Pauper League - Izzet Control - The Combo Killer

Kirb can't handle all the combo decks going around so takes SpockVidaLoka's most recent Challenge winning decklist and takes it for a spin to see if can really handle the current meta.
Decklist: www.moxfield.com/decks/v-D2Y7...
00:00:00 Deck Tech
00:04:40 Round 1 vs Goblin Combo
00:50:02 Round 2 vs Jeskai Energy
01:15:44 Round 3 vs Rakdos Madness
01:30:05 Round 4 vs Jund Broodscale Combo
01:55:33 Round 5 vs Walls Combo
02:19:23 Wrap-Up

[@pauperdad7040]

Ur control was my first pauper deck ever (like 10 years ago or something) so it will always have a spot in my heart.

[@Kirblinxy]

I bet it looks nothing like it does now. My first was WG Aura Gnarlid. Mildly surprised how many of the cards in that still see play tbh.

[@pauperdad7040]

@@Kirblinxy well, counterspells, bolts and cantrips remained, the rest changed a lot. Back in that day, Spire golem used to be a serious threat. OH yea, auras are cool. Remember when I was playing mirror and oppo had standard bearer which I had no answer for.

[@_counterspell]

i sure miss casting pieces of the puzzle and flurry of horns

[@pauperdad7040]

@@_counterspell pieces of the puzzle, that was a great deck.

[@marellimichele]

Awesome content as usual! I'd love to see more UR leagues as you seem to be very confident playing the deck and it seems very consistent

[@Kirblinxy]

This would have been the first time I played the deck, so I wouldn't say I was confident. I have a lot of meta knowledge of Pauper so I generally have a good idea what cards I need to draw and what cards I need to remove/counter of the opponents. I try not to play the same deck for a while so you probably won't see me play this again unless new cards come out for it. I'll probably play a Jeskai list soon at some point that might be of interest to you.

[@marellimichele]

@@Kirblinxy That's awesome. I meant "confident" in the way that I could tell that you definitely knew what you were doing and it was really nice seeing someone pilot this deck that fluently. Knowing it was a first time is astonishing. I'll look forward to the jeskai list then. Thanks!

[@gersoncoelho]

My favourite deck!! Thank you thank you! What an awesome video =D

[@Kirblinxy]

Glad you enjoyed! More people than I thought have called this their favourite deck.

[@kusherozo]

first! having a blast with your videos, thanks for the awesome content as always

[@Kirblinxy]

No probs! Thanks for watching my ~content~

[@v01dv01d]

Congrats on the 5-0 ! I really appreciate that you played against it in the last video, then you play it here as a showcase. So what could be the next deck played ? 🤔😅 Jund Broodscale ? Even though you played your own version ?

[@Kirblinxy]

Thanks! They don't come around too often. I actually recorded Jund Broodscale the same time as my own version, so I was just going to leave that as a vault video. I never know what deck I am going to play until I scramble to make a video on the Sunday 😅

[@alessiobreviglieri4154]

Great video as always! A request: The new Rakdos with sneaky snacker is super fun, I would love a video on it!

[@Kirblinxy]

Seen a couple of other people put out a video of that deck already since it won Paupergeddon. I'll probably get around to it at some point, lots of decks to chose from recently.

[@shawnwilliamscreative]

At 1:40 couldn’t you Fanged Flames the Writhing Chrysalis in response to the second Spawn sac trigger and kill it before it got the 1/1 counter, and not lose your attacking Azure Fleet Commodore?

[@Kirblinxy]

This would have been a great line, if only Fanged Flames wasn't a Sorcery.

[@Gaghiel]

hi5 & gg's congrats on the trophy :)

[@Kirblinxy]

Cheers! They don't come around often so it's nice when I get them on video.

[@TheForesterf]

Nice run, man! Happy to see deck still performing well after a year! Don't like absence of Augurs, they are sooo good and synergistic in deck with brainstorms/ponders/breathweapons/loriens/monarch and most likely the best card in the deck. Also, preordains are not preferred cantrip here, another sorcery speed one, and generally worse then consider/thoughtscour with bs/ponders/terrors.

[@Kirblinxy]

Thanks! I am by no means a control specialist, so all of these suggestions are probably correct. The deck was straight from Spock, who has played more of this deck than anyone else, so I assumed the changes were done for a reason (I assume for the ponza heavy meta). I think I was just lucky with my matchups like if I played against Kuldotha I would have really wanted Augur. I could see Consider instead of Preordain, really wanted to hold up mana a lot during this league.

[@Kirblinxy]

Nice run with Tribe last challenge too btw! I can't believe you weren't the only one on the deck either.

