| JM. | "Who are you when you're not playing Pauper and where are you from?" |
| IG. | "My name is Jochen and I am living in Mannheim, Germany with my girlfriend and my two cats. In real live I work in
the hospital as a theatre nurse (hope it's the right word)" |
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| JM. | "What are your reasons
for joining Common Sense clan?" |
| IG. | "To be honest, I can't remember how I discovered the clan or if
someone invited me. I like to have some nice people around when I'm online, and I enjoy the clan league and the commonsense forum" |
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| JM. | "What made you choose to play pauper?" |
| IG. | "I
began to play pauper after I got sick about playing against those high nosed 200$ - Decks - Idiots. Pauper is cheap, better balanced and creatures are more
important than in other formats. At the beginning I thought it won't be that interesting, but now I really must say that it's not that simple and
unassuming!" |
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| JM. | "What do you think about the league? Do you think it's varied enough?
Is anything missing?" |
| IG. | "I like the variety and the structure we are using but it's hard to find
players sometimes and specific league formats don't have many fans it seems. But altogether I like how the league is, the length of them are ideal to me and
I also like the matches to be comfortable (you dont need to get online more often if you joined a league)" |
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| JM. | "What is your favorite league format?" |
| IG. | "100
Card singleton by now, so many unique matches I played, it's just fun ;)" |
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| JM. | "You
often win the rounds you enter, why don't you enter more rounds?" |
| IG. | "ehh.. cut that question
;)" |
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| JM. | "What is your favorite Pauper card?" |
| IG. | "Cuombajj
Witches, I discovered her by finding cards for the tribal league for my mono black humans, unusual ability and funny artwork I think" |
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| JM. | "Any advice for players who are struggling in the league?" |
| IG. | "Never give up, play mtg for having fun and not to win. Or something like that, I am struggling in finding the right
english words ;)" |
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| JM. | "You came second in the Alara block round. What deck(s) did you
use?" |
| IG. | "I started with Naya and thought I had enough against that awful Esper flyers. Sigh. I realised
that won't work, would have been cool to get that far without Esper :I" |
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| JM. | "Would you
rather play a tried and tested deck or go rogue?" |
| IG. | "When I build a deck I first go through my
collection or magiccards.info to create a deck, after that I try some matches and then I look through the net for other players to see how they realised
their ideas. To answer your question directly: I think I keep the golden mean [ed, Wikipedia defines the Golden Mean in philosophy as "the
felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency"." |
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| JM. | "Are you playing in the Creature Feature round? What sort of decks are you expecting to
battle?" |
| IG. | "I'm not yet sure if I will enter, maybe I don't have much time next weeks, didn't build a
deck yet but if i would use black: Cuombajj Witches, yay!" |
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| JM. | "Thank you for your
time, any final words?" |
| IG. | "I like the idea to interview clan members, hope there will be some more
;)" |
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| I hope you have enjoyed this feature. I certainly think I have learned something of the
character of an exemplary clan member. If you think this was interesting, and like the idea of learning a bit more about your colleagues then please post
your comments below, and next time you are online on mtgo then take a few moments to talk to the people you see in the clan chat room.
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I can't remember who suggested this format to give them their credit, but it seems to be a popular idea (more popular than Alara block anyway
:o). From the basic suggestion that we play with creatures and lands only we have fleshed this out into what we now know as Creature Feature.
The rules
are very simple. Using the classic pauper card pool you can play only creature and land cards in your deck. Additionally you may only stock twelve (12)
copies of any creature type between the deck and sideboard (e.g. no more than 12 cards with the creature type Human). If you are wondering why this is
necessary then you obviously haven't been exposed to the horror of Tribal Wars format with Slivers and Elves allowed.
In Common Sense league rounds you
are allowed to play 20 matches overall, and you may play each contestant at most twice. You can change your deck between rounds. You can play different decks
each match if you want to. We don't ask you to publish your deck lists, we do expect you to follow the deck building rules, and all matches must be
viewable.
There is no established metagame for Creature Feature, so you may be wondering how to approach deck building. With only creatures to choose from
you might expect stalled battlefields, so the first thing you will look for is creatures that have evasion. There's a lot to choose from.
Flying
creatures are always popular, then there is
Shadow. There are
unblockable creatures, and ones with
landwalk or
protection, and
then there is the ability from the portal magic sets,
horsemanship. Another way to bypass combat damage would be to find ways to do direct damage from
'pingers' like the afformentioned Cuombajj Witches, or
'drainers' like the Parasitic Strix.
Opportunities for wrath effects are slim,
however you need to plan around the omnipresent Crypt Rats. Our old friend Guardian of the Guildpact is sure to make an appearance, as are ways to recur
creatures from your graveyard.
During the playtesting to date we have seen the concept of 12 card
'units' being developed. By assembling units of
cards with some internal synergy you simplify the process of deckbuilding. For instance you could combine a unit of
Allies with a unit of
Slivers in a blue and white deck to form a strong base for an aggro deck. Finish off with Mulldrifter and Veteran Armorer.
Another useful concept
is recursion. I already mentioned the inclusion of stuff like Gravedigger to reuse the graveyard, and you can also abuse 'Come into the Battlefield'
abilities by including units of 'gating' creatures like Whitemane Lion and Kor Skyfisher, the latter of which works really well with the 'spell lands' such
as Kabira Crossroads.
I hope that has opened yor eyes to the potential of this format, and I look forward to battling some of you over the next 5
weeks.
JM
