Mono Black vs Psychatog | Quarterfinals 4 - Quest for the Best Deck Ever

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What was the best deck ever? We started with the 27 Standard decks to win a World Championship, played five rounds of Swiss, and now we bring you each match of the Top 8. Andrea is playing Thoralf here and either Black Knight or Psychatog could be knocked out of the tournament.
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@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

♞👾 Decklists: bit.ly/43om5Nb

@DeathEatsCurry 11 месяцев назад

The way you guys convey important game information like hands and graveyard stuff without being over-the-top or obnoxious is absolutely top notch.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@ClubbingSealCub 11 месяцев назад

Teferi's Response looks like a weird card, but it was a card printed to deal with Rishadan Port at the time.

@Spaccaspecchi 11 месяцев назад

Nothing feels better than countering Plague Spores in IPA limited with that thing.

@hopinggirl1722 11 месяцев назад

ohhh cool ty for the comment :) i was thinking it was only good for strip mine/wasteland ofc but the permanent text does nothing. have a good day

@Lightning_Lance 11 месяцев назад

such a blowout card. They don't print their anti-hate hate cards like that anymore..

@mightyone3737 11 месяцев назад

I suspect it caught the odd Seismic Mage unawares as well, hard to believe they printed Seismic Mage after printing Dwarven Miner. Yeah, hitting a basic is sweet, but 4 mana for a 1/1 is always a terrible rate, and Dwarven Miner keeps way more fit, I kinda suspected that Seismic Mage got that name as a form of anti-fat bullying, the card is a real 'feelsbad' sorta card, having such a hilariously good hoser printed in it's block is just all the more heartbreaking.

@milanmach2379 11 месяцев назад

@@Lightning_Lance Veil of Summer

@theweirdlyfriendlymushroom7920 11 месяцев назад

I wasnt't expecting this result, but in retrospect it makes sense Also Mengu really plaeyed incredibly, expecially in the last game where it was basically a masterclass on how to play aggro against control I guess Thoralf kept some risky hands knowing they would lose to the guildmage, but still very nice match

@pinobluevogel6458 11 месяцев назад

Excellent remark, he knows exactly how to play it out. Being in the driver's seat against control is the only way to win.

@naz-ghul6327 11 месяцев назад

exactly, i myself think i'm somehow decent (not good, decent) player (around top 1-2k in arena), and i'd allways drop on my 3rd creature on the board in the 3rd game instead of pumping if i know the oponent deck is control with 0 sweepers (as far as i know there is no sweep in atog deck? i didnt chtekted the decklist but i remember it having no sweeps aside of upheavel).

@qazzaqstan 11 месяцев назад

@@naz-ghul6327 and TBF that is the default play in most cases.

@ivancarabano 11 месяцев назад

For me the best monent is in third game, when he explains why is going to play a creature to prevent Thoralf playing fact or fiction.

@loui299e 11 месяцев назад

I'm impressed how well Mengu piloted that deck whilst barely knowing half the cards in his deck for game one

@jameswilson4328 11 месяцев назад

The fact that the semi finals is two matchups, where each deck is facing off against a deck 10 or 20 years apart is interesting and exciting. Will OG magic prevail?

@Raijimura 11 месяцев назад

No not even close.

@caleb7882 11 месяцев назад

These 90’s decks are so pure and grindy, makes me miss the days of powerful spells and small creatures.

@Phished123 11 месяцев назад

Magic was a lot more fun(not to say it isnt now) when creatures were bad, you had to be a lot more creative in your deck building.

@valentinesdayman 11 месяцев назад

maybe you should have a look at premodern 😀

@jii-ro7083 11 месяцев назад

@@valentinesdayman This is the correct answer

@technyst 11 месяцев назад

Pauper plays like this too!

@egoalter1276 8 месяцев назад

Pauper creatures are nowhere near as bad as 90s creatures were.

@cameroncorrado3935 11 месяцев назад

I have both of these decks from the gold-bordered World Championship series that Wizards used to print. I also thought there was no way that Prismatic Black would beat Psychatog, but when I tested out the matchup on my own, sure enough, Prismatic Black kept coming out on top. A low curve plus cheap interaction is just such a solid way to win Magic games.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Yeah that deck spent the whole weekend proving us wrong!

