The Best Way To Play Magic: The Gathering For The Least Money

[@TolarianCommunityCollege]

Watch "A Proper Pauper Challenge" with Andrea Mengucci on Shuffle Up & Play here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5bLc3ymjM2ce7s Or watch Spice8Rack vs Rhystic Studies Pauper Shuffle Up here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bavQqJtnl9ZgY9k

[@johnpisser1983]

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[@GrimAngel01100]

Is there a social media page I can message or post on Professor? I have a question I'd like your thoughts on.

[@OzyLellowen]

Finally managed to convice some people in my area to build pauper decks! Its been way too long since i had the chance to really play the format. Had to replace almost half my Tortured Existence defk, and finally had a reason to build UR Thunderous Wrath

[@rickmel-q7m]

enjoy it before pauper horizons comes out

[@TheYoutubeUser69]

@@rickmel-q7m oh gooood no! imagine 10€ packs with nothing but powercrept commons lmao. would be kinda sick tho. okay sorry, dont wanna give them any ideas

[@rickmel-q7m]

@@TheKZbinUser69 do you think wotc wont release a bunch of "special commons" that are much rarer than regular commons? lmao

[@thetrinketmage]

I got into pauper because of your videos! And it's been so fun! Pauper is easily the best 60 card format in magic right now and I don't see that changing anytime soon!

[@fasterbuilder11]

The best way to play any format for the cheapest is by proxying.

[@houndoom73]

It's so cool to see a creator following another.

[@ThatShikushi]

Trinket Mage on Shuffle Up & Play when??

[@linguaphile9415]

@@fasterbuilder11 Is proxying pauper not a little exaggerated?

[@thetrinketmage]

@@ThatShikushi 0% chance he knows who I am

[@Elfenlied8675309]

I remember like 15 years ago playing a "Pauper" version of EDH because it was a friends idea. Uncommon commander and all common cards in the 99. It was pretty fun.

[@milesgoodrich4330]

This is still around and a growing fun format!

[@micmarduk]

Yeah, so ppl in my playgroup are hyping this up. I'm eager to try it

[@rebelresource]

If pauper was more popular I would still be playing MtG. Thank you Tolarian for continuing to promote this format!

[@Dysfunctional_Reprint]

Be the change you want to see Make 8 pauper decks and kidnap people and make them play it

[@rebelresource]

@@Dysfunctional_Reprint Living up to your username haha. I tried so hard at 3 different LGS but commander and modern just dominated all of the different days. I live in Wisconsin, USA and Pauper is not played much in the area I am in (one of the higher 3-4 populated areas).

[@SilaYoga]

Pauper is the best format. Gameplay feels like old school Magic and the meta is diverse. Iconic cards like Lightning Bolt, Brainstorm, and Counterspell are staples. And WOTC is not financially incentivized to ruin it

[@pr0fess0rbadass]

Not yet!

[@coltonsexton3803]

Reprint snuff out and oubliette cowards!

[@CMDR_BIPE]

Pauper is the best! I met the prof at a pauper 1k back in the day. Definitely my favorite format

[@WhatAboutZoidberg]

Love pauper, one of my all time fav formats. Idk why it's so hard to get people to play, the power levels are what most people say they want. Full deck for $60-100 bucks and you can bling them out for fun.

[@HarborMastr]

I adore blinging out pauper decks!!!!

[@onewholeegg]

I played pauper a lot last year but a problem I faced was that while we had a lot of players, you saw the same decks week after week. It's not a problem limited to pauper, obviously modern and pioneer gets less varied since decks are more expensive. Over time, people got bored of it. It was just a lot better to play online, where you didn't have to drive up to the store, and you got to queue up for way more games than just the four rounds in paper. I hate to say it (coming from someone who loves paper magic), but that's how I felt.

[@skele3310]

​@@onewholeegg it really depends on the people you play with. my lgs has some really cool people, and some of them even bring funky brews like tireless tribe otk or mono red tron which are sick to watch in action. and if you get tired of the meta, defy the meta. build a different brew, there's so many commons out there and pauper has so many viable strategies

[@chriswr_]

Pauper has the healthiest meta of any constructed format, START PLAYING PAUPER YESTERDAY PEOPLE!!!

[@stephenorr6636]

I absolutely Love the Pauper Format. Honestly, I've only been playing it for half a year but I already have 7 Different Decks, all with there own side boards. I couldn't imagine doing this with other formats.

