Brewing for Standard Pauper
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:15 pm
Every so often my LGS will run a Standard Pauper tournament after a new set release. I think it's a great way for novice deck builders to get a chance of putting something together without necessarily having to beat the best (and usually, priciest) decks out there.
So, here's the deck I've put together for the tournament, let me know what you all think:
[deck]
Creatures: 29
4 Akroan Crusader
4 Shadow Alley Denizen
4 Nyxborn Eidolon
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
4 Blood Bairn
3 Dead Reveler
3 Deathcult Rogue
2 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Marshmist Titan
Spells: 9
1 Devour Flesh
4 Doom Blade
4 Duress
Lands
14 Swamp
4 Rakdos Guildgate
4 Mountains
Sideboard
1 Baleful Eidolon
1 Cavern Lampad
2 Devour Flesh
3 Marshmist Titan
2 Pharika's Cure
[/deck]
The Sideboard isn't actually a sideboard but a list of other cards I was considering. The [card]Marshmist
Titan[/card] looks better with the lower removal suite that Pauper has (same argument could be made for Gray Merchant of Asphodel, although that might lead the meta to be predominantly black and reason that Doom Blade should be all Devour Flesh.
Not particularly sure about Duress, I figure if I can strip their hand of removal then I can maximize my devotion for Gray Merchant or the TItan.
Akroan Crusader is probably too greedy but I included it due to Black having the Bestow mechanic. There might be enough cards for a Hidden Strings deck with blue for permission and red for removal/burn. Maybe with Agoraphobia to slowly grind out an advantage? Again, that might be too ambitious and I should really be looking at Red Deck Wins.
Idea #3: GB Dredge list but while we have a ton of
ways to dump cards into the graveyard, I don't see anyway to really take advantage of it.
So, here's the deck I've put together for the tournament, let me know what you all think:
[deck]
Creatures: 29
4 Akroan Crusader
4 Shadow Alley Denizen
4 Nyxborn Eidolon
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
4 Blood Bairn
3 Dead Reveler
3 Deathcult Rogue
2 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Marshmist Titan
Spells: 9
1 Devour Flesh
4 Doom Blade
4 Duress
Lands
14 Swamp
4 Rakdos Guildgate
4 Mountains
Sideboard
1 Baleful Eidolon
1 Cavern Lampad
2 Devour Flesh
3 Marshmist Titan
2 Pharika's Cure
[/deck]
The Sideboard isn't actually a sideboard but a list of other cards I was considering. The [card]Marshmist
Titan[/card] looks better with the lower removal suite that Pauper has (same argument could be made for Gray Merchant of Asphodel, although that might lead the meta to be predominantly black and reason that Doom Blade should be all Devour Flesh.
Not particularly sure about Duress, I figure if I can strip their hand of removal then I can maximize my devotion for Gray Merchant or the TItan.
Akroan Crusader is probably too greedy but I included it due to Black having the Bestow mechanic. There might be enough cards for a Hidden Strings deck with blue for permission and red for removal/burn. Maybe with Agoraphobia to slowly grind out an advantage? Again, that might be too ambitious and I should really be looking at Red Deck Wins.
Idea #3: GB Dredge list but while we have a ton of
ways to dump cards into the graveyard, I don't see anyway to really take advantage of it.