Sunday, November 8, 2015

The Pauper Gauntlet

Welcome to the Pauper Gauntlet, Season Three!

Season Two recap: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/02/final-results-of-second-season-of.html

For more information on what happened in Season One, please read here: http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2014/06/the-pauper-gauntlet-season-one-2013/

What is the Pauper Gauntlet?
  • The Pauper Gauntlet is a competition between Pauper decks (not players) where the decks try to survive as long as possible. Every round decks are eliminated if they lose. The rounds get harder and harder (see below).
  • In the end, one deck will do what Stompy did in the second season and be the last remaining deck in the Gauntlet.
  • The Pauper Gauntlet is quite casual and meant to be taken as light entertainment. 
How can you get involved in the Pauper Gauntlet?
  • You can watch the videos on the YouTube channels MagicGatheringStrat and MagicGatheringStrat2
  • You can read articles about the Gauntlet on this blog or on MagicGatheringStrat.com
  • You can brew a deck and submit it to the Gauntlet in the comments below
  • You can submit a deck you like to see played in the Gauntlet (that you perhaps did not brew yourself) in the comments below
  • You can champion a deck and win prizes. This will be detailed in my November 22nd blog post here when the list of all decks is known. You can not become the champion of a deck before November 22nd.



Sponsors
The main sponsor of the Pauper Gauntlet is Mtgotickets. The winning champion will receive 100 bot credits on the mtgotickets bots on Magic Online.  This season is brought to you by mtgotickets.com.

The Pauper Gauntlet also exists because of the help of mtgolibrary.com and magicgatheringstrat.com.

Other important sponsors of the Pauper Gauntlet are you, the patrons of MagicGatheringStrat. If you enjoy the Pauper Gauntlet consider becoming a patron of MagicGatheringStrat at  https://www.patreon.com/magicgatheringstrat

Submit a deck for the Pauper Gauntlet
You will need to submit a link to your deck list including a sideboard plan and mulligan tips in the comments below.

  • Your deck is submitted for possible entry into the Pauper Gauntlet by posting in the comments below (and nowhere else).
  • Your deck must have a deck list available on a web site that I can link to. There are several such services. Here is one: http://deckstats.net  . Include that link in your post in the comments below.

  • I need to repeat that apparently. YOU CAN NOT SUBMIT A DECKLIST in the comments below. You have to submit a link to a decklist. My article on November 22nd will be a list of all the decks and links to them. That will be the single most read article of The Pauper Gauntlet and it can't contain deck lists (only links) because it would be way too long

  • You should include a sideboard plan to help me play the deck. The better you make the sideboard plan, the better my chances are to win with the deck. Remember that a majority of Magic duels are played after sideboarding. Here is a good example of a template for a sideboard plan: http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2014/07/pauper-gauntlet-competitor-13-stompy/
  • Your deck is more likely to be approved if it is unique (no similar deck is already approved), if it has community interest, if it has achieved results in Daily Events or Premier Events, if you have a sideboard plan and if you have tips about playing the deck.

  • You can submit a deck until noon GMT+2 November 17th 2015 in the comments to this blog post. If you submit later, your deck will not be in the third season of the Pauper Gauntlet. 
  • I have the final say whether a deck is approved or not.
  • The comments to this blog post is the only way to submit a deck to the Pauper Gauntlet. If your deck is submitted anywhere else, it will not be entered in the Pauper Gauntlet.
  • The list of the 15 decks pre-approved for the second season of the Pauper Gauntlet can be found here: http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2015/11/the-pauper-gauntlet-starts-today/ They are the top 10 decks from last year and the top 4 decks from the Pauper Rogue Cup (and a deck voted in by the players at that tournament) in Spain.
  • You do not have to have access to Magic Online to submit a deck. In fact, several brewers were not on Magic Online for the last season. After all, you don't play your own deck in the Pauper Gauntlet. I play all decks. 
  • If you make a video playing the deck, that makes it more likely to be approved for the Gauntlet. You can get a free 30-day trial of the recording software I use here: http://www.techsmith.com/download/snagit/  (No, I do not get anything for promoting them)
  • Do not forget to include a sideboard plan with your deck. Take the top 15 decks in the Pauper metagame (http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pauper#online) and write down exactly which cards you would take out of your deck against every single deck (and which cards you would bring in). 

Some tips on brewing for Pauper
I made this video with David Shaffer in 2013. It contains some useful tips about brewing aggro, control and combo in Pauper. It explains many things that are good to think about when brewing, including why two-color aggro decks have huge problems in the format.





Here is all the information about Season Three in a video. I will recap below.



The rules
  • Whatever happens in the Paupet Gauntlet happens. There are no takebacks.
  • Every deck is played by the same player to make it fair (me).
  • Every deck plays one match each round
  • The first two rounds are double elimination, i.e. a deck has to lose both round one and round two to get eliminated. A deck that won in round one does not play in round two but is immediately qualified for round three. 
  • Every round after round two is single elimination. Once a deck loses, it is eliminated from the Pauper Gauntlet.
  • If all remaining decks are eliminated in one round, they all advance to the next round.
  • The last remaining deck wins the Pauper Gauntlet S03
  • All the details about the competition and being the champion of a deck (and winning 100 bot credits from mtgotickets.com) will be posted here on November 22nd.
  • The details of the rounds are presented below
  • The opponent is the first person that joins the match on Magic Online. I intend this to be random but if people search me out to play me, that is fine with me.
  • Whenever Magic Online says I win (I win after playing, opponent leaves etc) the deck advances to the next round.
  • This year at least one card has to be played by either player for the match to count. I.e. instant quitters does not mean a deck advances to the next round.
  • There will be a voteback after round 4
  • If there is a banning, brewers are allowed to update their decks or eliminate their decks if they feel the deck is now unplayable. 
  • Brewers are not allowed to update their deck lists if there are no bannings or other really good reasons (making an error in deck construction to begin with is not a good reason)
  • No more than 100 decks will be approved for the second season of the Pauper Gauntlet.
  • If you have any questions, please watch the video above If your question is not answered there, feel free to ask it in the comments. Please do not try to change the structure of the Pauper Gauntlet now. There will be an opportunity to evaluate the format after the Gauntlet is finished (as there was for Seasons One and Two).
The rounds
I will play the rounds in the following environments. The idea is that winning will get harder and harder.

