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If you want to win, then it’s not a matter of playstyle.\nSome decks work better in a certain way for reasons briefly explained in the previous lesson.\nYes, you could try to build a Familiars deck as a full combo deck with fewer control elements and ways to speed up the kill, but you will just win fewer games in a competitive setting.\nThere are times when a different approach to a certain combo deck is better than another, but that’s also not a matter of playstyle, just a little thing called metagame: ever heard about that? When you walk into my kitchen, you make sure to have your hands clean, your work uniform proper and, for God’s sake, leave the “playstyle” thing out!",[16,33,34,35,40,41,45],{},"In this article we focus on the full combo decks, for things are easier: such decks tend to be linear, i.e., they try to do the same thing every game.\nFor the examples, I will use 4 deck lists built by me that, I think, are great at highlighting the focal points.\nThe decks are my takes on Pizza Combo, Life Combo, Life Combo with ",[36,37],"magic-card-tooltip",{"image":38,"name":39},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F5\u002F2\u002F5224eec3-2941-4d16-a713-099e34e93eee.jpg?1783915084","Commune with Nature"," and Altar Tron with ",[36,42],{"image":43,"name":44},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fc\u002Fe\u002Fce254758-c928-4b43-a952-13fac1845668.jpg?1785497186","Giant’s Boulder",".",[16,47,48],{},"For reference, here are the 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For that reason, I also went so far as to add a copy of ",[36,192],{"image":193,"name":194},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fe\u002F9\u002Fe9387e8f-0e72-4212-81c8-e64050700c52.jpg?1783928743","Workshop Assistant","!\nDeciding how many copies of the combo you want to play is a delicate balance, and the answer is not always “the full amount.”",[11,197,199],{"id":198},"tutors","Tutors",[16,201,202,203,207,208,212],{},"Tutors do a great job at adding consistency. Unfortunately, there are no good tutors in Pauper.\nIn some decks you could play something like ",[36,204],{"image":205,"name":206},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F9\u002Fa\u002F9a7800f7-95cd-4f5c-b054-4afad8924367.jpg?1783935075","Trinket Mage",", transmute cards or ",[36,209],{"image":210,"name":211},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002Ff\u002F3f88eacf-5c7b-4a35-86f0-af3b0516d4c2.jpg?1783908933","Mystical Teachings",", but those cards are so slow that they will very rarely be useful in the faster matchups.\nAnd guess what? Faster matchups is where you need them the most, for in slower matchups a proper draw engine will mostly do just fine without tutors.\nThere are some rare exceptions, Goblin Combo being one, but for the most part there are no good decks for the good tutors available.",[16,214,215],{},"Here’s a list of interesting tutors in the Pauper card pool.\nI consider these cards to be worth keeping in mind, even though they don’t have an excellent house at the very moment:",[217,218,219,235,257,264,271],"ul",{},[220,221,222,224,225,229,230,234],"li",{},[36,223],{"image":205,"name":206},": 3 mana is a lot, but at least it is a blocker. It could also be reanimated or blinked for extra tutoring power. 0 and 1 mana artifacts also make up for an exciting toolbox, for they include graveyard hate, removal spells (",[36,226],{"image":227,"name":228},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002F8\u002F088c801d-381f-403b-aeb7-fbbfafee99bf.jpg?1783930099","Pyrite Spellbomb","), protection spells (",[36,231],{"image":232,"name":233},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F2\u002F7\u002F275ec0c4-1c59-4818-9999-b2389d17c2e7.jpg?1783930088","Welding Jar",") and, notably, artifact lands.",[220,236,237,241,242,246,247,251,252,256],{},[36,238],{"image":239,"name":240},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002Fc\u002Fbcc492f5-d86d-473c-a316-855588a979bd.jpg?1783938772","Wirewood Herald",": if you have a clean way to kill the guy, it’s a ",[36,243],{"image":244,"name":245},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fa\u002F2\u002Fa24b4cb6-cebb-428b-8654-74347a6a8d63.jpg?1783915679","Demonic Tutor",". There are some possible combos involving Elves, for example Pizza Combo or decks relying on Evolution Witness, but those decks don’t combo with other elves. So, it’s not really a tutor, more like additional and slower copies of the main elf. It’s a good dispute target and can also get interesting shapeshifters like ",[36,248],{"image":249,"name":250},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Ff\u002F0\u002Ff0a9c72a-e450-41e3-80e5-06f2f1171245.jpg?1783928209","Masked Vandal"," and ",[36,253],{"image":254,"name":255},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002Fa\u002F7a4944ac-839e-4aa1-8200-78cff36bb2ed.jpg?1783904457","Nameless Inversion",". Vandal is particularly sweet because the Herald is also the creature you exile from the graveyard to feed the Vandal.",[220,258,259,263],{},[36,260],{"image":261,"name":262},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002F3\u002F0365c439-30bf-4d32-a791-166751bdb996.jpg?1785323332","Hobbit Hole",": this card is absurdly good… if you find a combo with Halflings. Notably, shapeshifters are so. The opportunity cost is basically 0 because it’s almost on par with most of the mana fixing around; It takes no slots in your deck because it will easily be an integral part of the manabase. I’m eager to find a good combo deck where this card fits.",[220,265,266,270],{},[36,267],{"image":268,"name":269},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F1\u002F716534cb-aa89-4de7-9aa5-8d8aa4422a6a.jpg?1783926869","Step Through",": 2 mana instant speed tutor is very good. As for the above, you need wizards or shapeshifters.",[220,272,273,277,278,282],{},[36,274],{"image":275,"name":276},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002Fb\u002Fbb5385d2-ca5d-4fb9-934b-b7cc8b38ac89.jpg?1783944793","Merchant Scroll",": incredibly good if a deck can support it. Do you remember ",[36,279],{"image":280,"name":281},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002Fa\u002Fbabd2248-5517-4b7b-a159-9a1f7b5583c8.jpg?1783918492","High Tide","?",[11,284,286],{"id":285},"refining-the-draw-engine","Refining the draw engine",[16,288,289,290,294,295,299,300,251,304,45],{},"As I said in the previous article, which draw engine you play mostly depends on the combo itself: for example, the Spy deck needs to have many creatures in order to cut lands and to provide lethal ",[36,291],{"image":292,"name":293},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.scryfall.com\u002Fcards\u002Fnamed?exact=Lotleth%20Giants&format=image","Lotleth Giants",".\nIt is also forced to play green because of ",[36,296],{"image":297,"name":298},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F6\u002Fd6862005-32d1-473e-a28b-5dfc4b7782cd.jpg?1783945924","Land Grant",", so it’s only natural they play ",[36,301],{"image":302,"name":303},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F9\u002Fe\u002F9e76b676-c7a3-4de6-a78d-3059a0df83f2.jpg?1783931034","Lead the Stampede",[36,305],{"image":306,"name":307},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F3\u002Fd3340062-3071-4d8e-98f8-fd3343a011ad.jpg?1783911907","Winding Way",[16,309,310],{},"Most of the time the path is clear on what to play, but that doesn’t mean deciding the actual numbers is easy: you know you will put fresh onion in the sauce, but how much you will put in and how big you will slice it is a refined taste.\nIn order to properly solve this puzzle, you should consider the Pauper metagame as it is now. The strongest and most played decks are Jund Wildfire, Affinity, Mono Red Madness, Mono Blue Terror and Naya Gates.",[16,312,313,314,45],{},"Except for the last one, the others are divided into 2 clear categories: fast mono color decks and grindy black-based decks. You could argue that Mono Blue Terror and Mono Red Madness are also interactive decks, for they have counters and ways to interact with creatures.\nHowever, they are still decks trying to kill fast more than they are trying to interact. I know it’s a simplification, but I think it’s a reasonable and useful one.\nSince you will face decks that will try to beat you very fast and decks that will try to grind you out, you should divide your draw ingredients into 2 categories.\nOne of them should make you go fast, the other one should give you the ability to grind.\nDo you remember the BG Glee lists floating around right before the banning? They had a lot of disputes, but also 4 copies of ",[36,315],{"image":316,"name":317},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fa\u002F1\u002Fa178cfe8-f9fa-4255-88d0-54a0bed079f5.jpg?1783911259","Malevolent Rumble",[16,319,320],{},"Let’s see the examples:",[86,322],{":arch":88,":cards":323,"caption":90},"[\"Preordain\",\"Ponder\",\"Ichor Wellspring\",\"Cryogen Relic\",\"Perilous Research\"]",[50,325],{"anchor-id":326,"header-gradient":53,"name":327,"parsed-cards":328,"player":96,"section-counts":329,"placement":96},"deck-pizza-draw-engine-","Pizza Draw Engine","{\"Creatures\":[{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Preordain\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{U}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002Fd\u002Fdd29a0e5-c1de-4e8a-8866-715e9f9cde1f.jpg?1783907099\"},{\"quantity\":3,\"name\":\"Ponder\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{U}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002Fc\u002Fdc69f960-68ba-4315-8146-6a7a82047503.jpg?1783907102\"},{\"quantity\":3,\"name\":\"Ichor Wellspring\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{2}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F1\u002Fc\u002F1ccdb407-ac8f-4736-89d3-ab0d086096ea.jpg?1783927513\"},{\"quantity\":3,\"name\":\"Cryogen Relic\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}{U}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002Fb\u002F7bfb33b6-e2bf-498f-8c58-ae21a840cf75.jpg?1783905984\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Perilous Research\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}{U}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Ff\u002F4\u002Ff425b017-8c4d-457f-919a-f2686d71bcac.jpg?1783939995\"}]}","{\"Creatures\":17}",[16,331,332],{},"For just 1 mana, Preordain and Ponder let you see up to 3 and 4 cards, meaning they are very good at finding specific cards fast.