@Baritone_RyanHenry 11 месяцев назад

I'll keep saying it, this series is awesome! I can't wait for the semi-finals

@DrSiddha 11 месяцев назад

The play around fact or fiction at minute 21:30 was impressing! Legend

@mopanda81 11 месяцев назад

andrea almost laughing and crying at the same time when the teferi's response blows him out is amazing lol

@obnomadic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for the continued Mengu v Thoralf magic. I just love watching my two favorite magic pros battle it out.

@MajestixComicsClix 11 месяцев назад

Whenever Mengu looks at the camera during gameplay is just so funny

@metalfreekz13 11 месяцев назад

Thoralf is my all-time favorite Magic player. Such an awesome and down to earth dude, and super-knowledgeable about pretty much everything in the game!

@BenziTrain 11 месяцев назад

Playing a spell into a potential counterspell in order to prevent a FoF is some real heads up playing. Awesome.

@philipkelly7369 11 месяцев назад

these decks and this match seem insanely fun. Old school magic was just something else man. Awesome.

@nathantripathy 11 месяцев назад

I love the insight into WHY certain choices are being made. Sometimes upper level magic goes against what you learn are basic automatic things.

@eddiekalista3222 11 месяцев назад

I love that you're also giving us breakdowns of high level thought processes.

@daolothe1043 11 месяцев назад

I feel like the main thing this series has taught me is that playing creatures on curve is crazy good. Psychatog has way better cards than Prismatic Black, but still dropped a game because Black was able to get out 2 creatures before Pyschatog got to 2 mana and could start playing counterspells.

@egoalter1276 8 месяцев назад

Playing creatures on curve, if the enemy doesnt block kills on turn 4, even with bad 90s creatures. It is the universal clock aroumd which all of the meta ever has been balanced.

@untrainedear 11 месяцев назад

The most sure I've been of a result of these so far, largely because in my friend group we've played a v similar matchup with the same outcome pretty consistently. Great video as ever - this might be my favourite series so far!

@Hopkins0316 11 месяцев назад

We love Mengu!! Definitely enjoy when you guys get to play together and I love this tournament format 🙌

@Leuber 11 месяцев назад

I love how the final Memory Lapse really lapsed Andrea’s mind… well I guess he was too choked, eh stoked to play that 2 damage land destruction. 😂😂 Also: the play and explanation of Mengu top notch on this one. Well especially considering he has to read most of his janky cards as he draws them. Shows all the more he doesn’t need to know the exact cards, but he knows the matchup he is playing, and what that means, to get a strom gald on the game.

@asdfasdfas364 6 месяцев назад

The videos with old decks are my favourite. Great editing and commentary too!

@ultimateo621 11 месяцев назад

I’m rooting for prismatic black to go all the way now!

@seanh2772 11 месяцев назад

Unfortunately there's no way Temur Energy loses even a single game to this. All the cards have some serious powercreep and are just great value.

@alwaysplaythegame 11 месяцев назад

It would take some insane luck for it to win but you never know.

@Mightypi 11 месяцев назад

Don't pay attention to the propaganda of BIG ENERGY. Prismatic Chad's rise up

@NerzugalRP 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely love Mengu's commentary. Gives a ton of great insights into the plays and decisions and there were line she made that I would have not considered that were perfect with context. Gotta have him back!

@el_pablodocus 11 месяцев назад

Great videos, thanks Thoralf, Mengu and all the production team @ Cardmarket

@kylecarson3318 11 месяцев назад

What a game! Thanks for the lessons Mengu. Today I learned

@tiresome20 11 месяцев назад

This is the best series you guys have ever done. Love it

@alizah8042 11 месяцев назад

The deck was truly really good but I also feel like there are few MTG players other than Andrea who could have piloted it to victory over a much newer deck!!! That was so cool!!! And I feel like I also learned so much about how to play from him in this video too. Thank you Mengu!!!!

@nickraupp6104 11 месяцев назад

Wow! At first I couldn't believe prismatic black was in the top 8 but now I can see it! That's honestly kinda crazy, keep up the incredible content!

@theBestInvertebrate 11 месяцев назад

Great games, was not expecting the out come. Really good plays to with explanation of why they were being made.

