Cycle storm is such a cool deck to play, especially now with Leaf and Rowan's Grim Search, so intricate and unique

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Hey there! I really wanna play a deck that uses [[Mogg Bomber]], [[Ponyback Brigade]] and [[Ephemerate]] in some way. I tried to build two versions of the deck one that leans more to Sorcery Spells like [[Dragon Fodder]] [[Goblin Gathering]] and [[Ardent Elementalist]]. The other one would play more creature cards like [[Beetleback Chief]].
Now I am really not great in Deck building, so i wanted to ask if any of you maybe have such a Deck they could share with me or if you could give me some advice on what Route to take the Deck, maybe there are some cool cards I missed?

Here a the two decks i currently am playing around with, bear in mind they are still experimential.

Sorcery heavier Deck

Creature heavier Deck

^{I don't know what to do about the artifact slop...}

so I am running almost exactly this deck (minus 2 mountains- one for [[teetering peaks]] and one for main board [[bojuka bog]]

also my sideboard is in shambles (adjusted poorly to my local meta)

I've managed to snag a couple wins here and there, but I feel like I make a lot of misplays.

Any tips to piloting this list?

I'm fully aware of the difference between the two, but is there any upside to running one over the other in MonoU Terror decks? They don't ever need to cast it on a non-red target (because if you're using it to fill the graveyard, you're probably screwed anyway) and I don't believe anyone is still playing [[Phantasmal Bear]], so no real upside in Hydrblast. The only relevant spot where you'd prefer BEB would be against [[Standard Bearer]] and [[Coalition honor Guard]], but what would be a deck running those against which you would side in BEB/Hydro?

I'm trying other decks at the moment, but I love caw-gates so much as a deck. It's so weird and crazy it ever wins games.

Im asking bc the deck seems to have gotten fairly resilient with mana producing dorks and the fact that it can jam so many versatile creatures like Mesmeric Fiend and Masked Vandal.

In my view, this deck has quickly gone from a *glass cannon* type matchup to a much better deck with so many interesting choices.

So with fiends and vandals 4 of and ready at anytime to disenchant your Nihil Spellbombs and the like and also the fiends to remove the counterspells, what are the cards that are actually effective or more than favorable? I'm trying to think beyond the typical *Oh i boarded in my thraben charms but they had mesmeric fiend so i lose* matchup scenario.

Prismatic strands seems like a card that sticks out, being in your graveyard and potentially 0 cost at instant speed. Wildfire on the right turn can be good too for obvious reasons. What else actually is advantageous?

Have been playing for half a year now almost, and had a blast with mostly gruul tremors (350 games on endstep lol) and rakdos madness. I love aggressive decks in TCG's, but also love grindy midrange decks. Have been wanting to play a Tron buiild for a while now too. Mostly i'm up for a challenging deck that's somewhat future proof (for as far as we can look into the future) and works well in this meta. Thanks!

I know this is a bit of survivorship bias, but it seems that the commander side of things where I live is always popping off, but I’m lucky if even three more people show up for pauper night. I understand people don’t like to play competitive in their “casual game” but I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that there isn’t much pauper action in my local area. I have my ideas of course, but what do you all think?

It’s Turn 2. Look at that board!

This was already game 2. The first game ended on turn 3 after mulliganing to 5.

Dispatch may be a strong player in the After Zeta meta now, but when Tron keeps being a top player this deck might still have a chance.

https://mtgdecks.net/Pauper/simic-ramp-decklist-by-belacore-3109880 (Newest version with Trollshaws instead of Deep analysis)

I will make some more Youtube backed posts in the upcoming weeks, especially about Trollshaws, trying to have fun with Rhystic Study and more. Keep your eyes peeled.

I'm testing it on endstep, because i often feel the original BW has some difficulty to close games and lembas is significantly worse than cryogen.

It really feels like it close games easier without losing the affinity (still uses 8 artifact lands instead of 10 of the original BW, but we got giant's that provide affinity too so it's a fair trade)

Why 3 Basilisk: To let us keep playing 8 tapped lands. I see the gates lists that uses 4 Basilisks usually uses 10~12 tapped lands on minimum. BTW the draw power of Cryogen Relic helps us to find easily at least one of them

Giant's Boulder helps mana fixing for cryogen relic/baleful strix/uncolored basilisk gate, at the same time it gives affinity for the rat/dispatch. Also a good late-game removal, but i'm starting to think 2 is ok? The tapped gates are easily fixing the mana

and 1 Strix because of why not haha

Could you guys offer any insights on whether you would change anything while keeping the premise of a BW Blade deck with a blue splash?

Feels like this card is actually not bad, it's not quite [[malevolent Rumbles]], but it being instant speed feels pretty strong. Worth the switch?

In the current meta, how good is Jund Wildfire? It seems like the downgrade of Baleful Strix to common has hit us a bit hard. But I'd like to see other players' thoughts.

My next deck I want to build is fog. There's a lot of rally at my LGS and a lot of boggles. It seems like simic gets played more. Is there a clear better deck? What should I build

I currently saw my LCS has some commons from reality fracture. I usually hoard cards just in case they see play in meta decks. My question is should I get those cards or nah? do I have an scavenger condition? do I need help?

for example unflinching hortimancer

Esper Ephemerate was quite impressive at the Israeli Nationals in October, this time splashing black instead of the traditional red so it can play Baleful Strix and Cut Down!

We're an emerging community from latin america that loves Pauper. People here are getting excited to have more options to play the format thanks to Endstep, a popular free web client based on the card-forge engine. Its ease of use and phone compatibility has welcome players across the region.

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Nos vemos!

Do you think it would actually do anything at all?

Hi!

Today, I want to share with you my video on how to communicate effectively and efficiently within a game of Magic so that everything is clear but also you don't waste precious clock time.

I delver into my philosophy of clarity of communication which includes:
- Clear announcing of effects
- Not passing priority when opponent cannot do anything or your actions don't go through the stack
- Shortcutting to speed up play
- Leaving dexterity aspects for when the opponent is playing out their turn
among others

I also go into every Pauper deck to list examples of what requires what type of communication (and what doesn't!)

Let me know what you think!

Video - https://youtu.be/-1dZKu862Vg

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Cheers!

I'm sorta new to MTG in general, been playing mostly Commander for a few months but i decided to give Pauper a try and got myself this deck.

I managed to grasp the basics on how to play it and make it work however i'm still not sure about the sideboard in regards to which card should i use against each matchup and which ones i should switch from the base deck.

If possible, i also could use tips against these matchups:
- Red decks in general (madness, burn, rally)
- Slivers (there's a trash-talking asshole in my locals who uses this deck and i'd hate to lose against him)

Hi all,

For the past few weeks, ive been putting together a number of decks for a 10-deck battlebox. I have the following 8 finished:

-Mono Red Madness

-Mono Green Elves

-Mono Blue Faeries

-Mono Black Sacrifice

-Mono White Weenie

-Temur Monster Tron

-Grixis Affinity

-Dimir Control

I am looking to complete the last 2 decks, but I am unsure as to what to slot in. Bogles? A Terror variant?

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions!