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Someone had to have been taking them because I would have lost that every other day of the week. I appreciate your sacrifice 🙏

I think it is a decent way to try and take Gruul if you don't like the cascade versions. Just wish for a little card advantage. Could it possibly be Mulldrifter time again?

Or cut the blue package and play it jund for Ichor and dispute. I feel like you shouldn’t have too many animators anyways since it’s always good to diversify threat package

@@vladdogarel263 and cut out the land animation to play removal and glee maybe? Seems solid XD

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I know the deck needs something so the Broodscale matchup isn't a complete wash, so I understand why the Snap was there it just didn't feel relevant for the matchups I faced this league. It's a fine deck and one that I never like seeing as a Turbofog enjoyer (this is like a 0% matchup), so it was nice to be on the other end to see how it goes against the field.

There was a list at one point where someone had UG Fog but instead of stream it used Poison and Proliferate to win. I think that was what they were referring to, but I just wanted to more stock list to see how it went as I hadn't played the deck before on my channel.

@Kirblinxy aaaaahh. That makes sense.

Hey you are the BW aggro guy! How is your build currently doing?

I am!! Played my first challenge last friday, using the BW aggro list. Ended up in 14th place, went 3-0, then got dumpstered repeatedly by combo, 😅😅, ended up 3-3

In leagues it is still very good though

Yeah, if you notice throughout my videos I generally only play against 1-2 of these top 3 decks in a league. Affinity you barely ever see, I see a lot more Broodscale and red. But people are still experimenting, which is cool it's just nothing can breach these top 3 decks in challenges.

If I complain, I just do it to myself. There isn't reason to take out frustration on others, it will just make them miserable as well. Just scream into a pillow afterwards to relieve the stress of things not going your way. That's my belief anyway.

Why? I really like using Wildfire offensively because it reduces the mana available next turn by 1, which makes it a Sinkhole that cantrips. There are spots where you really need to ramp to fit your curve, ofc, and then you should do that. But there's a reason the heuristic is "bolt the bird" and not "play your bird to match them."

@@CharlotteMimic they get a land a basic land back. You don’t increase board pressure so you essentially time walk yourself in exchange for taking them off 1 extra mana every turn. Doesn’t seem that good to me

To have more spells in hand for a bigger weather in a later turn. Probably better to get the prism out then though? I'm unsure, I haven't played this deck enough to know the proper sequencing.

It would have been mana neutral, plus you would have one more tank for mana next turn But definitely, it is not an easy deck to pilot

@@matteoalaniimagine what the win rate would be if it was easier. 😂

@@Kirblinxyit would be beeen better to double prism, as the next turned after the Lorien would would of been able to triple prism and start gaining mana off your 2 card proliferate spells.

@@FlavioPisani89 Nah, that's reserved for turbofog.

@@Kirblinxy I'm glad somebody said it.

I would usually say affinity over faeries but I never see it on mtgo lol

@DiscardatRandom It is Kuldotha, Affinity and Broodscale. Affinity doesn't seems to get a lot of play in leagues. Is usually the 2nd most played deck in challenges.

@@Kirblinxy I’ve heard blue faeries is very popular in paper and that Kuldotha isn’t

Then you can play refurbished familiar too

It was accidental I swear

I think spot removal is at an all-time high because of Broodscale so I wouldn't be too game to run it. The new Cyclops looked cool though.

Funny that you should say that you love Rites. Cause I was just talking with Rites and it like likes you too.

Aww shucks. Now I'm embarrassed 😳

That's a valid target indeed.

I understand where they were coming from showing surprising stats, as I do the same with the pauper challenge results bit they really needed to show some context though. Leagues are noise a lot of time as you can see from most of my videos I only play against the big 3 decks like twice a league usually. Format is fine when you look at it from a league perspective as people are playing what they want to but competitely is a different set factors. This is why my data focuses on matchups. Sure Boros has 54% win rate but if it only beating Elves and Blue decks and doesn't pair into Broodscale or Affinity enough then the 54% isn't relevant for a competitive meta.

