Unbanning the Pauper Titans | Infect vs Storm

Pauper is a format where you get to play all the most broken spells, but with some pretty average creatures. But some spells are too strong, even for Pauper. What if we played them?
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would love to see one of yall play second breakfast modern deck when yall do another no banned list

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[@JulietKneeled]

Oh my God, Thoralf pondering for three lands, shuffling, drawing a land, preordain bottoming two lands, then draw TWO MORE LANDS ALL IN A ROW is insane??? What are even the odds of that

[@ThymeTwister]

Toffel is using up all his bad luck before the next championship, it's calculated

[@BigCheeseNaan]

The odds of Thoralf seing and drawing those 10 lands in a row are ~0.024% or about 1 in 4000 Edit: WRONG !! The correct odds are 1 in 60 000 as pointed out by @wiener_process and @robinthesongbird1778 Edit 2: WRONG WRONG !!! Thoralf sideboarded an island before the match so the odds are actually 1 in 113 000

[@PiquantPan]

@@BigCheeseNaan it's much higher than that, because all Islands are interchangeable, your math is only correct if you assume that each Island he saw was a unique Island that needed to be drawn in specific order

[@krimhorn]

​@@PiquantPan Yeah, if I'm remembering my stats right it's closer to 20%. He's got 8 cards out of the deck at the time of Ponder and he's got 1 land of 21 total. So the odds of 3 lands off Ponder is (20/52 * 19/51 * 18/50) or about 5%. The odds of two lands in a row after the shuffle is (20/52 * 19/51) or about 14%. Add those together for the total probability and it's 19.48%

[@SmolGawblin]

@@krimhorn would it not be closer to 0.7%? because you would multiply the odds because they're in succession while adding them would only be for if it was one or the other?

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the carl market sleeve making it into the pile of sleeves is incredible! did you guys ever figure out how that happened?

[@CardmarketMagic]

Yes! When editing the cheating video, I wanted to show the sleeve by making it pop up as an animation. So I pulled it off of the wall and took a photo, then left it on a table. Someone probably found it and put it back in the pile of sleeves we use for videos 😅

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Carl should get a set of Carl Market sleeves

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Can we buy Carl market sleeves??

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@Leuber even the sleeves we drew them on are not for sale, we hand those out for free at events. But if you find me at an event with a pack of sleeves and 20 minutes, I'll make you a set of Carlmarket sleeves 😅

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Thoralf: “This hand seems like fair magic, I don’t like it” Love it 😂😂😂

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Thank you :)

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As a beginner player, to listen to more experienced players explaining their plays is really helpful. Plz continue these kind of content! 😊

[@TuberTugger]

Can we all stop and appreciate how expertly Thoralf navigated that grapeshot into double lightning bolt? It's so tempting to try and fire off those bolts earlier to get extra storm triggers. But had he done it in any other order, Jamin would have had choices and may have been able to keep a creature in play. The way it was sequenced, having perfect knowledge of Jamin's hand, perfectly cleared the board no matter what. It also might have been tempting to attack for 5 + 6 from two bolts and another 5 from grapeshot to the dome. But the crack back was in hand, exactly lethal. I could see an argument for attacking for 4, leaving a single blocker but you give Jamin so many outs off the top. Definitely better to clear and win on the ground. Very impressive and probably not obvious! It just looked like Thoralf had it all, but he only had it all because he found the optimal line in a sea of options. And for that, I tip my hat.

[@ttvTheSquizz]

Can you explain to me why his myr died? It was given protection from red.

[@TuberTugger]

@@ttvTheSquizz I never got the protection. He responded by killing it again, before the protection resolved. It's a little confusing because they let one of the grapeshot copies resolve but left the last point stay on the stack. Then it was pump, respond damage again, respond protection, respond damage a third time. The 2nd bolt was played last so it resolves first, killing the myr and fizzling/countering all the other cast spells.

[@jpvasku]

To me all the plays in that turn were pretty straightfoward!

[@SpizzyRich]

2:54 Jamin spotting the sleeve cracked me up. Good eyes, dude. Spotted the marked card. Clearly Thoralf was in cahoots with Carl on this one! The cards don't lie.

