. The goal of Pauperbrews is, and always will be, to showcase the latest successful and enjoyable off-meta decks that can be either fun or competitive in our beloved format. Today, I will highlight five unique decks that have achieved undefeated records in MTGO Leagues. Before diving into the decks, it's important to note that results in Leagues can sometimes be misleading. For instance, favorable pairings can significantly influence outcomes. If your deck is strong against Mono-Red and you...
2 months ago • 6 min read
How to Play Food Tribal Food Tribal is a sketchy name I came up with for this deck as it doesn’t run a single win condition other than recurring Cauldron Familiar, a 1/1 black creature that drains for one life your opponents when it enters the battlefield AND that can be brought back at instant speed from the graveyard by sacrificing a food. As it happens, this deck runs tons of them that allow you to draw a card in different portions of the game. To explain this further, let’s dive into each...
7 months ago • 7 min read
Pauper Challenges are events within Magic Online's Challenges that occur at a fixed time at the end of each week. Thanks to Daybreak's latest update, results are submitted once these events are finished. Today, I will go over the most profitable Challenge players as of 4/16/2024 data for 2024. One important note is that players usually split the finals, so for this article’s purpose, I will highlight the players with both first and second-place finishes combined. Hamuda It is no surprise that...
12 months ago • 3 min read
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) is around the corner, and Today, I have listed the top 10 common cards from it that could see play in Pauper. OTJ Mechanics But before we dive into the cards, let's examine this set's new Mechanics and see if they can impact the format. Saddle Saddle is a new keyword ability that is basically like Vehicles for creatures. When you Saddle a creature, you will get a bonus based on the card with it. Is it Pauper playable, you may wonder? Probably not, as neither...
12 months ago • 4 min read
In my previous post, I discussed how Azorius Affinity rose in popularity at the beginning of March, thanks to the introduction of Novice Inspector. Today, at the end of the year's first quarter, I will review League and Challenge MTGO data to see how players have reacted to this behavior. Do we expect a Ban in the next few weeks? Has the meta corrected itself, as always? Let 's find out. The Big Picture In this first part, I will discuss the general picture across online Pauper formats in the...
about 1 year ago • 5 min read
Pauper leagues are events within Magic Online's Leagues, tailored to accommodate players' schedules. Participants can engage in matches spread over multiple days or weeks, with prizes granted according to their accumulated wins. At the end of the day, results of undefeated decks are submitted thanks to Daybreak's latest update, and today, I will go over the most profitable league players as of 3/21/2024 data. *Note that Murders at Karlov Manor was released on February 9th, 2024, so at least...
about 1 year ago • 5 min read
Pauper is currently a format dominated by robots, or so it seems. The recent buff for the Azorius Affinity Archetype, Novice Inspector, has proven to be strong in a deck that values the extra body and artifact it provides. Over the last two weeks, the upgraded versions of Affinity have risen in popularity, but the meta still sees the same contenders trying to beat the robots. Let’s take a look at the current Pauper top 10 Archetypes: Boros Synthesizer For a while, Boros has been one of the...
about 1 year ago • 8 min read
Depending on how you look at it, MTG Pauper is a very diverse format. Like many other MTG formats, it has many playable decks, some better than others. However, regarding its health, I have some doubts. What does the meta reflect? Right now, there is no doubt that blue Pauper decks and aggro decks polarize the meta. While this is not bad in principle, it creates a meta that can be annoying for many players. I don’t really know the answer to Pauper's problems, if any, but I want to point out a...
about 1 year ago • 5 min read
Pauper Jund Dredge Deck List Jund Dredge Pauper How to Play it Jund Dredge, as its namesake keyword says, is a deck around the Dredge mechanic, which lets you mill cards from the top of your library in exchange for putting the card with it on your hand. The idea behind this is to mill as many creatures as possible to finish things off by reanimating a Lotleth Giant, which damages an opponent based on the number of creatures in your graveyard. In layman's words, that's the idea, but as you can...
about 1 year ago • 12 min read
