Despite my affinity for Modern and being knee-deep in the Standard RCQ season, I’ve been getting back into Pauper for RIW’s Pauper Championship Series. Not only are there eight major events this year, but also a 5K invitational in December 2026 for the top 16 point leaders that pays out to all participants.
I’ve been getting up to speed on Standard in preparation for the current RCQ season. RIW has an RCQ scheduled on February 14 and March 14 I plan to attend.
I’ve been having fun trying different Riddler midrange decks and I’m happy to report Grixis Frog is back on the menu!
2025 was a fantastic year for MTG Pauper here at the shop in Livonia, Michigan. We’d like to begin by thanking everybody who played and/or worked behind the scenes to make the Pauper Championship Series & 2025 Pauper Invitational a success.
I’ve been exploring Jeskai Blink in Modern because the strategy is both fun and provides plenty of deckbuilding options. Today I return with a different take on Jeskai Blink that combines the aspects I’ve liked so far: being competitive on the draw and blue interaction. In addition, I’ll post a sideboard guide!
Hello everyone,
As we approach the end of the year you know that means, the final RIW Pauper Championship Series event for the 2025 season is this Saturday November 22nd! Today I am going to try and give you the tools to be successful at this event and punch your ticket to the RIW Pauper Championship Series Invitational happening December 6th!
Let me start by saying that I’m 100% unfamiliar with the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise and because of that I assumedMTG AVATAR was going to be another Universes Beyond “Not for me” set (especially coming on the heels of the MTG Spider Man set which I found to be flavorfully unappealing and quite frankly a weak collection of cards). So, going into this spoiler season, my expectation was that I would not like this set because of my unfamiliarity with the non-mtg source material and recent trends.
The November B&R announcement has come and gone; with no changes to Modern I can spend more time developing different takes on my favorite archetype, Jeskai Blink.
As the Standard RCQ draws near a close I have been reinvigorated to play my favorite format – Modern. While I have been playing my fair share of Dimir Frog, it’s shelved for the time being due to a negative matchup against the new hotness – Jeskai Blink.
I did it! I qualified for the upcoming Regional Championship in Milwaukee, WI! Typically the Regional Championship is far enough away from Michigan that I take more store credit in exchange for giving away the invite, but things broke in a way where I could snag a golden ticket.