\nThe Perilous Research + Ichor Wellspring\u002FCryogen Relic package means you have 10 “draw 2” in your deck for when you need to outvalue your opponent.",[16,334,335],{},"That’s a pretty good configuration for game 1, but you will usually change that for game 2 in order to properly fit the matchup. I often side out at least a Wellspring vs fast decks, for example.",[86,337],{":arch":88,":cards":338,"caption":109},"[\"Lembas\",\"Nihil Spellbomb\",\"Fanatical Offering\"]",[50,340],{"anchor-id":341,"header-gradient":61,"name":342,"parsed-cards":343,"player":96,"section-counts":344,"placement":96},"deck-life-i-draw-engine-","Life I Draw Engine","{\"Creatures\":[{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Lembas\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{2}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002Fb\u002F3b46aacf-b31a-4380-9e4b-82795fbaba3b.jpg?1783916239\"},{\"quantity\":2,\"name\":\"Nihil Spellbomb\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fe\u002F5\u002Fe5892a23-efae-4731-9b8f-41c87960fe93.jpg?1783935110\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Fanatical Offering\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}{B}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F8\u002Fd896dd52-b134-4b55-ab91-ccb05ecc50f4.jpg?1783913778\"}]}","{\"Creatures\":10}",[16,346,347],{},"Here I have a surprisingly low amount of draw spells, but as stated before, that’s because this deck has so many combo pieces that you will find them naturally most of the time.\nAlso, since the creatures tend to protect themselves and the sheer number of copies you play means you will usually have backup ones, you don’t need specific protection spells most of the time.",[16,349,350],{},"Still, you see cards that dig faster and cards that grind more.\nThis is the reason I play Lembas instead of Ichor Wellspring in this deck.\nOne could argue that Lembas is still 2 mana to look at 2 cards, but I consider it faster than Fanatical Offering because it doesn’t need another card to be played before.\nAlso, it doesn’t need a specific color of mana.",[86,352],{":arch":88,":cards":353,"caption":127},"[\"Lembas\",\"Commune with Nature\",\"Nihil Spellbomb\",\"Fanatical Offering\"]",[50,355],{"anchor-id":356,"header-gradient":61,"name":357,"parsed-cards":358,"player":96,"section-counts":97,"placement":96},"deck-life-ii-draw-engine-","Life II Draw Engine","{\"Creatures\":[{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Lembas\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{2}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002Fb\u002F3b46aacf-b31a-4380-9e4b-82795fbaba3b.jpg?1783916239\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Commune with Nature\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{G}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F5\u002F2\u002F5224eec3-2941-4d16-a713-099e34e93eee.jpg?1783915084\"},{\"quantity\":2,\"name\":\"Nihil Spellbomb\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fe\u002F5\u002Fe5892a23-efae-4731-9b8f-41c87960fe93.jpg?1783935110\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Fanatical Offering\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}{B}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F8\u002Fd896dd52-b134-4b55-ab91-ccb05ecc50f4.jpg?1783913778\"}]}",[16,360,361],{},"In this version of the deck I try to go faster, so I cut the 4 mana and 3 mana combo cards for a 1 mana card that has a reasonably high chance to find the ones at 1 and 2 mana.\nStill, I have Fanatical Offering and Nihil Spellbomb for when being fast is not enough.",[86,363],{":arch":88,":cards":364,"caption":75},"[\"Giant's Bolder\",\"Candy Trail\",\"Ancient Stirrings\",\"Bonder's Ornament\",\"Eviscerator's Insight\"]",[50,366],{"anchor-id":367,"header-gradient":74,"name":368,"parsed-cards":369,"player":96,"section-counts":153,"placement":96},"deck-altar-tron-draw-engine-","Altar Tron Draw Engine","{\"Creatures\":[{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Giant's Bolder\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"\",\"imageUrl\":\"\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Candy Trail\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F1\u002Fa\u002F1a860925-d912-49e5-9ddc-41ab26916bb3.jpg?1783915060\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Ancient Stirrings\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{G}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F2\u002F726039a0-6c0d-48ef-9b42-99de5d4e41d2.jpg?1783930155\"},{\"quantity\":4,\"name\":\"Bonder's Ornament\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{3}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F8\u002F9\u002F89486719-4aba-4465-986b-fecbe4d409a1.jpg?1783915605\"},{\"quantity\":2,\"name\":\"Eviscerator's Insight\",\"section\":\"Creatures\",\"manaCost\":\"{1}{B}\",\"imageUrl\":\"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F0\u002Fb00573bd-5bbb-4531-a0bb-a40f62b92b88.jpg?1783911280\"}]}",[16,371,372],{},"Different deck, same pattern: the Scry cards and stirrings are the faster ways to find specific cards, while Bonder’s Ornament and Eviscerator’s Insight are really powerful on the card advantage axis.",[16,374,375],{},"If you compare these 4 examples, they all play different cards, but the pattern is still the same: some kind of card advantage and some cantrips.\nHow many cards you devote to speed and how many to the grinding power depend on many factors.\nFor example, how useful are the cards for reasons other than the drawing power? In Altar Tron, Eviscerator’s Insight is also a way to kill Myr Retriever, thus getting back an Ashnod’s Altar that got countered.\nIf it wasn’t for that extra utility, I might have just played 1 or even 0.",[16,377,378],{},"Note that some amount of card advantage is also a way to go faster in a sense: if you play ways to go up on cards, you can mulligan slow hands at 7 or 6 even vs an unknown opponent.\nIf you play little to no card advantage, you tend to keep slow hands in G1 and hope it’s a slower MU, for you wouldn’t recover from a mulligan.",[11,380,382],{"id":381},"recap","Recap",[16,384,385],{},"After you settled on an idea, it’s time to make a proper list.\nEven though there are exceptions, in my opinion it’s usually correct to start with the number of combo cards you want to include. You frequently max out the 4ofs.",[16,387,388],{},"If you can play more than 4 of certain combo cards, things get interesting.\nDon’t cut too many draw spells if there’s a 4of you really need to find.\nInstead, max everything out at the expense of the drawing power if you can play more than 4 of every part of the combo.",[16,390,391],{},"Tutors are great, but only if they are not slow as cooking spare ribs.\nPlay a good draw engine and make sure to devote some of those slots to card advantage and some of those slots to digging fast: no point in cooking a masterpiece if you deliver it while the dinner has already ended.",{"title":96,"searchDepth":393,"depth":394,"links":395},2,3,[396,397,398,399,400,401],{"id":13,"depth":393,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":393,"text":22},{"id":80,"depth":393,"text":81},{"id":198,"depth":393,"text":199},{"id":285,"depth":393,"text":286},{"id":381,"depth":393,"text":382},"article","2026-08-31",[],"Lesson Two","md",{"_decks":408},[409,410,411,412,413,414,415,416,417,418,419,420],{"name":54,"player":56,"anchorId":52},{"name":62,"player":56,"anchorId":60},{"name":68,"player":56,"anchorId":67},{"name":75,"player":56,"anchorId":73},{"name":94,"player":96,"anchorId":93},{"name":113,"player":96,"anchorId":112},{"name":131,"player":96,"anchorId":130},{"name":151,"player":96,"anchorId":150},{"name":327,"player":96,"anchorId":326},{"name":342,"player":96,"anchorId":341},{"name":357,"player":96,"anchorId":356},{"name":368,"player":96,"anchorId":367},true,"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-08-31-combo-class-2",{"text":424,"minutes":425,"time":426,"words":427},"12 min read",11.825,709500,2365,{"title":5,"description":405},{"loc":422},"articles\u002F2026-08-31-combo-class-2",[432],"Meta","\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fstx-90-unwilling-ingredient.jpg","AnNlJj9f4Wi3IY4GyQqoTyhq2EB7lowRaspeiB3qEhc",[436,441],{"title":437,"path":438,"stem":439,"description":440,"published":421,"children":-1},"SLZ - A Summary","\u002Farticles\u002F2026-08-30-slz-a-summary","articles\u002F2026-08-30-slz-a-summary","Secret Lair: The Zeta Set. A somewhat new MtG product that is probably better to not have",null,[443],{"id":444,"avatar":445,"bio":446,"description":447,"extension":448,"meta":449,"name":6,"nickname":450,"socials":451,"stem":453,"url":454,"__hash__":455},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fbragioto-pietro.yml","\u002Fassets\u002Favatars\u002Fpietro-bragioto.jpg","Scribacchino di liste e report vari, saltuariamente scrivo qualche articolo interessante. Due volte l'anno provo la conquista dei Paupergeddon di Milano\u002FLecco e Firenze\u002FPisa, finora con discreti risultati.","Scribacchino di liste","yml",{},"crila-peoty",{"twitter":452},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002Fbragioto","authors\u002Fbragioto-pietro","\u002Fauthors\u002Fpietro-bragioto","sz69sqfJxuwxe2SGvRz_Rcns34Ut0BNuKckxABG5FHQ",{"links":457,"globalNormalizedLocationValues":2218,"relatedAuthors":2262},[458,846,1292],{"id":459,"title":437,"author":460,"body":461,"category":402,"date":833,"decks":834,"description":440,"extension":406,"location":96,"meta":835,"navigation":421,"path":438,"published":421,"readingTime":836,"seo":841,"sitemap":842,"stem":439,"tags":843,"thumbnail":844,"__hash__":845},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-08-30-slz-a-summary.md","Alessandro Moretti",{"type":8,"value":462,"toc":821},[463,466,487,491,521,524,528,531,534,537,542,545,548,562,565,567,571,574,577,603,605,609,612,615,618,621,624,627,629,661,663,667,670,672,685,687,691,694,696,704,706,710,713,716,719,722,724,732,734,738,741,744,746,772,774,778,781,783,787,790,793,796,799,802,805,808,811],[16,464,465],{},"Secret Lair: The Zeta Set is the hot topic among Pauper enthusiasts.