Getting Into Pauper
Pauper forum
Posted on Oct. 17, 2013, 8:14 p.m. by HarbingerJK
So I spend most of my MTG money on paper decks and have only really played online with Cockatrice. I want to get a MTGO account because it seems like a good bit of fun, but I don't wanna spend too much money on it so Pauper sounds great. Obviously I know what Pauper is but what I'm confused about is that I heard some uncommons are legal in the format. If this is true where can I find a list with the legal uncommons?
It's a crazy fast format, most of the time. Could be because I play Wee Fiend... But that's neither here nor there.
October 17, 2013 10:06 p.m.
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pauper
That'll give you a good idea what you'll be up against in the format, too.
October 17, 2013 10:07 p.m.
HarbingerJK says... #8
thanks MyRevival, looks like I have a new project : D
October 17, 2013 10:10 p.m.
This is odd. I was just thinking about getting in to pauper. It will be easy. MTGO is 10 dollar one time fee. You get over 300 cards I believe with initial setup. You buy cards from bots on MTGO. They are bascially stores that players set up and have an automated card buy/sell mechanic and the computer does it for them. Most commons range from 2 cents all the way up to maybe 50 cents for the real good ones. Some may go higher than that but the commons are usually very very low in price. There is a bot that gives you 64 free commons a month but it's hard to get in the bot because so many people want in. Sometimes I have tried 100 times just clicking "open trade" with the bot with no success. Other times just one click works. The name of the bot is mtgotradersfreebot. I have an MTGO account and I play all the time. PM me if you get it and we can exchange user names and I can help you out.
October 19, 2013 5:22 p.m.
HarbingerJK says... #10
okay cool jcris25 always good to have a friend when you start up lol
October 21, 2013 1:02 p.m.
SharuumNyan says... #11
You'd be surprised how much you have to pay for certain strong pauper cards. Some commons from top-tier decks can cost $5 or more on MTGO.
October 21, 2013 5:50 p.m.
HarbingerJK says... #12
meh $5 is fine, $40 is where I might need to gasp and sleep on it lol
October 22, 2013 1:10 p.m.
SharuumNyan says... #13
Yeah, but I hate paying $5 for an online card that would cost me 50c IRL.
October 22, 2013 2:53 p.m.
I'd really love to see pauper leagues sprout up in LGS'. That would be awesome!
October 23, 2013 11:44 a.m.
SharuumNyan says... #15
There are two LGSs that run pauper leagues where I live. Attendance is pretty low right now though, but hopefully it'll pick up.
Why not ask you local store if they will run a league?
October 23, 2013 12:37 p.m.
scottemery says... #16
Can anyone recommend me a strong Pauper deck to start out with?
heuertag says... #2
The only uncommons that are legal are those that have at some point in time been printed at common. For example Rancor and Oblivion Ring have been most recently printed at uncommon, but one or more printings in the past have been common
October 17, 2013 8:44 p.m.