[@DoomDonuts]

Praying that people at my LGS see this and start playing pauper 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@HarborMastr]

We have up to 20 people on any given week at our locals! It can be done!

[@mrstealurkill8408]

$30 vintage is super fun!

[@enabors249]

Seconded! It's definitely my favorite budgeted format and my favorite way to play magic in general!

[@derekmills3214]

$30 Vintage is easily the best format and more people need to check it out!

[@windy7820]

P R E A C H. Badass format. Can post the discord link if this comment gets enough traction!

[@SilaYoga]

Strong disagree. It’s a collection un-fun cards banned in other formats combined with bad mana. Hogaak, Nadu, Cranial Plating

[@SilaYoga]

And every deck gets a miser Sol Ring 😑

[@Guevon_Pajaro]

So happy to see some proselytizing by prof of this fantastic format. I play a little bit, really love the format online. But all it'd take for me to dive deep into the format is a lot more opportunities to play in paper. Because that's sorely missing, as it is for most formats it feels like but esp for pauper. Once that happens, I'd really enjoy it. Very important you talk about it and put a spotlight on the format like this!! ❤❤

[@SebastianSkadisson]

With Pauper gaining popularity and Foundations being as promising as it is for casual play Magic enters a new era. Can't wait for Foundations and Pauper games on Shuffle Up and Play. :D Imagine pros playing the Foundations Starter Box set and only using the cards within it, showing what magic they can do with these highly balanced casual play cards.

[@Entropy2352]

Pauper is awesome!! I just got my deck and convinced some players to play a tourney at a local LGS. Go Pauper!

[@ryanday633]

I was a legacy and vintage player only but nobody in my town can afford or play those formats so I switched to pauper and I'm glad I did. First off it's cheap to play and way more people play it where I live. I do think it's one of the best formats for magic.

[@ellie_cr]

The Chaos tournament at MagicCon was awesome! Ty for hosting it!! Video is informative and interesting as always! ❤

[@micmarduk]

Btw, i'm from Brazil, and Pauper alongside with commander are huge in our LGS. And very fun. Every tuesday and saturday the game shop makes tournaments with credit and promos for prize. It's a lot of fun. And i faced so many different builds. The guys are always trying something new

[@Ragoom_]

Perfect timing! There's a pauper tournament at my LGS after the release

[@spencerhayward9312]

Commenting to show my support of an awesome format and even more awesome content creator! Affordable and competitive magic accessible to all is how it should be :)

[@KomradeKrisis1701]

I've still got my Dimir rat lock pauper deck that I built based off your deck tech video from like 4 years ago! It's one of my favourite decks to play in casual games with friends, and I've been tweaking and upgrading it over the years as they've printed more and more useful utility cards for it. Huge thanks for all the love you've given to pauper over the years!! 💞💖

[@WCD_Media]

Thanks for making more Pauper content. Please keep making more.

[@devindabney198]

Yessss let's expand the Pauper player base! Great video as always, Professor 💙

[@TheMuffinMan1996]

I love pauper. In my opinion it’s the best format for fun and price. Even got a pauper cube. Sadly, no one in the Louisville area does events for it (as of the writing of this post). So it’s just me and my wife playing each other 😂

[@Zjivarra]

The title should have been ‘How to Play a Magic: the Gathering FORMAT for the least amount of money’. There are even cheaper ways to play casually. I just buy bulk lots and make a variety of decks from that. • You can make packs for mixed chaos drafts • Casual 60 card duel decks of your own from the limited pool in one bulk lot • I’ve made custom jumpstart packs from a box for shuffle up and play. You can get bulk lots with varying numbers of rarity cards. I’ve gotten a 1000 commons and uncommons for 10 dollars or less. It’s the ultimate way to play Magic the game for the least amount of money. :)

[@emuclone154]

Turbo fog is so cool, its nice when i want to take a break from lantern control in modern

[@sammin101]

Thanks prof! I don’t have my magic cards anymore, but if I ever wanted to play paper again it’d be pauper (for budget reasons). Always glad to see the format get some love, maybe it’ll convince ppl to try the format with me.

[@Keck282]

Pauper has been a great way to play 60-card 1v1 again. The brews are fun and it's affordable to just make a janky $20 deck that may or may not be good, but it let's you explore ways to make the deck better for affordable prices

[@powerworddab]

Now i want to build a pauper deck. Thanks prof!

[@PommeDeBlair]

I'm going to watch this later but thank you very much for posting more pauper content! It's my favourite format now, especially since limited doesn't feel as fun to me anymore due to play boosters. Please post more pauper gameplay! Absolutely love it.