\nI'm Alessandro Moretti, MtG content creator and this article is the written media related to my most recent video on the argument.",[16,467,468,469,476,477,476,482],{},"-",[470,471,475],"a",{"href":472,"rel":473},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002F6bFz0cx7_c4",[474],"nofollow","ITA Video on Youtube","\n-",[470,478,481],{"href":479,"rel":480},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FDjrUK4_KtP8",[474],"ENG Video on Youtube",[470,483,486],{"href":484,"rel":485},"https:\u002F\u002Flinktr.ee\u002Fadeptoterra",[474],"You can check my link-tree to find out all my content",[11,488,490],{"id":489},"table-of-contents","Table of Contents",[492,493,494,497,500,503,506,509,512,515,518],"ol",{},[220,495,496],{},"What is happening?",[220,498,499],{},"What is SLZ, what is SLD?",[220,501,502],{},"What defines the legality of cards in Pauper?",[220,504,505],{},"The case of MTGO Promo Cards",[220,507,508],{},"MtG Arena (Pioneer Masters and Rebalanced cards)",[220,510,511],{},"Pratical issues with SLZ",[220,513,514],{},"Price and availability",[220,516,517],{},"Power Level and Pauper",[220,519,520],{},"Moral Compass and Format Phylosophy",[522,523],"hr",{},[11,525,527],{"id":526},"_1-what-is-happening","1 - What is happening?",[16,529,530],{},"The recent discussions about Secret Lair Zet, downgrading powerful cards from the whole history of Magic, to common rarity is very entertaining.",[16,532,533],{},"It is, for sure, the most hated pauper related argument of recent history, even more debated than High Tide or Seeker of Skybreak bans.",[16,535,536],{},"A total amount of 12 cards are now common and we already know those cards will not be legal in Pauper even thought a fair amount of people are arguing that, by becoming common, they are eligible of playability in the all-commons format.",[538,539],"image-caption",{"alt":540,"caption":96,"src":541},"Gavin Verhey, PFP","\u002Farticles\u002FScreenshot 2026-08-29 203126.png",[538,543],{"alt":540,"caption":96,"src":544},"\u002Farticles\u002FScreenshot 2026-08-29 203150.png",[16,546,547],{},"Source:",[217,549,550,556],{},[220,551,552],{},[470,553,554],{"href":554,"rel":555},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fgavinverhey.bsky.social\u002Fpost\u002F3mtu55rdm4c2f",[474],[220,557,558],{},[470,559,560],{"href":560,"rel":561},"https:\u002F\u002Fbsky.app\u002Fprofile\u002Fgavinverhey.bsky.social\u002Fpost\u002F3mtugshsb4s2k",[474],[16,563,564],{},"As you can read in these Twitter \u002F Blue Sky statements, the current defining rules of the format will get an update in order to force out of legality - and out of the format - the downgraded cards from products such as Secret Lair Zeta.",[522,566],{},[11,568,570],{"id":569},"_2-what-is-slz-what-is-sld","2 - What is SLZ, what is SLD?",[16,572,573],{},"Secret Lair drops are card products based on out-of-MtG culture elements. They are not released as traditional product (from re-seller or local shop to customers) but, instead, are directly sold from the producer to the, supposed, final purchaser (WotC doesn't officialy recognise the secondary market)¹².\nSecret Lair: the Zeta Set is, for the first time, a randomized SLD product purchesable in 7-cards boosters. For that reason, the product came with rarities (common, uncommon, rare and mythic) other than Rare (as it is used in the traditional SLD) and with a different and new set name and code (SLZ)³.\nDue to the gamble-alike nature of the product rarities are necessary to enhance or lower the drop rate (a SLZ pack contain 3 commons, 2 uncommons, 1 rare and 1 card from any rarity).\nThis product is not meant to be playable in any limited format (draft, sealed, etc.).\nSLZ is a separate set from SLD but it is not the first SL product (or set) having more than the Rare rarity: in SLD Dandan there are common, uncommon and rare cards, even thought there's no change of previous rarities beside up-grading to rare for a few cards with new promo art (Dandan, Arcane Denial, Memory Lapse, etc.)⁴.",[16,575,576],{},"Notes:",[492,578,579,585,591,597],{},[220,580,581],{},[470,582,583],{"href":583,"rel":584},"https:\u002F\u002Fsecretlair.wizards.com\u002Feu\u002Fen\u002Fabout-us",[474],[220,586,587],{},[470,588,589],{"href":589,"rel":590},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.wiki\u002Fpage\u002FSecret_Lair",[474],[220,592,593],{},[470,594,595],{"href":595,"rel":596},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.wiki\u002Fpage\u002FSecret_Lair:_The_Zeta_Set",[474],[220,598,599],{},[470,600,601],{"href":601,"rel":602},"https:\u002F\u002Fmagic.wizards.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fannouncements\u002Ffrom-the-chaos-vault-secret-lair-dandan-decklist",[474],[522,604],{},[11,606,608],{"id":607},"_3-what-defines-the-legality-of-cards-in-pauper","3 - What defines the legality of cards in Pauper?",[16,610,611],{},"Per the rules, cards printed as common in any set or product in paper and on Magic Online.¹ At least for now.",[16,613,614],{},"Players want to play with new cards when they get the chance to do so.\nI think the open letter written by Lega Pauper Italia² is a good thing in the way it express the disatisfaction of part of the player base.\nLPI and the people who want these principles followed think that the rules should not be affected by a prohibitionist update.",[16,616,617],{},"The not-draftable argument: SLZ is not meant to be draftable, willingly to change the Pauper rules you can state that products or set not-meant to be played in limited formats (draft, sealed, jump-start) aren't legal.\nIn my opinion this isn't the right solution.",[16,619,620],{},"By doing so you are excluding early set expansions and reprint sets, like Chronicles, which weren't SLZ is very similar to Chronicles in that aspect: a set full of reprints of wanted cards.³\nBut, as well, removing Commander sets or products like TMNT Team-Up can be, perhaps, a good thing.",[16,622,623],{},"The most \"purist\" view on this argument is cutting stuff which isn't standard legal is a net improvement of the format. But, due to the FIRE design, the format Pauper is heavily defined by products and set expansions which aren't legal in standard.\nOn the opposite. the most \"liberal\" approach, instead, is just allowing every common card beside those in the B&R List.",[16,625,626],{},"An argument which came on the web (on Discord, Reddit, etc.) is how Secret Lairs aren't Pauper legal because, in fact, they are promo cards (but it doesn't seem to be the case).\nPromo cards can be a purchasable item, see convention promos, and Secret Lair cards be promo cards (see Lightning Bolt SLP - Secret Lair Prize - from Gen Con).⁴\nSLD and SLZ are indeed meant to be a limited amount run prints, similarly to promo cards and specific time products (see LotR Holiday Release).⁵\nWithout any specific statement from Wizards of the Coast it is complex to name the nature of the product, as it can be applied to pretty much any kind of traditional MtG related product or set. The shared factors between Secret Lair products are just their release, distribution and production.\nThe shooting star set symbol is commonly used by promo cards (promo cards set symbol changed many times over the years and based on the product) and by SLD cards. SLZ doesn't have a set symbol.",[16,628,576],{},[492,630,631,637,643,649,655],{},[220,632,633],{},[470,634,635],{"href":635,"rel":636},"https:\u002F\u002Fmagic.wizards.com\u002Fen\u002Fformats\u002Fpauper",[474],[220,638,639],{},[470,640,641],{"href":641,"rel":642},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.legapauperitalia.it\u002Fstatements\u002Fzeta-20260827",[474],[220,644,645],{},[470,646,647],{"href":647,"rel":648},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.wiki\u002Fpage\u002FChronicles",[474],[220,650,651],{},[470,652,653],{"href":653,"rel":654},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.wiki\u002Fpage\u002FPromotional_card",[474],[220,656,657],{},[470,658,659],{"href":659,"rel":660},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.fandom.com\u002Fwiki\u002FThe_Lord_of_the_Rings:_Tales_of_Middle-earth\u002FHoliday_Release",[474],[522,662],{},[11,664,666],{"id":665},"_4-the-case-of-mtgo-promo-cards","4 - The case of MTGO Promo Cards",[16,668,669],{},"The line \"Common promo cards are only legal if the card meets that qualification.\"¹ came from a time when three promo cards were, by mistake or by the online platform bug, wrongly set as common on MTGO.²\nHada Freeblade, Spatial Contortion and Circle of Flame were never common and they were then banned (without appearing on the Pauper format banlist) as mere formality. Now their rarity has been fixed at uncommon, as this was supposed to be.\nMagic Online promos rarities reflect their related set rarity, similarly of how Friday Night Magic promo packs have standard legal promos.",[16,671,576],{},[492,673,674,679],{},[220,675,676],{},[470,677,635],{"href":635,"rel":678},[474],[220,680,681],{},[470,682,683],{"href":683,"rel":684},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20190124170714\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fmagic.wizards.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002Farchive\u002Fnews\u002Fjanuary-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement",[474],[522,686],{},[11,688,690],{"id":689},"_5-mtg-arena-pioneer-masters-and-rebalanced-cards","5 - MtG Arena (Pioneer Masters and Rebalanced cards)",[16,692,693],{},"Arena has unique cards, with specific mechanics and cards printed only on Arena and not available by any legal means on Magic Online or in paper. And that's the biggest argument to not make Arena common-only cards legal in Pauper.\nOn one hand it is relevant to note the presence of a cycle of spell-lands but, on the other hand, you can easily understand the weirdness of having staple cards (i.e. Moon-Circuit Hacker) with a different printed text, based on where you play it.