The third season of the Pauper Gauntlet is over. Aristocrats is the winner. This is the time when you tell me what you liked and did not like about the Pauper Gauntlet so we can refine the format for a possible fourth season.
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Some things I need your feedback on:
* The top 10 playoff - should it be removed?
* Can the early rounds (1-4) be unlimited in time or do you want them to last a predetermined set of weeks?
* What if the Pauper Gauntlet only had rogue decks? How would that be defined?
* What coverage did you follow? The articles here? The podcast? Twitter?
* The Voteback * A second voteback after round 7? * Number of decks * The mtgolibrary coverage (too much? too little?) * Your favorite deck * Your favorite match * Anything else you can think of
Now it really over. This is the last blog post about the third season of the Pauper Gauntlet. Thank you for watching
The Pauper Gauntlet is over! In the first two-man round, one deck won and one deck lost, making Aristocrats (formerly known as "Suicide is Painless") the winner of the whole season!
Round twelve
Round ten was played in the Two-Man tournaments.
Cyborgs opened, losing a close match to an Orzhov Midrange (?) deck that just had too much value.
Aristocrats played a nailbiter against RUG Tron, losing the first duel but then managing to barely win duel 2 and 3.
This means that Paul Jones, being both the brewer and the champion of Aristocrats, wins 100 bot credits with mtgotickets.com. Congratulations! What happens now?
We will evaluate the Pauper Gauntlet together (there will be a video and an article about that) to make the whole experience even better next year.
If you want to help make Season Four of the Pauper Gauntlet a reality, you can contribute on our Patreon at patreon.com/magicgatheringstrat
If the Patreon meets its goal the Pauper Gauntlet will start its fourth season on December 4, 2016.
The full results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 Winner: Aristocrats (Suicide is Painless) 2nd place: Cyborgs 3rd place (round eleven): Green One 4th place (round ten): Spiteful Leeches 5th place (round nine):WW Soul Tokens 6th place (round eight): BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round eleven
Round ten was played in the Tournament Practice room. Here are all the matches of the round.
Aristocrats ran into a very easy match.
The Green One had an intense battle with JeskaiKitty.
Cyborgs took on Turbo Angler.
What happens now?
The Tournament Practice rounds are over. Round twelve will be played in the two-man tournaments. If both decks win or both decks lose we move to the next round. Round sixteen will be the league round.
The player who chose the right deck to win the Pauper Gauntlet will get 100 bot credits from mtgotickets.com. The two players remaining are Paul Jones (Aristocrafts, also the brewer) and TheBlackGauntlet (Cyborgs).
The results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 so far 3rd place (round eleven): Green One 4th place (round ten): Spiteful Leeches 5th place (round nine):WW Soul Tokens 6th place (round eight): BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round ten
Round ten was played in the Tournament Practice room. Here are all the matches of the round.
Aristocrats is the kind of deck that Elves want to play against but then something happens.
Well, Cyborgs is a fast deck. Bant Heroic ... not so much.
Why this did not happen many rounds earlier I can not explain.
Well, the Green One preys on durdlish deck that try to go big.
What happens now?
We are now in weekly rounds and will go one round per week until the end. Round eleven is the last round in the Tournament Practice Room. After that it is time for the 2-mans.
The player who chose the right deck to win the Pauper Gauntlet will get 100 bot credits from mtgotickets.com. These three players are markovian (Green One), Paul Jones (Aristocrafts, also the brewer) and TheBlackGauntlet (Cyborgs).
A gold star goes to PauperRBust who managed to pick up Spiteful Leeches last week (!) but then immediatly lost.
The results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 so far 4th place (round ten): Spiteful Leeches 5th place (round nine):WW Soul Tokens 6th place (round eight): BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round nine
Round nine was played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of the round .
