For what it's worth your videos and channel are solely responsible for getting me into pauper and now 4 decks later I'm hooked. Even have local store that offers pauper fnm's so thank you for the content and I look first to the time when you're able to do more pauper coverage
Walls combo absolutely wrecks face btw. Haven't list yet in 2 fnm's people seem to have no idea how to play against it but TK be fair if I was on the other side of it I don't think I'd know how to either
Walls Combo has always been a fantastic deck. There's an entire discord dedicated just to it. The Golgari Reanimator is defitnaly my favorite of those 3 though!
Editing and jokes were solid here, would definitely watch videos in this format about anything mtg related. Video essays, news, whatever. Anyways, glad to see you upload and wish you luck!
I wondered what you've been up to on no less than three distinct occasions during this week alone. Thanks for checking in, hope everything works out favorably for you and your wife.
Lol you conjured and manifested the video then! Thanks for the spiritual motivation you sent me to get going again! Haha Thank you for being around! 💛 I appreciate it. Hope you enjoy the future content!
playing Paper MTG online via Spelltable is a great option, not only for commander, also for 1:1. Gameplay is easy recordable with minimal setup. try it, even when not used or content its a chance to play
This is true! Spell table is...kinda fun. I don't really like Webcam gameplay, but once again, I can't record in that space because my computer is in the middle of a living space. So I can't even record that if I wanted to
I'm glad you're doing well! This was one of the first channels I found when I got into paper Magic less than a year ago and I even have some of the decks you've shown on the channel as my LGS has some Pauper players. Regardless of if the channel is focusing on that or not I'll still definitely be watching what comes next!
man I understand your issue. I've been getting my pauper decks (I'm 5 outta 8 of em) And I moved from my childhood city, because of that I don't have anyone to play with, cuz all my friends stayed there. I still get my decks cuz I love em and all, but for a while I had no one to play with. I've been finding people only now, one year later after, and is still hard to call people to play with. but no worries man, you do your content as you wish, no judging and only the best for ya!
Very inspiring video my dude, I recently started this channel and am trying to find how I fit in it all. Pauper is such a great format... alongside Premodern. Looking forward to more videos 🧙♂️
Good to hear from you. I found your channel while I was prepping for a Pauper tournament and I wanted to see what was in the format. Glad you are doing (relatively) well, and honestly, if this is you working with restrictions on recording options, I am looking forward to when those restrictions are lifted. I know space is tight and you want to do stuff in paper, but have you considered Spelltable? I also follow the Pauper EDH scene, and their playerbase is almost entirely online. People get games going all the time, tournaments too, almost entirely on Spelltable. When there is an event big enough to get people together, they come out to represent their format, but the rest of the time it's all online. I am sure similar communities exist for 60-card, and it could let you still do stuff in paper, use those decks, and still make the content you want. Just a thought. You are very entertaining and I wish you the best of luck. Looking forward to what you make next.
Thank you for the love and support brother 🙏 💛 I have considered spell table but unfortunately that doesn't change my ability to record in the upstairs family room area for the decks anyway. I'll do unboxing deck techs again at some point!
Just got your channel recommended and I'm excited to watch your videos as I really like pauper, if anything the only content I can think for you to do (as idk your usual content) is making pauper edh decks and putting them up against non pauper decks, if any of those game stores allow you to do that, I think it could be fun, but for the moment I'll just enjoy the videos you've already released :)
Love your content man! I’m primarily a commander player but I built three pauper decks thanks to you last year! No one seems to play pauper in my area at stores either but I’ll get a few games in with friends and fam at the house.
That's awesome! What did you end up building? I'm sorry you got no one to play with. Just keep spreading the word about Pauper! And thank you for the love and support 💛
@@paperpauperplayer Mono Red Burn, Orzhov Ephemerate, and Simic Turbo Fog 🙌 Absolutely. Also side note, my wife and I had to stay with my mom for a few months last year but now we’ve got our own place and we’re in a much better spot because of it. Sometimes taking a step back to take 3 steps forward is the right call for overall happiness 🤜🤛
Just joined the channel. I love pauper so much and I play a little budget commander so this is honestly the perfect channel. I didn't even think that I could have the title as a pauper. Honestly kinda the most backwardly awesome title I can have hehe.
I'd be down! I gotta find some time though. I don't really have time to even play video games at the moment because of life stuff, especially since I've now thrown editing back into the mix haha
So yeah, this is my first time seeing your content and I can honestly say I’m hooked and I looked forward to the pauper and commander content all together. Sub’ed
You can play with our playgroup and we can do it online. We have a copy of all the meta decks in pauper. We also have a good camera and a table setup. We love your videos about deck unboxing and we will be waiting for more.
