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Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. There are a lot of stories from last weekend in the world of Magic Online Pauper. In addition to the three regularly scheduled Challenges there was also a Qualifier tournament. The Qualifier had 219 participants, makingContinue reading “March 2-3 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Some may find the image that comes next a bit uncomfortable. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. This chart represents the overall Challenge metagame for the weekend of February 24-25. Out of 181 decks that enteredContinue reading “February 24-25 Pauper Weekend Recap”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “February 17-18 Pauper Weekend Recap”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “February 3-4 Pauper Weekend Recap”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “Four More Weeks of Lost Caverns of Ixalan”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “January 20-21 Pauper Weekend Recap”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “January 13-14 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Happy 2024 everyone! After some time away from writing I am back in the saddle (if you consider this chair at my kitchen table a saddle) and ready to dive back into Pauper. The format has had more than a month to adjust to the absence of Monastery Swiftspear and things are starting to comeContinue reading “Four Weeks Later – Pauper After the Monastery Swiftspear Ban”

I use a few different metrics when looking at the Top 32 metagame. The first is just Raw Volume. The second is Win+, which takes the sum of all wins at X-2 or better in the Swiss and assigns a score; Win+ is helpful in measuring a deck’s Swiss round performance. K-Wins takes all ofContinue reading “December 9-10 Pauper Weekend Recap”