Did These $0.28 Magic Cards Just Break A Format? | Magic The Gathering

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Want to learn more about that Squirrel deck box? My full review of it is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpyzY6pqga-BebM

[@fargoretro]

I like when the Professor alternates between joy and despair for this specific #SponsoredContent

[@slannstarmaster6555]

Professor, one more green samurai for your Isao green samurai commander deck

[@leifkicker]

Awe, thanks for the nod Professor! Working on a Chatterfang version for the squirrel on, stay tuned.

[@agentorangecb1]

That Raycon ad was brilliant

[@boredwillow]

Saw that deckbox and immediately knew I needed it for my squirrel deck I've had for ages. Thank you for linking to the video for it as I somehow missed it.

[@ShoveLobster]

Prof casually dropping "this card is nuts" for Chatterstorm

[@b800294]

The power of puns is strong with him

[@Frostgiantbutsmall]

What a rascal!

[@mizzlchieizzl]

just don't call him the Nutty Professor

[@ghostanbu1099]

Hope to see The Prof back on Game Knights soon.

[@Kattywagon29]

How cool would it be to have Prof and Pleasant Kenobi on GK?

[@Tygearianus]

Hope to sssseee the prof back on game knightsssss you mean

[@mattbarr5407]

Having PK and Professor on Game Knights would be incredible!

[@TabooX1984]

He's been banned until he can beat Rudy. 😃

[@christianmiller4422]

Same

[@BlaineTog]

Jimmy: "Never have I been so offended by something so accurate."

[@niklasrombekker2998]

This

[@PlaneswalkerProject]

Look, if we can get a few Squirrel decks here and there throughout the formats of Magic, I'll have considered the four years I spent ranting on for squirrel support not in vain.

[@charlesholland4239]

I love my squirrel deck. Built from a few drafts/constructed events from unstable

[@atomicsquirrel6457]

I have been waiting for squirrel tribal since Deranged Hermit.

[@Duskrequim]

Yeah I agree, I always considered Squirrels have just needing more love. Now I can trully have an amazing Squirrel Casual deck that is pretty amazing token generator that almost outshines my old Saproling decks.

[@FeastOfFiction]

I can feel the mana screw too prof -_- jimmy

[@santiagolasso141]

Now Jimmy doesn't even need to be seen to get mana screwed!

[@LetMeCookBro69]

Knowing jimmy luck it's still gonna happen

[@cubencis]

That squirrel container is fantastic

[@TheYohan360]

I need it x)

[@jonq5380]

Okay, but like. I am also here to comment about the awesome squirrel container.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Review of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpyzY6pqga-BebM

[@jonq5380]

@@TolarianCommunityCollege OH NOOO!! THERE'S A CHAOS ORB ONE TOO? 🥺

[@Aigis31]

I'm so glad you pointed out the word "Indestructible" is on the artifact lands. I totally forgot about that! I just thought they were cute tap duals.

[@luka2507]

The fact that even during an ad you showed mtg creators and supported them is amazing

[@Glamerth]

“Pauper decks can be built for as little as $40!” Ha, joke’s on you, my pauper decks are built for 60 cents

[@DonovanPresents]

He means "competitive" decks 😂

[@ToasterTheTerrible]

I'm going to build mine for free with all the cards I have from spending thousands on booster boxes over the years.

[@matthewbrug6337]

@@DonovanPresents My decks aren't competitive no matter how much I spend. I am the one piloting them after all.

[@KingBobXVI]

@@ToasterTheTerrible - #Walue

[@grizzlybear6377]

@@matthewbrug6337 Confidence, brother. Your resolve will always be stronger than any spell or strategy

[@ZM-nb9ib]

Super video! I applauded for $2.00 👏

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Yay! Thank you!

[@ZM-nb9ib]

Lol, I had no idea it would comment that when "applauding." Keep Pauper in mind, please! :) Not just when it's *maybe* broken, too...

[@mooshthemighty5733]

"Home is where the heart was." I love this flavor text so much.

[@blizzfreak245]

Prof I just want to let you know I really appreciate your love for pauper and I introduce all of my new friends to Magic with pauper. It's easy and cheap to build multiple decks that really showcase the multitude of options Magic has to offer. You can play any archetype in pauper and have a fun deck that reflects your play style. Thanks for being such a strong voice for this awesome format!

