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Maybe it's Maybelline
Pauper*
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Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Poison Counters.
DECK DESIGN: Maybe She's Infected, Maybe it's Maybelline
This is the Pauper deck I built that earned 1st Place at Chamber of Champions Pauper Tournament – Demicon – May 2013. The deck thrives on controlling an opponent via enchantments, while building up the usual infect creatures to destroy an opponent. Infect was a heavy meta-game at the tournament, mostly monogreen with instant pump spells meant to kill an opponent in the first 3 rounds. This deck defeated each of them 2-0. It also mopped the floor with mono-black control, white weenie, and mono-blue faeries.SYNERGY: Step 1: Animal Testing
In order to properly apply poison counters, you must have creatures. Our product has the finest selection of G/W beasties available, including Glistener Elf as your basic one drop, with Ichorclaw Myr, Lost Leonin, & Blight Mamba rounding out the creature curve. Look at those beautiful smiles!The staples of creature growth are Ethereal Armor which makes each enchantment in the deck into a pump spell while giving us first strike, when combined with infect is very difficult to deal with. Ancestral Mask is added for even more volume, and Armadillo Cloak tramples the competition. The key interaction is everything in the deck helps to fuel the size of your infected attackers to close out the deal.
Bat your eyes at the opponent and Journey to Nowhere their blockers away, also feeding the Ancestral Mask and Ethereal Armor pump spells. Curse of Chains is slightly less versatile, but does a fine job of locking out annoying creatures. Finally Cho-Manno's Blessing can protect your investment with protection from a color of your choice.
SIDEBOARD: Step 2: Volume
The most frightening area of all, is the weaknesses this deck has and how we can combat them. The primary fear is Tranquility, Calming Verse, Echoing Calm and the like. Hidden Spider is a great drop vs. delver and Priests of Norn are a bigger body if we need to play more defensive.Special Note: Rancor our LGS has a house rule banning cards that were printed as uncommmons later in their life. Rancor can be an absolute powerhouse in this deck, and could be swapped out with almost any other pump enchants.
BUDGET: Step 3: Commitment
I build every deck under a $100 budget, to be affordable for most casual players. While this removes many of the higher priced and sought after cards from my potential pool, it also forces me to be creative and look into a wider scope of cards. Occasionally I have a deck that exceeds this amount, either due to price inflation over time, or getting a few lucky pulls in packs that I opted to keep, and in those rare cases, I will attempt to annotate replacement options that would bring the deck back in line with this budget.
FEEDBACK:
Maybe It’s Maybelline has definitely proved it’s merit in the pauper environment, and I have yet to find a deck that consistently gives it problems. The sideboard could always use some adjusting, but overall the deck is quite sound and should prove to be very consistent and powerful.Please click the +1 Upvote button if you enjoyed the deck! All comments and recommendations are appreciated, Thanks!
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| Date added | 11 years |
| Last updated | 2 years |
| Legality | This deck is Pauper legal. |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 1.95 |
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