u/Holzwurm1

With Paupergeddon and the LPI, we all know how big Pauper is in Italy. It‘s no secret.

But how did it evolve historically? What was the initial reason, that a whole country seems to love this format so much, that basically every major city has a thriving scene that keeps growing.

Are other formates equally popular over there? Is magic in general huge?
Germany in comparison has a tiny scene and only Leipzig and Köln are known to have a LPI-League.

Would really like to know!

Hey guys,

I’ve been playing Pauper for like 4 months now and got a decent amount of games in I think. Around 150 bo3-matches on MTGO plus a bunch of games at my local LGS. (I‘m generally not new to magic. Played quite a bit of Standard on arena before)

I tried quite a few decks so far. Mostly played White Heroic, Tron, Red Madness and Rakdos Madness.

Also tested stuff like Jund Wildfire and Caw Gates, Inside Out Combo etc. a bit just to see what fits me and to learn the metagame.

Now I’m trying Golgari Pestilence and… I suck at it.
Other decks came more natura to me, like tron or gates.

The funny thing is I actually love watching the deck. Watching good players pilot it is super satisfying. They grind the opponent down and it all looks so clean and kinda easy.

But when I play it, it’s the complete opposite. I lose basically every match and feel like I have zero control over what’s happening.
Sometime i go 1-2 but haven‘t won in 10 games.

I think part of the issue is that I’ve never really been a control player. I’m usually more the beatdown guy, playing proactive decks. Sitting back, reacting, planning ahead, managing life totals… doesn’t come natural to me at all.

Also I don’t really find good tutorials. There are a lot of gameplay videos but when you watch them, it looks simple -but when you try it yourself, it just doesn’t work.

So I could really use some help:

What are the most important basics with Golgari Pestilence?

What are typical mistakes beginners make?
How should I approach the early turns / gameplan?
Any players or content you’d recommend to learn it better?

I’d really like to get better with this deck because it looks super fun, but right now I’m just getting destroyed 😅
Thanks!