¹\nThe most resonable solution is dividing MtG Arena from MTGO and Tabletop.",[16,695,576],{},[492,697,698],{},[220,699,700],{},[470,701,702],{"href":702,"rel":703},"https:\u002F\u002Fscryfall.com\u002Fsearch?q=s%3Apio+game%3Aarena+r%3Ac+-f%3Apauper&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name",[474],[522,705],{},[11,707,709],{"id":708},"_6-pratical-issues-with-slz","6 - Pratical issues with SLZ",[16,711,712],{},"Arena is an issue due to the nature of the product, not allowing you to play a specific variant of the card due to a rewording not applied to the printed card.\nIf, hypotethically speaking, tomorrow WotC wants to add rebalanced cards to tabletop Magic, the choice would eventually a bit of confusion to the people, not understanding which version of the card is the right one.\nAnd that's the reason why rewording doesn't happen so often (e.g. Lurrus of the Dream-Den).",[16,714,715],{},"Regarding The Zeta Series the difficult to understand part is similar.",[16,717,718],{},"Having only Cursed Rack as paper-printed common card that is not legal in Pauper (and not banned) is pretty much simple¹. The card is bad (probably) and its common print is a sort of mistake-slash-anomaly.\nOld expansions had weird rarities and from Chronicles to Renaissence it kept its C1 rarity. In Chronicles C1 is uncommon and in Renaissence C1 is common. The thing is, Renaissence is the localized print (French, German, Italian) of Chronicles.",[16,720,721],{},"SLZ cards are commons that aren't legal, nor banned, nor Arena-only cards.\nAnd that's the weird, or troublesome, part.\nThe additional annoying thing is finalizing the format bounduaries. Should we stop at SLZ, or should we \"pre-ban\" Commander and additional products (Utrom Monitor)? Are Universe Beyond supposed to be legal (because you may see them as elements out of the format phylosophy)?",[16,723,576],{},[492,725,726],{},[220,727,728],{},[470,729,730],{"href":730,"rel":731},"https:\u002F\u002Fmtg.wiki\u002Fpage\u002FPauper#cite_note-23",[474],[522,733],{},[11,735,737],{"id":736},"_7-price-and-availability","7 - Price and availability",[16,739,740],{},"Some questions that may rose are related to the price and the availability of new staples pushed in by SLZ in the Pauper format.\nOf course, I am assuming in the unlikely scenario of SLZ cards becoming pauper legal.",[16,742,743],{},"If you are expecting to see pricy old school cards to be printed as common in future SL it is very unlikely. I can present you two reasons for that:\n-SL is a way for WotC to get money from the secondary market by printing chase cards and high on demand old staples (Hasbro CEO got sued, in part, for that¹²³⁴).\n-Copper Tablet being printed in the same SLZ. Card used to be an uncommon from the very first origin set expansions. Despite being low in poer level the reprint is not common, not uncommon, but Mythic. There's no reason for WotC to lower the rarity of pricy cards, just think of Rhystic Study, because WotC is incentivized of keeping at high value the cards they are printing.",[16,745,576],{},[492,747,748,754,760,766],{},[220,749,750],{},[470,751,752],{"href":752,"rel":753},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=rdKTX3eN988",[474],[220,755,756],{},[470,757,758],{"href":758,"rel":759},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.golocalprov.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Fhasbro-ceo-cocks-and-execs-sued-for-alleged-securities-violations",[474],[220,761,762],{},[470,763,764],{"href":764,"rel":765},"https:\u002F\u002Frhodeislandcurrent.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FMTG-gov.uscourts.rid_.61353.1.0.pdf",[474],[220,767,768],{},[470,769,770],{"href":770,"rel":771},"https:\u002F\u002Fstatic.blbglaw.com\u002Fdocs\u002FNovember%2026%2C%202025%20-%20Amended%20Complaint_Hasbro.pdf",[474],[522,773],{},[11,775,777],{"id":776},"_8-power-level-and-pauper","8 - Power Level and Pauper",[16,779,780],{},"From my point of view (I play Pauper since 2016) the power level of the format is already skewed compared to what it used to be.\n10 years ago Palace Sentinels and Urzalands where the ban-talk. Now those cards are still boring to play against but they are tame.\n8 years later, with the print of Modern Horizons 3 the attention was all on Whriting Chrysalis or on Refurbished Familiar.\nDue to the FIRE design, the whole card game is directed toward an upgrade in power level. This is true as well for Pauper.\nIf you don't want The Zeta Set in Pauper because you don't want the power-creep in Pauper then it is better to change game, because you can't escape from that trend by playing another open MtG format.\nStill, it is true that in the last two years the Pauper metagame, compared to other non-rotating formats, is stagnant.\nThis is a statement based on how (most of) the major rotations of the metagame, in that time period, are due to updates to the B&R List, not related to new cards additions.",[522,782],{},[11,784,786],{"id":785},"_9-moral-compass-and-format-phylosophy","9 - Moral Compass and Format Phylosophy",[16,788,789],{},"The decision of not allowing The Zeta Set in Pauper can be seen as a moralistic one. There is for sure the good will of Gavin Verhey and the Pauper Format Panel over this choice.\nAnd I should say my thanks to them, to the PFP, for the fast response they gave to the community.\nIf we look at other formats, or other card games, the ones curating the banlist aren't so close to the community as Gavin is.",[16,791,792],{},"At the same time, I think the decision may be too hasty.\nFor sure Gavin has a good understanding of what the future sets and products can bring to the Pauper format but, from my point of view (I'm a mere player and content creator) cutting so fast the chance to improve the format is not appealing. And I'm not only one thinking like that, because social networks are rich in discussions on that same very argument this last week.",[16,794,795],{},"The view over the format, its metagame and available strategies, play patterns and gameplays are based on what cards are in it and on what you, Wizards of the Coast, cards you chose to have.\nThe format can be balanced but, at the same time, unhealthy when you (player or designer) believe certain cards are not suited for the kind of games you deem good or not for the format.\nI, as player and content creator, have in mind a couple cards that I believe it is time to ban from Pauper and at the same time I crave for new addition to the format which is stale and less fun compared to what it used to be.",[16,797,798],{},"If the format phylosophy is to make the best out of whatever is available then, adding another limitation, is an improvement?\nAt the same time, Pauper can be seen or perceived as the all-commons Legacy. Not allowing by principle certain products in a format where all the common cards ever printed in the whole hystory of Magic (MtG Arena is a sort of standalone world) is nothing less than a sly escamotage.",[16,800,801],{},"Not allowing the Zeta Set cards in Pauper, for the people who want to play with those cards, is equal to pre-banning those same cards (which is ironic).",[16,803,804],{},"Not allowing the Zet Set cards in Pauper, for the people who, instead, don't want to play those cards, is the right call.",[16,806,807],{},"There's no really any way to accomodate both parties.\nOne side believes changing the metagame by not changing the rules is right.\nOn the other side is the opposite: changing the rules to not change the meta.",[16,809,810],{},"The Leopard is an italian novel based during the unification of Italy. A quote from the protagonist of this book, a prince of the old nobility of the Two Sicilies Kingdom is very well suited to end this article:",[812,813,814],"blockquote",{},[16,815,816,817],{},"Change everything to change nothing\n⁓",[818,819,820],"em",{},"Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard",{"title":96,"searchDepth":393,"depth":394,"links":822},[823,824,825,826,827,828,829,830,831,832],{"id":489,"depth":393,"text":490},{"id":526,"depth":393,"text":527},{"id":569,"depth":393,"text":570},{"id":607,"depth":393,"text":608},{"id":665,"depth":393,"text":666},{"id":689,"depth":393,"text":690},{"id":708,"depth":393,"text":709},{"id":736,"depth":393,"text":737},{"id":776,"depth":393,"text":777},{"id":785,"depth":393,"text":786},"2026-08-30",[],{},{"text":837,"minutes":838,"time":839,"words":840},"11 min read",10.665,639900,2133,{"title":437,"description":440},{"loc":438},[432],"\u002Farts\u002Fslz-330-baleful-strix.jpg","MlCxcMKN88VCvA2IbzBnydaylZa3wRC9lsp0g2hZYG4",{"id":847,"title":5,"author":6,"body":848,"category":402,"date":1276,"decks":1277,"description":1278,"extension":406,"location":96,"meta":1279,"navigation":421,"path":1280,"published":421,"readingTime":1281,"seo":1286,"sitemap":1287,"stem":1288,"tags":1289,"thumbnail":1290,"__hash__":1291},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-08-24-combo-class-part-1.md",{"type":8,"value":849,"toc":1266},[850,854,857,861,864,867,870,873,876,880,883,887,890,893,906,909,950,969,973,981,1006,1027,1035,1039,1042,1045,1067,1070,1074,1077,1090,1093,1104,1249,1252,1255,1258,1261,1263],[11,851,853],{"id":852},"lesson-1-distinguish-fresh-ideas-from-rotten-ones","Lesson 1: distinguish fresh ideas from rotten ones",[16,855,856],{},"Sometimes it's not enough to just serve an existing recipe.\nSometimes you really want to amaze your diners or to make someone fall in love with you.\nWell, we all know cooking is great, but now you need an idea.\nYou already have one? Nice! But how to turn a cool idea into a special meal?\nI'm GiorgioCombo, brewmaster in MTG and in the kitchen. Today is the day you learn the secrets of cooking combos.\nToday is the day you start the course to become a true combo master chef!",[11,858,860],{"id":859},"step-1-identify-your-diners","STEP 1: identify your diners",[16,862,863],{},"Please, note that this series of lessons are about Gourmet combo-cooking in Pauper.