[@TheForesterf]

@@KirblinxyThanks! How you keep track of decks without decklists being posted? Even played mirror against real master of tribe-combo EhDM. Btw, deck looks absurdly good in current meta, most opponents can barely interact with it!

[@Kirblinxy]

@@TheForesterf I look at all the replays after the event has ended to catalogue the decks. I can only do it for events I am in. I tried Tribe in a league last week and went 0-2 drop. I think I just had bad luck.

[@tiagobrum3396]

Hello @Kirblinxy ! How bad would think it would be to change red to black? Snuff Outs and Agony Warps/Cat Downs for the red target spells and a Thorn for the red Pirate. Drown in Sorrows instead of the red sweepers. Would that be so bad, I wonder?

[@salemthomasmtg7415]

drown in sorrow is sorcery speed, and skred is better value for the mana. just my 2 cents.

[@Kirblinxy]

The real draw of red is those 1 mana removal spells. Sure you have Snuff Out but then all the other black removal is 2 mana, and that costs twice as much as skred! I did play UB teachings just be MH3 came out which shows how that removal suite works if you want to check out that vid.

[@TheForesterf]

Both UR and UB are good, but have different matchup preferences. Black is slightly better against creature combos (due to snuff out) and grave-synergy decks(boujuka and spellbomb). Red plays best sweeper(breath weapon) and arguably more efficient removal package, also is superior sideboard color (pyroblasts and artifact hate).

[@ragnarnvfoster6023]

So many funny moments in this one. "I don't know how they get out of this... Swamp might do it... Fanged flames doesn't even kill the Crystalis..." I appreciate the light hearted comments I was thinking the same thing everytime. Those games where your opponent is dead 4x over and they go to untap as you're thinking... I dont expect Ill lose but if I have not done enough Im not sure what to say.

[@Kirblinxy]

I've always been a pessimist, so I guess I always try and figure out the worst outcome and how I can play around it. Glad you are enjoying the commentary, still find it hard to not have dead air but feel I've gotten a lot better over the year.

[@superluckyhappylife2358]

Yay

[@Kirblinxy]

But it's not stompy 🤔

[@superluckyhappylife2358]

@@Kirblinxy nah i see how entitled I am. I love stompy but I learn to appreciate the pauper content more Plus andrea mengucci really got me to like skred terror.

[@jakea5680]

Fanged flames kills indestructible creatures (like an animated bridge)

[@Kirblinxy]

Not from what I can read. (I did triple check this to make sure)

[@fsolt]

Is there any reason to play breath weapon over cannonade?

[@TheForesterf]

Definitely! Sweepers are here mostly for kuldotha-red decks. And they have too much pirates now (cannonade does no damage to them). Otherwise cannonade would be better.

[@Kirblinxy]

@@TheForesterf How are you replying quicker to my videos than I am 😅 Foresterf is right though, it is mainly there for red and they run 2 different pirates (Lackey, Raider) so you want the sweeper to make sure it actually clears the board.

[@TheForesterf]

@@Kirblinxy Kinda passionate about this deck, sorry! It was one of my best deckbuilding attemps, and I'm still proud and happy that it keeps winning!

[@fsolt]

oh I see, I totally forgot red playing pirates nowadays. Totally makes sense then

[@DeathWalker7000]

why fanged flames instead of flame slash ?

[@heathebutler7143]

It's colorless so it hits Guardian of the Guildpact

[@DeathWalker7000]

@@heathebutler7143 I see thanks for the hindsight .

[@cleisonlonghini1082]

Walls played poorly on the second game. After playing 2 Axebane, should have transmuted Drift of Phantasms for Drift for Drift for Reaping the Graves returning the 3 Drift (or 2, if 1 copy got countered) to hand and then get set for the next turn. Going for the easy counterable option was definitely a mistake.

[@Kirblinxy]

I think I mentioned this when they transmuted as that would have been the line I would have gone for. I figured I had lost that game after the winding way hit 4 cards so I definitely got away with that win.

[@efremperotti1073]

Lets see vs a good combo player like Saidin or Apas 😊

[@Kirblinxy]

Maybe my tag line was a bit to click-baity this time. I would probably get roasted by those two, but sometimes luck goes my way.

[@guillermomolins4551]

Ur!?!!... instalike

[@Kirblinxy]

People do seem to like control and not many pauper content creators seem to fill that niche. Hope you enjoy.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Dislike for rooting against Team Combo :p

[@Kirblinxy]

TBH I don't even know what team I am on. I guess I am just a hipster and now combo is too mainstream, got to knock it down a peg. Midrange and Control need love too.

[@jvan6582]

Augur of Bolas is a necessary part of this deck for success….sucks it wasn’t included in this deck and it showed 👎👎👎👎