[@NoGreatImport]

I just hope that WotC eventually releases a Pauper Masters/Horizons with $2 boosters

[@alexschomer6232]

Yeah right. More like 10 dollar packs and not enough product for the stores.

[@NoGreatImport]

@@alexschomer6232 $10 packs with no rares or mythics would cause a riot

[@texmex8432]

Wizards would never voluntarily charge less lol

[@thebraveguy9808]

@@texmex8432 unfortunately yeah, but damn that concept would be cool. Like a Pauper draft.

[@The_Murder_Party]

„This Card is nuts“ I’m really hopeful that that terrible squirrel pun was intentional. :)

[@petrseghman4283]

Came here to ask the same hypothetical q. :))

[@MrGenericNickname]

There's no way that is wasn't intentional :D

[@thebraveguy9808]

It was definitely intentional.

[@timwright3218]

Storm has been reprinted so many times since they made the Storm scale that they should rename it the Dredge scale or the Annihilator scale.

[@marekvincibr5884]

I know its a joke but storm scale is just for reprints into standart.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

That scale is reserved for Standard reprintings. The only mechanic that's really "broken" the Storm Scale was Affinity with Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge. The scale didn't really cover for non-standard release sets, and Modern Horizon's is a pretty new concept; skipping Standard straight into Eternal formats.

[@silastrafford7181]

Ha ha . Eldrazi Scale.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

@@silastrafford7181 That sounds like it could be a deck Archetype. XD

[@ZM-nb9ib]

Huzzah! He DOES still post about Pauper! :D

[@sagelwi09]

i love your pauper content, it inspired me to make a bunch of pauper decks that i keep in a gamegenic dungeon that i can bring out anytime someone wants to play magic

[@iowaopoly]

Found you from Take Your Shoes Off w/ Rick Glassman. Haven't played since my childhood but I really enjoy the nostalgia of Magic the Gathering and your videos!

[@godofzombi]

"This card is nuts." I see what you did there.

[@HSS1226]

Professor commenting on chatterstorm: “This card is nuts”, was that meant to be a pun? Haha

[@muze2379]

of course

[@provalone]

Pauper is great, I run a pauper Zubera deck that I built to let me switch out colors entirely in the sideboard. Its discard and draw (black and blue) and any one other color depending on if I need burn (red), lifegain (white), or swing wide (green). Springleaf drums and mana accelerators let me get my supper low cost cards out quick and stack up an army I want you to kill, and once it hits critical mass, I kill everything to go big on damage (or make myself near impossible to deal with while wiping your hand out from under you). All thanks to pauper being a ton of fun and letting something like this work.

[@erikedelkamp473]

“Proved too powerful for Modern!” Artifact Lands never saw play in Modern, as they were banned with JtMS, Stone Forge, and Bitterblosom from day one

[@Sir_Francis]

I have that exact Pauper Zombie deck in my Pauper Battle Box! Definitely interested in trying Nested Shambler in it!

[@maxmazza2987]

I've already been brewing with Sojourner's Companion. Good to know both the deck and this adorable axlotl are getting the recognition they deserve.

[@Neuverfleischer]

Squirrel Prof isn't real, he can't hurt you Squirrel Prof: Hold my Thumbnail!

[@warrioraidan]

I'm gonna guess Chatterstorm as the card and Pauper as the format.

[@Sparta2388]

Shhh, pretend to be surprised that a storm card is going to be an issue in pauper, when the other three are already banned. XD

[@Gureiseion]

Oh gosh, flashbacks to Mirrodin Standard when my kid self played a Myr deck focused on popping off Myr Incubator; friend learned quickly and sideboarded Echoing Decay, so the next FNM I'd respond with Echoing Courage. Fortunately the arms race ended there, we were too young to have been corrupted by blue.

[@lukebg5478]

5:55 That sounds familiar... Similar to an old saying in R'lyeh

[@AdairCorbin]

1) Great informative and insightful episode, thanks Prof. 2) I can NEVER unsee that thumbnail, NEVER, thanks Prof.

[@Deebofreebo]

The art on Jade Avenger is enough to get me building my first pauper deck. Glad to see it get a mention here. Very enjoyable video.