Round 1-2: Any practice room on Magic Online except the Tournament Practice room (the hardest)
Round 3-11: The Tournament Practice Room on Magic Online
Round 12-15: The two-man queues on Magic Online
Round 16: A League for each deck. The deck(s) that gets the best results in the event advances to the next round. 
Round 17-inf: The Tournament Practice Room on Magic Online

I changed round 16 to Leagues after Pauper Daily Events, 8-mans and Premier Events were removed on Nov 25, 2015.

How can you follow the Pauper Gauntlet?
  • You can watch videos on youtube.com/magicgatheringstrat or youtube.com/magicgatheringstrat2
  • For your convenience all videos will be added to the Pauper Gauntlet Season Three playlist on youtube.com/magicgatheringstrat
  • I will be a host of the MagicGatheringStrat podcast talking about the Pauper Gauntlet every week with Brennon & Sam. The MagicGatheringStrat podcast is available on Itunes or on magicgatheringstrat.com and youtube.com/magicgatheringstrat
  • Every match will be posted on the @MagicGathStrat twitter account
  • There will be a blog post here every Sunday with the results of the previous week
How long will this take?
It will take as long as it takes. 

What if I make a stupid play mistake?
Well, this video answers that question. I am by no means a perfect player and there will be mistakes. The brewer can help by making an extensive sideboard plan and providing tips & tricks for playing the deck. (This video is from Season One but it is still the policy on play mistakes)






Contact information
YouTubeMagicGatheringStrat (subscribe!) and MagicGahteringStrat2 (subscribe there too)
Twitter: @MagicGathStrat  (hashtag: #paupergauntlet)
www.facebook.com/Magicgatheringstrat
Subscribe and Like please. It helps.

We run the videos on two YouTube channels as there will be unsubscriptions because of the massive load of videos if we run them all on the main channel. MagicGatheringStrat2 is for the hardcore fans of the Pauper Gauntlet. 

That's it. I hope you enjoy the third season of the Pauper Gauntlet.

The first deck (The Green One) will play the first match on November 22nd That match will be published on the MagicGatheringStrat YouTube channel.

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266 comments:

  1. I would like to suggest the Mono White Control deck.
    I've played a lot with it and feel like it's a very stable and good working deck in the Pauper meta and would like to see what it can do in the Pauper Gauntlet.

    Here's a decklist with the sideboard:
    http://mtgpulse.com/event/21619#304235

    Greetings,
    Lapahn

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    1. The deck needs a sideboard plan with detailed notes about what to take out against certain decks (and what to bring in).

      Here is an example with the bare minimum sideboard plan. I do prefer a much more detailed one. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bant-presence/

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    2. There actualy was a MWC deck in season two. It looked nothing like this though. What is control in it? It just looks like a token based White Weenie deck (and I am pretty sure we can not avoid one of those in the Gauntlet :) )

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  2. I built Tobias's Orzhov Tron deck a while ago because it seemed fun. I've been doing OK, but haven't played enough to have good SB plans yet. Just putting it up for consideration.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2XenfUeaJ4 Tobias's original deck tech.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8SUwra5ljc A game with Tobais's improved deck

    http://deckstats.net/decks/15197/358459-orzhov-tron-magicgatheringstra Tobias's decklist

    http://deckstats.net/decks/15197/358457-orzhov-tron-magicgatheringstra The list I run currently


    I'd love to see Turbo Exhume of course, but I don't know how to play it very well so I'll let somebody else bring the info :P

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    1. I hope Tobias will submit Turbo Exhume. Naturally he has first go on his own decks. I don't know if he is about to submit Orzhov Tron but if he will not, you can submit your build for consideration. I will insist on a sideboard plan now. Even one constructed without testing is better than me improvising while doing a video. Much better in fact.

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  3. Pro tip: Check out last years article to see what the people who got their decks into the Gauntlet did with their submission. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2014/08/the-pauper-gauntlet.html

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  4. Hello Dan,

    Very happy to hear the deck submission has started. I built this BR controll deck for the pauper gauntlet:
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/pauper-nightmare/
    I hope you give it a chance! Have fun testing it ;)

    PS: i tried to comment before but they don't show up. Sorry if that results in a multiple post.

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    1. That is one fantastic writeup with a nice looking sideboard plan and play instructions. I guess we need at least one Blightning deck in the Gauntlet and I like the control angle. Pauper Nightmare is the first open deck submission admitted to the Pauper Gauntlet season three. You are in, MagicMonkey

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    2. Wow, that's great! I am looking forward to see you playing it!

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    3. I will try not to disappoint you :)

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  5. Mono Black Land Destruction is reporting for duty Sir!

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mono-black-land-destruction-pauper-gauntlet-s03/

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    1. Hey! I just talked about your deck on my weekly Hard Nerd Cafe magic video. I had way too much fun with that deck last year. Mono Black Land Destruciton is admitted to season three of the Pauper Gauntlet.

