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Pauper Angler Pox

This archetype has been around for quite a while, and got some results with goblin toolbox builds, using Goblin Matron as tutor.

This builds cuts that toolbox, going for a more disruptive/destructive suite, trying to take advantage of our tokens and cantrip artifacts as sac outlets, and Borderposts to replace our lands and break the symmetry of cards like Akki Blizzard-Herder and Tremble for lands, and Innocent Blood, Spark Harvest and Crack the Earth for other permanents. I didn't pack Raze though, because it's always a 2 for 1, and we do need a land to sac to cast it.

So basically you destroy some stuff during the first turns, hope that some of your stuff survives until you bring Gurmag Angler which normally seals the deal. Graveyard hate is kinda a problem, because without angler we don't have much board presence, or a steady clock, so games 2/3 you should bring some artifact hate, or Duress.

I'm considering stuff like Keldon Halberdier, Guardian Idol, Curse of the Pierced Heart, Burning-Tree Emissary, Kjeldoran Dead, Sanitarium Skeleton, amongst others, as sometimes I feel the deck lacks board pressure to close the games when you don't find Angler, or your Graveyard gets exiled.

Card advantage comes from Costly Plunder, and cantripping artifacts.

Feel free to give me your opinion, suggestions are always encouraged.

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I've added a couple Myr Enforcers which seem to work well with borderposts and the other artifacts. Apparently this can get enough affinity to cast him mid to late game, which is great news as we won't rely so much on delving our graveyard to bring angler, and we have some more finishers on the deck.

I've cut Burning-Tree Emissary and a Costly Plunder for them, also I'm testing 1x Terrarion for 1xIchor Wellspring to improve the consistency of our starts.

Also Goblin Grenade seemed overall more useful than Innocent Blood, but I understand we'd rather have the latter in some Matchups like Bogles, Heroic, and others, so I cut Terminate from the SB, to have all 4 in the 75's.

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Casual

95% Competitive

Date added 4 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Pauper legal.

Cards 61
Avg. CMC 2.30
Tokens Goblin 1/1 R, Goblin Rogue 1/1 B
Folders Nice
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