[@origaminosferatu3357]

The sarcastic ad breaks have reached new heights with these subtle jabs at Game Knights. Top work, Prof! :p

[@crazymexicanoloco]

Poor Jimmy, he's never going to live that daddy thing down lol

[@FeastOfFiction]

I mean I 100% did it knowing what conversation it might generate :)

[@AdenKandosii]

From 2 PPR boxes, got every card you listed, including each artifact land!! Already building a killer squirrel as well as an enchantress commander deck!

[@musliaddi5313]

Hey Professor, will there be any other pauper content? Before I discovered the pauper format I was looking for cards and decks which I could buy without spending too much money for it. After one year I found your channel on KZbin and also your pauper videos. I watched almost all of these and it was great to see, that there are so many ways to play magic without spending too much money. Now I have got two of your decks (they are great) and I am still looking for new mechanics. I shared your videos to friends and when they also bought some of the decks, it was funny to see which was the best. I experienced that all the decks you present have good quality and are competitive so I want to ask you, if you maybe can do more of these videos and explain new interesting mechanics? It would be great and me and my friends would enjoy all of these videos. PS: Destroying lands while playing Acid Trip against Ponza is amazing! PPS: I’m from Germany. Sorry for my grammar😅.

[@Interrobang212]

Professor, thank you for giving me just a tiny johnny moment, because I realized that Nested Shambler slots right into my Teysa Karlove EDH deck. Skullclamp to draw 4 and make 6 squirrels! Hooray!

[@mattmarshall8639]

That thumbnail is beautifully haunting

[@dread2much]

Yeah, chatterstorm lists are already very dangerous and can win turn 2 for sure with the Mercadian Masques storage counter lands and the Invasion tri-color sac lands. I am surprised that you didn't mention Galvanic Relay, however, as that really drives chatterstorm's potential through the roof, allowing you to hit many more rituals and manamorphoses, as well as possibly even more galvanic relays! I expect both Chatterstorm and Galvanic Relay to get the axe at some point.

[@MNN-rq8gh]

The raycon ad response to the game knights raycon ad, this is getting so meta I love it!

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Last time I was this early fetchlands were legal in Standard!

[@DigimonFan814]

I'm not a huge pauper player, but I'm excited to put my Rakdos burn pauper list. With the new madness cards (Kitchen Imp, Terminal Agony, Hell Mongrel, and maybe Faithless Salvaging), the deck has a more consistent set of payoffs for its discard options like Faithless Looting. I think that the deck could be pretty sweet with these new toys!

[@DrMtnPepsiColaSprite]

I really like the new common or uncommon creature that makes food or treasure tokens with landfall, if it didnt already exist then im surprised i havent seen people talking about it yet

[@EffinChat]

"I can turn my screen off and just listen" Alright professor, flex on us by slyly putting it out there that you have KZbin premium why don't you

[@Flumpor]

I am not 100% sure, but Blacksmith's Skill seems very sweet, especially with porcellain legionaire being available in Pauper, not exactly sure but it really does seem like a great beatdown strategy, maybe something like U/W Aggro, because you can finally get the vines of vastwood effect in white. Also I like Glimmer Bairn.

[@samkrimmer]

Prof, have you looked into the combo of Cleansing Wildfire and the new artifact lands? There's been a lot of chat on the subreddit about how this combo (using CW as essentially a cantripping red rampant growth) is like a new Astrolabe in the sense that it allows a lot of Rx(x?) decks to run 3+ colors. Probably a lot more fair than astrolabe (and restricted to R), but still interesting.

[@arturol.m.7245]

I love how you changed every “not” for “nut”’s 👌🏼

[@weirdproq]

Goblin Archomancer seems sweet. Also, Galvanic Relay might see play in burn decks to draw more gas. Also, Echoing Return looks cool, and not just for rat decks. Captured by Lagacs also seems like it could be good.

[@ikejohnson5494]

8:30 why do people keep saying there are only five of them. There are 10 artifact dual lands.

[@sephyrias883]

I'm still waiting for a deck to break Ashnod's Altar in Pauper. Yes, that card used to be common.

[@g1stylempdesign929]

Proff you are in FIRE!! As the kids say….or is it on point? Or as the wolf runs??? Or the Crow flies???? A Fort Night…????? For a cool Minute….On Fleek???? Your awesome is all I can say!

[@colbyhoman7602]

i actually really love the professor's videos on pauper. even though i don't play pauper at all, i find the windows into the format very interesting.

