[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1276},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede":3,"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede-surround":40,"authors-\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede":50,"linked-\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede":67},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":19,"date":20,"decks":21,"description":22,"extension":23,"location":15,"meta":24,"navigation":25,"path":26,"published":25,"readingTime":27,"seo":32,"sitemap":33,"stem":34,"tags":35,"thumbnail":38,"__hash__":39},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede.md","Numero Atteso di Creature con Winding Way e Lead the Stampede","Hypergeomancer",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":14},"minimark",[10],[11,12,5],"h1",{"id":13},"numero-atteso-di-creature-con-winding-way-e-lead-the-stampede",{"title":15,"searchDepth":16,"depth":17,"links":18},"",2,3,[],"article","2026-03-11",[],"Winding Way o Lead the Stampede: cosa compra quel mana in più?","md",{},true,"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede",{"text":28,"minutes":29,"time":30,"words":31},"1 min read",0.055,3300,11,{"title":5,"description":22},{"loc":26},"articles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-winding-way-lead-the-stampede",[36,37],"Meta","Data Analysis","\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fotc-213-winding-way.jpg","2cqBcOiKvS34X3LUjcp07pHX_YtdjvcYuyV_1mS15dQ",[41,46],{"title":42,"path":43,"stem":44,"description":45,"published":25,"children":-1},"Probabilità Turno 3 Tron","\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-turno-tre-tron","articles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-turno-tre-tron","Tron al turno 3: quanto è probabile davvero?",{"title":47,"path":48,"stem":49,"description":15,"published":25,"children":-1},"The War of the Faeries","\u002Farticles\u002F2026-05-15-the-war-of-the-faeries","articles\u002F2026-05-15-the-war-of-the-faeries",[51],{"id":52,"avatar":53,"bio":54,"description":55,"extension":56,"meta":57,"name":6,"nickname":58,"socials":59,"stem":64,"url":65,"__hash__":66},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fhypergeomancer.yml","\u002Fassets\u002Favatars\u002Fhypergeomancer.png","Hypergeomancer legge il destino tra le carte del mazzo. Formule, simulazioni e un pizzico di magia trasformano i dubbi dei giocatori in numeri che indicano la strada verso la vittoria.","Matematico","yml",{},"hypergeomancer",{"twitter":60,"reddit":61,"github":62,"youtube":63},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FHypergeomancer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.reddit.com\u002Fuser\u002FHypergeomancer","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FHypergeomancer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002F@Hypergeomancer","authors\u002Fhypergeomancer","\u002Fauthors\u002Fhypergeomancer","-HJLY9zxOIlipwW2d7GM2wQZ1K3bDUQeTla1-fAIMdY",{"links":68,"globalNormalizedLocationValues":1219,"relatedAuthors":1262},[69,923,948],{"id":70,"title":42,"author":6,"body":71,"category":19,"date":20,"decks":911,"description":45,"extension":23,"location":15,"meta":912,"navigation":25,"path":43,"published":25,"readingTime":913,"seo":918,"sitemap":919,"stem":44,"tags":920,"thumbnail":921,"__hash__":922},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-03-11-probabilita-turno-tre-tron.md",{"type":8,"value":72,"toc":897},[73,77,83,87,90,93,96,101,104,137,140,144,147,158,165,168,172,175,181,184,192,198,203,206,251,261,266,269,274,283,289,293,296,407,562,565,569,641,648,655,658,676,680,687,690,694,775,779,782,838,842,868,871,874,887],[11,74,76],{"id":75},"il-sogno-del-turno-3","Il sogno del turno 3",[78,79],"magic-cards",{":cards":80,"caption":81,"layout":82},"[\"Urza's Tower\",\"Urza's Power Plant\",\"Urza's Mine\"]","Le tre terre Tron","hand",[84,85,86],"p",{},"Assemblare Tron al turno 3 è la miglior partenza del mazzo e spesso porta a vincere direttamente la partita.\nTutto — dalla costruzione della lista alle scelte di mulligan — ruota attorno a una singola domanda: quanto spesso è davvero possibile assemblare le tre terre il più rapidamente possibile?",[84,88,89],{},"L'intuizione dei giocatori tende a oscillare tra due estremi: da un lato, la sensazione che Tron \"parta sempre\" quando serve; dall'altro, la frustrazione di mani che non ci arrivano nemmeno lontanamente.\nSenza numeri, è difficile capire quale delle due percezioni sia più vicina alla realtà.",[84,91,92],{},"In questo articolo fissiamo uno scenario standard e analizziamo il problema in modo rigoroso ma concreto.