[@ich3730]

*the carls dont lie

[@eric.ingram]

After yesterday's behind-the-scenes video I have a much greater appreciation for the level of effort y'all keep putting into these videos. I especially love the Pauper content because it's so underappreciated and I even have a few banlist decks for when my pod is feeling 'aggressive' towards each other haha

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It was great meeting you in Pisa! Keep up the great work :D and let's make sure more people know about pauper!

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Hello Card Market crew, I just wanted to say how amazing this channel is. The editing, the energy, it's all top notch and watching has really taken my interest in magic to new heights. I hope it continues doing well and you can keep growing the channel.

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I've only played 34 minutes of MTG Arena and so I'm fairly clueless about most stuff, but the way all your videos are structured makes it pretty easy to understand and follow and I really enjoy them!

[@TheThiccestChungus]

Looking through pauper's banlist is hilarious. It feels like every single card is banned because of storm.

[@janmelantu7490]

Storm, Tron, and Affinity are the pauper decks that have gotten the most cards banned

[@BaronSengir1008]

Got to love the Carl Market sleeve...

[@TheRealGurphy]

Its so cool watching this after the behind the scenes! Seeing everyone make notes for later and knowing what goes on makes it feel like we have insider knowledge now haha

[@dicklongsworth5749]

You guys are a blast to watch. It's easy to follow, the background music is perfect, and the interviews are instructive without being intrusive. Also, Pauper is the best.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Pauper is indeed the best :)

[@StaleBranflakes]

17:34 paying the two life AND keeping his island tapped. Chad move 😂

[@Bootus123]

You pauper content is my FAVORITE content! No one has the production quality you do, and I think it really contributes to the popularity of the format.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Pauper is also my favourite format! It would be really nice to think that we help get some new players to play with commons. The format is so fun :)

[@WhiskerDog]

Always a blast to see you guys play pauper!

[@CardmarketMagic]

It is equally a blast for us :)

[@isterkvarn]

Great vid! Love how you explain your thoughts so well while still keeping the video high paced and entertaining.

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I love the Pauper content! Please keep it coming, it's my favorite format, and I love seeing it represented.

[@slenky5741]

Love this kind of content, its fun seeing Thoralf's high level thought processes in the interview clips.

[@Darium856]

Super great video! Classic Thoralf, reading the minds of his opposing deck builder. Love to see the clashes and totally dig how many formats yall play. As always keep it up 🤙

[@zachlikeslofi]

That ending was super close - I love watching these videos, and I cannot wait to see more pauper content in the future!

[@Dolphgrim]

Really incredible attention to detail and innovation in the editing! Thanks! 😁

[@crancpiti]

The insights into Toffels thinking were great, this is why he's a pro! This unbanned format has the potential for at least some more videos with other matchups, would love to see more.

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Love all of your content. The interaction between all of you guys is fantastic.

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Always a big fan of casual gameplay videos with interesting decks, especially pauper, really enjoyed it!

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Thoralf's aggressive happy shaking of the hand at the end, lol.

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Such a fun video, it was nice seeing the behind the scenes for this too.

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Terrific content, great chemistry, interesting perspectives, fun on a bun! My new obsession 👍

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Watching those who enjoy what they do makes it way more enjoyable keep up the passion card market!

[@marnixw8724]

19:55 My mind went to disciple of the vault and Atog though, was expecting affinity vs infect. Great video guys!

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Super fun match and decks. Also kudos to the editors for great music & sfx choice, as well as a superb UI!

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'll pass on the congratulations to the editor :) he's our new addition to the team

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Love this type of stuff, interesting gameplay is always welcome! Anything that shakes up standard play is gonna be a banger

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Great content as always guys, keep them coming! Really love the insightful interviews you give, since I've started watching this channel my own play has improved hugely thanks to your well-structured explanations - thanks! Would love to see some more inventive Pioneer brews, maybe golgari +1/+1 counters?

[@CardmarketMagic]

If you go to our community tab, you'll see that we are currently collecting pioneer brews from the viewers to play next week :) if you send in a deck, maybe we'll be able to send you the cards in the mail

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Haven't watched for a while but it's so well done. Enjoyed this one guys!

