I still feel Pauper is the most competitive and interesting format. You can no longer "buy" your victory because your cards are "better" than opponents.

Oh professor, you have absolutely outdone yourself with this one.

@TolarianCommunityCollege

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's real nice to hear.

"I wasn't expecting the Inquisition.... of Kozilek" *narrows eyes* NOBODY EXPECTS THE INQUISITION.. of kozilek!

@nathanielyoon3592

9 жыл бұрын

Uh, just, er, pretend to turn it.

@edandadria

9 жыл бұрын

+BuriedFlame Maybe put him to the Rak...dos?

@expohshappyhour1460

4 жыл бұрын

I know this is a 4 year comment, but I legit have to say hi, nice pic

I like that the professor treats pauper like one of the big MTG formats

Professor, it was so awesome to meet you at the GP in Oakland! I was looking for a new deck to build in pauper, and since I already have a dredge legacy deck and a Living End modern, this fit kind of the theme of what I like to play. I kept it almost exactly the same, except for the addition of a couple Macabre Waltz's and 3 Vines of the Vastwood and it's doing great. Thanks again for the videos!

@TolarianCommunityCollege

8 жыл бұрын

+Bridget “BurghurKhang” Theodore So awesome to meet you too! Cheers!

Your reactions in this video make it one of my favorite :) Just got back into Magic and "dredging" up my cards for Pauper.

Started playing Magic a year ago and thanks to you I'm doing fairly well, thanks for all the great information and great videos!

NOBODY EXPECTS THE INQUISITION OF KOZILEK - to be so expensive ;-;

@KyuubyMaster

7 жыл бұрын

Lion Reichelt NOBODY EXPECTS THE KOZILEK INQUISITION!

@KyuubyMaster

7 жыл бұрын

Elias Medley oh, you are very welcome, mate. Have a good day.

I love this deck! Took it down my lgs today and played it with the only other pauper player in store, loved the synergy in this deck. Best thing is other players got interested in the format and they now want to build pauper decks so hopefully we'll have a player base within the store I go to.

The intro had me rolling on the floor! Great video! :D

Please tell me that radio show was fake.

@TolarianCommunityCollege

9 жыл бұрын

+Drew Peterson It's a podcast. All the numbers are real.

@Sheriff_K

9 жыл бұрын

+Tolarian Community College Just a few months ago those Cards (the non-reprinted ones) were fractions of fractions of their price... Wow. Like Liliana, so much for that Promo reprint, banning Cruise and Pod really put GB Attrition Decks back on the map. >_

@Jedicake

9 жыл бұрын

Tolarian Community College​ Hrm... But it was sort of a sketch where they really weren't recommending to buy that, right. I think I'm too dumb to figure that out. 

@TolarianCommunityCollege

9 жыл бұрын

+Drew Peterson It was meant as a joke. They were *as a joke* saying that those cards were a great bargain. Then they transition to talking about the $2.00 Pauper deck.

@Jedicake

9 жыл бұрын

Tolarian Community College I feel dumb. Sorry about that.

This deck can be insane with *Tortured* *Existence* and a few more tweaks. I almost never lose with my golgari deck, it's a more controlling build than agro and runs my opponent out of cards and never runs out itself.

When he did that bit about the credit card, I almost died. Haha

Hey Prof, love that you're always spotlighting these podcasts. I've been listening to these guys for a while now--they're really informative! good to see em getting some spotlight too. Keep up the good work, as always!

This is still my favourite deck tech. Although I made changes as it is so customisable, it hammers people over again and is just so much fun to play. Thank you Professor, you have been my greatest teacher!

2:36 THAT CRACKED ME UP SO HARD!!

@TolarianCommunityCollege

9 жыл бұрын

+Shiny Bottom Studios Hehehe

Sayter Wayfinder is quite good in dredge decks. Most pauper green black graveyard decks run them. Tortured Existence and Grim Harvest are great recurring engine cards.

@odioalospoopers

5 жыл бұрын

in this deck you need to be able to get creatures while you fill your graveyard, what satyr won't do. and i feel macabre waltz will work better than grim harvest since both gives you two delve creatures from the yard and allows you to discard either a dredge engine or viscera dragger

Commune with the gods hits creatures and enchantments, not lands and enchantments.

@TurnOneThoughtseize

9 жыл бұрын

+harel Hazan-Fuchs Yes I definitely misspoke there, and it is unfortunate because that was something I wanted to point out. The sentiment is the same, Commune is not as good as grisly salvage, unlike other similar decks we really want to hit our 3rd and sometimes even forth land drop with this deck, and commune not aiding in that is unfortunate but doable if kept in mind. Thank you for pointing this out and I hope people see it.

