What do you all think of Persistent Petitioners? Could advisor tribal be a viable archetype? Seems hilarious. You would only need about 4 activations of its final ability to kill someone.
Impassionate Orator is a beefier Soul Sister. Pretty good ability for a bear.
Summary Judgement is probably the white removal spell that White has needed alongside Journey to Nowhere. 5 damage is the necessary threshold a card like this needs to have in order to see mainstream play. It kills Anglers, which is huge! Being able to play it right after attackers are declared is also relevant.
When I saw Clear the Mind, I screamed "NOOOOOOO!" Pauper finally has a card that can shuffle its owners graveyard back into the library. And it Cantrips! This is huge. This is a way for Blue decks to stop Mill decks (like Turbo Fog)from winning. For me, there are three options here: 1) This is a must-counter spell, 2) Turbo Fog needs to run graveyard hate like Relic of Progenitus to reduce the effectiveness of the card, but weakening its sideboard plan against Blue decks that would otherwise not warrant graveyard hate or 3) Turbo Fog needs to play its own copy of Clear the Mind in its sideboard to keep up. This card may also begin a trend towards durdling decks that do absolutely no milling but only survive while the opponent draws themselves to death. This should be an interesting card!
Prying Eyes is a massive draw spell! Instant speed draw 4 is excellent, regardless of having to discard 2 afterwards. I like it a lot! I feel like it could see play as a singleton in a lot blue control decks. UB Mystical Teachings maybe?
Sage's Row Savant is an aggressively costed card for its stats and abilities. It reminds me of Omenspeaker, but with more of an aggro bend, which I don't hate. Aggro decks want to be able to smooth out their draws too.
Goblin Gathering is a pretty hilarious card that I think could be fairly powerful in the right build. Consider a control deck with Pieces of the Puzzle and Archaeomancer and Mnemonic Wall to consistently make 4-5 Goblins at a time. Could be an interesting deck. The card is still rather expensive on the front end for only two goblins, but it's great as soon as there is a single copy in the gy.
Sagittar's Volley is yet another pushed anti-flying green card. It looks powerful on paper to beat Delver (kill a delver and ping all the faeries), but can it really beat Aerial Volley?
Wrecking Beast has an amazing amount of text for a beatstick common filler. a 6/6 with trample and haste is well worth 7 mana in my books. This is one of the cases where the haste seems so much better than the counter only because it's on a green card.
Applied Biomancy has the lure of being a 2 for 1. I think they could have made the pump a little bit bigger, like +1/+2 or something to really make it great.
Rubblebelt Runner has some interesting text that I've only seen on a rare, which is Legion Loyalist. Is it relevant to Pauper? Not particularly, but I think it's worth mentioning because it's so unique. Pauper really got some treatment this set!
Hey folks! We're well into the spoiler season with only two weeks to go before release. Not too many commons to talk about, but here are a few interesting things nonetheless.
Blade Juggler could have had potential if it had been a 2/2 with one less to Spectacle. As it sits, it's pretty average.
I love Burning-Tree Vandal. This card is aggressively costed for its abilities. Being able to haste out and rummage just for attacking is excellent. If you can't attack profitably, you can always opt for a 3/2 for 3 with a great ability. I doubt it will see much play, but it's a beautiful card.
Skewer the Critics is one of the better riffs on Lightning Bolt I've seen in a while. This will see play in Burn for sure. You are damaging the opponent every turn with burn, so activating the cheap Spectacle cost shouldn't be an issue. Great card!
People have already written about Growth Spiral since it was one of the first cards to be spoiled. It's an excellent rate for an instant speed spell. Is this the only way to make land drops during an opponent's turn in Pauper? In any case, it's certainly got potential.
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
I am loving some of the new additions!
Impassionate Orator is a beefier Soul Sister. Pretty good ability for a bear.
Summary Judgement is probably the white removal spell that White has needed alongside Journey to Nowhere. 5 damage is the necessary threshold a card like this needs to have in order to see mainstream play. It kills Anglers, which is huge! Being able to play it right after attackers are declared is also relevant.
When I saw Clear the Mind, I screamed "NOOOOOOO!" Pauper finally has a card that can shuffle its owners graveyard back into the library. And it Cantrips! This is huge. This is a way for Blue decks to stop Mill decks (like Turbo Fog)from winning. For me, there are three options here: 1) This is a must-counter spell, 2) Turbo Fog needs to run graveyard hate like Relic of Progenitus to reduce the effectiveness of the card, but weakening its sideboard plan against Blue decks that would otherwise not warrant graveyard hate or 3) Turbo Fog needs to play its own copy of Clear the Mind in its sideboard to keep up. This card may also begin a trend towards durdling decks that do absolutely no milling but only survive while the opponent draws themselves to death. This should be an interesting card!
Prying Eyes is a massive draw spell! Instant speed draw 4 is excellent, regardless of having to discard 2 afterwards. I like it a lot! I feel like it could see play as a singleton in a lot blue control decks. UB Mystical Teachings maybe?
Sage's Row Savant is an aggressively costed card for its stats and abilities. It reminds me of Omenspeaker, but with more of an aggro bend, which I don't hate. Aggro decks want to be able to smooth out their draws too.
Goblin Gathering is a pretty hilarious card that I think could be fairly powerful in the right build. Consider a control deck with Pieces of the Puzzle and Archaeomancer and Mnemonic Wall to consistently make 4-5 Goblins at a time. Could be an interesting deck. The card is still rather expensive on the front end for only two goblins, but it's great as soon as there is a single copy in the gy.
Open the Gates I mention because it is great fixing for 3-5 colour decks, but probably won't beat cards like Utopia Sprawl, Abundant Growth or Nylea's Presence.
Sagittar's Volley is yet another pushed anti-flying green card. It looks powerful on paper to beat Delver (kill a delver and ping all the faeries), but can it really beat Aerial Volley?
Wrecking Beast has an amazing amount of text for a beatstick common filler. a 6/6 with trample and haste is well worth 7 mana in my books. This is one of the cases where the haste seems so much better than the counter only because it's on a green card.
Applied Biomancy has the lure of being a 2 for 1. I think they could have made the pump a little bit bigger, like +1/+2 or something to really make it great.
Rubblebelt Runner has some interesting text that I've only seen on a rare, which is Legion Loyalist. Is it relevant to Pauper? Not particularly, but I think it's worth mentioning because it's so unique. Pauper really got some treatment this set!
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
Blade Juggler could have had potential if it had been a 2/2 with one less to Spectacle. As it sits, it's pretty average.
I love Burning-Tree Vandal. This card is aggressively costed for its abilities. Being able to haste out and rummage just for attacking is excellent. If you can't attack profitably, you can always opt for a 3/2 for 3 with a great ability. I doubt it will see much play, but it's a beautiful card.
Skewer the Critics is one of the better riffs on Lightning Bolt I've seen in a while. This will see play in Burn for sure. You are damaging the opponent every turn with burn, so activating the cheap Spectacle cost shouldn't be an issue. Great card!
People have already written about Growth Spiral since it was one of the first cards to be spoiled. It's an excellent rate for an instant speed spell. Is this the only way to make land drops during an opponent's turn in Pauper? In any case, it's certainly got potential.
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