Pauper is making a comeback with additional Daily Events on MTGO, and with it new speculative opportunities. Sylvain walks you through the basics of Pauper speculation and discusses potential targets.
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Danny Brown goes over the major archetypes that dominated the Pro Tour in D.C., focusing on prices and reprint risk. If you’re looking for a (new) Modern deck to try out, this guide will help you assess the true costs involved.
Considering the ideal opening of a new deck can lead you down different paths in deckbuilding. Mike Lanigan breaks down the major Standard contenders according to their opening plan, and explains what that says about their strategy.
Adam retells the many storylines of Grand Prix New Jersey. He also shares the top-performing decklists, reveals the secrets they hold, and explains their metagame position moving forward.
As we enter the Modern season, the meta has already begun to take shape. He looks at some early indicators of the format and discusses what’s financially relevant.
Ryan runs down the recent evolution of Pauper Rats thanks to Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
Ryan returns this week with his promised update to the pauper cube, complete with a shiny new Google doc to keep the 540 organized.
Witness the unveiling of Ryan’s pauper cube list and see if it inspires you to join in the awesomeness.
Carlos leads us through his trademark commander deck-building process yet again, this time with Damia, Sage of Stone at the helm and capped off by a maddening finish!
If you’ve played enough Magic Online, you know what the F6 key does. Don’t let that happen to your cube. Anthony’s breaking down the benefits of combat tricks (and linking to more Internet memes)!
Dana Kinsella brings us a hyper-aggressive U/W Legacy Infect deck that proves itself as a quick win covered in fun.
The man with a million deck ideas takes a look at the 15 new commander options from the new decks! Ready for some ideas to get your deck-building juicing flowing? Hop inside!
Since I last wrote of Pauper, much has changed on MTGO! Included here are a full MTGO field archetype breakdown, multiple new decklists, and reader questions from Twitter.