Cyborgs defeated Zombies 2-0
Aristocrafts defeated RakdosKitty 2-1
Spiteful Leeches somehow dominated 5-color Tortured Existence 2-0
The Green One ran into a quitter 2-0
WW Soul Tokens was defeated UW Tron in a tough match 2-1
Regarding the WW Soul Tokens vs Elves matchup the brewer had written the following:
Elves: Suture Priest and Standard Bearer = GG. Journey the Wellwishers. Watch out for arrows. Win in the air or on time. +3 Standard Bearer, +3 Prismatic Strands, +4 Lumithread Field, +1 Holy Light | -3 Raise the Alarm, -4 Doomed Traveler, -3 Order of Leitbur, -1 Guardian's Pledge
This was definitely not my experience in the match. Timberwatch and Wellwisher was just too powerful and he had eight of them while I only had 4 Journey to Nowhere. As soon as one of them landed the game was out of reach for the WW deck.
Here is the match so you can see for yourself.
What happens now?
We are now in weekly rounds and will go one round per week until the end. On Monday there will be a short practice round with all four decks with the round 10 matches following Thursday-Sunday on the MagicGatheringStrat youtube channel.
The results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 so far 5th place (round nine):WW Soul Tokens 6th place (round eight): BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round eight
Round eight was played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of the round .
Pig Trinket was crushed by MBC 0-2
MBC was crushed by MBC 0-2
BUGs & Pigs lost to Golgari Control (?) 1-2
The Green One took down RG Madness 2-0
Cyborgs defeated Golgari Dredge 2-1
WW Soul Tokens whacked Stompy 2-0
Spiteful Leeches ran into a quitter
Aristocrafts defeated RakdosKitty 2-1
Bant Sword and Shield died to Jund 0-2
Definitely not the result I expected. Still two WW decks alive. And Spiteful Leeches - how did that happen?
What happens now?
We are now in weekly rounds and will go one round per week until the end.
Top ten decks still alive
No Top Ten decks from last season are still in the game. . The results of the Pauper Gauntlet S03 so far 6th place (round eight): BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, MBC, Bant Sword and Shield The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness
Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
What happens now?
Round eight begins on Monday April 4th. We are now in weekly rounds.
. Top ten decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs and Green One remains alive as the only two Top Ten decks from last season. The Eliminations to this point The playoff for the 10th spot in the top 10 10th place:Slivers (won the playoff)
11th place: Stompy Tokens, Mono Red Heroic (round five in the playoff)
13th place: Goblin Storm, BorosKitty Initiated (round four in the playoff)
15pth place: Stompy (round three in the playoff)
16th place: RUG Tron, Izzet Cooldotha and UG Madness
Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Round 5 ended 23-12 (66% win)
Round 6 ended 18-5 (78% win) - a new record!
Round 7 ended 9-9 (50% win!)
Round seven was truly a round of death.The round ended 9-9 and left nine decks fighting for 10th place in a gigantic top 10 qualification playoff. That is happening right now on MagicGatheringStrat2 on youtube.
That is a sideshow and I will give you the result next week. Now we are going to focus on the nine decks that are still alive in the competition.
If you had asked me in November which nine decks I thought would be alive the longest in the Gauntlet this would not have been my answer :)
Who do you think will win at this point? Post your answer in the comments below (getting it right here is not part of the competition though).
What happens now?
The top 10 qualification playoff ends on Sunday April 3rd. Round eight begins on Monday April 4th . Top ten decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs and Green One remains alive as the only two Top Ten decks from last season. The Eliminations to this point Round seven eliminations - the decks in the Top 10 Playoff: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy, UG Madness, RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. These decks are still fighting for the 10th spot in the Pauper Gauntlet this week. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Round 5 ended 23-12 (66% win)
Round 6 ended 18-5 (78% win) - a new record!
Round 7 ended 9-9 (50% win!)
Round seven has turned into a round of death. After an amazing 18-5 record in round six top decks have been dropping dead like flies in round seven. If a deck loses a single match now it is eliminated for good.
The big question now is which ten decks will be the top ten decks of the Pauper Gauntlet S03. Being a top ten deck automatically qualifies you for season four and is a pretty big deal as the deck also goes on the Pauper Gauntlet Wall of Fame for all eternity.
Round seven
Round seven is played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of round seven so far.
