Normally I would be using this space to write about what happened over the weekend in the Pauper Challenges. I won’t be doing that today since there was a pall cast over the format due to a bug that impacted Faerie Miscreant. Instead of requiring a copy already on the battlefield, Miscreant simply drew youContinue reading “Pauper Under Pressure”
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October 23-24 Pauper Weekend in Review
I don’t want to go into depth about the October 23 and October 24 Pauper Challenges since they took place under the auspices of the Faerie Miscreant bug. That is, instead of needing a copy on the battlefield to draw a card, Miscreant was (and remains currently) bugged so that it draws a card allContinue reading “October 23-24 Pauper Weekend in Review”
October 16-17 Pauper Weekend in Review
We are now in the back half of Midnight Hunt season and the meta has, for better or worse, coalesced. Here is the breakdown of the Top 32 finishers in the October 16 and October 17 Challenges: While Grixis Affinity remains the most popular deck, as mentioned last week the raw volume of Spellstutter Sprite/NinjaContinue reading “October 16-17 Pauper Weekend in Review”
The First Four Weeks of Midnight Hunt
It’s been over a month since the most recent bans and Midnight Hunt has been out on Magic Online for four Challenge cycles. In that time there have been 8 Challenges as well as a Showcase Qualifier, a Super Qualifier, and a regular Qualifier. Given the amount of data at my fingertips, I decided toContinue reading “The First Four Weeks of Midnight Hunt”
October 2-3 Pauper Weekend in Review
Another weekend and another three events in the books. October 2 saw a Challenge and a Super Qualifier while October 3 saw a Challenge. This brings the total number of major events in the Midnight Hunt season to 8, so we finally have a decent number of results from which we can infer trends. HereContinue reading “October 2-3 Pauper Weekend in Review”
September 25-26 Pauper Weekend in Review
We are still in the early stages of Midnight Hunt season and Pauper is continuing to adjust to the post-Chatterstorm metagame. The September 25 and September 26 Challenges show that while some things have changed, many more have stayed the same. The following chart displays every deck with at least 3 Top 32 appearances acrossContinue reading “September 25-26 Pauper Weekend in Review”
September 18-19 Pauper Weekend in Review
It’s good to be back. After what feels like far too long, I’m excited to write about Pauper again. And what a great weekend to get started – with two different Challenges and a Showcase Qualifier we can get a good idea of the initial post-ban landscape. For better or worse, it bears more thanContinue reading “September 18-19 Pauper Weekend in Review”
The September 8th Pauper Bans
Where do we go from here? In case you missed it, Chatterstorm and Sojourner’s Companion have been banned in Pauper. You can read my collected thoughts on the bans in this thread but that’s not why we are here today. Instead I want to look ahead and get a jump start on what the metagameContinue reading “The September 8th Pauper Bans”
August 28-29 Pauper Weekend in Review
Let’s cut right to the chase. The current format has been dominated by Affinity, Dimir, and Storm since Modern Horizons 2 came out. Since that set was released there have been 26 Challenges, which means 208 Top slots and 832 Top 32 finishes. Looking at just these big three – Affinity, Dimir Faeries, and SquirrelContinue reading “August 28-29 Pauper Weekend in Review”
August 14-15 Pauper Weekend in Review
We are in the second four week chunk of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms season. After the Saturday and Sunday Challenges here is what the winner’s metagame looks like over the past four events (minimum 3 Top 32 appearances): I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about the metagame as veryContinue reading “August 14-15 Pauper Weekend in Review”
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