October 22-23 Pauper Weekend Recap

Biggest Winner: Kuldotha Red Biggest Surprise: Dimir Faeries What I’d Play Next Week: Soul Sisters 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 “October 22-23 Pauper Weekend Recap”

October 15-16 Pauper Weekend Recap

Biggest Winner: Dimir Terror Biggest Surprise: Bant Ramp What I’d Play Next Week: Bant Ramp 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 “October 15-16 Pauper Weekend Recap”

October 2022 Pauper Power Rankings

My latest Power Rankings are now live on ChannelFireball. Check them out here. Looking to buy any of the decks or cards talked about today? Click here for my TCGPlayer affiliate link. Any purchases through the link let the folks there know you like my content! I want to take a moment to thank allContinue reading “October 2022 Pauper Power Rankings”

October 8-9 Pauper Challenge Recap

Biggest Winner: CawGate Biggest Surprise: Grixis Affinity What I’d Play Next Week: Mardu Synthesizer Wondering where my long-form breakdown went? You can find it here, on my Patreon! Looking to buy any of the decks listed above? Click here for my TCGPlayer affiliate link. Any purchases through the link let the folks there know youContinue reading “October 8-9 Pauper Challenge Recap”

October 1-2 Pauper Weekend Recap

This past weekend, three Magic Online Pauper events took place. There were the normal Saturday and Sunday Challenges, but there was also a Pauper Super Qualifier on Saturday. This is our first real look at the metagame in the wake of the Initiative bans and this weekend was rather instructive in sorting out the wheatContinue reading “October 1-2 Pauper Weekend Recap”

September 24-25 Pauper Weekend Recap

This past weekend was the first set of challenges since the Initiative was taken down a notch. The resulting metagame has some familiar features but is hardly the same old Pauper. As anticipated, Affinity came out in numbers but was it a force to be reckoned with? Affinity was almost certainly the best deck onContinue reading “September 24-25 Pauper Weekend Recap”

September 17-18 Pauper Weekend Recap

Okay to get things out of the way, the Dominaria United season as we knew it is over thanks to a few bans. If you want the full run down, please check out this highly detailed video from Gavin Verhey (and the other members of the Pauper Format Panel [of which I am a member]).Continue reading “September 17-18 Pauper Weekend Recap”