
The Official Pauper banned list can be: (Found Here) Other than that, the usual rules for Constructed decks apply (a minimum deck size of 60 cards in the main deck, an optional 15-card sideboard, and so on). Common promo cards are only legal if the card has been printed at the common rarity in a set or product. Pauper is a Magic format in which all cards used must have been printed at the common rarity in a Magic set or product. Weekly MTGO Pauper metagame analysis(nswf?)īecome a better Pauper player, thx /u/botarooġ00 Pauper decks to help players get started Topics can be everything ranging from the main commons-only format: Pauper, Pauper EDH, to Pauper Cubes and Standard Pauper and everything in between, so have fun! Please read our rules before postingĭeck Primers Pauper IRC Pauper Discord Pauper LivestreamsĪ blog about crazy Pauper decks: Jank MTG The numerous Commander players around the world are almost certain to keep demand high and prices increasing, or at the very least stable when it comes to any of the less run-of-the-mill Sol Rings.Welcome to /r/Pauper, a place to discuss commons-only Pauper MTG Formats. Whatever you put out, you are very likely to get it back if you choose to sell your copy. But if you want to invest in a card that will make opponents, spectators, and friends drafting your Cube take notice, any special version will do. You will definitely end up paying a lot less than for an Uncommon card. If you need a Sol Ring for a casual Commander deck or kitchen table play, your best bet is to buy one of the latest Commander or Commander Anthology printings.

Sol Ring Ding Dong Ring-a-Ding Bling Dong The Sol Ring of Limited Edition Beta (October 1993) and later special versions such as the ones from Judges Rewards Promos (June 1999) and Kaladesh Inventions (September 1016) while still costly, seem quite affordable by comparison, costing you hundreds instead of thousands of Euros.

Unsurprisingly, the Alpha print is only surpassed in price by the exceedingly rare Summer Magic (July 1994) misprint of the card at around 4.500,00 €. Even more famous is certainly Mark Tedin’s "ring of fire" artwork that goes all the way back to Limited Edition Alpha (August 1993) costing you at the very least 2.000,00 € a piece. The card has been printed in four different illustrations and in more than 20 different versions, half of which were for Commander-specific products, featuring Mike Bierek’s near iconic depiction of the ring.

Often when evaluating the course of a game of Commander, the outcome can boil down to someone casting the one-mana artifact on their first turn.Īs expected from a card this popular in formats where players often put a lot of pride into blinging out their decks, special versions of Sol Ring command a healthy price.

In Commander, Sol Ring is considered almost symbolic and hardly any Commander deck ever misses out on the opportunity to include this powerful artifact. Some seasoned players even unequivocally recommend picking Sol Ring above any of the Power 9, including the great Black Lotus, in Limited environments such as Cubes. This makes sense because if you've ever played a (or against) a deck with four Sol Rings, you will know just how explosive starts can get that multiple copies on the battlefield can create. Since Commander is a singleton format and because the card is on the Restricted List for Vintage, there’s no mainstream format where you can play more than a single copy of the card. And in some of the formats where you may encounter it, it is often judged as the strongest card available.Īmong the widely played formats, only Commander and Vintage allow you to put a Sol Ring in your deck. While not a member of the Power 9 family, Sol Ring is without comparison the most powerful card you can find for less than a Euro.
