I love pauper, and I want to build a full on pauper arsenal. I want to build a total of 30-40 pauper decks. I want them to all be unique, as much as possible. I'm sure a few cards will bleed into other decks, but I don't want Red Goblins and R/B Goblins or two goblin decks with just different choices. I want as big of a variety as pauper can muster.
I want at least three decks of each monocolor, more when there's some good design room. I also want a minimum of one deck for each two-color combination, perhaps even two. I'm also considering tricolor across the wheel, although I'm not positive as to how unique each of those would be.
I'd like some input/feedback as to all the possible designs and aspects that could have decent pauper decks built around them. I'm not looking for card critique on any of the decks, just a general "you should build X for this" etc. You may of course give a sample decklist for any suggestions, or even a "make sure you run X in Y".
Here's where I sit with this mission:
White Weenie Rebels Ninjas Blue Skies Old-Style Beats Pesilence MBC / Devotion LD Stupid Red Burn Goblins! Big Beats 9-Land-ish Infect Tron-Fat
WU Walls Control GW Multicolor Beats (ie: Shield) UB Faeries UR Delver / Eye Candy BW Beats
Affinity
RGW Slivers WUBRG Domain / 5CC
("Multicolor Beats" for GW may actually become a cycle. I love the Eventide-Shadowmoor cycle)
So.. My question to the community at large: What else should I build? If you were doing this, what all would you want to build?
So do you want that many decks to just have options when you play a Pauper game or is this for your playgroup to use?
So far you have a solid start with your choices. For variation I'd add an U/R Eye Candy deck to the list (Kiln Fiend/Nivix Cyclops). You can also go with an MBC list, and you choose the newer Devotion builds or go with a Pre-Theros list.
Are you wanting some rogue decks in the list or are you only interested in more established lists? I have a few unconventional brews of my own that are pretty good if you're interested in something different.
It's for a playgroup.
Generally, it's hey lets both grab a random deck and play.
My "Delver" build is a form of the eye candy.
It's kind of a hybrid, but just the way I like.
I'll update to Delver/Eye Candy on the list.
Added MBC / Devotion! Thanks!
I'm perfectly fine with rogue.
Actually, I personally tend to play rogue, but I'm for everything here.
As long as it holds its own against the other decks, it'll work.
So please, by all means, give me your unconventional.
Here's a Mono Black deck I use. It sacs creatures that trigger effects on dying and keeps bringing them into play. I recently added Nameless Inversion and Ghoulraiser for extra synergy. You are already at 3 Mono Black decks, so it's understandable if you don't use it.
There's also a thread that was posted by Obermeir for a Boros Aggro deck. I posted a version of my own in that thread too. It can be found here.
I would also make the Infect deck into a G/B or G/U list then you can have a spot for a Mono Green Elves deck to get some more Tribal action in the mix.
Doing this myself, I'd probably build everything that was competitive (can fight against tier 1 decks) and then experiment with color combinations and powerful cards without homes (Blightning comes to mind) from there. I presume from your inclusion of Tron and exclusion of 8-Post, you follow the MTGO banlist?
Darkninja107
I like the deck posted. I'll probably turn it a little more zombie oriented, but a nice little shell there. The boros is nice. I probably will take the 2 color creature approach to a whole cycle. For infect, I haven't actually decided between GB and Mono Green. I'm fine with having even 6 monogreen decks if it comes to it. I just want to make sure each color has a strong presence, and a minimum of 3 should suffice.
BetweenWalls
Thank you!
I will definitely use quite a few of those.
Several of them are things I really should have already had down.
I love some of the random rogue decks.
Just One Land is awesome.
That's a very interesting idea for you and your friends! I like it a lot. I would personally pick the most powerful decks first, then fill the rest with tier 2 and 3 decks.
Here's the list of decks I would build, including all the top decks, my successful brews and other peoples' creations that they have enjoyed as well.
