Post by tobiasx on Jun 22, 2013 13:06:19 GMT -5
The guys were kind enough to answer my question on episode 114 ( paupertothepeople.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=shows&action=display&thread=829 ), which was:
"What 8 classic pauper decks would you choose that are distinct enough from each other to give variety to the players and balanced enough compared to each other that a good player can win with any of them?"
Based on their recommendations I narrowed it down to the following:
* White Weenie
* Delver Blue
* Mono Black Rats / Control
* Green Stompy
* Affinity / Artifacts
* UR Post
* Goblins
* Esper Storm
After browsing MTGOAcademy, the primers here and on MTGSalvation, google, and a few other places, I've come up with lists for all 8 decks. I think they're a good place to start but I'd appreciate any and all recommendations the Pauper to the People forums can offer before I go out and start building these in paper. My biggest concern is the sideboards as I want players to have something they're happy to side in against each other deck without utterly ruining their opponent (ideally no deck should have another it automatically loses to or wins against).
Thanks in advance.
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White Weenie
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Main
3x Bonesplitter
3x Benevolent Bodyguard
3x Doomed Traveler
4x Icatian Javelineers
4x Leonin Skyhunter
4x Order of Leitbur
4x Razor Golem
3x Shade of Trokair
4x Squadron Hawk
3x Journey to Nowhere
2x Prismatic Strands
2x Unmake
19x Plains
2x Secluded Steppe
Side
3x Crimson Acolyte
2x Gideon's Lawkeeper
2x Guardian of the Guildpact
3x Obsidian Acolyte
2x Holy Light
3x Dust to Dust
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Delver Blue
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Main
4x Cloud of Faeries
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Ninja of the Deep Hours
4x Spellstutter Sprite
4x Spire Golem
4x Accumulated Knowledge
4x Counterspell
2x Daze
1x Deprive
1x Exclude
1x Gush
3x Snap
16x Island
4x Ponder
4x Preordain
Side
2x Serrated Arrows
3x Coral Net
3x Spreading Seas
1x Annul
4x Hydroblast
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Mono Black Control
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Main
4x Chittering Rats
3x Crypt Rats
2x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
4x Phyrexian Rager
3x Ravenous Rats
2x Diabolic Edict
2x Disfigure
4x Geth's Verdict
2x Tendrils of Corruption
4x Barren Moor
18x Swamp
2x Corrupt
4x Sign in Blood
3x Siphon Life
3x Victim of Night
Side
3x Serrated Arrows
3x Doom Blade
2x Choking Sands
3x Distress
3x Duress
1x Victim of Night
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Green Stompy
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Main
3x Garruk's Companion
4x Nettle Sentinel
4x Quirion Ranger
2x Shinen of Life's Roar
3x Silhana Ledgewalker
4x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
2x Vault Skirge
4x Young Wolf
4x Rancor
3x Gather Courage
4x Groundswell
3x Hunger of the Howlpack
4x Vines of Vastwood
16x Forest
Side
2x Viridian Longbow
2x Faerie Macabre
3x Scattershot Archer
2x Fog
3x Hornet Sting
3x Gleeful Sabotage
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Affinity / Artifacts
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Main
4x Chromatic Star
4x Glint Hawk Idol
4x Atog
4x Carapace Forger
4x Disciple of the Vault
4x Frogmite
4x Myr Enforcer
4x Trinket Mage
2x Fling
4x Galvanic Blast
2x Ancient Den
2x Darksteel Citadel
4x Great Furnace
4x Seat of the Synod
2x Tree of Tales
4x Vault of Whispers
4x Thoughtcast
Side
3x Krark-Clan Shaman
3x Ancient Grudge
3x Doom Blade
3x Electrickery
3x Pyroblast
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UR Post
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Main
1x Expedition Map
4x Prophetic Prism
2x Serrated Arrows
4x Mulldrifter
1x Ulamog's Crusher
4x Accumulated Knowledge
1x Capsize
1x Condescend
1x Counterspell
2x Mystical Teachings
1x Prohibit
4x Cloudpost
4x Glimmerpost
8x Island
3x Izzet Guildgate
5x Mountain
4x Compulsive Research
4x Flame Slash
4x Preordain
1x Rolling Thunder
1x Yamabushi's Storm
Side
2x Sea Gate Oracle
2x Ancient Grudge
3x Hydroblast
3x Pyroblast
2x Earth Rift
3x Stone Rain
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Goblins
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Main
4x Foundry Street Denizen
4x Goblin Bushwhacker
4x Goblin Cohort
2x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Sledder
4x Mogg Conscript
2x Mogg Flunkies
2x Mogg Raider
4x Mogg War Marshal
3x Sparksmith
3x Death Spark
4x Lightning Bolt
17x Mountain
3x Chain Lightning
Side
3x Pyrite Spellbomb
3x Gorilla Shaman
3x Electrickery
3x Pyroblast
2x Smash to Smithereens
1x Chain Lightning
Changes
-2x Goblin Matron
-2x Mogg Flunkies
+4x Foundry Street Denizen
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Esper Storm
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Main
1x Archaeomancer
4x Cloud of Faeries
1x Mnemonic Wall
3x Mulldrifter
4x Nightscape Familiar
3x Sea Gate Oracle
4x Sunscape Familiar
3x Ghostly Flicker
4x Snap
3x Azorius Chancery
3x Dimir Aqueduct
3x Evolving Wilds
6x Island
2x Plains
2x Swamp
3x Terramorphic Expanse
4x Compulsive Research
3x Deep Analysis
1x Foresee
3x Temporal Fissure
Side
2x Galina's Knight
2x Lone Missionary
1x Capsize
3x Hydroblast
3x Prismatic Strands
1x Reaping the Graves
3x Snuff Out
"What 8 classic pauper decks would you choose that are distinct enough from each other to give variety to the players and balanced enough compared to each other that a good player can win with any of them?"
