Comments on: Dime a Dozen #28: Poopy Mana and Pauper Commander

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:03:34 +0000

Gustavo – Congratulations!

By: Gustavo Barroso

Gustavo Barroso — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:06:57 +0000

4-0 (misstyping)

By: Gustavo Barroso

Gustavo Barroso — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 01:06:10 +0000

Almost forgot – I made minor changes (-2 exalted guys +2 benevolent bodyguard; -1 Bonesplitter -1 Plains +2 Ramosian Rally) in your WW list and took it to a local tournament where I knew there wouldn’t be any post decks. Result: 4-1 (8-1). Seems REALLY solid =)

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:01:41 +0000

brickoven – That’s great! Please keep us posted on your findings for all of the Pauper-related formats.

By: brickoven

brickoven — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:21:15 +0000

I play offline magic in Raleigh NC, know Lee, on of the other article writers, locally. He taught me a lot when I was just getting started.

I am an avid EDH player, but also play standard and a great deal of limited.
They have a local shop that has supported standard pauper as well, so I try to make those tournaments when they fire.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:19:44 +0000

Brickoven – Very cool! Happy to hear your input on the format! Where do you play it?

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:18:32 +0000

Gustavo – Solid points all around! Keep in mind that to really get a feel for a deck’s win percentage, we’d ideally like to know how many Daily Events their pilots are actually attending.

A “Poopy Mana” deck could only have a 34% winrate, but if it competes in 10 Daily Events and the “Playable Mana” deck with a 50% winrate only competes in four, then the Poopy Mana deck will have more reported 3-1s/4-0s, and look better. Since we only see the winning decklists from one event per day, our data is considerably skewed.

Maybe someone could perform a controlled test of two Izzet Fiend decks (it would take a LOT of time) in order to find out which worked better. I think the basic principles of building a manabase help us avoid having to do something like that, however.

Glad you enjoyed the article! I really appreciate the input.