Most people who play or watch Magic the Gathering may not even have ever heard about this format as those whom they look up to do not play it so it does not get much coverage. Basically the premise behind the Pauper format is to build a deck using all common print cards with only a small ban list in order to give people a cheaper way to play competitively for those who do not have upward of $200 dollars to drop on a mediocre deck and do alright with. With only having common cards available a few problems do arise.

While commons come out in bulk every new set, the amount of variety that comes into the format is rather minimal due to the fact that Wizards likes to make the better cards more rare then just common ones. Obviously we have had some acceptions, recently with Gurmag Angler being a bit of a splash in all formats in some way or another. Other then that though, the archtypes are rather the same as they were a year ago with the exception of some archetypes that have fallen off, such as Goblins or Exhume. This leads to a rather redundant and less appealing format for players who want not to spend as much money. I am not asking for a planeswalker or anything to break the format but some cards that could help mix it up would be greatly appreciated as after a while playing against Delver and Burn gets a little old.

One grand portion of playing Pauper online is that you get the same bonuses from the Pauper League wins as you would a Standard or Modern League. This allows people to get that semi competitive feel without having to pump out hundreds of dollars to just win a little bit, making pauper a very good way to start into playing magic and funding itself. While you may not have one hundred plus dollars to be throwing into a deck you could pay fifty and then make that money back as well as be able to expand your collection to other formats that you may feel that you want to play. Being able to get the latest packs of cards, plus the ability to go into two more leagues just off of going 5-0 in one seems like a fairly good deal for putting in eight bucks to play a cheap deck. Not to mention that you can either open a pack and reap the rewards of it or use it to draft and paying two dollars to possibly have the chance to win more packs as well as sell the expensive cards that you could have picked up. This is the real reason to me that someone would play pauper is to put a small amount of money into something for a possible big return on it.

On another note I will soon be building a UW Control deck for modern as well as a Burn Pauper deck in order to have more personal material to write about. Hope everyone enjoyed my views and if not then comment below and talk to me. Until next time people.