SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge
Deck Challenges
zandl
4 April 2016
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4 April 2016
3914 views
SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge
Your quickest path to eternal TappedOut glory!
The benevolent zandl has come to find a decline in community bonding in recent months. Not only has he witnessed many heated arguments and flame wars, but he has seen a general mopiness overtake the site.
This has greatly dismayed the zandl.
Therefore, the zandl doth proclaim the following:
The SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge
is now open for submissions!
Therefore, the zandl doth proclaim the following:
The SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge
is now open for submissions!
The grizzled ancients among you may remember the deck-challenge series known as the “Standard Pauper Challenge” run in years past. While community involvement was always positive and the number of submissions surpassed 80 decks each time, many of you were left with narrow deck choices or may have felt pigeonholed in certain strategies/colors. Alas, your grievances have been received loud and clear. The idea to take the "Pauper" out of "Standard Pauper Challenge" was an enticing one to Ponder and, the more it sat on my mind, I decided to move forward with a no-rare challenge instead. The allure of maintaining a unique set of deck requirements and limitations while adding a fat satchel of spice to the mix was certainly the main inspiration for this new brand of challenge.
What you will need to do:
- 1. Choose your colors!
Once your deck has a fancy, color-and-poverty-reflecting name, head on over to my submission page, SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge Submissions, and leave a link to your deck in a comment.
UPDATE
I have received 55 deck submissions in just 24 hours, which is great, but I want to ensure that people who may not login everyday have a chance to both see the article and participate. Due to the overwhelming participation and unprecedented level of interest in this challenge, I am hereby expanding the number of submitted decks allowed to 128. The main article will be updated to reflect this. The same deadline of Sunday, April 10 @ 11:59 PM PDT is still in effect. 128 is the set number and won't be increased any higher (or I may die before finishing the challenge). Prize pool remains the same at the current time, though I will confer with the big man himself, yeaGO, about seeing what our options are in that department. As always, I'll keep you all updated.
As soon as you add your deck to the submission page, I will take the list as it appears (so any updating after you submit is at your own risk, mind you). If it fits the criteria for the challenge, I will confirm with you that your deck has been received. Once the first 128 legal decks are checked and logged, I will post an introductory article listing some statistics and the pairings.
Deck-building rules:
Please review the following rules and guidelines prior to building your deck. By the submission deadline (or the deck quota is met), if your deck doesn’t meet these requirements and limitations, you’ll just have to wait until October for the next challenge.
- 1. You can only use Standard cards!
- You may only use cards from the following sets:
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Magic Origins
- Battle for Zendikar
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Shadows over Innistrad
One quick tip I can never seem to stress enough is that you should make sure you don’t forget about the older sets. More people tend to focus on the newest cards, but you’ll have no trouble finding some sweet gems and strategies capable of winning it all back in Dragons and Origins.
What I will do:
- 1. Assemble your deck on Cockatrice!
Matches between decks will be based off the bracket and will be in a best-two-out-of-three format, much like your average FNM. These will be single-elimination rounds, narrowing down the decks until only one remains. For the sake of both simplicity and time, these decks will NOT be played in a Swiss format.
At the end of each round, I will post a follow-up article with game highlights and information on how each deck did, as well as the pairings for the next set of matches. And simply because I’m a nice-ish guy, I’ll make it amusing to read.
What you could WIN:
As with past Pauper challenges, prizes will be doled out in the form of Feature Tokens credited to your account! When you click "Feature" on one of your deck’s pages, it uses up a Feature Token (assuming you have one) and the deck becomes part of the "Featured Decks" tab on the homepage for 24 hours. This is a great way to get a ton of feedback on a deck or simply show any visitor to the site what you’ve been working on.
Prize support is as follows:
- 1st: 5 Feature Tokens
- 2nd: 4 Feature Tokens
- 3rd-4th: 3 Feature Tokens
- 5th-8th: 2 Feature Tokens
- 9th-16th: 1 Feature Token
zandl
HairyManBack says... #5
Awesome invitation! Is Cockatrice complicated? I don't have it downloaded or have any word on it's functions.
April 4, 2016 9:21 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #6
You're the best zandl. I never participate but used to love reading the pauper ones. Wouldn't be surprised if that old Boros deck would beat the ones submitted this time
April 5, 2016 12:01 a.m.
Pauper Boros Enchantments from RTR-THS Standard was so busted. haha
Who knew Hopeful Eidolon + Furor of the Bitten + Ethereal Armor would wind up being pretty strong after all?
You might as well make a deck and put it up to the challenge.
April 5, 2016 12:24 a.m.
Subscribing to this, will make a deck soon. Really, 5 days only to build?
April 5, 2016 4:09 a.m.
6.5, really. I posted this Monday afternoon, my time. And I personally don't even see 5 days as a short amount of time to put something together. I've already racked up about 18 decks.
