Pauper

Pauper format is a Constructed format of Magic: The Gathering in which only common cards are allowed. The restriction to common cards found in Pauper format can easily be combined with other formats, such as Two-Headed Giant, Modern, or Block Constructed.

Pauper Magic is often confused with Peasant Magic, which allows up to five cards of uncommon rarity to be included in each player's library.

Banned & Restricted

At the moment (18th January 2016) nine cards are banned in Pauper tournaments:

• Cranial Plating
• Frantic Search
• Empty the Warrens
• Grapeshot
• Invigorate
• Cloudpost
• Temporal Fissure
• Treasure Cruise
• Cloud of Faeries

No cards are restricted in Pauper tournaments.

History

On MTGO, one active community of players of Pauper Magic comprise the Pauper Deck Challenge or PDC. Their combined chat room is PDC, and is a central meeting spot for the format.

Current Pauper Events

• QPDC, Monday Nights, Classic
• TPDC, Tuesday Nights, Classic
• SPDC, Thursday Nights, Standard
• Mini-PDC, Saturday Mornings, Classic
• Euro-PDC, Saturday Afternoons, Classic
• 4PDC, Saturday Mornings, Standard

External links

• Wizards of the Coast (November 08, 2008). "Only the Commons, All the Fun". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

• PauperMagic.com — Homepage of the Pauper Deck Challenge.
• The Lowly Peasant Magic Blog — A blog dedicated to the standard Pauper format.
• PDCMagic.com — A very comprehensive website maintained by the PDC community.
• Pauper banlist update — Latest Pauper banlist update.