\nVedremo come cambiano le cose al variare delle configurazioni e perché alcune carte e decisioni hanno un impatto molto più grande di quanto sembri.",[84,94,95],{},"Sono Hypergeomancer, matematico e giocatore competitivo di Magic.\nQuello che segue non è una guida strategica, ma un'analisi quantitativa: l'obiettivo è misurare, non intuire.",[97,98,100],"h2",{"id":99},"lo-scenario-di-riferimento","Lo scenario di riferimento",[84,102,103],{},"Per fare calcoli servono numeri fissi.\nPrendiamo la configurazione 4-4-4-4 usata nei mazzi competitivi:",[105,106,107,116,122,128,134],"ul",{},[108,109,110,111],"li",{},"4 ",[112,113],"magic-card-tooltip",{"image":114,"name":115},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F1\u002Fe\u002F1e9f09b3-dd2d-4ba9-a57e-4f3c1793f752.jpg?1782732559","Urza's Tower",[108,117,110,118],{},[112,119],{"image":120,"name":121},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002F9\u002F396bbb7d-ae61-4d8d-b931-9ed2f712832e.jpg?1782732562","Urza's Mine",[108,123,110,124],{},[112,125],{"image":126,"name":127},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F0\u002Fb0449a19-37f7-4169-9e32-928db5ec76fe.jpg?1782732561","Urza's Power Plant",[108,129,110,130],{},[112,131],{"image":132,"name":133},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002F8\u002F08e66835-c228-48fa-bcaa-eb96edbd4f5a.jpg?1782688637","Expedition Map",[108,135,136],{},"44 altre carte",[84,138,139],{},"Mazzo da 60 carte, mano d'apertura di 7.\nQuesta struttura è praticamente universale nelle liste competitive: deviare da essa riduce la consistenza in modo drastico.\nStudieremo separatamente le varie configurazioni per assemblare le tre terre al terzo turno di gioco.",[97,141,143],{"id":142},"tron-naturale-pescare-tutte-e-tre","Tron Naturale: pescare tutte e tre",[84,145,146],{},"Il caso più diretto: la mano d'apertura contiene almeno una copia di ciascuna terra Tron.\nLa probabilità esatta, calcolata con la distribuzione ipergeometrica, è:",[84,148,149,153,154,157],{},[150,151,152],"strong",{},"4.71%"," (circa ",[150,155,156],{},"1 mano su 21",").",[84,159,160,161,164],{},"Meno di una partita su venti.\nSe ti sembra poco, hai ragione: ",[150,162,163],{},"il Tron Naturale da solo non può reggere un archetipo competitivo",".\nCon questa frequenza, aspetteresti in media 21 partite prima di vedere una mano con tutte e tre le terre.\nA un torneo di 8 turni, potresti non vederlo neanche una volta.",[84,166,167],{},"Perché è così basso? Perché servono carte specifiche da tre gruppi diversi.\nAvere quattro copie di ciascuna aiuta, ma con 60 carte nel mazzo e solo 7 in mano, la combinatoria è spietata.",[97,169,171],{"id":170},"tron-assistito-il-ruolo-di-expedition-map","Tron Assistito: il ruolo di Expedition Map",[173,174],"magic-card-art-crop",{"card":133},[84,176,177,178,180],{},"Ed è qui che entra ",[112,179],{"image":132,"name":133},".\nIl piano B — e, come vedremo, il piano principale.\nUna mano con due terre Tron diverse e almeno una Map permette di cercare il pezzo mancante e assemblare Tron al turno 3.",[84,182,183],{},"La probabilità di questa configurazione è:",[84,185,186,153,189,157],{},[150,187,188],{},"10.20%",[150,190,191],{},"1 mano su 10",[84,193,194,195,197],{},"Più del doppio del Tron Naturale.\nE non è un caso: ",[112,196],{"image":132,"name":133}," trasforma ogni coppia di terre Tron in un potenziale Tron completo.\nSenza Map, servono combinazioni da tre carte specifiche; con Map, bastano combinazioni da due carte specifiche più una generica (la Map stessa).",[199,200,202],"h3",{"id":201},"quanto-conta-map-molto-più-di-quanto-pensi","Quanto conta Map? Molto più di quanto pensi",[84,204,205],{},"Il rapporto è netto:",[207,208,209,221],"table",{},[210,211,212],"thead",{},[213,214,215,218],"tr",{},[216,217],"th",{},[216,219,220],{},"Probabilità",[222,223,224,232,239],"tbody",{},[213,225,226,230],{},[227,228,229],"td",{},"Tron Naturale",[227,231,152],{},[213,233,234,237],{},[227,235,236],{},"Tron Assistito (via Map)",[227,238,188],{},[213,240,241,246],{},[227,242,243],{},[150,244,245],{},"Tron al Turno 3 (totale)",[227,247,248],{},[150,249,250],{},"14.91%",[84,252,253,254,256,257,260],{},"Questi due eventi si escludono a vicenda — una mano non può essere sia Tron Naturale sia Tron Assistito — quindi la probabilità totale è semplicemente la somma: ",[150,255,250],{},", circa ",[150,258,259],{},"1 mano su 7",".",[262,263],"bar-chart",{":data":264,"seriesName":220,"title":265},"[{\"name\":\"Naturale\",\"value\":4.71},{\"name\":\"Assistito\",\"value\":10.2},{\"name\":\"Totale\",\"value\":14.91}]","Tron al Turno 3 - Composizione",[84,267,268],{},"Ma il dato più rilevante è la composizione di quel 14.91%:",[270,271],"pie-chart",{":data":272,"title":273},"[{\"value\":68.4,\"name\":\"Tron Assistito\"},{\"value\":31.6,\"name\":\"Tron Naturale\"}]","Composizione del Tron al Turno 3",[84,275,276,279,280,282],{},[150,277,278],{},"Più di due mani su tre"," che assemblano Tron al turno 3 lo fanno grazie a ",[112,281],{"image":132,"name":133},", non per fortuna nelle pescate.