Should I run more Card Draw Engines?
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Posted on March 7, 2019, 1:17 p.m. by Cloudius
Built a Pauper EDH deck recently centered around shooting down my opponents and their creatures with my army of gunners:
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Pauper EDH
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It is really fun to pilot and has its fair share of successes, both in 1v1 and multiplayer formats.
Here's the question:
Should I run Card Draw engines (e.g. Snake Umbra , Ophidian Eye , Tandem Lookout ) that synergise well with my pingers?
I'm already running around 10 card draw spells in the deck to help dig up my combo pieces.
Any comments, suggestions, feedback and/or upvotes are welcomed. Thanks!
I say yes.
Pauper id consitþder budget in a sense, meaning the amount of all powerfull cards are less. How to solve it? Play more draw to get em.
March 7, 2019 9:19 p.m.
bushido_man96 Thanks for the suggestions!
I may give Snake Umbra and Tandem Lookout a try. Probably taking out Dizzy Spell and Foresee or Amass the Components .
Frantic Search is too good to remove as the untap effect doubles up as ramp most of the time, given the number of "enchant land" auras I play.
Adding in unblockables, while synergisitic with the Card Draw Engines, does dilute the deck away from its original concept of Gunners Battalion. Blighted Agent is a possible addition as he's unblockable and can act as an alternate wincon. I didn't include him as Agent draws a lot of hate once he hits the battlefield.
March 7, 2019 10:25 p.m.
Vman Thanks for the comments.
You're exactly right as we've limited access to Tutors in Pauper format, making card draw an important component, especially for pseudo-combo decks like this.
What to remove to accommodate the additional card draw engines, is an issue though. Any suggestions?
March 7, 2019 10:29 p.m.
WitherLordPlayz says... #6
... ... Ley Weaver and Lore Weaver aren't legendary...
March 12, 2019 4:06 p.m.
bushido_man96 says... #7
Pauper EDH allows for non-legendary uncommon creatures to be commanders.
bushido_man96 says... #2
I like your deck idea here. As for your suggestions, I think I would try to switch in Snake Umbra , Ophidian Eye , and Tandem Lookout for some of your loot effects, like Frantic Search , Amass the Components , and Compulsive Research . I think you should also consider running some little unblockable dudes, like Metathran Soldier , who will benefit from these enchantments.
March 7, 2019 1:45 p.m.