Now recruiting for a brand new clan, "The Princes of Pauper." We are a rag-tag group of impoverished plainswalkers, weak and impecunious. We are only able to cast the most feeble of spells. But we have a darn good time doing it! What we lack in spellcraft, we more than make up in plucky wit and rougish good looks.
We are champions of the common man's Magic and horders of ancient spells of unbalanced power.
We also play T2, but here, the motto stands: "We don't take no Jitte!"
What is Pauper Magic?
Don't be fooled! There are two variant formats of Magic play that start with 'P.' Here, we're mainly concerned with PAUPER, which is ALL COMMONS, ALL THE TIME.
For the record:
Peasant: All commons, 5 uncommons allowed. PAUPER: All commons, NO UNCOMMONS, NO RARES.
From the article "Poor IntoTheAether" by Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar:
"In Pauper Magic, you can build any sixty-card deck you want... provided you only use commons. For Magic Online, the accepted rules of Pauper are that all commons are legal (except, sometimes, Cranial Plating). Uncommons that have online common equivalents, like the Circles of Protection, Chromatic Sphere, and Stream of Life, are legal. Uncommons that have common equivalents before Invasion, however, are illegal."
If a card has ever been printed as a common, it is legal for Paper Pauper Magic. The only exceptions are as follows:
1. Polyjak, Tutor of the Tattered and Torn, Co-Creator and Chairman
Real Name: Jack Location: Kalamazoo, MI, USA AIM: Rhinopede MTGO/MWS Nick: Polyjak Currently playing: Neo-WW/r (T2), R/G Ponza (T2), W MWC (Pauper) Anything to add: "Note to self: don't forget about Repulse"
2. grozathia, King of Commons, Co-Creator
Real Name: Ben Location: Kalamazoo, MI, USA AIM: flippinninja2k2 MWS: Grozathia Currently playing/working on: Critical Quota (pauper), Untouchables (pauper), BGUR Zubera Crossing (pauper), Tiny Beats (pauper), Eminent Domain (T2) Anything to add: umm... I like stuff.
3. Eegag, Father of the Forgotten, Representative
Real Name: Greg Location: Franklin, IN, USA AIM/MWS: synkrotone Currently playing: Counterburn (Pauper), Dredge (T2), Control (Extended), ScepterWeenie (Casual), Anything to add: Pauper for the Masses!
4. MasterBeeble, Duke of the Downtrodden, Contest Coordinator
Real Name: Jesse (YES, I'm a guy...dangit) Location: Charlotte, NC (Who up in the QC!!!) AIM: RevoNoleGL14 (you might need to copy and paste that) MTGO: MasterBeeble MWS: off constantly (you beat "off constantly"!) Currently Playing: Ninja (Pauper), Pink Weenie (T2), Emminent Domain (T2), My Heart's Desire (Extended), Elvish Dominance (Legacy) Anything to add: The underdog is the most bestest!
5. Alfred, Baron of the Beggars
6. Disrupt_Your_Hymn, Overlord of the Oppressed
Real Name: Andrew Location: Florence, KY AIM/MSN/Yahoo: tycho3k Email: tycho3k at insightbb dot com (thanks, Alfred) MWS nick: (I will need to download this when I get home, didn't know about it!) Currently playing: Rav drafts on MTGO. Anything to add: If you havent' tried it - play mafia!
7. Veserius, Patriarch of the Penny-Pinchers
Real Name: Justin Location: Long Beach, CA, USA AIM: Veserius MWS: I still havn't downloaded this yet, I might need some help getting acclimated. Apprentice: If I'm online I'll play Currently playing/working on: :symu::symg::symb: Critical Mass(T2), :symug:Madness(pauper) Anything to add: I'm always up to test if I'm online.
8. akmage, Paladin of the Parsimonious
9. ConFlux, Deity of the Desperate
Real Name: Jared Location: N.Hollywood, CA AIM/MSN/Yahoo: i2DxNoFX Email: id2_nofx AT yahoo DOT com MWS nick: i2D_NoFX Currently playing: WW/r (T2), Affinity (Ext), Aggro Rock (Ext), Solidarity (T1.5), Suicide Zombies (Pauper), Goblin Sligh (Pauper), Beatdown (Pauper), Cog (Casual), :symw::symu::symb::symr::symg: Fist of Suns (Casual) Anything to add: i have even more decks on MWS
10. Eclipsed, Idol of the Idle
Real Name: Alex Location: Seattle, WA, USA AIM: Jellomages MTGO: Predalex MWS: None yet, but I'll get it soon Currently playing: Pauper/Peasant decks on MTGO Anything to add: Watch Hellsing. It's probably better than whatever you're doing now.