\nIl rapporto è 2.17 a 1: per ogni volta che peschi Tron Naturale, Map lo assembla più di due volte.",[84,284,285,286,288],{},"Questo spiega perché ",[112,287],{"image":132,"name":133}," è presente in quattro copie in ogni lista competitiva senza eccezione.\nNon è un \"aiuto\" — è il motore principale dell'archetipo.",[97,290,292],{"id":291},"la-matematica-del-mulligan","La matematica del mulligan",[84,294,295],{},"Una mano su sette non sembra granché.\nMa nel Magic esiste il mulligan — e per Tron, il mulligan vale dire molto.\nOgni tentativo è un nuovo lancio di dadi indipendente dal precedente: rimescoli, peschi, e le probabilità ripartono da zero.",[84,297,298,299,344,345,406],{},"La formula è semplice.\nSe ",[300,301,304,325],"span",{"className":302},[303],"katex",[300,305,308],{"className":306},[307],"katex-mathml",[309,310,312],"math",{"xmlns":311},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002F1998\u002FMath\u002FMathML",[313,314,315,321],"semantics",{},[316,317,318],"mrow",{},[319,320,84],"mi",{},[322,323,84],"annotation",{"encoding":324},"application\u002Fx-tex",[300,326,330],{"className":327,"ariaHidden":329},[328],"katex-html","true",[300,331,334,339],{"className":332},[333],"base",[300,335],{"className":336,"style":338},[337],"strut","height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;",[300,340,84],{"className":341},[342,343],"mord","mathnormal"," è la probabilità di successo per singolo tentativo, la probabilità di trovare almeno una mano buona in ",[300,346,348,371],{"className":347},[303],[300,349,351],{"className":350},[307],[309,352,353],{"xmlns":311},[313,354,355,368],{},[316,356,357,360,364],{},[319,358,359],{},"n",[361,362,363],"mo",{},"+",[365,366,367],"mn",{},"1",[322,369,370],{"encoding":324},"n+1",[300,372,374,396],{"className":373,"ariaHidden":329},[328],[300,375,377,381,384,389,393],{"className":376},[333],[300,378],{"className":379,"style":380},[337],"height:0.6667em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[300,382,359],{"className":383},[342,343],[300,385],{"className":386,"style":388},[387],"mspace","margin-right:0.2222em;",[300,390,363],{"className":391},[392],"mbin",[300,394],{"className":395,"style":388},[387],[300,397,399,403],{"className":398},[333],[300,400],{"className":401,"style":402},[337],"height:0.6444em;",[300,404,367],{"className":405},[342]," tentativi è:",[300,408,411],{"className":409},[410],"katex-display",[300,412,414,456],{"className":413},[303],[300,415,417],{"className":416},[307],[309,418,420],{"xmlns":311,"display":419},"block",[313,421,422,453],{},[316,423,424,426,429,433,435,437,439],{},[365,425,367],{},[361,427,428],{},"−",[361,430,432],{"stretchy":431},"false","(",[365,434,367],{},[361,436,428],{},[319,438,84],{},[440,441,442,445],"msup",{},[361,443,444],{"stretchy":431},")",[316,446,447,449,451],{},[319,448,359],{},[361,450,363],{},[365,452,367],{},[322,454,455],{"encoding":324},"1 - (1-p)^{n+1}",[300,457,459,478,501],{"className":458,"ariaHidden":329},[328],[300,460,462,466,469,472,475],{"className":461},[333],[300,463],{"className":464,"style":465},[337],"height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[300,467,367],{"className":468},[342],[300,470],{"className":471,"style":388},[387],[300,473,428],{"className":474},[392],[300,476],{"className":477,"style":388},[387],[300,479,481,485,489,492,495,498],{"className":480},[333],[300,482],{"className":483,"style":484},[337],"height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;",[300,486,432],{"className":487},[488],"mopen",[300,490,367],{"className":491},[342],[300,493],{"className":494,"style":388},[387],[300,496,428],{"className":497},[392],[300,499],{"className":500,"style":388},[387],[300,502,504,508,511],{"className":503},[333],[300,505],{"className":506,"style":507},[337],"height:1.1141em;vertical-align:-0.25em;",[300,509,84],{"className":510},[342,343],[300,512,515,518],{"className":513},[514],"mclose",[300,516,444],{"className":517},[514],[300,519,522],{"className":520},[521],"msupsub",[300,523,526],{"className":524},[525],"vlist-t",[300,527,530],{"className":528},[529],"vlist-r",[300,531,535],{"className":532,"style":534},[533],"vlist","height:0.8641em;",[300,536,538,543],{"style":537},"top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;",[300,539],{"className":540,"style":542},[541],"pstrut","height:2.7em;",[300,544,550],{"className":545},[546,547,548,549],"sizing","reset-size6","size3","mtight",[300,551,553,556,559],{"className":552},[342,549],[300,554,359],{"className":555},[342,343,549],[300,557,363],{"className":558},[392,549],[300,560,367],{"className":561},[342,549],[84,563,564],{},"Ogni