Round 2 of the Pauper Gauntlet has finished

WARNING! This blog post contains spoilers if you have not watched all of the videos of the second round of the Pauper Gauntlet S02.


Basic facts

What is the Pauper Gauntlet? 
http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-pauper-gauntlet.html

Full list of the 77 Pauper Gauntlet decks for the second season: 

http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2014/09/the-decks-of-pauper-gauntlet.html

The above link also contains information about how you can win free prizes (including an Elspeth, Sun's Champion and two foil Shocklands (paper)

The events of round two

Despite the fact that 23 decks faced the threat of elimination in round two, only three were actually eliminated. Yes, that means that I even won with 1-land-spy (!). It did not really happen the way I wanted to (well, it kind of did) but the important point is that the most complicated combo deck in the format is still alive.



The following three decks lost both round 1 and round 2 and are thus eliminated from further competition:

Stupid Green Tron
Deathtouch (Assassin's Apprentice)
Pox

For deck lists for these decks check out this link: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2014/09/the-decks-of-pauper-gauntlet.html


Feature match

WatchRites - a token deck with Rites of Initiation - faced off against a horde of Merfolk. If you think Pauper board states should be simple, do not watch this video :)

What will happen now

77 decks entered the Gauntlet. 74 decks remain. Round 3 is single elimination in the Tournament Practice Room. Expect a bloodbath. My estimation is about 20-30 casualties in the third round, maybe even more.

How can you follow the Pauper Gauntlet?
The twitter account @MagicGathStrat tweets whenever a video is uploaded to the two YouTube channels that feature the Gauntlet: MagicGatheringStrat and sngprop.