Consider playing Pauper on spell table. I get on there every now and again. You can play with paper cards and not have to worry about finding local people.
This is true! I have played on spell table, but unfortunately it doesn't address the concern of my computer being in a public space where I can't record 😕
Have you tried talking to the owners of these LGSes to see if they could host some Pauper events? If you have a collection of decks, I would bring them and loan them to other players to play in events or play casually. What I did with my collection of decks is that on the box I keep the deck in, I made a label in the style of a Magic card, with the art being a QR code that goes to the deck list, and the rules text being a description on how to play the deck.
Okay I'm glad you asked this! In the original recording in the video I did go over that I did do this! And I forgot to mention it in the second recording. I went to all fhe LGSs and offered my decks for them to use to host a tournament and 3 never bothered with it, and 1 wasn't able to get the crowd in. Unfortunately. But I did try this!
Unfortunately I feel the same exact way. I absolutely love pauper! However the two stores near me have no one that plays :( I did get my friends to build pauper commander decks, so now I'm super excited to play with them! We play on spell table because of our jobs.
@@paperpauperplayer I have a Bants Aura deck built around Discipled Duelist! Very fun and shreds life quickly if left unchecked. I'm also building a Bruenor Battlehammer equipment deck as well. I have a few other lists/piles of cards I've started, but like you mentioned... What's the point of putting money into a hobby that you can't participate in. I've got 4 regular pauper decks built that I've only played once and tons of fun lists I wanna build. Have you thought of making/looking for a pauper community online? Perhaps a discord. Obviously spelltable isn't perfect, but you could at least get some games in that way! Maybe you could get a port able set up for your current living situation
Those sound so sick! I'm actually in 3 different pretty huge Pauper discords. Playing on Spell Table isn't an issue but I still can't record the unboxing videos lol
Was gonna say you could always do Pauper commander content. I just found out that exists and the decks are much cheaper and the meta is fun to explore. I just scrapped together a Ruin Crab mono blue deck from my bulk and I'll probably dig through my Tcg store for the rest that I'm missing spending 20-30 bucks at most. I'm still interested in 1v1 pauper and pauper formats as a whole. But obviously its a tough place out there so do what you need.
The quality of your videos is top notch, superb writing, creative cinematic ideas. A shame if you could not go on with it! Way to underrated, you should be making money of the channel not losing time and money! ❤❤❤ some store or wotc should sponsor you!
Brother thank you so much for this. Genuinely 🥺🙏 this is the shit that puzhsa me to keep going. I'd happily advertise a store if they wanted to sponsor me! Considering how much I use Card Market maybe that'll be my target 😆. Also, I do technically make money from videos now! I hit the benchmarks for UA-cam Partner when I made the Mogis video! So now all I gotta do is release some bangers! Thank you again for the love, brother 💛
Ouch 😒 yeah it sucks that Wizards doesn't do just a little bit more to encourage the format... Pauper challenger decks would be a God send to getting people into the format!
Thank you for the update. I totally feel about pauper and no interest. You have to do what makes the most sense for your situation. We will still love your energy and enthusiasm for pauper and edh. Hope things improve for you and your wife so you can get into your own space.
Ouch....Honestly same kinda. It hasn't been 3 months but I've been temp working at a kitchen in the meantime till I get something else lined up and it's dog shit lol
Great video, but what do you think about Pauper decks going against other formats? I never played paper MTG, and i don't have the budget to spend on big boy formats like Modern, so i'm thinking on just going to my LGS and play against whoever comes with a Mono White Heroic Pauper, or maybe an Soulherder PDH. It would be cool to see some decks that can stand their ground, even tho its an uphill battle.
Thank you! And I actually was planning on this a while a back, Pauper vs Modern and what not. I even tried to comment and pitch the idea to Card Market and TCC but they haven't done it. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to film those games, really. Plus at the moment I don't know anyone with other format decks that aren't EDH lol
@@paperpauperplayer Yeah, EDH seems to be really popular. So i guess you can keep the Pauper spirit and do budget EDH and maybe some PDH. I really like you editing style, and see a Soulherder PDH someday would be awesome!
I totally think that you should build pauper commander decks and play against Commander players. Do an underdog series where you see if a pauper commander can take on regular commanders. This would allow you to tap into your LGS's and create gameplay content again. (though I do understand that having 4 people is harder to mic and record).
WAIT THATS ACTUALLY GENIUS. Except. I dontnreally have a way to record unless it's at the LGS, which, I don't have actual cameras. The original show was on Webcams (which is why the video quality sucked)
@@paperpauperplayer Start small, scope out your LGS and see if you can connect a goose arm phone holder to the side of the table that gives you enough height to record birds eye view of the table. You can record most of the content with just one camera (for now).