mulligan che non trova Tron \"spreca\" un tentativo, ma la probabilità cumulativa cresce rapidamente.",[199,566,568],{"id":567},"i-numeri-tentativo-per-tentativo","I numeri, tentativo per tentativo",[207,570,571,586],{},[210,572,573],{},[213,574,575,578,580,583],{},[216,576,577],{},"Tentativi",[216,579,229],{},[216,581,582],{},"Tron Assistito",[216,584,585],{},"Tron T3",[222,587,588,599,613,627],{},[213,589,590,593,595,597],{},[227,591,592],{},"1 (nessun mulligan)",[227,594,152],{},[227,596,188],{},[227,598,250],{},[213,600,601,604,607,610],{},[227,602,603],{},"2 (mulligan a 6)",[227,605,606],{},"9.19%",[227,608,609],{},"19.36%",[227,611,612],{},"27.60%",[213,614,615,618,621,624],{},[227,616,617],{},"3 (mulligan a 5)",[227,619,620],{},"13.46%",[227,622,623],{},"27.52%",[227,625,626],{},"38.90%",[213,628,629,632,635,638],{},[227,630,631],{},"4 (mulligan a 4)",[227,633,634],{},"17.52%",[227,636,637],{},"34.79%",[227,639,640],{},"47.98%",[642,643],"line-chart",{":categories":644,":series":645,"title":646,"yAxisName":647},"[\"1 (nessun mulligan)\",\"2 (mulligan a 6)\",\"3 (mulligan a 5)\",\"4 (mulligan a 4)\"]","[{\"name\":\"Tron Naturale\",\"data\":[4.71,9.19,13.46,17.52]},{\"name\":\"Tron Assistito\",\"data\":[10.2,19.36,27.52,34.79]},{\"name\":\"Tron T3\",\"data\":[14.91,27.6,38.9,47.98]}]","Probabilità Cumulativa per Numero di Mulligan","Probabilità %",[84,649,650,651,654],{},"La crescita è impressionante.\nUn singolo mulligan quasi raddoppia le probabilità: dal 14.91% al 27.60%.\nDopo due mulligan si arriva al 38.90%, e con tre tentativi si sfiora il ",[150,652,653],{},"48%"," — quasi una partita su due.",[84,656,657],{},"Due osservazioni importanti:",[659,660,661,667],"ol",{},[108,662,663,666],{},[150,664,665],{},"Il primo mulligan è il più prezioso."," Il salto dal 14.91% al 27.60% (quasi +13 punti percentuali) è il guadagno più grande. Ogni mulligan successivo aggiunge meno: è la natura della crescita esponenziale, che rallenta man mano che la probabilità cumulativa aumenta.",[108,668,669,672,673,675],{},[150,670,671],{},"Il rapporto Assistito\u002FNaturale resta costante."," A ogni livello di mulligan, il Tron Assistito è circa 2.17 volte più frequente del Tron Naturale. Questo significa che il valore strategico di ",[112,674],{"image":132,"name":133}," non dipende dalla profondità del mulligan: è strutturale.",[199,677,679],{"id":678},"cosa-vuol-dire-in-pratica","Cosa vuol dire in pratica?",[84,681,682,683,686],{},"Se giochi Tron e sei disposto a fare mulligan aggressivi fino a 5 carte, hai circa il ",[150,684,685],{},"39%"," di probabilità di assemblare Tron al turno 3.\nIn un torneo di 8 turni, questo si traduce in circa 3 partite con Tron assemblato subito — abbastanza per rendere l'archetipo competitivo.",[84,688,689],{},"Se arrivi fino a mulligan a 4 (rischioso, ma a volte necessario), sfiori il 48%.\nQuasi un lancio di moneta.",[97,691,693],{"id":692},"i-numeri-riassunti","I numeri riassunti",[207,695,696,705],{},[210,697,698],{},[213,699,700,702],{},[216,701],{},[216,703,704],{},"Valore",[222,706,707,715,723,735,743,751,759,767],{},[213,708,709,712],{},[227,710,711],{},"Tron Naturale (mano di 7)",[227,713,714],{},"4.71% ≈ 1 su 21",[213,716,717,720],{},[227,718,719],{},"Tron Assistito (mano di 7)",[227,721,722],{},"10.20% ≈ 1 su 10",[213,724,725,730],{},[227,726,727],{},[150,728,729],{},"Tron T3 (mano di 7)",[227,731,732],{},[150,733,734],{},"14.91% ≈ 1 su 7",[213,736,737,740],{},[227,738,739],{},"Tron T3 dopo 1 mulligan",[227,741,742],{},"27.60% ≈ 1 su 3.6",[213,744,745,748],{},[227,746,747],{},"Tron T3 dopo 2 mulligan",[227,749,750],{},"38.90% ≈ 1 su 2.6",[213,752,753,756],{},[227,754,755],{},"Tron T3 dopo 3 mulligan",[227,757,758],{},"47.98% ≈ 1 su 2.1",[213,760,761,764],{},[227,762,763],{},"Quota di Tron T3 da Map",[227,765,766],{},"68.4%",[213,768,769,772],{},[227,770,771],{},"Rapporto Assistito \u002F Naturale",[227,773,774],{},"2.17×",[97,776,778],{"id":777},"verifica-un-milione-di-partite-simulate","Verifica: un milione di partite simulate",[84,780,781],{},"Per chi si chiede se questi numeri siano corretti, li abbiamo verificati simulando un milione di mani d'apertura al computer (metodo Monte Carlo).