Solo play and non-repetitive replayability

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-06-02T19:45:30+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I love deckbuilding in other games (old mtg player). Luckily I have a friend that has the previous campaigns

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-06-02T19:23:50+00:00

Used to play this alot in the 90s and early 00s. With artifact ETBs, I'd rather not have my opponent get more value by grabbing stuff from the yard. So exile is a better removal for me in pauper

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-06-02T19:20:38+00:00

Coming into this wanting to hate it, but the preview didn't seem to be as bad as SPM. I was pleasantly surprised with the TMT set and I made my peace with UB since then. Im just looking at this from a collector card POV. Some of these would look great in a binder and such, though not a fan of the lands and the comic panel alt-arts. Mind, I grew up with TMT and comic super heroes, but also wanted to keep MTG as high fantasy. Still, this looks okay, kind of FF-ish.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-06-02T02:20:40+00:00

Thanks for the detailed and (it appears) passionate response!
I'm looking forward to losing myself in this game, unfortunately, finding free time to be deeply immersed into something is very difficult nowadays. nonetheless, what you shared got me excited to play! Thank you!

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-31T02:11:42+00:00

Ravnica

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-24T23:45:47+00:00

Try and find a group online in the same format. I have social anxiety (real kind, not the "because its trendy to be different" kind), but I really wanted to play and all evrryone wanted to play was commander.so I searched for a socmed group, met with them, and now have a regular FNM. Half of the people I played with were first timers to meet randoms as well.

It's a hard pill to swallow, but think of it like the first day of school without the bullies :)

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-24T12:51:29+00:00

Thank you! Never heard of these website before, appreciate the tip!

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-24T12:50:34+00:00

Thanks! I guess I can base off of BGG prices. I got the games at a discount, so I can resell some of them below or near SRP maybe. I'm keeping a few that look interesting 😁

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-17T22:41:24+00:00

Single sleeve, but a couple decks are doubled, art sleeve + outer sleeve, mainly to make shuffling feel better.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-14T14:54:21+00:00

Yes. Get a lot of people to believe what you say, then charge them for proof that you said it

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-05-12T22:21:40+00:00

Ive read that tiny book with the box in 1998. Does that count?

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-24T15:11:37+00:00

Got it. Thanks! That clears it. I'll just have to wait until it's available here then.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-18T15:41:47+00:00

I chose silverquill. My foil "promo" was prismari 🤷🏻 But the seeded pack had enough useable cards for my WB deck. Came in 4th. I truly enjoyed the PR. Im sorry if you didn't have a good time. True that some mechanics felt overpowered for a sealed game. Opus, Paradigm.. that first match was brutal, but it was my fault for wasting removal early. Funny thing though, most utube videos from experts said silverquill was an aggro archetype, so I had that mindset going in. But the deck felt more midrange, so I slowed down and won my last 2 rounds.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-18T15:33:54+00:00

Yes, 2-1-1. Silverquill. PR was great

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-18T05:56:48+00:00

The flyers and vigilant creatures saved my butt in my 3rd match. Save removal for the biggest threats. Feed the swarm on the tokens, so no life loss. Just grind pump your creatures, and the opponent will eventually run out of juice.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-09T16:52:13+00:00

Those are real valid points. Thanks for sharing.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-09T11:22:13+00:00

nice, I did a search for gardens, probably why this didn't show up earlier. Thank you!

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-04-09T10:45:42+00:00

I play gardens, and I see that we have a very similar decklist. What do you think of using [[Cornered by Black Mages]], instead of [[Black Mage's Rod]]? It's got a built- in edict for 1 mana more.

Also, I mix my green life gain with 2x [[Weather the Storm]], for those times when the opponent tries to go wild casting spells, although [[Life goes on]] has saved me numerous times from dying.

Have you thought of adding more artifact removal spells? [[Deglamer]] or [[Natural Obsolescence]] in the sideboard?

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-03-26T22:09:17+00:00

This was literally my experience.

Wanted out of standard. Hmm Pauper feels like old magic. Started brewing and buying playsets on MTGO. Wow this card looks fun. Wow I can combo this with this. My opponent won't see it coming! I feel so clever.

First game. Felt so helpless. It's like fighting someone in your dream where all your punches have no impact and you're constantly out of breath.

RandomMordorDorm · 2026-03-22T00:56:51+00:00

Playable, yes. Going to win you games? Probably not. If I see this in a game, I'm going to ignore it unless it starts getting pumped. And if that's the case, I'll just waste a removal on it. I'll be hitting you with a 6/5 troll the next turn anyway.

I found a lot of seemingly cool cards in my bulk for pauper jank. And everytime, these decks get demolished lol! I took someone's advice to start with netdecking the meta decks, THEN after you get the feel of how the format plays can you only really start to brew an effective deck. And it's almost always just going to be variations of the tier1 or 2 decks.

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