[@markpodolsky687]

Thank you for making this video prof, pauper is my favorite format in magic and I don’t see it getting as much attention these days! Sending this vid to some of my magic the gathering friends right now!

[@RisottoNero-z1w]

Man, this feels A LOT more like magic than other formats.

[@Ceilio34]

Yes! I love the Professor's Pauper videos

[@LucyBean42]

I want to play more paper pauper around here, but everyone just plays flippin' commander. You'd think 15 dollar competitive decks would be a draw.

[@jrswo1337]

Been playing for over a decade, still don’t get the hype about commander.

[@eeyuup]

As a new player I made a standard deck with bloomburrow cards, only to then see that everyone locally only plays commander. Then I made my commander deck by grabbing some more singles and boosters. And the lost terribly to a guy with a LOTR deck who got pretty mad I wasn't playing at his pace. 🫠 Honestly I want to play standard so I might just switch to playing on Arena.

[@snowhusk]

​@@jrswo1337been playing commander for almost two years, untill I realized it became more or less a rotating format :/

[@jeremychapple]

@@snowhusk THANK YOU someone else who has realised commander is basically a rotating format.

[@SpectrumIntruder]

Pauper commander is also really fun

[@sunnydfangirl]

Signal boosting for Pauper always!! The only format ever 💖

[@EsperVeltmanMusic]

FINALLY AND UPDATED PAUPER VIDEO FROM THE PROF- this is my all time favorite format, and in my opinion the best right now, (despite standard being really fun) the price or should i say Lack of price, makes it more than worth it compared to other formats.

[@markbrierley6367]

"These decks never rotate!" Sure, but many of the decks in this video had analogs from a decade ago when my community had a robust scene, but none of them look remotely the same. Affinity was a tier 3 deck at best. Turbo Fog was Simic relying on a mill package centered around Jace's Erasure and Curse of the Bloody Tome. Glint Hawk/Skyfisher was fringe. Delver of Secrets and Gary were the most powerful things happening at the time. The decks never rotate, but you'll have to buy into a new deck regularly to keep up with power creep. Not a lot since it's always commons, but it's pretty disingenuous when the reality is players have to change their decks regularly if they want to stay current.

[@lucyarisato6850]

Super cool to see more Pauper stuff from you prof!

[@LouisvilleHawk]

Love pauper, and I have a ton of decks in paper and on MTGO. Prof showed it to me, and I've loved it ever since!

[@nicholasbettis5527]

It warms my soul to see Glint Hawk and Kor Skyfisher featured in 2024 on a Prof video.

[@boojet9845]

Holy shit a video about the only format I play

[@rotyboty7046]

pauper is so amazing! thanks for promoting the format!

[@RGCRandomGameChannel]

I got into pauper because of your content. I ended up making a ton of decks from cards that people were going to throw away. Now I have a lot of fun and janky decks that my friends and I can play with.

[@rolandovalencia9949]

Thanks for promoting this beautiful format Proffesor!

[@EVC1094]

Love Pauper! I wish I had paper tournaments near me.

[@brianmattei7134]

Be the change you want to see. I had to step up locally but in doing so, was able to bring together Pauper players.

[@thetasworld]

13:26 the pain is just too much...😅

[@karolszymanski8539]

Troll of khazad dumb 😮. Prof did troll dirty

[@warzu]

I literally ordered cards for some pauper decks just the other day lol Super stoked to have something else to take part in events at my LGS besides EDH or pre-release. Go Pauper woot

[@Nidai64]

Our friend group started playing pauper for fun, to take a break from commander from time to time, and now we are completely hooked up! Love to see pauper videos!

[@EuglenaeViridis]

Pauper is absolutely incredible! I used to be mostly a Limited and EDH player, but I've completely switched to Pauper. Most of my friends now have at least 3 Pauper decks, and our local FNM has almost entirely transitioned to Pauper events. We even have tournaments in Poland that gather over 100 players! While it might not be quite as big as Paupergeddon in Italy, it's incredibly inspiring to see so many people, especially newcomers, participating in these major events.

[@Friedensp4nzer]

Happy to 'report' a friend and me convinced our LGS a year ago to do monthly Pauper events and now we have a sizeable community there for it where there was none. It's a lot of fun. (: Unfortunately for me, they decided not long ago to host the nonthly Budget EDH tournament on the same day, but I am kind of proud seeing half as many EDH players maximum as Pauper player on these days. Even though I am evil and won one these tournaments with UR Solfatarra. :D

[@Farmatron]

This is a great video. I’m new to magic and am overwhelmed by the amount of formats available. This positive explanation is what I needed!

