Last week featured at least two big Pauper events in the Midwest (of which, I attended and played in BOTH!).
RIW had 30+ for Weds night Pauper and NRG Indianapolis also pulled more than thirty teams for a Team Trio Event (Legacy / Modern / Pauper). It’s safe to say Pauper is heating up, as is the weather! Finally….
Before jumping into today’s topic, I wanted to take a moment to share a bit about myself to help provide some context. I have been playing Magic: The Gathering at a somewhat competitive level since the early 2010’s, with some breaks between then and now. I was primarily a Legacy player, but have also been playing Pauper since what seems like the early days of the format. The earliest event that I participated in on MTGO was in October 2012, at least that is what I could find in my MTGO game record….
Welcome back! This week I have lots to report about the RIW Pauper Championship Series, as we had a Major Event over the weekend!
My name is Gary Smith (Xwiz75 on MTGO). I’m a combo player in the RIW Pauper community—you may have heard me on stream alongside Ben, Brian, and Russo. This is my first article for RIW, and I’m excited to finally contribute in written form. If there’s interest, I plan on continuing coverage moving forward.
Welcome back to the second issue of RIW PAUPER CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKLY! This upcoming Saturday is the next large event for the series, which makes this week’s Weds Night tournament a special one; since, it’s the last chance for players to participate in some IRL testing before the marquee event this weekend.
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.
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.
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.
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.