\nSure, some of these concepts still applies to other formats, but many things are different in different environments.",[16,865,866],{},"Before you even start thinking about what to cook, you really need to identify the goal: are you trying to break the format, to build a fun deck for the upcoming tournament or just to brew for the sake of it?\nThat's really important, because that's the premise upon which you build your entire process.\nIt would be very hard for me to give you advice if your goal is just to create a new combo deck with no competitive goals in mind.",[16,868,869],{},"In that case, the best thing I can say to you is: “go for it and build what seems fun to you”.\nYou see, here we are talking about optimization, and optimizing something means making it function in the best way possible.\n“The best way possible” for what? If you want to win, then we can have numeric answers, but if your goal is to be creative and\u002For have fun, that's something that's not possible to optimize objectively, right?",[16,871,872],{},"Here I am focusing on the competitive aspect of the game, so I talk with this premise in mind.\nI need to be honest with you from the beginning: if you want to make a delicious meal, some ideas are just not workable (unless you really are into Futurist cuisine).",[16,874,875],{},"Before we move on, please ask yourself: for whom am I cooking tonight? For a competitive player with an insatiable appetite for nothing but the best in town, for a creative with refined tastes or for a gentleman who's mostly just seeking some company for a fun dinner together?",[11,877,879],{"id":878},"step-2-get-a-good-idea","STEP 2: get a good idea",[16,881,882],{},"Every successful meal starts with an idea.\nSometimes you see a nice deck played by the new guy at the LGS, sometimes you see a new card that combos with something else.\nOther times you just rummage through your collection or memories and you notice a nice synergy between some cards.\nBefore you dive into the workshop, it's better to think a little bit about the combo in and on itself.\nSuccessful combos share some similarities and, even though there are exceptions, most of the time you see a pattern.",[11,884,886],{"id":885},"how-many-cards-do-you-need-for-the-combo","How many cards do you need for the combo?",[16,888,889],{},"That's pretty simple, right? The bigger the number of cards required, the harder to find them in a timely fashion.",[16,891,892],{},"1 card combos are exceptionally rare but also extremely appealing.\nSpy is the prime example of such a combo, in fact it's already a contender in the metagame.\nWhen I developed the 5 Lands Spy deck I was stubborn on making the deck work because I know how good 1 card combos usually are.\nMost of the time, they need some strict requirements to work, so the hard part there was not to decide if the general idea was worth it, but how to properly serve the dish.",[16,894,895,896,900,901,905],{},"In theory, 2 cards combos are the ones you should look for: throughout the history of the game, A+B is the most widespread type of successful combo.\nThe problem is they are typically so strong and easy to spot that if such a combo exists, then it's frequently either already played or very bad for various reasons (",[36,897],{"image":898,"name":899},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F8\u002F7\u002F87c1d85d-b2b8-4c9d-84fa-2566b14cb5ea.jpg?1783934842","Midnight Guard"," + ",[36,902],{"image":903,"name":904},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002Fb\u002Fbba661af-c4a8-4230-830e-a9ee22b25d6b.jpg?1783930356","Presence of Gond"," comes to mind here).",[16,907,908],{},"If 1 and 2 are very hard to find, and 4 is typically too many, the 3-cards group is the ground where you often end up finding your supplies: make sure they are not rotten, though!\nHere are some tips:",[217,910,911,928],{},[220,912,913,914,900,918,900,920,922,923,927],{},"They get significantly better if you have more than 4 copies of at least one of the pieces (like ",[36,915],{"image":916,"name":917},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F2\u002F2\u002F22589a81-3ea8-4e78-98c9-c015e7539cf9.jpg?1783904550","Devoted Druid",[36,919],{"image":121,"name":122},[36,921],{"image":103,"name":104}," \u002F ",[36,924],{"image":925,"name":926},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002F7\u002F371a769a-ddae-47f6-b2c2-957de5c18417.jpg?1783942692","Banishing Knack",");",[220,929,930,931,900,935,939,940,944,945,949],{},"They also get better when they are 2 card combos for infinite mana + a random mana sink (for example ",[36,932],{"image":933,"name":934},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F4\u002F8\u002F4892c152-1f4a-4616-8e7f-0ca4911e621a.jpg?1783942710","Pili-Pala",[36,936],{"image":937,"name":938},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F9\u002Fe\u002F9e2ebad5-0a56-4166-80af-7ebd20ae565a.jpg?1783923852","Careful Cultivation","), because most of the time you can just use the mana to dig through your deck with the draw spells you already play or you can turn good cards on their own into finishers (",[36,941],{"image":942,"name":943},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F9\u002F0\u002F902a969e-9f22-4e92-93eb-9d4536ca82e5.jpg?1783911257","Nyxborn Hydra",", ",[36,946],{"image":947,"name":948},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002Fe\u002F0ec92c44-7cf0-48a5-a3ca-bc633496d887.jpg?1783907352","Stormshriek Feral",", etc).",[16,951,952,953,955,956,900,960,900,964,968],{},"Even though neither ",[36,954],{"image":933,"name":934}," nor Pizza Combo are groundbreaking decks, sometimes you see them around, while I bet you never saw anyone doing well with ",[36,957],{"image":958,"name":959},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F8\u002Fb82d8359-4841-478c-851b-13a1a0f94737.jpg?1783937042","Zhur-Taa Druid",[36,961],{"image":962,"name":963},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Ff\u002F6\u002Ff6c39031-1c49-4c1e-83df-66c3795ddc72.jpg?1783944284","Orochi Leafcaller",[36,965],{"image":966,"name":967},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fc\u002F4\u002Fc47ee6f6-50c1-4f56-b9ce-4c309bfb92ca.jpg?1783935178","Freed from the Real",".\nAs I said, pretty simple: prioritize combos that require fewer cards.\nBut it's not that simple, actually, because the Pauper format has seen Familiars and Altar Tron being Tier 1 decks (even Tier 0, if you ask me) at some point.\nHow is that possible? Well…",[11,970,972],{"id":971},"what-digging-engine-do-your-combo-fit-in","What digging engine do your combo fit in?",[16,974,975,976,980],{},"When Altar Tron was super strong, the main spice came not from the “Altar” ingredient, but from the “Tron” one. By being a colorless combo, it naturally benefits from playing ",[36,977],{"image":978,"name":979},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F2\u002F726039a0-6c0d-48ef-9b42-99de5d4e41d2.jpg?1783930155","Ancient Stirrings",", which also synergizes well with Tron lands.\nOnce Tron is assembled, drawing cards is easy, for you have a lot of mana, and that's why a 4 cards combo is usually assembled by turn 5 or so.",[16,982,983,984,988,989,900,991,993,994,251,998,1002,1003,1005],{},"Ask yourself: if I play this combo, which draw engine will this combo benefit more from? It's not like we need to reinvent the wheel: we all know that Pauper has some card advantage mechanisms that are better than others.\nThe ",[36,985],{"image":986,"name":987},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F1\u002Fc\u002F1ccdb407-ac8f-4736-89d3-ab0d086096ea.jpg?1783927513","Ichor Wellspring"," + dispute effects is by far the best one, up there with the creature-centric ",[36,990],{"image":302,"name":303},[36,992],{"image":306,"name":307},".\nThe rummage effects + Eidolons is one that has been floating around since the downshift of Izzet Charm, but just recently it was put into fruition thanks to new printings like ",[36,995],{"image":996,"name":997},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F4\u002F74ca45a4-97ab-4255-9129-884e8b42b984.jpg?1783904933","Abandon Attachments",[36,999],{"image":1000,"name":1001},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F4\u002F5\u002F4584d5f7-b1f1-4c8e-80c5-ad35e44a968e.jpg?1783903635","Pursue the Past",".\nThere is also the ",[36,1004],{"image":1000,"name":1001}," \u002F Flashback cards mechanism that you find in the Naya Cazzate deck popularized by Tommaso Loss and Lorenzo Montana, but that's more for midrange decks with, maybe, a combo as a plan B.",[16,1007,1008,1009,900,1013,1017,1018,900,1022,1026],{},"If you think about it, the best combo decks of the last few years relied on one of those engines: Glee Combo and Altar Tron on disputes, Walls Spy on the green one and Boros Tribe on Eidolons.\n",[36,1010],{"image":1011,"name":1012},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F1\u002Fd1f20175-8bfa-417a-912b-d6d472f091ab.jpg?1783945414","Seeker of Skybreak",[36,1014],{"image":1015,"name":1016},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F4\u002F8\u002F485be72b-d784-4886-bb3a-48cff8f781c6.jpg?1783902931","Hawkeye's Bow"," lived for just a week, and it won multiple tournaments in the Naya Cazzate shell.\nIt also won a challenge in the golden hands of Alessandro Piraccini: we cooked a list that relied on a shell very similar to my version of Pizza Combo, using ",[36,1019],{"image":1020,"name":1021},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Ff\u002F4\u002Ff425b017-8c4d-457f-919a-f2686d71bcac.jpg?1783939995","Perilous Research",[36,1023],{"image":1024,"name":1025},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002Fb\u002F7bfb33b6-e2bf-498f-8c58-ae21a840cf75.jpg?1783905984","Cryogen Relic",", basically the blue version of the dispute package.",[16,1028,1029,1030,1034],{},"The ability of most combo decks to win games is mostly predicated on their ability to see cards: you need to find your combo pieces in time and you need to find ways to beat interaction.\nThe more you draw, the more likely for those 2 things to happen.\nIf your deck is kinda forced to play a subpar draw engine, that's a red flag.