Pau~WU-CryoHawk

WUB
Pauper 🪙Paper 🎴Updated:

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Art by Rob Alexander

Description

Cheeky blend of white aggro and affinity card draw. Landed at this midrange deck that aims to play out fliers and ninjas/turtles, but draw cards with Cryogen, Lembas, and Thrabens. Removal spells for reach blockers and smack em a bunch.
The goal is to spend all my mana every turn and never run out of cards, hopefully killing my opponent before I die or deck myself.
This deck does indeed get ROASTED by Vandalblast

Post-Zeta I swapped Journey to Nowhere to Dispatch, which is a solid upgrade.
I had already wanted to try adding Thoughtcast, and leaning towards a more proactive tempo rather than hold up countermagic. Boulder is also a great addition for mana fixing and a good Glint Hawk target

Matchups

Radness: Probably a weak matchup preboard. Hope for a lifeland to Skyfisher and Lembas to eat. Nuke Guttersnipe Exile Snackers
Board in blue blasts and Prismatic Strands; Out: Remove Luxknight + Ninjas

Terror: Probably favoured. Dispatch snakes, play around Spell Pierce / Force Spike, kill with fliers. Win by drawing cards and chumping snakes with Inspectors.
Board in Relics, Prismatic Strands, Thraben Charm; Out: Luxknight and maybe some Lembas/Boulder and an Utrom

Monster Tron: Hard matchup. Hope they don't hit Tron turn 3 and spend removal on anything with reach (ideally Dispatch on Wurm to deny GY lifegain). Hope to out-draw them and win the long game
Board in Annul, Dust to Dusts, 3-4 Blue Blasts for Breath Weapon / Vandalblast, (and I guess Kaervek's Torch). Out: an Utrom, two Lembas?, Boulder, Hackers

Grixis Affinity: ??? Probably hard. Try to out-draw. Save Dispatch for Kenku lands, or Utrom if it enables Leo swing.
Board in Annul, Dust to Dust. I don't think we care about blue blasts. Out: Ninjas, Luxknight, one Boulder, one Leo

Jund: Maybe 50/50. Try to out-draw through removal / discard. Dispatch Chrys, Thraben Nyxborn. Try not to get ramped on too hard.
Board in Dust to Dust, 3 Blue Blasts; Out: Ninjas, a Leo, Luxknight, an Inspector, a Glint Hawk

Elves: ?? Depends if I draw removal. Nuke Priest, Ranger, Ent. Try to kill in the air before they Nyxborn
Board in Thraben Charm, Prismatic Strands. Out: 2 Lembas, 1 Thoughtcast

Red Rally: Not bad? Block creatures (ideally trade or kill), save removal for targets of Inventor's Axe. Eat Lembas
Board in Blue Blasts, Prismatic Strands; Out: Ninjas, Leos, Luxknight, 1 Cryo, 1 Thoughtcast

U-Faeries: ?? Mid-bad?. Try to stick fliers to block, then try not to fall behind on card draw.
Board in: Prismatic Strands, Thraben Charm?; Out: Luxknight, Ninjas
UB Faeries: Bad? Same plan but try to draw cards through removal. Don't play into board wipe

Spy: ?? 50/50 maybe just bad? Dispatch battlements, save Charm for graveyard
Board in: Relic, Prismatic Strands, Charm; Out: 1 Inspector, Luxknight, 1 Utrom, 1 Boulder, 1 Cryo

Jeskai Ephemerate: Kinda hard. Removal on Mystic, or Archaeomancer if they try to loop. Try to kill them before they have too much mana / cards late game.
Board in: Blue blasts (for breath weapon, vandalblast. Try to let pyro resolve unless its on a Cryo that you can bounce); Out: Ninjas, 1 Glint Hawk, 1 Lembas, Luxknight on the draw or a Boulder

White Weenie: Good? Play defensive, nuke Leo, out-draw opponent
Board in: Prismatic Strands, Out: Hackers

Gardens: ?? Ok? Draw through removal and Dispatch their Crypt Rats. Try to keep up in card draw
Board in Annul (try to save for Campfire), Prismatic Strands (for Crypt Rats activation); Out: 1 Leo, 2 Lembas, 1 Boulder

Ponza: Be sad. Thraben charm ramp enchantments if possible

Boggles: Uh probably impossible. Hope to Thraben auras with lifelink or trample and/or make a REALLY big Luxknight
Board in: Annul, Charm, Strands; Out: Thoughtcasts, 1 Lembas, 1 Boulder

Decklist (60)

$47.16


Creature

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$10.69

4

W

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2

W

$0.46

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W

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W

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1W

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4U

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Artifact

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1

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1

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Land

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Sideboard (15)

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Tokens (3)

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Mana Spectrum


Card Types


Artifact26 cards (43%)
Creature21 cards (35%)
Land20 cards (33%)
Instant6 cards (10%)
Sorcery3 cards (5%)
Enchantment2 cards (3%)

Mana Curve


Average mana value (nonlands): 2.15