Another week, another set of Pauper League results. Let’s take take a look at some of the fun lists that earned a trophy this week.
Glitter Affinity is not anything new but this take really wants to push the damage. Adding Phyrexian Walker as another free spell this deck wants to emulated the Affinity decks of old with Fling and Temur Battle Rage. The deck really needs its eponymous aura to get the job done and as such is running the full suite of Heliod’s Pilgrim to set up its one shot kill.
Sometimes the classics just get the job done. Murmuring Mystic has given Izzet Control new life and this build leans into the Monarch with Crimson Fleet Commodore. The game plan here should look familiar to any long time Pauper palyers – draw cards and keep the board clear while your small flyers plink in for damage. Part of me wonders if this is the deck where Sulfurous Blast can work but I am sure people with more practice than me have given it a shot and realized there are better options.
Few people put as much effort into Altar Tron on Magic Online as saidin.raken. The deck wins by looping copies of Myr Retriever through Ashnod’s Altar. This build has Reckless Fireweaver as a spout in addition to Golem Foundry. Altar Tron has quite the reputation from tabletop Pauper where it presents a very redundant strategy that can difficult to stop without specific and persistent graveyard hate.
What happens when you take Pauper’s fast mana and jam it into a deck full of cards that give you the Monarch or starts a journey into the Undercity? You get this confluence of cards. Turbo Emblems is a fun strategy but to me it does not have the juice to make a serious dent in the format. Why? The deck is incredibly soft to countermagic which is just about everywhere these days. Now I’ve been wrong before and I would not be completely shocked if this deck made some waves moving forward.
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