I was making 1k$+ consistently on a monthly basis. Shit just wasn’t even normal. If I didn’t like wasting any more than I did winning, I would’ve made a killing. Still sometimes think about picking it up again as a real job. I hope this answers your comment.

I’m personally a fan of Goblins…just in general. I love aggro strategies, I love having a lot of weird options and giving opponents bad decisions to make all the time…This Pauper Goblins deck does a LOT of that.

I built this deck on MTGO and I’ve been playing with it for a little while, I’m having a ton of fun with it. The only immediate change I’m going to make comes directly from what you said about the Jackal Familiar “I like it as a 1 mana 2/2″

I realized that personally I’d rather have a 1 of that is a 2/2 for 1 that can’t block than a 2/2 for 1 that can’t swing on turn 2 without a hastey 2 drop.

It’s rare that it would even be an issue, but then again I didn’t build a goblins deck because I like blocking all that much anyway.

I really hope you keep putting out more videos and article and doing podcasts and the like, as I have really enjoyed the fruits of your labor.

If you still check this site, did you ever grind online poker back before the DOJ shut down the big sites? You talk about grinding MTGO in much the same way and clearly understand the principles behind variance and EV in a card game.

I’m curious because there’s a decent amount of crossover between the two worlds. I used to grind poker with a decent amount of success, and I’m considering getting into the grind of MTGO. I’m definitely spoiled by all the nice features made specifically for grinders at poker sites, though (like the ability to tile all your games into little windows next to one another… I doubt I could handle ten MTGO games at once like I did with poker), but I played MTG for fun as a kid and it might be nice to have another hobby that pays for itself (and then some, perhaps).

What helps against them is Sea-Gate Oracles, Steamcore Weirds, Mulldrifters. The more value creatures you have, they’re going to have problem removing blockers AND committing to the board. You have mana advantage already and they can at best 1v1 you, whereas all the creatures you play puts you ahead. The more creatures you have MD, the better you’re against aggro matchups like WW, Goblins, Affinity, and unlike dilluding the list with over 8 point removal, these creatures are actually relevant against control mirrors and are cheap clocks against combo decks.

Goblins was never really a problematic fight for the UR list I had (Think LSV’s, with less Deep Anal / Compulsives, 4 Mulldrifters, 4 Sea Gate Oracles, etc), and once you have 12+ point removal for their little useless dudes and insane life gain, it’s really just a matter of mulliganing properly and staying alive.