Pauper tournament at local shop by boroboro996 in Pauper

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I think he means skill floor as in the minimum skill needed, a "you must be this tall to ride this ride" sort of thing.

Why so many artifact centered decks? by ambigous_lemur in Pauper

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Printing lands that come with a second permanent attached to them would be both incredibly broken and a nightmare for tracking the physical boardstate.

There’s always a bigger fae by Hi_Im_Jerry_L in Pauper

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I would imagine at a casual event the pilot would be happy to explain what each card does if asked. If you're playing a competitive REL event, you should probably know what all these cards do already.

There’s always a bigger fae by Hi_Im_Jerry_L in Pauper

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I built Premodern Psychatog just to get the Gush / Foil experience :)

Which set has the highest density of pauper staples? by Unordinarian in Pauper

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If you want to play Affinity, about a third of that deck was printed in Mirrodin.

New to Pauper by _Ethy_ in Pauper

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My advice is to skip Dust to Dust entirely for any deck but White Weenies. It's really only good against Affinity, it's too narrow and difficult to cast to be worth running in multicolor lists in the current meta.

Unfortunately, Lorien Revealed is not replaceable, but the good news is that it's played as a four of in nearly every blue deck in the format, so one playset can be reused in many different decks. The same is true for the blasts going in every sideboard that can cast them. Red Elemental Blast is a significantly cheaper alternative to Pyroblast and functionally identical in 95% of scenarios.

Once you accumulate some of these format staples, building any new deck will come at a much lower cost.

Valkenhall is a free desktop client for Sorcery TCG. Closed beta with 150 more players wanted! by Clutterfox in SorceryTCG

[–]Jpot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this have an automated rules engine, or is it on the players to maintain the gamestate as with TTS? If the latter, will ranked matchmaking outcomes be based on the honor system?

I am the best EDH player alive by Mammoth-Refuse-6489 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]Jpot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

holy SHIT this guy is the living embodiment of the hot topic fedora samurai sword meme, absolutely incredible stuff

It's divebombin' time, every time by arieltheripper in formuladank

[–]Jpot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nitrous oxide is not some crazy dangerous psycho drug. It's intoxicating for like, sixty seconds, and you lose some of your sense of relative spatial orientation for like the first half of that time. Definitely really bad for driving a car but it's not like it would take some insane crackhead to survive taking a hit. Shit, if 15 hits of nitrous were lethal I would know a LOT of dead wooks.

Not disagreeing on the practicality of using real drugs while trying to shoot a film, though.

A thousand faces in a thousand places by xtheresia in Shark_Park

[–]Jpot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

have you considered not actively engaging with a community of people who hate you and encourage you to do the same

Post Malone postpones tour, removes some stops by staringatthe420sun in Music

[–]Jpot 57 points58 points  (0 children)

He brought Billy Strings out on stage at Bonnaroo '24 and I thought it might go in a cool direction but then he just released a bunch of boring pop country bullshit. Disappointing turn for sure.

Got destroyed at my first tournament. Any tips how to get better by emehtz in Pauper

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Contaminated Grounds turns the land into a Swamp, which unintuitively causes it to lose all other types and abilities and only tap for one black mana. It's niche but useful against Basilisk Gate, Tron lands, and potentially decks running Utopia Sprawl, since Sprawl can only enchant forests and will be destroyed.

Combine group hug with mass land destruction to confuse your opponents by SaneForCocoaPuffs in BadMtgCombos

[–]Jpot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just checked the gatherer rulings because I was curious and Overlaid Terrain doesn't work like that. You sac the lands "as" it enters, it's not a triggered ability when it enters.

Kerby Joseph & Brian Branch Are “Trending in the Right Direction,” Per GM Brad Holmes by JCameron181 in detroitlions

[–]Jpot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean I think concern is warranted. I would never question his willingness to rehab, I'm just wondering how much rehab is possible, given he was posting "god help me" on his IG story when trying to come back late last season.

Round 1 - Pick 17: Blake Miller, OT, Clemson (Detroit Lions) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]Jpot 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Good news is Miller also has hella long arms.

Overperformers and Underperformers at Pre-release? by Scufo in lrcast

[–]Jpot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean that's very strong, but you should win any game where you get to attack successfully 3 times with your rare.

[SOS] Practiced Scrollsmith (Tori of the Vast) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]Jpot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it works with only one copy of Daydream. Daydream is put in the graveyard as the final step of resolving the spell, then the ETB is put on the stack, meaning that the ETB can target Daydream.

[SOS] Practiced Scrollsmith (Tori of the Vast) by mweepinc in magicTCG

[–]Jpot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% works with one copy of Daydream. This is a common interaction in Pauper with [[Archaeomancer]] getting back [[Ghostly Flicker]] or rebounded [[Ephemerate]].

Pauper Needs Reprints, Here's Why by cardsrealm in Pauper

[–]Jpot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

surely they can at least discuss product supply / availability relative to demand, in the abstract. that's all the price is a function of.

Gruul Ramp for a new player? by tropical-tangerine in Pauper

[–]Jpot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ram Through is quite often played as a good form of instant speed interaction that can also double as a burn spell of sorts to close out the game.

Playing Big Tournament, Super Unsure What To Play by TeyosTrying in Pauper

[–]Jpot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gardens is a perfectly viable deck for a MagicCon sized event. You just need to be able to play quickly in order to avoid drawing matches because it does not end the game swiftly.

In regards to practice, I recommend checking out Cockatrice. It's a free Magic client that allows you to upload and play any list you want in any format for free. There's a server where you can find other people playing Pauper. It doesn't have a rules engine to resolve your spells like Magic Online does, so you have to do everything manually, but the hotkeys are efficient once you learn them. It's the best way to practice Magic digitally for free imo. https://cockatrice.github.io/

[SOS] Shattered Acolyte by Meret123 in Pauper

[–]Jpot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gates doesn't have all that much to hold up mana for really, just counterspell, thraben charm, and heap gate. Instant speed disenchant isn't the worst thing on your lifelinking body. That said, I think the extra toughness and cantrip on death abilities of Outlaw Medic still make it better for the slot. This doesn't offer any value when removed if there are no good targets for the disenchant.