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  6. Here it is my Dragon Delve deck. Hope it make it.

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dragon-delve-2/

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    1. Who can say no to a Pauper Dragon deck? Also a nice showcase of new(ish) mechanics. Dragon Delve is admitted to the third season of the Pauper Gauntlet.

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    2. Thanks, Dan! Hope you enjoy playing it. =)

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    3. I bet I will. I expect an onslaught of delve decks BUT I did not expect Dragon Delve :)

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  7. So excited for the gauntlet, nursing school is rough and this is so much fun to watch every year.

    Last year i brought mono-red ping, this year i added black to give it more tools =)

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/darker-ping/

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  8. There is already two Rakdos decks out of 18 in the Gauntlet and I am expecting Power_T to submit Gary Busey (RB Flashback) so I am a bit reluctant to admit another RB deck at this point. I am also reluctant to let every deck from last year re-enter (only the top 10 have that automatic honor). Darker Ping is on hold for the time being.

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    1. At some late point during Open Deck Submission every deck that is on hold will either receive a yes or no response or be put in a vote for entry into the Gauntlet (just like we did last year).

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    2. I also have this deck, since you already had 2 rakdos and i have never seen extort in gauntlet

      http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/08-11-15-extort-control/

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    3. Extort was in the original Pauper Gauntlet. Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxTsutM9RM8

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    4. Here is the original Gray Ghost deck tech with Deluxeicoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb0i8vkwPAo The problem with Extort is that it is not a good enough mechanic for Pauper. It is just too slow. Gray ghost tried to be pretty quick but in the end it just did not really deliver. The extort deck can't be midrange because the midrange blue decks (such as Trinket) and the control decks are just super powerful in Pauper so any deck without a reliable card advantage engine just crumbles to them. In the end, I think I like the black red list better. Do you have any other deck?

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    5. Okay i put this deck up it is a fun original brew i use to play against new pauper players to show them some ridiculous things to do, not super cutthroat competitive, but fun.

      http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/cheaty-morph/

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    6. The Pauper Gauntlet is not all about being super competetive and not all about being casual BUT it is all about being fun and that deck sure looks like a ton of fun. Also super original! I like it! Cheaty Morph enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #28

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    7. Nate, if you could add a couply of comments about some ridicolous things to do with the deck that would be appreciated. I think I understand it but my brain will be swamped with up to 100 different decks so being extra clear helps a bit.

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    8. I got some time and went ahead and added some info for you under the sideboarding.

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    1. Bava, bava, bava. You can not post SB plans or deck lists here - it will make these comments way too long to read. Make a web page (maybe an article for the site?) and put the deck up there including the SB plan

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    3. I can't remove it, I am not an admin here :) We will leave it there as a discouragement for people to do that again. Last year somebody posted a 4-page long instruction about how to play Caw Blade in the comments. Not cool :)

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    4. Having said what I said below, I feel that Illusory Tricks has a strong enough history with our channel and the Gauntlet (being the runner-up in S01) that the deck is in as #21. Welcome back, Tricks, for the third year in a row. Post me the link as soon as you have it.

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    5. Illusory Tricks update list and SB plan - http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2015/11/illusory-tricks-in-the-pauper-gauntlet-s3/

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  10. I would like to sunmit my 2 pet decks. I have a word document i'm working on to make it easy for you to play that i'm going to paste into tappedout once i've finished.

    Snow-Go: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/02-09-15-snow-go/

    Rhystic Tron: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rhystic-tron/

    -obZen

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    1. I am a bit scared of Rhystic Tron now, but those are both interesting. Given that you gave me that fantastic set of instructions last year I am confident in your ability to deliver a good SB plans and tips. Can we work the word "teachings" into the Snow-Go title? "Snow-Go Teachings?" In tne end, you decide the name, so I will go with what you decide. Both decks are in as #19 and #20 because of your long and consistent mastery of Teachings decks.

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    2. I suppose you could call it 5-color Teachings

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    3. Nah, now I have gotten used to "Snow-Go". Lets call it that

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  11. WW Soul Tokens (adapted from Deluxeicoff's list) -

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ww-soul-tokens-1/

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    1. Put the SB plan on the page. Everything needs to be in one spot if this is to be manageable.

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    2. I will be sure to update it this week so it is ready to go. Good enough?

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    3. I can't be lenient here and start making exceptions :) So I will give you a final reply when the page has the SB plans (and maybe some tips on how to play it). Looks simple enough though. However, there is a very similar list under submission in the very beginning of the comments too

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  12. OK, thats it for me today. Will be back tomorrow to comment further. 21 decks are in so far.

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  13. Hi Dan,

    I'll make one Patreon submission and 2 others of which I hope you'll take at least one:

    1) Simic Oracle (Patreon submission, a trinket/kitty deck):
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/simic-oracle/

    2) Green Grifters (new and improved! still with lots of counters!):
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/green-grifters/

    3) Flying Ninjas (just for fun but it does have some potential):
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/16-11-14-flying-ninjas/

    If you want something different from Green Grifters but keeping with the counters theme, I have a Simic Proliferate deck based on Thrummingbird that is fun as well. Let me know.