\nI risultati simulati coincidono con i calcoli teorici con un margine d'errore inferiore allo 0.1%:",[207,783,784,800],{},[210,785,786],{},[213,787,788,791,794,797],{},[216,789,790],{},"Evento",[216,792,793],{},"Teorico",[216,795,796],{},"Simulato",[216,798,799],{},"Errore",[222,801,802,814,826],{},[213,803,804,806,808,811],{},[227,805,229],{},[227,807,152],{},[227,809,810],{},"4.70%",[227,812,813],{},"0.01%",[213,815,816,818,820,823],{},[227,817,582],{},[227,819,188],{},[227,821,822],{},"10.25%",[227,824,825],{},"0.05%",[213,827,828,830,832,835],{},[227,829,585],{},[227,831,250],{},[227,833,834],{},"14.95%",[227,836,837],{},"0.04%",[97,839,841],{"id":840},"conclusione-tre-cose-da-ricordare","Conclusione: tre cose da ricordare",[659,843,844,856,862],{},[108,845,846,849,850,852,853,855],{},[150,847,848],{},"Senza Map, Tron non è un archetipo."," Il 4.71% di Tron Naturale è troppo basso per competere. ",[112,851],{"image":132,"name":133}," porta il totale al 14.91%, trasformando una curiosità in una strategia (non a caso, un precedente ban di ",[112,854],{"image":132,"name":133}," ha reso il mazzo praticamente non competitivo per mesi).",[108,857,858,861],{},[150,859,860],{},"Map non è un piano B — è il piano A."," Più di due terzi delle mani che assemblano Tron al turno 3 passano per Map. Trattarla come \"supporto\" è un errore concettuale.",[108,863,864,867],{},[150,865,866],{},"I mulligan aggressivi funzionano."," Ogni mulligan aggiuntivo offre una nuova possibilità indipendente. Due mulligan portano al 39%, tre al 48%. La struttura 4-4-4-4 è progettata per reggere questa strategia.",[84,869,870],{},"Alla fine, Tron è un archetipo fondato su due pilastri: una configurazione del mazzo ottimizzata e una gestione disciplinata del mulligan.\nLa matematica quantifica quello che i giocatori esperti sanno per istinto — e conferma che quel singolo artefatto da un mana è, probabilisticamente parlando, la carta più importante del mazzo.",[872,873],"hr",{},[84,875,876,879,880],{},[150,877,878],{},"Paper correlato:"," ",[881,882,886],"a",{"href":883,"rel":884},"https:\u002F\u002Fzenodo.org\u002Frecords\u002F18802326",[885],"nofollow","zenodo.org\u002Frecords\u002F18802326",[84,888,889,879,892],{},[150,890,891],{},"Video correlato:",[881,893,896],{"href":894,"rel":895},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FB_UUarIJt2E",[885],"youtu.be\u002FB_UUarIJt2E",{"title":15,"searchDepth":16,"depth":17,"links":898},[899,900,901,904,908,909,910],{"id":99,"depth":16,"text":100},{"id":142,"depth":16,"text":143},{"id":170,"depth":16,"text":171,"children":902},[903],{"id":201,"depth":17,"text":202},{"id":291,"depth":16,"text":292,"children":905},[906,907],{"id":567,"depth":17,"text":568},{"id":678,"depth":17,"text":679},{"id":692,"depth":16,"text":693},{"id":777,"depth":16,"text":778},{"id":840,"depth":16,"text":841},[],{},{"text":914,"minutes":915,"time":916,"words":917},"6 min read",5.535,332100,1107,{"title":42,"description":45},{"loc":43},[36,37],"\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fatq-85b-urza-s-tower.jpg","waH6GjcuZNenVAQ5SMflfwAqKhlUqdfj2FYYPLIUkQE",{"id":924,"title":925,"author":6,"body":926,"category":19,"date":933,"decks":934,"description":935,"extension":23,"location":15,"meta":936,"navigation":25,"path":937,"published":25,"readingTime":938,"seo":942,"sitemap":943,"stem":944,"tags":945,"thumbnail":946,"__hash__":947},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-01-20-probabilita-great-furnace-goblin-tomb-raider.md","Probabilità di aprire con Great Furnace e Goblin Tomb Raider",{"type":8,"value":927,"toc":931},[928],[11,929,925],{"id":930},"probabilità-di-aprire-con-great-furnace-e-goblin-tomb-raider",{"title":15,"searchDepth":16,"depth":17,"links":932},[],"2026-01-20",[],"Quanto spesso apriamo con Great Furnace e Goblin Tomb Raider?",{},"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-01-20-probabilita-great-furnace-goblin-tomb-raider",{"text":28,"minutes":939,"time":940,"words":941},0.05,3000,10,{"title":925,"description":935},{"loc":937},"articles\u002F2026-01-20-probabilita-great-furnace-goblin-tomb-raider",[36,37],"\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fclb-165-breath-weapon.jpg","UWs3bPhaq7rPHwUuSEi7XfIItrWuXzXJm4SQuny4_eU",{"id":949,"title":950,"author":951,"body":952,"category":19,"date":1203,"decks":1204,"description":1205,"extension":23,"location":15,"meta":1206,"navigation":25,"path":1207,"published":25,"readingTime":1208,"seo":1213,"sitemap":1214,"stem":1215,"tags":1216,"thumbnail":1217,"__hash__":1218},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-07-05-descent-into-madness.md","A Descent into Madness","Paolo Donfrancesco",{"type":8,"value":953,"toc":1195},[954,957,965,971,975,979,982,988,991,1023,1038,1041,1044,1047,1058,1079,1085,1088,1096,1102,1107,1110,1113,1116,1131,1146,1150,1156,1159,1162,1165,1169,1172,1175,1178,1184,1188],[97,955,950],{"id":956},"a-descent-into-madness",[84,958,959,960,964],{},"This Monday, many competitive Pauper players were shocked to learn about ",[112,961],{"image":962,"name":963},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F1\u002Fd1f20175-8bfa-417a-912b-d6d472f091ab.jpg?1782731042","Seeker of Skybreak"," 's ban.