Comments on: Dime a Dozen #13: Metal Militia

By: Vault Skirge

Vault Skirge — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:47:57 +0000

Hi!

First things first: thanks and congratulations for your great work about Pauper Magic from Spain, where the format seems to be catching up even in paper tournaments :).

Lately I have been wondering: how about substituting Carapace Forger for Perilous Myr in Atog/Disciple builds? You trade a bigger body for two extra damage recoupable via Welding Jar, and with the abundance of creatures with toughness 2 or less in the format you can get a 2×1 with ease. What do you think about it, have you tried something similar?

Again thank you for your time. Keep up the great work!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:06:25 +0000

I was playing your white weenie build for a while, and I think the most helpful thing I found was the primer for it on the pauper’s cage blog. What I’ve found is that developing a general game plan for each matchup is crucial, but requires a lot of experience even if you are already a good technical player. After I read white weenie primer, in particular the section detailing specific strategies against each other deck archetype, I think my win rate doubled. Without a primer like that for mono blue fae I am currently going through the painstaking process of learning each matchup through trial and error.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:00:48 +0000

Michael – I really appreciate that. Let me know if you have any other feedback or suggestions.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:40:14 +0000

Thanks! And by the way your content is always the best stuff I can find. The way you explain your thought process as you make each and every decision in a game is invaluable.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:08:42 +0000

Govnovalj90 – Good insight there, thanks for the comment!

Diogo – Okay, I will check out that game.

Michael – Great suggestion, I will be sure to do something with Fae soon!

By: hiveking

hiveking — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:55:30 +0000

You are technically correct – the best kind of correct!

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:53:20 +0000

I’ve been watching your videos and listening to pauper’s cage, and more content on mono blue fae would be great. Like you, playing a reactive deck comes much less natural to me than playing an aggressive deck, but I am trying to get better at it to improve my overall skill level.