\nAs an example, look at Tribe Combo: it has been a very strong deck in the UW version while ",[36,1031],{"image":1032,"name":1033},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fd\u002F4\u002Fd4a3a921-3b7f-474c-b8c3-67a1a6ba5cc1.jpg?1783938742","Gush"," was legal, but after that it became less and less played.\nAfter many years in limbo, it returned as a better deck in the Boros Spirit archetype.",[11,1036,1038],{"id":1037},"are-the-combo-cards-useful-outside-of-the-combo-itself","Are the combo cards useful outside of the combo itself?",[16,1040,1041],{},"Another metric that makes the difference.\nSometimes you fill your deck with cards that are unplayable in draft, and I must admit it's very satisfying when they become a game winning combination if put together.\nBut sometimes your life is easier, because you get to play with individually “good” cards.",[16,1043,1044],{},"The Pizza combo deck is a prime example of that:",[217,1046,1047,1052,1060],{},[220,1048,1049,1051],{},[36,1050],{"image":916,"name":917}," is a mana dork;",[220,1053,1054,1055,1059],{},"Pizza can be used to create a surprise block or as a protection spell vs opposing ",[36,1056],{"image":1057,"name":1058},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F6\u002F7673784e-db4b-43a1-8d55-1bb9fc1e284f.jpg?1783903008","Lightning Bolt","s, it even sticks around to be used to combo later: yay!",[220,1061,1062,1063,251,1065,45],{},"Helix can buy time by bouncing opposing creatures or draw cards by rebuying ",[36,1064],{"image":986,"name":987},[36,1066],{"image":1024,"name":1025},[16,1068,1069],{},"That's the reason Familiars has been one of the best contenders in the metagame so many times: yes, every combo they have access to is very slow and it requires many cards in order to be properly executed.\nBut every single card in there is good in the control game Fams is willing to play in most matchups.",[11,1071,1073],{"id":1072},"is-your-combo-resilient-and-fast","Is your combo resilient and fast?",[16,1075,1076],{},"Everything we said so far was speculation upon the consistency and speed of a deck.\nConsistency is a metric of the ability of the deck to find the cards to execute its plan; speed can be thought to be the turn your opponent should assume they are dead on average if they don't interact with you.",[16,1078,1079,1080,1084,1085,1089],{},"When evaluating combos, there's another axis that should be taken into account, and that's resiliency.\nResiliency is the ability to beat interaction, and it's influenced by many factors.\nFirst, you need to understand on which axis a combo could be fought against.\nDoes it get stopped by creature removal? Every removal would do, or do they need a specific one? Maybe it dodges red ones? Or at least ",[36,1081],{"image":1082,"name":1083},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F1\u002Fb16dd041-451d-4914-8c46-aa315a90d802.jpg?1783933110","Lava Dart",", or maybe it gets around ",[36,1086],{"image":1087,"name":1088},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F7\u002F5\u002F75bbe89f-09af-494e-b58e-271f64bde4b5.jpg?1783938751","Snuff Out"," by using black creatures? What about graveyard hate? Here's a list of the most common things that people throw at you.\nIt's by no means a complete collection, just a quick way to summarize things.",[16,1091,1092],{},"In the table below, you'll also find some examples with a number between 0 and 2.",[217,1094,1095,1098,1101],{},[220,1096,1097],{},"0 stands for “useless form of interaction against this combo”;",[220,1099,1100],{},"1 is for “works but it's not super effective” and",[220,1102,1103],{},"2 stands for “very good vs the combo”.",[1105,1106,1107,1126],"table",{},[1108,1109,1110],"thead",{},[1111,1112,1113,1116,1119,1121,1124],"tr",{},[1114,1115],"th",{},[1114,1117,1118],{},"Glee Combo",[1114,1120,90],{},[1114,1122,1123],{},"Spy Combo",[1114,1125,75],{},[1127,1128,1129,1145,1159,1172,1184,1197,1210,1223,1236],"tbody",{},[1111,1130,1131,1135,1138,1140,1143],{},[1132,1133,1134],"td",{},"Black removal",[1132,1136,1137],{},"1",[1132,1139,1137],{},[1132,1141,1142],{},"0",[1132,1144,1142],{},[1111,1146,1147,1150,1152,1155,1157],{},[1132,1148,1149],{},"Red removal",[1132,1151,1137],{},[1132,1153,1154],{},"2",[1132,1156,1142],{},[1132,1158,1142],{},[1111,1160,1161,1164,1166,1168,1170],{},[1132,1162,1163],{},"Sorcery speed removal",[1132,1165,1142],{},[1132,1167,1154],{},[1132,1169,1142],{},[1132,1171,1142],{},[1111,1173,1174,1176,1178,1180,1182],{},[1132,1175,1083],{},[1132,1177,1137],{},[1132,1179,1137],{},[1132,1181,1142],{},[1132,1183,1142],{},[1111,1185,1186,1189,1191,1193,1195],{},[1132,1187,1188],{},"Krark-Clan Shaman (KCS)",[1132,1190,1137],{},[1132,1192,1137],{},[1132,1194,1154],{},[1132,1196,1142],{},[1111,1198,1199,1202,1204,1206,1208],{},[1132,1200,1201],{},"Dispel",[1132,1203,1142],{},[1132,1205,1154],{},[1132,1207,1142],{},[1132,1209,1142],{},[1111,1211,1212,1215,1217,1219,1221],{},[1132,1213,1214],{},"Duress",[1132,1216,1137],{},[1132,1218,1154],{},[1132,1220,1142],{},[1132,1222,1154],{},[1111,1224,1225,1228,1230,1232,1234],{},[1132,1226,1227],{},"Graveyard Hate",[1132,1229,1142],{},[1132,1231,1142],{},[1132,1233,1154],{},[1132,1235,1154],{},[1111,1237,1238,1241,1243,1245,1247],{},[1132,1239,1240],{},"Disenchant effect",[1132,1242,1137],{},[1132,1244,1142],{},[1132,1246,1142],{},[1132,1248,1154],{},[16,1250,1251],{},"Looking at the table, you see that Glee Combo is the one that can be interacted with in more ways yet is the strongest.\nWhy is that? Firstly, as already stated, resiliency is not everything.\nAlso, resiliency is not just a function of how many cards are relevant to you in the abstract, but also of how much they are played and how hard they are to overcome.",[16,1253,1254],{},"If you play Spy, you mostly just care about KCS and graveyard hate, but the first one is really devastating, and the second one is ubiquitous.\nAlso, Spy has consistency problems that should be taken into account, but that's another story.",[16,1256,1257],{},"Glee, on the other hand, has a lot of “1”, because no card is super effective against them.\nSure, a timely removal spell could, in theory, stop the combo, but given the number of cards they see, the number of protection spells they have and the pressure they put on you by threatening the combo as soon as turn 3 without summoning sickness, it's very hard you would beat the deck with just 1 or 2 removal spells.",[16,1259,1260],{},"So, the matter is complex and you may start to grasp how speed, consistency and resiliency are different axes but also intertwined.\nI will not go into more details here; that will be the subject for another lesson.",[11,1262,382],{"id":381},[16,1264,1265],{},"When evaluating if a combo can be turned into a “real” deck, prioritize combos with fewer cards required.\nAsk yourself if the cards would be good outside the combo.\nIf the answer is “no”, try to evaluate if the combo is resilient and fast enough to be worth it anyway.\nLastly, ask yourself which draw engine would fit better as a side dish for your main course: if the answer is “a very bad one”, I suspect it would not make for a gourmet meal.",{"title":96,"searchDepth":393,"depth":394,"links":1267},[1268,1269,1270,1271,1272,1273,1274,1275],{"id":852,"depth":393,"text":853},{"id":859,"depth":393,"text":860},{"id":878,"depth":393,"text":879},{"id":885,"depth":393,"text":886},{"id":971,"depth":393,"text":972},{"id":1037,"depth":393,"text":1038},{"id":1072,"depth":393,"text":1073},{"id":381,"depth":393,"text":382},"2026-08-24",[],"Lesson One",{},"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-08-24-combo-class-part-1",{"text":1282,"minutes":1283,"time":1284,"words":1285},"10 min read",9.74,584400,1948,{"title":5,"description":1278},{"loc":1280},"articles\u002F2026-08-24-combo-class-part-1",[432],"\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fmh2-240-the-underworld-cookbook.jpg","sdbLYsDkLV76RaL_S_ieJhw08K3bgSWaESmikAyH1yw",{"id":1293,"title":1294,"author":1295,"body":1296,"category":402,"date":2201,"decks":2202,"description":2203,"extension":406,"location":96,"meta":2204,"navigation":421,"path":2205,"published":421,"readingTime":2206,"seo":2211,"sitemap":2212,"stem":2213,"tags":2214,"thumbnail":2216,"__hash__":2217},"articles\u002Farticles\u002F2026-07-31-probabilita-turno-tre-tron.md","Quanto è probabile assemblare Tron al turno 3?","Hypergeomancer",{"type":8,"value":1297,"toc":2186},[1298,1302,1305,1308,1311,1314,1319,1323,1326,1356,1359,1363,1366,1442,1450,1453,1457,1460,1466,1469,1519,1529,1534,1537,1578,1588,1593,1596,1601,1610,1616,1620,1623,1716,1868,1871,1875,1947,1954,1961,1964,1981,1985,1992,1995,1999,2081,2085,2088,2143,2147,2173,2176,2178,2182],[11,1299,1301],{"id":1300},"introduzione","Introduzione",[16,1303,1304],{},"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?",[16,1306,1307],{},"L'intuizione dei giocatori tende a oscillare tra due estremi: da un lato, la sensazione che Tron \"avvenga 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.",[16,1309,1310],{},"In questo articolo fissiamo uno scenario di riferimento 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.",[16,1312,1313],{},"Sono Hypergeomancer, matematico e giocatore competitivo di Magic.\nQuella che segue non è una guida strategica, ma un'analisi quantitativa che ha l'obiettivo di misurare quel che finora era stato soltanto intuito.",[86,1315],{":cards":1316,"caption":1317,"layout":1318},"[\"Urza's Tower\",\"Urza's Power Plant\",\"Urza's Mine\"]","Le tre terre del Tron","hand",[11,1320,1322],{"id":1321},"lo-scenario-di-riferimento","Lo scenario di riferimento",[16,1324,1325],{},"Per fare calcoli servono i numeri di uno scenario fisso.