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    1. Who can resist Flying Ninjas? That makes me think of the wonderful Flying Dinosaurs deck from the 1st season (which also had ninjas actually). Flying Ninjas are in as deck #25. Simic Oracle is also in as deck #26. I prefer not to let every deck from S02 back in (especially with some new interesting decks), so Green Grifters is out. OK, let me see that Simic Proliferate deck (but I can't promise anything)

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  14. Pig Trinket, Counter-Kitty and Gary Busey LD makes it into the Pauper Gauntlet S03 as decks 22, 23 and 24. These will be featured in an article before the start of the Gauntlet as "The Decks of Power_T". This means that UB Trinket and AzKitty have not been submitted to the Pauper Gauntlet by my Magic mentor

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  15. Simic Oracle is deck #26 in the Gauntlet

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  16. http://puu.sh/leV5d/d8faf551a9.txt

    BantFog

    I will give a SB plan if someone other than me is piloting

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    1. Sweet! The idea with the Gauntlet is that I play every single deck, so a SB plan will be very helpful. Any tips and hints on playing the deck will be much appreciated as well.

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    2. Some sort of TurboFog list have been in both the previous Gauntlets but they did not make it far, which probably means that solid play instructions are much needed

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    3. Ok I will give you lessons. I would like to be the champion.

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    4. To be the champion you have to pick the deck when the November 22nd article comes up. I will aim to publish it at 9 AM GMT+1 just like this one. Lessons sounds good! Put them and an extensive sideboard plan on the page with the deck list please

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  17. UB-Justice-Control

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ub-justice-controll/

    After playing a lot with the deck in the last couple of month i decided to throw it in the gauntlet.
    I plan on adding more sideboard guides!

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    1. The name is Ali Randali :)
      Dont know why Blooger screwed that up!

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    2. I expect the UB Control decks to fill up quite quickly but so far there is only one (Snow-Go) so UB Justice Control is admitted to the Gauntlet as deck #27

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  18. Hey, Dan, I see you talked about not letting all the decks from season 2 in, so, before I write a sideboard plan, is a mono green infect (more aggresive than the last season list) likely to be accepted?

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    1. Any tournament results is an advantage and Mono Green Infect is an established deck (though not very good anymore) so a good writeup and SB plan means that Infect is likely to be accepted

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  19. Mono Green Infect:

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/09-11-15-Rcx-monogreen-infect/

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    1. I had 3 4-0s in the Dailies (and 6 3-1s I think) with Infect, back in the days of Invigorate. It was my first competetive pauper deck. I do have a soft spot in my heart for the deck. I will probably complain about too few creatures more than once (I ran 16 at the end) but Infect (I will just call it Infect because it can only be built mono green and be real) enters the Gauntlet as deck #31.

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    2. #29 is the correct number for Infect

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    3. It was my second competitive deck (but Paper). I agree that Pauper Infect is Mono Green, otherwise it's really weak, and I knew you would complain about few creatures, saw you doing this on some video (didn't record what), no problem, lol.

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    4. Just felt I needed to warn you about my complaning in the future :) I do love my Rot Wolves as creature 13, 14 (and maybe 15 and 16). Or Cystbearer in certain metas

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    5. Hope you win forever with the deck so you never complain, lol! I'm really more of an all-in player/brewer. I tried, but never liked Rot Wolf, 3 mana is too much for me.

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  20. Regarding Bugs and Pigs, I was going to suggest you to play Power_T's upgraded version that he's been successful with. Now I see that you let his version in anyway which I find weird, because having basically the same deck twice in the Gauntlet is usually not what you want. Anyway, I'll think about my Bugs and Pigs and will enter it later.

    For now I'm going to send in another deck, since there's no Boros Kitty deck in here yet.
    Boros Kitty Initiated:
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/boros-kitty-initiated/

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    1. Hi there! Glad to hear from you! I really want your version of the deck in as it is a TOP 10 deck! Its Pauper Gauntlet Royalty in this season. It has to be in there.

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    2. Nice going there picking up the WINNER OF SEASON ONE of the Pauper Gauntlet! BorosKitty is ready for the challenge! Interesting tweak! BorosKitty (I have to write them together with a capital K as I used to be a programmer) Initiated enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #30

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  21. Goblins ,Burn and Affinity NEED your help! Is it unclear what being a captain mean? Basically its the same as being a brewer - you just have to enter the deck and it is automatically in. If you can claim results with the deck it is better BUT I am getting desperate at this point. Affinity, Burn and Goblins are orphans at this point. Show them some love! They need a captain!

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  22. I also have zero feedback from Riccardo concerning Familiars

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  23. If you entered a deck into the Pauper Brewers Cup, you can submit it here too. Some of those lists are celebrity decks on MagicGatheringStrat now. I can't guarantee that they get in and you do have to make a good sideboard plan like everyone else.

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  24. Where are the crazy combo decks? :)

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  25. OK, I am off for the night again. Back tomorrow (tonight for US folk) after the MGS show live broadcast. I might even put some Pauper Gauntlet admin work on the stream

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  26. My first submission. Mono-Red Heroic. With the advent of Temur Battle Rage this year, I just had to make a Souleater, Battle-Rage deck! I'll update some other decks as well, but this deck is sweet http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/05-09-14-mono-red-heroic/

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    1. Sweet! I guess there is still one heroic card in there :)

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    2. It does play all possible red heroic cards, and Immolating Souleater is certainly my hero!

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    3. He is a brave little soul that does the impossible!

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  27. Second Submission: Cyborgs. This deck is derived from the Suicide White variant that started Season 1 of the Pauper Gauntlet. Right now, I think that metalcraft decks benefit from a more stable game plan, and this is my main deck I play. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/cyborgs-1/

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    1. Cyborgs takes spot #31 in the Gauntlet. Suicide White is fondly remembered,

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  28. Third Submission: Evil Allies. In desperation to fight the Eldrazi, some allies learned the painful truths of Phyrexia. Allies work really well with -1/-1 counters and proliferate it turns out.

