{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Orzhov dungeon-crawling bullshit"},{"insert":". The goal is to venture through dungeons, roll some dice, sacrifice disposable idiots, and repeatedly drag cheap creatures back out of the graveyard with Barrowin.\nGame Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Early game, develop mana and throw out cheap creatures that replace themselves, die profitably, or have useful ETBs. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Priest of Ancient Lore, Spirited Companion, Dawnbringer Cleric, Carrier Thrall, Doomed Dissenter,"},{"insert":" etc. are all perfectly acceptable dungeon fodder.\nGet "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Barrowin"},{"insert":" down and start venturing. Once you've completed a dungeon, attacking with Barrowin reanimates a creature with mana value 3 or less tapped and attacking.\nThat's where the deck starts doing dumb little value loops.\nDungeon Stuff"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Most of the venture cards are here because there simply aren't that many legal ones in Orzhov Pauper Commander.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Planar Ally, Veteran Dungeoneer, Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade, Clattering Skeletons, Ranger's Hawk, Delver's Torch, Precipitous Drop,"},{"insert":" and company keep the party moving.\nIf you can safely do it, finishing "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Lost Mine of Phandelver"},{"insert":" quickly is usually the easiest way to turn Barrowin on. The "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Undercity"},{"insert":" is slower but has considerably sillier rewards if you can keep the initiative.\nBlink spells like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Acrobatic Maneuver, Scrollshift, Flicker of Fate, Justiciar's Portal,"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Slip On the Ring"},{"insert":" can reuse Barrowin's ETB venture trigger or recycle another useful creature.\nGraveyard Nonsense"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A large chunk of the deck is creatures you're perfectly happy seeing die.\nBarrowin can repeatedly recover things like:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Accursed Marauder"},{"insert":" for sacrifice removal"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cathar Commando"},{"insert":" for artifact/enchantment removal"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dawnbringer Cleric"},{"insert":" for utility"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Elderfang Disciple"},{"insert":" for discard"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Priest of Ancient Lore / Inspiring Overseer"},{"insert":" for cards"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Vampire Spawn"},{"insert":" for drain"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Carrier Thrall / Doomed Dissenter"},{"insert":" for more bodies"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The various "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Abnormal Endurance / Fake Your Own Death / Undying Malice / Supernatural Stamina"},{"insert":" effects make killing your creatures annoyingly inconvenient while retriggering their ETBs.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Dread Return"},{"insert":" is the emergency button when something important actually manages to stay dead.\nDice Goblin Activities"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck also contains enough D&D nonsense to justify keeping a die nearby.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Myrkul's Edict"},{"insert":" turns a d20 into sacrifice removal, while "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Herald of Hadar"},{"insert":" gives excess mana somewhere deeply irresponsible to go. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Recruitment Drive"},{"insert":" rolls for bodies, and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Six-Sided Die"},{"insert":" is exactly the sort of wildly inconsistent removal spell this deck deserves.\nAre these the most efficient cards ever printed?\nNo.\nDo they involve physically rolling dice in a dungeon deck?\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Yeah. That's the point dude."},{"insert":"\nSacrifice Package"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Disposable creatures can also be cashed in through "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Bloodflow Connoisseur, Gibbering Barricade, Lampad of Death's Vigil, Fanatical Offering,"},{"insert":" and similar effects.\nBetween death triggers, recursion, and Barrowin's attack trigger, creatures generally function less like permanent board presence and more like "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"renewable dungeon employees"},{"insert":".\nHow It Wins"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There isn't some secret deterministic Pauper combo hiding in here.\nYou win by accumulating enough stupid little advantages that the table eventually realizes you've somehow got:\na full graveyard,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"five creatures,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"three cards in hand,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"a completed dungeon,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Barrowin attacking,"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"and the same "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Accursed Marauder"},{"insert":" coming back for the fourth goddamn time."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sometimes "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Breathless Knight"},{"insert":" becomes enormous.\nSometimes "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Herald of Hadar"},{"insert":" drains everyone to death.\nSometimes you grind everyone into paste with recursive creatures.\nAnd sometimes you roll badly six times in a row and die.\nThat's adventuring.\nMulligans"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Look for:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"3ish lands + ramp + an early creature/value piece + preferably venture."},{"insert":"\nHands containing five recursion tricks and absolutely nothing worth recurring should be returned to whatever dungeon room they crawled out of.\nAbove all else, get Barrowin online, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"finish a dungeon"},{"insert":", and start sending dead idiots back into combat.\n"}]}