[@MaeseEidos]

I'm fixed on breaking the relay storm card. Still no idea how, but I look forward to trying.

[@owlxoggest6247]

I just want to first take a moment to thank you for some Pauper content. I'm very appreciative for what you have done to help grow the community for this fine format. I think it's important to note that there is a clear delineation in cost and competitive viability between fun brews and top tier decks. The average deck price for competitive top tier decks has risen, within the last two years in particular. $65 is more accurate if you want to be competitive within the format, however you are correct that you can get in as cheap as $40 if you happen to enjoy playing some of the offerings that fall on the cheaper end of the spectrum. While I myself prefer to play non-tier brews, and in doing so keep more money in my wallet, the competitive pauper metagame largely shapes the format, far more than it did prior to pauper becoming an official competitive MTG format, particularly during the past year where MTGO was about the only way you could play pauper. Hopefully a return to IRL pauper will revitalize the "fun first" attitude that has been steadily waning as more focus is placed on the competitive side of pauper. I can't wait to see more pauper content in the future, hopefully with more focus on those cards and brews that are not format warping. Thanks Prof!

[@dennisyoung6122]

Abundant Harvest may have potential somewhere... Interesting that it was a rare in the Mystical Archive but a common here.

[@moodystrategy7803]

Prof can't say anything about a Fling combo without saying that a card 'dont mean a thing if it aint got that fling,' and i love that

[@coreysierchio4650]

...and here I am excited about Phantasmal Dreadmaw. *Thanks* *For* *The* *Content* !

[@silastrafford7181]

Just got into Pauper. LGS owner gave me a Bug Rock deck for free, and even being outdated, with enough tact, precision and focus, even a deck like that can beat a tier 1 deck. I love it! No bombs, just good ol grinding it out!

[@Gshadewolf14]

1:30 I wasn’t paying enough attention and though prof. did a magic trick and made the Raycons appear

[@zrinkobaricevic642]

Prof, you forgo galvanic relay as a close second for the inevitable banhammer. It's card draw in red! And if you don't find the nuts (heh) on the first try, the 11 copies or so of that card certainly will for the next turn!

[@leress]

Caleb Gannon was testing it in his chatterstorm deck and it was ridiculous

[@zrinkobaricevic642]

@@leress Saw it, with a few tweaks it could very well be a t2 storm deck, or, relay for a ridiculous amount of cards and go again t3

[@dariocampanella7992]

I am so happy about this video. what makes me excited for pauper is... modulars! they are cheap and resilliant. is nice to go wide and proliferate.

[@joshuaclay8120]

Here from TYSO. Give it some time, we'll trickle in. I look forward to your 2.0 and 3.0 episode on TYSO.

[@Thatguyinabox]

It's not optimal, but I run Esper Delver because Seeker of the Way is one of my favorite commons of all time. Chatter Storm is really tempting for my 4-Color Zoo deck if only so I can drop a turn two Emissary and then two more squirrels.

[@Rich2799]

I love that the professor can do a sponsored ad and simultaneously do some gentle ribbing. That’s the top level shrillery I’ve come to expect from The Prof.

[@Rascus75]

I used to have an absolutely stupid 4-color artifact affinity deck that was unstoppable 1/3 of the time and unplayable 2/3 of the time (I took it apart to instead make something that's only unplayable 1/3 of the time, lol). But anyway, the old thing ran 4 Lotus Petals, and I was just thinking about selling them when I saw this video. With those new toys to play with, I might just have to hold onto the Petals and build a new 3-color affinity deck!

[@MrDaAsif]

Having run against Affinity and the storm decks with my Dimir Faeries deck, storm wasn't super super strong, I already have answers in my maindeck, the other common storm card is also really strong that you didn't mention, the one that exiles top card of the library that can be played next turn, *that's* brutal Affinity is what I've really been struggling against

[@TheAranan]

I want to applaud the effort that goes into the sponsored segments. They're genuinely entertaining.

[@AndrewMoffitt]

I've never played a single match of Pauper in my life, but between Squirrels and the Froggy Samurai, I'm just about ready to sleeve something up. This looks like FUN! Now where are those Manamorphoses...

