>Which rules should I follow? If you don't already have some homebrew version with friends, follow the MTGO card pool and banlist (and please spread this to your friends that start playing with you). Currently the only place Pauper is officially supported by Wizards is online, and they have a card pool and banlist, therefore that is the format we should be using offline on paper as well, since decks and cards can transfer to games between each other with no confusion.
>WAHHH THATS TOO HARD WHERE... mtg-hunter.com The bottom left has a box, select MTGO Pauper, all cards in the card pool and banlist are taken into account.
>What deck should I use? Ask in the thread!
>Is MTGO worth it? If you have no local paper competition, but want to play a vast amount of Pauper, it can't be beat, even if it is a clunky GUI, you learn quickly.
Some good decks for newbies include but are not limited to: >Burn >Elves >Goblins >Stompy >Slivers >Affinity >Mono U control >UB Teachings
Never played pauper before, considering trying it in MTGO. Does this look like something that's not absolutely awful?
Its based on a custom standstill deck for DOTP2014 I found and really liked.
Henry Reyes
also, it's crazy how cheap most things are on mtgo, but are there any super budget replacements i could put in for Ninja of the Deep hours? That card alone makes up about 75% of the cost
Luke Torres
What is "this"?
Jackson Jenkins
I would really appreciate some suggestions for pauper Jund.
Elijah Miller
I like pauper and all but i dont lile mtgo and no one at my local is very interested
Just ducking in to say that after a few years of Pauper my group switched to Noble and consider it vastly more fun, for very little price jump.
Luis Sanders
I'm assuming Lotus Petal is banned right? Being able to cast any rare or mythic rare card over and over again for the same price every time sounds broken as fuck.
Chase Rogers
>literally just edh
pass
Ryder Wright
How fucked am I for wanting to play Paper Pauper but not wanting to use old cards. I only like the new/modern card design...
Caleb Brooks
found some people at shop that said Gutshot is banned in pauper im a pauper player but always played in paper and never had to do with MTGO (that is where pauper comes from) are they right? is Gutshot not playable?
Lucas Bailey
They are stupid and wrong. It's not on MTGO banlist and was printed at common in Modern Masters 2015. Now they might be retards following thier own stupid rules instead of MTGO (like a few guys at my local shop do).
I'm trying to think of ways to get people into the correct format of Pauper while low-key shitting all over the two guys who run the "pauper tournaments" who always complain of low turn out.
Jose Thomas
How do I beat turn 1 Delver with my Burn deck? Do I remove the Delver or keep hitting face?
Pic unrelated.
David Robinson
Hit it with a Gut Shot before it flips, or just Bolt it afterwards if you think you're gonna lose the race.
Henry Ortiz
>I'm trying to think of ways to get people into the correct format of Pauper... Build a pauper cube, son. Best way to introduce newbies to the crazy shit you can build with commons.
Chase Gonzalez
I feel like you should just play Mono U Delver
Bentley Green
Yeah he should.
Noah Torres
All dat money. All dose cards. How does a cube even work. It's like a draft for shits and giggles?
Cameron Rodriguez
Which Tron variant is better vs the whole field, UW Rhystic or RUG?
Parker Flores
>All dat money. Assuming an average cost of 10 cents US for each common, a 360-card pauper cube would cost you $36 if you had to buy all the singles you wanted to include. Tack on another $3.60 for penny sleeves, and you're looking at something around $40 total investment. (I'm assuming you'll already have enough land to use for your draft sessions; if not, then add a few dollars more.)
>How does a cube even work. It's like a draft for shits and giggles? Precisely. Once you finish drafting, building, and playing your decks, you return all the cards to the box and re-shuffle before holding the next draft. That's the appeal of the cube format: you can draft all you want without having to buy fresh booster packs each time. Plus you get to pick what cards go into your cube; it's like designing your own set.
Tyler Adams
Not very fucked, all the best decks are composed of cards that were released in a modern frame at some point.
Thomas Hughes
any other izzet blitz player here boys? post your list mine is 4x Delver 4x Kiln 4x Cyclops
4x Ponder 4x Preordain 3x Gitaxian probe
4x Bolt 4x Temur battlerage 4x Mutagenic growth 4x Blessing 1x Gutshot 1x Gush 1x Slip trough space
2x UR dual 7x Mountains 1x Lonely sandbar 8x Island
Connor Taylor
They aint trolls or stupid in any way, good guys and good players they just were 100% sure Gut shot is somehow banned on MTGO pauper, seem they just mistought
Daniel Wright
Y'all niggas need to rrad the rules. You do NOT get to cast your noble more than once.
