UW Familiars vs Combo Tron | Does Infinite Life Beat Infinite Damage?

[@CardmarketMagic]

🏰⚙ Decklists: bit.ly/3nHgt16

[@danjunior55]

Is it just me, but i dont see em?

[@door5026]

does the golem foundry work like this? it reads when you cast a spell, but you are not casting a card from your grave, it is just put onto the battle field?

[@simonetjulien6310]

​@@door5026 mir retriever puts the card in your hand, so he casts it again with the 2 mana he got from sacrificing the other mir

[@door5026]

Cool ty for clearing it up 😁

[@brisinger117]

link is broken it seems

[@jongibson4766]

I don't understand how a single pauper match can be *this* captivating and people still are afraid to play without rares and mythics. Seriously, this was one of the most entertaining matches I've seen in awhile, very well done all around

[@2LettersSho]

Pauper has become such a wild format in recent times. Described as Legacy lite for over a decade (for good reason) but the decks have gotten so powerful and diverse without insane planeswalkers and legends with walls of text that it's really something special.

[@OtherSideLLC]

​@bryceb.5497I really want to put Khenra in a prowess deck but alas uncommon

[@screamyhawk4004]

I heard someone say "Only commons? That's so slow and boring" 😂

[@devidviezzi9126]

​@@screamyhawk4004 the only reason pauper Will never become a huge format is that there are few money to be made... Beside that, it's a great affordable format even for beginners

[@arivald6677]

People hate pauper because matches are long, game aren't feel flashy enough. You are often dead but opponenent can't quite finish you off and you dont want to scoop since there is technically still hope etc.

[@jacobparker1651]

I think what makes Mengu such a great guest here (and great person for Magic in general) is that he genuinely loves every format that he plays, even if he's not as familiar with it, and it makes it so fun to watch every match that he's a part of

[@nathanielreichley4640]

Mengu is a great guest he has such good chemistry with the crew and he and Toffel bring such a high caliber of skill too (...of course so do Carl and Jamin, obviously)

[@blueplayer6197]

I don't know what it is about Toffel but the man just brings positive energy and he is really skilled too. Just fantastic.

[@colgatelampinen2501]

Mengu is the best human being ever. We want to see him every day.

[@artemiou707]

Imagine if they hire him 😂

[@Tom-qg7jx]

Yesss❤

[@AndreaMengucci]

It makes so happy to read the comments of these Pauper Veedeos I record with you guys. Can't wait to be back :)

[@CardmarketMagic]

According to the comments, we should be getting you a flat in Berlin 😅

[@DackKija]

Back and already dropping Pauper with Mengucci. Carl is king

[@heitortremor]

I do really appreciate the competitive gameplay and commentary for paper magic. So many channels either have more casual players or just play on Arena.

[@ConManAU]

Andrea vs Thoralf is always an amazing matchup. Two champion Magic players, insane combo decks, really insightful commentary/interviews, and the layout of the game both physically and in post-production makes it easy to see what’s going on.

[@outputcoupler7819]

I love Mengu's deadpan sass. Oh, you have infinite counters? Fantastic.

[@Awesomesausages]

Mengu and the Cardmarket team, what more could we ask for

[@CardmarketMagic]

It could have done so much 🥲

[@Cynsham]

The Mengucci content is some of the best on the channel, please bring him back more

[@giacomofasulo3861]

Please for the love of God hire mengu permanently, even if he doesn't want it, I crave this content

[@CardmarketMagic]

We offered, but it'll take an army to get him to move from Sunny Italy 🇮🇹

[@giacomofasulo3861]

​@@CardmarketMagic I'm from Italy so I understand him

[@goombadoagnew9358]

What an amazing matchup, these games are immensely entertaining and super valuable for learning the reasonings behind certain decisions in competitive play. also i love the way that Mengu’s deck can outpace Thoralf’s infinite damage with “infinity plus one” life

[@TaisxD]

Man I've missed you guys. The carl tips was cool, the decks were a bunch of fun and Toffel+Mengu is always a ridiculously good combi

[@oafkad]

I don't care about magic anymore but I still watch these. Such great folks having a good time.

[@user-fu7no1xu5b]

Carl this was by far the best match on this channel. I really like the new "carl comments" at the top of the screen lol. Also I love both of these players and would love to see them more often. Thank you for the entertaining content!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you for watching it :) maybe the Carl comments can be a regular feature

[@ClanCrusher]

33:30 That was so cheeky. "If you want to negate that..." I would have loved to see the alternate timeline where it did get negated and watch that game play out.

