The Prince of Pauper: Possible or Pipe-Dream?

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ChiefBell

4 August 2016

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Hello everyone!

First of all I would just like to very quickly apologise for not putting out as much content as I usually do. The reasons for this have been moving house and getting things ready in order to go back to university in a few weeks time. Both of these activities have sucked up my free time meaning that I have not been able to write as much as I would have hoped. However things appear to be clearing up again so I am confident that I can start producing a few features.

So today I wanted to pitch "The Prince of Pauper", which is something I have been giving serious thought to. Essentially the challenge is to collect one of every common in magic.

The rules are fairly simple:

• The card has to be legal in Vintage (that includes restricted)
• The card has to have been a common at its lowest rarity
• I will obtain one copy of that card (probably the least expensive version - no I am not paying $150 for a Lightning Bolt!)
• The card must be English
• The card must be in at least excellent (slightly played) condition

As I collect the cards I will produce content about my voyage. How much the cards cost, any ideas I've had for decks sparked by the cards, any interesting artworks, stories about how the cards have been used in the past, and other articles and/or videos that you, the readers, would find interesting.

Now, obviously this is a new idea and quite the commitment so I need to gauge interest first. I must stress at this point: I am going back to university and will therefore be a student. My purchasing power is not huge. If I were to embark on this journey donations would be greatly appreciated. Whilst the majority of the cards should be fine there will be some that may be problematic such as Three Visits (check that price!). Of course anything I receive, whether cards or money or anything else, will be paid back in huge thanks, personalised content, and credits in articles.

So, readers, what do you think? I have two strawpolls for you.

The first is simply: would you be interested in this challenge? Poll here

The second is: if I were to do the challenge what kind of content would you be interested in? Poll here (this one allows you to select multiple choices!)

...And it's as simple as that really. If there's sufficient interest I'll go ahead and produce the content that you ask me for, and if not, I won't!

If you are interested in the challenge, here's the first conundrum, with a brain teaser!

Various sources disagree on how many commons there are.

The MTGFamiliar app places it as: 5867 for Vintage, and 5864 for Legacy. Brain teaser - which 3 commons are legal in Vintage but banned in Legacy? Answers in the comments please!

Whereas Gatherer places it as: 5963 for Vintage, and 5965 for Legacy. I have no idea why Gatherer is saying there are more commons in Legacy than Vintage? Can anyone help me with this? Vintage should have 3 more cards legal than Legacy, not 2 less!