\nPrendiamo la configurazione 4-4-4-4 usata nei mazzi competitivi:",[217,1327,1328,1335,1341,1347,1353],{},[220,1329,1330,1331],{},"4 ",[36,1332],{"image":1333,"name":1334},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F1\u002Fe\u002F1e9f09b3-dd2d-4ba9-a57e-4f3c1793f752.jpg?1783915371","Urza's Tower",[220,1336,1330,1337],{},[36,1338],{"image":1339,"name":1340},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F3\u002F9\u002F396bbb7d-ae61-4d8d-b931-9ed2f712832e.jpg?1783915371","Urza's Mine",[220,1342,1330,1343],{},[36,1344],{"image":1345,"name":1346},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002Fb\u002F0\u002Fb0449a19-37f7-4169-9e32-928db5ec76fe.jpg?1783915370","Urza's Power Plant",[220,1348,1330,1349],{},[36,1350],{"image":1351,"name":1352},"https:\u002F\u002Fcards.scryfall.io\u002Fnormal\u002Ffront\u002F0\u002F8\u002F08e66835-c228-48fa-bcaa-eb96edbd4f5a.jpg?1783908888","Expedition Map",[220,1354,1355],{},"44 altre carte",[16,1357,1358],{},"Mazzo da 60 carte, mano iniziale 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.",[11,1360,1362],{"id":1361},"tron-naturale-pescare-tutte-e-tre","Tron Naturale: pescare tutte e tre",[16,1364,1365],{},"Il caso più semplice: la mano iniziale contiene almeno una copia di ciascuna terra del Tron.\nLa probabilità esatta, calcolata con la distribuzione ipergeometrica, è:",[1367,1368,1371],"span",{"className":1369},[1370],"katex-display",[1367,1372,1375,1412],{"className":1373},[1374],"katex",[1367,1376,1379],{"className":1377},[1378],"katex-mathml",[1380,1381,1384],"math",{"xmlns":1382,"display":1383},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002F1998\u002FMath\u002FMathML","block",[1385,1386,1387,1407],"semantics",{},[1388,1389,1390,1394,1399,1403],"mrow",{},[1391,1392,1393],"mn",{},"4.71",[1395,1396,1398],"mi",{"mathvariant":1397},"normal","%",[1400,1401],"mspace",{"width":1402},"1em",[1404,1405,1406],"mtext",{},"(circa 1 mano su 21)",[1408,1409,1411],"annotation",{"encoding":1410},"application\u002Fx-tex","4.71\\% \\quad \\text{(circa 1 mano su 21)}",[1367,1413,1417],{"className":1414,"ariaHidden":1416},[1415],"katex-html","true",[1367,1418,1421,1426,1431,1435],{"className":1419},[1420],"base",[1367,1422],{"className":1423,"style":1425},[1424],"strut","height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;",[1367,1427,1430],{"className":1428},[1429],"mord","4.71%",[1367,1432],{"className":1433,"style":1434},[1400],"margin-right:1em;",[1367,1436,1439],{"className":1437},[1429,1438],"text",[1367,1440,1406],{"className":1441},[1429],[16,1443,1444,1445,1449],{},"Meno di una partita su venti.\nSe ti sembra poco, hai ragione: ",[1446,1447,1448],"strong",{},"il Tron Naturale da solo non può reggere un archetipo competitivo",".\nCon questa frequenza, aspetteresti in media circa 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..",[16,1451,1452],{},"Perché è un numero 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.",[11,1454,1456],{"id":1455},"tron-assistito-il-ruolo-di-expedition-map","Tron Assistito: il ruolo di Expedition Map",[1458,1459],"magic-card-art-crop",{"card":1352},[16,1461,1462,1463,1465],{},"Ed è qui che entra ",[36,1464],{"image":1351,"name":1352},".\nIl piano B, e, come vedremo, il piano principale.\nUna mano con due terre del Tron diverse e almeno una Mappa permette di cercare il pezzo mancante e assemblare il Tron al turno 3.",[16,1467,1468],{},"La probabilità di questa configurazione è:",[1367,1470,1472],{"className":1471},[1370],[1367,1473,1475,1497],{"className":1474},[1374],[1367,1476,1478],{"className":1477},[1378],[1380,1479,1480],{"xmlns":1382,"display":1383},[1385,1481,1482,1494],{},[1388,1483,1484,1487,1489,1491],{},[1391,1485,1486],{},"10.20",[1395,1488,1398],{"mathvariant":1397},[1400,1490],{"width":1402},[1404,1492,1493],{},"(circa 1 mano su 10)",[1408,1495,1496],{"encoding":1410},"10.20\\% \\quad \\text{(circa 1 mano su 10)}",[1367,1498,1500],{"className":1499,"ariaHidden":1416},[1415],[1367,1501,1503,1506,1510,1513],{"className":1502},[1420],[1367,1504],{"className":1505,"style":1425},[1424],[1367,1507,1509],{"className":1508},[1429],"10.20%",[1367,1511],{"className":1512,"style":1434},[1400],[1367,1514,1516],{"className":1515},[1429,1438],[1367,1517,1493],{"className":1518},[1429],[16,1520,1521,1522,1524,1525,1528],{},"Più del doppio del Tron Naturale.\nE non è una coincidenza: ",[36,1523],{"image":1351,"name":1352}," trasforma ",[1446,1526,1527],{},"ogni coppia"," di terre del Tron in un potenziale Tron completo.\nSenza Mappa, servono combinazioni da tre carte specifiche; con Mappa, bastano combinazioni da due carte specifiche più una generica (la Mappa stessa, appunto).",[1530,1531,1533],"h3",{"id":1532},"la-mappa-conta-molto-più-di-quanto-pensi","La Mappa conta molto più di quanto pensi",[16,1535,1536],{},"Il rapporto è netto:",[1105,1538,1539,1550],{},[1108,1540,1541],{},[1111,1542,1543,1546],{},[1114,1544,1545],{},"Configurazione",[1114,1547,1549],{"align":1548},"center","Probabilità",[1127,1551,1552,1559,1566],{},[1111,1553,1554,1557],{},[1132,1555,1556],{},"Tron Naturale",[1132,1558,1430],{"align":1548},[1111,1560,1561,1564],{},[1132,1562,1563],{},"Tron Assistito (con Mappa)",[1132,1565,1509],{"align":1548},[1111,1567,1568,1573],{},[1132,1569,1570],{},[1446,1571,1572],{},"Tron al Turno 3 (totale)",[1132,1574,1575],{"align":1548},[1446,1576,1577],{},"14.91%",[16,1579,1580,1581,1583,1584,1587],{},"Questi due eventi sono mutualmente esclusivi: una mano non può essere sia Tron Naturale che Tron Assistito, quindi la probabilità totale è semplicemente la somma: ",[1446,1582,1577],{},", circa ",[1446,1585,1586],{},"1 mano su 7"," (una coincidenza numerica degna di Tron).",[1589,1590],"bar-chart",{":data":1591,"seriesName":1549,"title":1592},"[{\"name\":\"Naturale\",\"value\":4.71},{\"name\":\"Assistito\",\"value\":10.2},{\"name\":\"Totale\",\"value\":14.91}]","Tron al Turno 3 - Composizione",[16,1594,1595],{},"Ma il dato più rilevante è la composizione di quel 14.91%:",[1597,1598],"pie-chart",{":data":1599,"title":1600},"[{\"value\":68.4,\"name\":\"Tron Assistito\"},{\"value\":31.6,\"name\":\"Tron Naturale\"}]","Composizione del Tron al Turno 3",[16,1602,1603,1606,1607,1609],{},[1446,1604,1605],{},"Più di due mani iniziali su tre"," che assemblano Tron al turno 3 lo fanno grazie a ",[36,1608],{"image":1351,"name":1352},", non per fortuna nelle pescate.\nIl rapporto è 2.17 a 1: per ogni volta che peschi Tron Naturale, la Mappa lo assembla più di due volte.",[16,1611,1612,1613,1615],{},"Questo spiega perché ",[36,1614],{"image":1351,"name":1352}," è giocata in quattro copie in ogni lista competitiva recente senza eccezione.\nNon si tratta di un semplice \"aiuto\", ma è il motore principale dell'archetipo.",[11,1617,1619],{"id":1618},"la-matematica-del-mulligan","La matematica del mulligan",[16,1621,1622],{},"Una mano su sette non sembra granché.\nMa nel Magic esiste il mulligan, e per Tron significa molto.\nOgni tentativo è un nuovo lancio di dadi indipendente dal precedente: rimescoli, peschi, e le probabilità ripartono da zero.",[16,1624,1625,1626,1656,1657,1715],{},"La formula è semplice.\nSe ",[1367,1627,1629,1642],{"className":1628},[1374],[1367,1630,1632],{"className":1631},[1378],[1380,1633,1634],{"xmlns":1382},[1385,1635,1636,1640],{},[1388,1637,1638],{},[1395,1639,16],{},[1408,1641,16],{"encoding":1410},[1367,1643,1645],{"className":1644,"ariaHidden":1416},[1415],[1367,1646,1648,1652],{"className":1647},[1420],[1367,1649],{"className":1650,"style":1651},[1424],"height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;",[1367,1653,16],{"className":1654},[1429,1655],"mathnormal"," è la probabilità di successo per singolo tentativo (cioè la probabilità di assemblare Tron al turno 3 in una singola mano), la probabilità di trovare almeno una mano buona in ",[1367,1658,1660,1681],{"className":1659},[1374],[1367,1661,1663],{"className":1662},[1378],[1380,1664,1665],{"xmlns":1382},[1385,1666,1667,1678],{},[1388,1668,1669,1672,1676],{},[1395,1670,1671],{},"n",[1673,1674,1675],"mo",{},"+",[1391,1677,1137],{},[1408,1679,1680],{"encoding":1410},"n+1",[1367,1682,1684,1705],{"className":1683,"ariaHidden":1416},[1415],[1367,1685,1687,1691,1694,1698,1702],{"className":1686},[1420],[1367,1688],{"className":1689,"style":1690},[1424],"height:0.6667em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[1367,1692,1671],{"className":1693},[1429,1655],[1367,1695],{"className":1696,"style":1697},[1400],"margin-right:0.2222em;",[1367,1699,1675],{"className":1700},[1701],"mbin",[1367,1703],{"className":1704,"style":1697},[1400],[1367,1706,1708,1712],{"className":1707},[1420],[1367,1709],{"className":1710,"style":1711},[1424],"height:0.6444em;",[1367,1713,1137],{"className":1714},[1429]," tentativi è:",[1367,1717,1719],{"className":1718},[1370],[1367,1720,1722,1763],{"className":1721},[1374],[1367,1723,1725],{"className":1724},[1378],[1380,1726,1727],{"xmlns":1382,"display":1383},[1385,1728,1729,1760],{},[1388,1730,1731,1733,1736,1740,1742,1744,1746],{},[1391,1732,1137],{},[1673,1734,1735],{},"−",[1673,1737,1739],{"stretchy":1738},"false","(",[1391,1741,1137],{},[1673,1743,1735],{},[1395,1745,16],{},[1747,1748,1749,1752],"msup",{},[1673,1750,1751],{"stretchy":1738},")",[1388,1753,1754,1756,1758],{},[1395,1755,1671],{},[1673,1757,1675],{},[1391,1759,1137],{},[1408,1761,1762],{"encoding":1410},"1 - (1-p)^{n+1}",[1367,1764,1766,1785,1807],{"className":1765,"ariaHidden":1416},[1415],[1367,1767,1769,1773,1776,1779,1782],{"className":1768},[1420],[1367,1770],{"className":1771,"style":1772},[1424],"height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;",[1367,1774,1137],{"className":1775},[1429],[1367,1777],{"className":1778,"style":1697},[1400],[1367,1780,1735],{"className":1781},[1701],[1367,1783],{"className":1784,"style":1697},[1400],[1367,1786,1788,1791,1795,1798,1801,1804],{"className":1787},[1420],[1367,1789],{"className":1790,"style":1425},[1424],[1367,1792,1739],{"className":1793},[1794],"mopen",[1367,1796,1137],{"className":1797},[1429],[1367,1799],{"className":1800,"style":1697},[1400],[1367,1802,1735],{"className":1803},[1701],[1367,1805],{"className":1806,"style":1697},[1400],[1367,1808,1810,1814,1817],{"className":1809},[1420],[1367,1811],{"className":1812,"style":1813},[1424],"height:1.1141em;vertical-align:-0.25em;",[1367,1815,16],{"className":1816},[1429,1655],[1367,1818,1821,1824],{"className":1819},[1820],"mclose",[1367,1822,1751],{"className":1823},[1820],[1367,1825,1828],{"className":1826},[1827],"msupsub",[1367,1829,1832],{"className":1830},[1831],"vlist-t",[1367,1833,1836],{"className":1834},[1835],"vlist-r",[1367,1837,1841],{"className":1838,"style":1840},[1839],"vlist","height:0.8641em;",[1367,1842,1844,1849],{"style":1843},"top:-3.113em;margin-right:0.05em;",[1367,1845],{"className":1846,"style":1848},[1847],"pstrut","height:2.7em;",[1367,1850,1856],{"className":1851},[1852,1853,1854,1855],"sizing","reset-size6","size3","mtight",[1367,1857,1859,1862,1865],{"className":1858},[1429,1855],[1367,1860,1671],{"className":1861},[1429,1655,1855],[1367,1863,1675],{"className":1864},[1701,1855],[1367,1866,1137],{"className":1867},[1429,1855],[16,1869,1870],{},"Ogni