to put them in the graveyard. Teachings has flashback of [B]6 so you can cast it from graveyard.

[@colinsickels8013]

Reminds me of the dredge decks of the past

[@Zauzzie]

You you please post a stream decker list of your deck so its easier to export and buy?

[@MarkAvo]

Burn is the worst matchup: proceeds to play against burn.

[@ahunter7563]

do you plan on going the opposite way,and trying to make a fixed version of the "grab others creatures" part of the original deck?

[@CalebGannon]

yeah haha might as well :p I imagine that will be worse because it doesn't interact nearly as well

[@ahunter7563]

@@CalebGannon i think it's worth a shot imo, like against any deck that doesnt' have counterspell, removing the infinite 2/2.seem like a losing plan

[@Fry_Guy]

Zealot is actually not bad for re-usable removal.

[@Jadefirewsn]

Agreed, I have an Orzhov Rebel deck that combos Aspect of Gorgon with Zealot for creature control.

[@Attlanttizz]

You have to wonder what Lightning Bolt is still doing in Pauper. It's in Vintage and Legacy decks for a reason. Common sure, but too efficient just like Astrolabe was IMO.

[@CalebGannon]

at least lightning bolt is in 1 color and doesn't draw you like 3 cards lol. Like there is a real cost to putting bolt in your deck

[@Attlanttizz]

@@CalebGannon I don't see the cost really, it's hyper efficient. There's other 3 damage spells that have drawbacks at least (sorcery to player, or sorcery with return fire). Oh well, I haven't heard anyone else complain so I guess it's not all that bad. I just don't like red damage decks in any format.

[@CalebGannon]

it's not a huge cost, but your deck does have to be able to generate red mana. I agree with you that the card is nuts but so is brainstorm and a lot of other cards in pauper

[@ahunter7563]

@@Attlanttizz i mean,it's good,but it's not like "put it into every deck good",and that was astrolabe's case. Imo the fun of pauper is having legacy answer with common threats.

[@Micheal_Porter]

Paper has a ton of hyper efficient cards. Bolts, counterspell, brainstorm, etc. Is it efficient? Yes. But so are a ton of other cards. If you ban bolt, you might as well ban the other hyper efficient cards, and then you're just taking away from what pauper even is

[@Tehcarp]

Nameless Inversion?

[@CalebGannon]

I don't think that works how you would want. Rebels can only search up rebel permanents

[@poetryanon2]

Oof. They dont say that on the card, there goes a lotta bite from my lin sivvi deck ;;

[@enjoylife6517]

I watched that whole video and still am not sure how you won any games, or got those guys to concede. I would like to see a 60 card version of this deck though. Cant possibly need all those cards...you are just being greedy, right?

[@CalebGannon]

I mean if you can find cards to cut go for it

[@enjoylife6517]

@@CalebGannon Aw man, I was hoping you could do it... ; ) It would be sweet to see another video on the deck if you have time.

[@Attlanttizz]

Is 137 something meme-ish that I'm not aware of? Three quarters of 1337 or something?

[@CalebGannon]

nah haha it's just the number of cards I ended up with after cutting all the bad ones

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

Do 420 cards next

[@asteriskthegamingstar1891]

I don’t care if it’s garbage

[@LegoSauce]

@@asteriskthegamingstar1891 he did

[@CalebGannon]

and it wasn't thaaaat bad either lol

[@alovingzombie]

Did you forget the Changelings or did I miss them?

[@CalebGannon]

I think the only changeling I would have added is the deathtouch one. which is just ok. It was in the previous deck because it got value off aurochs and the self assemblers too

[@alovingzombie]

@@CalebGannon gotchya. Makes sense. Btw I love all your videos. Pauper jank is my favorite thing in mtg :)

[@faceoctopus4571]

awh. You cut the squadron hawk type cards. Now brainstorm is worthless! :P

[@CalebGannon]

haha it's still reaaally really good

[@LowinBayrod]

So... the banning of the astrolabe, happy ? sad ? bacon ?

[@CalebGannon]

happy. That card made deckbuilding super boring. Now I have actual considerations for mana and stuff like that

[@mikewest7839]

How about a rebel tutorable Nameless Inversion rather than Disfigure?

[@mikewest7839]

Oh just saw the comment below, whoops!

[@wehavebiscuits]

Whemever I see pauper rebels I'm sad training grounds is uncommon

[@richardlawrence4213]

I am disappointed with the direction you've chosen to go with this deck. Having a Big deck is an intrinsic disadvantage because it increases variance. You used to have a good reason for playing a big deck, namely, nullifying the drawback of the "tutor self" cards - and I thought that was really cool. You no longer have that. In my opinion, "toolbox" is not a good enough reason to play Big deck. There have been plenty of toolbox decks in the past and none I know of have ever wanted to be Big decks. I want you to try the "tutor self" package again but with the focus on synergy instead of toolbox.