Beasts (G)
Infect (G)
Stompy (G)
Elves (GU)
Burn (R)
Goblins (R)
Delver (U)
High Tide (U)
MUC (U)
Mono-Black Control (B)
Pestilence (B)
Black Aggro (B)
Rebels (W)
White Weenie (W)
Turbo Fog (UG)
Threshold (UG)
Wall Combo (UG)
Slivers (WG)
Hexproof (WG)
Flash (UW)
Azorious Kitty (UW)
Boros Kitty (WR)
Eye Candy (UR)
Tortured Existence (BG)
Dredge (BG)
Trinket Control (UB)
Teachings Control (UB)
Sacrifice (BR)
Tron (RGU)
TPPS (UBR)
Songs of the Damned (BRG)
Affinity (WUBRG)
Domain Zoo (WUBRG)
That's 33 decks. I'll admit there are quite a few green decks, and maybe a bit too much UG. Beasts and Thresh could be cut. Some of these decks can't be played online, like High Tide. Flash is also barely playable, but extremely fun.
In GW you also have Midnight Guard/Presence of Gond decks that also blur with GW Soul Sisters. I've also seen a really solid RG Slivers deck that I think it more fun than GW Slivers. There's also a RWU Delver deck that I've seen people play (but Infraction Jackson's thread here disappeared in the site move )
In GW you also have Midnight Guard/Presence of Gond decks that also blur with GW Soul Sisters. I've also seen a really solid RG Slivers deck that I think it more fun than GW Slivers. There's also a RWU Delver deck that I've seen people play (but Infraction Jackson's thread here disappeared in the site move )
Guard/Presence was on my list of potential build-a-rounds.
But I couldn't figure out what kind of shell it should have.
Soul Sisters is actually quite interesting.
Guard/Presence was on my list of potential build-a-rounds.
But I couldn't figure out what kind of shell it should have.
Soul Sisters is actually quite interesting.
Interesting... I couldn't find it going through the normal methods. Good to see it's back
Guard/Presence is actually a really tough to beat deck in the right game. You run 12 Sisters, a bunch of token makers and you either combo with Guard or you just take 12 damage a turn while you amass a large enough token army to go lethal. I thought it'd be *****ty because 2 card combos are bad when there are so many easy ways to rip it apart, but the Sprout Swarm beat down gets there too.
Also, TPPS: With Empty the Warrens banned, is it grapeshot for the win?
Thanks!
The wall combo is Axebane Guardian + Galvanic Alchemist/ Freed from the Real + right number of defenders +Soul Burn. The deck is surprisingly redundant, considering all the pieces are fetchable with Drift of Phantasms, which also happens to be a defender creature. The deck is also surprisingly resilient to aggro and kills quicker than you expect.
Here's a list I screw around with (it's far from a polished list):
For your other Wall deck, don't forget about the infamous Inviolability.
The TPPS I play against uses both Empty the Warrens and Grapeshot, actually. Our playgroup doesn't have a problem with Storm because it's not abused to the point of it being boring, so we allow it.
Sorry to hijack your thread @Feyd_Ruin but I'm really glad you started it. I've been looking to the lists provided so far to find good CHEAP pauper decks I could build for a play group as well and was wondering if anybody has any ideas? I'm basically trying to avoid cards like Oubliette (which is 0.20$ on MTGO and 8$ in paper), Daze and all those 'expensive' commons. The reason for this is that my play group is very 'unstable' and I'm trying to get them more involved with the game without them having to spend any money which means me buying cards. I thought I could build 4-5 pauper decks we could pass around (there are 4 of us) and play with but I don't really want to spend 35-60$ per deck. I've been going down the list here and found a few cheap options but if somebody could help me out finding a "rock paper scissor" situation where the 4 decks work well against each other that'd be really awesome. Thanks!
