All decklists & Swiss matches: bit.ly/49tJHSF Decks featured in this video: bit.ly/4ajk2gN The Swiss pilot for Goblins was Bernas Torres The Swiss pilot for Elves was Alessandro Moretti
@@mark1A100 Elves was fine and almost always keeps one landers in pauper. The deck only runs 13 lands. You just want one to get the mana dorks to board
Part of me was hoping Elves would win so the finals would be a rematch of that one time Andrea and Toffel had to build budget decks in 20 minutes at an event
I like how the semifinals consisted of 2 old decks vs each other and 2 new decks vs each other representing the best of 2 eras of pauper. There is something wildly satisfying having the oldest pauper deck in the tournament and the newest facing off in the finals.
I could watch Felicia and Thoralf having fun playing Magic for hours. They're both radiating excitement thoughout the whole video, it's an absolute pleasure to witness; also great chemistry! :]
Felicia is a GREAT addition to the channel and I'd love to see her more often. I know she's primarily a pauper player but I'd love to see her doing more things on the channel since she has great screen presence and chemistry with with the rest of the crew
We'll unfortunately probably never going to do a legacy version 😕 we are not experts in that format in the way we are with modern/pauper/pioneer/standard. We'd probably missplay through most of our rounds and you all deserve better than to have to watch that :P
I mean it's the classic creature matchup. So much of a classic that the very first match of the Gathering duel text they did involving creature types was elves versus goblins.
@theelectricant98 The two foils that came with them were Ambushed Commander for elves and Siege Gang Commander for the goblins, if I recall, and it came out in 07 during Lorwyn. I actually remembered my LGS pointed out that they were not standard legal. Although the real first duel deck was the Champion versus Creator deckmasters, which was a product that had World champ John Finkel v. Andrew Garfield. It's actually where the only foil version of Necropotence with the original art came from. Just some fun facts for you.
Fantastic battles. Completely called it wrong, thought elves would smash it. Very entertaining and love the strategy aside chat to help explain the reason for the plays Go goblins and Felicia in the final!
Not sure why people voted for Elves in the poll. I hear Elves don't like removal. And i hear Goblins have lots of removal. This match justed proved that.
Please see game 2 of this match. It was all about the fact if the gobos can stick a spark smith on the field before the elves get a timberwatch elf or a hydroblast.
I'm curious about the unkicked bushwhacker in game 2. I feel like going all out would've been the best play, even not knowing Thoralf's hand at the time. Cause it seemed like that turn was do or die. Was it because of the Timberwatch + Quirion?
It was already over, but they make a point not to scoop until it's very clear to the viewer (who they assume is fairly new to the game) that it's over. Saving the team for blocks at least showcased to the viewer why even then it wasn't going to be enough to survive the elf onslaught, vs. him just attacking and dying on the crackback (which would have left some newer viewers confused why he didn't leave up blockers). There was no ideal play pattern here, so they showed the pattern that clearly demonstrated why elf was going to win the game.
This elves deck reminds me so much of the kitchen table elves deck my friends would play when I was in elementary school! I remember thinking wellwisher was a broken card that shouldn't be allowed. I mean it's so much life! How are you supposed to beat that?!
Unfortunate and bad luck for the elves. Too bad because i really wanted to see them somehow win this. Maybe should have mulligan'd more aggressively during game 3 to get hydroblast?
ok prediction then I'll post after watching the video: I'd say it will be pretty close but I'd give a slight advantage to elves. One thing for certain though, it will be lightning fast games :O ... thinking about it I thinks this favours goblins ... Okay I'll say goblins.
right, so yeah, those little gremlins ... pretty strong :) Again, and I can't stress this enough, consistency is key in these matchup, and the goblin deck is very consistant ... not to mention veerrryy straighforward to play. See you next week to see if it can measure up to all that glitters. This will be another close match up and I think we can expect a 2-1 win. ( I'd give a slight advantage to all that glitters because I think it is slightly more consistent that goblins and still pretty quick ... also some card drawing abilities and the unblockable golem which can kill pretty quickly).
I’m only a couple of minutes in but I hope elves lose because the way he mispronounces every “elv” sound as “elf” is really getting to me, if this video was longer I would honestly have to stop watching because of how much is affecting me and I don’t even know why
So it's an elf deck that isn't competitive unless you sideboard counter spells. This elf deck wouldn't have even progressed this far without counter spells. For shame. Tainting these glorious elves with your dirty blue spells
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All decklists & Swiss matches: bit.ly/49tJHSF
Decks featured in this video: bit.ly/4ajk2gN
The Swiss pilot for Goblins was Bernas Torres
The Swiss pilot for Elves was Alessandro Moretti
Elves vs. Goblins is such a classic of MtG.
I'm not surprised it took 12 minutes to get resolved
Yes that was the long one - good game.
Goblins and Elves are here for a good time, not for a long time.
@@outputcoupler7819 Good things, when short, are twice as good.
it took 30 yrs and it's still not resolved
You know Pauper - and these two decks - are a wild environment when both players keep a 1 land hand and are happy to do so.
