>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
Looking for suggestions! Making a box of decks, wanted to get mono colored first, what are my best bets? Burn, Soul Sisters, MBC, Delver, Stompy is what I had been planning on, as I want a nice representation of the meta. I know MBC is going to shit on the other decks except Burn, and Soul Sisters is auto win against Burn, but those are the best mono colored decks yes?
I plan on multicolored decks after. All these double sleeved will still be cheaper than a Modern deck.
Christopher Ward
Timberwatch was common up till now
Aren't they all uncommon? Exhaustion, Mana vapors, Arcane Laboratory, Curse of Exhaustion, rule of law - nothing common
David Mitchell
How would you rate the power level of these decks? Which decks are the Top 3?
William Gonzalez
Is suicide black a thing in Pauper?
Gavin Johnson
MORE DOWNGRADES
Noah Anderson
Yes and it is awesome (if you really like turn things sideways)! Guy at my LGS plays it. Vampire Lacerators, Carnophages, Pulse Trackers, etc.
Samuel Lopez
So I'm pretty hyped about Nimble Mongoose entering the Pauper format. Any ideas on how to build with it? Would it be better in a G/B control/tortured existence deck or a G/U control delver shell?
Jason Torres
I would rather pick G/B for golgari shenanigans but I was never a graveyard player
Robert Mitchell
Did the Vessel cycle from SOI make any kind of a splash in Pauper?
Kevin Jenkins
Awww yiss, it's time for pauper zombie
Luis Fisher
Does that even count as common? What does the MTGO List say?
Jordan Martinez
>Does that even count as common? Yes. >What does the MTGO List say? Don't know but the rarity is common so it's a common
Jack Hernandez
Mono U Delver has good matchups against all of those.
you can go U/G Delver, B/G Tortured existence, or brew something yourself. I'm working on one, but it's mostly an old Odyssey standard deck.
Nathan Rivera
>it's mostly an old Odyssey standard deck List?
Ian Ross
I actually have a RUG Delver deck I've been playing with friends. Really excited to use mongoose. Right now my green one drop is Skarrgan Pit-Skulk and I've been looking for a replacement.
Easton Evans
Mind to share it?
Isaac Martinez
So Brainstorm and Daze are now Uncommons to you?
Brody Nguyen
ugh, pls don't pretend to be retarded user. If something was ever printed as common, you can use it as common till end of the world
Andrew Robinson
Sure, I'm on mobile, so it'll take a minute to type up. Stand by.
Jaxon Ramirez
That's not how Pauper works. How Pauper DOES work, is that if ever got released on MTGO as Common, it's playable.
EM gets a release on MTGO, so Mongoose is playable.
John Carter
So I really just threw it together over the course of about an hour. I was expecting a lot of slowish aggro, and I predicted correctly. Blew RW soldiers, Goblins, and B Devotion out of the water.
The mana base could use some work, probably, but it worked out okay.
Lincoln Harris
Looks pretty useable, my friend is UG player so she will surely try it
Elijah Harris
It's going off what I remember of some asshole's deck from 6th grade so expect some inaccuracies
4 Nimble Mongoose (the bane of my childhood) 4 Werebear 4 Diligent Farmhand 4 Muscle Burst 4 Wild Mongrel the rest is kinda hazy, I think there was chatter of the squirrel and elephant ambush in there too. I'm pretty sure it was mono green
Lincoln Myers
I run 2x of the green vessel in my tortured existence deck. It plays well with Commune With The Gods, and lets me replace a Satyr Wayfinder because I don't like that it can't get you things other than lands.
I'm pretty excited about the 'Goose. Considering cutting Teachings out of my gauntlet and putting UG threshold in.
Josiah Howard
Can you post a list? I'm trying to make my first green/black graveyard deck but I'm terrible at this colours deckbuilding
Caleb Smith
So I committed this B/G abomination. Any tips? This is my first deck with these colours so I know it might be reatrded. Thinking about changing satyrs for sanitarium skeletons
Started out MTGO by buying a 10 tix burn deck for this format. I've been running into some decks using life gain which caught me off guard and I've been struggling to outpace them.
4 Keldon Marauders 4 Goblin Fireslinger
4 Chain Lightning 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Needle Drop 4 Curse of the Pierced Heart 2 Incinerate 4 Searing Blaze 4 Rift Bolt 4 Fireblast
3 Electrickery 1 Incinerate 4 Smash to Smithereens 4 Mardu Scout 2 Molten Rain 1 Relic of Progenitus
Can I get some tips for sideboard options against life gain and if anything could be better improved with the mainboard.
Oliver Harris
Flaring Pain is useful against those Prysmatic Strands (and it turbofog, I guess). Flame rift against slower decks like MBC and Tron.
Lucas Sanders
Can't afford the flame rifts for now. Flaring Pain looks pretty legit so I'll pick em up.
Is there a free way of practicing playing sealed? I don't want to enter sealed with my new player points and job 0-3.
Liam Myers
xMage has the best sealed practice, IMO.
Also, Flame Rift is a likely candidate for a reprint in EMA, so wait for a while before buying it if you decide to. Maybe a Pyroblast or 2 too. Actually, hold off before you buy anything, EMA is looking sweet so far.
Elijah Perez
Is the player population large enough to do sealed conveniently? Looking at the forums and it seems pretty slow.
Samuel Rivera
UW tron and Tortured Existence here. Going to give Tron to a younger cousin. Found something like 7 gorilla shamans while going through my piles of cards.
Leo Reed
Alright boys, I need some advice on constructing BW Eldrazi and Taxes. I'm looking for the correct number of creatures. I currently have a couple of eldrazi and I need to pick up the other staples.
Does anyone have any experience with this deck?
Nathaniel Reed
Wrong thread friendo.
