Hey everyone! This is going to be an extremely exciting week for some of you and at least a fairly cheap week for everybody else. That’s because this week’s Midweek Magic is going to be Historic Pauper. There aren’t any budget decks since everything is already on the cheap.
Historic Pauper means that we will be playing exclusively with commons from the Historic card pool. That’s a pretty deep pool to be diving into if you don’t know how to swim, but many of the typical archetypes are still just as effective without all the rares powering them.
Some of the pauper communities have a curated ban list, but these events haven’t had them in the past. As far as I currently know, you’re in the clear to play anything as long as it is a common on Arena.
There might be decks that say other rarities, but that is only because of alternate versions. Everything listed here should be legal.
Event Details
Bring a 60-card Historic deck that contains only commons and basic lands. Look for some common ground with all those cards you’ve drafted and build something new!
Find out more details about this and upcoming Midweek Magic events HERE.
Duration: October 21st, 2025 @ 2:00 PM PST to October 23rd,2025 @ 2:00 PM PST
Format: Historic Pauper
Entry Fee: Free
Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
Not as burn focused as you would normally be expecting. This one goes hard on the Goblin Bushwhacker shenanigans along with Kuldotha Rebirth to start out going wide.
It still bothers me that Frogmite is only available at Mythic on arena when it should be a common as it was originally printed. Oh well, you still have a ton of busted draws especially ones involving Cranial Ram.
You can’t go wrong with making a ton of squirrels to swarm your opponent’s face. Sometimes this is going to blow up and sometimes it will go straight down the toilet. As far as pauper goes, it has the highest ceiling for fun.
Pile a ton of auras on a dude and ask your oppo “Do you have removal or are we done here?” with a swiftness. Even if they have it, they have to hope you don’t have any of the cards to protect your dude.
Josh is a member of the elite limited team The Draft Lab as well as the host of The Draft Lab Podcast. He was qualifying for Pro Tours, Nationals, and Worlds literally before some of you were born. After a Magic hiatus to play poker and go to medical school, he has been dominating Arena with over an 80% win percentage in Bo3 as well as making #1 rank in Mythic.