[@smokyprogg]

Mengu has such a fun energy to him. Gotta respect both his skill and approach to the game

[@Okreta]

Love mengu. His veedeos helped me qualify for my first bigger tournament with a borrowed deck I had never piloted before. Keep bringing him back!

[@polarmage2577]

Pauper with these two is probably my favorite type of videos here.

[@Sk82478]

I love how the music kicks in when he ephemerates mulldrifter cause “We’re doing it baby!”

[@davidhansen5067]

Enjoying the Mengucci videos, but I'd also really love to see Frank Karsten back again sometime!

[@CardmarketMagic]

We almost had him back a few weeks ago for an exciting new series that we are starting next week! It did not work out, but we will definitely be having Frank over again :)

[@davidhansen5067]

@@CardmarketMagic That's great! I'm excited to see the new series, and whatever you can get Frank in for.

[@loxeggcheese]

It’s always a delight to see mengu playing the format of the people! Also wow meeting of the minds seems pretty insane, might have to try it out in caw gates

[@sharnaff]

Getting to meet Toffel and having him autograph one of the cards in my pauper deck was the highlight of my Magicon.

[@eric.ingram]

I really enjoy the Mengucci content but I especially appreciate Thoralf and how he let me get a picture with him in Minneapolis. For the record I would’ve definitely “paid” (done) 30 push-ups for one.

[@Thorg42]

Keep having fun gentlemen. We'll keep enjoying the commentary and the games. Sharing this with you is a real privilege

[@CardmarketMagic]

It's a privilege on our end too :) thank you for being here! We are very grateful

[@isaacsantos6200]

Could I get an explanation of the combo with the retriever? 😅 Would love to see more of these!!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Sure! Step 1: have one Myr retriever in the graveyard ans one on the board. Also have an Ashnod's Altar and a Golem Foundry on the board. Step 2: sacrifice your Myr retriever to the Altar, adding 2 mana and triggering the Retriever, which allows you to bring the Retriever from the graveyard back to your hand. Step 3: Play the retriever from your hand with the 2 floating mana. This adds a counter to the Foundry. You find yourself back at Step 1, but with one extra counter on the Golem Foundry. Repeat steps 1-3 until you have 999 counters on the Golem Foundry. Use the counters on the Foundry to make 333 Golems. Sacrifice any amount of Golems to the Altar to add yourself as much mana as you want. Need more mana? Repeat steps 1-3 as many times as you like. When ready, attack with your golems.

[@aneurintaylor8084]

pauper is truly the coolest format, for sure want more of it

[@thesleepinggloom2603]

The crew that got me into pauper in the first place! Love it! I'll always shout out how good of a channel this is!!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you! :) always glad to know we got someone into pauper! My favourite format!

[@Razomka]

Excellent stuff! Definitely more of Mengucci! Also, there was a typo in the Carl updates 😅 The editing was bomb as well, I see a few improvements and they are spicy!

[@CardmarketMagic]

There will always be typos in the Carl updates 😅 English is not my first language, and my spelling is generally terrible

[@dexterkennedy6710]

Absolutely love the pauper content, keep up the good work👍

[@ericdobrowski5033]

I love these games, you guys make this game look so easy!! I'm always down for more Mengu and will always watch a video he is in, thank you for putting this together!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you for watching it :)

[@chummer2060]

You two are some of my favorite Magic people. Thanks for the great games.

[@tigertailboss8970]

Mengu is such a fantastic player, I love watching him especially on card market with the pace yall have in your videos, legit my favourite magic content right here, please bring him back for more games and videos

[@CardmarketMagic]

We plan to :)

[@SeleenShadowpaw]

The delivery of 'Mean and _hateful_ counterspells' really spoke to me :D

[@maxhammond3398]

I LOVE SEEING OTHER FORMATS AND I WANT TO WATCH MORE IN PERSON 1V1’s😊

[@kathleenbirrell3222]

Toffel saying “my chromatic if you want to negate it” calling out mengu after talking about how important it is that he doesn’t negate it is so ballsy and funny 😂😂

[@NearlyKira]

love love love love Mengu! Enjoy seeing him lots in the already fantastic cardmarket videos ❤

[@ReederMG]

3 great games! Loved watching Mengu run away with it in game 1 and then Toffel run away with it in game 3

[@herrar6595]

Pauper seems like a great format, never thought only commons could escalate like this....