11. Jlo, Common Card-Flipper
12. Interpol, Defender of the Destitute
Real Name: Matt Location: West Lafayette, IN AIM: Famulus Aulicus MTGO/MWS Nick: Interpol Currently playing: WW/r (T2), W Weenie (pauper) Anything to add: "Insert something witty."
13. agentanaranjado, Magistrate of the Mediocre
Real Name: Ryan Location: Kalamazoo AIM: AgentAnaranjado MTGO/MWS Nick: L. Ron Hubbard Currently playing: Beats (T2), Critical Mass, Auras (Pauper) Anything to add: "Not for the time being."
14. The Action Man, Patron of the Pedestrian
15. FoilPhob, Captain of the Cheap
Friends:
EVERYONE is welcome to post on our thread! Since very few of our "friends" actively post, this will be the last clan thread with a "friends" list. We will instead have a "guest" list which will include posters like Aisling Leprechaun, Master of Darkness, and Birger, who advance the discussions in our clan. Everyone else is welcome to post as well, but will not be officially listed as "guests" unless they have a noticable presence in the clan thread.
Aisling Leprechaun
Master of Darkness
Birger
predalex
SorryGuy
xzibit_a
Oasis
Charlie Donaldson
Dragonhunter
Hellbent4Hollywood
frncsc
darkdemon
WiLdFiRe
Jack
DarkDemon
I'm wondering if the warhammer is a good choice for 2 uncommons slots. Granted, it will wreck house once equipped but in what I usually assume will be an aggro field (correct me if I'm wrong) it seems a bit slow. 4 copies of bonesplitter seems strong enough then you'll free up 2 uncommons slots for boros swiftblade. Perhaps in place of 2 veteran armorer. Just a thought...
Aha! A new thread! Well, no tournament last night, but i2D_NoFX, MasterBeeble, a friend of MB's, and I played a few games. I played SuiBlack, and went into a rematch with i2D's Goblins. The first game was another close one, but he ended it with a Goblin Grenade. The second game echoed the first match we played, as my evasion creatures were too much. The final game saw the Goblins come out to a quick lead, but SuiBlack was able to stabilize and take the win. SuiBlack beat Goblins 2-1.
Meanwhile, MasterB was running G/B Reanimator against his friend Adam's Zombies. They had some connection problems but, from what I could tell, Reanimator took game one, Zombies came back in game two, and the final game saw too many disconnects to continue.
So, I played a single game against MasterB's Reanimator deck. Duress and Hymn to Tourach knocked out some key cards before the deck could really get going, and the evasion creatures took it from there. After MB left, I played his friend Adam in a quick game. Adam got a bunch of Zombies ou, and started cycling Gempalm Polluters, knocking my life down, However, my assault was on and when he tried to block in order to stall for one last turn, Last Gasp removed his blocker and led to lethal damage.
My SuiBlack deck, after making many changes (including the removal of cycling lands :wink:), ended yesterday 5-3 in games. Here is the current list:
I like the reanimator idea, B/U with plenty of discard outlets and exhume. The only problem with exhume is that the removal/counters you use on your opponent gives them a creature back when you cast it. Kind of a counter control angle with graveyard removal and big hitters would be a fun deck. Perhaps it's time to build one...
Interesting. I would try to fit some more Dauthi in there, maybe for the Dross Golem.
I think that too much Shadow is not a good idea. Yeah, they can't be blocked, but they can't block either. The golem can come down for cheap and be a powerful blocker as well.
hmm, we're getting pretty inactive at our posting... i guess it's because everyone is busy rite now, but once everyone has the time, let's schedule a tourney (MWS).
hmm, we're getting pretty inactive at our posting... i guess it's because everyone is busy rite now, but once everyone has the time, let's schedule a tourney (MWS).
Sounds good to me. Sometime next week, after the holiday weekend, hopefully everyone can make time to do something :-).
EDIT: Oh, and i2D, please get your AIM to work again. Or some kind of messenger. It is so much harder to organize via PMs ;).
I thought the thread was far more active than usual... but then again, "usual" is referring to when it first started and no one posted on it.
Some of you haven't yet filled out the "mini bio" form that MasterBeeble created. You can see the questions for it on the first post of this thread... if you wish, answer those questions in a post or a PM to me, and I'll make a little spoiler for you. I'm looking at akmage, FoilPhob, and i2D mainly. (Alfred said he'd prefer to abstain, and I can get the info from Action Man and Anaranjado in person.)