\nIt was the fastest-ever action in the format's history, pre-bans excluded, and it raised questions about the Pauper Format Panel's methodology.",[84,966,967,968,970],{},"In this article, I won't focus much on establishing whether the ",[112,969],{"image":962,"name":963}," combo was too strong or not, because that's not what the Pauper Format Panel's statement is about.\nI will highlight the flaws in the philosophy that led the Pauper Format Panel to the ban, and I will draw some general conclusions from how the whole story unfolded.",[78,972],{":cards":973,"caption":974},"[\"Hawkeye's Bow\",\"Seeker of Skybreak ()\"]","Seeker of Skybreak's combo",[199,976,978],{"id":977},"the-pauper-format-panel-statement","The Pauper Format Panel Statement",[84,980,981],{},"Let's start breaking down the official announcement.",[983,984,985],"article-quote",{},[84,986,987],{},"The Naya Gates deck has won all three Magic Online challenges at the time of writing this article, and sideboards are full of cards to help fight against this deck.",[84,989,990],{},"Three Challenges over two days aren't a meaningful sample for evaluating a new deck.\nThe results are highly sensitive to variance, and they tell us almost nothing about how the metagame can adapt.\nBut let's discuss the second part of this sentence, which I find ambiguous.\nI will address both possible meanings:",[105,992,993,1010],{},[108,994,995,996,998,999],{},"The format is naturally well-equipped to fight the ",[112,997],{"image":962,"name":963}," combo.",[105,1000,1001],{},[108,1002,1003,1004,1006,1007,1009],{},"I agree that the format has good counterplay to the combo.\nThis would be an argument against banning ",[112,1005],{"image":962,"name":963},".\nI assume this is meant to contrast with the three Challenge wins.\nIn other words, despite all the available hate, ",[112,1008],{"image":962,"name":963}," still won.\nBut tool availability isn't the only factor: players also need time to learn how to play against a brand-new combo deck and how to sideboard correctly.\nI think that the combo was only a modest boost to the existing Naya Gates deck.\nThe Challenge results from Friday through Sunday already seemed to support this conclusion.\nUnfortunately, those events fell outside the time window considered by the Pauper Format Panel.",[108,1011,1012,1013],{},"The format's sideboards were warped to fight Naya Seeker of Skybreak.",[105,1014,1015],{},[108,1016,1017,1018,1022],{},"If this is the intended meaning, then the statement isn't consistent with the available decklists.\nMost lists didn't change after ",[112,1019],{"image":1020,"name":1021},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F4\u002F8\u002F485be72b-d784-4886-bb3a-48cff8f781c6.jpg?1782681802","Hawkeye's Bow","'s release.",[983,1024,1025],{},[84,1026,1027,1028,1032,1033,1037],{},"After a lot of discussion over the past two weeks, we have decided that cheap and easy-to-run two-card combinations are not something we think are healthy for Pauper.\nIf they're more expensive to cast or require more pieces, that can be fine — I want to stress that combos themselves are not something we are against — but letting players run eight cards that can be easily slotted into a deck a la ",[112,1029],{"image":1030,"name":1031},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F5\u002Ff\u002F5feba5d6-99a6-4e9b-8a7d-90d955868fc3.jpg?1782691272","Basking Broodscale"," (or ",[112,1034],{"image":1035,"name":1036},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F5\u002F8\u002F580fbbf8-ba7e-4889-a5ea-d066f3ea8cea.jpg?1783938401","Splinter Twin",") and that can combo this quickly is a play pattern that we want to keep out of the format.",[84,1039,1040],{},"This statement is just unrealistic.\nThey say they aren't against combo per se, but how can a combo deck ever be tier 1 while complying with their standards?",[84,1042,1043],{},"Creature combo decks requiring multiple pieces, such as Goblin Combo and Walls Combo, have succeeded in the past.\nThe format, however, has become much more powerful.\nToday, a creature combo deck that needs three or more cards is unlikely to become a serious tier 1 contender.\nIf two-card combos are ruled out on principle, relevant creature combo decks effectively disappear from Pauper.",[84,1045,1046],{},"This is particularly alarming because in a creature-centric format like Pauper, creature-based combo decks are the most honest and interactive combo decks that I can imagine.