Sorry to hijack your thread @Feyd_Ruin but I'm really glad you started it. I've been looking to the lists provided so far to find good CHEAP pauper decks I could build for a play group as well and was wondering if anybody has any ideas? I'm basically trying to avoid cards like Oubliette (which is 0.20$ on MTGO and 8$ in paper), Daze and all those 'expensive' commons. The reason for this is that my play group is very 'unstable' and I'm trying to get them more involved with the game without them having to spend any money which means me buying cards. I thought I could build 4-5 pauper decks we could pass around (there are 4 of us) and play with but I don't really want to spend 35-60$ per deck. I've been going down the list here and found a few cheap options but if somebody could help me out finding a "rock paper scissor" situation where the 4 decks work well against each other that'd be really awesome. Thanks!
You don't really miss out on anything by not playing those $3+ cards. You could easily build monoblack control without Oubliettes or delver blue without Dazes, especially because those decks are already the best in the format. I'd probably start with white weenie, tron, mbc, delver, goblins, and affinity. If you're primarily concerned with a balanced metagame between the decks, just build what you think would be the most fun, (with a good mix of aggro/midrange/control/combo/etc) then tweak them until they're balanced.
I can't imagine a Pauper deck shelling out 60$ unless you're using Sinkholes. As far as I know, the only reason people are using Oubliette in MTGO is because it's bugged and the creature never comes back or something. There are many other choices in Black, so it's very far from necessary.
Even with a playset of Daze, you won't exceed 30$ in paper for a Delver deck.
If you look at the colour scheme I used with my list of decks, it shows the tier that I consider each deck to be on (green=1, orange= 2, red= 3). Bear in mind this is just my own opinion, but if it helps, good! Of course, you'll quickly realize if there is a problem with one or two of the decks you built not being balanced compared to the others. That's up to you to figure out and correct.
You can probably get away with getting five decks for 75$, which is pretty damn good. Most of the decks I built didn't cost me over 10$.
You can definitely build pauper decks for < $10 each.
Hitting up your LGS's common bin is the best place to start.
Even if your LGS doesn't have one, you can get good decks decently cheap, so long as you go for the right ones. It really depends on what you want to play. If you want 4-5 decks, I recommend going with one monocolor of each color. Each color has strong potential without going spend-heavy. Stick with basic concepts, like aggro and aggro-control, and they'll match out well.
If I had to pick these from my random lists, I'd go for these:
White: Soldier Weenie. ($5)
Blue: Ninja Draw. ($5)
Black: Small Beats ($5)
Red: Goblins ($7)
Green: Big Beats $8)
Now, I'm not suggesting these specific lists - they aren't even finalized for myself yet. They just make good examples. TCGPlayer would make it $50 with the shipping, but that's because you're buying a lot of cards from like 7+ different places. If you bought them all from one place, you could easily cut it to less then 40. For all 5 decks. A little reworking would make them very balanced with each other for a good 5 deck Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.
Really, it depends on what you're wanting to do. If you want to build 5 tournament winners, yeah, you'll have to fork out some $. If you're wanting 5 good decks that are competition worthy and play well together, you can get all 5 for one Delver deck.
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@ OP topic: I'm working through and coming up with cardlists for the decks I want. I'll update OP with where I'm at after I finish most of them and cut out the decks that are too similar.
Of overall note, I'm wanting to avoid any kind of complicated combo. While they are fun, it's not easy to just pick up the deck randomly and play it. High Tide may end up making the list, but One Land won't. It looks fun, but someone just picking it up and glancing through won't have a clue on how to play it. TPPS I'm skipping since all three big pauper storm cards are on the official ban list.
All that said, I may end up cutting a few, so there's probably still some room.
Good list! I would totally take the time to discuss each deck one at a time, but I suppose a separate thread should be made for each, or put each into the proper category. This is such a big project, it would be easy to get lost in it.
Green Tron and Big Green beats seem too similar to me. They essentially have the same strategy, but different ways to ramp and different fatties, but same idea.
I can tell you now that I think most other decks might have problems versus the 9landish green deck, Goblins and Elves, as they look a bit more powerful than the others.
I don't really see how you'll make a 5c control deck in Pauper.