[@andesmountain9178]

Ooh pro player tip from a fellow pro- mengu bottomed the ash barrens in their opening hand game two when mulling to 6, but should have kept it. The reason being you play ash barrens turn one. Turn two float the mana from it, play the chancery, and then cycle the barrens you bounced back to hand, with the mana it produced that turn. That way you deck thin by one, and instead of having an island and chancery, you have an island or plains, and a chancery, and two drawn cards to see if you need the white or blue more.

[@marc-antoineboudreau2317]

Amazing as always!

[@1ntegrator]

Such a great video, Mengu is always fantastic to see. Not just because he is an amazing magic player with great charisma but also because he is accepts defeat so gracefully. Love to see him every time. Also both of you played really well and provided entertaining and insightful commentary

[@Knightgum2]

Really fun matches to watch! Combo tron is always nice cuz it looks like a machine getting assembled. And Mengu is always great to see

[@superstarichiban]

I have this eggs deck, and it's my favorite combo in pauper next to Cycle Storm. Obviously, I love my mono red deck, but I like gaining 36 life on my opponents' turn and then untapping with infinite dummies

[@Ian-qf5ny]

Honestly not a huge fan of these kind of matchups but i am a fan of thoralf and mengu playing pauper matches!!

[@z33pys5]

More pauper please! ❤❤ Love seeing you two battle it out 🙌

[@ewaep]

I'd like to see "Moggwartz school of chicanery" pauper deck revolving around first day of class and persist goblins. murderous redcap/putrid goblin with a sac outlet. skirk prospector + sling gang liutenant or mogg raider + attacking creatures

[@Hikorzik]

Love the pauper veedeeos with Thoralf and Mengu! I'm brewing a fams list too eheh it was nice to see it in play

[@cooljoe500]

Mengu is a great guy. Always enjoy his videos on your channel.

[@marekjurcik]

Mengu FTW!-) More vids with Andrea and pauper are welcome. Thank you for the wonderful content! Nice animations and sounds btw.

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :) I put a lot of effort into making these videos. And Andrea will, of course, be coming back for more content after this series

[@theprojectdaemon]

Mengu + Pauper, two of my favourites in Magic.

[@Moersfreak]

Mengu's deck might just be the coolest deck ever.

[@noahjaffe3094]

10:47 Thoralf's Mengu impression spot on lol

[@Peinfull87]

Ohh that tron deck is kinda like a deck i made tons of years ago with all the artifact lands, the retrievers, the krark clan ironworks, the goblin charbelcher and disciple of the vault. Yes i know there was more than 1 combo there, but had to do it just in case since i didn't have enough money for all the good cards i wanted, so i had to get creative, deck was lots of fun at the time.

[@ananmaysahu4563]

wait so does Carl do the editing for EVERY video? because holy shit those are some clean, simple, easy to read graphics. I am never EVER confused about what is happening despite how complex magic is because of the brilliant graphic displays showing everything that is happening.

[@bagualjueeegos5489]

Por lejos quizás el mejor canal con contenido de mtg en la actualidad. By far the best channel with mtg content. Congrats !!

[@CardmarketMagic]

Thank you :)

[@Bl4cker]

by mengu's beard you can tell this episode was recoreded quite in the past :D

[@CardmarketMagic]

It was recorded a month ago. These videos take me quite some time to make 😅 I can't release them all at once

[@Bl4cker]

@@CardmarketMagic Oh yeah, production quality is insane, very well done :) I just wanted to meme on mengu's beard. 😀

[@CardmarketMagic]

@@Bl4cker a worthy cause!

[@justinleblanc9089]

I am so happy to see you guys playing pauper again! Awesome video!

[@-homerow-]

More Pauper with Mengu!!! These videos help me pick bulk to the bone!

[@Shafournee]

I always want more Mengu!!

[@CilantroGamer]

9:44 I summon Pot of Greed to draw 2 additional cards from my deck!

[@EmperorTime]

I've gotta buy both these decks. So awesome

[@EmperorTime]

Watching them play and talk through the plays helps so much with the general strategy and concepts. I love these videos! Thank you 😀

[@Lightning_Lance]

Now I only know these decks from this video, but it feels like the Azorius Familiars deck is kind of better than the Tron deck in every way: it's more flexible, draws more cards, has more disruption, and it's combo beats the Tron deck combo if you both go off in the same turn cycle.

[@CardmarketMagic]

It's usually a hard match-up for the tron player to win

[@josefinacabrera589]

Love these competitive 1v1 matches!!

[@andreash.9251]

Awesome Match and you both are such awesome people. I'd love to see more like this!