BorosKitty Initiated fails to repeat its season one win and falls to MBC 0-2
Slivers dies to Burn 0-2
Mono Red Heroic loses to Zoo Hexproof
Green One defeats Selesnya Tokens 2-0
Stompy fails to repeat its season two win and dies to Izzet Control 0-2
Death! Death everywhere! 1-4!
RUG Tron is defeated by Delver 0-2
Aristocrats defeats RUG Tron 2-0
Spiteful Leeches somehow defeats Delver 2-0. The loss of Cloud of Fairies surely hurts Delver.
BUGs & Pigs wins against DelverFiend 2-0
Izzet Cooldotha gets crushed by Slivers Support Flyers (?) 0-2
4-6! That is SIX (6!) eliminations so far!!! 60% losses!
Cyborgs defeats Dimir Control 2-1
WW Soul Tokens wins against Tortured MBC 2-1
MBC defeats BorosKitty because of a quit
Ok, three more wins! So 7-6 so far. Five matches to go!
Moving on to round eight: Green One, Aristocrats, Spiteful Leeches, BUGs & Pigs, Cyborgs, MBC, WW Soul Tokens.
Two White Weenie decks in the very top! And surely some other decks that are still alive are quite suprising!
Five decks left to play: Pig Trinket, Stompy Tokens, Bant Sword and Shield, UG Madness and Goblin Storm.
What happens now?
Round seven ends on Monday March 21st. If less than ten decks remain there will be a qualification playoff for the last spots in the top ten between the decks that were eliminated in round seven before we proceed with round eight.
Top ten decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs and Green One remains alive as the only two Top Ten decks from last season. The Eliminations to this point Round seven eliminations so far: BorosKitty Initiated, Slivers, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy (the defending champion), RUG Tron and Izzet Cooldotha. These decks still have a chance to get to play the top ten qualification playoff for a spot in the top ten of S03. 19th place (round six): Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Round 5 ended 23-12 (66% win)
Round 6 ended 18-5 (78% win) - a new record!
Round six
Round six is played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of round six so far
23 decks entered round six.
Aristocrats defeats Burn 2-1
Pauper Nightmare is bested by RUG Tron 0-2
BorosKitty Initiated defeats Affinity 2-0
MBC wins over JeskaiKitty
BUGs & Pigs defeat Infect
Pig Trinket crushes the Goblins
Goblin Storm defeats Dimir Teachings somehow
Bant Sword and Shield defeats Grixis Affinity
Slivers defeats Bant Tokens
RUG Tron wins the mirror against RUG Tron
Spitful Leeches takes out DelverFiend
UG Madness defeats Grixis Teachings
WW Soul Tokens defeats Grixis Control
These were the matches played last week in round six:
Mono Red Heroic defeats Kuldotha Jeskai 2-0
Infect is crushed by Dimir Teachings 0-2
Green One defeats Affinity 2-1
Izzet Cooldotha defeats Midnight Presence 2-0
Blue Bichinho loses to MBC 0-2
Death Control dies to Izzet Tron 0-2
Stompy defeats a quitter 2-0
Burn loses to Teachings 1-2
Stompy Tokens races Burn 2-0
17-5 so far. Only one deck remains to be played in round six; Cyborgs
What happens now?
Round six will end on March 14th. Round seven will then begin and last only one week.
Top 10 decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs, Green One, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy (5)
The Eliminations to this point Round six eliminations so far: Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) and Pauper Nightmare. 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Round 5 ended 23-12 (66% win)
Round six
Round six is played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of round six so far
23 decks entered round six.
Mono Red Heroic defeats Kuldotha Jeskai 2-0
Infect is crushed by Dimir Teachings 0-2
Green One defeats Affinity 2-1
Izzet Cooldotha defeats Midnight Presence 2-0
Blue Bichinho loses to MBC 0-2
Death Control dies to Izzet Tron 0-2
Stompy defeats a quitter 2-0
Burn loses to Teachings 1-2
Stompy Tokens races Burn 2-0
5-4 so far. 14 decks are left to play in round six.