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Love all the content y'all make. Pauper content is especially wonderful!

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Love the content, guys. Keep it up! Awesome production quality, Carl! Also always happy to see Jamin and Toffel!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@JasonUmbergerLordofnothing]

I am so thankfully there are channels out there producing proper paper magic content, ya'll UI smashes everyone else out of the water. In the spirit of this video, would love to see No bans in other formats like Modern. Keep up the good work.

[@CardmarketMagic]

We have done a few NBL moderns before (4-5 of them). We were trying something new with Pauper here, but we might do a modern one again some day :)

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[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) we'll do our best!

[@Palex4516]

Love it when you guys play pauper! Its my favorite format ❤

[@CardmarketMagic]

It's my favourite format as will! I try to force in pauper videos as much as I can in the schedule 🤠

[@SkillsByNiels]

I would like to see more of this really interesting to see the astrolabe piles and other combo decks preform

[@daniisking]

There's the video you guys mentioned 😂

[@Martian_Manhunter]

Pauper is always good content and I love seeing the no banned list play. I would love to see some more unbans in the format, namely High Tide, Sink Hole, and Hymn. I could be talked into a Gush too haha.

[@Narakiomal]

OH YEAH BOYYYYY. T his is gonna be a spicy one :3 Good luck Jamin, you will need it cause HOO BOY Pauper Storm.

[@heyimbilliejean]

Love the sportsmanship of flipping it on the table. Reminds me of the Sam Black play at the first Modern PT when he was on Infect combo.

[@bakudanashita]

Woo! Pauper! I'm hype for this even if it is only a 20 minute video. Thank you for doing this. Looking forward to more pauper videos sometime in the future.

[@CardmarketMagic]

I wish we could do pauper video every week! :) it's my favourite format! But alas, I can only force them in every other month. Maybe we can help make the pauper community grow so I can push out more of these videos 😅

[@bakudanashita]

@@CardmarketMagic well, one way to help the format and community grow is to promote it so you're already doing the work there. Maybe by this time next year we'll get a pauper video every month instead of every other month.

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these decks look really fun, and you two seemed to have a great time playing them :)

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This is for the algorithm! Also thank you for your content, its always great to watch.

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i love how this channel is the perfect combo of goofs and incredibly high skill magic gameplay

[@saltandpauper]

I've been toying with the idea of a large scale no banned list pauper event in my local LGS. And filming the feature matches similar to your best decks tournament! I love that you guys had a similar idea!

[@CardmarketMagic]

That sounds great! If you do it, let us know. Feel free to write to [e-mail] if you ever have any production questions :) we always want more pauper content out there

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More pauper! I love your way of playing. Good decks, good plays but with a lot of laughter and interaction between players. Wholesome Magic content.

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm happy you enjoy it :) we put a lot of effort into our content

[@djanpo993]

Great video and I liked how you played out the last turn, it could have been an anti-climatic end, but you made it exciting :)

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Y’all are so much fun to watch playing these sort of games

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I would buy the Carl market sleeves

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We don't sell them, but those sleeves are made for us to give away at events. If you ever catch me with a pack of sleeves and 20 minutes, I'll make you some Carlmarket sleeves :)

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[@davec8385]

Such a fun video! Can't wait to watch more :)

[@henndahm72]

Now knowing that Toffel is working at KarmaCrow, where the team orders their cards, smells like cheating on Toffels part. He will always know what Jamin orders and can arrange his sideboard accordingly 😉

[@travelmind5487]

11:39 i really like the explainaition of the thought process.

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

big fan of infect and storm, fierce faceoff between the two! also recognizable moments from the behind-the-scenes as well! great work and effort put into very entertaining mtg videos!

[@CardmarketMagic]

I'm happy you enjoyed it :)

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

@@CardmarketMagic thank you! hope you enjoyed it as well!

[@CardmarketMagic]

@lastnamefirstname8655 I didn't play it, but I was so happy to see these two NBL Pauper decks play out :) it reminded me how much I appreciate the B&R team!

