Stompy
Championed by Denofbears
This very aggressive weenie deck has crushed every opponent with cheap green creatures and pump spells. It has a clean 9-0 record with a staggering 18-2 in duels.
Deck list here: http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2014/07/pauper-gauntlet-competitor-13-stompy/
Affinity
Championed by DanieZiltoid
The robots are doing well. The machine seems to be well oiled. By drawing a ton of cards while playing cheap 4/4s, everything falls against it. There was a loss in the double elimination rounds though. That one loss was in the mirror match against a better Affinity player.
Deck list: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2013/11/the-top-decks-of-pauper-affinity.html
Burn
Championed by jphsnake
Casting 7 lightning bolts to the face is still a viable tactic in magic it seems. Despite having played this deck a lot I only had a 55% winning record before I switched to this build right before the Gauntlet. And it seems to have worked!
Deck list: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2013/11/the-top-decks-of-pauper-burn.html
Upcoming rounds
As we are close to the end of this exercise now I will play both round 10 and round 11 during the coming week. I assume that we will be able to crown a winner after that.
Which deck do you think will win the Pauper Gauntlet?
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:
The twitter account @MagicGathStrat tweets whenever a video is uploaded to the two YouTube channels that feature the Gauntlet: MagicGatheringStrat and sngprop.
As I mentioned in my recent recap article, my money is on Stompy. Burn and Affinity are both incredibly strong right now, though, and could easily steal the win. /bava
ReplyDeleteStay tuned. I can promise you tons of tier 1 deck action :)
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