Every week Magic Online provides a non-comprehensive list of decks that went 5-0 in the Pauper League. While this does not provide a ton of insight into the overall metagame, it does give us the opportunity to examine some sweet builds while helping to showcase the depth and variety of Pauper. There is plenty to digest in this week’s results, including some maindeck copies of Troublemaker Ouphe in Black Gardens (a base black midrange deck that seeks to control the board), a ton of Mono White Aggro, and a new take on Mono Black Control. Here are some of the decks that caught my eye.
First up we have a new take on a Goblin Deck. A mash up of Burn and new Storm, this deck wants to chain together direct damage with Guttersnipe on the board to add fire to the fire. I like the Anarchomancer here but I do wish there were more ways to take advantage of its cost reduction. Goblin Matron is a neat way to find more copies of your key cards leaves me wondering if there’s space for a Tarfire.
After the printing of Experimental Synthesizer, SnapBoltGames put a lot of work into a Jund Tokens deck and here we see the latest iteration. This deck sure puts a lot of triggers on the stack but there’s a lot of innovations to like, including Cloakwood Swarmkeeper as a supplement to Bairn and Generous Ent as the Landcycler as choice since it also makes a Food. But, c’mon, no Nadier’s Nightblade?
Oh look, Alex talking about a graveyard deck. Yeah and? This one is sweet. Breathless Knight is a solid payoff for bringing things back from the bin as it dodges Snuff Out and trading one-for-one removal against this build feels like a fool’s errand. Basilisk Gate puts in work here, as it does in tons of dinky creature decks, as a way to close the game.
Which deck from this week is your favorite? Did I miss any sweet tech? Let me know in the comments below.
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