This is true. And maybe just do some post commentary. The issue with that though is battery life. I don't have a camera where I can swap out battery packs. I record everything on my phone. But I absolutely get what you're suggesting and I do like that idea. I just gotta find a way to execute it
These are my thoughts, feel free to disregard - In fact, you should always feel free to disregard. Do not apologise. Real life is real. In my opinion you can say that you would have liked to make more content but in reality YOU OWE US NOTHING. My boy (10M) and I (48M) love your output, he thinks that you're super funny and he's learnt a lot about the mechanics of the game from you, I think that you're genuine and that you interact with your audience through the camera really well. We also don't really play anywhere - he has some friends that play but when we have gone to LGS's his age locks him out of some events and where we live (the UK) a lot of events take place in the back rooms of Pubs, who tend not to like 10 yr olds hanging round. Fair enough. Do what you want to do, and what makes you happy. I truly think he'd watch you make macaroni and cheese. Commander content is cool, Green screen content is cool, Playing match up's is cool. Even if you never make another video, thanks from both of us. x
This was absolutely wholesome. I will definitely not disregard that. I understand I don't owe anyone anything. I guess I just think about UA-camrs I watched when I was growing up, and having them either completely left turn or disappear entirely, and I remember how that made me feel sad during the time. People subscribe to see the thing that interests them, so when the formula or output changes, it's not what they signed up for. So I just want to stay true to everyone who's supported me, that's all. But this genuinely means a lot. I'm glad your friend has learned a lot more about Magic! I'm sorry you guys don't have many places to play. Maybe one day you two can travel to an event, which is always tones of fun! Thanks again! 💛
Pauper Commander? There would be two types of "Pauper commander" deck. One, run a commander option that qualifies as a standard Commander deck. This would be stuff like Gretchen Titchwillow, Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Far Traveler, and/or Quintorius, Field Historian. Or Two, a full on "Pauper Commander" deck that does use an uncommon creature like Witherbloom Apprentice as the commander and is NOT standard commander legal.
Adjusting to new phases in life is always something that asks for some sacrifices, so no worries. I bet most of the people who really like your content is and will be around. About the green screen, since buying pauper decks is "on hold", why not deck tech pauper deck ideas that aren't on the meta? Sure, people wanna know the latest development in Boros Synth or Caw Gates, but I feel many pauper content creators just fall for the decks of the meta and really forget other options, even the ones that are fringe and/or non competitive. The same goes to Commander... different ideas or approaches would be a breath of fresh air. Just some thoughts.
I commissioned it! I have one for Duress, Elvish Mystic, Street Deniven, and Dawnbringer Cleric! There's actually a video on my channel about it! Go to my uploads and scroll down. It's called I Animated Magic the Gathering Art
Yeah at Coolstuff, right? The Pauper night is a night I have to work and it's like 2 hours away. But I've been wanting to stop by there at LEAST once sometime soon. Just hard cause of work
If Sunday wasn't my only day off with my wife 😒 when I get my new job and start my more flexible schedule, then we may end up meeting in the near future!
Thank you so much for the support! Someone else had an idea to put a PauperEDH deck against normal EDH decks and I actually think that's an awesome idea! Only issue is again a place to record that but I have that one written down!
There's nothing to worry about man. Sort your situation out and make sure you and your family are ok and then, if you feel like it, you can bother with recording videos for youtube Also, I (and I suppose many others) subscribed precisely because of the style, subject and format of your videos so don't ever doubt the merits of your style. Your videos were the single biggest factor in my decision to finally try pauper after years of being interested. love the enthusiasm and detailed explanation of pauper decks and showing them in paper. Also I completely agree that the tactility of handling cards is just a great feeling so I support you on not wanting to make content on virtual platforms like MtGO. I personally would really love it if this channel doesn't turn into a commander channel because fuckin' commander has taken over everything Magic related and I don't get the appeal at all. I've gone from being indifferent about it to actively hating itt for what it's doing to the game. But that's a different topic. I hope you have the opportunity to return to your signature style of paper pauper videos which means that that I hope your family's situation improves and you're still enthusiastic about paper pauper. But whatever you choose or are able to do, me and the rest of your subscribers will be here for it.
