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PDC Classic has a long, illustrious, and storied tradition. It is the least accessible and the most hallowed of our formats. For some of us, it represents a mysterious, inscrutable, even daunting foray into the murky past of this game of Magic we all love. For others of us, the Classic format is synonymous with PDC itself.

With WotC's impending sanctioning of Pauper Classic, PDC's most venerable format is going to be cast into the spotlight like never before. Lots of speculation about the impact of "official status" on our own community and our own events has been taking place here in the PDCMagic.com forums, and only time will tell what comes of all the noise.

Before any of that, however, we PDC Paupers have our own Classic events to make some noise about -- namely, the Season 9 Worlds Championship of Tuesday night's TPDC event, organized by Lathspel, and the following Saturday's Season 9 Worlds Championship of the Classic PDC event, hosted by LulThyme (taking over for Evu who is retiring from the role of Saturday's main coordinator).

Heading into this huge week for Classic players, let's take a look back at the Classic landscape for the last four months. For this article, we'll start with TPDC.

On this Thanksgiving week in the United States, we pause to reflect upon the things that make us truly grateful. We express our gratitude for the things, the opportunities, and the people that enrich our lives. And we dissect the Pauper Standard metagame, looking for clues or ideas about strategies with which to rip the format wide open.

In this article, I will give you some Thanksgiving week food for thought about how the metagame has evolved in the past four weeks. I'll publish the wisdom of ChronicHeaves in the form of an interview I conducted with him. And lastly, I'll compile a list of the ten most influential cards in Standard right now.

So go grab a gravy boat and a ladle and sit back as we nibble on some Standard knowledge together.

Oh, and there's a link to Podcast #6 inside.

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In the future, if there is a demand for more Extended content, I will tackle more substantive subjects. I will also take requests. Please add them to the comments of this article.

The link is in the extended entry (how fitting), so click away:

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(Oh, and don't forget to e-mail us at podcast at pdcmagic.com!)

http://www.pdcmagic.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2418

Check it out, Paupers. And then post a comment here or there, or send a PM or an e-mail, to give us some feedback! We love it!

Surely it would be more interesting with more commentators, but I'm curious to what degree something like this appeals to the average Pauper out there.

What kinds of information (especially the stuff I didn't think of as I was watching this match tonight) would be good in future live match coverage?

Download after the "jump" then come back and let me know!

(And, if it isn't, e-mail us at podcast at pdcmagic.com and maybe we'll drop YOUR name next time!)

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When I decided to do some research on the recent Extended metagame for this overview article, I had no idea that I would actually be stepping into the Twilight Zone. That's exactly what happened, though. The familiar top decks from the early days of the format had vanished. Instead, I found a new cadre of top contenders cropping up. On the eve of XPDC's first foray into the newly whole PDC Extended format, I wanted to explore this format that has strayed so far from its early days. Take a look with me, gentle Pauper.