Your mana denial game is pretty weak, but you have really pushed creatures. Flickerwisp is possibly the best creature in the deck.
Easton Jackson
I've had a few to drink tonight and did the ol' "ctrl F: modern" and missed that this is Pauper.
Ill be on my way.
Also, RUG Tron is busted in pauper.
Henry Jones
pls tg. pls.
Hudson Cruz
Tron comes in UW, RUG, G, GR flavors. Don't forget the Elven menace either.
Brody Gutierrez
Wut.
Asher Collins
RARE A R E
Carson Sullivan
Modern was the best thread to put this, I don't think the other formats care that much. You did get slammed in /edhg/ though.
Isaiah Howard
I told you it still has MM2's collector number.
Adrian Hernandez
Try to avoid having 2-ofs like you do. Your deck deserves 4 Satyr Wayfinders, 4 Gurmag Anglers and, probably, 4 Undergrowth Scavengers, even though I don't really like those because of their mana cost. Remove Gnaw to the Bone and Pulse of Murasa. Shambleback is also a bad card, I'd avoid using it. Dunno if Vessel of Nascency is worth it, honestly.
Your deck is also terribly lacking removal, which is especially egregious considering you're playing black. You should consider things like Doomblade and Disfigure. Keep it low mana. Geth's Verdict is also good to go around hexproof stuff in case you find it.
John Richardson
121 is BUrningh vengeance 123 is CHaing lightning but i like your bait user, would be nice to see someone get mad at it!
Lincoln Carter
fixed for you bud, gotta try bait some modern cucks
Michael Perez
It's too late, I already did. They bit it hard. One even tried to justify the rarity.
Eli Wright
>One even tried to justify the rarity.
Cuck format, cuck players.
David Miller
lmao posted it without checking and now it would seems we are forcing it whatever
Zachary Stewart
I boiled this deck from whatever I found in my card box yesterday so I know it's really bad.
>Remove Gnaw to the Bone and Pulse of Murasa I tought it would be a good idea to have some life gain because I want to add some draw like sign in blood. Gnaw gives me life even if discarded so I don't really want to drop it
>Shambleback is also a bad card Shame, I tought that graveyard removal with 2/2 token will be useful. Maybe Vile rebirth? Instant suprise blocker for B?
>Disfigure, geth's verdict Out of stock in local stores and I don't really want to pay 500% shipping of their price
John Lewis
OP here, not that you digglewicks care, but I ordered all 5 of the new Iconic V.2 cases that come in the 5 colors for the mono decks. Also ordered a set of each color KMC HyperMatte with the penny sleeves. Only deck I have so far is Burn. Found a good reasonably priced MBC, which is next.
Any ideas of a case that can hold multiple deck boxes and 2 player mats? Thinking about making it pauper themed some how.
Leo Fisher
It's fine m8.
Lifegain for the sake of lifegain is usually bad, as it doesn't get you closer to victory or solidify your boardstate. It is powerful only when it's incidental thanks to cards that you'd want to play anyway or if it's part of a combo. Since your deck kind of wants to focus on shitting creatures (otherwise, not much point in making a tribal), the lifegain isn't a priority. Look at it this way: the mana you spent to gain life could've been spent either removing the threat that will kill you on the turn after you gain life or putting down creatures that your opponent will have to block if he doesn't want to die (thus, stopping an attack).
Vile Rebirth would be better, yes. Still not a very good card, as there's not much you'd want to respond to in pauper graveyards. Maybe put it in the sideboard in case you find some reanimator deck that wants to put Ulamog Crushers on the field. Keep in mind that deck will be using Exhume, which doesn't target, so if your opponent has two valid cards in his graveyard, it's useless hate.
>Disfigure, Geth's Verdict Fair enough. Try to keep track and get them as soon as they're back in stock, or talk with people at your LGS and see if they have any for trade. They're pretty good commons and almost instant inclusions in any black deck, imo.
Ayden Torres
Thoughts on this RUG delver list?
4 Delver 4 Nimble Mongoose 4 Werebear
4 Lightning bolt 4 Mana Leak 4 Fork in the Road 4 Brainstorm 4 Gitaxian Probe 3 Vapor Snag 3 Ponder 2 Miscalculation 1 Pulse of Murasa
Sure. Just look at all those red-green decks winning all the time. Sure showed me.
Retard.
Matthew Reyes
Red + Green + more colors decks are actually 20% of the meta.
Brandon Jenkins
Are RW tokens viable? Red for burn and the flashback cost of Rally the Peasants.
Christian Rogers
>Rally the Peasants But this card is uncommon
Ian Johnson
enjoy giving us out free wins at FNM bro.
nice fucking 8$ commons only deck.
Jose Morris
By golly it's impossible for new cards to influence a meta
Holy shit see you in a couple weeks when people are playing Zoo variants
David Mitchell
Not any more cool guy
Dominic Cox
>nice fucking 8$ commons only deck.
WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE
Don't you have another general to shit up? Go meme it up with your Collected Cuckpany decks elsewhere
Nathan Hall
Oh my - my EDH soldiers gonna love this
Julian Lee
So my bros how fucked are we financially by the shit ton of Uncommon upshifts? Will we start having to pay 100 for decks?
Charles Lopez
Are you stupid. New prints of the cards, even in uncommon, can only lower the price. We also got a lot of common reprints which means cheaper. Printing and up or down shifting only helps pauper, as they use the lowest rarity cards to begin with.
If you're a Modern player and your shit goes to common the value decreases, but the cards are easier to obtain.
I mean I could spend all day explaining basic logic to a retard but I won't.
Chase Lopez
>New prints of the cards, even in uncommon, can only lower the price. Actually, certain cards at certain rarities go up in price, because the demand increases.