There are merits to both versions of the Flash deck, but mixing them might be needlessly hard on the mana base.
I want to see a 5c Control deck for Peasant, and have been digging around online for a while now. Here's an old Pauper list: http://deckbox.org/sets/98375 That list is centered around Teachings and stuff with Flash (Havenwood Wurm).
I want at least three decks of each monocolor, more when there's some good design room. I also want a minimum of one deck for each two-color combination, perhaps even two. I'm also considering tricolor across the wheel, although I'm not positive as to how unique each of those would be.
I'd like some input/feedback as to all the possible designs and aspects that could have decent pauper decks built around them. I'm not looking for card critique on any of the decks, just a general "you should build X for this" etc. You may of course give a sample decklist for any suggestions, or even a "make sure you run X in Y".
Here's where I sit with this mission:
WU Walls Control
GW Multicolor Beats (ie: Shield)
UB Faeries
UR Delver / Eye Candy
BW Beats
RGW Slivers
WUBRG Domain / 5CC
("Multicolor Beats" for GW may actually become a cycle. I love the Eventide-Shadowmoor cycle)
So.. My question to the community at large:
What else should I build?
If you were doing this, what all would you want to build?
No longer staff here.
So do you want that many decks to just have options when you play a Pauper game or is this for your playgroup to use?
So far you have a solid start with your choices. For variation I'd add an U/R Eye Candy deck to the list (Kiln Fiend/Nivix Cyclops). You can also go with an MBC list, and you choose the newer Devotion builds or go with a Pre-Theros list.
Are you wanting some rogue decks in the list or are you only interested in more established lists? I have a few unconventional brews of my own that are pretty good if you're interested in something different.
Generally, it's hey lets both grab a random deck and play.
My "Delver" build is a form of the eye candy.
It's kind of a hybrid, but just the way I like.
I'll update to Delver/Eye Candy on the list.
Added MBC / Devotion! Thanks!
I'm perfectly fine with rogue.
Actually, I personally tend to play rogue, but I'm for everything here.
As long as it holds its own against the other decks, it'll work.
So please, by all means, give me your unconventional.
No longer staff here.
4 Black Cat
3 Blistergrub
4 Carrion Feeder
2 Driver of the Dead
4 Festering Goblin
2 Ghoulraiser
2 Altar's Reap
3 Doom Blade
2 Tragic Slip
3 Nameless Inversion
Land
2 Barren Moor
16 Swamp
3 Ghoulcaller's Chant
3 Hymn to Tourach
3 Sign in Blood
4 Unearth
There's also a thread that was posted by Obermeir for a Boros Aggro deck. I posted a version of my own in that thread too. It can be found here.
I would also make the Infect deck into a G/B or G/U list then you can have a spot for a Mono Green Elves deck to get some more Tribal action in the mix.
U Delver Tempo (not sure if this is different from Ninjas)
U MUC
U High Tide Combo
U Illusory Tricks
G Elves! (splashes U for Distant Melody)
WU Azorius Kitty
UB Trinket Control
GW Hexproof
WB Night Sky
BG Tortured Existence
BG Dead Dog
GU Turbo Fog
GU Flash
RW Kuldotha Boros
RW Landfall
WUB Familiar
WUB Teachings Control
WUR Cawblade
WUR Eggs
BRG Oops, Just One Land
RGU Real Combo (Freed from the Real & Arbor Elf)
RGWU Domain Zoo
WUBR Barrow's Grave
Doing this myself, I'd probably build everything that was competitive (can fight against tier 1 decks) and then experiment with color combinations and powerful cards without homes (Blightning comes to mind) from there. I presume from your inclusion of Tron and exclusion of 8-Post, you follow the MTGO banlist?
I like the deck posted. I'll probably turn it a little more zombie oriented, but a nice little shell there. The boros is nice. I probably will take the 2 color creature approach to a whole cycle. For infect, I haven't actually decided between GB and Mono Green. I'm fine with having even 6 monogreen decks if it comes to it. I just want to make sure each color has a strong presence, and a minimum of 3 should suffice.
