Hey everybody! Another Masters set to give us sweet downgrades. Seems to be the only place to get powerful additions to Pauper anymore.
I'm pretty stoked about Fire // Ice! The card is super powerful. Maybe it will encourage more Izzet control decks to start showing up again. Being able to split damage with Fire is huge, and Ice cantrips and can slow down a big threat or tap them out of a colour of something.
Resurrection is an interesting card. I'm not sure if reanimating for 4 mana is worth anything, though. Would a White deck want something like Ulamog's Crusher in their deck?
Reckless Wurm is a downshift I've been waiting for for a while! Red is an excellent Madness colour, and this finally opens it up to being a powerful strategy in Pauper when mixed with Green or Black. Imagine a deck with a playset of these AND Arrogant Wurm! This is going to be fun...
Foil at common... I don't know how I feel about another free counterspell in Pauper, especially a hard counter. This is definitely a powerful card. Will it be too powerful for our favourite format?
Tethmos High Priest has a very powerful heroic trigger. It comes at a relatively high mana cost, but its unique ability for the format makes it worth noting. It will be a fun brew-around card for sure!
Miming Slime is yet another really cool card that I'm eager to try out in the format. I'm imagining it in tandem with something like Flayer Husk, making a huge creature and then leaving behind a token ooze of the same size. Seems powerful.
Slum Reaper is an excellent addition to the format as well. It's the only recurrable edict, which will be abused by decks like Tortured Existence and other grindy control decks. a 4/2 is also nothing to scoff at. Being 4 mana might help keep this effect balanced, as opposed to something like Merciless Executioner.
Dimir Guildmage is a great mana sink for Dimir. It can decimate an opponent's hand or draw you cards until you have action. it can also mill the opponent 8 mana at a time, which means that with infinite mana the guildmage is a win condition all on his own.
Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
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Yes! That's an excellent addition to the format as well. It's the only recurrable edict, which will be abused by decks like Tortured Existence and other grindy control decks. a 4/2 is also nothing to scoff at.
Yes! That's an excellent addition to the format as well. It's the only recurrable edict, which will be abused by decks like Tortured Existence and other grindy control decks. a 4/2 is also nothing to scoff at.
Ugh, Tortured Existence recurrance. I hate that card. Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Playing since 1994: Currently MAGS (HomeBrew),Standard & Pauper (Pioneer and Modern are degenerate trash formats)
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Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Pump spells probably. It could actually be pretty fun in bogles for instance, but also just sticking infect style pump spells in a deck and making a giant thing.
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I'm pretty stoked about Fire // Ice! The card is super powerful. Maybe it will encourage more Izzet control decks to start showing up again. Being able to split damage with Fire is huge, and Ice cantrips and can slow down a big threat or tap them out of a colour of something.
Resurrection is an interesting card. I'm not sure if reanimating for 4 mana is worth anything, though. Would a White deck want something like Ulamog's Crusher in their deck?
Reckless Wurm is a downshift I've been waiting for for a while! Red is an excellent Madness colour, and this finally opens it up to being a powerful strategy in Pauper when mixed with Green or Black. Imagine a deck with a playset of these AND Arrogant Wurm! This is going to be fun...
Foil at common... I don't know how I feel about another free counterspell in Pauper, especially a hard counter. This is definitely a powerful card. Will it be too powerful for our favourite format?
Tethmos High Priest has a very powerful heroic trigger. It comes at a relatively high mana cost, but its unique ability for the format makes it worth noting. It will be a fun brew-around card for sure!
Miming Slime is yet another really cool card that I'm eager to try out in the format. I'm imagining it in tandem with something like Flayer Husk, making a huge creature and then leaving behind a token ooze of the same size. Seems powerful.
Slum Reaper is an excellent addition to the format as well. It's the only recurrable edict, which will be abused by decks like Tortured Existence and other grindy control decks. a 4/2 is also nothing to scoff at. Being 4 mana might help keep this effect balanced, as opposed to something like Merciless Executioner.
Dimir Guildmage is a great mana sink for Dimir. It can decimate an opponent's hand or draw you cards until you have action. it can also mill the opponent 8 mana at a time, which means that with infinite mana the guildmage is a win condition all on his own.
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
Rune Snag looks promising as well.
Not sure about Dimir Guildmage.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
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
Ugh, Tortured Existence recurrance. I hate that card. Oh well, c'est la vie.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
UB Wight Phantasm
RB Burn
UR Faerie Rites of Initiation
Legacy:
R Burn
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