Color Commontary

This episode, Mike talks about his wedding, Adrian covers the FNMs that happened in his absence and both discuss Pig Trinket, the possibilities of Pauper GPs and also briefly discuss if Brainstorm is actually good in this format.

Pig Trinket List: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pig-trinket-2/

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In this week’s episode, we cover a local U/W Tron list, and get into a small smackeral of Standard Pauper.

Decklists for this week’s show are:
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/26-06-16-uw-tron/ by Logan White
http://pdcmagic.com/gatherling/deck.php?mode=view&id=27545 gleaned from the PDC Magic website. Be sure to check them and their weekly tournaments out!

We also apologize for the technical difficulties with this episode, and thank you for your continued support.
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Episode 7 of Color Commontary! Mike is off gettin’ hitched but that didn’t delay our episode.

This week we go into detail with One Land Spy, found here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/1-land…. Thanks for the submission, Rajah James!

We also discuss brewing in the format, so hold onto your hats.

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On this episode we tackle the nuances of Adrian’s particular affinity list vs the stock, and talk about adding some spice into stock lists.Includes a Deck Tech for this spicy BR Kuldotha list David Kain sent in as well http://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/39176…

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This week we talk about the new hotness in pauper of Peregrine Drake and how you can get pauper going in your area! Apologies for audio glitches, we didn’t notice until after recording.

IRL Pauper thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pauper/comments/4lvi74/irl_fnm_sticky/

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This week we talk EMA spoilers. Sadly, the sheer density of new cards took us to time, so no deck techs or anything. Hopefully an hour of set review makes up for us skipping some of the more regular sections.

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Mike is out moving to the frigid wasteland of Boston Mass, so it’s up to our handsome hero Adrian Gwarzalez and his guest star Aaron Rubin to try and rescue the show from the inevitable ratings slide.

We discuss Mono Blue Delver at length and learn a little bit about Aaron, a local player.

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This week we discuss Delve/Reanimator in Pauper as well as what we would like to see in reprinted at EMA and what potential rarity shifts could do to the format.

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Back from his trip, Mike’s highly sleep deprived and ready to discuss pauper again. This week’s deck tech is a boros tokens list looking to crash in for that lethal alpha strike. The maybeboard is a spicy Ice Age orc who can ramp you at a cost. This week’s episode is rounded out by a discussion on the issue of meta perception and how the league format changes the way we see results.

Deck Tech List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/517831#online

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This week, we’re back sans drake, plus a whole bunch of happiness and with actual non-mailbag content. We talk about a classic archetype, Red Deck Wins, a pair of card advantage fueling blue enchantments, and where the format is left in the wake of the drake menace, including some hot lists from the Card Kingdom Rags to Riches 7: The Deathly Hallows.

Deck tech lists available here: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/513764#paper

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This episode we’re back to answer assorted and various questions from you, the viewers at home, ranging from preferences on soft drinks to your questions on developing a pauper playgroup. Not much more to it than that, so enjoy!

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We’re back again this week talking about Mike’s experience with the new blue black deck on the block, UB Forbidden Alchemy. Then we discuss the one spoiler we had for this years commander product. Things devolve quickly into a review of our first 6 months of the cast and a silly top 10 spooky monsters.

Deck tech list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ub-alchemy/

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This week on Color Commontary we delve into a Simic Land Destruction deck, talk about a truly disgusting card from Alara and discuss cards with similar functionalities and why you might prefer one over the other.

Deck Tech list + Videos: http://www.numotgaming.com/the-pauper-flophouse-10-simic-land-destruction/

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First, yes, Adrian’s audio is a little wonky, my apologies, on the bright side, better than the last time we had Alex on.

This week Alex Ullman of gatheringmagic.com joins us yet again to shoot the breeze. We talk about the newest addition to aggro decks, talk about a classic spell from Invasion block limited, and then have a round table on the state of the meta.

Deck Tech List: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/16-10-16-ww/

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This week we review our first forays into Kaladesh cards in pauper, the talk a little mono-black aggro and look at a Pauperganda take on the list. Rounding things out we discuss Soul Manipulation as well as our guide to brewing effectively!

Deck tech list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/488326#paper

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This week we’re joined by Will, the brains behind the incredibly popular Pauper Fox youtube channel. We’re talking Turbo Fog, covering the list featured in our collaborative video over on his channel. After that we talk about a spicy little flyer you may have overlooked in Eternal Masters (it’s not drake, don’t worry) and finish things off with an open chat about nostalgia, Will himself and a little bit of last minute discussion about the recent bans, or rather lack there of.

Deck tech list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/477795#paper

Check out Pauper Fox’s Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrH0zjmdaWXgzUagp_1epMg
And check out our collaboration with him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanFmkWHwsU&feature=youtu.be

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In a quick little episode before we went to prerelease, we cover the Temur Watch Rites combo deck, then discuss Castigate, a spicy hand disruption spell and finish things off with discussions of leveling up your play skills.

Deck Tech List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/227345#paper

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Episode 2! Today we’re talking about an innovative take on a pauper legal version of Lantern Control! After that we discuss the issue of “budget” decks, and have a small period of fawning over our LGS.

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This week we’ve got only one thing on the brain, KALADESH SPOILERS! Really nothing much else to say, enjoy the set review!

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This week we return to Coiling Oracle in a great Bant Acid Trip list, then turn to discuss everyone’s favorite Hymn/Bolt hybrid: Blightning. Finishing things up, we’ve got more Kaladesh spoilers to discuss!

This weeks deck tech: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/470600#online

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This week we recap our streaming shenanigans, talk about a sweet esper Tortured Existence list, discuss everyone’s favorite horrifying elf mutant, and talk about our first looks at the wild world of Kaladesh.

This weeks deck tech: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/esper-tortex/

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This week we dig into a white aggro deck that gets its 15 minutes of fame every few months, Cyborgs. Then we intro a new recurring segment, where we talk about the “junior varsity” cards of pauper, the spicy yet not quite there cards. This week it’s Guardian of the Guildpact. The episode is rounded off by a discussion of the small handful of relevant cards from Conspiracy 2: Take the Throne.

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This week we take the time to delve into the world of RG landfall/bloodbriar aggro, battle boxes and constructing sideboards.

The deck list we discussed can be found here: https://twitter.com/John_Uhen/status/763848651760398336

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This week we talk about a UG threshold deck that’s seeing some results in the leagues, then talk about stale metas and the need to unify paper pauper.

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This week we talk about a cool Grixis Metalcraft list that Mike ran without paying any attention to the meta, then discuss the idea of pauper planeswalkers and other unexplored design space.

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