BetweenWalls
Thank you!
I will definitely use quite a few of those.
Several of them are things I really should have already had down.
I love some of the random rogue decks.
Just One Land is awesome.
No longer staff here.
Here's the list of decks I would build, including all the top decks, my successful brews and other peoples' creations that they have enjoyed as well.
Beasts (G)
Infect (G)
Stompy (G)
Elves (GU)
Burn (R)
Goblins (R)
Delver (U)
High Tide (U)
MUC (U)
Mono-Black Control (B)
Pestilence (B)
Black Aggro (B)
Rebels (W)
White Weenie (W)
Turbo Fog (UG)
Threshold (UG)
Wall Combo (UG)
Slivers (WG)
Hexproof (WG)
Flash (UW)
Azorious Kitty (UW)
Boros Kitty (WR)
Eye Candy (UR)
Tortured Existence (BG)
Dredge (BG)
Trinket Control (UB)
Teachings Control (UB)
Sacrifice (BR)
Tron (RGU)
TPPS (UBR)
Songs of the Damned (BRG)
Affinity (WUBRG)
Domain Zoo (WUBRG)
That's 33 decks. I'll admit there are quite a few green decks, and maybe a bit too much UG. Beasts and Thresh could be cut. Some of these decks can't be played online, like High Tide. Flash is also barely playable, but extremely fun.
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
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
The wall combo:
Is it basically built around Axebane Guardian/Overgrown Battlement with Doorkeeper?
Aside: Comically, I'll probably end up with two wall decks.
The other one being Wall of Glare/Palace Guard with Cho-Manno's Blessing, Invulnerability, and/or Ghostly Possession.
Also, TPPS: With Empty the Warrens banned, is it grapeshot for the win?
You mean this one?
Guard/Presence was on my list of potential build-a-rounds.
But I couldn't figure out what kind of shell it should have.
Soul Sisters is actually quite interesting.
No longer staff here.
Interesting... I couldn't find it going through the normal methods. Good to see it's back
Guard/Presence is actually a really tough to beat deck in the right game. You run 12 Sisters, a bunch of token makers and you either combo with Guard or you just take 12 damage a turn while you amass a large enough token army to go lethal. I thought it'd be *****ty because 2 card combos are bad when there are so many easy ways to rip it apart, but the Sprout Swarm beat down gets there too.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Thanks!
The wall combo is Axebane Guardian + Galvanic Alchemist/ Freed from the Real + right number of defenders +Soul Burn. The deck is surprisingly redundant, considering all the pieces are fetchable with Drift of Phantasms, which also happens to be a defender creature. The deck is also surprisingly resilient to aggro and kills quicker than you expect.
Here's a list I screw around with (it's far from a polished list):
4 Tinder Wall
4 Wall of Tanglecord
4 Gatecreeper Vine
4 Drift of Phantasms
4 Axebane Guardian
3 Galvanic Alchemist
1 Ulamog's Crusher
4 Freed from the Real
Sorceries (12)
4 Ponder
3 Preordain
3 Soul Burn
2 Train of Thought
5 Forest
11 Island
4 Simic Guildgate
For your other Wall deck, don't forget about the infamous Inviolability.
The TPPS I play against uses both Empty the Warrens and Grapeshot, actually. Our playgroup doesn't have a problem with Storm because it's not abused to the point of it being boring, so we allow it.
Here's the TPPS list:
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Dark Ritual
4 Rite of Flame
4 Lotus Petal
Kill (10)
4 Grapeshot
4 Empty the Warrens
2 Goblin Bushwhacker
Draw (22)
4 Chromatic Star
2 Chromatic Sphere
4 Manamorphose
4 Ponder
2 Ideas Unbound
3 Sign in Blood
1 Compulsive Research
3 Ancient Spring
3 Geothermal Crevice
2 Irrigation Ditch
4 Sulfur Vent
1 Goblin Bushwhacker
2 Flaring Pain
2 Pyroblast
3 Echoing Truth
3 Izzet Boilerworks
2 Deep Analysis
1 Duress
1 Ideas Unbound
If you want to see lists for any of the other decks I posted, don't be shy!
