MTG Salvation

So now that Jace's Phantasm is a common, I believe the UG thresh/madness jig is up. Immediate tier 1, 5/5 flier for 1.

While Jace's Phantasm is a good card for Pauper, I don't think this will hinder UG thresh/madness too much. Those decks still have ways to deal with threats. Either way, my UG Delve deck can empty the graveyard to keep Phantasm weak.

Not sure if it's a typo, but apparently Bladewing the Risen has been downgraded to an Uncommon! Not sure what this means for the Peasant format since there isn't big Dragon tribal presence, but a Legendary being Peasant legal is awesome! (Unless it's one of those crap legendaries from the Legends set).

I think you missed my intent there. UG thresh can now play a 5/5 with flying that synergies with the rest of the deck.

Ahh, usually "the jig is up" means the end of something. Jace's Phantasm only gets big if an OPPONENT has 10 or more cards. That's why I thought you meant it was good counter tech against Thresh. It's a good beater/blocker for a mill strat or against decks that cast a lot of spells.

I totally misread that one. Just ignore me then...

Seeker of the Way, Dissolve, Jace's Phantasm, Foul-Tongue Invocation, Dragonlord's Servant, Draconic Roar, Furnace Whelp, Jaddi Offshoot, Star Compass downgraded to common.

Dragon theme pushed with at least a few cards, and Compass is a reasonable mana rock, but nothing particularly exciting.

Darksteel Axe is downgraded. Bonesplitter is better cost-wise, but it we ever see something like Ensoul Artifact in Pauper then it's good to know we have Darksteel Axe!

Guardian Idol caught my attention. This is probably as close to Mutavault that we can get in Pauper. I'd really like to test it in control decks and see how it feels.

Jace's Phantasm is huge. It will most likely make a nice secondary win condition in mill decks. Even in undedicated mill strategies, it should be fairly easy to turn on with removal on opponent's creatures and stuff like Thought Scour. I see this making big waves in Pauper.

Dissolve is pretty sweet, but it's still not Dismiss. One day, Wizards, one day...

With Furnace Whelp, there will officially be 4 Dragon cards at common. None of them are particularly impressive, so these don't seem like interesting downgrades for Pauper unless I'm missing something.

Seeker of the way is an excellent card that shouldn't be underestimated. Should give control decks with White a little push to have a good win condition that also keeps them in the game with life. I like it!

Jaddi Offshoot is also an interesting downgrade, though I don't see it making a huge impact on the format. 1 life per land is not enormous, though it can make a difference in a game if played early enough. I'm sure a deck out there wants it and it's a great addition to the cardpool for brewers out there.

Compass enters tapped, so it will probably not get played.

Am I going blind, or do Angel of Mercy, Draconic Roar, Ivy Elemental, Mark of Mutiny, Survival Cache and Sustainer of the Realm have uncommon symbols? It's hard to tell, honestly.

Thrill-Kill and Virulent Swipe also don't have rarity symbols because their rarity is currently unknown, so they're not commons just yet...

Mythic Spoiler has survival cache and ivy elemental at common. Cache is amazing, 3 mana draw 2 for white. Abzan Battle Priest is one of the few lords in pauper, it might make counter tribal a thing.

I think I am going to try a mono blue delver deck first, with tome scour and memory sluice in over ninja-faeries. Getting a 5/5 down quickly is going to be amazing.

Also plausible for an UR version with book burning.

Survival Cache is just about one of the best spells White could have downgraded in terms of generating card advantage. This will definitely give White a competitive push, making it a "life matters" colour more than ever in Pauper.

Survival Cache is definitely a big get for White. It will even fit great in a deck where you race to put through damage, like White Weenie!

Wight of precinct six got moved to common. High synergy with jace's phantasm and is kind of a common black goyf. Bog meta shakeup coming, with black getting a creature that gets better the more aggressive the opponent is.

Wow the commons are looking absolutely crazy. I really wonder how many of them will be seeing serious play. Wight of Precinct Six seems generally powerful in a control shell and could end up being even bigger than Gurmag Angler. With this and Jace's Phantasm, I could see people using graveyard hate on themselves just to shrink the creatures.

Red got pretty screwed over because of the dragon theme, unfortunately. At least White finally got some love.

I hope we name the new deck Millitary.

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Wow the commons are looking absolutely crazy. I really wonder how many of them will be seeing serious play. Wight of Precinct Six seems generally powerful in a control shell and could end up being even bigger than Gurmag Angler. With this and Jace's Phantasm, I could see people using graveyard hate on themselves just to shrink the creatures.

If these cards take off then I do think we'll see more of the unused Delve cards in decks. Logic Knot will definitely come back into the format.

I have to say that I am still a little annoyed that the best creatures are black or blue instead of green or red.

I think the new UB midrange deck is going to be amazing though. I am going to buy a set of evancar's justice to go with the big cheap creatures.

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Maybe Lead the Stampede can be good for Elves like a Collected Company wanabe

this was the first card that stuck out at me...figured this would be great for any mono-green stompy/elves strategy in pauper.

I've been hoping for Lead the Stampede to be a Common for a long time! It's one of the best CA spells for Green!