I really would like to play a brown 8post deck in pauper, and I am trying to find a way to make it work out. This is my best attempt to make it work, tried making Urzatron this way but there were too many land pieces. This deck uses lots of delay tactics (like free blockers and deserts) to stay alive until it can drop a crusher.
I thought about using Vault Skirge and Porcelain Legionnaire but they have very small butts, so they are are extremely susceptible to being killed. (Also what the heck is Phyrexian War Beast supposed to be? Looks like a helicopter headed horse? Or something?)
The biggest problem with post is that most people use the MODO banlist (since it's a pretty good one), and cloudpost is banned. Not that it matters if your gamegroup doesn't follow that banlist, though.
Also, you should know that wasteland and shield sphere are uncommon and Aelopile is Rare. You could switch them for Steel Wall and Pyrite Spellbomb, and a couple mountains.
And, btw, Tron isn't so hard to assemble in a format with access to both expedition map and crop rotation. Also, green has access to Ancient Stirrings, one of the most efficient spells printed and enough fatties to make use of the tron mana.
I'd argue that using stall tactics is just as aesthetically displeasing as using eggs.
Why go Brown? You can just as easily go mono-coloured and add like 8 filters for you mana. Adding any colour will give you access to a whole lot more than what you can find in artifacts.
Wasteland & Ghost Quarter have always been uncommon, but both Shield Sphere and Aeolipile are common in their MTGO releases. I've detailed a breakdown of pauper rarities here if you're interested. Cranial Plating is another card on the MTGO ban list (along with Cloudpost) that you might consider. (it's by far the most broken of all the cards on the list) Affinity creatures such as Frogmite and Myr Enforcer may be good here as well. Perhaps Quicksand could replace some of the illegal lands.
4 cloudpost
4 glimmerpost
4 ghost quarter
4 desert
4 wasteland
4 wall of tanglecord
4 ornithopter
4 Ulamog's Crusher
4 Phyrexian War Beast
4 perilous myr
4 shield sphere
4 Serrated Arrows
4 Aeolipile
4 expedition map
Suggestions on how to make a brown 8post work?
I thought about using Vault Skirge and Porcelain Legionnaire but they have very small butts, so they are are extremely susceptible to being killed. (Also what the heck is Phyrexian War Beast supposed to be? Looks like a helicopter headed horse? Or something?)
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
CG-Post
Also, you should know that wasteland and shield sphere are uncommon and Aelopile is Rare. You could switch them for Steel Wall and Pyrite Spellbomb, and a couple mountains.
And, btw, Tron isn't so hard to assemble in a format with access to both expedition map and crop rotation. Also, green has access to Ancient Stirrings, one of the most efficient spells printed and enough fatties to make use of the tron mana.
Gatherer lied to me again. That thing is the worst about telling me things are common when they are not >:/
I know about mono-green Tron, I just like brown tron better. No using half the deck on eggs (I know this isn't a bad thing, just ascetic reasons.)
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
CG-Post
Why go Brown? You can just as easily go mono-coloured and add like 8 filters for you mana. Adding any colour will give you access to a whole lot more than what you can find in artifacts.
UGTurboFogGU
BRSacrificial AggroBR
16The Paper Pauper Battle Bag16
EDH
BRRakdos, Lord of PingersBR
GTitania, Protector of ArgothG
UB Ramses OverdarkUB
Sig by Ace5301 of Ace of Spades Studio
Wasteland & Ghost Quarter have always been uncommon, but both Shield Sphere and Aeolipile are common in their MTGO releases. I've detailed a breakdown of pauper rarities here if you're interested. Cranial Plating is another card on the MTGO ban list (along with Cloudpost) that you might consider. (it's by far the most broken of all the cards on the list) Affinity creatures such as Frogmite and Myr Enforcer may be good here as well. Perhaps Quicksand could replace some of the illegal lands.
4 Expedition Map
4 Ice Storm
3 Reap and Sow
4 Overgrown Battlement
4 Wall of Tanglecord
4 Ambush Viper
4 Ulamog's Crusher
4 Walker of the Grove
4 Glimmerpost
14 Forest