@TheDemko

9 жыл бұрын

+Turn One Thoughtseize It was noticed by others (namely, me), and this comment is definitely being seen. Maybe you guys could send +Tolarian Community College a quick re-record of that segment, just in case? This is a great deck idea, and will have a huge impact in Pauper, if it isn't already. I really wish Pauper could gain a bit more notoriety as a competitive format, so that it could maybe be up for consideration for GPs, PTs and TCG Opens. I think this would be a super fun format to watch on an official MTG-commentator stream. Plus, it would allow those of us who want to become part of these big-time events the opportunity to play without having to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on decks, on TOP of already exorbitant travel expenses. Wizards already has an established 'Eternal Weekend'. Why aren't Pauper and EDH tournaments considered for those?

@ellahazan-fuchs7249

9 жыл бұрын

TheDemko Pauper should be considered eternal, but commander is the "casual" format.

@DontBeShai

9 жыл бұрын

+TheDemko WotC has little reason to support Pauper on such grand scales as a GP or PT because it doesn't drive sales in the same way other constructed formats do. People will open boxes and cases to find mythics, but they'll buy their commons for pauper for 10c-25c from a store (even though logically, those roles should be reversed).

@TheDemko

9 жыл бұрын

+DontBeShai Does anyone really believe that Legacy and Vintage drive actual pack sales in any way, shape, or form? Modern, *MAYBE*... Standard, for certain... but definitely NOT Legacy or Vintage. Those decks are all full of traded or cards purchased on the secondary market. Wizards doesn't see a dime of those, and yet, those formats are supported on grand scales.

"Faerie mackabree" lol

@joelrichardson5139

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao I just saw that

Hey, you making videos like this got me into the enjoyment of other formats! Keep it up!

Great video, just one thing...More Pauper Deck Techs Please!! Also videos on sideboards....I just suck at them and want to get better a building and more importantly uses them. Keep up the great work. Your channel is my number 1 place for all things Magic.

watching this as i double sleeve my deck. thanks professor. these KMCs are the best!

Instantly my favorite episode. You should do this more.

Your reaction at the start is perfect. How I react when my friend starts talking about pro decks.

As a pauper beginner, I'm home brewing a couple of decks to "soften the blow" of two major issues I had as a casual player branching out into competitive play and that was mulliganing, and card draw stability. From my experience Golgari, and Jund, for those more resourceful, are the best colors for pauper or MTG introduction in general IMHO. I'm working on a couple of homebrews now, albeit I am a sucker for thematic aesthetic. The first is a Golgari Wall manaramp control spider deck I dub arachniphobia, and the second is a Jund mana ramping "fodders revenge" elemental deck that I am considering an optional ponza sideboard on. I'm pretty socially atomized ATM, so casual testing is out of question for me, as well as immediate feedback from my local pauper discord community, so I suppose I'm crowdsourcing and metaphorically wailing on a wall to see what sticks. Thanks for hearing me out.

I love Pauper, great video (as always) Professor! :)

Thanks for introducing me to pauper, Professor. Great format!!

5:37 "We take a land or an enchantment instead of a creature." But wait, Commune of The Gods reads: "You may put a CREATURE or ENCHANTMENT from among them into your hand." "It's not quite as good as Grisly Salvage as we can't grab creatures with it." YES, YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN. It's LANDS you can't grab with it. Also, I might just build this. It looks pretty fun. Very cool video.

That introduction was awesome!

love the intro to this vid! :D

We're going to start having pauper tournaments at my college for our game club. I'm going to have to try this out. I'll have to switch out the Chainer's Edict for paper magic, but that's not hard to do. My first thought was putting another Doom Blade in the sideboard to replace Edict and taking the Doom Blade and one Hooting Mandrills out of the main board to put in two Greater Mossdogs. Greater Mossdog just makes two more cards you can dredge with in case you don't get that Stinkweed Imp.

Great!!!! More please!!! Would like to see a combo pauper deck with midnightguard and presence of gond!!!! Love Pauper!!

I've got a Commander Tech for Nekusar. It is a draw-burn build, and it is tons of fun to play. you make it really difficult for the other players to hate you. I call it... "The True Meaning of Christmas." Use cards like Howling Mine, Dictate of Kruphix, and Kami of the Crescent Moon to add to the draw count, and then use Fate Unraveler and Spiteful Visions to punish the opponents for having the audacity to have a draw step. cards like Day's Undoing and Wheel of Fortune help accelerate the burn and are great for disrupting hands and strategies. if you'd like, i can share my full list with you.

ghastly demise prices have jumped, but i still picked it up because it's still insanely cheap. i'm new to the game and am having a lot of fun with this deck. thanks for the budget info!

Just bought this. About to give it a go!

Awesome episode!

Victim of Night could be good removal for this deck. I also like Distress instead of Duress. Its like a turn 2 Thoughtseize with out the lose of life. I do understand turn 1 is better though. It's just a thought. Awesome video! I've been wanting to make a Pauper deck. I even have most a good amount of these cards already.