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
Modern
RGB Grishoalbrand
U Merfolks
Legacy
U Merfolks
You don't really miss out on anything by not playing those $3+ cards. You could easily build monoblack control without Oubliettes or delver blue without Dazes, especially because those decks are already the best in the format. I'd probably start with white weenie, tron, mbc, delver, goblins, and affinity. If you're primarily concerned with a balanced metagame between the decks, just build what you think would be the most fun, (with a good mix of aggro/midrange/control/combo/etc) then tweak them until they're balanced.
Even with a playset of Daze, you won't exceed 30$ in paper for a Delver deck.
If you look at the colour scheme I used with my list of decks, it shows the tier that I consider each deck to be on (green=1, orange= 2, red= 3). Bear in mind this is just my own opinion, but if it helps, good! Of course, you'll quickly realize if there is a problem with one or two of the decks you built not being balanced compared to the others. That's up to you to figure out and correct.
You can probably get away with getting five decks for 75$, which is pretty damn good. Most of the decks I built didn't cost me over 10$.
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
Hitting up your LGS's common bin is the best place to start.
Even if your LGS doesn't have one, you can get good decks decently cheap, so long as you go for the right ones. It really depends on what you want to play. If you want 4-5 decks, I recommend going with one monocolor of each color. Each color has strong potential without going spend-heavy. Stick with basic concepts, like aggro and aggro-control, and they'll match out well.
If I had to pick these from my random lists, I'd go for these:
White: Soldier Weenie. ($5)
Blue: Ninja Draw. ($5)
Black: Small Beats ($5)
Red: Goblins ($7)
Green: Big Beats $8)
Now, I'm not suggesting these specific lists - they aren't even finalized for myself yet. They just make good examples. TCGPlayer would make it $50 with the shipping, but that's because you're buying a lot of cards from like 7+ different places. If you bought them all from one place, you could easily cut it to less then 40. For all 5 decks. A little reworking would make them very balanced with each other for a good 5 deck Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.
Really, it depends on what you're wanting to do. If you want to build 5 tournament winners, yeah, you'll have to fork out some $. If you're wanting 5 good decks that are competition worthy and play well together, you can get all 5 for one Delver deck.
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@ OP topic: I'm working through and coming up with cardlists for the decks I want. I'll update OP with where I'm at after I finish most of them and cut out the decks that are too similar.
No longer staff here.
Modern
RGB Grishoalbrand
U Merfolks
Legacy
U Merfolks
The only cards more expensive then 10 cents at my LGS were these,
Unmake = $1.00 per
Oblivion Ring = .50 cents per
So even to go highly competitive and versatile the cost is extremely minimal.
4 Benevolent Bodyguard
3 Guardian of the Guildpact
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Kor Skyfisher
4 Razor Golem
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Standard Bearer
3 Suture Priest
3 Bonesplitter
3 Journey to Nowhere
2 Prismatic Strands
2 Unmake
Lands 20
17 Plains
3 Secluded Steppe
2 Dust to Dust
4 Inviolability
4 Kor Sanctifiers
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Sunlance
W White Weenie
I have 16 decks finished, but most are still subject to tweaking.