Based on their recommendations I narrowed it down to the following:
* White Weenie
* Delver Blue
* Mono Black Rats / Control
* Green Stompy
* Affinity / Artifacts
* UR Post
* Goblins
* Esper Storm
After browsing MTGOAcademy, the primers here and on MTGSalvation, google, and a few other places, I've come up with lists for all 8 decks. I think they're a good place to start but I'd appreciate any and all recommendations the Pauper to the People forums can offer before I go out and start building these in paper. My biggest concern is the sideboards as I want players to have something they're happy to side in against each other deck without utterly ruining their opponent (ideally no deck should have another it automatically loses to or wins against).
Thanks in advance.
==================================================================
White Weenie
==================================================================
Main
3x Bonesplitter
3x Benevolent Bodyguard
3x Doomed Traveler
4x Icatian Javelineers
4x Leonin Skyhunter
4x Order of Leitbur
4x Razor Golem
3x Shade of Trokair
4x Squadron Hawk
3x Journey to Nowhere
2x Prismatic Strands
2x Unmake
19x Plains
2x Secluded Steppe
Side
3x Crimson Acolyte
2x Gideon's Lawkeeper
2x Guardian of the Guildpact
3x Obsidian Acolyte
2x Holy Light
3x Dust to Dust
==================================================================
Delver Blue
==================================================================
Main
4x Cloud of Faeries
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Ninja of the Deep Hours
4x Spellstutter Sprite
4x Spire Golem
4x Accumulated Knowledge
4x Counterspell
2x Daze
1x Deprive
1x Exclude
1x Gush
3x Snap
16x Island
4x Ponder
4x Preordain
Side
2x Serrated Arrows
3x Coral Net
3x Spreading Seas
1x Annul
4x Hydroblast
==================================================================
Mono Black Control
==================================================================
Main
4x Chittering Rats
3x Crypt Rats
2x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
4x Phyrexian Rager
3x Ravenous Rats
2x Diabolic Edict
2x Disfigure
4x Geth's Verdict
2x Tendrils of Corruption
4x Barren Moor
18x Swamp
2x Corrupt
4x Sign in Blood
3x Siphon Life
3x Victim of Night
Side
3x Serrated Arrows
3x Doom Blade
2x Choking Sands
3x Distress
3x Duress
1x Victim of Night
==================================================================
Green Stompy
==================================================================
Main
3x Garruk's Companion
4x Nettle Sentinel
4x Quirion Ranger
2x Shinen of Life's Roar
3x Silhana Ledgewalker
4x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
2x Vault Skirge
4x Young Wolf
4x Rancor
3x Gather Courage
4x Groundswell
3x Hunger of the Howlpack
4x Vines of Vastwood
16x Forest
Side
2x Viridian Longbow
2x Faerie Macabre
3x Scattershot Archer
2x Fog
3x Hornet Sting
3x Gleeful Sabotage
==================================================================
Affinity / Artifacts
==================================================================
Main
4x Chromatic Star
4x Glint Hawk Idol
4x Atog
4x Carapace Forger
4x Disciple of the Vault
4x Frogmite
4x Myr Enforcer
4x Trinket Mage
2x Fling
4x Galvanic Blast
2x Ancient Den
2x Darksteel Citadel
4x Great Furnace
4x Seat of the Synod
2x Tree of Tales
4x Vault of Whispers
4x Thoughtcast
Side
3x Krark-Clan Shaman
3x Ancient Grudge
3x Doom Blade
3x Electrickery
3x Pyroblast
==================================================================
UR Post
==================================================================
Main
1x Expedition Map
4x Prophetic Prism
2x Serrated Arrows
4x Mulldrifter
1x Ulamog's Crusher
4x Accumulated Knowledge
1x Capsize
1x Condescend
1x Counterspell
2x Mystical Teachings
1x Prohibit
4x Cloudpost
4x Glimmerpost
8x Island
3x Izzet Guildgate
5x Mountain
4x Compulsive Research
4x Flame Slash
4x Preordain
1x Rolling Thunder
1x Yamabushi's Storm
Side
2x Sea Gate Oracle
2x Ancient Grudge
3x Hydroblast
3x Pyroblast
2x Earth Rift
3x Stone Rain
==================================================================
Goblins
==================================================================
Main
4x Foundry Street Denizen
4x Goblin Bushwhacker
4x Goblin Cohort
2x Goblin Matron
4x Goblin Sledder
4x Mogg Conscript
2x Mogg Flunkies
2x Mogg Raider
4x Mogg War Marshal
3x Sparksmith
3x Death Spark
4x Lightning Bolt
17x Mountain
3x Chain Lightning
Side
3x Pyrite Spellbomb
3x Gorilla Shaman
3x Electrickery
3x Pyroblast
2x Smash to Smithereens
1x Chain Lightning
Changes
-2x Goblin Matron
-2x Mogg Flunkies
+4x Foundry Street Denizen
==================================================================
Esper Storm
==================================================================
Main
1x Archaeomancer
4x Cloud of Faeries
1x Mnemonic Wall
3x Mulldrifter
4x Nightscape Familiar
3x Sea Gate Oracle
4x Sunscape Familiar
3x Ghostly Flicker
4x Snap
3x Azorius Chancery
3x Dimir Aqueduct
3x Evolving Wilds
6x Island
2x Plains
2x Swamp
3x Terramorphic Expanse
4x Compulsive Research
3x Deep Analysis
1x Foresee
3x Temporal Fissure
Side
2x Galina's Knight
2x Lone Missionary
1x Capsize
3x Hydroblast
3x Prismatic Strands
1x Reaping the Graves
3x Snuff Out