Effectively, you just always start the game with your rare in hand. They only use the command zone because otherwise thoughtseize, duress, etc would be op.
Eli Long
What are good cards/archetypes for a pauper cube?
Evan Cruz
Stupid question but is not legal as commander in pauper EDH, is it?
Leo Harris
No. Fun card in draft, though.
Zachary Rivera
Yeah, I see - nice delirium engine. So I have to look for other quirky commander - pic related seems to be retarded idea enough to give it a try
Connor Miller
Is it possible to make relevant pauper deck based on zombie tokens?
Ryder Hall
this could probably slot into mbc just for value. good drop after an edict
Sebastian Price
Are you saying you wouldn't allow me to play Ashes to Ashes in my paper deck because MTGO doesn't include all sets?
Jeremiah Murphy
White Weenie with or without artifact focus?
Leo Hughes
I'm finally doing it guys, I'm building my Paper Pauper Gauntlet. It looks like a bad time to do so though, some prices have spiked a little since BFZ and OGW for some reason (Eternal Masters?). Just ordered Delver, Stompy, Goblins and Tokens since they're mono colour and easier to introduce to some of my friends who are new to the game. Got Affinity and Bogles a continent away in my non-campus home, gonna grab them over the summer.
I wanna look to two more decks to slowly build over the next quarter: given the current Gauntlet lineup, who should be the last two to go in for balanced, casual 8-man Friday nights? I'm looking at Mono Black Control, Bogles, Temur Tron and Izzet or Dimir Delver.
Kevin Cooper
Oh, I'm also considering Pauper Cawblade because I have a raging hard-on for that playstyle. Like, I like it better than Acid Trip even if Acid Trip may actually be the better deck for the Azorius slot.
Robert King
You can't assume that though, there are staples, and those can get expensive. Plus average commons middle around 20 cents these days.
Joseph Campbell
What's the list? I'm doing a stock Tokens list so I don't use them, but if you're doing Equipment Weenie that's certainly a solid direction to go.
Michael Campbell
not him, but i've built a pauper cube before. his numbers are a little low but not too far off. i spent around $100 on mine, unpimped and before sleeves. most of the cards were roughly 5 to 15 cents. i ran a few cards from legends and arabian nights that were a few dollars a piece that could easily be cut.
Oliver Nguyen
Did you get them off TCG Player? I feel like that's my mistake. It can be a real arse, finding the cards to fill up to a dollar, and sometimes you take the more expensive route just to make them hit the dollar mark.
Robert Jenkins
I don't have an actual list yet, thinking about W Artifacts with the typical stuff like Ardent Recruit, Court Homunculus, maybe Razor Golem. Maybe splashing U for Thoughtcast and Somber Hoverguard or R for Glavanic Blast and Kuldotha Rebirth.
Or a simple white weenie with maybe Soul Sisters and/or Suture Priest. Is there a list of good white creatures?
Parker Wright
yeah, i got 100% of my list off of there. open up a tab for each card you're looking for, and look for sellers who have most of what you want. it's a bit of a project, but with an hours work you can end up with something like pic related.
Kevin Ortiz
I feel like with the first option, you'd certainly want some spells that capitalise on your artifacts to get ahead on damage or cards. Unfortunately we live in a world with artifact lands so Cranial Plating is not legal. Splashing U for Brainstorm feels like a better route than splashing R in my opinion.
Luke Price
mbc seems a little bit oppressive in your meta, although i may be wrong. ub delver seems a little bit redundant seeing as you already have mono-blue. teachings fills both the ub slot and the control slot without having too many highly favored match up. my analysis is probably horribly wrong btw.
Jackson Rogers
Noted, noted. Thanks man.
Jace Sanchez
New-ish player, how does my stompy Golgari pauper deck look?
Correct. Please read the op. You are not playing Pauper, you are playing kitchen table.
Justin Smith
>You are not playing Pauper, you are playing kitchen table. >Currently the only place Pauper is officially supported by Wizards is online Ugh, it is still a pauper but not supported by Wizards
Lincoln Wright
Incorrect. Pauper is a format in place by Wizards. If you are not playing by the same rules it's not even "Paper Pauper with every common card". It's some kitchen table rule bullshit.