4 Ramosian Sergeant
4 Amrou Scout
4 Defiant Falcon
2 Ramosian Lieutenant
Find Them
4 Children of Korlis
2 Aven Riftwatcher
2 Blade of the Sixth Pride
1 Pious Warrior
1 Thermal Glider
1 Nightwind Glider
1 Zealot il-Vec
4 Bonesplitter
4 Gaze of Justice
4 Bound in Silence
Land
22 Plains
Maybeboard
0 Standard Bearer
0 Feldon's Cane
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Soltari Foot Soldier
4 Soltari Trooper
4 Raise the Alarm
4 Veteran Armorsmith
4 Porcelain Legionnaire
4 Veteran Swordsmith
4 Journey to Nowhere
4 Guardians' Pledge
2 Cenn's Enlistment
22 Plains
4 Cloudfin Raptor
4 Looter il-Kor
4 Scroll Thief
4 Stealer of Secrets
4 Mistblade Shinobi
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
3 Keymaster Rogue
4 Counterspell
4 Æther Burst
3 Echoing Truth
Lands
22 Islands
0 Hands of Binding
0 Waterfront Bouncer
4 Carnophage
4 Vampire Lacerator
2 Pulse Tracker
4 Dauthi Slayer
4 Wretched Anurid
4 Unholy Strength
4 Sinister Strength
Other
4 Snuff Out
4 Doom Blade
4 Dark Ritual
22 Swamp
4 Pestilence
3 Crypt Rats
4 Cemetery Gate
Other Removal
4 Diabolic Edit
3 Unmake
3 Corrupt
3 Drain Life
3 Consume Spirit
3 Brush with Death
4 Sign in Blood
3 Bubbling Muck
Land
23 Swamp
4 Rampart Crawler
1 Spiteful Bully
3 Goblin Turncoat
4 Cateran Persuader
4 Cateran Brute
4 Rathi Intimidator
4 Diabolic Edict
4 Geth's Verdict
3 Cruel Edict
4 Executioner's Capsule
4 Dark Ritual
21 Swamp
3 Stone Rain
4 Molten Rain
4 Misguided Rage
4 Roiling Terrain
4 Flamecore Elemental
4 Fire Elemental
Removal
4 Martyr of Ashes
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Seal of Fire
3 Rift Bolt
4 Sandstone Needle
19 Mountain
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Strike
4 Flame Rift
4 Ghostfire
4 Staggershock
4 Cackling Flames
3 Fireblast
3 Razortip Whip
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Terramorphic Expanse
14 Mountain
4 Raging Goblin
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Goblin Fireslinger
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Mudbrawler Cohort
4 Emberwilde Augur
4 Goblin Grenade
3 Fireblast
4 Path of Anger's Flame
3 Trumpet Blast
22 Mountain
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Nissa's Chosen
4 Hungry Spriggan
4 Winnower Patrol
4 Blastoderm
4 Tangle Golem
4 Vines of Vastwood
4 Slaughterhorn
Land
23 Forest
4 Jungle Lion
4 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
4 Pouncing Jaguar
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Young Wolf
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Garruk's Companion
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Rancor
4 Hunger of the Howlpack
Mana
4 Land Grant
4 Lotus Petal
12 Forest
4 Crop Rotation
4 Expedition Map
4 Ancient Stirrings
Stall + Mana
4 Vine Trellis
4 Overgrown Battlement
4 Hand of Emrakul
4 Ulamog's Crusher
4 Krosan Tusker
4 Aurochs Herd
0 Fangren Marauder (over Tusker?)
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plan
4 Urza's Tower
12 Forest
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Welkin Hawk
4 Defiant Falcon
Grow
3 Bonesplitter
2 Empyrial Armor
4 Airborne Aid
Stall
4 Counterspell
3 Thoughtbind
2 Mana Leak
4 Æther Burst
3 Journey to Nowhere
4 Azorius Guildgate
4 Evolving Wilds
8 Island
7 Plains
4 Midnight Guard
4 Presence of Gond
Soul
4 Soul Warden
4 Soul's Attendant
3 Essence Warden
4 Suture Priest
4 Selesnya Evangel
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Sprout Swarm
Pump
4 Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Lands
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Selesnya Guildgate
3 Selesnya Sanctuary
5 Forest
5 Plains
4 Birchlore Rangers
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Elvish Mystic
3 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Priest of Titania
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Sylvan Ranger
Finishing
4 Lys Alana Huntmaster
4 Timberwatch Elf
4 Wildheart Invoker
3 Distant Melody
Maybe
0 Seeker of Skybreak
Land
4 Land Grant
12 Forest
2 Island
4 Dampen Thought
Draw / Search
4 Peer Through Depths
4 Reach Through Mists
3 Mystical Teachings
4 Horobi's Whisper
4 Rend Flesh
4 Consuming Vortex
3 Recoil
2 Darkness
4 Dimir Signet
4 Dimir Guildgate
10 Island
9 Swamp
I have 13 that I'm still building the lists for.
