Magic: The Gathering - Page 335

On March 20 2013 08:34 Azuzu wrote:
Awesome thanks. That site is super useful! Looking at those decklists it's pretty obvious the enchants would be removed instantly most of the time. I'll go back to drawing boards tonight - I really like attended knight and war falcon so I'll see where I can fit them + burn in.

I had mentioned faithless looting because in a <3 mana cost deck it seems like I could safely loot away lands. I've never played it though so maybe it wouldn't work that well.

On March 20 2013 09:12 MoonBear wrote:

I don't play Pauper but Enchantments are bad because Boggles is a deck (aka Hexproof creatures who people pile cheap enchantments like the umbra totem armour stuff onto.

Your curve tops out at three so I think you might be able to cut down to 20-22 lands. If you cut everything 3 CMC and above, you can probably go 20 lands with 8 fetches and still be fine. Super deck thinning. But no matter what, keep your curve low and cheap. Try to avoid anything that will stress your manabase (e.g. double colour cards).

Because you're playing an aggro deck you definitely want more removal to clear a path for your creatures or just throw at the other guy's face. Sunlance, Keldon Marauders, Icatian Javeliers all might be interesting choices. Flame Rift, Lava Spike and of course the premier one and only Lightning Bolt. (why are you not running 4 of this card? Auto-include in nearly any Eternal Format deck. It's just so good.) Double Cleave is a nice combat trick but you could get 2-for-1'd if the other guy has removal. Journey to Nowhere is a cheaper and faster Oblivion Ring against creatures. Flame Sash is also creature specific but breaches an important 4 damage mark.

Squadron Hawk is card advantage, a flier and only a single white colour cost. Spark Elemental can be a nice 1-CC drop that can quickly trigger battalion unexpectedly and still leave mana open for spells. Porcelain Legionnaire seems rather cost effective. Gobling Bushwacker is cheap alpha strike. Dynacharge is a mini-Overrun or combat trick.

You can also thin your deck using Terramorphic Expanse and Evolving Wilds. Don't like the Guildgates too much because they come into play tapped. Also with the Fetches you can abuse Landfall triggers with Steppe Lynx, Plated Geopede and Adventuring Gear. If you go this route may as well abuse Kor Skyfisher with Teetering Peaks too.

Have fun, go nuts.

On March 20 2013 11:05 Azuzu wrote:
Thanks for the long write up, but this tournament is standard . At least it's a good comparison for what I should be looking for.

On March 20 2013 18:27 MCMcEmcee wrote:
I don't think Boros could be all that good in a format full of x/4s. I mean it wouldn't be bad but I sincerely doubt it's by far the best or anything.

On March 21 2013 11:25 Azuzu wrote:
That's actually how I got the idea to try playing pauper in the first place. I was between rounds of a draft with a pretty sweet boros deck and someone was looking to playtest his pauper standard deck with. It turned out he was playing the defender combo deck but was doing white instead of black and relying on doorkeeper as his only wincon. I was able to beat through both games by killing his combo pieces by playing enough creatures he was forced to block and had no counter up for burn. He was also running http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220045 which might work for you.


I watched him play someone else and go off two games in a row for the win against a creature enchant deck. He used ghostly flicker to unbind his alchemist to his axebane and onto the doorkeeper to finish to combo.

On March 22 2013 03:44 spinesheath wrote:
Duels of the Planeswalkers is most likely the cheapest way to learn MTG, I can't imagine anything else for less than $20. Base + Expansion probably would have been enough already, but likely you'll have more fun with the bundle and in either case $20 doesn't matter a whole lot if you were to start playing paper magic or MTGO as those will cost you way more.

The game is made to introduce you to MTG iirc, so for now you should probably just play a bunch. I don't think there's a lot of tips one could give you at this point.

On March 22 2013 03:48 cLAN.Anax wrote:
spinesheath is right. DotP is the cheapest way to learn how to get into Magic if you're on your own. Once you have a pretty solid grasp on the mechanics of the game and some minor experience with deckbuilding, you'll want to move up out of it. But for now, rest assured that you didn't overspend (not by a longshot, lol) and enjoy the game.

On March 22 2013 03:53 trinxified wrote:


Deckbuilding is only adding/removing cards right from a set deck pack? Can't really build from scratch?

On March 22 2013 04:14 cLAN.Anax wrote:


No, sadly, you can't. Once you get more experienced with deckbuilding, you'll realize how limited this software is. However, for starters like yourself, it's a very simple, very helpful tool to begin with.

On March 22 2013 04:16 trinxified wrote:


It's actually a boon for starters, since it sets us up with a foundation for a deck. All we can do though is experiment by adding/removing cards from another set of 40 cards...

Btw, it says that I've only unlocked 30/40 cards for each deck... how to unlock the remaining 10?

On March 22 2013 04:28 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Yeah, by winning encounters in the Campaign. I replayed the 1/1 white bird encounters over again and again to unlock everything in Chandra's red burn deck, lolol.

Edit: I think I assumed that you were a starter, but I'm not so sure anymore. I don't know, lol. Sorry I'm calling you a beginner if I'm totally wrong. X-D