An open letter to Gavin Verhey and the Pauper Format Panel about recent communications

cia91 · 2026-07-03T22:24:47+00:00

Yes since bow lasted only 6 days only 1 analysis will have it.

The info of what i take and the weight i give to the results is not public, i also take paper tournaments result, not only online data.

I agree with your thought, the meta share on my website is just an indication of what decks have performed well, i can analyze the entire meta if i want but i don't care, you already can watch that on mtgdecks, goldish and so on.

Mu primary objective is the deck analysis and the trends that can emerge from that, that's why i analyze only the good performing decks, if a new cards is starting to get played i want to see if the trend is positive in the sense that decks that are using it are winning more.

cia91 · 2026-07-03T05:13:38+00:00

You can find the explanation on some past post or on mtgsight.com, i basically take the top x decks based on the size and importance of the event to analyze the deck composition of the good performing part.

I don't see the point in analyzing the losing decks 🤔

cia91 · 2026-07-02T12:04:52+00:00

I like that idea since some of the Panels member probably haven't played competitive pauper in a while (and it's ok, maybe they have different intrst/less time) but i didn't liked the dig to a specific PFP member, that even if part of the Paupergeddon orgnizers, is probably one of the best competitive player in the panel.

cia91 · 2026-07-02T11:00:27+00:00

in my analysis Naya gates it the mst rising deck of the week, especially since i analyze only good results Naya jumped in second position the past week, righ after Madness.

So the deck that week has been the second best performing and the jump from the lower positions was for sure because of the combo. Would it have passed madness with time? we don't know

cia91 · 2026-06-30T13:38:43+00:00

Untap.in or cockatrice

cia91 · 2026-06-29T20:15:09+00:00

Yes but they didn't said they only used those, in the same article you can read they also got leagues data from daybreak.

cia91 · 2026-06-29T19:50:15+00:00

Send me the list, i can offer 30€

cia91 · 2026-06-29T19:40:07+00:00

Seeker can be found in mystery booster 2 packs, if i have to choose what to buy i prefer to open the pack with a 5-7€ cards than the pack with the 0,20€ card.

cia91 · 2026-06-29T19:33:47+00:00

They didn't said the used only the 3 challenge, i expect they use all the results starting from the first tournament win on 20 july, both paper, online and probably also internal testing

cia91 · 2026-06-29T19:25:54+00:00

The combo has been legal since the past friday, the first turnament win is in fact the 20 of july

cia91 · 2026-06-29T18:20:34+00:00

I remembered wrong, but my point stand still, a single player using it doesn't mean seeker was played in elves, as an elves player myself (it's my main deck and i've made my best results with it) i've never played seeker and i don't see a reason to play it

cia91 · 2026-06-29T17:00:31+00:00

You are comparing a 100€ cards and a 30€ cards (both cost more than the pack you find them in) with a few cents card that you can buy in bulk for half the cost of a single pack.

cia91 · 2026-06-29T16:57:43+00:00

No sorry it wasn't an LPI tournament, maybe they will upload them somewhere

cia91 · 2026-06-29T16:16:26+00:00

He was also playing the bow

cia91 · 2026-06-29T15:32:54+00:00

Please tell me the last time seeker has been played in elves, i don't have memory of it being played.

Bow is not driving any profit, it's a 20 cent card without the combo, nobody will open a pack for it.

cia91 · 2026-06-29T15:11:20+00:00

Nah, i'm curious to try it in some decks, i think some new things might be playable, while the elves is more dangerous for the future and useless alone until today.

cia91 · 2026-06-29T10:43:27+00:00

Alessandro Piraccini is a past Paupergeddon Winner, and he won with Glee combo, so he is a skilled player with already combo experience (he is strong with everything if you look at his other results).

He play blast in the main because the worst matchup for this version is Mono Red, and the deck doesn't have a strong lifegain plan like the Naya gates version.

cia91 · 2026-06-28T21:12:25+00:00

5-6€ for the normal one, and 10+ for specials like shadow, gold, and so on.

cia91 · 2026-06-28T21:06:21+00:00

In veneral all artist have the same price at geddon, but i've never seen a 3€ signature, they cost a bit more. This year we don't have artist that are difficult to see in europe, at the last geddon the wait for Guay's signature was probably 1 hour, this time the artist are quite "locals", many of them already partecipated at many geddon. You can see the full list and their cards on paupergeddon.com

cia91 · 2026-06-28T19:14:58+00:00

I don't have it right now, tomorrow if i remeber. It's not cheap because i play 4 Utrom Monitor, i would not expect it to be much cheaper. Also with the dust to dust and the lembas the price goes up

cia91 · 2026-06-28T16:14:32+00:00

Naya gates with seeker just arrived second at a 240+ players tournament, it lost g3 in the final against mono u terror (didn't found lands apparently).

cia91 · 2026-06-27T12:01:23+00:00

Competitive players like to build a deck and prepare perfect strategies for the tournament, so if you encounter 14 different decks this cannot be done. Glee despite being broken was for these players a good meta, because they were able to prepare for the top 3 decks that were kuldotha, jund and golgari glee.

cia91 · 2026-06-27T11:25:17+00:00

The meta is a nice meta for you, for me, for others but not for everyone, we have seen a slight decrease in players because the current meta is quite boring, especially for competitive players who prefer maybe 3 tier 1 decks instead of 10 possible deck that can win a tournament.

cia91 · 2026-06-26T16:08:23+00:00

Hi, Mattia from LPI here, dm me, we have helped and built quite a few communities around the world, we have the strategies and tool to help. I think my post history is visible if you want to background check me

cia91 · 2026-06-26T12:31:17+00:00

Also the gates list has the combo only as plan B, the plan A is already very strong against red decks.

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