Trust me. I am not diverting what I am doing because I want to. Financially it just doesn't make sense and I don't have the space for it. I promise I'm not going to do ONLY commander videos. The goal is to just do general MTG content. There will be pauper videos. And I'll go back to my roots one day 💛 I appreciate the love and support, brother 🙏
@paperpauperplayer i live in a rural area and just now looking into mtgo. Mostly played 25-28 years ago beside a few stints here and there. I have like 3-4 modern decks but only played a few times. We have fired a few pauper tournaments over the years but it's mostly standard and edh here which I'm not a fan of. My old ass hasn't been on a computer in over 15 years lol but I'm watching the videos and I can turn some cards so maybe I'll see you around. Thanks for the video, hope you and your wife are well. I subscribed
Big love for Pauper here, but also much disdain for commander. The reason why no one wants to play pauper or many other formats, is because commander is constantly and exclusively pushed by WotC. Sad to see you go down this route, but I understand wanting to keep your channel alive. Good luck, brother.
Personally I don't think Commander is pushed by Wizards. They are just selling what most people want. There's plenty of products that if Wizards sold it, people wouldn't buy. But Commander is causal, people can play with more than one friend at a time, there's a huge community for it, possibilities are endless, and it's the only format where, by game rule standards, you're ALLOWED to proxy. I understand why non-commander players "feel" like Commander is taking over, but I wouldn't stop buying Pauper decks if I had people to play Pauper with. It's like sitting in queue for a niche game mode in a game you play with other, bigger game modes. Don't feel discouraged, not every video is going to be Commander related 💛 I still LOVE Pauper, I just can't do unboxing videos lol
Sorry to hear you're struggling to find players and have challenges with recording space. Hope things improve for you in the future and looking forward to when you're able to return to pauper content
I just moved across the country and my new local I found advertised they play pauper and pioneer. I thought cool. At least I can get some pauper games in. Went down and guess what? Everyone playing f’ing commander. I’m sorry, commander is what’s killing magic.
I don't think its killing Magic. It's making magic flourish because more friends can play in large groups at a time. I do think card shops not putting in efforts to expand the communities they host are killing magic. Card shops that come up with in house ban lists, don't actually put in advertising for events, et cetera. I understand that's extra unpaid work for them, but if you want people to come to your card shop in large amounts, you gotta put in effort to expand the community!
Be careful about switching back to pauper content after building up an audience into commander content. While a lot of fans will, as you expect, try pauper, a lot will also, likely, wish you'd go back to talking about commander already.
That's 100% true and fair. When that time comes I'll plan on doing a nice balance. I'm gonna keep doing commander deck techs but a pauper unboxing video in-between now and again won't be bad 😁
For what it's worth your videos and channel are solely responsible for getting me into pauper and now 4 decks later I'm hooked. Even have local store that offers pauper fnm's so thank you for the content and I look first to the time when you're able to do more pauper coverage
Hell yeah! What decks did you build? Maybe I should move there so I can play some Pauper! Lmao
Of course! Glad you enjoy the content 💛🙏
So far I have mono black burn, walls combo, and golgari dredge/ reanimator.
Walls combo absolutely wrecks face btw. Haven't list yet in 2 fnm's people seem to have no idea how to play against it but TK be fair if I was on the other side of it I don't think I'd know how to either
Walls Combo has always been a fantastic deck. There's an entire discord dedicated just to it. The Golgari Reanimator is defitnaly my favorite of those 3 though!
@@paperpauperplayer lotleith giant just gets there! And a well timed gnaw to the bone sets you so far ahead. It's sick and I love it
Editing and jokes were solid here, would definitely watch videos in this format about anything mtg related. Video essays, news, whatever. Anyways, glad to see you upload and wish you luck!
Well you're in luck cause that's the plan! 💛 thank you so much for the love and support!
I wondered what you've been up to on no less than three distinct occasions during this week alone.
Thanks for checking in, hope everything works out favorably for you and your wife.
Lol you conjured and manifested the video then! Thanks for the spiritual motivation you sent me to get going again! Haha
Thank you for being around! 💛 I appreciate it. Hope you enjoy the future content!
playing Paper MTG online via Spelltable is a great option, not only for commander, also for 1:1. Gameplay is easy recordable with minimal setup. try it, even when not used or content its a chance to play
This is true! Spell table is...kinda fun. I don't really like Webcam gameplay, but once again, I can't record in that space because my computer is in the middle of a living space. So I can't even record that if I wanted to
I'm glad you're doing well! This was one of the first channels I found when I got into paper Magic less than a year ago and I even have some of the decks you've shown on the channel as my LGS has some Pauper players. Regardless of if the channel is focusing on that or not I'll still definitely be watching what comes next!
Thank you so much for that! 🙏💛 I'm glad YOUR LGS has Pauper! Maybe I should move there instead! Haha
man I understand your issue. I've been getting my pauper decks (I'm 5 outta 8 of em) And I moved from my childhood city, because of that I don't have anyone to play with, cuz all my friends stayed there. I still get my decks cuz I love em and all, but for a while I had no one to play with. I've been finding people only now, one year later after, and is still hard to call people to play with. but no worries man, you do your content as you wish, no judging and only the best for ya!
