I want to talk a little bit about Delver of Secrets. Delver exerts a unique pressure on Pauper in that when left unanswered it can absolutely take over the game. When a turn one Delver flips it changes to entire texture of battle. Pauper in many ways is a format of Magic‘s fundamentals (taken toContinue reading “Looking at Lists: Bone Picker Dimir”
Author Archives: Alex Ullman
Center Stage: Last Rites
Let’s talk about decision making. Last Rites is a three drop discard spell that can absolutely destroy your opponent’s hand. The rub is that you need to to the same. The pay off is huge in that for each card you pitch, your opponent reveals a card in their hand and send it to theContinue reading “Center Stage: Last Rites”
Looking at Lists: Turbo Fog
If you follow my writing you might find it ironic that, despite my hatred of all things Stonehorn Dignitary, I really love Turbo Fog strategies. I think it comes down to the fact that while both seek to disrupt the combat step, Turbo Fog has far more fail cases than Flicker Tron. This is probablyContinue reading “Looking at Lists: Turbo Fog”
August 19th Pauper Power Rankings
My latest Power Rankings are now live on ChannelFireball!
August 15-16 Pauper Weekend in Review
We have hit the third week of Double Masters season and the metagame is rounding into shape. To the shock of almost no one, it looks a lot like the metagame before the bans of Expedition Map and Mystic Sanctuary. The best decks remain Tron, Monarch, and Spellstutter Sprite variants. Let’s take a look. Saturday’sContinue reading “August 15-16 Pauper Weekend in Review”
Center Stage: Sire of Stagnation
You thought I was going to talk about a common today? Think again! I hate this card in Commander. I have trouble articulating why when this hits the table I seethe, but I have less of a problem with the extremely similar Consecrated Sphinx. I think a not so small part of it is thatContinue reading “Center Stage: Sire of Stagnation”
August 1-2 Pauper Weekend in Review
The results from the August 1 and August 2 Challenges were published this week after a backend issue was resolved. Rather than look back at these events and try to predict what they mean for the format moving forward, I want to use this as an opportunity to take a look at the best decksContinue reading “August 1-2 Pauper Weekend in Review”
Looking at Lists: Azorius Metalcraft
Deluxeicoff is a long time Pauper player and deck brewer. This past weekend they put up a Top 8 and followed it up with a 5-0 league run with one of their builds. Let’s take a gander: There’s a lot going on in this list, all in the service for resolving 3/3s. This deck runsContinue reading “Looking at Lists: Azorius Metalcraft”
August 8-9 Pauper Weekend In Review
It’s good to be back! While the weekend of August 2 and 3 have seemingly been lost to gremlins in the code, we have our first look at the impact of Double Masters and the downshifts it brings – Abrade and Cast Down being chief amongst them. Before diving into the “start” of this season,Continue reading “August 8-9 Pauper Weekend In Review”
Center Stage: Ixalli’s Diviner
I’m going to let you in on a secret: as a content creator, I love and loathe spoiler season. I love it because who doesn’t love new cards? Who doesn’t enjoy trying to figure out where the new pieces fit or what entirely new puzzles have been crafted? And yes, as a content creator, I’mContinue reading “Center Stage: Ixalli’s Diviner”
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