Top 10 decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs, Green One, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy (5)
The Eliminations to this point Round six eliminations so far: Infect, Blue Bichinho, Death Control, Burn (runner-up from last season) 24th place (round five) Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, Kuldotha Mardu, Elves, Rhystic Tron, MUC, Black Auramancer, Love Train, 36th place (round four)Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Round 5 ended 23-12 (66% win)
Round five
Round five is played in the Tournament Practice room.Here are all the results of round five so far
35 decks entered round five, including the three voteback decks.
Infect defeats Azorius Control 2-0
Illusory Tricks dies to Grixis Affinity 1-2
WW Soul Tokens defeats Suicide Black 2-1
White Heroes dies to a horrible misplay against Bant Blink 1-2
Cyborgs take down Dimir Control 2-0
Burn takes down Rakdos Burn 2-0
Goblins loses to MBC 1-2
MBC defeats MBC 2-0
Suicide Black dies to AzoriusKitty 0-2
Stompy defeats MBC 2-1
Simic Oracle gets overrun by Slivers 0-2 (one of the most common way to die in the Gauntlet)
Death Control defeats 1-land-spy 2-0
Pauper Nightmare wins vs Golgari Delver 2-0
Turbo Angler gets overrun by Elves 1-2
Slivers defeats Delver 2-1
Izzet Cooldotha defeats Simic Infect 2-1
RUG Tron does a number on Delver 2-0
17 matches played. 11-6 so far.
Decks that will play round five this coming week: BUGs & Pigs, Pig Trinket, Black Auramancer, Blue Bichinho, MUC, Elve, Stompy Tokens, Rhystic Tron, BorosKitty Initiated, Aristocrats, Goblin Storm Combo, Spiteful Leeches, Love Train, UG Madness, Bant Sword and Shield, Kuldotha Mardu,
What happens now?
Round five will end on March 1st and then round six begins. I estimate round six to be another two week round.
Top 10 decks still alive
BUGs & Pigs, Burn, Green One, Mono Red Heroic, Stompy (5)
The Eliminations before this round Round five eliminations so far Illusory Tricks, White Heroes, Goblins, Suicide Black, Turbo Angler, Simic Oracle, 36th place (round four) Counter-Kitty,UB Trinket Control, Rakdos Vampires, Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, Shroudfang Ninja. Delver, Green Ramp LD, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume 45th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve.
Round 1 ended 56-22 (72% match win rate)
Round 2 ended 13-9 (59% win)
Round 3 ended 43-26 (62% win)
Round 4 ended 32-11 (74% win - best win rate so far in Pauper Gauntlet history!)
Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the viewers and readers that care about the Pauper Gauntlet S03. The response has been enormous compared to earlier seasons. It seems that it has almost doubled in size since season two. Thank you so much! The voteback is still ongoing, ending tomorrow. Vote here: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2016/02/the-pauper-gauntlet-s03-voteback.html What is the Pauper Gauntlet?
78 decks entered the Gauntlet. 32+3 decks remain. Round five is single elimination in the Tournament Practice Room. Expect the bloodbath to continue. My estimate is that another 10ish decks will fall in round five. Round five looks like a two-week round and that will probably be the case for round six as well. Then we will move into weekly rounds for the duration of the Gauntlet. Hint: There are still a lot decks that are still alive that have not been picked in the competition. Check out the deck article above.
The fourth round of the Pauper Gauntlet is over. Some decks did not make it. Its time for you to decide which decks deserve to come back. The rules of the Voteback You each get three votes - vote for the decks you want to come back You must vote in the comments to this article You only get threes vote so no multi-accounting or anything like that. Three votes per person. You must vote before noon PST on Thursday the 11th of February The three (3) decks that get the most votes will reenter the Gauntlet in round 5, just as if they had not been eliminated (even if they lost in round 2), The returning decks will be published in my article on Sunday Feb 14th after which round 5 of the Pauper Gauntlet will start.
