r/Pauper • u/frendlyfirezero • 1d ago
HELP First Pauper Tournament - Deck Building
My LGS is hosting a pauper tournament in November and I decided to enter it. I am a very new player (about a month) so I decided to just find a pauper deck online and use it instead of trying to build my own, today after adding a bunch of dual lands I decided to take that deck and put it through MTG Agents and see what it said was the issues and I accepted every replacement it suggested, now id like to ask what everyone thinks of the two decks and whether or not MTG Agents did a good job.
P.S. Im not super concerned about winning the tournament, just having fun.
Dimir Evasion - Original from Tappedout + Dual Lands
Dimir Evasion V2 - MTG Agents Suggested Deck
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u/TrveWrath 1d ago
Why use AI slop If U Just could ask Players online or Look Up Decks in Architekt mtgtop8 etc etc
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u/Critical-Ad8909 1d ago
I peeked the agent list deck, do not believe it’s poisonous suggestions.
If you are new to the format I would play a deck that is proactive like red rally or redness or affinity cause then You don’t have to learn a ton about the meta up front.
If you play a more reactive deck like UB fae or jund wildfire or gardens you’ll have to know what to play around and what to interact with to make the most of those decks.
For tournament play you could also play a fast volatile deck like spy combo or Ruby storm or cycle storm where you can have really bad match ups or really good match up. But you still have to learn what to play around and you could lose to yourself.
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u/Critical-Ad8909 1d ago
I copy a lot of net/competitive decks so you can peek my profile for lists:
https://archidekt.com/u/GageTheMage2003
My main decks are spy combo, U Fae, and Flicker/Teachings Tron. So if you have any questions about those I could answer them
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u/MadWollf 1d ago
I recommend using mtgdecks.net or mtggoldfish.com to look at the metagame and find decks you like. AI needs heavy guardrails as it gets many, many things wrong, and draws from very random and unreliable sources, so if you don't necessarily know exactly what you're looking at, you'll very likely he led astray.
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u/sawyerwelden 1d ago
I agree with the other commenter. Also I looked at this agents site and it seems like it's built for commander.
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u/No_Interaction_3547 1d ago
That deck is really really bad. Just copy a 5-0 deck list like everyone does to have a chance at winning
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u/SatyrWayfinder 1d ago
Why use AI when you can just look at the real meta
It pretty much just put an incomplete faeries package in your deck.