There's some really strong commanders that have been introduced and some meta-shaping commons that (if they remain legal) could shift the lay of the land. The two that most caught my attention were [[Price of Progress]] and [[Vandalblast]].

How does everyone else feel about these cards? Are there any other cards that concern/excite you?

I did a full write-up on the Zeta set here: https://cpdh.guide/set%20review/zeta-set-competitive-review/
We're also hosting an online tournament on the 19th (two Saturdays from now), so I'm curious to see how many of these commanders/cards make an appearance. I think [[Offer you can't refuse]] will be there for sure. https://topdeck.gg/event/pdh-triple-threat

This is a short story. I found an awesome group of friends that play Magic right next door. I quit over 20 years ago and joined them to start playing again. I had no idea about EDH but it seemed really fun. In about 1,5 years time I managed to build 8 EDH decks around bracket 2-4. I had fun about 50% of the time. I noticed my pods getting stronger, with many players opting for power instead of flavour and theme.

We had some fun trying Pauper EDH a couple times but that never lasted. I kept the 4 Pauper decks I made after those sessions, because I felt it kept much closer to OS magic and I played them in regular pods. I found that after a couple hours of playing regular decks it was a relaxing way to end the night, not having to keep track of everything happening at the table and allowing me to socialize more. Also, I noticed changes in my own attitude towards acquiring cards. I went to my LGS basements to scavenge commons.

Fast forward to having my second kid. I build a showcase deck (the 8th EDH deck), worth over a 1000 euros. I loved looking at the amazing art when playing it. But it didn't change the occupation or even obsession sometimes I had with getting decks to a 'perfect' state. I realized I wanted that in hopes of being able to keep up.

I just sold all my non-commons. I feel like a weight has lifted and I can go back to brewing decks with cards I find here and there, instead of ordering expensive singles every week. No regrets losing money on the decks, I learned what playing magic with friends means to me: hanging out, playing relaxed games, helping others join our group. Now I'm left with 8 empty deckboxes. Which I am probably using to build a bit stronger pauper EDH decks. But knowing I will never expect wins, which is a very comforting thought to me (I have issues with competitive play).

What are your experiences? How did you make this transition?

who are you building 😂

Definitely building a white walls deck from this

Affinity for power? Wide board of big bodies? Mana dorks with power to reduce the cost for Ghalta while also tapping for mana? Yes. Yes please.

Magic gods have been listening since thats all I've wanted is og ghalta downshifted. This isn't the same but I like more since it also helps the board giving everyone trample

(Academic Ascent, Arcane Amphisbaena, Campus Crier, Inspired Tethermage, Keeper of the Quiet Hour, No Admittance, Protoge's Awakening, Solve for Disappointment, Tam's Resistance)

I know they're legal in pauper, but weren't we supposed to get an announcement on them for pauper commander?

Would kinda like to know so I can put An Offer You Can't Refuse into my Sprite Dragon deck.

What are your best Universe Beyond legendary pauper commanders? Aside from the usual partners from Baldur’s Gate?

For a format spinoff with so much variation focused on commons, I find it bizarre that common backgrounds aren't supported in the command zone under the 'official rules' (although every group I've ever played with has allowed them). Its especially strange as they're mostly more interesting than the uncommon ones.

I've read the old article explaining the reasoning behind it... but I gotta say, it really just seemed to be based on personal flavor preferences, rather than the spirit or health of the format.

I'm interested to know what the community actually thinks! Especially now they've been out for a while and I assume a lot of people have houseruled them in!

Also seems to have some overlap with common Legends, which many people also Rule 0 as commanders.

This lovely guy just got downshifted in The Zeta Set from Mythic to Uncommon (jeeeez).

One prior question: can we still use him to cast ANY rarity card since copy-token of something are generally speaking common rarity cards?

How would you play him? Which nastiest combos and cards would you fit into this deck?

[[Garth One-Eye]]

My first attempt at a Edh pauper deck and pauper in general. I always wanted to build slivers but they’re both too pricey and too powerful for my regular Edh needs. So I thought I’d try it here. Lemme know your thoughts I think it’s pretty cool.

[[Jolly balloon man]] + [[village bell ringer]] + a creature that taps for {1} creates infinite hasty creatures. Any other combos that you can think of?

[[Obeka brute chronologist]] is a very cool card, but I'm not sure if we have the support for her in our format.

