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Inspired by MTGPALADIN's list: Punishing Jund

Death Spark is an incredibly powerful, underplayed card in Pauper. This deck aims to use it, again and again, until we smash face and win. Remove tons of common X/1 threats, and mid/late game, you'll usually have two Sparks going for X/2s. WELCOME TO TRI-COLOR VALUE TOWN!

CARD CHOICE

Faerie Macabre is a spicy one; we can discard it for free at instant speed, any time. It'll eat opponent's dredge cards, OR can remove lands or spells from above our Death Spark .

Vessel of Nascency fills our yard and can grab any card other than our Sparks.

Grave Scrabbler can function as a two-for-one if discarded to TortEx

Sanitarium Skeleton is mostly for spice, but it lets us TortEx twice a turn in the late game, and also functions as a recursive blocker in a pinch

Satyr Wayfinder pitches cards and also gets us the lands we need to keep going.

Golgari Brownscale is great for burn, or surviving long enough to clear threats with your Sparks.

Gurmag Angler is a cheap fatty that will usually win you games, or at least trade for removal. We can also use them to delve away unwanted cards from above our Sparks!

Tortured Existence lets us grab the creatures we've pitched.

Abyssal Gatekeeper is our removal for threats that Spark can't hit. We simply pop it with Spark and it forces our opponent to sac!

Thorn of the Black Rose is basically the Dark Confidant of this deck, and eats a lot of the common pauper threats.

Spore Frog is incredible for stalling

SB Cards

Our board is pure spice. We want to run creatures, because we can reuse them and dig for them.

Ingot Chewer absolutely wrecks affinity. Combined with TortEx, you're in a good position to win if you open with one.

Caustic Caterpillar tag-teams with Chewer for affinity, but will also hit enchantments -- Oubliette , Journey to Nowhere , Curse of Chains

Crypt Rats is necessary for elves. Also decent against mono U delver to sweep away faeries, ninjas and wizards.

Augur of Skulls wrecks control decks

Scattershot Archer hoses delver

Please, give me advice! I like playing jank but I like winning, too. Let's make this deck awesome!

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Abyssal Gatekeeper was the missing link. We can kill it with our own Death Sparks to activate, and we have recurrable creatures in the form of Sanitarium Skeleton and Grave Scrabbler to sac if we have a Gurmag Angler we don't want to lose to the effect. It can also make it impossible or hard for an opponent to safely swing with their own Angler, Atog, etc

The Saturday event didn't fire. Played casually against my own Toolbox Jund list, lost 2 won 1. Lost 2 won 1 to infinite Sultai, but didn't have the Gatekeepers and was using jank stand-in cards.

I still love this deck, but want to keep brewing/testing Pau Blade and Simic Lingering Squirrels (links in my profile). I'll update next time I come back to it, or if I play it before/after main events. I'll play something pretty much every Thursday.

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 3 years
Legality

This deck is Pauper legal.

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.21
Tokens The Monarch
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