My LGS will be having a pauper event coming up soon, but I've never played the format before. Looking around I see infect being a possible deck, and I recall seeing a pauper storm, but see not a lot of topics about it.
Also does the fact that its Paper and not MTGO matter?
Does Sink hole and Hymn change the format drastically?
are there other cards besides those two that are not legal in MTGO Pauper but legal in Paper Pauper?
What's the ban list for the paper format you're playing? Frantic Search and Cranial Plating are supposed to be banned but I often hear about people playing with them legal. If Frantic Search is legal you should most likely play storm.
I would recommend checking out PDCMagic.Com and checking some of the top winning desklist at MTGOnline.Com to get a good idea whats good. Anyone have the paper pauper banlist?
I don't think there's an established Paper banlist. Some of the most important cards that are not legal online but are legal offline are High Tide, Mystic Remora, and Goblin Grenade.
The storm deck I was looking is using invasion sac lands and I think grapeshot, but the decks I see aren't using them. I think it was AJ on SCG that was playing ir but that was a while ago
The storm deck I was looking is using invasion sac lands and I think grapeshot, but the decks I see aren't using them. I think it was AJ on SCG that was playing ir but that was a while ago
Yes, the storm deck using sac lands is definetely grapeshot & empty the warrens. The deck has a lot of flexi places, though the best cards you should always use are: Lotus Petal, Rite of Flame, Manamorphose among some.
High Tide isn't horribly broken. Most of, or all of the enablers that High Tide decks use to generate infinite mana aren't legal in Pauper, like Palinchron. It doesn't accelerate Storm decks as much as Rite of Flame does, and so on.
Pauper is not a DCI sanctioned format for live play, so there isn't an official banlist. Check with your TO what the banned list for the event is. If there is no banlist, I recommend playing Storm or Affinity, because the format is bah-roken.
If you're playing Paper Pauper with the Online banlist but cards that aren't common in Modo being legal, then I recommend giving Mono-Black Control a try. It's a solid pick in Modo, and with access to Sinkhole and Hymn to Tourach it could be insane.
If you really want to brew, then you could try out High Tide. Look at some Legacy High Tide lists for templating and ideas.
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My LGS will be having a pauper event coming up soon, but I've never played the format before. Looking around I see infect being a possible deck, and I recall seeing a pauper storm, but see not a lot of topics about it.
Also does the fact that its Paper and not MTGO matter?
Does Sink hole and Hymn change the format drastically?
are there other cards besides those two that are not legal in MTGO Pauper but legal in Paper Pauper?
MOD::symw::symu::symb: Gifts
LEG::symg::symb: Infect
Storm is still a deck and there are two versions of it. One uses Temporal Fissure and the other uses Grapeshot and Empty the Warrens. Are you looking for lists?
What's the ban list for the paper format you're playing? Frantic Search and Cranial Plating are supposed to be banned but I often hear about people playing with them legal. If Frantic Search is legal you should most likely play storm.
The storm deck I was looking is using invasion sac lands and I think grapeshot, but the decks I see aren't using them. I think it was AJ on SCG that was playing ir but that was a while ago
MOD::symw::symu::symb: Gifts
LEG::symg::symb: Infect
Yes, the storm deck using sac lands is definetely grapeshot & empty the warrens. The deck has a lot of flexi places, though the best cards you should always use are: Lotus Petal, Rite of Flame, Manamorphose among some.
4x Ponder
3x Empty the Warrens
4x Grapeshot
4x Rite of Flame
1x Compulsive Research
4x Ideas Unbound
4x Sign in Blood
1x Seething Song
4x Cabal Ritual
4x Dark Ritual
4x Manamorphose
Artifact (10)
4x Chromatic Star
2x Chromatic Sphere
4x Lotus Petal
1x Island
4x Ancient Spring
4x Irrigation Ditch
4x Sulfur Vent
Pauper is not a DCI sanctioned format for live play, so there isn't an official banlist. Check with your TO what the banned list for the event is. If there is no banlist, I recommend playing Storm or Affinity, because the format is bah-roken.
If you're playing Paper Pauper with the Online banlist but cards that aren't common in Modo being legal, then I recommend giving Mono-Black Control a try. It's a solid pick in Modo, and with access to Sinkhole and Hymn to Tourach it could be insane.
If you really want to brew, then you could try out High Tide. Look at some Legacy High Tide lists for templating and ideas.