Welcome to the inaugural issue of RIW PAUPER CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKLY! Since this is the 1st one, I’ll start with a little bit about what this series is…
Basically, as the title suggests, the plan is to put out a weekly article chronicling what’s going on in Pauper at the shop at our Wednesday 6PM events for the Pauper Championship Series.
I’m back this week to discuss the best performing deck in Paupergeddon, Dimir Terror. I’ve been playing Mono Blue Terror recently to some success, but can’t argue with the results of an event with 983 players.
I’m trying different Pauper decks to both get a feel for the format and looking to find that one particular archetype that strikes my fancy. Today I’m going to discuss a deck that has brought me success, Mono Blue Terror.
My name is Christopher Sheppard, recent winner of the RIW March RCQ. Today, I am breaking down Spellementals, the deck I used to lock up my invite to Cincinnati.
A Little About Me…
I’ve been playing Magic on and off since Onslaught, originally grinding MTGO from 2005–2011 under the user name TheUsualSuspect. I came back to competitive magic about two years ago.
Here’s the story of how I ended up in the Top 8 of last weekend’s Pauper Championship Series event with Druid Pizza.
It’s 2 weeks before the March 7th event and the past Wednesday night weekly’s have not gone well… I’m hardly going 2-2 most weeks. A far cry from Top 16 in last year’s league and a qualification for the RIW Invitational. My performance during the last RIW Hobbies Championship in January was also less than ideal. I went record positive, but missed Top 16; since more players means tighter margins, I’d need to perform better to get points.
It has been a while since I’ve written about Modern, but I’m here today with a fresh take on Jeskai Blink. I’ve been playing a good amount of Modern and made some changes worth discussing.
Another beautiful day at RIW Hobbies in Livonia, Michigan, another Pauper Championship Series tournament in the books. I’m writing this the day after, so forgive me if some details remain fuzzy or missing. I decided to pilot a barely tested version of a favorite deck of mine, “Glintblade/Orzhov/Blades of Glory/BW/I Pick Things Up and I Put Them Down,” aka BW Blade!
Hey everyone!
I’m back from RIW’s second flagship event in the Pauper Championship Series. I didn’t make the Top 16 (or better) this time around, but the tournament was a lot of fun.
This weekend is RIW’s second flagship event of the Pauper Championship Series and I plan to run back Jund Wildfire. There are still plenty of events to score points for the end of year Pauper Invitational. The Pauper format is fun and RIW provides a great avenue to a competitive circuit.
The next Standard RCQ at RIW is on March 14. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set will be legal by this time, but there are plenty of opportunities to play the current format over the next couple weeks.