Holiday Update 2013

I've missed over a week of daily posts here thanks to the hectic pace of the American Holiday Season.  As good and universal excuse as any!

But it is true!  Magic: The Gathering kind of has to take a backseat at this time of year.  Playing Standard Pauper on Magic Online keeps me going year-round.  The holidays, even though I don't necessarily follow the religous reasons for them, are still a traditional time to set aside some time for others in my life.  My family and my friends, those I love and those who love me.

So this blog has been on the back-burner in the lead-up to the big one, Christmas.  Now that Santa Claus gets to cash in on his seasonal unemployment compensation (snicker!) I can return to blogging about Standard Pauper.

And I've got more than cookies on my plate!

In the final days of the Old Year, Cabel the Pauper will be making preparations for the New Year.  Here's what you can expect:

1) A regular posting schedule, the most constant of any Standard Pauper blog, that is still consistent with my in-real-life schedule...

2) The next installment of my continuing monthly Standard & Pauper series at PureMTGO...

3) Final details on the next season of Standard Pauper Deck Challenge tournaments sponsored by PDC Magic on Thursdays in 2014!

You will find all that and more on Cabel the Pauper in 2014.  More Post-Tournament Posts and more Cards of the Day, more random posts on philosophy, and the addition of posts on the music I love and make as well.

But first...let me make it through the rest of the holiday season and maybe get a couple of relaxing matches of Standard Pauper in :-)  Until next year, good luck and have fun!  Peace,

- C

Standard Pauper Card o' the Day: Structural Collapse

And the holidays are upon us all!  Before I sit down with family for a spaghetti dinner (turkey will be tomorrow and I'm still sleepy from last night's get-together with the other side of the family) I'll see if I can find a Standard Pauper card since not everybody around the world celebrates this holiday.  Any Red cards about holidays?

Structural Collapse - Gatecrash

MTGO - Traders: CARD NAME- 0.02 Tix

Aside from the incredible irony of holidays being associated with a collapse in structure, it turns out that this Rauck-Chauv holiday is pretty big deal for the Gruul Clans.  Planeswalkers of the anthropological persuasion are in for a challenge if they wish to know more about these wild celebrations. From the MTG Salvation Wiki:

"Little is known about the Ghor Clan, however, Rauck-Chauv, a holiday celebrated many times a year by the Gruul, is named after their two-headed leader. It is likely the Ghor are the most hedonistic clan."

There are a few other commons and uncommons in the Classic card pool that mention these reoccuring events.  So here, when we run into a holiday, it will always be Rauck-Chauv instead!  At least until I find another Magic: the Gathering holiday with Pauper representations.  

Mmm...savor that flavor!  Savor your turkey and cranberry sauce, too, and hey...I'm thankful you stopped by :-)  Happy Thanksgiving!   Peace,

- C