The decks that can be voted back Round four eliminations (33rd place):Flying Ninjas, Turbo Zoo, BUGs & Pigs, Rakdos Vampires, Delver, Green Ramp LD, Counter_Kitty, UB Trinket Control, Snow-Go, Turbo Exhume and Shroudfang Ninja. 44th place: Shared by the 26 decks eliminated in round three: Affinity, Exhume Control, Familiars, Rebel Grind, Pestilence Control, Encroaching Blight, Green Grifters, The Pauper Gauntlet, Project X, Tortured Toolbox, RG Land Crusher, RG Landfall, DelverFiend, Eggs, Spiteful Leeches, Gary Busey LD, Selesnya Flash, Abzan Grindhouse, Bant Fog, Crocajund, BUG Proliferators, Evil Allies, Land-o-derm, Pig Trinket, Sultai Delve, 5-color Green 70th place: Shared by nine decks that died during double Elimination, (round one and two): Red Land Destruction, Mono Black Land Destruction, Glass Cannon Red, Tortured Madness, Cheaty Morph, Living End, 1-land Spy, UB Justice Control and Dragon Delve. Its time to hear the plea of the decks that want to come back! And of other people arguing why you should vote a deck back! Affinity: You know I am the best deck now. Vote me back. BUGS & Pigs: NewHJ says: (I'm the champion): It's actually a top 10 deck of the last season, has a lot of potential. The last match against Burn was just a slip. In the game 2, with the sideboard in, Dan discarded a Curse of the Pierced Heart (probably the most problematic burn card against the deck) from the opponent hand and he drew 2 other. Also, blue mana didn't show up. I think the deck can respond well against many others in the format and it was just a terrible day for it.
Galactic President says: Hi guys!
I'm the brewer of Bugs and Pigs and here's my argument for you to vote it back in! I absolutely love the deck because of three reasons: 1. I think it is fun to play because there are a reasonable amount of decision to be made, especially mid to late game and the deck can provide good plays against every deck (see point 3). 2. It is fun to watch, obviously for me because it is my baby, but also for quite a lot of other players, as some comments on the videos and forum posts suggested. Do you agree as well? 3. It is a good deck that has game against any deck in the meta. Why did it lose to burn? Well, because of statistics (moooore brindle boars!!!), you can't always win. One round earlier the deck showed it is very well capable of beating burn, because it did 2-0. If you agree with me and want to see more of this crafty brew, give it some love! Oh and while you're at it, vote Spiteful Leeches back too, that deck is sweeeet! ;-) Cheers, GP Exhume Control: Vote me back. Familiars: Do not vote me back. Rebel Grind: The rebellion never ends. Please vote me back. Pestilence Control: As the runner-up from the Pauper Rogue Cup, I deserve another chance. Vote me back! Red Land Destruction: Watch the world burn with me! Rakdos Vampires: Everyone loves a vampire! BELLA! Vote for me! Icy Hot Hottie: I was the people's choice in 2013 and I want you to vote me back again! Pretty please? What? I am not even in this Gauntlet? What the.... ? Mono Black Land Destruction: An anomyous person that I assume is Negator, the brewer, says: Bring back Mono Black Land Destruction!!! This may not be a better argument than misplays, but I LOVE this deck! I feel like the meta is switching to grindy control decks with really greedy mana bases, and this deck takes the best of MBC and adds the ability to punish greedy manabases and big boys like Tron! I also know that Dan had a lot of fun playing it, probably as much fun as I have playing it. Obzen made a great deck and I think it deserves another shot at showing mono-black's viability!Pig Trinket: There were several reasons posted to bring this deck back. Delver: You know I am still #1. Vote me back. Encroaching Blight:Nr4747 says:
My vote goes to Encroaching Blight.
The deck is really fun to pilot and watch (I built it myself after watching Dan play it), it has an awesome Necropotence-like feel to it and a lot of people stated in the comments of the Encroaching Blight videos of the Gauntlet that they liked/loved it.
Oh, and the deck is capable to snatch wins out of nowhere aswell as playing a grindy game !
So vote for one of the the audience's favorite decks, according to the YT comments, you will not regret it !