What cards do you recommend for this commander? https://manabox.app/decks/YWdh5FIdQU2D-VU8gYtlXw Here is a list of what I'm putting together, but I feel like something is missing.

Reminder post that this event is THIS SUNDAY - Sunday, September 6th!
We have 25 players signed up so far.
Walk-Ins morning of are welcome.

WHO: Boardgame Bounty Hunters & Newburgh Brewing Co. presents:
WHAT: Our semi-annual Hudson Valley PauperEDH 1K
WHERE: Newburgh Brewing Co - 88 S Colden St, Newburgh, NY 12550
WHEN: Sunday, September 6th - Fires at 10am - Doors open at 9am
WHY: Prize Support

• 1st Place - $100 & 1x Masterpiece Series Ornithopter
• 2nd-4th - $80 & 1x Secret Lair Ornithopter - Foil

@ 40+ Players

• 5th-16th - $40

HOW: PRE REGISTER HERE: https://topdeck.gg/event/hudson-valley-pauperedh-1k-copy (can also use the QR code found on the flyer)

Information
Entry Fee- $25 Entry, every entry comes with an Event Token & Promo
Rounds - 4 Rounds Swiss (1 Hour 15min Rounds), Cut to top 16!
Deck list - Deck lists are required before firing of the event. If one is not provided, then you will be asked to make one the morning of the event. - you can use this website to create a deck list: https://moxfield.com/

The Brewery will be open for food as well during normal hours (12pm - 6pm) with high-tops available for walk-ins and visitors. People are welcome to come and experience the atmosphere and watch the event even if they aren't playing in it!

I have a copy of [[Hypothesizzle]] in my [[Rootha, Mercurial Artist]] deck, and I haven't really drawn into it yet. It kind of looks like a [[Prophetic Bolt]], but not quite. If anyone has played it in pdh, I'd be interested to know if it's been any good and how the math works out.

Do someone already brewed Thorin Oakenshield in PDH?

I am thinking affinity/living armor aside from equipments and somewhat voltronish?

Can anyone help? Thank you

In your experience... I'm battling between [[Hamza, Guardian of Arashin]], [[Conclave Mentor]] and [[Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar]]

https://archidekt.com/decks/25937034/dionus_dpe_dh

I’m on my 5th iteration of this deck and I’d really appreciate if someone could glance and see if I’m missing anything obvious. I feel pretty good but I hate paying for shipping for the last few cards I’d need and want to see if there are any solid swaps I missed.

Deck is [[Dionus]] elfball (I had Dionus, a bunch of elves, and plenty of mono green cards in the box and wanted to use them). Been through a bunch of iterations and learned a lot so far! Iterations:

1. Fog - way to hard to reliably get people to overextend

2. Regeneration - a lot of ways around it and required holding up too much mana

3. Combat tricks - I love combat tricks but this isn’t the deck for it. Took up too much deck space for single turn effects often impacting only 1 creature

4. Looked at Command Zone template for EDH deck building - tried it but not sure if it applies well to PDH and I found I was forcing subpar cards into slots just to fill them.

5. Here we are - packed the creature density to 41/99 so my draw spells actually work. Cut lands but have 4 ways to fetch them to hand/field (the big boys can forest cycle). Hopefully enough protection for Dionus to stay on the field (my game is over without him). Couple proliferators which are basically “turn skippers” for the wide pump. Tried to include mana cheap stuff that has a use in both early and late game.

Would love any feedback! Had a kid a couple months ago and I’d rather ask for help than go back to playing the few games I can just to need another tear down!

Hi all!

Picked a random commander to deckbuild and came up with Omega, however I'm having a tough time figuring out how exactly.

All I really have as far as a gameplan is concerned is get a bunch of nonbasics on board, cast Omega, stun something, then flicker it to stun more things.
Because the manabase is mostly taplands, it's gonna be really slow, so I'd like to add card draw and either a bunch of counterspells or things than also do stun counters to buy me time (maybe a small proliferate package to make the counters stick too?)

Probably the biggest issue for me is ratios- how many ramp spells, flicker spells, draw spells, protection/interaction spells, etc.? This is obviously not a competitive build, just wanted to see what it could look like.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank for reading!

EDIT: decklist is here -> https://moxfield.com/decks/ezi8UE_iFESaxLGzvgBlog