\nIf even those are banned for philosophical reasons, I can't imagine other kinds of combo decks surviving in tier 1.",[84,1048,1049,1050,1052,1053,1057],{},"On the other hand, the Pauper Format Panel let a spell-based combo deck like High Tide survive for 8 months, giving it a lot more leeway than ",[112,1051],{"image":962,"name":963},", despite being a significantly less interactable combo deck.\nSo I might be missing something about their hierarchy of values.\nBut they did eventually ban ",[112,1054],{"image":1055,"name":1056},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002Fa\u002Fbabd2248-5517-4b7b-a159-9a1f7b5583c8.jpg?1782735283","High Tide",", so I doubt we're going to see spell-based combo decks in the future.",[84,1059,1060,1061,1063,1064,1066,1067,1063,1069,1073,1074,1066,1076,1078],{},"That still doesn't cover every possibility.\nWe also have graveyard-based combo decks such as Cycling Storm, and mixed combo decks such as Gruul Storm, which uses both creatures and spells.\nSuppose one of these decks received enough support to become tier 1.\nWould the Pauper Format Panel allow it to remain legal? Maybe.\nThey haven't explicitly taken a stance against these archetypes.\nThen again, I'd place them somewhere between ",[112,1062],{"image":962,"name":963}," or ",[112,1065],{"image":1030,"name":1031}," and ",[112,1068],{"image":1055,"name":1056},[112,1070],{"image":1071,"name":1072},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F3\u002Fb34f0ac1-6894-4761-b62c-b85d927acf09.jpg?1782704643","Chatterstorm"," on the spectrum of fairness.\nIf ",[112,1075],{"image":962,"name":963},[112,1077],{"image":1030,"name":1031}," are already considered unacceptable on principle, it's hard to imagine Cycling Storm or Gruul Storm surviving for long as tier 1 decks.",[84,1080,1081,1082,1084],{},"You might recall that I'm not against philosophically motivated bans, as I wanted a ",[112,1083],{"image":1055,"name":1056}," ban on that basis.\nBut spell-based combo decks are the only kind of combo deck that I wouldn't allow in Pauper, due to a lack of relevant interaction in the format.\nIn my opinion, other kinds of combo decks should receive the same scrutiny as any Pauper deck, i.e.\nonly get banned if they are too strong.\nI'm not against combo in general.\nThe Pauper Format Panel claims to be in the same boat, but its actions speak differently.",[84,1086,1087],{},"A healthy Magic ecosystem needs combo decks.\nMoreover, Pauper is many players' first introduction to competitive Magic and is a great place to learn Magic fundamentals.\nFor me, that education included learning how to play both with and against combo decks.\nI hope future players get the same opportunity.",[983,1089,1090,1093],{},[84,1091,1092],{},"Now, let's look at question two: What are the odds we ban a card on August 10 if we don't ban one now?",[84,1094,1095],{},"Well, given our discussion around the first question, we would say the odds are extremely high.",[84,1097,1098,1099,1101],{},"This confirms that the ",[112,1100],{"image":962,"name":963}," ban doesn't have power level in mind.\nIt's a ban on principle, and I fundamentally disagree with that, for the reasons stated above.",[983,1103,1104],{},[84,1105,1106],{},"In a format like Pauper, which can stay consistent for long stretches of time, having something new show up, even if temporarily, can be nice.",[84,1108,1109],{},"This is another important point.\nThe last time a new tier 1 deck emerged was in April 2025, with Mono Red Madness, more than one year ago.\nAnd the last time that a new card gave rise to a new tier 1 deck was with MH3, more than two years ago.",[84,1111,1112],{},"A stable format certainly has its upsides, but some change is required to keep players engaged.\nThe discontinuation of Masters sets, draftable Commander sets, and Modern Horizons has left Pauper players with few opportunities to receive new cards that can compete with the established staples for the foreseeable future.",[84,1114,1115],{},"In this situation, the rare additions to the format are particularly cherished, and banning a new combo without even giving it a chance to show whether and how powerful it is leaves many players utterly demoralized and disenfranchised.",[983,1117,1118],{},[84,1119,1120,1121,1125,1126,1128,1129,260],{},"While we've been looking at ",[112,1122],{"image":1123,"name":1124},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002Fe\u002F0e3aedae-e4bb-48e3-9f8b-bea0430df306.jpg?1782691210","Sneaky Snacker"," for a while, having this deck showing up and be yet another ",[112,1127],{"image":1123,"name":1124}," deck was not lost on us.\nAnd while it was still right for us to ban the combo given our goal of avoiding cheap and resilient two-card combos, we want to take a very serious look at ",[112,1130],{"image":1123,"name":1124},[84,1132,1133,1134,1136,1137,1139,1140,1142,1143,1145],{},"I talked about the ",[112,1135],{"image":1123,"name":1124}," situation in my last article.