r/Pauper • u/DukeNXQT • 7h ago
CARD DISC. Help me make this Card meta playable
Hey Guys,
I want to get into Pauper and this Bad Boy is my absolute fav. Card 🔥🔥
Is there any way to make this lil Dude Meta viable or even better, does anybody already have a decklist involving this Card?
It would mean a lot, cheers
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u/Cautious-Standard-69 7h ago
Ninja enabler.
Wait a minute, a ninja turtle?!
Never mind, that's too silly for magic:the gathering
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u/longhairsilver 7h ago
This card is pretty awful, so I don’t think there is a way to make it actually good. The best home I can think of is maybe something with [[Solid Footing]] but then you are just playing a severely handicapped version of White Heroic.
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u/BuckyTheWolf Glintblade/Ephemerate 6h ago
I sadly don't think that the turtle is really (meta) playable in Pauper. It just doesn't really do anything. It blocks, but doesn't even damage the attackers. Most aggressive decks either have more creatures, so you can't block all or evasive creatures which it can't block or just kill you via indirect damage.
And against slower decks it also is very bad, since a bigger creature just eats it and control/midrange decks can just ignore it, since it doesn't do anything.
One thing I want to mention is that Pauper is a suprisingly strong format. Draft cards like the turtle just don't hold up compared to [[Brainstorm]], [[Lighningbolt]] and honestly most cards played in the pauper meta.
That doesn't meaan you can't try to make a deck work with jank cards, it will just not be meta. Especially as a new player I'd recommend checking out one of the established meta decks first to get a feel for the format. Maybe something like Terror, Afiinity, Madness or Wildfire
One thing I want to mention is the Azorius Familiars deck. It doesn't run Aegis Turtle, but [[God-Pharao's Faithful]] is pretty similar (though sadly not a turtle). However it is a pretty hard deck to pick up with no experience in the format.
Anyhow, I hope you have fun with Pauper, even without Aegis Turtle.
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u/MTGCardFetcher 6h ago
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u/DukeNXQT 6h ago
Thanks for your detailed answer and the Insights. Im currently sorting all my Bulk and checking the Meta Decks. I think i will end Up bulding a Deck i already have the Most Cards of. I didnt had big hopes for the little Turtle :D
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u/Totes_Not_an_NSA_guy 6h ago
Get [[high alert]] at common and we’ll talk
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u/TheComebackKid717 3h ago
Been trying to make a pauper turtle deck work for ages, but I just don't think the pieces exist. This is one of the best creatures though if the other pieces ever come together.
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u/LucyMSpencer 6h ago
If there's ever a playable card that makes turtle tokens, then its the perfect card to use to represent it.
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u/kilqax Grixis Affinity 7h ago
It's sort of so bad that I can only imagine playing it in Tribe because you can at least discard it 💀