@thievthiev 11 месяцев назад

These videos are really intersting! It's really fun seeing thos old school decks I had no idea existed

@hopinggirl1722 11 месяцев назад

we love menguuu! also love this series :) cool to see mengu's explanations on the last match too, very insightful

@davec8385 11 месяцев назад

Another great video! Can't wait for the semifinals

@stephenavignone8836 11 месяцев назад

Night scape with the terfiris response is insane 10:49

@moralessanchezoscarelias6412 8 месяцев назад

Very well played you both! Yeah, I remember playing Psychatog and games always felt so close!

@andrewneben7949 11 месяцев назад

Best series yet guy. Masterclass playing by both of you. Tough snap keep game three thoralf! Mengu playing for keeps!

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :D

@elaguitas409 11 месяцев назад

Was hoping to see one of the most recent couple as the last two but these were super cool, love this series!

@su0tin731 11 месяцев назад

On the poll I voted for the aggro deck, even if the creatures are kinda bad for today's standards, the deck looked consistent enough to keep constant pressure, and had enough interaction (better post-sideboard) to have a fighting chance, also the pychatog deck looked a bit on the slower side to fight an aggro deck, that usually fold to boardwipes.

@pinobluevogel6458 11 месяцев назад

I do think the Psychatog deck doesn't exactly have a bad creature matchup. However, with these cheap beaters and just enough interaction (especially post board) it is far closer than you would like as a control player.

@cameroncorrado3935 11 месяцев назад

It makes me wonder how Psychatog was so much better than all the other decks back in the day when they had access to Birds of Paradise, Llanowar Elves, and Wild Mongrel.

@edstone9890 11 месяцев назад

@@cameroncorrado3935 most tog decks ran innocent blood also usually 3-4

@killacorn1 11 месяцев назад

I can not WAIT for mono-black versus temur energy. That is going to be such an absolute stop 😂 and yes please bring the mengu back

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Mengu made it to both quarterfinals, we have no choice but to bring him back 🙂

@zleverton 11 месяцев назад

Getting to play with Fact or Fictions in standard is a high i have never come down from.

@pinobluevogel6458 11 месяцев назад

Fact or Fiction is probably one of the best designed card draw spells in magic. It is a strong card, that can sometimes feel backbreaking. However, the opposition who plays against it, can also subtly infuence the caster to take or not take certain cards, in addition to having more information about their cards. Having innate drawbacks and slight counterplay in the card itself, is what makes it one of the more exciting and fun spells.

@rentierlucas378 11 месяцев назад

Great outcome. Never would've thought, that this Black deck would make it into the semis :D

@willch1337 11 месяцев назад

Seeing these retro decks going head to head was really satisfying. I love seeing old-school janky cards

@jazzfestyz9734 11 месяцев назад

I've been waiting for this vid! Great series

@user4x4w4 11 месяцев назад

I love this channel. I play EDH but I absolutely love watching them play modern and pauper.

@bricelory9534 11 месяцев назад

Before seeing the matches: I'm a dinosaur. I want Black to win, but I dont have high hopes. Edit: very clean aggro vs control matchup, really cleanly capitalizing on the stumbles and understanding crucial timings. Such good, clean, classic play all around! Makes my dinosaur bones happy to see such play on both sides!

@AbesOnAPlaneFilms 11 месяцев назад

Mengucci vs Thoralf, always a thrilling matchup! 😊

@ShadowAngel005 11 месяцев назад

This was the best one of the series so far.

@Mightypi 11 месяцев назад

Sublime Lads. Andrea knowing hes the under dog, Thoralf's world class smack talk ( all good nature ofc). The Teffies, the shadow mages, only being able to make coloured mana for life. 10/10. Edditing is also on point, as always

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! :D

@Awesomesausages 11 месяцев назад

This continues to be absolutely brilliant! :D Feels like next match-up will be the end for Prismatic Black, but who knows, maybe it can throw us a surprise victory against a deck twenty years younger.

@waves- 11 месяцев назад

My favorite magic series on RU-vid right now :D

@CrrackTheSkye 11 месяцев назад

I was waiting for this video, really cool series!

