Power_T looks over BUGs & Pigs for Pauper

BUGs & Pigs by Galactic President was one of the smash hits of the Pauper Gauntlet.

Here is a recent video with the deck:



It is a very complicated BUG-colored Control deck without counterspells ... with Brindle Boar!

I did a full piece on the deck here: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/01/featured-deck-of-pauper-gauntlet-bugs.html

There are many awesome brewers in Pauper, but there is one I respect more than any other, simply because his brewing once got me on the Pro Tour. That was long ago, but Power_T will Always remain my Mr Miyagi for Magic. Apparently he got interested in this deck, so he brewed his own version that I intend to share with you here.

BUGs & Pigs as modified by Power_T

Creatures (21)
4 Fume Spitter
4 Sakura Tribe Elder
3 Crypt Rats
3 Brindle Boar
1 Wickerbough Elder
4 Mulldrifter
2 Krosan Tusker

Spells (17)
4 Tragic Slip
2 Undying Evil
4 Chainer's Edict
2 Grim Harvest
3 Deep Analysis  (if you are Grim Harvesting all the time, maybe Treasure Cruise is bad)
2 Sylvok Lifestaff

Lands (22)
3 Bojuka Bog
6 Forest
2 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Island
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Simic Growth Chamber
4 Swamp
4 Thornwood Falls

Sideboard (15)
1 Disfigure
2 Doom Blade
2 Thrull Surgeon
4 Choking Sands
4 Thermokarst
1 Brindle Boar
1 Wickerbough Elder

SB-plan
Affinity: -3 deep, -1 spitter, +1 boar, +2 doom blade, +1 elder
(Random) Aggro: -3 Deep, -1 elder,  +1 disfigure, +2 doom blade, +1 brindle boar
Burn: -4 slip, -4 chainer's, -3 deep, -1 rats, +2 surgeon, +8 LD (= +4 choking sands, +4 thermokarst) +1 boar, +1 elder
Delver: -2 UE, -1 lifestaff, -1 deep, +1 disfigure, +2 doom blade, +1 elder
Delverfiend: -3 deep, -1 elder, +1 disfigure, +2 doom blade, +1 boar
Goblins = Random aggro
Familiars: -2 lifestaff, -3 boar, -1 elder, -2 UE,  +8 LD,
Hexproof: -2 spitter, -4 slip, -3 deep,  +1 elder, +4 choking sands, +4 thermokarst
Izzet Control: -2 UE, +2 thrull surgeon
MBC: -2 spitter, +1 boar, +1 elder. OR -1 elder, +1 boar. Depends. Do they have oubliette? Middle road: -1 spitter, +1 boar.
RUG Tron: -4 spitter, -2 slip, -2 lifestaff, -1 boar, -1 elder, -1 rats, -1 UE,  +4 choking sands, +4 thermokarst, +2 thrull surgeon, +2 doom blade
Stompy = Random aggro
Ugw Turbomill: -4 slip, -4 edict,  -2 lifestaff, -1 boar, +1 elder, +4 choking sands, +4 thermokarst, +2 thrull surgeon,

Some things to think about and random comments
Delver: Very bad matchup
DelverFiend: 24 Life is not enough if they have double strike
Familiars: Wait until they flicker/Bounce the Cloud of Faeries and then kill it
Izzet Control: Kill their creatures and watch them deck themselves.
RUG Tron: Horrible matchup before sideboard