Here's Why Pauper is The Best Format in Magic

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[@leonardoferro628]

In italy we just had a 600+ players pauper tournament called Paupergeddon. Luckly the pauper scene here is very big, in every major city you should find a local league, in Padua we have on average around 35 to 40 players overy two fridays. Best format.

[@ellyesb]

Guess I’m moving to Italy

[@belzaboul]

Jelly 😢

[@Emily-dd8li]

I have a buddy who plays in Pauper tournaments there! He placed 18th out of like 300 I think a little bit ago. He's trying to get me into pauper :)

[@iPhoneeditor]

Healthy meta game, chill community, low barrier of entry, with an insanely large card pool for the brewers out there. I hope it catches on more like how Pioneer has. Both these formats need some love and definitely more people should try them.

[@abc1239-sl1zg]

I hope not. Last thing we need is a "Pauper Masters" set.

[@maltefischer1830]

@@abc1239-sl1zg with 1 "more rare common" in every pack

[@mattvm02]

​@@abc1239-sl1zg why would you not want pauper to get more recognition?

[@zhero9900]

Pauper is great and funny. Also is a very chill format, you don't have to warry if you have to change deck, for it's not as expensive as modern or pioneer.

[@ellyesb]

I love all of your pauper content! Keep it coming, we need people like you to champion our beloved format! I have been getting friends into magic for some time. Everyone is so quick to get on commander, but I believe it isn’t a good introduction to Magic. 1 on 1 teaches players how to play efficiently and optimally. If you’re reading this, START PLAYING PAUPER and get your friends into magic with this affordable yet powerful and creative format.

[@MTGDeckmasters]

Awesome, Thank you! Pauper is indeed a great starting point

[@jeremyromney9372]

Highly agree! Pauper is so much fun and 1 on 1 is the best way to introduce someone to the mechanics and basic structure of the game. I admit, I always cringe when someone just says, "Oh, buy a commander beginner deck, then just hop in!"..... It's like, no....

[@ellyesb]

People will learn commander first and get into a habit of turtling up and not wanting to make waves with opponents and I’m like…. No! Attack, try to win, it’s the point

[@cris3758]

It's the cheapest. Case closed

[@Tlfcringe]

When he pulls out the deckbox, you know its a great video 😊

[@MTGDeckmasters]

You know it!

[@felixlorenteherce9280]

My favourite format! I have a Mono Black Devotion, a Bogle Auras and a Tortured Existence deck. Now I’m buying all playable cards in the meta game to build any deck. Please, more pauper content in this channel. Thabks

[@MTGDeckmasters]

More content coming soon! I have plenty of decks and I plan on buying the entire metagame

[@mattvm02]

How are you doing with your tortex deck? I've been struggling to win with mine.

[@sasha-2574]

Atog's Mirrodin Flavor Text: "In Vintage, a stinker. In Pauper, BANNED!"

[@lars_rosenberg]

I'm lucky to live in Italy where pauper is really popular. I can play 10-15 people tournaments almost every week and we have Paupergeddon which is the biggest pauper tournament in the world with 500+ people. The last edition was a 3 day event. I agree a lot with your consideration about playstyle: there are a lot of powerful cards in Pauper like Lightning Bolt or Counterspell that give you the complete MTG experience, but it's also a format without broken cards that win the game by themselves (no Ragavan or pitch elementals) and building value over the game is really important. It incentivizes players to play patient and smart, which helps you grow as a player. I hope Pauper can become more and more popular even in the rest of the world so you can all play at your LGS every week 😊

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

Recently moved into Pioneer from Modern. Maybe Pauper is the answer with Bolt being legal.

[@lars_rosenberg]

@@tempestandacomputer6951 Bolt, Counterspell, Brainstorm, Preordain, Ponder, Dark Ritual, Hydro/Pyroblast, Spell Pierce, Spellstutter Sprite... there ara so many good cards in Pauper that are or used to be staples in other constructed formats. In a way it's simpler MTG than other eternal formats because commons usually have fewer lines of text, but the gameplay is very skill intensive and there are a lot of viable strategies.

[@jonathankokol908]

Pauper is my favorite 60 card format because my stupid brews actually hold up to some top tier decks.