I'm also looking to work on these:
Of overall note, I'm wanting to avoid any kind of complicated combo. While they are fun, it's not easy to just pick up the deck randomly and play it. High Tide may end up making the list, but One Land won't. It looks fun, but someone just picking it up and glancing through won't have a clue on how to play it. TPPS I'm skipping since all three big pauper storm cards are on the official ban list.
All that said, I may end up cutting a few, so there's probably still some room.
No longer staff here.
Green Tron and Big Green beats seem too similar to me. They essentially have the same strategy, but different ways to ramp and different fatties, but same idea.
I can tell you now that I think most other decks might have problems versus the 9landish green deck, Goblins and Elves, as they look a bit more powerful than the others.
I don't really see how you'll make a 5c control deck in Pauper.
There are merits to both versions of the Flash deck, but mixing them might be needlessly hard on the mana base.
You have the right idea for the Sacrifice deck!
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My scribbling so far:
0 Kodama's Reach
0 Harrow
0 Exploding Borders
0 Sakura-Tribe Elder
Dig / Search
0 Mystical Teachings
0 Worldly Counsel
Good
0 Condescend
0 Diabolic Edict
0 Nature's Claim
0 Dismantling Blow
0 Jilt
0 Negate
0 Exclude
0 Disturbed Burial
0 Strangling Soot
0 Echoing Decay
0 Skyreach Manta
0 Mulldrifter
0 Guardian of the Guildpact
0 Havenwood Wurm
Other
0 Oblivion Ring
0 Faith's Fetters
0 Sprout Swarm
0 Staggershock
0 Swirling Sandstorm
No longer staff here.
You're going to want Nylea's Presence and Tribal Flames in there somewhere, I think. Seems somewhat deathly slow!
Make a new thread about it and we can all work on it without disturbing this thread too much!
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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
This deck is my try on a pauper D&T. It plays pretty well, but somtimes it slows the game to mutch. The Sideboard should be improved.
4 Lone Missionary
4 Guardian of the Guildpact
4 Benevolent Bodyguard
4 Suture Priest
Spells
4 Journey to Nowhere
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Puncturing Light
4 Mana Tithe
4 Prismatic Strands
4 Sunlance
2 Quicksand
3 Secluded Steppe
2 Kabira Crossroads
13 Plains
1 Ivory Giant
4 Gideon's Lawkeeper
4 Disenchant
3 Seraph of Dawn
2 Hopeful Eidolon
And two fun lists:
4 Exhume
Card Draw
4 Casting of Bones
2 Sign in Blood
4 Skulltap
Tutor
3 Shred Memory
Removel
4 Diabolic Edict
2 Ghastly Demise
4 Duress
Creatures
4 Ulamog's Crusher
3 Hand of Emrakul
4 Putrid Imp
2 Deepcavern Imp
Lands
20 Swamp
2 Sign in Blood
4 Distress
2 Ghastly Demise
3 Hymn to Tourach
2 Soltari Visionary
1 Ingot Chewer
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Compulsive Research
4 Deep Analysis
Untap
4 Frantic Search
2 Snap
4 High Tide
4 Lotus Petal
Creatures
4 Cloud of Faeries
Storm
4 Grapeshot
Lands
14 Island
2 Evolving Wilds
2 Mountain
3 Capsize
4 Empty the Warrens
4 Abjure
2 Gush
2 Ideas Unbound
Maybe these lists help you, at least as an inspiration
How's the gauntlet coming? Finished any new decks yet?
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