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Quote from Izor »Here we are again discussing Rare and Uncommon Ante cards in a Pauper Cube forum. My dude, if you want to keep trolling and get everyone here banned because they'll inevitably get at you for the utter crap you're producing you're doing it just right. Brb discussing Black Lotus in Modern. Cuz literally Why Not and **** consensus anyway...
Quote from Kamino_Taka »Wenn Sometimes actually Play Ante Cube and Run it ltke a League where once you go below 30 nonbasics you are Out in that draft we use all the Ante cards and some Others. Its fun Bit most of the Ante cards are often Last picks because they are not that great. But due to the Basic Land Limit we have with that Format Sometimes you actually have to Play them. Edit: technically Not the original Ante but a homebrew Version of it.
Quote from Marl Karx »So Pauper is about to be officially defined according to Gatherer rarity. https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pauper-comes-paper-2019-06-27
Quote from Zephyr Scarlet »So I'm shifting cards around a bit in my cube and came to the following decisions just before M20 hits the shelves: - Stitched Drake vs Wormfang Drake (if any) - Goblin Champion vs Grim Initiate - Stitched Mangler vs Frost Lynx vs Watertrap Weaver (pick two) - Shambling Shell vs Grisly Salvage - Kingpin's Pet vs Pillory of the Sleepless vs Tithe Drinker (pick two) - Lava Dart vs Forked Bolt (or any other card you think is a better cut than Forked Bolt) - Undying Evil vs Supernatural Stamina (same as above). Also, what are your White, Red and Black 2s, White Red and Blue 3s and Black 4s picks for the most powerful drops? The staples are pretty much clear both in the Evaluate Everything and by experience, but after that the cubeables are another world entirely with almost everyone running different things, so I was wondering if we could reach a consensus of which of those are the most powerful among the bunch (something like below staple but above cubeable). Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »After drafting a few times with the two package deal cards I created (one gives you the 6 artifact lands, another gives you Fountain of Youth, Ornithopter, Shield Sphere, Bone Saw, Phyrexian Walker, and Tormod's Crypt), I've decided to add 6Post as a package deal card too. Three copies of both Glimmer and Cloudpost. The cube subreddit told me it was a bad idea, therefore it's a good idea that's worth trying out. Everyone on reddit is an anodyne sophist, so reddit can be used as an inverse springboard for ideas. The artifact land and junk artifact packages worked reasonably well, and getting 6Post seems like an exciting inclusion. Other ideas for package deal cards: The kobolds, 3 copies of each Tron land, Squadron Hawk cards, S.N.O.T. While I despise reddit and it's posting format, this time they're right though. Getting both 6 Locus lands and the Tron package with just two picks (or even one of the packages on a single pick) leads to all kinds of degenerate things at basically no opportunity cost, since in a regular Draft environment you'd have to "waste" several picks getting as many of those and you can, whereas in your proposed idea you would just pick one of them and not give them a second thought for the rest of the draft, leaving you to just focus on bomby, expensive spells. Squadron Hawk is fine though, I've considered it many times along with other "copies matter" cards for each color, but ultimately decided against it.
Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »After drafting a few times with the two package deal cards I created (one gives you the 6 artifact lands, another gives you Fountain of Youth, Ornithopter, Shield Sphere, Bone Saw, Phyrexian Walker, and Tormod's Crypt), I've decided to add 6Post as a package deal card too. Three copies of both Glimmer and Cloudpost. The cube subreddit told me it was a bad idea, therefore it's a good idea that's worth trying out. Everyone on reddit is an anodyne sophist, so reddit can be used as an inverse springboard for ideas. The artifact land and junk artifact packages worked reasonably well, and getting 6Post seems like an exciting inclusion. Other ideas for package deal cards: The kobolds, 3 copies of each Tron land, Squadron Hawk cards, S.N.O.T.