Nobody expects the Inquisition of Kozilek! To be so expensive!

I love the opening radio show talking about Inquisition of kozilek savings: "Inquisition of kozilek, two printings, this should easily be a 25 or 30 dollar card..." right now in February 2016, yup, its a 25-30 dollar card! They were right!

This is a heavy deck! I enjoyed this one quite a bit and may build one just for fun. :) Thanks!

Aww yeah pauper! Thanks, Prof!

Legacy dredge has been a great deck and I love it, this looks like it could also work omfg this makes me so happy!

@joeleekhead3997

9 жыл бұрын

+wicksterwaza Amusingly enough, Legacy Dredge is not only ridiculously powerful, but you could pick up the entire deck for less than the cost of just those Liliana's in the opening sketch. Plus, you get to play in Legacy which is just incredible fun.

I like the decks under $50. Need more of those videos.

thanks professor this build is really good

Really digging the Mars trilogy on the shelf:)

What about Tortured Existence? 1 mana enchantment, 1 mana and discard a creature to return a creature from your graveyard to your hand. This card synergizes amazingly with stinkweed imp because you dredge 5, put the imp back to your hand, then 1 black mana and pitch it to get any delve creature back from your grave. And next turn the imp is already in the grave.

Amazing intro man, got a good laugh ! :D

I just had another great idea. Instead of using some of these other removal spells, why not use Dead Weight? It's an enchantment that gives -2/-2, so the effect lasts unlike Disfigure, and you can also tutor for it (more or less) when you cast Commune with the Gods.

@themagicmanpage

8 жыл бұрын

+MikesUltimatum true, but that isnt at instant speed

This is one of my favourite skits

I thought a nifty idea would be for you to analyze the concept or theory of MTG becoming a LCG compared to remaining a TCG and what impact that could and would have on the health and future of MTG.

@ethanfordford6621

9 жыл бұрын

What is a lcg

@graham6806

9 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Ford Ford It's a living card game. Essentially every player will buy a sealed product and that is what you are allowed to build your deck with. Everyone is on equal footing financially as there's no such thing as any one card's value since there's no rarity. If you buy Expansion X of the game then you know exactly what you're going to get in the box. You lose the limited format as there aren't any boosters but the constructed format is a lot more accessible.

@reyhamyo9519

9 жыл бұрын

+Ethan Ford Ford Living card game

@kuru-chan6644

9 жыл бұрын

You could still cube. The main problem with LCGs is the precons get harder to find and then they cost a lot anyway.

@kiDchemical

9 жыл бұрын

That's been my dream since I started playing in 1995

A budget standard jund deck would be a cool video!

That was a strong delivery of "be so expensive."

@TolarianCommunityCollege

9 жыл бұрын

+Philiptanzer Acting!

Commune with gods at 5:43 does say it's for creatures. Also so far at least until theros rotates i'm seeing a mostly standard pauper, but we'll see. (as oppose to the modern pauper i know this likely to be).

@LithmusEarth

9 жыл бұрын

Putrid Imp makes it look like it slipped into Legacy or maybe that's vintage pauper.

I had no idea Inquisition had gotten so expensive either, Professor. Nobody expected it. On a completely unrelated note, I suppose I ought to sell some of my spare Inquisitions...

hello professor. i would very much like a deck tech about ad nauseam. keep on being awesome as usual.

thanks i learned a ton!

love the deck I decided to make it my first pauper deck just got my friends into pauper were working on getting a pauper event going on at fnm although I did change the deck a bit i took viscera dragger out for exhume it makes drawing 2 creatures off grisly salvage pure value and also lets me get out a gurmag on turn 2

Thumbs up for the first two minutes alone!

What model is that radio on your desk? I love it and need one!

Good intro professor. Your acting get much much better ;)

13:04 »And if you have any questions, you can email us at (raises voice) thoughtseizeyou@gmail.com ...« *awkward silence* (expecting a followup) *video ends* ...okay.

@koreannom

7 жыл бұрын

ermagurd xD

Why it doesnt play satyr wayfinder?

@odioalospoopers

5 жыл бұрын

satyr doesn't gets creatures, and only looks 4 instead of 5, what both salvage and commune do

I don't know if it depends on the play group, but Chainer's Edict was never printed as a common. So in it's place I put a Diabolic Edict in. One in the main board and one in the sideboard.

Thank you for the Vid, I just got this deck going. I am wondering though, because i'm unfamiliar with a lot of cards, what are a couple changes to this deck to make it better? Id like to spend a few more dollars on this deck for a few cards to make it better while still keeping the awesome style and goal of the deck. Thanks.

pauper is by far the best format so easy to play competitive and most decks are about the price of a meal at a resturaunt and usually a lot less

@blondiwithstyle

6 жыл бұрын

I bought this deck for 45 bucks. Wouldn't call that "cheap". But it is indeed cheaper than the other formats.

