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November 22-24 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Normally these posts focus on the Magic Online Pauper Challenges, and specifically the Top 32 results from these events. While there was a period where I looked at the entire metagame from Challenges, this was dueContinue reading “November 22-24 Pauper Weekend Recap”

November 15-17 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. The first week of a new season of Magic Online Pauper Challenges is always filled with hope. Hope that the new set will shake things up – even a little – and help to dislodge theContinue reading “November 15-17 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Duskmourn Season Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. And if the Second Foundation had our backs I’d be sleeping a little bit better tonight The Ergs – “Second Foundation” Confounding. That is the word I keep coming back to when I discuss Duskmourn season.Continue reading “Duskmourn Season Recap”

November 1-3 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Today’s post is a bit shorter than usual. It is election day here in the United States and I encourage all of you who live in the US to vote. This election will have wide reachingContinue reading “November 1-3 Pauper Weekend Recap”

October 25-27 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. How do you make sense of a small sample size? When looking at any data set it is important to understand how large the source of your information is in reality. A Top 8 might beContinue reading “October 25-27 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Treasured Finds: Hakim, Loreweaver

Do any of your Commander decks have a story? Do they have a “why” of their existence? Part of me wonders if this is something the format has lost since its explosion in popularity. It is not that people cannot have a reason behind their choice of deck, but the tales around them feel farContinue reading “Treasured Finds: Hakim, Loreweaver”

September 20-22 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Sometimes the data set is confounding. Last weekend is a perfect example. The September 20-22 set of Challenges were the first to take place under the new payout system introduced by Daybreak. While the Saturday andContinue reading “September 20-22 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Treasured Finds: My Favorite Commander Cards from Duskmourn

I have always found Commander to be an intensely personal experience. This may seem like an odd statement given that in an average game you’re going to have three times as many opponents as you would in a game of heads up Magic. But Commander is place where I find it easier to express somethingContinue reading “Treasured Finds: My Favorite Commander Cards from Duskmourn”

Two More Weeks of Bloomburrow

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. It’s practically inevitable. Spellstutter Sprite is back on top of Pauper. The past two weeks of Weekend Challenges had various decks featuring the Lorwyn standout rise to the top of the standings. This should not beContinue reading “Two More Weeks of Bloomburrow”

January 21-22 Pauper Winner’s Metagame Recap

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”