Biggest Winner: Affinity Biggest Surprise: Dimir Faeries What I’d Play Next Week: Bogles Win +: Measures all wins better than X-3 in Swiss (X-2 is 1, X-1 is 2, etc). Measures a deck’s relative strength against the field in that event K-Wins: Measures all wins less all losses, Top 8 inclusive. Measures a deck’s strengthContinue reading “January 21-22 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap”
Category Archives: Pauper
January ChannelFireball Articles
Looks like I’ve neglected publishing these here. Let’s fix that: Life Begins at 16 January Power Rankings On Improving Consistency Spoiler Spotlight: Anoint With Affliction
January 14-15 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap
Biggest Winner: Bogles Biggest Surprise: Orzhov Ephemerate What I’d Play Next Week: Mardu Synthesizer Win +: Measures all wins better than X-3 in Swiss (X-2 is 1, X-1 is 2, etc). Measures a deck’s relative strength against the field in that event K-Wins: Measures all wins less all losses, Top 8 inclusive. Measures a deck’sContinue reading “January 14-15 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap”
January 7-8 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap
Biggest Winner: Bogles Biggest Surprise: Bogles What I’d Play Next Week: Flicker Tron Win +: Measures all wins better than X-3 in Swiss (X-2 is 1, X-1 is 2, etc). Measures a deck’s relative strength against the field in that event K-Wins: Measures all wins less all losses, Top 8 inclusive. Measures a deck’s strengthContinue reading “January 7-8 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap”
Powerful vs Popular
I’ve had the opportunity to jump into a few league runs over the past few days and while my results are not where I’d like them to be (read: I’ve been losing more than winning), I have been learning a lot about the current lay of the land. Late Saturday night I posted the aboveContinue reading “Powerful vs Popular”
Catching Up: December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Biggest Winner: Kuldotha Red Biggest Surprise: Mardu Synthesizer What I’d Play Next Week: Naya Gates Win +: Measures all wins better than X-3 in Swiss (X-2 is 1, X-1 is 2, etc). Measures a deck’s relative strength against the field in that event K-Wins: Measures all wins less all losses, Top 8 inclusive. Measures aContinue reading “Catching Up: December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023”
Transliteration: Playing Catch Up
Things have been hectic. When I wrote about Pauper mana bases over two months ago I anticipated the series becoming a regular feature on this here blog. Turns out life had other ideas and time was at a premium. But now as work slows down and I can find my footing once more now seemsContinue reading “Transliteration: Playing Catch Up”
December 17-18 Pauper Weekend Recap
Biggest Winner: Grixis Affinity Biggest Surprise: Izzet Faeries What I’d Play Next Week: Naya Gates Win +: Measures all wins better than X-3 in Swiss (X-2 is 1, X-1 is 2, etc). Measures a deck’s relative strength against the field in that event K-Wins: Measures all wins less all losses, Top 8 inclusive. Measures aContinue reading “December 17-18 Pauper Weekend Recap”
A Bridge too Far: Epilogue
Earlier this week I wrote about the current status of Affinity and part of the issues surrounding the strategy as it relates to Pauper. There has quite a bit of discussion around the article and instead of rehashing the content of the piece I want to pose a rather broad question: When should bans beContinue reading “A Bridge too Far: Epilogue”
Let’s talk about the Bridges
Live now on ChannelFireball, let’s talk about the Bridges…
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