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

@@CardmarketMagic you're all doing great so far!

[@brayden2953]

Great video! I would love to see a cloudpost pauper deck going against old-school monoU combo.

[@julienmclean6011]

16:06 the move from the scry to the hand was really clean ;)

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Great video. You guys have some of the best quality 60 card paper content on KZbin.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) we try our best

[@bengolan8641]

I haven't even watched the video yet, just commenting for the algorithm because this channel is incredible. Love you guys

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :D

[@ssglitchers]

Great video as always, love to see pauper!

[@KosheiDeathless]

I love when you make those vids playing one another.

[@user-wy7rx2po3t]

currently on my longest break from magic for a while and Thoralf's excitement to win a no-stakes match against a friend is always such an antidote to any negativity

[@Shulwelld]

Love me some pauper! Would love to see this with the chatterstorm relay version of storm (or if you’re feeling especially mean, sinkhole/hymn to tourach prison initiative)

[@jackcherry474]

Love the no ban list videos, love the pauper videos, today must be Christmas!

[@__uvve__]

I dont know if you take suggestions but I would love to see a video where all of you choose a card you think is underrated in one format and build a deck around it to fight each other. Anyways I loved the video!

[@Varler_]

These games that bend the rules of Magic are always fun, even if it's just the rule of "no banlist." It's neat seeing what Magic COULD be like!

[@m1xxx3r]

3:00 Even when he's not in the spotlight, he's there, Carl is the Batman confirmed

[@ulyssessanchez2328]

Was looking forward to this video ❤

[@CardmarketMagic]

I hope you enjoyed it :)

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Loving this channel. My favorite new mtg channel.

[@nagsorinaste5658]

I'm always up for no banlist anything. SUper fun to see what crazy nonsense it could have been ^^

[@BaldurtheImpious]

Extra early for game play!! Awesome work cardmarket crew!

[@shaneg9081]

Fun times. I've got a storm deck that has way less banned cards than one, and it's totally broken. It felt good to see this in action again.

[@jacksonstein8866]

Pauper content is my favorite and I love seeing these banned card videos. If only it had been squirrel storm, the funniest pauper deck ive ever seen

[@Xavi_Shado]

This was a great video! Thank you!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@Sasoridellasabbia]

Worst flood in history Thoralf - "This is FASCINATING!"

[@nailahprincessofhokuto2024]

Good Memories. I've played both of these decks in some form in Pauper.

[@skuamato7886]

It's nice to see that storm is really just about the same in every format: You need to amass a critical mass of *stuff* in your hand and then *something* explodes

[@ChaosHedgehog2]

This was a fun watch!

[@KKDT]

Great game and video as always guys!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@XTimTheEnchanterX]

Wow so meta seeing the intro that Jamin flubbed in the behind the scenes video lol

[@jirkau555]

God, I remember playing this metagame in paper, one friend had storm, other had infect, and I was competing with green stompy with Nettle sentinels and Basking Rootvalas

[@alexn188]

I really enjoy this kind of content.

[@phillipmeade7640]

I usually don't care about pauper but you guys make any format enjoyable.

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US viewer here and i love all of your videos, regardless of what you do. You guys are some of the best entertainment and i love what you all bring! Cant get enough of your videos and get so excited for new ones.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) we do put a lot of work in these and also have a tremendous amount of fun making the videos! I'm happy you enjoy them. Is there anything specific you would like to see in an upcoming video?

[@zaiyu6962]

@CardmarketMagic You gents are the best! I love the constructed content battles, so if it's ever possible, maybe a best of the year modern decks competition like you did with standard! Lots of resources and time needed but wow that'd be fun

[@CardmarketMagic]

@@zaiyu6962 well that's a lucky coincidence because that's specifically what Andrea is flying to Berlin to record with us in a month! :D

[@zaiyu6962]

@@CardmarketMagic how exciting! Great minds think alike! I'm so excited to see you guys battle it out in these videos! Keep the uploads coming, they absolutely make my day!

[@zurreal8087]

I really love the pauper videos!

[@alliehera]

i love pauper gameplay vids!~ keep it up y'all!