April 5, 2016 4:20 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #11
Fine, you talked me into it. Quick question, are we including stuff from the Welcome Decks? They're technically standard, but aren't in booster packs. Just in case someone wants to play a Walking Corpse or something.
April 5, 2016 4:30 a.m. Edited.
I love how many people can't read the instructions.
Also zandl, in case you're interested, I believe the format for commons and uncommons is called peasant? But I'm not 100% sure.
April 5, 2016 4:31 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #13
Pretty sure this was made to bring and end to the flame wars ChiefBell. Incendiary comments like that do the opposite
April 5, 2016 4:38 a.m.
Peasant is technically 5 uncommons and the rest must be commons. Silverback (or silverblack) I believe is the official terminology.
April 5, 2016 4:38 a.m.
@Unforgivn_II: Nope. If it doesn't come out of one of the listed sets, it ain't got no place.
@ChiefBell: Right? Also, I looked into it awhile ago when I first had the idea, but true "Peasant" allows up to 5 uncommons maximum. So I just kinda made this up.
April 5, 2016 4:38 a.m.
SupremeAlliesCommander says... #18
Old-timer reporting back in. Sadly, I've been out of the game for too long to do anything intelligent with the standard sets. Just want to toss some support at zandl.
April 5, 2016 8:37 a.m.
This looks fun. I'm in.
Are you able to adjust your deck once it's been submitted?
I think you've given us plenty of time to build a deck. It usually only takes a day or two. Less if you have the experience.
April 5, 2016 9:58 a.m. Edited.
Oh hey, I remember when I jammed a bunch of Nivix Cyclops into a final round robin and then got rekt by lifelink. I'll probably do something with this.
April 5, 2016 12:07 p.m.
mr_jacobo02 says... #21
I will use my deck Thanks for your life for the competition. It will be fun :).
April 5, 2016 12:11 p.m.
@xcn: Bruh that Nivix Cyclops deck was sweet. But Hopeful Eidolon and Ethereal Armor somehow wound up being good. Who knew?
April 5, 2016 1:52 p.m.
Yeah, dude. Hopeful Eidolon on turn-1 was great if you could pump it, but Bestowing it on something bigger usually made the game a runaway.
April 5, 2016 2:52 p.m.
iBleedPunk says... #27
So zandl, are the deck submissions all so far loaded into Cockatrice or is there still time to tweak my deck? I was the 3rd submission and am curious
April 6, 2016 12:45 a.m.
TheRedMage says... #28
I think I am the first person to find the hidden text :P
April 6, 2016 5:57 p.m.
so i want to know am i playing or are you simulating the deck. i might of read the thread wrong and where am i submitting to exactly and if you can, can you link it for me? also unlimited amount of uncommons as long as its a 60 card deck?
April 6, 2016 7:59 p.m.
In section three, follow the blue link that reads: SOI Standard Poor-Man Challenge Submissions and post your deck where the link takes you. You can play 60 uncommons if you like, but no rare or mythics.
April 7, 2016 10:17 a.m.
Oshi_with_an_O says... #32
While you piloting both decks would make it easier to do the challenge, which I agree with. But in some situations you controlling both players could mess up the game potentially. Such as playing around a counterspell you know the other deck has in hand.
Have you considered doing the challenge with a friend to control the other deck?
April 9, 2016 3:57 a.m.
By being rational about play decisions (such as not playing around a counterspell since it's "unknown"), I think the results tend to speak for themselves. I'd be more concerned with two different people playing the challenge decks together as skill and intuition can change from game to game. At least if it's just me, it's consistent and even on both sides of the table.
Like I said, though, this is certainly not my first rodeo with a deck challenge such as this, nor is it my first time playing Magic against myself. I also pride myself on being a very logical and steady player, as anyone who has played with me or listened to my thought processes in my streams would attest to.
Finally, on a digital platform, I have the ability to quickly "reset" a board position if I discovered that something should have played out differently a turn prior.
April 9, 2016 4:17 a.m. Edited.
April 9, 2016 8:59 p.m.
well, I messed that link up.... accidentally linked you to your own page... THIS is the correct link:Discard abuse
April 9, 2016 9:01 p.m.
Where will you be posting the results? I'm interested to see which kind of decks will do well.
April 10, 2016 7:54 a.m.
My deck is mostly SOI but only because the lord I needed to go into Origins is a rare.
April 11, 2016 12:14 a.m.
Tyrannosary says... #39
Aw crap, right when I finally see you're doing this again the submission date has already expired ;( anyways I'm glad your doing this and good luck to anyone that's doing this!
April 11, 2016 7:57 a.m.
Submissions closed! 109 decks accepted! Unless you've received a message from me on your list or profile up to now, assume your deck has been added. Look for the next article outlining the pairings and few other goodies at some point tomorrow.
April 11, 2016 3:05 p.m.
Can't wait :) This sounds like so much fun. I hope my deck makes it past round one.
canterlotguardian says... #1
This looks neato. I'll give it a whirl.
April 4, 2016 8:36 p.m.