Comments on: Dime a Dozen #42: Is Pauper Dying?

By: nathanp01

nathanp01 — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:25:43 +0000

I would like to point to point out that singer_from_sengir did not mean to add Wring Flesh to his domain list. I confronted him about it as soon as I saw the list. He told me that he was scrambling to put together his final deck before entering the tournament and ended up submitting a list containing wring flesh by mistake. Singer may be a madman, but he’s not THAT much of a madaman.

By: shaffawaffa5

shaffawaffa5 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:06:43 +0000

Hey Jason, sorry I’m writing in so late! Somehow I missed this article during my regular cycles. First of all, thank you for writing such nice things about me, and thank you for the plugs! I really appreciate the work you do, and your willingness to help the community even now that DEs are gone.

Second, I want to address my view on the “death of Pauper.” Pauper originated as a casual, unsanctioned format, but WotC allowed it to grow into a competitive format. It started with PEs, and 8-mans, but Pauper really exploded when we got DEs. Once this happened, I, like a lot of people, joined in with a grinding mentality. But when WotC chopped off the competitive subsidy our community, unsurprisingly, began to revert to pre-DE levels. I don’t think Pauper is evolving as one commenter mentioned, instead I think it is devolving to where it was before DEs. As such, I don’t think Pauper itself is dying, but how I – and apparently a lot of other people – interact with Pauper is. In that sense, my departure was carved in stone on Decimation Day.

By: ramela

ramela — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 07:57:57 +0000

Also, playing Tempo decks is fun and while playing against Tempo decks is not the most fun, it is more fun than playing against Post decks…

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:24:02 +0000

Keep in mind that Delver did really good numbers even when Cloudpost was in the format.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:23:07 +0000

ramela – I don’t think it’s a bad idea personally…

zac – I think that MUC and Izzet Control are legitimate, even MBC. The format is by nature very creature-based, and you’re right, it has become even more so as a result of the bans.

By: zac

zac — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:23:05 +0000

i think one problem with the format was the banning of cloudpost… yes the post decks were good, but they allowed for a legitimate control deck… without cloudpost, you just have a bunch of aggro/tempo decks in pauper, which a lot of players don’t particularly enjoy.

By: ramela

ramela — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:23:59 +0000

Jason Moore – I definetly think they could have increased the entry fees a little for the constructed dailies, propably limited ones too. At least I would not have batted an eyelash.

That is what they have done with the Phantom Events like Cube too, after all…