[@slightgraph89]

The thing about pauper is how grindy and skillful it is. Games take forever, actions cost extra and/or do less, you can't make a mistake and not be massively punished. It's everything playing normal magic isn't, including fun

[@djanpo993]

Great video! Glad that you got 3 good keeps and 3 interactive games

[@Niakk55]

That was a great match I truly love the interviews the thought process really helps with what I should be thinking as well thank you again

[@ryukaze20]

This makes me wanna build a Pauper deck... Nice match

[@nicolocuzzocrea]

Toffel with his italian impressions killed me in a good way

[@peterrowley110]

love the friendly competition. both of you are amazing!

[@DerringerHK]

Always love to see Andrea on the channel, hes a joy :)

[@CardmarketMagic]

He is :)

[@DerringerHK]

@@CardmarketMagic would you guys (Carl, Jamin, Toffel) ever consider doing some EDH with Mengu? Would be interesting to see Mengu play in a non-competitive format with the gang :)

[@CardmarketMagic]

@DerringerHK we are doing EDH with MTG Goldfish soon and will be doing more whenever we have more casual guests. We probably won't do EDH with Andrea since the audience does not really overlap and we'd rather focus on more competitive stuff when Andrea is around :)

[@DerringerHK]

@@CardmarketMagic That makes sense I suppose :) Thank you for the reply...Jamin? Lol

[@CardmarketMagic]

@DerringerHK Carl ;) Jamin replies on all the other social media channels but I'm the one who manages KZbin

[@Unhappypanda]

Always love to see some good old pauper on the channel keep it up!

[@xano2663]

please bring mengu back ❤. whole cardmarket crew is also great tho. the editing and and gameplay is presented in a very pleasing way

[@2007Shockwave]

Just could imagine Mengu dumping all the dice on a day you played dice factory or something. You had a lot of dice on a few episodes.

[@LucasCosta-hi8ig]

love you both!!! Mengu and Arne are top notch!

[@Mightypi]

If Thoralf Is gonna keep playing tron (plz do) then Carl could save himself a tone of time and just make a little animation for 'natural'. Just the word next to an image of Thoralf looking pleased with himself.

[@CardmarketMagic]

That's actually a great idea for next time he plays tron! 😃 expect to see it

[@Nighterfighter1771]

Always great to watch professionals play Magic!

[@MrTandtrollet]

@37:00 You never discard the 1-off Mortuary Mire!!! =O

[@FreddieCleeve]

Watching Mengu playing pauper is awesome seeing how he plays is so cool! We need more pauper and more Mengu!

[@bluesmanshoes]

6:04 That Skyrim bear sound

[@matteomazzola3958]

Nice deck! Keep up with the combo content

[@albaeemperor9103]

Both would not be my first choice of deck but nice gameplay. Its a pity, that there are no big pauper tournaments in germany. Hopefully this will change in the future.

[@cowmooie]

I love these videos so much. Pioneer is my fav but all of its good with jamin and toffel

[@heitortremor]

I'm so excited for Pauper!

[@XTimTheEnchanterX]

Oh boy more Mengu, I'll take as much Mengu on the channel as possible!

[@matthiasklepsch899]

So nice to See Mengu and Thoralf playing some Pauper. Regarding the Myr Retriever combo, a short Animation or flow chart explaining combo would be nice ...

[@CardmarketMagic]

They did not talk about it long enough for me to make an adequate overlay and I thought that pausing the video would ruin the pacing. But if you like, I can explain the combo to you here :)

[@JonnMcDude]

More Andrea on any format 💗💗

[@47cloud69]

The card he’s talking about at 10:05 is shared discovery

[@Chaoslorden]

Excellent show and I love when you show games like this. ❤

[@mosesdaugird6874]

What great editing! Awesome gameplay too! Love it.

[@Narakiomal]

YEYEYEYE THORALFTRON TIME!!!

[@anthonybrainwood8015]

It would be awesome to see Mengu play commander honesty.

[@BrootalMetalBanjo]

Loved UW familiar since I saw pauper format

[@dokanzan5623]

Love to see this two together, but i miss Arne VS andre/thoralf, as always nice video guys!

[@Scub]

„What do we do?“ „Ulamog“ „Would be so good.“ Just have to love these guys! Keep bringing Mengu back and have him face Toffel! ❤❤

[@deepsolar169]

I (to my suprise) beat the Combo Tron deck once with a Toxic/Infect Deck. ONE is awesome for it, but I'm working on including some infect cards in the deck