October 2010
4 posts
New Room for Registration and Reporting →
To mirror the good changes being made by 7PDC, our rooms will now be PDC for meet-up and chat, and XPDC for registration, pairings, and results.
Quick Scars Thoughts for PaupExt
What does Scars offer us?
Proliferate — ONE card has it. Not going to be a build-around theme.
Infect — Plenty of support on little creatures. Is there a strategy to give them evasion and push them through?
Metalcraft — White/blue fliers seems the best fit here given the additional support from the Esper shard. Red-white could possibly work too, springboarding from Boros...
Calling all Paupers: NEW EXTENDED! →
Hello Paupers! Due to Wizards’ recent massive change of the Extended format and the impending format rotation which knocks Time Spiral block and 10th Edition out of Extended, there has never been a…
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Calling all Paupers: NEW EXTENDED!
Hello Paupers! Due to Wizards’ recent massive change of the Extended format and the impending format rotation which knocks Time Spiral block and 10th Edition out of Extended, there has never been a better time for newcomers to jump into Extended. Starting with XPDC 9.01 on Wednesday, October 20 at 8:30pm ET, the following sets will be legal in Pauper Extended: Magic 2010 Magic 2011 ...
August 2010
2 posts
Season 8 Begins! →
After Krosanbeast9359’s stunning victory at XPDC Worlds 7, we’re keeping the intensity high with XPDC 8.01 starting this coming Wednesday! A brand new season, an entire new set of cards (M11), and a…
Obtained [Illusionary Rod]. →
Obtained [Illusionary Rod]. (Equipped)
July 2010
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A Pauper First Look at M11
The impulse struck me to think and write a little bit about the exciting new cards from M11 that might make a splash in Pauper. As the spoilers continue I’ll review the new stuff in subsequent posts. Let’s start after the jump!
So far, white doesn’t have a whole lot of new tools. This guy, however, is an exception:
Though I don’t play much with Brainstorm, he does have...
June 2010
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Why is PDC Alienating New Players? Hosting from...
Guys, we NEED to start hosting our events out of the /join PDC room. There are SO many times when I sit in /join PDC and see a n00b say something like “wow, someone is actually IN here!” The benefits of hosting in the /join PDC room outweigh the two counterarguments, which are: - Tradition - Event overlap Tradition is certainly valuable, but in this case I believe the benefit of...
Three Warnings →
Our largest turnout saw many newcomers to the format, but it also saw three rules infractions: two illegal decks, and an unreported DROP. We also had some players who weren’t present at the beginning…
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Paging the White Fliers of M11
Why does a griffin alone have greater power than a knight riding a griffin?
Major Extended Format Shift →
Starting on July 14, 2010 with XPDC 7.08, the Extended format will be radically different on MTGO, according to WotC.The new format will include:10th EditionMagic 2010Time SpiralPlanar ChaosFuture…
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XPDC Season 7 Worlds Structure
Q: Hey! Why should I post my XPDC decklist into Gatherling?
A: Because that’s the only way to earn Season Points!
Q: Oh yeah? Why do I need or want Season Points?
A: Well……..
Top 32 players in Season Standings will receive invites to the XPDC Worlds 7 tourney. In the event an invited player cannot make it, he may release his invite which will extend to the 33rd ranked...
June 16 = Off Week →
There will be no XPDC on June 16. We’ll resume our normal Pauper Extended events with XPDC 7.05 on Wednesday, June 23.In the meantime, figure out how to crush Soldiers off the metagame map. (Hint:…
Correction to Tribal Wars Rules →
ShardFenix informed me that in Tribal, at least 1/3 of your deck has to be creatures that share a card type. If your deck is 60 cards, you’d need 20 creatures that share a type. If for some reason…
Trophy Room Updated →
Our XPDC Trophy Room is now completely up-to-date through XPDC Season 6. No fewer than three events were created in Gatherling without any attached metagame data: XPDC 3.14, XPDC Worlds 4, and XPDC…
May 2010
12 posts
Pauper Extended Tribal on 6/9/10! →
On June 9, XPDC 7.04 will be a break from our normal format. On that week, we will be playing Pauper Extended Tribal!Tribal will carry these deckbuilding restrictions:- 60 cards minimum- NO…
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XPDC: Kill Whitey
Take a look at these numbers obtained via Gatherling’s metagame reports:
Conclusions?