mulligan che non trova Tron \"usa\" un tentativo, ma la probabilità cumulativa cresce rapidamente.",[1530,1872,1874],{"id":1873},"i-numeri-tentativo-per-tentativo","I numeri, tentativo per tentativo",[1105,1876,1877,1892],{},[1108,1878,1879],{},[1111,1880,1881,1884,1886,1889],{},[1114,1882,1883],{},"Tentativi",[1114,1885,1556],{"align":1548},[1114,1887,1888],{"align":1548},"Tron Assistito",[1114,1890,1891],{"align":1548},"Tron T3",[1127,1893,1894,1905,1919,1933],{},[1111,1895,1896,1899,1901,1903],{},[1132,1897,1898],{},"1 (nessun mulligan)",[1132,1900,1430],{"align":1548},[1132,1902,1509],{"align":1548},[1132,1904,1577],{"align":1548},[1111,1906,1907,1910,1913,1916],{},[1132,1908,1909],{},"2 (mulligan a 6)",[1132,1911,1912],{"align":1548},"9.19%",[1132,1914,1915],{"align":1548},"19.36%",[1132,1917,1918],{"align":1548},"27.60%",[1111,1920,1921,1924,1927,1930],{},[1132,1922,1923],{},"3 (mulligan a 5)",[1132,1925,1926],{"align":1548},"13.46%",[1132,1928,1929],{"align":1548},"27.52%",[1132,1931,1932],{"align":1548},"38.90%",[1111,1934,1935,1938,1941,1944],{},[1132,1936,1937],{},"4 (mulligan a 4)",[1132,1939,1940],{"align":1548},"17.52%",[1132,1942,1943],{"align":1548},"34.79%",[1132,1945,1946],{"align":1548},"47.98%",[1948,1949],"line-chart",{":categories":1950,":series":1951,"title":1952,"yAxisName":1953},"[\"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 %",[16,1955,1956,1957,1960],{},"Un singolo mulligan da solo quasi raddoppia le probabilità: da 14.91% a 27.60%.\nDopo due mulligan si arriva a 38.90%, e con tre tentativi si sfiora ",[1446,1958,1959],{},"48%",". Quasi un lancio di moneta.",[16,1962,1963],{},"Due osservazioni importanti:",[492,1965,1966,1972],{},[220,1967,1968,1971],{},[1446,1969,1970],{},"Il primo mulligan è il più prezioso."," Il salto da 14.91% a 27.60% (quasi +13 punti percentuali) è il guadagno più grande. Ogni mulligan successivo aggiunge meno: è la natura della crescita esponenziale.",[220,1973,1974,1977,1978,1980],{},[1446,1975,1976],{},"Il rapporto Assistito\u002FNaturale resta costante."," A ogni mulligan, il Tron Assistito è circa 2.17 volte più frequente del Tron Naturale. Questo significa che il valore strategico di ",[36,1979],{"image":1351,"name":1352}," non dipende dalla profondità del mulligan: è strutturale.",[1530,1982,1984],{"id":1983},"cosa-vuol-dire-in-pratica","Cosa vuol dire in pratica?",[16,1986,1987,1988,1991],{},"Se giochi Tron e sei disposto a mulligare aggressivamente fino a 5 carte, hai circa il ",[1446,1989,1990],{},"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.",[16,1993,1994],{},"Se arrivi fino a mulligan a 4 (rischioso, ma a volte necessario), sfiori 48%.\nQuasi un lancio di moneta.",[11,1996,1998],{"id":1997},"i-numeri-riassunti","I numeri riassunti",[1105,2000,2001,2011],{},[1108,2002,2003],{},[1111,2004,2005,2008],{},[1114,2006,2007],{},"Evento",[1114,2009,2010],{"align":1548},"Valore",[1127,2012,2013,2021,2029,2041,2049,2057,2065,2073],{},[1111,2014,2015,2018],{},[1132,2016,2017],{},"Tron Naturale (mano a 7)",[1132,2019,2020],{"align":1548},"4.71% (1 su 21)",[1111,2022,2023,2026],{},[1132,2024,2025],{},"Tron Assistito (mano a 7)",[1132,2027,2028],{"align":1548},"10.20% (1 su 10)",[1111,2030,2031,2036],{},[1132,2032,2033],{},[1446,2034,2035],{},"Tron T3 (mano a 7)",[1132,2037,2038],{"align":1548},[1446,2039,2040],{},"14.91% (1 su 7)",[1111,2042,2043,2046],{},[1132,2044,2045],{},"Tron T3 dopo 1 mulligan",[1132,2047,2048],{"align":1548},"27.60% (1 su 3.6)",[1111,2050,2051,2054],{},[1132,2052,2053],{},"Tron T3 dopo 2 mulligan",[1132,2055,2056],{"align":1548},"38.90% (1 su 2.6)",[1111,2058,2059,2062],{},[1132,2060,2061],{},"Tron T3 dopo 3 mulligan",[1132,2063,2064],{"align":1548},"47.98% (1 su 2.1)",[1111,2066,2067,2070],{},[1132,2068,2069],{},"Quota di Tron T3 da Mappa",[1132,2071,2072],{"align":1548},"68.4%",[1111,2074,2075,2078],{},[1132,2076,2077],{},"Rapporto Assistito \u002F Naturale",[1132,2079,2080],{"align":1548},"2.17",[11,2082,2084],{"id":2083},"verifica-un-milione-di-partite-simulate","Verifica: un milione di partite simulate",[16,2086,2087],{},"Per controllare la correttezza di questi risultati, li abbiamo verificati simulando un milione di mani iniziali al computer (con il metodo Monte Carlo).\nI risultati simulati coincidono con i calcoli teorici con un margine d'errore inferiore a 0.1% (compatibile con la casualità statistica):",[1105,2089,2090,2105],{},[1108,2091,2092],{},[1111,2093,2094,2096,2099,2102],{},[1114,2095,2007],{},[1114,2097,2098],{"align":1548},"Teorico",[1114,2100,2101],{"align":1548},"Simulato",[1114,2103,2104],{"align":1548},"Errore",[1127,2106,2107,2119,2131],{},[1111,2108,2109,2111,2113,2116],{},[1132,2110,1556],{},[1132,2112,1430],{"align":1548},[1132,2114,2115],{"align":1548},"4.70%",[1132,2117,2118],{"align":1548},"0.01%",[1111,2120,2121,2123,2125,2128],{},[1132,2122,1888],{},[1132,2124,1509],{"align":1548},[1132,2126,2127],{"align":1548},"10.25%",[1132,2129,2130],{"align":1548},"0.05%",[1111,2132,2133,2135,2137,2140],{},[1132,2134,1891],{},[1132,2136,1577],{"align":1548},[1132,2138,2139],{"align":1548},"14.95%",[1132,2141,2142],{"align":1548},"0.04%",[11,2144,2146],{"id":2145},"conclusione-tre-cose-da-ricordare","Conclusione: tre cose da ricordare",[492,2148,2149,2161,2167],{},[220,2150,2151,2154,2155,2157,2158,2160],{},[1446,2152,2153],{},"Senza Mappa, Tron non può essere un archetipo."," Il 4.71% di Tron Naturale è troppo basso per competere. ",[36,2156],{"image":1351,"name":1352}," porta il totale a 14.91%, trasformando una curiosità in una strategia (non a caso, un precedente ban di ",[36,2159],{"image":1351,"name":1352}," ha reso il mazzo praticamente non competitivo per mesi).",[220,2162,2163,2166],{},[1446,2164,2165],{},"La Mappa non è un piano B, è il piano A."," Più di due terzi delle mani che assemblano Tron al turno 3 passano per Mappa. Trattarla come \"supporto\" è un errore concettuale.",[220,2168,2169,2172],{},[1446,2170,2171],{},"I mulligan aggressivi funzionano."," Ogni mulligan aggiuntivo offre una nuova possibilità indipendente. Due mulligan portano a 39%, tre a 48%. La struttura 4-4-4-4 è progettata per reggere questa strategia.",[16,2174,2175],{},"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.",[522,2177],{},[2179,2180],"video-preview",{"url":2181},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FB_UUarIJt2E",[2183,2184],"paper-preview",{"url":2185},"https:\u002F\u002Fzenodo.org\u002Frecords\u002F18802326",{"title":96,"searchDepth":393,"depth":394,"links":2187},[2188,2189,2190,2191,2194,2198,2199,2200],{"id":1300,"depth":393,"text":1301},{"id":1321,"depth":393,"text":1322},{"id":1361,"depth":393,"text":1362},{"id":1455,"depth":393,"text":1456,"children":2192},[2193],{"id":1532,"depth":394,"text":1533},{"id":1618,"depth":393,"text":1619,"children":2195},[2196,2197],{"id":1873,"depth":394,"text":1874},{"id":1983,"depth":394,"text":1984},{"id":1997,"depth":393,"text":1998},{"id":2083,"depth":393,"text":2084},{"id":2145,"depth":393,"text":2146},"2026-07-31",[],"Matematica e simulazioni per capire le vere probabilità di Tron al turno 3 e il valore di Expedition Map.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002F2026-07-31-probabilita-turno-tre-tron",{"text":2207,"minutes":2208,"time":2209,"words":2210},"6 min read",5.515,330900,1103,{"title":1294,"description":2203},{"loc":2205},"articles\u002F2026-07-31-probabilita-turno-tre-tron",[432,2215],"Data Analysis","\u002Fassets\u002Fblog\u002Farts\u002Fatq-85b-urza-s-tower.jpg","FDHCbUTHTGxKbnmg83uQNg2aR3F7FtLxn4wDQDUXQ9w",[2219,2220,2221,2222,2223,2224,2225,2226,2227,2228,2229,2230,2231,2232,2233,2234,2235,2236,2237,2238,2239,2240,2241,2242,2243,2244,2245,2246,2247,2248,2249,2250,2251,2252,2253,2254,2255,2256,2257,2258,2259,2260,2261],"pisa","roma","lecco","lucca","amsterdam","cento","torino","ravenna","castellanza","milano","modena","rivoli","aquila","alto adige","cuneo","senigallia","lodi","brescia","firenze","piacenza","japan","adria","asti","bologna","versilia","vittorio veneto","sanremo","livorno","messina","mediavalle e garfagnana","novara","vicenza","genova","ferrara","caserta","la spezia","l'aquila","treviso","gaeta","lecce","sarzana","rovigo","colonia",[2263,2266,2281],{"id":444,"avatar":445,"bio":446,"description":447,"extension":448,"meta":2264,"name":6,"nickname":450,"socials":2265,"stem":453,"url":454,"__hash__":455},{},{"twitter":452},{"id":2267,"avatar":2268,"bio":2269,"description":2270,"extension":448,"meta":2271,"name":1295,"nickname":2272,"socials":2273,"stem":2278,"url":2279,"__hash__":2280},"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",{},"hypergeomancer",{"twitter":2274,"reddit":2275,"github":2276,"youtube":2277},"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",{"id":2282,"avatar":2283,"bio":2284,"description":2285,"extension":448,"meta":2286,"name":460,"nickname":2287,"socials":2288,"stem":2292,"url":2293,"__hash__":2294},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fmoretti-alessandro.yml","\u002Fassets\u002Favatars\u002Falessandro-moretti.png","Alessandro Moretti aka A_AdeptoTerra, una vera e propria istituzione nel panorama pauper italiano. Si diletta un sacco con la sua piattaforma preferita, ovvero twitch, dove periodicamente si cimenta in leghe con mazzi innovativi. Potete vedere tutto sul suo canale youtube, dove carica i video delle sue dirette.","Presidente Pauperwave",{},"AdeptoTerra",{"twitter":2289,"youtube":2290,"twitch":2291},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FA_AdeptoTerra","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002F@alessandromoretti1177","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.twitch.tv\u002Fadeptoterra","authors\u002Fmoretti-alessandro","\u002Fauthors\u002Falessandro-moretti","QJluCDKf9S37WPrcTcbHLtwmwEniyHkGm4bCIvvUvOU",1788193136490]