Historic Pauper – Midweek Magic Event Guide and Decklists – December 2021

Hello everyone! This week’s Midweek Magic is Historic Pauper! For those who don’t know, Pauper is actually one of my favorite formats on Arena. It forces you to be extremely creative in deck building and you often get rewarded by surprisingly powerful decks and deep game play. If you like trying out something new, but still want something interesting, you can’t do better than Pauper.

Players can enter the event for free, win some free Rare Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) and a random cosmetic item on the third win. Below is everything you need to know about the event as well as the list of decks you can use for this event.

---

Event Details

• Duration: December 21, 2021 @ 8:00 AM PST to December 23, 2021 @ 8:00 AM PST
• Format: Historic Pauper
• Entry Fee: Free
• Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
• Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)

---

Event Rewards

Please note, starting with Innistrad: Crimson Vow, the Midweek Magic promotion given out by your local game store has now phased out, and now replaced with an additional reward on the third win.

Wins	Reward
1 Win	Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)
2 Wins	Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)
3 Wins	One Random Cosmetic Item

---

Historic Pauper Decklists (December 2021)

We have 11 new and updated Historic Pauper decks that feature some the most powerful common cards for use to choose from! Since the format never rotates, you can find older Historic Pauper decks over at the deck database.

If you’re unsure what direction to take, Monowhite is always a great option. With a brutal curve, you can easily get under any opponent.

It’s weird to think Monoblue creatures would be a good deck in most formats, but it’s very powerful and an absolute blast in Pauper!

If Pauper is one of my favorite formats, Monoblack Midrange is one of my favorite decks in the format! Slowly grind out the opponent with drain enchantments and card advantage.

Some people want to watch the world burn, trust me I get it. Going fast, but also having a lot of reach is the largest advantage of playing this deck.

While many of these decks look to go low, you can go high as well Monogreen has a litany of ramp options and great mid and late game creatures.

I can’t love a deck more than Monoblack Midrange, but Orzhov Reanimator is definitely creeping up there. It’s so different to your standard Pauper fare and so strong you can’t but love it too!

Monoblue Tempo is great, but adding Red gives you cheap removal as well which is obviously extremely helpful.

If you like Aggro decks, but want something more off the beaten path then this deck is for you! Azorius Affinity has the classic curve of an Aggro deck, but can cheat in fatties early in the game!

Don’t worry Control junkies I have your back. If you like never letting your opponent do their thing, Dimir is the absolute best at making that (not) happen.

If you like beating up on the many creature decks you’re going to see, there’s no better deck to tackle them with than Rakdos! Steal their creatures and eat them up!

For the final deck of the list, Selesnya Auras is yet another weird aggressive strategy you can try if you like going tall rather than going wide.