It's time for week number eight of the Pauper Premiere League, sponsored by CoolStuffInc.com and Wizards of the Coast! Last week had some super fast games as we made it through the first part of our playoff bracket. Now it's time for our very last week of the league. In case you missed any of the action from last week, you can check out each and every previous round in the playlist below:
This week is our final week of the league, and we've definitely got some heavy hitters! Right off the bat, we've got Brian DeMars playing best two-of-three matches against Chris VanMeter in the semi-finals. This means that they will be running a deck A in match one, a deck B in match two, and will choose their own deck for the third round if we reach it.
Whoever wins that match goes on to face Adam Yurchick in the finals for a series of best three-of-five matches. The structure here will be similar with the first two matches involving set lists and any matches past that involving whatever lists our players would like to use.
Now let's check out these lists!
Brian DeMars - Deck A
Sligh | Pauper | Brian DeMars
- Creatures (16)
- 4 Burning-Tree Emissary
- 4 Ghitu Lavarunner
- 4 Keldon Marauders
- 4 Orcish Hellraiser
- Instants (14)
- 3 Fireblast
- 3 Incinerate
- 4 Lightning Bolt
- 4 Searing Blaze
- Sorceries (12)
- 4 Chain Lightning
- 4 Lava Spike
- 4 Rift Bolt
- Lands (18)
- 18 Mountain
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Flaring Pain
- 2 Pyroblast
- 3 Electrickery
- 4 Molten Rain
- 4 Smash to Smithereens
Brian DeMars - Deck B
Stonehorn Tron | Pauper | Brian DeMars
- Creatures (10)
- 1 Dinrova Horror
- 2 Stonehorn Dignitary
- 3 Mnemonic Wall
- 4 Mulldrifter
- Instants (14)
- 1 Capsize
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Ephemerate
- 1 Moment's Peace
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
- 1 Weather the Storm
- 2 Impulse
- 2 Mystical Teachings
- 3 Ghostly Flicker
- Sorceries (2)
- 1 Compulsive Research
- 1 Rolling Thunder
- Artifacts (13)
- 1 Azorius Signet
- 1 Izzet Signet
- 1 Simic Signet
- 2 Expedition Map
- 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
- 4 Prophetic Prism
- Lands (21)
- 8 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Cave of Temptation
- 4 Urza's Mine
- 4 Urza's Power Plant
- 4 Urza's Tower
Brian's decks are both his Deck A and Deck B for both the semi-finals and the finals if he makes it there.
Chris VanMeter - Semi-Finals Deck A
Elves | Pauper | Chris VanMeter
- Creatures (38)
- 1 Essence Warden
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 2 Nettle Sentinel
- 3 Elvish Vanguard
- 3 Wellwisher
- 4 Birchlore Rangers
- 4 Elvish Mystic
- 4 Llanowar Elves
- 4 Lys Alana Huntmaster
- 4 Priest of Titania
- 4 Quirion Ranger
- 4 Timberwatch Elf
- Sorceries (8)
- 4 Lead the Stampede
- 4 Winding Way
- Lands (14)
- 14 Forest
Chris VanMeter - Finals Deck A
Mono-Black Control | Pauper | Chris VanMeter
- Creatures (16)
- 1 Phyrexian Rager
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
- 2 Crypt Rats
- 4 Chittering Rats
- 4 Cuombajj Witches
- 4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Instants (5)
- 2 Echoing Decay
- 3 Defile
- Sorceries (11)
- 1 Unearth
- 2 Duress
- 4 Chainer's Edict
- 4 Sign in Blood
- Enchantments (5)
- 1 Pestilence
- 2 Dead Weight
- 2 Oubliette
- Lands (23)
- 19 Swamp
- 2 Barren Moor
- 2 Bojuka Bog
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Crypt Incursion
- 1 Duress
- 1 Nausea
- 1 Pestilence
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
- 2 Rancid Earth
- 2 Victim of Night
- 3 Choking Sands
- 3 Wrench Mind
Chris VanMeter - Semi-Finals and Finals Deck B
Burn | Pauper | Chris VanMeter
- Creatures (8)
- 4 Ghitu Lavarunner
- 4 Thermo-Alchemist
- Instants (16)
- 4 Fireblast
- 4 Lightning Bolt
- 4 Needle Drop
- 4 Searing Blaze
- Sorceries (16)
- 4 Chain Lightning
- 4 Lava Spike
- 4 Rift Bolt
- 4 Skewer the Critics
- Enchantments (3)
- 3 Curse of the Pierced Heart
- Lands (17)
- 17 Mountain
- Sideboard (15)
- 2 Electrickery
- 2 Martyr of Ashes
- 3 Firebrand Archer
- 4 Molten Rain
- 4 Smash to Smithereens
Adam Yurchick - Deck A
Four-Color Snow | Pauper | Adam Yurchick
- Creatures (14)
- 2 Archaeomancer
- 2 Seeker of the Way
- 2 Spellstutter Sprite
- 4 Kor Skyfisher
- 4 Mulldrifter
- Instants (19)
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
- 3 Brainstorm
- 3 Ephemerate
- 3 Lightning Bolt
- 4 Counterspell
- 4 Skred
- Sorceries (4)
- 4 Preordain
- Artifacts (4)
- 4 Arcum's Astrolabe
- Lands (19)
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains
- 2 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 7 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Evolving Wilds
- 1 Terramorphic Expanse
- 2 Azorius Chancery
- 4 Ash Barrens
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Electrickery
- 1 Weather the Storm
- 2 Dispel
- 2 Hydroblast
- 2 Lone Missionary
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
- 2 Standard Bearer
- 3 Pyroblast
Adam Yurchick - Deck B
Tireless Tribe Combo | Pauper | Adam Yurchick
- Creatures (8)
- 4 Seeker of the Way
- 4 Tireless Tribe
- Instants (25)
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Prismatic Strands
- 2 Whiteout
- 3 Dispel
- 4 Brainstorm
- 4 Circular Logic
- 4 Inside Out
- 4 Shadow Rift
- Sorceries (9)
- 1 Merchant Scroll
- 2 Deep Analysis
- 2 Preordain
- 4 Ponder
- Lands (18)
- 2 Snow-Covered Plains
- 9 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Ash Barrens
- 2 Evolving Wilds
- 3 Terramorphic Expanse
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Echoing Truth
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 Piracy Charm
- 2 Hydroblast
- 3 Journey to Nowhere
- 3 Prismatic Strands
- 3 Standard Bearer
With that, here's our lineup of players and commentators for the final evening of the league!
CAPTION
It's going to be one doozy of a finals, and while we may be familiar with our players rocking each of these lists up until now, it's going to be exciting to see them play it out here at the end. We're going to be live on the CoolStuffInc Twitch page at the usual 9PM EST/6PM PST. Make sure you check out the channel, give it a follow, and join us for one last epic week of the Pauper Premiere League! Come hang out, and hopefully we'll see you soon for another season of of this fantastic event. Thank you all for watching and enjoying the league up until now.