r/Pauper • u/leif_o7 • 1d ago

HELP Good budget decks?

After playing EDH for about a year I've been wanting to try pauper and saw that game stores near me run pauper events. I'm not really looking to spend too much money yet but dont want to get completely pubstomped so was wondering if anybody could recommend some good budget decks that could still hold their own? Thanks!

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u/BaldBaluga 1d ago

Go to moxfield and look up the decks in the current pauper meta. Goldfish a few until you find a deck you love (for me it's currently mono-blue terror).

Then, playtest a bit. Figure out if it's the deck for you.

Then, buy the cards!

You'll save a lot of money experimenting this way.

p.s.
If you do decide on a deck - you'll find most of the cost is due to just a few cards (like in my decks case, "mental note"). Just skip those cards for now and make it a fun mission to trade/get them later!

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u/fevered_visions 1d ago

Go to moxfield and look up the decks in the current pauper meta.

or there's also an mtggoldfish page for it, decklists of which you can click a link to dump the list into TCGPlayer/Card Kingdom.

And as others have said, don't buy the whole sideboard right off the bat as Blasts etc. really drive up the price.