\nI don't have a strong opinion on a ",[112,1138],{"image":1123,"name":1124}," ban, but I'm glad it's being discussed.\nI think the ban would be reasonable because ",[112,1141],{"image":1123,"name":1124}," heavily warps the meta, but I worry about the potential consequences, which are very hard to predict.\nAfter mono red got two cards banned in recent times, ",[112,1144],{"image":1123,"name":1124}," is the last thing keeping some version of mono red competitively viable.",[199,1147,1149],{"id":1148},"descending-into-madness","Descending into Madness",[84,1151,1152,1153,1155],{},"The most troubling part of how the Pauper Format Panel handled ",[112,1154],{"image":1020,"name":1021}," is how they fueled widespread panic on the internet.\nThe card wasn't even out yet, and the Pauper Format Panel was asking on social media whether it should be banned.\nNobody I know was particularly worried during spoiler season.\nTo me, it felt like the Pauper Format Panel was waving the ban hammer in search of a problem.",[84,1157,1158],{},"This situation generated the biggest mobilization of internet commenters I've ever seen in the context of Pauper.\nEvery social media platform was flooded with comments demanding a ban or talking as if the ban was a foregone conclusion.\nI could tell that most of those people weren't familiar with Pauper, as I kept reading outlandish takes that revealed a lack of basic format knowledge.",[84,1160,1161],{},"Now, not being knowledgeable in Pauper isn't a sin.\nIt's always great to see new people discovering the format.\nI just wonder what is to be gained from asking the internet how to manage the format, when it's well established that internet commenters often overestimate their knowledge of any topic.",[84,1163,1164],{},"Maybe the fact that the panel members are all public figures is an incentive for them to seek external validation.\nAnonymity would better serve those who manage a format.",[199,1166,1168],{"id":1167},"the-maturity-of-pauper","The Maturity of Pauper",[84,1170,1171],{},"The Pauper Format Panel took over when Pauper was still a very niche format.\nIn recent years, Pauper has grown a lot and is now the first or second most popular 60-card format in several regions of the world, regularly bringing around a thousand people together for Paupergeddon.",[84,1173,1174],{},"We should give the Pauper Format Panel their flowers for being part of this period of massive growth for the format.\nNonetheless, I'd be happy to see Pauper take a step further and go back to being managed by Wizards of the Coast, like every real 60-card format.",[84,1176,1177],{},"This would grant anonymity to the decision-makers, but it would also save them from a strange conundrum that current Pauper Format Panel members find themselves in.\nBecause Pauper Format Panel members are active players, people naturally expect them to participate in major tournaments to stay connected with the format.\nAt the same time, the increasing stakes of those events would create a perception of a conflict of interest.\nWotC employees wouldn't face the same tension.",[84,1179,1180,1181,1183],{},"The ",[112,1182],{"image":962,"name":963}," ban exposed structural problems in the way Pauper is managed: incoherent and unrealistic principles, public pressure influencing decision-making, and panel members placed in an inherently awkward position.\nAs the format continues to grow, a better framework should be found.",[199,1185,1187],{"id":1186},"read-next","Read next",[84,1189,1190],{},[881,1191,1194],{"href":1192,"rel":1193},"https:\u002F\u002Fmagic.wizards.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fannouncements\u002Fexplanation-of-pauper-seeker-of-skybreak-ban-for-june-29-2026",[885],"Explanation of Pauper Seeker of Skybreak Ban for June 29, 2026",{"title":15,"searchDepth":16,"depth":17,"links":1196},[1197],{"id":956,"depth":16,"text":950,"children":1198},[1199,1200,1201,1202],{"id":977,"depth":17,"text":978},{"id":1148,"depth":17,"text":1149},{"id":1167,"depth":17,"text":1168},{"id":1186,"depth":17,"text":1187},"2026-07-05",[],"Commento al Ban di 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Golden Pigs member and Paupergeddon finalist.","Walker735",{},null,"authors\u002Fdonfrancesco-paolo","\u002Fauthors\u002Fpaolo-donfrancesco","bWa9MMM18Q7oFkz060ZdC4oEGnyN46vPpp5KLM5zvSs",{"id":52,"avatar":53,"bio":54,"description":55,"extension":56,"meta":1274,"name":6,"nickname":58,"socials":1275,"stem":64,"url":65,"__hash__":66},{},{"twitter":60,"reddit":61,"github":62,"youtube":63},1785172323453]