[@sify11]

a lot of what you said about pauper applies to legacy too (besides being affordable ofc :D) but that's exactly why i love pauper! it truly is an eternal format

[@BrittishAnger]

Has anyone seen AnyNewProvince lately? I figured the format was dead when he stopped posting content, I hope he's well.

[@tertmemelur1880]

as always, thank you Prof for promoting our lil format 🙏 (mad you didn't mention walls tho 😤 )

[@kennethpearce2941]

Pauper has a good following at my regular LGS. And it is still growing! I'll be there tonight for our regular game and it looks like we'll have one or two new players joining us. 👍

[@Mogg_Fanatic]

I began playing pauper a few years ago, brother, its still pretty expensive :D

[@mage189]

Proxies! Oh...pauper. Where commons are somehow still more than a $1.

[@admiralbananas]

The problem with pauper really is just availability. Every store in town either runs Modern/Legacy (which I cannot afford), or Commander. Between weekend commander night, Tuesday commander night, Wednesday modern, Thursday Legacy, and Friday Chaos Draft (seriously, why do stores not just draft a single set anymore?), it feels like there's no way to find people with which to play pauper. :(

[@biiiiiiiliiiiiiieeiiiilisssshh]

100% proxy hand drawn is truly the only ultimate cheapest way ever. Not debatable

[@brianmattei7134]

Not sure who'll read this but another amazing thing about the current meta of Pauper is it's VERY rock-paper-scissors, which means a lot of these decks have great matchups against some, but bad matchups against others. It makes local metalgaming super interesting. See a lot of Terror locally? Play Mono Red, Orzhov Blade, or Gruul Ramp! See a lot of Gruul Ramp? Play Broodscale! It's awesome, the format is so, so sick and has been for a while now.

[@MTGzerito]

I totally agree, you also see a lot of brews and unpopular decks, there is a lot of variety at the local scene. Last week tireless tribe made an appearance and did pretty good, I went to hunt down Gruul ramp tweaking my own list to run 6 land destruction spells, paid off as I got paired against one, super fun times in the format.

[@styfen]

Swiftspear is the wedge that started rot that aggro has become. I'm so glad pauper doesn't have that design catastrophe in it.

[@leress]

It had swiftspear until it was banned.

[@GoodMorningMagic]

Go Pauper!!!! 😄

[@garryame4008]

Proxies. The answer is proxies

[@davifks]

ive been amazed by how fun gr ramp is in the format right now.

[@Justnothankyou132]

Proxying is the only acceptable answer to this prompt.

[@fasterbuilder11]

EXACTLY!!

[@Skyfysh]

This is the way.

[@OscarIna0fTimeVODs]

Or Tabletop Simulator

[@artofstorytelling9406]

For commander I’ve been doing a mix of real cards and pauper , I buy precons and sell the 10-15 most expensive cards and most of the time that will cover the cost of the precon, then I proxy the cards I sold . Now I’m not sure how well people will take it at lgs I haven’t been to own yet 😅

[@Crushanator1]

Idk, Pauper decks are 60 cards and most are less than the $1 price per card of a bulk order proxie

[@alexpicton2464]

Just got my tokens from the kickstarter! They all look great! 🎉🎉

[@ThatShikushi]

Pauper is so great. Even if you don't want to build top tier Pauper decks, it's a great format to play casually with friends! My friends mostly play Commander, but I put together some Pauper decks from my bulk, and we finally have a 60 card 1v1 format we can play. I hear Pauper Cube is also great fun.

[@ajevans8814]

Pauper is my favorite constructed format. I have a foiled out rakdos burn and I love to play even when I lose.

[@Ratchetcat974]

You can play any format you want at any level with high quality proxies

[@bobbym1799]

This is the best intro video for all of various budgets

[@Skaret98]

As someone who plays a lot of pauper (every week sometimes more then once a week) I’m very surprised writhing chrysalis wasn’t mentioned once. The card is the best/worst MH3 common it’s pushed to hell and back.

[@benji-obi]

SO excited to hear about the health/diversity of pauper right now. It may finally be time to start playing soon 🙂‍↕️

[@LordMorde]

when i was a kid i went into the lgs and dug through binders and made a terrible all creatures green deck out of random junk rares. cost me like 30$ and i got into the hobby… now like 30k and 17 years later i regret my childhood decision.