PS: Dan had a lot of fun playing the deck aswell ! NewHJ says: : It's a very unusual Pauper deck: a creature-less control. I'm a fan of both this and Death Control. Dan forgot a land drop that was crucial. If he has dropped it, this deck probably would have won the match.Green Grifters: I know you guys always vote for me. Do so again please.
Green Ramp LD: You know that mono green is the key to get rid of those lands. Vote me back.
Glass Cannon Red: I feel I have at least five more turn 2 kills in me.The Pauper Gauntlet: I am named like this whole thing. You gotta have me back! Vote now!
1-Land-Spy: You know there is nothing funnier than seeing Dan trying to figure me out! Counter-Kitty: Power_T says: Hm, I guess I am supposed to make a case for Counter-Kitty here, I am the brewer after all... but I don't want to. The HORRIBLE update on January 27 screwed with all of us, making us pay mana for our spells manually. It screwed this deck even more; the Sunscape Familiar + Capsize combo is not working properly; If you have 4 familiars out Capsize with buyback should cost UU, but instead it costs 3UU (the familars are unable to affect the buyback cost). So the deck does not work. Kinda. That combo is only part of the deck. If Counter-Kitty was voted back I would have to make a new sb plan, taking into account the bug. So if you don't want to create work for me, don't vote for it. Or you can vote for it anyway, just for spite or something. Or maybe because you want to see if it can still win even though it is not working properly. Flying Ninjas: Michael Gray says: (I’m the brewer of this deck). Flying Ninjas lost to Teachings in a close match. I’ve beaten Teachings with this deck. In fact, I’ve beaten a lot of decks with this deck – aggro, MBC, kitty-style midrange decks… Mind you Power_T crushed me the other day with Bugs & Pigs. I brewed this just for fun but it has 4 Chainer’s Edicts, some counters, some protection and a pile of ninjas. It’s a fairly strong deck that I think could go a few more rounds at least. Guys, help me out here – we need more ninjas in pauper magic. They’re fun but not annoying-fun like Cloud of Faeries was. They promote interaction – it’s not ETB so your opponent can bolt the ninja before the effect, but then you can re-ninja the bolted ninja with another ninja if you have one. And they can bolt that one. So much interaction. UB Justice Control: Tortured Madness, Tortured Toolbox, Abzan Grindhouse: Vote us back if you want some more TE action! RG Land Crusher: WoRMaSTeR64 says:
RG Land Crusher should be voted back simply because it is so much fun crushing lands and I know Dan enjoys it as well. It got a pretty bad matchup in round 3 and I think people did not get to see its full potential yet. I worked hard on it and it is a completely original brew! Many land destruction decks have fallen so you need to bring back this one for the love of crushing peoples lands!
RG Landfall: Fast aggro! You know that is what you want!
Croca Jund: Jund in every format! You know Crocanura is Goyf! Let me prove it once again! DelverFiend: Does being a tier 1 deck count for anything? Eggs: You know you want a sweet combo deck in the Gauntlet! Vote me back! Evil Allies: We are the allies! We are marching off to war! We can't do that unless we are voted back! Gary Busey LD: Power_T, the brewer, speaks for the deck: Vote back Gary Busey LD! It is the only deck supported by a drunk Hollywood Celebrity! If you don't do it he will force you into a foodfight like he did with some guys in this interview at 2:50. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVgE_T7Ffss Or maybe he will show up at your doorstep with a machete and say the magic words "if you don't trust me you are gonna get hit" like he did at 4:29 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75w_DjeSgTg Seriously though, Gary Busey LD might not be the best deck in the format, but it is ok, and I think it is a deck that fits Dan's playstyle and that should count for something. If it gets voted back I promise you to share some inside information I have on the interviews mentioned above. Pig Trinket Mike says: I'm going to argue for Pig Trinket! It's a wildly fun deck to watch and it's clear that you enjoy playing with it. Your videos with the deck are also incredibly insightful given your familiarity with it and generally lead to better content. That and I love the deck to bits and can't get enough of it.
