Hey, Heads up, Stand Firm , in the sideboard, is NOT Standard. I do not know if that matters when playing Pauper, but just incase, there ya go. :)

Interesting deck. Easily +1 because fun, and i want to see this 10$ deck be an awesome foil deck :)

Thanks for the heads up I was just taking cool suggestions and adding them to maybe board for anyone that wants to build the deck.

xTCBxNightmare Thanks for the vote -> So far I have all of the lands save one Guildgate in foil and a good number of the spells/creatures. Should be able to foil the entire deck pretty soon. Then onto tweaking and testing the Populate Slivers Standard Pauper that I am working on as my next one.

Hopeful Eidolon

dsheldo2 I had Hopeful Eidolon in the deck before but it just did not work so I replaced with Nyxborn Shieldmate

I play the non pauper version of this deck, lifelink can be huge when playing against pesky pauper elf decks or pauper delver decks.

This deck is Standard Pauper so delver and elf is not really a concern . Eidolon is a powerful card I have to agree and if I went non standard I would probably put it back in but in this decks current state it actually is no benefit over the nyxborn.

One day I might do a non pauper version, we'll see!

T1 hopeful eidolonT2 Double etheral armor swing 7. gain 7.

That has no benefit?

dsheldo2 Good point maybe I will put them back in and try it for a while with them. I have just never had that opportunity on a draw for that combo.

As nice as that is, an instant removal would pretty much guarantee a loss since losing 1 ethereal armor is bad enough for this deck, let alone 2. Plus you'd really only want to do that combo is you're on the play.

The other disadvantage is that the eidolon is an enchantment too, opens up a whole new world of removal.

Not saying it's a terrible idea, just that enchanting a skyguard is probably going to be more consistent. I guess that's been a running theme here, lots of good ideas, even more hard decisions. I'll put the Hopeful Eidolon in sideboard, could be good against certain match-ups.

Check out my Deck called Molon Labe. Its the same premise but its a mono white and is a spartan theme deck i think you'll enjoy it.

OK, I'm a noob, and I have a question. How does Pacifism on a blocker buff your attacker? Are you referring to the situation where the attacker has Ethereal Armor on it already?

Nice deck. I love fun decks that don't cost a ton. :-)

eHowitzer The Pacifism is an enchantment that you own so if one of your creatures has an ethereal armor on it then the pacifism is going to buff the armor.

Also you cannot have a blocker with pacifism on it once you enchant your opponents creature with it, the creature becomes a dead card on the battlefield for combat.

Love the deck a big +1 from me, maybe a Fencing Ace though? I suppose he isn't pauper

throw some Phalanx Leader in there, it would do work

@808shadow No can do Phalanx leader is an uncommon. This deck is pauper so ONLY commons.

@tiassa all these uncommons and rares that are being suggested has me seriously contemplating a non Pauper aggro hero deck in my near future.

This deck is absolutely incredible. I piloted it against several of my own standard decks (all of which cost much more than $9) and your deck came out on top against 2 out of 3 decks. Great work, +1!

This deck is sweet!! I too made a boros pauper, check it out if you'd like: Token Pauper is a Killa. It's a completely different playstyle but still really fun to play. +1 from me!

Love this deck +1 from me.

The only change I would make or at least try out would be swapping out 2 Hopeful Eidolon in place for 2 Daring Skyjek . The battalion trigger from Skyjek along side a double token trigger from Martial Glory on Akroan Crusader . He and his tokens can swing for a whopping 9 points of damage without spells backing them up. Hopeful Eidolon is decent board presence early game and it can act as a bomb with Ethereal Armor but its bestow cost is a little high to fit the curve. I don't think it should be a four of in this deck. IMO life gain should come second in a deck primarily maximizing damage output.

GorehoundABB Martial Glory is able to only trigger Akroan Crusader's effect once. However it may target two different creatures to trigger each creature once.

Tuanald Ah thanks for clarifying. The strat still works though even if the trigger goes off once for 8 damage. I dunno where I got 9 from.

I am gonna try to run this at FNM next week. I am trying to work out the sideboard kinks to meet my shops meta which is mostly, Red Green Monsters, Blue White Control the odd Mono color deck and homebrews. I'll still keep it pauper because its more interesting like that. Heres what I got so far.

4 Rootborn Defenses - to combat Supreme Verdict and Aggro

2 Guildscorn Ward - to shut down any multicolor spells. Also applies to creature abilities if they of multicolor origin. All for 1 White? Value.

2 Auramancer - To get back any enchantments we might have lost along the match.

2 Smite - for a cheap combat removal on my opponent's turn during the "declare blockers" stage. Gotta love it for 1 white. Only downside is that it doesn't take out Stormbreath Dragon . Still thinking of a viable strat around killing that thing.

3 Revoke Existence - Kills Gods, Detention Sphere , and Bestowed creatures.

That's 13 cards down. 2 to go.

I am at odds thinking of what to put for the two open slots.

The cards I am considering are Awe for the Guilds , Aerial Maneuver ,Riot Control and Celestial Flare . All for various reasons. Got any suggestions before I make the plunge?

GorehoundABB, since you have 2 slots open and you said that you need something against Stormbreath Dragon go with the Celestial Flare .

@Tuanald Actually this has been confirmed by a top level rules judge from MTG.

The Martial Glory will trigger the Akroan Heroic Twice as the card specifically states that it targets a creature with both effects.

You can target the same creature twice triggering heroic on the creature with both targets.

That makes it even more powerful of a spell in this deck.

GorehoundABB I can't wait to see your results at FNM with this deck. I will post your results in an update if you put them in a comment here.