White has been the most dominant color in XPDC for the past five weeks, if not longer. White weenie builds have become popular thanks to a pair of recent wins by Krosanbeast9359. Orzhov Blink is always popular because of its raw power and ease of play… and because Loot_Backwards finished Season 6...
XPDC Scores MarlonMTGO Sponsorship →
Thanks to MarlonMTGO, XPDC now has a weekly prize payout which is as follows:1st place - 7 credits at MarlonMTGO bots2nd place - 4 credits at MarlonMTGO botsT4 semifinalists - 2 credits at MarlonMTGO…
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PaupExt: 3/3 Aggro
Guardian of the Guildpact, Aven Riftwatcher, and Kor Skyfisher are 2/3’s. Steamcore Weird and Dimir Infiltrator are 1/3’s. Aggro decks run a lot of 2/2’s and 3/2’s. The creature curve, for the most part, stops at that magic number 3. Creature combat in Extended is an interesting situation. So many of us choose our creatures not for their physical stats but for their ETB...
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Mirrodin's Going-Away Party
This is the last summer of Mirrodin Block for Extended Magic. The October rotation away from our beloved metallic plane will have drastic consequences for the Extended format, and in particular a few treasured archetypes. I’ve compiled a list for your edification in the hopes that you will use these next few months to bid a fond farewell to some of the monolithic archetypes of Pauper...
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Pyramid Scheme --> Golgazi
I keep thinking about Pyramid Scheme for Pauper Extended now that we have some great new stuff from Rise of the Eldrazi.
Pyramid Scheme uses ETB creatures like Ravenous Rats, Phyrexian Rager, Citanul Woodreaders, and Aurochs Herd to amass card and board advantage while exerting control using black’s ample removal and discard options. Then, it employs graveyard recursion to repeat this...
Scoring Rubric for XPDC Season 7 →
Here’s how the new season will award points:1.) No points will be awarded to any player unless his decklist has been posted in Gatherling.2.) 1st place earns 10 bonus points; 2nd place earns 7 bonus…
Five Warnings Added →
I just added the warnings from the last two events to our list. Three were for using illegal cards and the other two were unreported drops.These rules are clearly stated in this Master Document….
XPDC 6.15 Wraps Up Season 6 →
Due to the schedule switch mid-stream and the current lack of substantial prize support, XPDC Season 6 will not have a culminating Worlds championship event. That being the case, XPDC 6.15 on May 12…
Manually Check Your Deck's Legality →
Thanks to khirareq, we now have a list of cards that are NOT LEGAL in XPDC even though they pass both the Extended and Pauper filters unscathed. Be sure to check this new list:…
April 2010
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Rise of the Eldrazi in Pauper Extended
The Rise of the Eldrazi set presents Paupers with an unprecedented number of “new” effects on cards and it is my belief that Pauper Extended is the ideal playground in which to toy with these new effects.
Why? Because unlike Classic, Extended is not dominated by extremely fast aggro decks — in fact, Extended is possibly the slowest of the regular PDC formats. And, unlike...
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[Polyrant] PDC Community: Fragmented or...
Back when I joined the PDC community, it seemed a lot more centralized than it is today. There were clear, vocal “community leaders” who had their hands in every debate. (I used to consider Evu, SpikeBoyM, and LulThyme the Triumvirate of Pauper, with names like lathspel, idoru, KingRitz, kehmesis, and icarodx serving as top-ranking officials in the community. I know there are plenty of...
XPDC Switches to Wednesday TONITE! →
Due to my insanely busy weekend schedule in the coming weeks, I have decided to switch XPDC to Wednesday nights earlier so that XPDC actually HAPPENS again. Tonight in /join PDC at 8:30pm ET,…
March 2010
12 posts
XPDC Easter Break →
XPDC will not happen next week due to the Easter holiday.We will resume with XPDC 6.12 on Sunday, April 11, at 1pm ET in /join PDC on MTGO.You have two weeks to prepare. Build an insane deck!