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@locojoe3925 11 месяцев назад

I got excited seeing this. What a great way to start my lunch

@durpien 11 месяцев назад

I knew mono black was gunna win. You get to play interaction in non blue and 2/2s arent flashy but they win games.

@zealcrux 11 месяцев назад

Teferi's Response was such a fun response! Also, I'm loving this series!

@zephid1868 11 месяцев назад

I don't really get to play anymore these days but I still watch all your videos because I love everyone's personalities.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

That's so kind of you to say 😃 thank you

@lytking2646 11 месяцев назад

Great games, love the idea/format! Keep it up

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! We'll do our best to keep you entertained :)

@KlittoD 11 месяцев назад

Not watched it through yet but Iove Mengu as a guest! He even spits some wisdom of sequencing in the mix!

@victorcadenillas5995 11 месяцев назад

Keep doing this mates. Brilliant idea! Cheers

@jonathanvogels1690 11 месяцев назад

Love the content, been waiting since yesterday

@dks6515 11 месяцев назад

27:02 Mengu says "Pauper legal" haha, that's how you know he's a real pauper player! Every pauper player lives which the curse that they need to instantly mention a pauper staple/legal card once they see it played somewhere lol, so relatable.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

It's a great curse! Because now you also get excited about the first 10 cards of the booster pack :D

@pinobluevogel6458 11 месяцев назад

Excellent games and a very fun video. It would help if you would consider playing out the Psychatog kill completely, or briefly explain how Thoralf was going to win with it. I know what it does, but especially with this series there might be a lot of players that have no idea how the deck or even the card itself functions. Other than that, it was superb, thank you.

@wobwub8188 11 месяцев назад

Does he just pump it by removing his graveyard?

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

I know 🙄 I always tell Andrea not to shortcut and he always does it anyway 😅 - Carl

@heavyonthemustardplz 7 месяцев назад

Two really cool decks and players, great match!

@oafkad 11 месяцев назад

The memory lapse was hilarious. Gave me a big grin.

@sharkley1981 11 месяцев назад

i love this...throwback standard decks!

@danl9030 11 месяцев назад

"That's what we call Time Walk in the market" at 18:10 really got me lmao

@Repaurcas 11 месяцев назад

8:10 that delivery cracked me up, good one!

@parkcollie-zd6jo 11 месяцев назад

Great editing. Even though that second game was long and grindy, it felt like a lot of fun. Kudos.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@Loki- 11 месяцев назад

I see a Cardmarket MTG video, I hear the music, I click.

@TheGameYGO 11 месяцев назад

i don't even play magic, and still i can enjoy this kind of content, keep it up 😄

@Razomka 11 месяцев назад

Another banger! Huge fan of this series. I kind of want it to come back in another way, like second place decks 😂

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

If it is successful, we'll try it again with an exciting new spin :)

@danielaserkoff7746 11 месяцев назад

I’ve been waiting for this!!! If you guys ever make a patreon or similar, I’ll be the first to sign up!!

@leonardoross8133 2 месяца назад

24:13 pasta yu!!

@alfredofranceschini5606 11 месяцев назад

Noooo vabbè ahahah amazing video and mengu plan! Need more mengu content ❤❤

@brokensprites 11 месяцев назад

That was a lot of fun and very nostalgic for me. Thoralf did a great job with the Psychatog deck, sadly the speed isn't there to keep up with aggro black.

@fxfighter 11 месяцев назад

This is a great series!

@Spundz 11 месяцев назад

Love this series!

@TimmytheSorcerer 9 месяцев назад

Flanking 😂 love these series. Memory Lapse is so good btw, best card in Homelands!

@LevVL 11 месяцев назад

Good visualization how skill can help to win the game, very cool game thank you

@Duskraven377 11 месяцев назад

The power of basic aggro vs control. 🎉🎉🎉

@martylund8411 11 месяцев назад

Don't underestimate the relevance of Contagion, though. It basically hard-countered the 'Tog forcing you to have to cover it with a Counterspell, maybe multiples once the sideboard brings in Pyroblast. Without Contagion in the equation (0 mana casts FTW) you could basically windmill the Psychatog on Turn 3 and win the game.

@Jorg05111980 7 месяцев назад

I also always said Stronghold!!! Wow...reading cards remains something important in MTG ;-)

@nathanielreichley4640 11 месяцев назад

Hahaha Mengu said "still had all these"

@DerringerHK 11 месяцев назад

This was so good!