[@MegaRamonBatista]

I play pauper and love it. It feets in my pocket, love the championships in my local store, the community seems to be more friendly and I love the power level... I hate atual modern with a creature with 3 lines of text and soo powerfull... Somehow, it feels how magic should be. And it is real fun to have a pool that can make all the decks...

[@mateodejesus5426]

I feel like I've just slowly played cheaper and cheaper formats as cards got more expensive. From EDH to pioneer to pauper. I can say though that pauper is my favorite format (after cube, but does that really count?), so I'm pretty happy to find a channel that talks about it.

[@malte54]

Problem is that pauper becomes even more expensive over time. Snuff out, lotus petal, manamorphose, ashnod's altar, ... it's not a cheap format sadly

[@mateodejesus5426]

@@malte54 it is a cheap format. The reason those cards are expensive isn't because of pauper it's because they're used in other formats and have no chance of being reprinted. Cards like thraben inspector or blood fountain will never cost more than a quarter because they're either printed into the ground in their debut set or they get reprinted constantly.

[@malte54]

@@mateodejesus5426 Still not cheap format imo. If decks cost a few hundred bucks, it's just not cheap. And there are a decent amount of decks that cost $100+

[@lilchappy223]

Pauper is one of the best formats! We have several stores in upstate New York that run weekly/biweekly events regularly drawing 8-12 players. We also have a quarterly 1k event, which astonishingly been pushed to a 2k this time around.

[@unpassantquipasse8268]

If I had to introduce someone to the game or the format, i'd advice those decks depending of the level of the person : 1 - burn 2 - boggle/infect 3 - dimir control 4 - Storm And I'd have a stupid smile if I got beaten ! ^^

[@buckknifeparabellum2852]

Thank you! It seems like I'm the only one in my area. Not enough interest at my local shop to run events. Commander is so prevalent. If you want a fun combo deck, try the rakdos goblins combo deck. All that to say. I subscribed because of this video.

[@MTGDeckmasters]

Thanks for the feedback! Commander is also the #1 format in my area but it should be pauper...

[@QuantumPriest]

@@MTGDeckmasters Have you tried to compromise with some of the local with "PDH (Pauper Commander)"? Perhaps you've heard of it, but if you haven't, can maybe draw interest that way as like a gateway drug to Pauper lol. Uncommon or less Commander, doesn't need to be Legendary, and all the rest of the cards are common and only singles. The format has a website with the rules variations if you haven't heard of the format, but again, you probably have have.

[@dizzie8685]

I really love pauper, but in my hometown don't exist wpn-club (closed for covid) and my friend don't want to build pauper decks as we haven't tournaments and already play edh

[@AceMathias]

Yeah I love pauper. I also play it in paper

[@shawnleblanc3931]

tbnk man criss osti ça pas pris une phrase jsavais déjà que t'étais de mon monde represent big

[@matthewami]

I'd argue that mono red aggro is rarely over $100 in pioneer and modern, but in pauper its only ~$15 :D My only gripe is how rare it is to find pauper events. Even here in Colorado there are only 2 LGS' that have pauper nights. I'm literally one of about twenty pauper players in the entire state. That said when I joined I was welcomed by just about every member of that group, and when I see them around on FNM the first thing they ask is 'Did you bring your pauper?'

[@belzaboul]

One of my greatest satisfaction when playing pauper is when I win against a red deck.

[@Pasequale100]

is the Bogles Metadeck relatively easy / uncomplicated to play to start in the Pauper format?

[@chum9046]

what is your opinion of the ultimate guard lands edition sleeves used in this video

[@MTGDeckmasters]

Garbage.

[@zeichen95]

Yes the format is great and non-rotating. The sad part is that those in-demand cards from the early sets are getting a market value of about 300% increase. Ive observed here the sellers having them for more 10 USD for a single common card.

[@MTGDeckmasters]

True. However, if ever these cards get reprinted as commons they will get completely crushed. It's still much cheaper than other formats too

[@ellyesb]

He’s right. See chainers edict prices after dominaria remastered reprinted it

[@phillcampora6451]

In my country puaper is really popular. Our economy is really bad and cards are too expensive. So most lcs host pauper tournaments. Imo pauper is more powerfull than standard, and it feels like budget legacy. I played demir reanimator and suicide black agro.

[@kmg9763]

Ever since 2018. I pretty much just play pauper. 5 Good Pauper decks for the Price of 1 mediocre modern deck.