I am slowly but surely assembling all the cards to make my MWC pauper deck in real time. I still need 2 Steel Wall, 2 Ethereal Haze, and some other stuff I can't think of off the top of my head.
Also, I found my 4th Jitte and my 4th Char today, so my WW/r deck is happy. Hopefully I do better than 3-1 this Friday and bring home some $$$ to help feed my addiction!
Sorry I haven't been around more... a lot of my Magic-playing friends are back from school, not to mention my long-distance girlfriend. Between them my play time is pretty well used-up. But I'll try and get in some MWS games with those of you (Eegag) who can't play once the next semester starts.
If you're on a time limit, make sure to PM or IM each other and try and get in some games. And, of course, post here about the matchups!
It's up to the clan, but I think we pretty much already decided it's too early, we're still in our formative stage, and we should just start strong in 2006. If there's enough positive energy, though, let's by all means participate in the clan contest.
Wow, no posts today. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to post either. There are so many friends and family in town and there is so much going on this weekend ... But I just wanted to let the clan know that I'm not gone, and I'll be back after this weekend!
Indeed, the holidays have hit with avengence for all. Then again, some of the clan members have been seeing each other in person as we are all back for the holidays.
I'm not a fan of Pouncing Jaguar, since it stops second turn Mongrel or Werebear. Like I said before, Jungle Lion is better.
Werebear doesn't seem to fit well in the deck, it looks like it's going to take too long to get bigger. Maybe something like Rogue Elephant would be better if you keep Pouncing Jaguar.
I'm interested in joining as I think the format is really cool, and I've always thought that Polyjak is a quality poster. I've wanted to break into legacy/extended, but havn't decided that I want to make the investment, and I think that pauper will give me a feel for it to see whether or not I'd like to do it. I've also been looking for people to play on apprentice with and this clan would also satisfy that. So anyway I hope I'm welcome, I'm gonna try to get some deck lists up by monday as I build some stuff.
Jlo, Veserius, I'm feeling generous on this 25th of December 2005.... welcome to the Princes of Pauper! PM me your pauperly titles and any personal information you want stored in a spoiler, and you're good to go!
EDIT: Last night I went to my girlfriend's family's Christmas celebration, and I felt obligated to drink myself into sociability. Anyway, when I finally got back to my own parents' house around 3 am, I was nursing a horrible headache, which over the course of the "night" became a pseudo-migrane. Anyway, for the few hours of actual sleep I got between then and now, I had a dream... and in this dream, I had access to a bunch of cards from Guildpact (man, am I a nerd or what? ;)) I learned the names of the duals, but the only one I can remember is "Izzet Academy" ... and obviously that's wrong because the duals aren't named like that. Ah, the fuzzy logic of dreams!
Anybody have any Magic-related gift exchange stories to share? My friend (Interpol) bought himself a Ravnica fatpack and got a ton of jank, but did end up with the elusive Loxodon Hierarch. However, since he rocks the WW/r deck, the elephant is not as useful. (He was hoping for a Sacred Foundry, naturally.)
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=30709
Now recruiting for a brand new clan, "The Princes of Pauper." We are a rag-tag group of impoverished plainswalkers, weak and impecunious. We are only able to cast the most feeble of spells. But we have a darn good time doing it! What we lack in spellcraft, we more than make up in plucky wit and rougish good looks.
We are champions of the common man's Magic and horders of ancient spells of unbalanced power.
We also play T2, but here, the motto stands: "We don't take no Jitte!"
What is Pauper Magic?
For the record:
Peasant: All commons, 5 uncommons allowed.
PAUPER: All commons, NO UNCOMMONS, NO RARES.
From the article "Poor IntoTheAether" by Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar:
"In Pauper Magic, you can build any sixty-card deck you want... provided you only use commons. For Magic Online, the accepted rules of Pauper are that all commons are legal (except, sometimes, Cranial Plating). Uncommons that have online common equivalents, like the Circles of Protection, Chromatic Sphere, and Stream of Life, are legal. Uncommons that have common equivalents before Invasion, however, are illegal."
If a card has ever been printed as a common, it is legal for Paper Pauper Magic. The only exceptions are as follows:
Cranial Plating is banned.
Artifact Lands are restricted.