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    1. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/evil-allies-2/update/

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    2. That is some brew you have there! And I get to sing the Allies song! I am in. Evil Allies enter the Gauntlet as deck #32

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  29. Fourth Submission: Love Train. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/love-train/. From last year of course.

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    1. I am not too fond of taking in non-top 10 decks from season two. Love Train had its time in season one. BUT when I asked my co-hosts on the show today they were pretty sure that Love Train should be in the third season as well. Love Train enters the Gauntlet as deck #33

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  30. So if you really need a goblin deck, I have a sligh deck that resembles goblins except that many of the sledders are replaced to be haste creatures. I love the deck in testing, and I would love to submit the deck in the Pauper Gauntlet as Goblins or as its own RDW deck. Either way works.

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dash-sligh/

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    1. I think that is the Goblins deck of this Gauntlet. OK, Goblins are now captained by you!

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    2. I will have to call it Goblins and nothing else though :)

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  31. Hi Dan,
    BUG Proliferators:
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bug-proliferators/

    I think you may have other proliferate deck options. Maybe one is enough but definitely pick one as the recent sets seem to have made proliferate a more viable mechanic.

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    1. You make a good case. I think that the mechanic is interesting and that this deck will take the spot of Green Grifters from last year. BUG Profilerators enter the Gauntlet as deck #37 and as the THIRD Sultai deck. I might be a little more reluctant to accept more BUG decks from now on

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  32. This is Sam The Vaultboyhunter and I'm not logging in just to submit decks.

    Here are some decks I am submitting. Some have sideboard plans, some don't. Let me know what decks you think have a chance and I will build plans for them as well.
    Dimir Trinket.
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dimir-trinket/

    Turbokitty Zoo
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/turbokitty3000-zoo/

    Project X
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/04-09-14-project-x/

    Tortured Toolbox
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/31-08-14-tortured-toolbox/

    4 Color WInter Zoo
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/4-color-winter-zoo/

    Rot Wolf Control
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rot-wolf-control/

    Glass Cannon Red
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/red-glass-cannon/

    Ill probably have a few more but tappedout has crashed on me.

    I will submit at least one more deck.

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    1. Just a suggestion, on Glass Cannon Red. 4 Temur Battle Rage instead of 4 Double Cleave.

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    2. I will not accept a deck called Dimir Trinket. I will rename it UB Trinket Control immediatly and let it in the Gauntlet (with Power_T's permission that I acquired) as deck #34

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    3. 4-color winter zoo is out. Turbokitty Zoo is in as deck #35.

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    4. Project X is a unique combo deck, brewed on MagicGatheringStrat by Dom. Even though it is its third season in the Gauntlet, I feel it deserves a spot given its long history with our community. Project X enters the Gauntlet as deck #36

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    5. Rot Wolf Control is out. Never speak of it again. The guy who brewed that deck has no business brewing. Glass Cannon Red is a little bit too similar to Mono Red Heroic in its new incarnation. I might let someone else do the Tortured Existence thing in order not to play favorites. I will put both Glass Cannon Red and Tortured Toolbox on hold for the time being.

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  33. Hi Dan,

    Here is my take on Midnight Guard Combo. The description space has my sideboarding strategies and tips. Hopefully you like it!

    http://deckstats.net/decks/21216/351791-pauper-naya-guard-combo

    Let me know if there are any problems with the website.

    Best,

    Tyler Kelly

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    1. The deck needs a specific SB plan

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    2. Actually, having thought about it further, we have had plenty of Midnight Guard combo decks in the Gauntlet (two last year) and they just don't perform well. I will turn down Midnight Guard combo decks this year (including the tokens based ones). No Midnight Guard combos this year. That is old news at this point. Sorry about that. I have to make sure that the Gauntlet is not the same every year

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  34. Hi Dan, I would like to submit Deluxeicoff’s Stompy Tokens
    16 Forest
    4 Khalni Garden
    4 Might of the Masses
    4 Nettle Sentinel
    4 Tukatongue Thallid
    4 Young Wolf
    4 Sprout Swarm
    4 Scatter the Seeds
    2 Safehold Elite
    4 Fists of Ironwood
    4 Essence Warden
    4 Nest Invader
    4 Scion of the Wild
    Sideboard:
    3 Sylvok Lifestaff
    3 Moment’s Peace
    3 Spidersilk Armor
    2 Night Soil
    4 Gleeful Sabotage

    WIll edit for sideboard plans.

    This is your video on the youtube channel with this deck. Seems like someone else wanted it as well.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbm1Dv6jn8

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    1. Please post a link to another site with the deck and SB plans. If everyone posts deck lists and plans here this way of submitting decks will be unmanageable. Use deckstats.net or another site that is not tappedout. The deck looks fun and it is rare to get good aggro deck submissions (that is classic Deluxe territory) so I am feeling good about the deck, but please do the external website submission. I have to have something to link to when I do the deck article on November 22nd (I can't post deck lists in that)

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  35. tappedout being down is a problem for sure. I hope that does not happen while I am sideboarding :)

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  36. I will comment on the tappedout submissions when the site is back on

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  37. BUGs and Pigs is back to grind its way through another Gauntlet! With some tweaks and new tech it tries to do as good as the last time! :D
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bugs-pigs-20/

    I understand you're dissapointed by Midnight Guard decks as they performed so poorly. With all due respect to the brewers, I think that's because the lists were not optimal. I made a quick draft what my version would look like. If you decide you like it, I'll take the time and write yet another playguide and sideboard guide. I think the deck is definitely worth it!
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/10-11-15-midnight-presence/

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    1. Thanks for the Bugs & Pigs list. I will insist on keeping Midnight Guard out of this Gauntlet unless there is major popular demand for it. The Gauntlet is filling up quicker than expected at this point and we do have to cut some things that have already been tried so many times.