If the Pauper community would associate me with any one card, I would love it to be Rites of Initiation. The games it can produce are hilarious and I don't think anyone else believes in the cards as much as I do.

@@Kirblinxy have been loving it in a Jund shell with dispute/wellspring to keep your hand stocked, so even a couple tokens getting through can be lethal. I will strive to be the runner-up rites cheerleader

Fair point. I'm all about maximising Rites which is why I like Wellspring to keep my hand full. I only have Kuldotha and Munitions as ways to Sac the Wellspring which isn't enough, so maybe lembas is the right call.

Glad you are enjoying the content!

Rites of Initiation could be fun. Used to be used in the old Watch Rites deck.

Thx for the comment and I also wish you nice holidays (and the rest of my comment section in case they read this).

It's a decently solid deck, I've just had better results with Black Fog that I haven't really had the opportunity to play this since. I probably should have tried some new stuff since I didn't really change anything from the start of the year. Bushwhacker did seem pretty medium in this league, it is just hard to hit RR plus get other creatures for that haste value. The cards I keep wanting to try are all 2 drops; Sunshot Militia for the grindy matchups, Thraben Charm as a flexible answer for Chrys. Have you tried either of these?

@Kirblinxy I haven't played Boros in while either, but I would definitely try Thraben Charm. Not sure if maindeck or sideboard. As Chrysalis is the main issue, I'd probably try a couple of End the Festivities first. They are not always good in all MUs but it's always a damage and sometimes a combat trick. I think there are 2 flex slots in the deck, that used to be 2 Demand Answers in your old list and can now be used for either Thraben Charm or EtF. Thraben Charm is an additional removal for Broodscale and it also destroys Glee or Munitions that can be relevant in many situations, so it's a good card. I'd go -3 Bushwhacker, +1 Rites +2 Thrban/EtF. For Mono Red I would play Arashin Cleric in the sb as it's a good blocker and it can be replayed multiple times with Skyfisher. I'm not a fan of Sunshot Militia tbh, the sorcery speed activation has always turned me off. It can be good in some match-ups, for sure, but I feel like we need answers for other kinds of opponents.

I think the format is a little too fast for the value orientated one as you generally just die before you can get the bouncy value engine online. I think you need to be able to cheese some quick wins like the other decks do and nothing does that better than Rites.

Indeed

Preach! 🙌

I'm just not a fan of 3-drops in Synth as it is hard to cast cards early off a Synth as is. It is probably a card to try in Bully instead of Rally the Peasants as the flexibility could be useful over the GY value. But I am way too value orientated so whenever I discard a flashback spell my dopamine receptors fire.

The timer makes for some real interesting decisions late. Like it was better to keep around the Mystic than to try and Pyro it because it was just wasting more time. Game 2 was also pretty funny and made round 4 easily the most interesting game out of the lot. Thanks for going that deep into the video!

@@markolson8569 Easily the best game of the tournament. Ate 3 x 5/5's along the way.

Usually I say this when watching other people, I didn't think I used it referring to myself but must have slipped through.. It's a pretty fun saying that handles a lot of situations.

This why I play online. People have no choice but to be paired into me, so I get to make people miserable. Also less chance of draws (which make me miserable).

You can just use Fog instead. This is just as badly priced as Campfire is online. 7 Tix per card!

I think you find the discord server for all archetypes on the r/Pauper subreddit pinnned posts

Can't post links in youtube comments but if you checkout 'Pauper Discord Hub' on Gathering.gg you'll find it there.

Why is that?

@@raficfarah6274 Cards are too strong.

@@I1caro and why is that bad for the format? pauper has always been a format with high power level

I wouldn't say it is awful. I think 'stale' might be the correct word. You have the top 3/4 decks that keep performing along with the same tier 2 popping up every now and then. People want to brew but it is hard to deal with the speed of red/glee and the grind of affinity.