1. Polyjak, Tutor of the Tattered and Torn, Co-Creator and Chairman
Location: Kalamazoo, MI, USA
AIM: Rhinopede
MTGO/MWS Nick: Polyjak
Currently playing: Neo-WW/r (T2), R/G Ponza (T2), W MWC (Pauper)
Anything to add: "Note to self: don't forget about Repulse"
Location: Kalamazoo, MI, USA
AIM: flippinninja2k2
MWS: Grozathia
Currently playing/working on: Critical Quota (pauper), Untouchables (pauper), BGUR Zubera Crossing (pauper), Tiny Beats (pauper), Eminent Domain (T2)
Anything to add: umm... I like stuff.
Location: Franklin, IN, USA
AIM/MWS: synkrotone
Currently playing: Counterburn (Pauper), Dredge (T2), Control (Extended), ScepterWeenie (Casual),
Anything to add: Pauper for the Masses!
Location: Charlotte, NC (Who up in the QC!!!)
AIM: RevoNoleGL14 (you might need to copy and paste that)
MTGO: MasterBeeble MWS: off constantly (you beat "off constantly"!)
Currently Playing: Ninja (Pauper), Pink Weenie (T2), Emminent Domain (T2), My Heart's Desire (Extended), Elvish Dominance (Legacy)
Anything to add: The underdog is the most bestest!
6. Disrupt_Your_Hymn, Overlord of the Oppressed
Location: Florence, KY
AIM/MSN/Yahoo: tycho3k
Email: tycho3k at insightbb dot com (thanks, Alfred)
MWS nick: (I will need to download this when I get home, didn't know about it!)
Currently playing: Rav drafts on MTGO.
Anything to add: If you havent' tried it - play mafia!
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
AIM: Veserius
MWS: I still havn't downloaded this yet, I might need some help getting acclimated.
Apprentice: If I'm online I'll play
Currently playing/working on: :symu::symg::symb: Critical Mass(T2), :symug:Madness(pauper)
Anything to add: I'm always up to test if I'm online.
9. ConFlux, Deity of the Desperate
Location: N.Hollywood, CA
AIM/MSN/Yahoo: i2DxNoFX
Email: id2_nofx AT yahoo DOT com
MWS nick: i2D_NoFX
Currently playing: WW/r (T2), Affinity (Ext), Aggro Rock (Ext), Solidarity (T1.5), Suicide Zombies (Pauper), Goblin Sligh (Pauper), Beatdown (Pauper), Cog (Casual), :symw::symu::symb::symr::symg: Fist of Suns (Casual)
Anything to add: i have even more decks on MWS
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
AIM: Jellomages
MTGO: Predalex
MWS: None yet, but I'll get it soon
Currently playing: Pauper/Peasant decks on MTGO
Anything to add: Watch Hellsing. It's probably better than whatever you're doing now.
12. Interpol, Defender of the Destitute
Location: West Lafayette, IN
AIM: Famulus Aulicus
MTGO/MWS Nick: Interpol
Currently playing: WW/r (T2), W Weenie (pauper)
Anything to add: "Insert something witty."
Location: Kalamazoo
AIM: AgentAnaranjado
MTGO/MWS Nick: L. Ron Hubbard
Currently playing: Beats (T2), Critical Mass, Auras (Pauper)
Anything to add: "Not for the time being."
15. FoilPhob, Captain of the Cheap
Friends:
Aisling Leprechaun
Master of Darkness
Birger
predalex
SorryGuy
xzibit_a
Oasis
Charlie Donaldson
Dragonhunter
Hellbent4Hollywood
frncsc
darkdemon
WiLdFiRe
Jack
DarkDemon
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#1: Eight Ways to Pump an Elf
#2: Disciples of the Common Way
Pauper Library:
Ravnica Block Pauper - Visual Spoiler (Polyjak) ***
Ravnica Block Pauper - Text Spoiler (Polyjak)
Card Drawing (Polyjak)
Board-Sweepers (Eegag)
Artifact Mana Fixing/Acceleration (Grozathia)
Commons with Tutoring Effects (Veserius)
Meanwhile, MasterB was running G/B Reanimator against his friend Adam's Zombies. They had some connection problems but, from what I could tell, Reanimator took game one, Zombies came back in game two, and the final game saw too many disconnects to continue.
So, I played a single game against MasterB's Reanimator deck. Duress and Hymn to Tourach knocked out some key cards before the deck could really get going, and the evasion creatures took it from there. After MB left, I played his friend Adam in a quick game. Adam got a bunch of Zombies ou, and started cycling Gempalm Polluters, knocking my life down, However, my assault was on and when he tried to block in order to stall for one last turn, Last Gasp removed his blocker and led to lethal damage.