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  39. Affinity: "Hey, burn! Who is your captain?"
    Burn: "I don't have a captain. Everybody hates me."
    Affinity sits down and shrugs. "They hate me too."
    Burn: "Did you hear Goblins got a captain today?"
    Affinity: "What? Who wants those little bastards?"
    Burn: "They got jphsnake and what do we get? Nothing! That's what we get!"
    Affinity: "Makes you wonder if they even know we are freaking top 10 decks!"
    Burn: "It sucks! I feel like doing 3 damage to something."
    Affinity and Burn are still orphans. They are already in the Gauntlet as top 10 decks from last year. Will you step up and make the final decisions on the deck list and sideboard plan for either of these poor unwanted decks?

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    1. That's fair since all you will be playing against in the Gauntlet is Burn and Affinity lol

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    2. affinity isnt even on goldfish anymore
      No one is playing it on PCT either

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    3. Go to the TP room and play 3 matches. You will face it. Goldfish meta is different from what Dan will face early. In the past few days I found no Delver!

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    4. For the first two rounds I will be in the amazing world of the JFF Meta and that will be quite different from Goldfish :)

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    5. Hello Dan,
      Until when do you need a affinity list? I have a fling and battlerage -less affinity list that i could prepare for the gauntlet. But it would take a while to make it ready because I fly back home tomorrow from tokio. The philosophy of the list is a bit different because I try to flood the board with 4/4's and 2/2's and try 1st to make every threat count and 2nd to draw lots of cards. Tell me if you are interested or if you prefer the standard atog list.

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    6. I need it before the 19th. But the first one to do a proper post of an Affinity deck including Sb plan and mulligan advice gets the honor of being the captain. Any credentials with playing the deck helps too. The list has to be Daily Event playable but I am not going to meddle with individual card choices

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  40. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/death-control-3/

    This is my newest creation! I really enjoy playing it and I hope you will as well! It's my own take on MBC. Before you dismiss it, it is very different from the classic MBC as it barely plays any creatures and does not rely on merchants to win!

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    1. The only similar deck in the Gauntlet so far is Justice Control but as you do not play blue I will give this a try. Death Control enters the Gauntlet as deck #38

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  41. I would also like to submit a second deck to the list. I don't think I've seen it listed yet here, but it might already be.
    tappedout.net/mtg-decks/azorius-acid-2/

    This is my own take on the Acid Trip deck!

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    1. Power_T has entered CounterKitty which is too similar to this deck. The deck list is not available here yet because it will be part of my article on this blog this coming Sunday (the 15th). Sorry about that. You two had some similar ideas of where this deck was supposed to go now

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  42. I made a joke deck the other day about the Pauper Gauntlet. It's called "The Pauper Gauntlet" because it uses 4 of the only gauntlet in pauper: Vulshok Gauntlets. Using vigilance creatures and the gauntlets, it might at least be entertaining to see. Let me know if you like it before I waste time on a sideboard: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/the-pauper-gauntlet/

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    1. LOL! That was a very creative name. The video titles will be confusing. Pauper Gauntlet S03R03 Pauper Gauntlet vs Delver :) Make a sideboard and do it quickly before I am swamped with Mono White decks (which happens every year)

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    2. Updated Sideboard Plan! Ready for submission!

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    3. Very close to old style Pauper WW as well. Nice. The Pauper Gauntlet enters The Pauper Gauntlet as deck #49. Its the third mono white deck (so no more from you please :) ) and I am still waiting for two people to finalize their tokens lists. Mono White slots getting harder to get now

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  43. Hi,

    I would like to submit my Elves deck, with which I have won several 8-man queues in the past week. I will not be available to pilot it, though :(

    http://deckstats.net/deck-8274406-dc568df6af0fedb5a6d2a2eac3fc7689.html

    It's a pretty standard elves/Distant Melody deck. The only feature that's even mildly unusual is that the Viridian Longbows are in the main deck, where they make life miserable for most small-creature-based opponents.

    Sideboarding guide is kind of rough, because I don't really think in terms of cut-and-dry sideboarding plans, but here is my stab at it:

    Delver:
    - 3 Lys Alana Huntmaster, 1 Distant Melody
    + 1 Aerial Volley, 1 Spidersilk Armor, 2 Wellwisher

    MBC:
    - 2 Viridian Longbow, 1 Wellwisher
    + 3 Spidersilk Armor

    Affinity:
    - 2 Viridian Longbow, 2 Elvish Visionary, 2 Sylvan Ranger
    + 3 Gleeful Sabotage, 1 Spidersilk Armor, 2 Magnify (save for Electrickery)
    (if you die to Temur Battle Rage, bring in Moment's Peace)

    Stompy:
    - 2 Distant Melody, 2 Sylvan Ranger
    + 1 Moment's Peace, 3 Wellwisher

    Goblins:
    - 4 Distant Melody, 2 Sylvan Ranger
    + 3 Wellwisher, 3 Spidersilk Armor

    Burn:
    - 3 Viridian Longbow, 2 Distant Melody
    + 2 Magnify, 3 Wellwisher

    Esper Familiars:
    - 1 Wellwisher
    + 1 Aerial Volley

    Any blue-based control deck:
    -3 Viridian Longbow, 1 Wellwisher
    + Magnify/Spidersilk if they play red, Gleeful Sabotage if they have good artifacts/enchantments

    Kiln Fiend:
    - 2 Lys Alana Huntress, 4 Distant Melody, 3 Sylvan Ranger, 1 Island
    + 2 Magnify, 3 Spidersilk, 3 Moment's Peace, 3 Wellwisher
    This a really tricky matchup, where you have to play around Electrickery while simultaneously not getting combo-killed.