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XPDC 6.11: Green's Big Day
MystikDuck, a man with a light-hearted touch to competitive gaming and deck nomenclature, stormed through a field full of Extended mainstays to come out on top piloting a deck full of creatures with protection from… something. “Nom Nom” refers to the ferocious nibbling of his bevy of beatsticks, and Naya tells us something else entirely: the Duck did it with green. Without...
Schedule Updated through XPDC 7.01 →
After a lot of soul-searching, I have decided that I need to host XPDC on Wednesday nights rather than their current Sunday slot. This change will not be effective, however, until the beginning of…
XPDC 6.10: Rise of Control?
Kehmesis took last week in an undefeated run with Mostly-Blue Teachings Control, or MUTC for short. His list ran only four creatures — a playset of Calcite Snapper. Will such a deck overtake the format? Not likely. Only a small handful of Paupers has been able to pilot the deck to XPDC victory.
The deck is clearly powerful, with a counterspell wall, effective removal spells, and enough...
36 Bears →
A hilarious tale of a competitive bears tribal deck.
Skeletoy77 to Host XPDC 6.09 →
We’ve got our sub host for this coming Sunday — Skeletoy77 — so we’re good to go!See you at 1pm ET in /join PDC on MTGO for Pauper Extended craziness! http://bit.ly/xpdc609Please be aware of…
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Skel's XPDC 6.08 Review
XPDC 6.08 Review by Skeletoy77
Alas, once again I come up with a T4 but fail to advance in XPDC 6.08 this Sunday. At least I’m consistent. That’s 3 Top 4’s in the last month, all of them a loss. Maybe I have A.D.D., or maybe this season of XPDC is so awesome that I can’t help run a new deck every week. So far it’s been UB Rats/Control, Mono B Aggro, and now RG Aggro with a total record of...
Pauper Extended Library Updated! →
http://sites.google.com/site/xpdcmasterdoc/pauper-extended-library will take you to an archived Pauper Extended library, full of articles past and present, about the Pauper Extended metagame. This…
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Enter the Battlefield
XPDC and Pauper Extended have now run a full eight events into the Zendikar metagame, and three premises have emerged quite conclusively:
1.) moromete is dominating this event; 2.) Rats Teachings is the most successful deck; 3.) Green blows.
Outside of a not-so-fluke Goblinstorm victory and a just-miss by Affinity, the victors of the past eight XPDC events have unfailingly resorted to the...
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XPDC Gauntlet - Cogs and Stripes
Cogs and Stripes is a sleeper giant of the PDC Extended format. Only a few select Paupers understand the latent power of this Swiss Army deck-of-all-trades. The time has come once again, however, to pull back the curtain and reveal the raw power, the smoke, and the mirrors. Behold!
So let’s take a look at this monster:
4 Looter il-Kor 4 Mulldrifter 4 Steamcore Weird 3 Kor Skyfisher...
Design the Perfect Aggro Deck →
When I recommended aggro last week, well… I didn’t exactly have a wide gamut of aura/mimic aggro-combo decks in mind. In such a removal-heavy environment, those decks are easy to pick apart —…
February 2010
4 posts
Worldwake now Extended Legal →
Next week’s event will feature the first influence of Worldwake commons on the Pauper Extended format.Congrats to moromete for his second XPDC victory in a row!One player was warned today for an…
XPDC Resumes Sunday, February 21 →
We’re back in session. Meet in /join PDC at 1pm on Sunday, February 21 for more Pauper Extended!
XPDC 6.06 Postponed →
Due to unavailability of sub hosts and that great American tradition, the Superbowl, XPDC 6.06 will be postponed for a week — until Sunday, February 14. I will need a sub host for that week, too….
Sub Hosts Needed in February →
I am going to need a sub host for several of the weekends in February. If you’re available on a Sunday and would be willing to sub host for an XPDC event, please contact me and let me know when. I’ll…
January 2010
8 posts
When's XPDC? Vote! →
If you love the current time slot for XPDC, vote here to keep it! http://forums.pdcmagic.com/viewtopic.php?t=3972If you’d love to play XPDC but can’t make the current time slot, vote here to change…