Yeah it definitely sucks. I feel bad for people who have no LGSs at all. I appreciate the love and support, brother 💛🙏
Very inspiring video my dude, I recently started this channel and am trying to find how I fit in it all. Pauper is such a great format... alongside Premodern. Looking forward to more videos 🧙♂️
Congrats on the new channel! I hope you succeed, and remember to never let anything stop you from what you dream of doing!
I very much enjoyed your previous video. I personally love the style. 😃
Thank you so much! 😊 ge ready cause the next ones already in production!
Good to hear from you. I found your channel while I was prepping for a Pauper tournament and I wanted to see what was in the format. Glad you are doing (relatively) well, and honestly, if this is you working with restrictions on recording options, I am looking forward to when those restrictions are lifted.
I know space is tight and you want to do stuff in paper, but have you considered Spelltable? I also follow the Pauper EDH scene, and their playerbase is almost entirely online. People get games going all the time, tournaments too, almost entirely on Spelltable. When there is an event big enough to get people together, they come out to represent their format, but the rest of the time it's all online. I am sure similar communities exist for 60-card, and it could let you still do stuff in paper, use those decks, and still make the content you want.
Just a thought. You are very entertaining and I wish you the best of luck. Looking forward to what you make next.
Thank you for the love and support brother 🙏 💛 I have considered spell table but unfortunately that doesn't change my ability to record in the upstairs family room area for the decks anyway. I'll do unboxing deck techs again at some point!
Just got your channel recommended and I'm excited to watch your videos as I really like pauper, if anything the only content I can think for you to do (as idk your usual content) is making pauper edh decks and putting them up against non pauper decks, if any of those game stores allow you to do that, I think it could be fun, but for the moment I'll just enjoy the videos you've already released :)
You're not the first to suggest that and I actually think that sounds like an amazing idea! And welcome! 😁
Love your content man! I’m primarily a commander player but I built three pauper decks thanks to you last year! No one seems to play pauper in my area at stores either but I’ll get a few games in with friends and fam at the house.
That's awesome! What did you end up building? I'm sorry you got no one to play with. Just keep spreading the word about Pauper! And thank you for the love and support 💛
@@paperpauperplayer Mono Red Burn, Orzhov Ephemerate, and Simic Turbo Fog 🙌 Absolutely. Also side note, my wife and I had to stay with my mom for a few months last year but now we’ve got our own place and we’re in a much better spot because of it. Sometimes taking a step back to take 3 steps forward is the right call for overall happiness 🤜🤛
This is so epic, glad to see a new video from you 💪
Thanks brother 💛
Just joined the channel. I love pauper so much and I play a little budget commander so this is honestly the perfect channel. I didn't even think that I could have the title as a pauper. Honestly kinda the most backwardly awesome title I can have hehe.
Haha welcome to the community! And yeah Pauper people!
Im also trying to play more pauper, do you want to play with real cards via web cam? I’m always down!
I'd be down! I gotta find some time though. I don't really have time to even play video games at the moment because of life stuff, especially since I've now thrown editing back into the mix haha
So yeah, this is my first time seeing your content and I can honestly say I’m hooked and I looked forward to the pauper and commander content all together. Sub’ed
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed 🙏💛
You can play with our playgroup and we can do it online. We have a copy of all the meta decks in pauper. We also have a good camera and a table setup.
We love your videos about deck unboxing and we will be waiting for more.
I appreciate the invitation! 💛
Consider playing Pauper on spell table. I get on there every now and again. You can play with paper cards and not have to worry about finding local people.
This is true! I have played on spell table, but unfortunately it doesn't address the concern of my computer being in a public space where I can't record 😕
@@paperpauperplayer when that situation changes, I’d be happy to collaborate with you and play some pauper
Absolutely!
Have you tried talking to the owners of these LGSes to see if they could host some Pauper events? If you have a collection of decks, I would bring them and loan them to other players to play in events or play casually. What I did with my collection of decks is that on the box I keep the deck in, I made a label in the style of a Magic card, with the art being a QR code that goes to the deck list, and the rules text being a description on how to play the deck.
Okay I'm glad you asked this! In the original recording in the video I did go over that I did do this! And I forgot to mention it in the second recording. I went to all fhe LGSs and offered my decks for them to use to host a tournament and 3 never bothered with it, and 1 wasn't able to get the crowd in. Unfortunately. But I did try this!