I mean elf wasnt happy there he just did it
@@mark1A100 Elves was fine and almost always keeps one landers in pauper. The deck only runs 13 lands. You just want one to get the mana dorks to board
Licking the hydro blast and sticking it on your forehead is a power move
I had to laugh so hard when he countered with his head 😂
Part of me was hoping Elves would win so the finals would be a rematch of that one time Andrea and Toffel had to build budget decks in 20 minutes at an event
One of the best videos they’ve ever made
Oh my god
Yeah, that video is a classic. "I'm buying 4 sol rings."
I like how the semifinals consisted of 2 old decks vs each other and 2 new decks vs each other representing the best of 2 eras of pauper. There is something wildly satisfying having the oldest pauper deck in the tournament and the newest facing off in the finals.
Scripted!
I really like the entire cast of this channel, Felicia's been such a good addition
That Hydro Blast play.. that right there is why we love Thoralf.
12 minute Best of 3... I feel like I know how this one is going to go.
Avenge those squirrels, Felicia!
I could watch Felicia and Thoralf having fun playing Magic for hours. They're both radiating excitement thoughout the whole video, it's an absolute pleasure to witness; also great chemistry! :]
Felicia is a GREAT addition to the channel and I'd love to see her more often. I know she's primarily a pauper player but I'd love to see her doing more things on the channel since she has great screen presence and chemistry with with the rest of the crew
Huge fan of this series - I’ve been wrong about every matchup but have loved seeing each match!
How could you be correct?
There's a 14 years old deck, with no banned cards, that is in the finals now ...
Again 1 am in Japan. After the gym watching card market has been a great end of the day. Thank you guys, rooting for the goblins!
Is it me, or Felicia is in every video very adorable :-) Great series as always. You are doing great job guys, keep going please! :-)
She is! It's a mystery how she effortly does it :)
Finally, magic as Garfield intended
Excited for the Legacy version next!
We'll unfortunately probably never going to do a legacy version 😕 we are not experts in that format in the way we are with modern/pauper/pioneer/standard. We'd probably missplay through most of our rounds and you all deserve better than to have to watch that :P
GO FELICIA!!! Super excited to see her getting to the finals.
I mean it's the classic creature matchup. So much of a classic that the very first match of the Gathering duel text they did involving creature types was elves versus goblins.
Very neat, i didn't know that
@theelectricant98 The two foils that came with them were Ambushed Commander for elves and Siege Gang Commander for the goblins, if I recall, and it came out in 07 during Lorwyn. I actually remembered my LGS pointed out that they were not standard legal. Although the real first duel deck was the Champion versus Creator deckmasters, which was a product that had World champ John Finkel v. Andrew Garfield. It's actually where the only foil version of Necropotence with the original art came from. Just some fun facts for you.
What a blistering game of creature combat.
nothing but clean and classic play. your channel is so lovely, please never stop.
This right here is the true final for 12 year old me. I was obsessed with Elves vs Goblins, still love to play EvG using only pre-8th Ed cards.
I'm curious, when you do the cut aways to explain your plays, do you film them after the game? Or do you step aside during the game to film it?
They've talked about it before. They shoot those after the match, but I think they take quick notes during the match to record their thoughts
I could watch Thoralf and Felicia play any time. They have such good chemistry
Fantastic battles. Completely called it wrong, thought elves would smash it.
Very entertaining and love the strategy aside chat to help explain the reason for the plays
Go goblins and Felicia in the final!
goblins vs elves is the oldest rivalry in all of MTG! Love to see it
Heck, since month youtube stopped giving me your notifications !
Loved this whole series! Does anyone know where I can get the decks lists, as…dare I say it…I’m going to start playing pauper 🎉🎉🎉
Yay, Felicia! I love Toffel but she's my favorite to win it all now!
I'm so happy to see the deck i hate so much lose !
It's funny that you show colossal dreadmaw in the intro when we know that it's banned in pauper or every deck would just be 60 of him
Well played! This will be an interesting finals for sure!🎉
I'd love to see more tribal vs tribal duels!
I love this series
more best deck ever series please!
Not a pauper player but love this series, and love seeing Felicia! Definitely have her on more. Does anyone know if she does MTG content of her own?
She does not, she's just a friend of ours that we invite on the show, not an official content creator of her own :) maybe kne day
Let's go, gobbos!
Toffel is such a delight. That forehead hydro blast lol
I have a feeling Toffel likes MTG quite a bit. He seems to be enjoying himself :)
I absolutely love this series.
its pops, like a popper. some elves are 2/2, green for usually 1+1mana.
i feel like this is one of those scenarios where the finals was in the semifinals, i think affinity will roll the floor w/ gobbos
My money's on goblins- can't wait to see how this game goes!
Edit: wow, that was BRUTAL. I love how aggressively these pauper games play out!
Thoralf licking his cards hell yeah
I saw the video time first and was suprised it was soo short, then I saw Goblins and was soo long.
Red deck wins!
That's why I removed Sylvan ranger, island and Distand melody for Winding way and Jaspera sentinel with side 4 blue elemental spell and 3 hydroblast
I’m going with goblins on this round
Great games can’t wait to see goblins take down affinity kinda like the modern games
9:00 the biggest disrespect ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not sure why people voted for Elves in the poll. I hear Elves don't like removal. And i hear Goblins have lots of removal.