[@FoldingScreenMonkey]

I've been so excited about the idea of playing pauper for like a year. I wanna put together a handful of decks that I can mix n match pitting against each other with my friends. I think I'm gonna do a delver deck cuz I love delver, some synthesizer variant, maybe cycle storm and broodscale to start

[@Vok250]

$70 USD for a pauper deck?! Man what happened? That used to build a decent standard deck in my town. Pauper was like $20 CAD. Commander around $30-40.

[@hearmth6618]

14:55 I never knew Thermokarst existed, but green Stone Rain 💎💎🔥 is such power 💎🌳🌳

[@TarionsCousin]

The funny thing is you absolutely know that that old phone is not merely a prop--it's Prof's actual phone from back in the day.

[@zorkman56]

Prof, you did it again! I’m going to build a Pauper deck. I’ll even say “blah blah blah.” Thank you, Prof!

[@ravenjoker254]

pauper my beloved! my pet archetype is Tortured Existence, definitely not a Tier 1 deck, but a really interesting and fun graveyard toolbox deck, named after its key card absolutely recommend Pauper to everyone!

[@Dimitar_Tsanev]

MH3 really was a great set for pauper. I've recently switched exclusively to pauper and the possibilities are soooooo varied and interesting. I love the freedom of expression it gives me.

[@teamhunter730]

The way you play is by buying a starter deck and some boosters to customize, then find out every card in your deck has better faster version that costs a pretty penny.

[@HarborMastr]

Love me some paper pauper!!! I’m trying to get my playgroup to shuffle up the battlebox I’ve made over the last year!

[@KagedStorm]

got off work an hour and a half ago, earliest I've ever been to a TCC upload lol

[@HarborMastr]

Thanks for the signature on my Commander Buddy btw! My friend was able to grab some signatures from you in Vegas and brought back the signed buddy! I’d love to thank you in person at pauper locals!

[@HonkLord]

Pauper is honestly the best format I've played, I can't get enough

[@xtensioncordtv1969]

Great video. Its a real shame more people arent interested in pauper, especially when its the only format thats (mostly) safe from UB.

[@StarDevilRedrixsWhisper]

Regarding the "either/or" for red and black Skyfisher decks, my favorite pauper deck says "why not both". From what I've seen, combined with a Wildfire package, adding both to turn it into a Mardu deck is not only pretty easy, but makes the deck 10 times more capable to pivot from early game to long-term grind than with either of the two double-color combinations :)

[@todderick42]

Loving Pauper! And for those of us who really enjoy the multiplayer format, pauper EDH also very very good

[@boobox2000]

I like how a common format can still cost you over a hundred dollars for a deck.

[@micmarduk]

I Started with a $20 mono red burn deck, then i builded a mono red Kiln Fiend Deck, then a mono green infect and finally i'm starting with a simic infect. It is super fun. I think Commander isn't the best entry to magic, i found it very intimidating with so much stuff to track in the board. And 3 people wanting to play fast while you are learning the game, understanding their cards and thinking about your own deck is too much for begginers. Pauper was great for me to fall in love for the game. Now i play commander now and then, and i just build my first modern deck (that is standard as well, testing it in Arena). So, if you are new, pauper is amazing just try it out.

[@UninvitedGhost]

Answer to video title: proxies

[@TobiasLeonHaecker]

Thank you so much for all the pauper Support!!

[@jasaknap1228]

Battle box is super underrated and extremely budget friendly

[@ruttokyrpa3472]

I still got cards to the old pauper elves and pauper dredge decks that were featured on TCC years ago!

[@Bassman94Firenze]

I see pauper is struggling in the us, but down here in europe is kicking hard with most of the local pauper leagues outnumbering the modern leages.

[@tequilawerewolf]

I buy sleeves and bulk cards from my LGS and print proxies at the library for about 40¢/9 cards. I just started but I have 4 commander decks and can host people who don’t usually play :)

[@howardcook7488]

By far my absolute favorite format!!!! I love commander and modern, but paper.....❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ZobmieRules]

I HAVE to post a comment for Pauper Commander! PDH is a ton of fun, and has all the benefits of both formats while negating the biggest drawbacks of EDH!

[@VelcroStrip]

I'm convinced Prof, I'll build more pauper decks.

[@ratdoto2148]

Pauper is best described as legacy answers for limited threats.