Unfortunately I feel the same exact way. I absolutely love pauper! However the two stores near me have no one that plays :(
I did get my friends to build pauper commander decks, so now I'm super excited to play with them! We play on spell table because of our jobs.
Ouch. But hey that second point is awesome! I hope you guys have a wonderful time! What did you end up building?
@@paperpauperplayer I have a Bants Aura deck built around Discipled Duelist! Very fun and shreds life quickly if left unchecked.
I'm also building a Bruenor Battlehammer equipment deck as well. I have a few other lists/piles of cards I've started, but like you mentioned... What's the point of putting money into a hobby that you can't participate in. I've got 4 regular pauper decks built that I've only played once and tons of fun lists I wanna build.
Have you thought of making/looking for a pauper community online? Perhaps a discord. Obviously spelltable isn't perfect, but you could at least get some games in that way! Maybe you could get a port able set up for your current living situation
Those sound so sick!
I'm actually in 3 different pretty huge Pauper discords. Playing on Spell Table isn't an issue but I still can't record the unboxing videos lol
Was gonna say you could always do Pauper commander content. I just found out that exists and the decks are much cheaper and the meta is fun to explore. I just scrapped together a Ruin Crab mono blue deck from my bulk and I'll probably dig through my Tcg store for the rest that I'm missing spending 20-30 bucks at most. I'm still interested in 1v1 pauper and pauper formats as a whole. But obviously its a tough place out there so do what you need.
Trust me I love pauper commander! Just gotta find time to invest and actually play it lol
just glad you be hearing from you bro.
Thank you brother. Hope you're doing well as well!
@@paperpauperplayer not too bad, still brewing pauper decks. lmao
Hell yeah!
The quality of your videos is top notch, superb writing, creative cinematic ideas. A shame if you could not go on with it! Way to underrated, you should be making money of the channel not losing time and money! ❤❤❤ some store or wotc should sponsor you!
Brother thank you so much for this. Genuinely 🥺🙏 this is the shit that puzhsa me to keep going. I'd happily advertise a store if they wanted to sponsor me! Considering how much I use Card Market maybe that'll be my target 😆. Also, I do technically make money from videos now! I hit the benchmarks for UA-cam Partner when I made the Mogis video! So now all I gotta do is release some bangers! Thank you again for the love, brother 💛
I feel your pain and frustration about not playing paper pauper, haven’t been able to play myself in over half a year
Ouch 😒 yeah it sucks that Wizards doesn't do just a little bit more to encourage the format... Pauper challenger decks would be a God send to getting people into the format!
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Bro, I like your content, and wish you only best. Even here, in Russia, people play magic, a lot of people play pauper and watch you. So... Good luck!
Wow! Thank you so much for the love and support 🙏💛 Maybe I should move to Russia so I can actually play some pauper 🤣
Thank you for the update. I totally feel about pauper and no interest. You have to do what makes the most sense for your situation. We will still love your energy and enthusiasm for pauper and edh. Hope things improve for you and your wife so you can get into your own space.
Thank you so much for the love and support brother 🙏💛 just gotta keep chugging through life!
@@paperpauperplayer Oh yeah man. I feel that too. Been job hunting for the past three months.
Ouch....Honestly same kinda. It hasn't been 3 months but I've been temp working at a kitchen in the meantime till I get something else lined up and it's dog shit lol
@@paperpauperplayer We got this. We''l find something that works out in the end.
Glad to hear you
Thank you! 🙏
Welcome back dude!
Thank you! 😁💛
Great video, but what do you think about Pauper decks going against other formats? I never played paper MTG, and i don't have the budget to spend on big boy formats like Modern, so i'm thinking on just going to my LGS and play against whoever comes with a Mono White Heroic Pauper, or maybe an Soulherder PDH. It would be cool to see some decks that can stand their ground, even tho its an uphill battle.
Thank you! And I actually was planning on this a while a back, Pauper vs Modern and what not. I even tried to comment and pitch the idea to Card Market and TCC but they haven't done it. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to film those games, really. Plus at the moment I don't know anyone with other format decks that aren't EDH lol
@@paperpauperplayer Yeah, EDH seems to be really popular. So i guess you can keep the Pauper spirit and do budget EDH and maybe some PDH. I really like you editing style, and see a Soulherder PDH someday would be awesome!
Absolutely will put it on the list!
I totally think that you should build pauper commander decks and play against Commander players. Do an underdog series where you see if a pauper commander can take on regular commanders. This would allow you to tap into your LGS's and create gameplay content again. (though I do understand that having 4 people is harder to mic and record).
