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10,305This article is all about my love of blue. For the second part of CtRT I evaluate a large chunk of the counters in pauper, including a new Worldwake inclusion that seems to have slipped under people's radars. To continue the blue trend I'll show another creation of mine, UWsteel. To wrap things up I briefly discuss the current metagame, update my Dead Dog list, and give the answer to the latest "You Make the Play."
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4,984This is my tournament report from the Pauper Weekend Challenge on January 31st, 2010. In the tournament I played the Dead Dog (a G/B midrange) list from Doctor Anime's latest article. This deck took me to a 5-1 record in the swiss, and then to a very narrow loss in my first top 8 match against my worst matchup.
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7,026Alex jumps on the bandwagon of the post-prerelease week and gives us his take on a few key cards from the new set with an eye focused exclusively on Pauper.
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3,302In the second half of my article, I offer detailed summaries of the remainder of my games from my ZZZ Swiss Draft. Did I manage to make up for my early mistakes and achieve a skilled performance, or did the play mistakes just keep coming? And did this Pauper manage to string 3 wins back-to-back and sweep the tourney, or did my final efforts come up short? Come check it out...
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8,273Yep - it's a look at the common cards in Worldwake. No stars or grades, but a look at the relevance of the new additions to the Pauper environment. Plus, I provide a decklist that I have been working on in the casual and tournament practice rooms.
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6,694A real time Pauper tournament rundown with colorful commentary. Piloting a white weenie deck to an impressive (....) finish...read and see!
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5,310Alex presents this week's version of MBC, and explains exactly what makes Mono-Black Control the deck it is. Hint: it has something to do with Swamps.
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144,187This is the beginning of a chain of articles discussing how to properly analyze and choose the right cards to combat the current metagame, starting first with red's removal spells. This article also marks the beginning of "Deck Spotlight," and the continuation of "You Make the Play."
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5,262Even though interest in Zendikar drafts seems to be waning, I had an interesting decklist that proved to be quite resilient. Join this Pauper player as I defend the validity of Swiss drafting, explore my draft picks, and analyze my successes and some (glaring) mistakes in the resulting matches.
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5,790In the wake of four combo decks Storming the most recent top 8, Alex takes a look at the old standby, Mono-Black Control, and tunes it to stand a chance against both Storm and the persistent Goblin menace. The key to the modern metagame might just be Ravenous Rats.
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10,378Tom provides a fresh look at the pauper format with new deck variations, their matchups and their strategies. One of these rogue decks proves its might against goblins at their best, and even dukes it out in queues. As a double-whammy article, Tom also reveals a poor card choice that ended up in multiple top8 decks in a recent pauper PE. All this and more! This article is being reran with a new update by the writer.
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5,875Alex shares his latest version of Red Green Aggro. Can this deck succeed where previous versions have faltered? Can Plated Geopede and friends stand up to Goblins?
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5,260Doctor Anime explains what makes a good pauper card good!
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5,024Alex gives us his perspective on the year in Pauper Magic...and other items from his life.
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4,543Alex is back looking at the recently released (online at least) Rancor and ways to make it work while battling the Red Menace, Goblins, at the same time.
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5,404Alex returns with an article on perhaps his favorite Pauper deck of all time, featuring a very special card for the little Red Menace known as Goblins.
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5,679Join me as I explore the wonders of post-Zendikar Standard Pauper and examine some of the winning decklists from the most recent Standard Pauper PREs.
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4,151Alex recounts his trip to Seattle for the Community Challenge Cup. One part anecdote, one part tournament report.
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6,827After a brief introduction to the realities of drafting from the perspective of a dedicated Pauper player, gwyned summarizes his most recent Zendikar draft. Can this Pauper assemble a powerful enough decklist to sweep a Swiss queue?
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4,495Alex takes a look at two decks inspired by the underused and under performing Krosan Avenger.
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6,179Alex recounts his tale of wonder from the Zendikar Pre-Release, examines the new cards with an eye towards Pauper, and has a an interview with Luis Scott-Vargas! What are you waiting for? Dive right in!
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5,467Alex provides his latest White Weenie list, a write up of a match with Goblins, and his thoughts on some of the recently spoiled Zendikar Cards. *SPOILERS WITHIN*
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9,942Alex takes another look at White Weenie as it stands in the current Pauper metagame, and also provides a look at some of his games in the 2-Man Queues.
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18,129Life, the Universe and Everything else you need to know about UBw Teachings(pauper) and the current meta!
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5,599Alex recounts his misadventures with a retooled Fish deck, giving you match up data for the deck while also providing insights to some changes to make the deck more competitive, while providing a list for the next week of Pauper battles.
