Hello again friends! Here at my Pauper Flophouse of fun I bring you a variety of sweet Pauper decks and give them some quick and dirty brawls in the leagues. Hopefully showing off what the decks can do, having some sweet games and making suggestions on how to make things even better. Let’s go!

Ah, Stompy. Stompy is a classic Magic: the Gathering deck. Mono-green beatdown has existed in many forms over the years. From making top 4 at Worlds in 1997 with an old-school mixture of busted cards and terrible ones, to 10 land versions with Land Grant and even spiritual successors that weren’t allowed free spells or brutal mana denial.

If I had to describe the current Pauper version in a word, I would use ‘scrappy’. I mean, you don’t set out with the goal of defeating opponents using Young Wolf for explosive power. Behold, a full 5 match league!

The League

Not too bad right? I feel like these videos were a good showcase of the strengths of the deck, seemingly taking traits from other seemingly similar aggressive decks. Such as?

Sure, the deck might not be the best at any one aspect compared to the others. But if say, the respective mentioned decks are A students at their own disciplines, Stompy manages a solid B at everything. In a format as varied in extremes as Pauper, that versatility is extremely valuable, giving you plenty of options and chances to re-position yourself in match-ups.

I also mentioned in the deck tech that one of the things I like about this deck is the lack of great sideboard cards against you. There’s no anti-green ‘Blast. There’s no Gorilla Shaman that eats Forest. Electrickery is annoying but you can largely play around it. (that double Electrickery blowout though) Your lasting pump effects are Rancor and Hunger, which can’t be Disenchanted. The various types of creatures in the deck all cover some bases when it comes to removal too.

Sure, sometimes there are some Coral Nets knocking about, but that’s almost it.

Almost. A big card to watch out for is Standard Bearer. It single-handedly bricks all of your pump spells, so if the opponent follows it up with say, a 3/3, you can’t really win unless you deal with the Bearer. So get your Epic Confrontation ready, or pretend the card doesn’t exist and hope they don’t draw it, either is fine.

There are a few other options for the deck that you might want for various reasons though! Let’s talk about them.

That’s basically it as far as I can see. Being mono-green and limited to 1-2 mana spells certainly limits your options, but as long as you have Rancors and cheap creatures you can’t go too wrong. Playing with this deck also sometimes feels like playing limited, there’s something innately fun about figuring out how to sneak through damage using only some pump spells and your wits.

So that’s Stompy. Come back next time for another deck, and tell me in the comments (here or on youtube!) what decks you’d like to see, or what questions you have about Pauper decks that you’d like to see answered!

Stephen ‘Jecht’ Murray, over and out.

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