WAIT THATS ACTUALLY GENIUS. Except. I dontnreally have a way to record unless it's at the LGS, which, I don't have actual cameras. The original show was on Webcams (which is why the video quality sucked)
@@paperpauperplayer Start small, scope out your LGS and see if you can connect a goose arm phone holder to the side of the table that gives you enough height to record birds eye view of the table. You can record most of the content with just one camera (for now).
This is true. And maybe just do some post commentary. The issue with that though is battery life. I don't have a camera where I can swap out battery packs. I record everything on my phone. But I absolutely get what you're suggesting and I do like that idea. I just gotta find a way to execute it
@@paperpauperplayer a long usb type c cord and an external battery would possibly work.
I really hope you find a solution that works for you.
These are my thoughts, feel free to disregard - In fact, you should always feel free to disregard.
Do not apologise. Real life is real. In my opinion you can say that you would have liked to make more content but in reality YOU OWE US NOTHING.
My boy (10M) and I (48M) love your output, he thinks that you're super funny and he's learnt a lot about the mechanics of the game from you, I think that you're genuine and that you interact with your audience through the camera really well.
We also don't really play anywhere - he has some friends that play but when we have gone to LGS's his age locks him out of some events and where we live (the UK) a lot of events take place in the back rooms of Pubs, who tend not to like 10 yr olds hanging round. Fair enough.
Do what you want to do, and what makes you happy. I truly think he'd watch you make macaroni and cheese.
Commander content is cool, Green screen content is cool, Playing match up's is cool.
Even if you never make another video, thanks from both of us. x
This was absolutely wholesome. I will definitely not disregard that.
I understand I don't owe anyone anything. I guess I just think about UA-camrs I watched when I was growing up, and having them either completely left turn or disappear entirely, and I remember how that made me feel sad during the time. People subscribe to see the thing that interests them, so when the formula or output changes, it's not what they signed up for. So I just want to stay true to everyone who's supported me, that's all.
But this genuinely means a lot. I'm glad your friend has learned a lot more about Magic! I'm sorry you guys don't have many places to play. Maybe one day you two can travel to an event, which is always tones of fun!
Thanks again! 💛
Missed you!
It feels good to be back! 💛
Pauper Commander?
There would be two types of "Pauper commander" deck. One, run a commander option that qualifies as a standard Commander deck. This would be stuff like Gretchen Titchwillow, Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Far Traveler, and/or Quintorius, Field Historian.
Or Two, a full on "Pauper Commander" deck that does use an uncommon creature like Witherbloom Apprentice as the commander and is NOT standard commander legal.
Wait. Why would it not be standard commander legal? Is witherbloom banned?
Adjusting to new phases in life is always something that asks for some sacrifices, so no worries. I bet most of the people who really like your content is and will be around. About the green screen, since buying pauper decks is "on hold", why not deck tech pauper deck ideas that aren't on the meta? Sure, people wanna know the latest development in Boros Synth or Caw Gates, but I feel many pauper content creators just fall for the decks of the meta and really forget other options, even the ones that are fringe and/or non competitive. The same goes to Commander... different ideas or approaches would be a breath of fresh air. Just some thoughts.
You know, I wouldn't mind doing pauper deck techs for completely off the wall wild decks! That actually sounds fun! Thanks for the love and support 🙏💛
Where did you get a brainstorm gif? (From the end of the video)
I commissioned it! I have one for Duress, Elvish Mystic, Street Deniven, and Dawnbringer Cleric! There's actually a video on my channel about it! Go to my uploads and scroll down. It's called I Animated Magic the Gathering Art
Thoughts on playing on Tabletop Sim?
Computer in the middle of the living room. I love playing on there though!
no need to apologize. see ya when i see ya
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so glad you aren't an alcoholic yet 🤗
Please don't say "yet". Don't foretell that upon me. Lmao
if you're ever in Orlando, we have a decent Pauper community.
Yeah at Coolstuff, right? The Pauper night is a night I have to work and it's like 2 hours away. But I've been wanting to stop by there at LEAST once sometime soon. Just hard cause of work
We also do Sundays at The Haven right up the street at 1:30, not as many people though.
If Sunday wasn't my only day off with my wife 😒 when I get my new job and start my more flexible schedule, then we may end up meeting in the near future!
New sub here. Any chance you'd consider pauper commander content? PDH is a thing that often gets overlooked
Thank you so much for the support! Someone else had an idea to put a PauperEDH deck against normal EDH decks and I actually think that's an awesome idea! Only issue is again a place to record that but I have that one written down!
There's nothing to worry about man.
Sort your situation out and make sure you and your family are ok and then, if you feel like it, you can bother with recording videos for youtube
Also, I (and I suppose many others) subscribed precisely because of the style, subject and format of your videos so don't ever doubt the merits of your style.