    Hope it gets chosen!
    ~punninglinguist

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    1. They specifically asked that your sideboard plans be put in the link, not in the comment! Later on they will make an article with all the lists and they won't have the space to put everyone's SB plans.

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    2. Hi, Punning! Etiens is correct. Please put the SB plan on the deckstats page. I have nothing against decks that are "pretty standard lists". Elves is a proven Pauper deck

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    3. OK, here is an updated link with the sideboarding plan in the description field:
      http://deckstats.net/deck-8287687-f42f2f7a4eea77067371db00454fcc8a.html

      ~punninglinguist

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    4. I am notorious at misplaying Elves so any helpful instructions on how to mulligan and sequence plays would be appreciated as well, but you are in. Elves enter the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #50 and probably one of the favorites! Deck looks sweet!

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  44. Been brewing this in the past week...
    http://deckstats.net/decks/51731/360354-tortured-madness

    This is a utility deck that uses Tortured Existence to utilize Madness and 1-of utility creatures to fill the board, create value, and win the attrition game. Probably requires some tweaking but it's very solid at the moment.

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    1. I would like to see a couple of more matchups in the SB plan but the deck is in. I love the name. Tortured Madness enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #42

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    2. Good catch. Please replace it. I have never heard of the card before :)

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    3. Ah, damn worldwake symbols always so hard to tell. Gotta find a new sub.

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    4. Changed out for Mournwhelk, might be better, might be worse but serves the same role so we will see.

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  45. Mono Blue Control
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/21-09-14-muc/

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    1. I have been wondering what happened to MUC which used to be one of the top decks in Pauper. Maybe the Gauntlet will show us. MUC enters the Pauper Gauntlet S03 as deck #41.

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  46. Hey Dan, it's Keixoun! here are my two brews! cheers

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/crocajund-by-keixoun/
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/sultai-delve-by-keixoun/

    i'll try to add better sideboard plans before the games start.

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    1. No love for Dragon Wings in the Sultai Delve list?

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    2. Hey! You made an amazing song for the Gauntlet! Nobody has ever done that before. How can I say no to anything but do work on those SB plans :) Crocajund and Sultai Delve are decks #39 and #40 in the third season of the Pauper Gautnlet

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    3. That is the 4th Sultai deck in the Gauntlet making it a lot harder for Sultai decks to get in

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    4. @Galactic President I only saw the dragon wings yesterday on the dragon delve deck someone submited for the gauntlet... i think it should work better than zephyr charge right? maybe i can still update the deck if dan hasn't started building the decks for the gauntlet

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    5. You can update all decks until the 17th. Its when I start building them and then I will be super grumpy about any deck changes (though you can still change SB plans(but not the SB) and the description and mulligan advice and such)

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  47. Here is a fun deck that uses strictly flash / instants to surprise opponents.
    WG Flash: http://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/312210

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    1. I have never seen anything like it. I like it. Lets give it a run. Selesnya Flash enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #39

      In fact, I have not seen anyone submit a deck on goldfish either. Nice work

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    2. #38 is the correct number (I think)

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    3. How do you pronounce your last name? I am sure I will butcher it horribly

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    4. Glad you found it interesting.
      My last name is french, the r is silent. so it is like Pree-Oh

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    5. Please forgive me if that comes out entirely wrong from my Scandinavian mouth :)

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  48. I'd like to submit my version of Suicide Black! http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/11-11-15-suicide-black/

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    1. Suicide Black is an old dream in Pauper and it just never works. In fact, I think it was on David Shaffer's list of things never to do in Pauper. All the other colors can field better aggro decks. I did include it in season 01 but in season 02 I said no for this very reason. I will put in on hold for the time being. Reader, if you want to see Suicide Black in the Pauper Gauntlet, comment below

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    2. I do like the archetype, even in Pauper. I would glad watch videos with this deck.

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    3. We need 10 positive voices for the deck to move it straight into the Gauntlet from Hold

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    4. Do I count as a vote as the submitter? Haha. This decks seems to be on par with fringe aggro decks like white weenie and goblins to me, I don't see why it couldn't be part of the gauntlet. No other colors has this many 2/2s for 1 mana, and no other color has access to dark ritual or sign in blood for their aggro decks.

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    5. I would love to see suicide black in the gauntlet. Its deceptively strong.

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    6. Suicide Black is much stronger than it looks. Since the last gauntlet, we get Gurmag Angler, Thornbow Archer, and Bonded Construct. I do suggest some of lifegain somewhere in the 75 though against other aggro decks. Maybe Butcher's Glee?

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    7. @jphsnake Good points! I added 2 bonded construct in the main and added 3 Cruel Feeding in the board (3 mana is often going to be way too expensive, and the alternate cost of 4 mana on feeding is pretty good in the deck)

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    8. I would also like to see Suicide Black in the Gauntlet, especially since it was absent last year. Etiens have you considered including Dauthi Slayer in your Fatty category. It can't be blocked or killed by Witches.

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  49. 4 decks are currently on hold (having neither received yes or no but have been properly submitted): : Darker Ping, Tortured Toolbox, Glass Cannon Red, Suicide Black

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    1. Really hoping Darker Ping makes it in, has been a real pet project of mine since the last gauntlet. Gauntlet is looking quite nice thus far pretty stoked for the games to begin =)

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    2. Me too. This part is not as much fun :)

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  50. If you have not received a comment saying "(deck name) enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck Y" your deck IS NOT IN THE GAUNTLET and needs some more work. Read my comments and get back to me. Unless you received a "No" or "on hold" of course. There are a lot of decks I want to see in the Gauntlet in the comments above that are not complete, such as TurboFog and Elves

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  51. It really sucks that Burn isn't in yet! I also feel like doing 3 damage to something.
    Therefore: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/11-11-15-rCm-burn/

    No Sideboard Plan yet as I have no time right now, but I'll add it in time.

