For a long time I only had one (90%) netdeck, for Pauper, which was my first competitive deck. After making that, I did what Magic is all about to me, I brew some decks. I never planned on owning another non-brew Pauper deck until I saw this one. This deck uses cards from some of my favorite blocks: Lorwyn and Ravnica. The creatures in it are cute, weird, unique and fun to play. The mechanic, which is a mixture of aggro, voltron and extort is also unique and fun.
So this became my second and last deck which isn't my own brew. While it's competitive, I don't think this was ever a top tier deck, but I won games with it, even had top3 spots once or twice. It feels so good to drive this unique deck to victory.
It can win in multiple ways. It's aggro, so plan A is to kill the opponent fast with a turn 2 4/4 or 7/7 lifelinker, or a turn 3 4/4 or 7/7 flier. Lot depends on your draw and on your opponent's deck in deciding what order you play your threats in. The other, more grindy wincon is the extort. For one extra mana, this makes every spell you play drain your opponent for 1 which can slowly kill them, while they have a hard time killing you because of the life you gained in the early game and keep gaining later on. The main removal is Unmake which is a really cool card in itself that can deal with threats other removals can't.
This isn't a 100% netdeck, I didn't just copy the whole thing from somewhere, I still had to update the land base, the supporting cards, the sideboard and decide how many to play from a card. After some testing this became the final form of the deck. One 2of card that was in it for a long time but was cut was Pillory of the Sleepless, which sadly didn't age well and in 2024 I cut it for Recommission which is a great card for this deck.
Mimics are cute and fun (even though they look and are described like a menace) but out of the five only this one has a competitive deck built around; at least to my knowledge. This one has the best bonus, the best aura, the best creatures in it's company and the best 2nd mechanic to support it.
