MTG Salvation

Seems like grenade is legal in paper pauper, but not in MOL

Guys, I've been thinking about a transformational sideboard. Something like first game mass goblins with some ammount of burn (lightning bolt, searing blaze, fireblast) and in the second game board in a lot of burn spells (15 burn spells in the sideboard), and leave the most "mass-independant" creatures

Went 5-0 on the league with this build, went against Delver Fiend, Jeskai Kitty, Affinity, Delver and RUG Tron.

All the matches were 2-0, except Delver 2-1, which a bug caused me to lose all my permanents for a Fade Away on the losing game.



I'm very satisfied with it. Immolation is a technique against Atog but it's also good when you need more removal.

They had a common printing in Paper only.

Updated the primer to add recent additions to the format, and make the matchups more relevant to the current metagame.

To do still: matchups against RUG Tron, UB Delver, and possibly UB Teachings and Slivers if enough interest (though these two are a bit less of a priority).

I am playing the following and it is blazing fast.

My Paper Pauper Goblins Deck
any suggestions or improvements iam new to pauper

I think Mardu Scout is pretty bad in the format, as it's a 2 drop that dies to anything.

It might be a fine sideboard choice against non creature decks though, but not main.

Besides this, your list is pretty the standard. I would include one or two Goblin Heelcutter in it. It does a lot of work.

I don't like 8 copies of Mogg Raider/Sledder, I always use 6. You are fine when 1 sticks on the board and those guys alone are pretty bad. I play the playset of Arsonist. (They are very good with the Raiders/Sledders and with the Grenade).

I'm not sure if we can discuss paper only lists here in the online thread. Personally, I don't mind.

Is Mardu Scout in to keep Goblin Cohort/Mogg Conscripts running? I generally wouldn't worry about that, by the time those shut off you were probably done attacking anyway. If you really need that effect, why not Glitterfang?

If Mardu Scout is in as a 3-power-for-2-mana body, consider Mogg Flunkies - similar to the above, they don't generally shut off until you're done attacking for other reasons, but they also don't die if they get blocked by most things.

Most winning decklists run the full 4x Goblin Sledder and 4x Mogg Raider because they're a prime target for removal. If they're not getting shot at, you could cut back.

I'd rather see paper-only lists go in the casual pauper subforum, but it's not extremely important, it just makes it hard to give useful advice.

I think Goblins needs a facelift. I like the idea of vehicles sliding in there somewhere. It's pretty rare to see a goblin with haste ever make the cut. Having them crew vehicles the turn they come into play seems like it could be a nice boost. It could then open up some options that interact with artifacts and goblins alike.

Thanks for the advice LordSaturn & NewHJ. I tried the casual section for pauper goblins and it has not been used in years. so i thought id ask here. I will be cutting the Mardu Scout for another Goblin arsonist. my curve is very low do u think i should play 17 lands and get 4 Goblin arsonist

I think Death Spark is a really good inclusion for goblins as you will get to recast it quite a bit. I've seen that card do a ton of work in goblins.

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I think Death Spark is a really good inclusion for goblins as you will get to recast it quite a bit. I've seen that card do a ton of work in goblins.

if you are talking to me Yeah id like to use Death Spark but I dont think it is legal in paper pauper format it was printed only as uncommon

Depends. I've seen paper leagues that allow for cards that were printed at common online, most also have a banned list and Goblin Grenade is generally on there too.

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I think Goblins needs a facelift. I like the idea of vehicles sliding in there somewhere. It's pretty rare to see a goblin with haste ever make the cut. Having them crew vehicles the turn they come into play seems like it could be a nice boost. It could then open up some options that interact with artifacts and goblins alike.

I think vehicles are fitting for a slower strategy like white weenie, I´ve faced some metalcraft weenies with vehicles recently and they do very well there. ¿which vehicles do you think that can make the cut in goblins?

I actually like Sky Skiff in goblins. Gives you a decent evasive attacker. It's low cc fits in the mana scheme and it allows for something like Great Furnace and Kuldotha Rebirth to be squeezed in for some additional Goblin Bushwhacker shenanigans.

Just a thought to take the deck in a slightly different direction.

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Vehicles don't enable Mogg Conscripts nor Goblin Cohort so that they can attack, thus I think they would be less than stellar inclusions.

They wouldn't be able to attack but they could still crew the vehicles.

If you did consripts/cohorts, then ideally you'd be crewing Renegade Freighter, but, gobos generally isn't looking to reach 3 mana.

Sure the Skiff won't enable the consripts/cohorts, but, then it just becomes a matter of proper sequencing.

Well, Flaring Pain works for 2 turns which is enough a lot of times, but if your match is against White Weenie or Soul Tokens, well, I always considered those really bad matchups anyway.

Sup guys ¿what do you think about this list now that burning-tree emissary and magma jet are legal for some time?

This is the list I've been using:

Saludos,

I had a few objectives firing up MODO last night:
1) Build a Goblin deck in Pauper so that I have the cards in my collection before Dominaria is released and likely dumps more Goblins into different formats.
2) Test Fanatic Firebrand.

Additionally, I thought that Goblins lined up well against a good percentage not only of top performing decks on MTGGoldfish but also the decks I encountered often in the league.
1) Against Elves, we have Death Spark, Lightning Bolt, Sparksmith, and Fanatic Firebrand to disrupt.
2) Against Delver (and Izzet Delver), the same disruptive elements against Elves apply
3) Against Burn, Sylvok Lifestaff would cripple the opponent in the race.
4) Wide aggro will always have favorable moments against Tron, targeted removal-based decks, or noninteractive combo when it stumbles.
5) Goblin Sledder and Mogg Raider line up well against Sacred Cat in Heroic.

As I expected, the league in the current meta was Pauper playing in easy mode. My 5-0 results included:
2-1 vs Izzet Delver
2-1 vs TortEx
2-0 vs MBC
2-0 vs Dimir Flicker
2-0 vs Tron

Even though I did not face the matches for which I had a plan, I had a lot of success in my first league with a deck that has a lot of interaction and play to it. Death Spark was an incredible card, and on at least two of the games, one copy of it dealt 5+ damage. Even with the decks I faced, Fanatic Firebrand was incredible. It is just as good as Mogg Fanatic when you are killing Faeries or Delver, and in most other cases, it is better because of its haste. The only situation where it is worse than OG Fanatic is when it is able to attack through with a Bushwhacker AND sacrifice itself for 1 damage, but I am willing to take that loss.

Here is my deck; it is a standard Goblins build without the Fireblasts or Reckless Abandons, opting to play the Fanatics instead. I like playing creatures in the four slots because: they are often worth 4 damage anyway (especially all things considered and taking Goblin Cohort and Mogg Conscripts into account) and being countered is not so damaging as the cards I removed. The sideboard needs Goblin Heelcutter in some number instead of Stingscourger, and I am not opposed to Gorilla Shaman, Relic of Progenitus, or Flaring Pain being included as well.



I hardly sided anything in or out in this particular league.