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    1. Make a proper SB plan please. I have had several people say they will pilot Burn but noone has done a proper posting of it yet (or stated if they have any credentials with the deck). First to do so will get the honor of captaining the deck

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  52. Here is my entry for Simic Madness! http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/simic-madness-4/
    Hope it can be picked!

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    1. madness is a deck that gets entered every year ... and it never goes far. BUT I had a blast playing it back in Standard in 2002 so I just love it. OK, lets have UG Madness in the Gauntlet again (I want to use the traditional name if that is OK with you). It is deck #48

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    2. UG Madness is the name I use for it on MTGO! It's a very cool deck and it's clearly not the best but it's a blast to play and has some very strong plays!

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    3. It had a decent run last year (that list was very strong)

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  54. Mardu Midrange:

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mardu-midrange-aka-kuldotha-mardu/

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    1. First Mardu deck! Only the third Kitty-style deck. OK, Kuldotha Mardu enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #47.

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  55. Come on people Vote for Tortured Toolbox and Glass Cannon Red. Two candidates you can believe in!

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    1. How can I vote for Glass Cannon? I really like it. (But please change Double Cleave for Temur Battle Rage)

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    2. I vote for Tortured Toolbox and for banning Mountains!

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    3. I would but I already submitted my Tortured deck haha

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    4. If 10 people voice their support here for any deck, I will probably let it in. There will also be some sort of vote at the end for the decks that were on the edge of getting in. Tortured Toolbox and Glass Cannon Red are two of those decks at this point

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  56. Abzan Tortured Existence Midrange/Combo: A tortured existence midrange deck that also has a combo kill.

    Decklist, description, and sideboard guide: http://deckstats.net/decks/51796/360976-abzan-grindhouse

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    1. Haunting Misery! Wow, this was innovative! I can't let this opportunity slide by even if it will cost me hours upon hours grinding like a crazy person. Abzan Grindhouse enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #46

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    2. Extta thanks for the really good writeup you did on the deck

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  57. Hi Dan!

    Eggs --> http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/11-11-15-GkO-eggs/
    White Heroes --> http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/white-heroes-3/

    I hope you like it

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    1. Hey, nice builds! Can I make a suggestion? Isn't Spirit Link better in Heroes? It is a bit slower as is a triggered ability, but you can stack more than one.

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    2. People do love Eggs. Eggs are in as deck #44.

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    3. As the one Heroic deck in the Gauntlet is barely heroic anymore I think we can give Theros block a shoutout still. White Heroes are in as deck #45

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    4. Yes NewHJ, Spirit Link is better than Lifelink, but isn't legal because always was uncommon

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    5. Yeah, true, sorry, didn't rememeber that.

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  58. Hi Dan. Here goes my Blastoderm-Retrace deck. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/land-o-derm/

    The update on Exhume Control by David Shaffer will be up in the next few days.

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    1. That looks like a rrmedio nightmare! Land-o-derm enters the Pauper Gauntlet as deck #43. BLASTO_BLASTODERM! Thats the FIFTH Sultai deck so no more BUG decks please

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  59. I see a lot of love for Suicide Black but I am still sceptical. Can anyone show me a Daily Result with the deck from this year? I see plenty of mono red and mono white daily results

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  60. Can someone please find Aught3? I need a Rebel Grind list and I have no contact information for him. He submitted a pile of decks last year and some of those slots have already been taken now (Infect, UG Madness)

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  61. Here's a link to my homebrew, it works well enough in Pauper where there's some shortcutting for the loops, but might not work so well online. Let me know if you need more information on playing/sideboarding. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bg-ivy-combo/

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    1. I feel like this needs Devoted Druid

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    2. Out of curiosity, what would you remove to make room for it? I had considered it but it never made the cut.

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    3. Llanowar elves and a couple sac outlets. 8 is too many imo

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    4. Also, switch husk for Bloodthrone Vampire

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  62. I feel like we need a BFZ deck. I feel like RG landfall. Some people have been successful with it and I like how the deck plays out. Also, it's a pretty good standard deck so it could be a fun submission.

    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/12-11-15-MZs-rg-landfall/

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    1. This is going to be my last submission. I will tune up the allies list sometime before the week ends, but I need to get back to work :p

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  63. I submit my second list. I wish I could tune this more, but I'm not sure what else to do with it. It is, surprisingly, pretty competitive as it is and very different than anything else out there.

    Introducing, Spiteful Leeches: http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2015/11/spiteful-leeches-a-combo-list-for-pauper-gauntlet-s3/

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  64. The third (and likely final) list I would like to submit. I will work on a sideboard plan if it gets in. Other name options include Zendi-Khaaan! or just Temur Freed Combo.

    Wind in the Willows: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/wind-in-the-willows-1/

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  65. Hello, here is Rebel Grind.
    https://deckbox.org/sets/1048947

    Thinking about doing:
    UR Prowess
    Mardu control
    Tireless Tribe combo
    A hot hottie deck
    and Mercenaries
    if any of those would be of interest

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  66. Mono Black Control
    http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/12-11-15-mbc/

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  67. URg(b) Teachings! Like snow-go, but less black and more red. Hopefully different enough to be good to go.
    http://deckstats.net/decks/51899/361842-urg-b-teachings

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