[@jaggededge11]

I'm surprised you didn't give a shout out to Vermin Gorger and Bone Shards for Aristocrats (Though to be fair, Bone Shards can go into a lot). MH2 is a bonkers set, it'll be interesting to see how thing pan out from it.

[@RafaelAAMerlo]

Oh no, Opposition Squirrels may be reborn

[@jebus9303]

why do i feel like the professor could swallow my entire head whole?

[@804robiccc]

Love the deck box. And love the cross-channel love going on with you and the command zone. Sooooooo will the thumbnail art be a playmate.

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Check out my video no it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpyzY6pqga-BebM

[@nachschub4836]

So happy you do pauper content again I love the format!

[@johncochrane6039]

What a feel-ggod vid, talking about new cards and pauper. It's wonderful to be able to go back to college. Thanks for all your harf work, Prof, it is much appreciated.

[@oswaldbuttery7664]

Are you doing a pauper analysis for AFR? I’m getting into pauper in paper magic more and more. I’ve put together a version of the tortured existence deck you went over. I’d love to put something together with the AFR cards.

[@VirtualCheetah]

To Affinity and beyond

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

A+

[@ingolf82]

that deckbox on the table is completely nuts! I love it!

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Here's my review on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpyzY6pqga-BebM

[@skillganon606]

The Lovecraft quote made me smile.

[@matteosavi656]

Just further prove that storm should be an 11 on the storm scale

[@jackdeth2004]

I don't remember Artifact lands being banned in standard. I played Ravager Affinity through Mirrodin and Kamagawa block.

[@serrademers6047]

Anyone notice the Prof's technique when opening the Raycon charging pack? What ease and grave!

[@einstein951]

Other honourable mentions to me are Breathless Knight (Unearth is legal) as well as Echoing Return (welcome back Street Wraiths)

[@JackieVargo]

Unfortunately because of the printing of galvanic relay the chatter storm deck is also resilient to something like echoing truth/decay/firey cannonade allowing them to refill on gas to allow them to try again on the following turn. I also think that the meta is warping around chatter storm that isn't healthy because it is forcing main deck inclusions of traditionally SB only cards in a similar way hogak warped modern.

[@oknats_outdoors]

Pauper is my favorite competitive format. For the engagement algorithm!

[@MOBYDICK2121]

Love the pauper coverage Prof!

[@dandiaz19934]

Professor, I wish I was near you & your playgroup (and/or any other community into Pauper) so I could finally get into the format 😭 No one plays it in my community; all they play is Commander 😭

[@bobby45825]

Modern is probably bound to pick up

[@ZM-nb9ib]

Play online, too, if you can: Spelltable = webcam matches! :)

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

“But that which is dead can never truly die” Aaand Prof just paraphrased Game of Thrones. I can die happy now.

[@marekvincibr5884]

Ehm. Achtuallllly he paraphrased H.P. Lovecraft who was paraphrased in GoT.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

@@marekvincibr5884 even better!

[@json9069]

Just want to clarify that my "thumbs up" for this video was for the Raycon ad...Well done Prof.

[@jimmybowen8598]

Professor what do you think about pestilence? Are what do you think about pyrohemia?

[@Bjoern_1897]

Prof! What do you think about Etherium Spinner for Izzet Affinity?

[@elpelu123]

I need some Chandra premade decks... 2 weeks before they drop the Ban hammer...

[@TheDashingRogue]

Artifact lands will be used in modern simply put because of amulet

[@TacticianMark]

I didn't even know there was a new samurai card until just now! I gave up waiting for new support for my extremely old samurai tribal deck years ago.

[@troyterry5759]

Thank you prof for the great MTG lore! And also, mad props for rocking that outfit, I'm likin' it.

[@MrLimeyisagod]

My favorite superhero is spawn, I love the story and his super powers are awesome and unique!

[@howardcook6085]

Excellent video!! Thanks Professor, from one huge fan of pauper to another!

[@AceDRoses]

That zombie deck seems cool prof, Ill check it out. Btw the Axotl ( Mudkip) is Venser's companion right?

[@TheHiobs]

"This Card is Nuts". I saw what you did there ;P

[@CyberBuster93]

We get it Prof! You love Pauper! Lol jk, I love all the content you have man. Always wanted to get into Pauper, and with these I just might now! Great work man, take care of yourself 💕🤘

[@lucagiovanninieddu2603]

I love the frog samurai 😁⭐