My SuiBlack deck, after making many changes (including the removal of cycling lands :wink:), ended yesterday 5-3 in games. Here is the current list:
20 Swamp
// Creatures
4 Carnophage
4 Festering Goblin
4 Wretched Anurid
4 Skittering Skirge
4 Dauthi Slayer
2 Dross Golem
4 Bonesplitter
4 Duress
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Diabolic Edict
3 Last Gasp
Prison Yard (Pauper Future Extended)
Also @ Master of Darkness: Rally the Righteous might not be a bad call, either. You are running both the Thundersong Trumpeter and Skyknight Legionnaire and with the suggestion of adding Boros Swiftblade that would give you a few R/W guys to utilize. Just something that popped into my head.
V/LA: 3/21-3/24 & 3/27-3/29
I think that too much Shadow is not a good idea. Yeah, they can't be blocked, but they can't block either. The golem can come down for cheap and be a powerful blocker as well.
Prison Yard (Pauper Future Extended)
(T2)Boros Deck Wins:symr::symw:
(Casual)Cogs:xmana::symu::symw:
EDIT: Oh, and i2D, please get your AIM to work again. Or some kind of messenger. It is so much harder to organize via PMs ;).
Prison Yard (Pauper Future Extended)
Some of you haven't yet filled out the "mini bio" form that MasterBeeble created. You can see the questions for it on the first post of this thread... if you wish, answer those questions in a post or a PM to me, and I'll make a little spoiler for you. I'm looking at akmage, FoilPhob, and i2D mainly. (Alfred said he'd prefer to abstain, and I can get the info from Action Man and Anaranjado in person.)
I am slowly but surely assembling all the cards to make my MWC pauper deck in real time. I still need 2 Steel Wall, 2 Ethereal Haze, and some other stuff I can't think of off the top of my head.
Also, I found my 4th Jitte and my 4th Char today, so my WW/r deck is happy. Hopefully I do better than 3-1 this Friday and bring home some $$$ to help feed my addiction!
Sorry I haven't been around more... a lot of my Magic-playing friends are back from school, not to mention my long-distance girlfriend. Between them my play time is pretty well used-up. But I'll try and get in some MWS games with those of you (Eegag) who can't play once the next semester starts.
If you're on a time limit, make sure to PM or IM each other and try and get in some games. And, of course, post here about the matchups!
(T2)Boros Deck Wins:symr::symw:
(Casual)Cogs:xmana::symu::symw:
(T2)Boros Deck Wins:symr::symw:
(Casual)Cogs:xmana::symu::symw:
Everyone have a great holiday weekend!
Prison Yard (Pauper Future Extended)
Merry Christmas and a belated Happy Festivous.
**** checks affinity deck and counts number of commons ****lol
Happy holidays everyone! I don't know how much I'll be around in the next few days. Take care!
10 Forest
6 Mountain
4 Werebear
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Pouncing Jaguar
4 Raging Goblin
4 Skyshroud Ridgeback
4 Seal of Fire
4 Wild Might
4 Reckless Charge
4 Giant Growth
So lets the comments begin..
This deck needs more meat!
Werebear doesn't seem to fit well in the deck, it looks like it's going to take too long to get bigger. Maybe something like Rogue Elephant would be better if you keep Pouncing Jaguar.
Otherwise, nice deck!
EDIT: Last night I went to my girlfriend's family's Christmas celebration, and I felt obligated to drink myself into sociability. Anyway, when I finally got back to my own parents' house around 3 am, I was nursing a horrible headache, which over the course of the "night" became a pseudo-migrane. Anyway, for the few hours of actual sleep I got between then and now, I had a dream... and in this dream, I had access to a bunch of cards from Guildpact (man, am I a nerd or what? ;)) I learned the names of the duals, but the only one I can remember is "Izzet Academy" ... and obviously that's wrong because the duals aren't named like that. Ah, the fuzzy logic of dreams!
Anybody have any Magic-related gift exchange stories to share? My friend (Interpol) bought himself a Ravnica fatpack and got a ton of jank, but did end up with the elusive Loxodon Hierarch. However, since he rocks the WW/r deck, the elephant is not as useful. (He was hoping for a Sacred Foundry, naturally.)
He one of the first cards i have =D
So he stays in lol...
I like the concept of
1st turn : Skyshroud Ridgeback
2nd turn : Rancor + Growth it
Taken 7 Lols
By the way is the fat pack worth it? IMO the only thing nice is the box lol