On The Zeta Set in Pauper

See a statement regarding The Zeta Set and Pauper legality. Changes are effective in tabletop Pauper on September 7.

cross-posted from: https://mtgzone.com/post/4538124

TL;DR: Cards printed at common in the Zeta set WILL be legal in Pauper (starting Monday Sept 7), reversing their previous decision.

Narcomoeba and Price of Progress are pre-banned

Baleful Strix, Vandalblast, Dispatch and Cut Down are all being watched carefully to see if they cause problems

sunoc 8 points a month ago

Feels weird indeed that a Secret Lair influences legality, but its good to see that the panel is extra careful with those changes.

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Phantaminum 5 points a month ago

Disparch seems very strong and so does Baleful Strix, but I wonder how much will they influence the meta.

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MysticKetchup 3 points a month ago

Strix seems really good for Grixis affinity but at the same time Vandalblast seems really bad for every form of affinity. I don't remember if there are any affinity builds with White in it, but I can imagine they'll pop up now with Dispatch

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Phantaminum 4 points a month ago

Perhaps a new kind of white affinity focus deck appears or something in esper with Strix because it is also an artifact.

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TDSOJohn 3 points a month ago

A friend brought esper affinity with Glint Hawk for a “weird pauper decks” event! Lens flare also for the flavour. It did surprisingly well.

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Mika 3 points a month ago

It doesnt need to be affinity to make strix work. Any deck with dimir colours can play 4 without any downside, and if you are not affinity, you are not getting vandalblasted.

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MysticKetchup 5 points a month ago

I was wondering why Narcomoeba got the pre-emptive hit until I looked and saw that Pauper has its own version of Oops (Almost) All Spells. Somehow, all roads lead to Balustrade Spy

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