I can't believe I've lived to see you play Infect in pauper haha! I hope you like it, it's a very fun format. Infect is indeed extremely underplayed here, it's very niche and its it has some very bad matchups, like Black control or anything that has tons of removal spells.
I believe the charm card in the sideboard is to bring in vs black decks, which often have edicts in either the main or side (I haven't played pauper in a while but chainer's edict used to see lots of play)
Very nice video I recently started playing infect in pauper too and also feel like its very underplayed After some games you will definitely understand what the sideboard cards are for
Modern infect player who got into pauper a year ago: Agains mono red and bg gardens it feels impossible to win, there are too many removals. Vitality charm is great against tithing blade. Loved the video, I will have to try it with lotus petals now!
Great video - I think you didn’t run into matchups where those sideboard cards are played which is why they seemed poor but there’s always nice to reexamine options!
Could you spare a few words on why Lotus Petal is not viable for Infect in Legacy? Is it just can't replace any list must-haves and can't really replace lands, or is it something else? Thanks for your awesome content!
Vitality Charm is there against Tithing Blade, which is one of the worst cards to face in the entire format. I play Simic and I play Saiba Cryptomancer for that same reason. Maybe should switch to Charms, never tried them actually.
To understand pauper you have to know deadly disputelike cards are everywhere, most decks get a lot of carddraw and infect can't keep up in the mid-late game
