Budget

We Play YOUR €50 Vintage Decks

CM Insight Team | 2026-07-30

We asked our viewers to send us their cheapest decks for the most expensive format, and it's amazing what people have brewed, what is possible even under such limitations. Carl and Thoralf's showdown now shows off six different strategies!

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Magic

Budget Battle with YOUR Pauper, Modern, and Vintage Decks

CM Insight Team | 2026-03-05

We asked our YouTube subscribers to send in lists for main decks costing no more than €50 each for Pauper (no problem), Modern (uh-oh), and Vintage (really). Carl and Thoralf picked random fighters and now get to duel thrice!

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Magic

A Hundred Euros, Twenty Minutes, One Winner

CM Insight Team | 2025-12-18

Carl and Thoralf face off in the ultimate speedrun challenge: Come up with an idea and all the cards for a budget deck within twenty minutes, live at an event, then defeat the other. Who will cheapskate their way to victory?

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Magic

Can Your €100 Deck Beat Modern Monster Murktide?

CM Insight Team | 2025-12-11

We asked our followers to submit decks that cost up to €100. We picked one, gave it to peak pro player Andrea Mengucci, and asked him to try and beat a top-tier Modern deck that costs €700+!

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Magic

Your Budget Deck Versus the Best Deck in Legacy

CM Insight Team | 2025-05-01

We asked our followers to submit Legacy lists that fit within a €100 budget, and gave one of them to Mythic Champion Andrea Mengucci. Can he beat the format's top deck with it? Tune in to find out!

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Magic

Battle of Budgets: €0 Versus €100.000

CM Insight Team | 2025-04-24

Can a deck you literally get for free ever beat one that costs 100.000 euros? Probably. But to speed things up and make things fairer, Thoralf is allowed to add cards between rounds until Carl can't keep up anymore. How many cards and rounds are needed?

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Magic

We Play Commander for €10, €100, €1k, and €100k

CM Insight Team | 2025-04-17

The Cardmarket team invited Andrea Mengucci to play his extremely expensive Power 9 Commander deck. Can anyone beat it? Tune in to find out!

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Magic

Modern Budget Battle

CM Insight Team | 2025-02-13

You sent us your wildest Modern decks under €100, and we picked two at random for Carl and Thoralf to play on camera. Grab some snacks, tune in, and make sure not to miss this battle between Sneaky Snacker and Fear of Missing Out!

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Magic

Playing Vintage on a Budget of €25

CM Insight Team | 2024-12-19

We asked the community to submit lists for us to play on the channel—in Vintage, famously Magic's most expensive format. However, there are no moxen or other power pieces here. Indeed, the challenge was to build decks that cost a maximum of €25 on Cardmarket. The results are impressive!

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