In Masters 25 we saw a few cards change rarity and it felt odd. Let’s take a look at how many more commons are added to the Pauper format and if any will find themselves in future decklists.

 

This is another Reclamation Sage variant with a twist. You must first cars it for 3 mana and then use another 2 to flip it and get the same effect. However, It’s a 3/2 body once that happens. Maybe some +1/+1 counter based deck will surface and run these in the sideboard.

 

This might see play if some weird control deck with Self-Assmebler sees play. Unfortunately, one of its synergy targets is Uncommon in Masters 25 (Mishra’s Factory).

This was quite the ahead of the curve creature back in its day and it was a Rare. Now, it would be a bit of a stretch if it found itself in some kind of RB Madness build or a more monored burn deck, but I wouldnn’t hold my breath. Its glory days are long gone.

 

Not a very impressive card on its own and it already signifies you being on the receiving end of your opponent’s creatures if you draw 3+ cards. I can’t see this seeing much play outside of maybe a UG mill deck with Jace’s Erasure.

 

 

Maybe this will pop-up in some weird ramp/burn variant. but most would still prefer Thunderous Wrath I’m sure. Very unlikely we will see this one in Pauper.

 

UW control is not an archetype in Pauper as far as I know. This card might go a small way in changing that. With a few lifegain guys like Seraph of Dawn can help make it worthwhile. The white cards are lackluster for this kind of strategy as UB is the prefered Blue control variant in this format.

Nothing particularly exciting in Pauper for this, unless you can activate it multiple times with a few tokens in a weird Rally the Peasants build or something including tokens.

This nice wall can attack in the beginning as  morph creature and then flip at virtually no cost when it’s time to go on defense. Plus you get a free peek vs counterspell decks to maybe guesstimate when the coast is clear to resolve threats. Again, you can do sweet no mana plays like reveal a Gush to flip this before you play it for its alternate cost to draw a couple of cards.

 

Fragile creature without hexproof, shroud or any way to preserve itself. Vs removal light decks, it might be a way to allow you to race other linear aggro strategies, if you can Voltron it up in a heroic-style deck.

 

In a Goblisn tribals trategy, this might be a beast of a card. We might have to wait for more Dominaria Goblin rarity spoilers to see it happen or at least start to materialize though..

Looks good in so many potential build from goblins, RW tokens or Seeker of the Way prowess-style decks. It can also be a grindy value card in a token/sac strategy, but those are not mainstream/played yet.

 

Once an iconic 1-drop in decks like Red Sligh, this card has long since fallen out of favor as creatures came more into the foreground of recent formats such as a modern. Still, if slower control decks were to take over the format, the popularity of this cute little guy would rise.

 

Quite the card downgrade, going from Rare to Common, Loyal Sentry will maybe be in a few control deck sideboards to combat more bigger creature strategies. Otherwise, it’s an underwhelming 1-drop that almost never attacks. Most white-based strategies would take Thraben Inspector over this any day.

Pillage was a Ponza staple back in its heydey, but the same kind of strategy is not viable in Pauper as of now. Still, maybe some red decks can use it to kill boucnelands or problematic artifacts.

 

Not the best card for a pauper strategy, but you never know. there might be some kind of rats matter cards coming out soon.

With new art, maybe a new deck will emerge for this deck to fit into. Again, not the best for now but it increases your survivability versus decks like burn or affinity.

 

This was a middle of the line pick in limited, but in Pauper it might shine in something like a monoblack strategy that keeps you a bit more in the game while trading with their biggest groudn threat. Mono Back devotion builds that win with Gray Merchant of Asphodel could maybe use this.

 

The iconic one-drop is back as a common this time. Long since overshadowed by card with similar stats and better creature types or just more value 1-drops like Thraben Inspector, this card will maybe just get lost in the mix (Again).

 

Great value card overall, seems like a good fit in a jund/grixis build down the line. Unfortunately those 3-color strategies are not as viable in Pauper as the manabases will be very hard to assemble efficiently and quickly.

 

Not as many rarity downgrades as I expected, nonetheless they are a bit spicy. Who knows how many will see play in post- Masters 25 brews. We will see in the coming month. Get your pauper brew on as of March 16th!