@pookygallahad4749 11 месяцев назад

Love to see this, psychatog is a house in a commander deck of mine

@a.njeshi4749 11 месяцев назад

Whoever is your music director, deserves a raise!

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

I wish we had a musical director but it's just me making the videos for now 😅 but thank you! 😃 - Carl

@nicobaur3076 11 месяцев назад

Id love to see a pauper game again , the two decks I’d like to see is naya slivers and or bogles . Loving the content these games are so much fun too . Much love

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

We all play a lot of pauper behind the scenes, we'll definitely be showcasing the format again once we are done this series :)

@mageius 11 месяцев назад

As a follow up to my last comment after looking at the deck list for the mono black deck I actually say that's chance of winning it all. It's creature lineup may not be good but it has a lot of good instant and sorceries and control tools that actually could make it a bit harder for it to lose.

@lucasrios2089 11 месяцев назад

"nnNICE" Andrea cracks me up

@MrMarnel 11 месяцев назад

I only see 4 videos in the playlist for this series. Weren't there more?

@matthewbenoit3098 11 месяцев назад

Great match. Love how both decks had Atogs 😂

@Monkey12Ninja 11 месяцев назад

Rooting for Psycatog

@vernonmeidlinger870 11 месяцев назад

Ahh I see you are also an mtg player of culture

@giacomofasulo3861 11 месяцев назад

I've got some bad news

@Monkey12Ninja 11 месяцев назад

I’m happy with this result, those were some sweet games

@ivosrotir8962 11 месяцев назад

Go 5C Black! Go! 😃 As I am from Czech Republic, Jakub Slemr was my hero when I was a kid. We were so proud of him when he became World Champion. This deck was not really good even at the time but had very good sideboard and Jakub was excelent pilot. Fear the 5C Black! 😃

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

The sideboard is so full of amazing silver bullets! And pro white is surprisingly good :) we never thought the deck would make it so far but it became our favourite as soon as it reached the top 8

@ivosrotir8962 11 месяцев назад

@@CardmarketMagic Happy to hear. I still have CZ magazine from 1997 dedicated to his victory. I pulled the mag out again due to your excelent series. 🙂There is report from the tournament, desceiption of his Top8 games, deck tech and interview with Jakub. The emphasis on SB is just there. The SB bullets were able elevate the deck to different levels. You guys see it well! ☺️👍

@rkk667 11 месяцев назад

Great insights mengu

@fabiogarzaro8272 11 месяцев назад

This was unexpected lol, amazing games

@lamp_flower 11 месяцев назад

I've been wondering how you guys do those mini interviews where the players explain their plans. Do you just stop the game to record them, which seems like it would disturb the flow of the game, or do you record them after the game, in which case the players would have to remember what their thought processes were?

@lucasrios2089 11 месяцев назад

Andrea made me laugh so much in this one! Always a treat to have him in the videos.

@mgsBicycleO9 6 месяцев назад

Some low to the ground honest Magic. Great watch.

@shenirl 11 месяцев назад

You guys are so cool doing this :):)

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you :)

@Faustized 11 месяцев назад

Amazing series!

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! :)

@Loki- 11 месяцев назад

I have a suggestion, but it's probably dumb. Maybe for weird interactions/fact/miss-play that the players don't side interview about, we can get a post-production room either voice over Carl or green screen in Carl commenting on it? I've been watching for a year now and I love how you've slowly refined your art. It's beautiful work, Carl! P.S. Props to Toffel and Andrea for awesome gameplay with cool decks!

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words :D and it's not a bad idea! I have thought about it often but I was usually trying to avoid breaking the pace of the video. But mostly, it's nice to have some content without a Carl in it 😅

@Loki- 11 месяцев назад

Totally makes sense why not to! Maybe you'll find videos where it does work. I just know "Judge" calls Prof does for shuffle up and play are satisfying for explaining a potentially big mistake, but it happens maybe every 2 or 3 episodes, so it's not a regular occurence.

@CardmarketMagic 11 месяцев назад

@Loki you've given me food for thought thought! If it fits in the future, I'll try a cutaway explanation :)