[@jvan6582]

Amen. Izzet fairies for life

[@sulevjaaniste5394]

​@@jvan6582actually gonna get faeries soon myself, though I'm more leaning towards mono-blue instead of izzet, mono-coloured just feels more consistent to me.

[@jvan6582]

@@sulevjaaniste5394 it’s more consistent yes but IMO less interesting/fun

[@ethanofamerica6518]

100% the best format. Other than mono red burn the meta is feeling very healthy and diverse (no hate to mono red players)

[@MTGDeckmasters]

I agree! Great metagame!

[@eldenmox5525]

I been saying all this for years but back like 10 years ago or something I built the entire meta and a few brews and never found anyone to play with.

[@MTGDeckmasters]

The format has been slowly building its community

[@tempestandacomputer6951]

If the scene doesn't exist, then create it or move formats. If you truly have so many decks, it would be totally valid to lend out 7 other decks and convince your LGS to fire it.

[@fukkami6204]

Isn't Rhystic Study the most expensive common? It's awesome in Pauper as well 😎

[@Vulpix64]

It's legal but it's not that good

[@giongiorgio2704]

​@@Vulpix64 in ur land control a mainboard one of is sweet as hell

[@KevinMcClelland81]

Modern

[@MrFereshteyeh]

Well, since you don't have a kuldotha red I can see why you think that pauper is super healthy. The problem with pauper is kuldotha red and affinity, the first is so fast and consistent that that alone can hinder a lotta strategies. The second have sooo much card draw and value that can hinder those decks too, so it's pretty hard to any other deck to be consistent while synthesizer and dispute are a thing.

[@martinksk88]

True... pauper is not the best format at all, at least from a metagame perspective. The best format if you and friends are ok with proxies is Old School 93/94 imo.

[@zirilan3398]

@@martinksk88 or Premodern

[@gamersparadise743]

the easiest way for me to play mtg is mtgo and i can get many cards even cheaper with the bulk bots.

[@theta1672]

I agree that pauper is a good format for entry due to the low price of decks and the flexibility. Especially if the people you play with aren't playing "meta" decks or what would be competetive decks. Commander is also a good format due to the versatility, but has a significantly bigger price tag for entry. I think commander is good because even if you play only one or two decks, the games will almost never look the same since you won't be garantueed to draw the same as previous games. Even more so if your opponents have several decks. Commander has it's own issues of course, but I still think it's a great format if you look past the price tag.

[@zirilan3398]

the biggest issue with EDH is balancing

[@theta1672]

@@zirilan3398 true

[@SkeleBoneGuy]

YEAH it is the best format when your broke like me

[@MTGDeckmasters]

Underrated comment

[@isambo400]

Ban swiftspear

[@ellyesb]

No

[@sulevjaaniste5394]

Swiftspear ain't even broken

[@OwenNix]

I feel like your mis representing other formats. I love modern because it’s fun. I don’t restrict my play to just tournaments. I love playing with friends for fun.

[@rgw0n344]

i don't if it's still the best format. With so many cards printed from new sets, it's hard to make a solid list. For the next a few years decks will change again, decks will be pushed over with newer ones.

[@Tlfcringe]

Good for new players bc they cant read old mtg cards 😂

[@trashtronics1700]

It would be better with uncommons

[@MTGDeckmasters]

No.

[@tatz717]

Arena has a format with commons and uncommons called Artisan. I think that would be the tits in paper, but it's got to compete, and I doubt another budget format is going to break out.

[@ucoconut]

Series of bad takes on many points you make here

[@MTGDeckmasters]

You mean... valid points

[@martinksk88]

Pauper is not the best format at all... in regards of the cheapest, the format is super rigged only 4 decks are competitive and besides burn the format is super midrange and slow that you mostly run out of time in mol. If you want to introduce some friend into magic and choose pauper as the format to play is better to pick jank decks than meta decks by far... Even in the other formats like modern or pioneer you can always choose jank decks. Imo the best format objetively, if you and your playgroup is OK with proxies is Old School 93/94. Cus theirs almost no meta and the games are very stray forward and fast, you can play 3 games while playing only 1 in pauper... Trust me, my friends play pauper and play always the same decks and one has a Zombie decks that is useless against a meta deck... So no,,, pauper is NOT the best format.