@davidbrent2069

6 жыл бұрын

blondiwithstyle it goes for less than 3 dollars if you buy it online(for mtgo) at mtgotraders. The list i'm looking at right now says $2.65

If you're not even going to use the flashback on Chainer's Edict, then why not use Diabolic Edict, or Geth's Verdict for the instant speed?

@Alex_Simpson711

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree but for me I'm debating if I'm going to put geth's verdict, diabolic edict and or dash Hope's as a few cards for my side board so should I?

@David-gj9qr

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's probably best to use diabolic edict. They didn't use geth's verdict because it's double black and that can be hard to cast in pauper.

Pauper and Legacy, Yea!

I believe when they talk about commune with the gods they are actually referring to grisly salvage, which is a common for bg that does what they say.

wow this is mechanically similar to how my legacy grave power deck works, very nice

Also just want to point out Viscera Dragger's foil looks sooooo awesome

It's the Death Gate Cycle books on your shelf!

Just slaps the tolarian community college logo on anothers podcast. Or was this a collab? I love it!

This is how I feel all the time 😂

Two things: Putrid Imp lets you discard any card, not only creature cards. Commune with the Gods grabs enchantments and creatures, and not lands.

@5:40 "Can't get creatures." What does the card say? >:(

@faydunkel7832

7 жыл бұрын

xX_n0t_em0_Xx and at 6:48 he says that you can only discard creature cards

That music is freaking me out man!

Nobody expects the inquisition of Kozilek to be expensive. Hopefully it gets reprinted in the Return to Zendikar block.

Do a should you buy the Zendikar vs. Eldrazi duel decks

Couple of Dash Hopes in the sideboard!

omg best video ever i love you man

as of today, Ghastly Demise in itself is like... 4.26 tix on mtgo. I'm boarding in 2 more Doom Blades to make up for that, keeping it in the $2 spirit :3 Almost done building this deck! Loving the looks of it!

What card is the artwork from in the Removal section of the video? Anyone know?

When he said "Mack-a-bree" for Macabre, i almost fell over.

Hahaha the first 2mins of this video is often my reaction. I lol'd hard at the Inquisition of Kozilek comment.

LOL this never gets old

These prices make me scarred to create a new deck, these cards mentioned at the beginning are what I need for my deck....

As much as I like the look of this deck, I think I might go UB instead of GB. With Blue, I can play Tiagem's Scheming which allows me to stack my draws and gets rid of things I don't really need (as well as allows me to put Stinkweed into the grave). I can play Anticipate which helps me dig for my main cards. I can play Ponder and Preordain, all of which dig for me. I can play some counters for removal. And all of these, while a bit slower, still add to my grave count while giving me Delve fodder. And I could even play Delver. Just a thought on this. I'll try both

"That's Insane!" :O

I just put this together and it's a lot of fun. sucks when your opponent plays to relic of progenitus against you thought...

prof, would you be interested in a update video since shadow over inn carried a fair amount of graveyard pieces?

I have to chime in and say that Satyr Wayfinder should be in the deck. Hitting land drops while dredging is important and the satyr makes it work. If we really want to go all-in on graveyard, then Drown in Filth could be of some use, though I wouldn't play more than two copies.

hey prof! Zendikar vs Eldrazi worth buying? looking forward for this vid :)

Nobody expects the Kozilek Inquisition!

Epic intro

Personally, I'd put 4x Aerial Volley into the Sideboard of any/all Pauper Decks, it's just REALLY powerful.

I've got a list of this that i put together, it's mostly the same, but i've tweaked it a little to be a bit more control-ish with Treasured Find to get stuff back as well as Spider Spawning, and it works beautifully: 4x Gurmag Angler 4x Hooting Mandrills 4x Putrid Imp 4x Stinkweed Imp 3x Treasured Find 4x Wild Mongrel 4x Evolving Wilds 7x Forest 4x Jungle Hollow 7x Swamp 3x Bone Splinters 4x Commune with the Gods 4x Spider Spawning 4x Grisly Salvage And Yes, I'm aware of the fact that it isn't FULLY pauper, it's just a casual deck.

I wasn't expecting the Monty Python! Btw is it just me hearing things, Professor, or when you were hitting the radio were the static sounds going "Pau-per! Pau-per!"?

I enjoy your decks, would you please make a contraption deck?

Wait, what card is "Aerial Assault" at 4:47? I can't find it anywhere, as a BFZ spoiler or through magiccards.info.

Professor, could you help me find a replacement for Putrid Imp; I couldn't find it anywhere. I also had troubles with grisly salvage, but I bought a couple of Drown in Filth.