Quote from CatParty »The joy of a pauper cube, for me, is being able to always come home from a prerelease with cards to add to my cube. Pauper Cube mimics in many ways a limited environment, since common cards usually make up the bulk of one's limited deck. A pauper cube is a place to cheaply construct a representation of your favorite affordable cards to play with through the ages. It's fun to see what old commons make the cut for cube, and what new commons do to change the environment. Pauper Cubes are also quite versatile and allow a great variety of cubes to be shaped around such a simple stipulation. Some people like a powered pauper cube - that's fine. It means you're always trying to find which commons have been pushed *just enough* so that they're always "strictly better" than other cards. Other Pauper cubes are focused around synergies - it's fun to construct archetypes through affordable cards. Some people like Pauper Cubes because they naturally restrict the complexity of the cards involved. It makes playing Magic feel like the old days when cards did less things. Some people like pauper cubes that run thirty Relentless Rats or ten Rune Snags. At a certain point one has to concede that Pauper Cubes can be *ANYTHING* the builder wants them to be. The one thing we can all agree on, and the only thing we might need to agree on, is that we like playing with Magic cards that are printed at Common.
Quote from Marl Karx »Also, what are your White, Red and Black 2s, White Red and Blue 3s and Black 4s picks for the most powerful drops? The staples are pretty much clear both in the Evaluate Everything and by experience, but after that the cubeables are another world entirely with almost everyone running different things, so I was wondering if we could reach a consensus of which of those are the most powerful among the bunch (something like below staple but above cubeable). I'm not sure there is a definitive answer. We're planning to rotate a bunch of things frequently if we get regular cube sessions off the ground.
Also, what are your White, Red and Black 2s, White Red and Blue 3s and Black 4s picks for the most powerful drops? The staples are pretty much clear both in the Evaluate Everything and by experience, but after that the cubeables are another world entirely with almost everyone running different things, so I was wondering if we could reach a consensus of which of those are the most powerful among the bunch (something like below staple but above cubeable).
Quote from Al_Z_Heimer »Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »Has anyone else made exceptions to common rarity for their Pauper cubes?Worldknit. I highly suggest it. The deck still only consists of commons and I've got nothing but great feedback. It would obviously be too strong with your WUBRG guys. Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »What does everyone's Golgari sections look like? Looking to change mine.Golgari is weird. Except for Putrid Leech and Consume Strength there are no obvious picks. I'm currently also running Grisly Salvage and Soul Reap as a pseudo Golgari card. Edit: Btw. you can also view other peoples lists yourself and see what they are playing: Link
Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »Has anyone else made exceptions to common rarity for their Pauper cubes?
Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »What does everyone's Golgari sections look like? Looking to change mine.
Quote from CatParty »Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »Has anyone else made exceptions to common rarity for their Pauper cubes? I have: Genju of the Realm, Chromanticore, and Child of Alara to incentivize 5 color and artifact decks. Bronze Tablet because it's interesting to steal cards for the rest of the draft, and Booster Tutor since it should be in every cube. I also have Stocking Tiger, which like Booster Tutor pulls cards from the unused portion of the cube. Additionally, I run two cycles of dual taplands from Coldsnap and Invasion. These aren't Pauper legal, but they're identical to guildgates except they have better art. They aren't full 10 card cycles, just allied colors but oh well. At a certain point, one wonders if you can even call it a pauper cube if you're running mythics. I do make an exception in Pauper Cube for some Un cards. I've run Booster Tutor before with the stipulation that you had to crack a pack of Fallen Empires that I keep with the cube. I've also been toying with the idea of putting The Grand Calcutron in the cube since i don't know where/when/how else I'd get to play with it, and I love the way it redefines how the game is played. If you really want someone drafting a 5 color deck, why not include something that's actually on the Pauper power level - Dragonsoul Knight. It used to be uncommon, to give you an idea of the assumed strength of it (in a set with abundant mana fixing). It just seems like 5c mythics are way too swingy for this format. I've run Dragonsoul myself, it's a fun achievement to unlock!
Quote from SaltMaster 5000 »Has anyone else made exceptions to common rarity for their Pauper cubes? I have: Genju of the Realm, Chromanticore, and Child of Alara to incentivize 5 color and artifact decks. Bronze Tablet because it's interesting to steal cards for the rest of the draft, and Booster Tutor since it should be in every cube. I also have Stocking Tiger, which like Booster Tutor pulls cards from the unused portion of the cube. Additionally, I run two cycles of dual taplands from Coldsnap and Invasion. These aren't Pauper legal, but they're identical to guildgates except they have better art. They aren't full 10 card cycles, just allied colors but oh well.