Your videos were the single biggest factor in my decision to finally try pauper after years of being interested. love the enthusiasm and detailed explanation of pauper decks and showing them in paper.
Also I completely agree that the tactility of handling cards is just a great feeling so I support you on not wanting to make content on virtual platforms like MtGO.
I personally would really love it if this channel doesn't turn into a commander channel because fuckin' commander has taken over everything Magic related and I don't get the appeal at all. I've gone from being indifferent about it to actively hating itt for what it's doing to the game. But that's a different topic.
I hope you have the opportunity to return to your signature style of paper pauper videos which means that that I hope your family's situation improves and you're still enthusiastic about paper pauper.
But whatever you choose or are able to do, me and the rest of your subscribers will be here for it.
Trust me. I am not diverting what I am doing because I want to. Financially it just doesn't make sense and I don't have the space for it. I promise I'm not going to do ONLY commander videos. The goal is to just do general MTG content. There will be pauper videos. And I'll go back to my roots one day 💛 I appreciate the love and support, brother 🙏
@@paperpauperplayer Whatever you feel like and are able to do, dude. Whenever you feel like it and are able to do it as well.
If you are in pensacola area ill come by when im in town
@@juliusrickles I'm like 5 hours from Pensacola haha
@paperpauperplayer i live in a rural area and just now looking into mtgo. Mostly played 25-28 years ago beside a few stints here and there. I have like 3-4 modern decks but only played a few times. We have fired a few pauper tournaments over the years but it's mostly standard and edh here which I'm not a fan of. My old ass hasn't been on a computer in over 15 years lol but I'm watching the videos and I can turn some cards so maybe I'll see you around. Thanks for the video, hope you and your wife are well. I subscribed
Thanks for thr sub 💛 if I ever head that direction I'll hit you up so I can stop by for some Pauper! I appreciate it 😊
have you considered spelltable?
I have played on spell table! Unfortunately that doesn't address concern number one of my computer being in a public space where I can't record 😥
Big love for Pauper here, but also much disdain for commander. The reason why no one wants to play pauper or many other formats, is because commander is constantly and exclusively pushed by WotC. Sad to see you go down this route, but I understand wanting to keep your channel alive. Good luck, brother.
Personally I don't think Commander is pushed by Wizards. They are just selling what most people want. There's plenty of products that if Wizards sold it, people wouldn't buy. But Commander is causal, people can play with more than one friend at a time, there's a huge community for it, possibilities are endless, and it's the only format where, by game rule standards, you're ALLOWED to proxy.
I understand why non-commander players "feel" like Commander is taking over, but I wouldn't stop buying Pauper decks if I had people to play Pauper with. It's like sitting in queue for a niche game mode in a game you play with other, bigger game modes.
Don't feel discouraged, not every video is going to be Commander related 💛 I still LOVE Pauper, I just can't do unboxing videos lol
Sorry to hear you're struggling to find players and have challenges with recording space.
Hope things improve for you in the future and looking forward to when you're able to return to pauper content
I appreciate it. I'm not gonna never talk about Pauper again! Just change of pace for now! Thank you for the love and support 🙏
Dawn
Spelltable?
I've tried it! It's okay. Still can't record it lol
@@paperpauperplayer I know there's a setting for "streaming"
No I mean I can't in the space that I am in. The area where I'd be playing on Spell Table is in the living room area and I can't record there
@@paperpauperplayer ah fair, I wish you the ability to have private space again soon
I’m sorry you live in Florida
That really was the hardest thing to admit in this video
XD
I just moved across the country and my new local I found advertised they play pauper and pioneer. I thought cool. At least I can get some pauper games in. Went down and guess what? Everyone playing f’ing commander. I’m sorry, commander is what’s killing magic.
I don't think its killing Magic. It's making magic flourish because more friends can play in large groups at a time. I do think card shops not putting in efforts to expand the communities they host are killing magic. Card shops that come up with in house ban lists, don't actually put in advertising for events, et cetera. I understand that's extra unpaid work for them, but if you want people to come to your card shop in large amounts, you gotta put in effort to expand the community!
I quit pauper to play Star Wars Unlimitd. It’s a better game and plays like pauper. I quit because no one plays in person… ugh
Oooh! I'll have to check that out!
Pauper format is a complete dog to pauper cube
I haven't had a chance to play pauper cube yet! Lol
Be careful about switching back to pauper content after building up an audience into commander content. While a lot of fans will, as you expect, try pauper, a lot will also, likely, wish you'd go back to talking about commander already.
That's 100% true and fair. When that time comes I'll plan on doing a nice balance. I'm gonna keep doing commander deck techs but a pauper unboxing video in-between now and again won't be bad 😁