[Pauper][Discussion] Deck ideas? Resources? (Page 1 of 2)

http://deckbox.org/sets/464552 is my Izzet Pauper build for reference.

I've also been trolling http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pauper/full for builds, but they tend to be the same day after day because the competitive format tends to hive mind and stagnate pretty quickly.

Hey!

Some of my friends and I are beginning to get into the wonderful world of Pauper, but we are all school mates who play this causally. I prefer to play with the idea of "What do I have in disposal?" So my pauper deck is pretty standard one.

http://deckbox.org/sets/492908 , Orzhov Colours.

I haven't yet seen anybody make a functional pauper mill deck, but again, we just began playing it.

Last edited by RedKnox (2013-10-07 14:46:57)

http://forums.pdcmagic.com/viewtopic.ph … 9e598f312f

^That is exactly what I was looking for!

Also searching pauper brew in Google returns some interesting stuff. Most of the decks are half fleshed out.

Along the lines of pauper mill, a buddy of mine came up with an affinity offshoot, using salvage slasher as a way to capitalize on the full graveyard.

http://deckbox.org/sets/507862 Here is my new one, a Mono-red aggro deck.

I would believe it is because that most good and working red Aggro cards aren't common. They need to do more then just hit hard, they need a way to come back and do more then that.

Even through I like Heroic, I am sceptical of it being a deck basing keyword. 

Agreed. Heroic is too demanding to be the main idea of a deck, but it feels like a really good support mechanic.

Man I love this thread.

So I have this idea rolling around in my head.

Essence Harvest in a Kiln Fiend shell... But I would need access to blue for draw to power up the Fiend.
Spellheart Chimera, Electrickery, Mizzium Skin, Stone Rain, Black Cat, Cry of Contrition, Gitaxian Probe, Distress, Funeral Charm...

Could it even work? My mana base in pauper is terrible for a tri color load. Basics, Gates, Bounces and Panoramas... And if I'm in blue red anyway, why not just Fling?

I've actually got a few pauper decks I run.

There's UR Storm: http://deckbox.org/sets/525400
Similar to yours. This plays pretty consistently, although it's kind of a glass cannon. I strongly recommend Manamorphose in this deck; a free spell that pumps Cyclops + a cantrip is incredible.

There's BW Exalted: http://deckbox.org/sets/525401
First pauper deck I built. This one's fun to play. It's a really resilient deck, and it can play both the aggressive & control role. To me, it's a solid deck that can do multiple things at once. It has ways to stabilize & regain health, ways to control, and ways to be really aggressive.

And finally, UG Tron: http://deckbox.org/sets/525406
Somehow, it kind of works. Early game, it stumbles a little bit. But usually, by the time Tron is online, the opponent can't do a whole lot, aside from trying land destruction. Nessian Asp is such a great card for pauper, especially with Tron lands. It's easy enough to cast it before turn 5, but the Tron lands & Wildheart Invoker make it ridiculous. Fireball is a fun alternate win con.

I also have a pauper cube. I'll post a list eventually...

Last edited by thencomesdudley (2013-11-06 07:46:59)

Manamorphose could actually work with Essence Harvest. Prophetic Prism could work as well. The only problem with it in UR, though, is that it's basically a win-more card. The only time it'll actually be relevant is when you've likely already hit your opponent for some obscene amount of unblockable damage or something like that. In all other instances, it's basically a dead card. It's got a similar problem in my exalted deck, although I have it just as a finisher. That deck isn't nearly as explosive as the typical UR build, and it's just a way to get the last few points of damage in & end a game. That, and splashing a third color would mess up the mana base too much.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Strategies for it, against it? It's such an awesome card, but I hate seeing it across the table.

I know, I'm bumping a two week old thread, but it's the only pauper discussion on here...

I recently built a pauper deck, and I'm wondering if it has potential to be effective at all...
I've literally never played a game of pauper before, so i'm not sure what other people are playing, or if this deck exists in some other fashion, but I came up with a pauper Caw-blade deck. [http://deckbox.org/sets/564951]

It is in essence a tempo deck that suits up Squadron hawk and uses it along with phantasmal bear to do consistent damage.

As for facing Gary, In standard the plan is to keep them at a very low devotion count. There's plenty of stuff in the esper colors to remove devotion, even at common rarity. Bounce spells like Unsummon would also work pretty well to knock their count down. I'd assume that Gary plays similarly in pauper as he does in standard, though I can't think of too many non-creature devotion options that pauper has access to, so the creature removal should be enough to get it done. Of course, I could also be totally wrong here, but that's just what I see with him.

http://deckbox.org/sets/574665

Initial playtests are strong even though it's an old list. Thoughts?