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“M” Core Set All-Stars League
With its release on magic online a few weeks ago and IRL prereleases 2 weeks before that, M15 has turned out to be a pretty fun set to play. I had a blast playing Team Sealed at #GPPortland last weekend and now it’s time for the new set make its impact on a new league!
After the success of the Multicolor Mayhem League hosted by Gwyned, I wanted to create a similar (awesome) format. You know, a completely free league with a completely unexplored pauper format that will (hopefully) be incredibly fun to play.
I have already brewed a bunch of lists which I will share in this article to give you all a launch pad to brew on your own.
The format will include 6 Core Sets: M10 through M15
Cards in each set
M10 – 229
M11 – 229
M12 – 229
M13 – 229
M14 – 229
M15 – 264 (random cards not in booster packs added to the pool for constructed formats)
That is the whole set numbers, not just the commons. Small sets have ~150 cards, so with 6 large sets you better believe there will be a plethora of options.
Multicolor Mayhem was 2 blocks, which is was 3 large sets (RTR, GTC, ALA) and 3 small sets (DRG, CFX, ARB). The card pools between these leagues are comparable, where the “M” Core Set All-Star League should have more total cards, but many of the cards in these core sets were reprinted in a later core set, so even though there are more overall cards in the entire pool, many of them have shown up in a previous “M” set.
Enough chit chat. Let’s see what this format is capable of producing. Here are my top 10 brews, in no particular order.
1) UR TempoBurn
2) UB Control
3) RW Aggro Auras
4) Mono White Aggro
5) Mono Red Aggro
6) Mono Blue Tempo
7) Mono Black Discard
8) GU 187
9) Dimir Mill
10) Bw Aura Control
As you can see, the variety in this format is refreshing. And the best part is, no one knows what decks are actually good, let alone how the match-ups play out.
I hope people brew some decks and practice some games (with me) in the next 2 weeks. The deadline for deck submission will be Wednesday AUG 27rd PST at MIDNIGHT (24:00). Go to pdcmagic.com and registration is NOW OPEN. JOIN UP AND LET YOUR BREW BREATH!
From there I will run it exactly like Gwyned ran the Multicolor Mayhem League – all through Gatherling. Check your pairings, report your results, and check the standings all in one simple location. No changing your decklist once it is submitted. It doesn’t take much skill to create a reactionary deck based on what every other player has brought to the table. I like to think of the league as a single tournament on a week delay. Without the delay it would be considered a regular tournament, and you only ever get one decklist in those. When we all have to make decisions without knowing the actual metagame it allows those with the best prep and theoretical knowledge of the format to do well. I think that deserves to be rewarded.
Oh, and I’m sure I’m missing a sweet 5-color brew in my lists. Don’t worry, that’s what I’ll be working on in the near future so hopefully by the time the league starts I’ll have a sweet one ready.
Thanks and please retweet and tell your standard pauper and pauper playing friends about this. It’s free to enter and has straight money (tickets) as prize support (20 tickets in the prize pool). Pure gravy-train value. Drip, drip, dripping with all dat value!
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Awesome! Count me in!
Hey now… trying to register deck through Gatherling and it just keeps freezing when I try to submit
HALP!
I’ll have the programmer take a look at it and get back to you. Stay tuned! Thanks
Got my brew done. A hopefully nice controlling build in my favorite colors (now to be called Sultai?). I’m still not sure about some cards choices so I need to test. C’mon guys, let’s test! 🙂
Sounds awesome! I’ll be down to test for sure. I have 15+ decks made now – no idea how to choose what to play ha
Is registration up for this? I’m not seeing it on the pdc site.
Yes it is up. Under ‘Upcoming Events’ on the right side of the main page. That link takes you here.
In order to reg though you need to sign into Gatherling (make an account if you don’t have one using your MTGO screen name) and then register under the ‘Player CP (control panel) tab.
Lmk if that works – thanks.
Myself and Gwyned have registered successfully. Jamuraa, the leader of pdcmagic.com and all things programming, has declared the bugs to be fixed. M-Core Set All-Stars (all of you) – please go register now and let me know if it works. You can edit your deck until the deadline on Wednesday AUG 27rd PST at MIDNIGHT. I just want to make sure people can reg. Thanks.
SUPER excited about this. I have been playing SP for a while but didn’t realize there was a clan and leagues going on, you’re forcing me to join both! 🙂 DIdn’t know where else to ask, but how do you join a clan on MTGO (Standard Pauper specifically)? Also when deck building on gatherling, none of the M15 cards seem to register, nor does aether adept (Can’t seem to play anything non-Izzet these days, just love burn and bounce spells).
The clan you want to join in called “Standard Pauper Players.” Go to Account –> Buddies/Clan/Chat tab on the left and you should be able to search for it and send a request to join. If you have any problems add Gywned (clan leader) as a buddy – he should be able to help you out.
Some of the new cards don’t register because they don’t get added to the pdc site quickly enough. Don’t worry about it – just go in and edit your decklist so you list how many of each card somewhere.
Thanks 😀
Hi. Cards have to be commons in those Core Sets or can we use cards that have been commons in other sets?. I mean like Rancor.
Ya if it uncommon in core set then it is illegal. Oblivion Ring, Rancor, and Stab Wound, etc are illegal. Thanks.
How do we schedule a match if our opponent isn’t logged in at the same time?
Ya the fact that you can’t leave messages for buddies when they are offline is a problem. I’m starting an email database. Email me with instructions below – thanks!
http://forums.pdcmagic.com/viewtopic.php?p=77033#77033