Pig trinket! The most interesting control deck in the format! It is super powerfull, but unfortunatly it consumes much time in gameplay. The rewarding feel of eliminating the threats and increasing your life total with lifestsaffs conpensates it all though. Power_T replies: Thank you for supporting Pig Trinket! I agree that it is great fun to watch and play! I also think that it is the best deck in pauper, with pretty much no bad matchups, except for maybe some obscure rogue decks and burn, where it is like 50-50. This is assuming that you play the deck correctly and quickly though.If it is voted back I promise to watch all videos of it carefully and make as many insightful comments as possible about it. And by "insightful comments" I mean pointing out every little mistake Dan does with the deck..
Shroudfang Ninja: Michael Gray says: (I’m the champion of this deck). I can’t believe this deck lost. Dan wtf? There was not even audio to hear Dan explain what was happening. Such an unsatisfying loss. It left a bitter taste in my mouth. And I know the sponsors of this tournament do not want fans left with bitter unhappiness. This deck is actually the deck I had in mind when I brewed Simic Oracle (which limps on even though it’s not as good as Shroudfang Ninja). I’m intrigued by Wormfang Drake and I love ninjas (see above). Plus this deck has Blastoderm. If we vote it back Dan promises to sing the Blastoderm song.
Spiteful Leeches: Bava speaks in its favor: I am here to argue for the return of Spiteful Leeches. This deck is by far one of the most unique lists in the Gauntlet AND it was doing quite well. There is a full article up for the list including a sideboard plan, so that should also weigh in its favor. http://magicgatheringstrat.com/2015/11/spiteful-leeches-a-combo-list-for-pauper-gauntlet-s3/ Perhaps most importantly, in the match that Dan list with this list, he HAD THE MATCH WON but made a number of serious misplays at the end. The deck should have a winning record, and it should definitely be brought back from the dead for another chance at redemption. Michael Gray adds: I’m not brewer or champion, just a fan. This is a very innovative deck that lost because of unforced errors (ie. Dan making mistakes). I definitely think this deserves another shot. Blowing up Crypt Rats and keeping it in play feels like it should be powerful. UB Trinket Control: There is nothing that MagicGatheringStrat needs more than another Trinket video. You all know this. Cheaty Morph: Cheat me back into the Gauntlet! Living End: I can be a Pauper deck too if you just give me a chance. Bant Fog: Your vote deals no damage this week. I draw three cards. BUG Profilerators: Counters everywhere! Pleasure for everyone! Land-o-derm: Midrange value grind. That is what we all need! Sultai Delve: Delve! Delve away! Dragon Delve: NewHJ says: (I'm the brewer): It's one of the first versions of the archetype and we made an 11/11 Fear, Flying, Haste, Trample, Vigilance, Firebreathing Gurmag Angler in the second round. Too bad I didn't equip the deck well against the two decks it matched up: Angler Delver and RUG Tron. If it engages in some other matchups it can really surprise the oponnent with giantic threats. Snow-Go: Everyone knows I am the best deck in the format - if played right! Vote me back! What is the Pauper Gauntlet? All about the Pauper Gauntlet Season 03: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-pauper-gauntlet.html All the deck lists: http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/11/the-decks-of-pauper-gauntlet-s03.html
What will happen after the voteback?
78 decks entered the Gauntlet. 32+3 decks remain. Round 5 is single elimination in the Tournament Practice Room. Expect the bloodbath to continue. My estimate is that another 10ish decks will fall in round 5. How can you follow the Pauper Gauntlet? The twitter account @MagicGathStrat tweets whenever a video is uploaded
NewHJ says: : It's a very unusual Pauper deck: a creature-less control. I'm a fan of both this and Death Control. Dan forgot a land drop that was crucial. If he has dropped it, this deck probably would have won the match. Green Grifters: I know you guys always vote for me. Do so again please. Green Ramp LD: You know that mono green is the key to get rid of those lands. Vote me back. Glass Cannon Red: I feel I have at least five more turn 2 kills in me. The Pauper Gauntlet: I am named like this whole thing. You gotta have me back! Vote now!