This match justed proved that.
Please see game 2 of this match. It was all about the fact if the gobos can stick a spark smith on the field before the elves get a timberwatch elf or a hydroblast.
@marcocamposaguilar9681 I saw all 3 games. Goblins lost game 2 mostly because they didn't have removal.
I didn't expect Elves to win, but I voted Elves because I wanted them to
Great games and great players!
thoralfs instant speed concede game 1 was hilarious
I love these tribal duels also shes great love to she more of her(sorry I forgot her name Im commenting at start of video lol)
It is a way to watch the series before the top 8??
Yes :) all the matches are in the pinned comment and description
I'm curious about the unkicked bushwhacker in game 2. I feel like going all out would've been the best play, even not knowing Thoralf's hand at the time. Cause it seemed like that turn was do or die. Was it because of the Timberwatch + Quirion?
It was already over, but they make a point not to scoop until it's very clear to the viewer (who they assume is fairly new to the game) that it's over. Saving the team for blocks at least showcased to the viewer why even then it wasn't going to be enough to survive the elf onslaught, vs. him just attacking and dying on the crackback (which would have left some newer viewers confused why he didn't leave up blockers). There was no ideal play pattern here, so they showed the pattern that clearly demonstrated why elf was going to win the game.
Let’s go! Goblins for the win! I’m rooting for you guys.
This elves deck reminds me so much of the kitchen table elves deck my friends would play when I was in elementary school! I remember thinking wellwisher was a broken card that shouldn't be allowed. I mean it's so much life! How are you supposed to beat that?!
Wellwisher was one of the cards that taught me every deck needs removal, still can't play a deck with a solitaire plan.
Love the series!
LETS GO FELICIA!!!!! My favorite part was when you slaughtered all those poor elves 🤪
I keep waiting for Thoralf to win with his Pauper Elves...
Unfortunate and bad luck for the elves. Too bad because i really wanted to see them somehow win this. Maybe should have mulligan'd more aggressively during game 3 to get hydroblast?
Expected, but still sad to see it go down to goblins after beating chatterstorm.
Thoralf has the moves
Ah forgot about Sparksmith when voting. Shoulda stayed with my initial vote 😅
Felicia ran that like all the best red decks that have rushed me down over the last 3 decades.
At least it was over quickly, so my sadness can be short-lived
Goblins were always gonna beat elves, I mean, it's practically what they are for
Keeping distant melodies in the deck against goblins seems a little over optimistic to me
ok prediction then I'll post after watching the video:
I'd say it will be pretty close but I'd give a slight advantage to elves. One thing for certain though, it will be lightning fast games :O ... thinking about it I thinks this favours goblins ... Okay I'll say goblins.
right, so yeah, those little gremlins ... pretty strong :)
Again, and I can't stress this enough, consistency is key in these matchup, and the goblin deck is very consistant ... not to mention veerrryy straighforward to play.
See you next week to see if it can measure up to all that glitters. This will be another close match up and I think we can expect a 2-1 win. ( I'd give a slight advantage to all that glitters because I think it is slightly more consistent that goblins and still pretty quick ... also some card drawing abilities and the unblockable golem which can kill pretty quickly).
COME ON ELVES
After watching the video, i am sad to report that the elves didnt make it :')
Less than 15 minutes for an aggro deck and an aggressive ramp deck? I can’t believe it. Those decks are known for being slow and meticulous after all.
Sparksmith doesnt not seem fair in this matchup :P
12 minutes? Oh this is gonna be a massacre!
I did not expect 3 games!
Red deck wins!
I love it
I voted for elves. But I'm really happy goblins won.
GOBLINS GOBLINS
YES! YES! YES!
I'd've liked to see the elves deck win 😢
edit: But GGs to the gobbos
LET'S GO GOBLINS
wee woo
How is this goblin deck so strong wtf ITS A DECK FROM 2010 WITH NO BANNED CARDS I DONT UNDERSTAND
❤pauper
Voja mains in shambles.
Pretty bad matchup for elves, it was an uphill battle off the bat.
I love goblins
i actually expected elves to win
Y E S
gobbos ftw
Finale...
GOBLINS RAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!
Sligh eternal
I hate mono red, but I hate elves more....
It doesnt matter who wins this round its just gonna lose to glitters...
🧝
Aw, no infect decks? lol
It participated in the Swiss, but unfortunately did not make the top 8
I’m only a couple of minutes in but I hope elves lose because the way he mispronounces every “elv” sound as “elf” is really getting to me, if this video was longer I would honestly have to stop watching because of how much is affecting me and I don’t even know why
First
Incorrect
Wait… WHAT the hell is her underwear??
So it's an elf deck that isn't competitive unless you sideboard counter spells. This elf deck wouldn't have even progressed this far without counter spells. For shame. Tainting these glorious elves with your dirty blue spells
the excitement these two have is infectious!! i had a smile on my face the whole video. really hope we get to see more felicia in the future!
I know, right? They were having lots of fun. Loved the video