My name is Raimundas. I'm 18 years old with about a half of a year left before I'll finish my school.
- How did you hear of MTGO?
Previously, I played Yugioh TCG in paper and poker online. I knew about Magic from the Yugioh players and thought it's convenient to play the game online, since here in Lithuania we don't have any high-level events and the metagame in FNMs is stale. I stopped playing Yugioh and fed my urge for card games by playing MTGO recently.
- Do you play Paper Mtg? Since when?
I don't own any paper cards and I have only played a few times with cards borrowed from my friends.
- For how long have you been playing on MTGO?
I started playing online the last summer, so it's over a half of a year.
- How much do you spend in MTGO a month?
Since I'm a student without a stable income, I try to avoid spending money on MTGO. I haven't spent any besides the initial cost for an account. Thanks to our great PRE prize support system, which allows me to keep freerolling this game.
- What is your favorite format there and why?
My favorite format has to be Standard Pauper (with Standard SilverBlack in the second place), where I can be as competitive as anyone else with a small budget. I like these formats, where card pools are smaller and it is easier to predict the metagame and innovate.
- Do you think MTGO STD Pauper Online Metagame reflects what it can be at a local store?
I believe paper players are aware of PDCmagic.com, where you could find all the successful decklists, which should lead to similar metagames. There are no paper Standard Pauper tournaments in my country, but I believe paper ones are less competitive with only local players being able to compete.
- What kind of player are you, do you like aggro or control most?
I'm a control player by heart, but I always try to stay open and keep playing the best deck instead of locking myself in a cage of wrong habbits.
- What are your favorite colors?
I love blue due to my preference for control and the colors I pair it the most with are red or black.
- Why did you choose to join a clan on MTGO and how did that come to happen?
Standard Pauper community, and especially MyGalaxy, helped me a lot at the beginning and I wanted to become a bigger part of that community. Also, when I created my MTGO account I knew that I would be playing PREs most of the time with my low budget and I wanted to get involved into the clan activities rather sooner than later.
- What's the added value of being in a MTGO Clan from your point of view?
Our format is still small compared to others and being in a clan helps us to find similar minded people, in addition to playtesting partners. Grinding online can also feel quite lonely sometimes and having someone to chat with is cool too.
- Are you a rogue deck brewer or do you like playing the best performing deck in the format?
I'm not a spectacular brewer and I'm playing the best deck most of the time. I prefer tweaking playable decks to brewing new ones.
- You have been performing so well all season 23 long with various lists, how would you explain that?
Lady luck was on my side and I kept abusing the most powerful decks all season long, which naturally leads to victories. In my opinion, following the metagame and willing to switch decks were the most important here.
- Do you think everyone can make a meteoric rise to fame with the std pauper format just like you did with Mill and other lists? What would the best skill requirements be to achieve that?
Everyone can be successful as long as that person has free time on Mondays to dedicate for pauper, while also trying to step up his own game all the time.
- As MPDC Season 23 winner on points, it looks like attending a whole season is challenging for you? Why?
I'm a person up for a challenge all the time and dedicating myself to achieve something was very satisfactory for me. I liked this season and, as long as I have free time, I will always aim for the top in the upcoming seasons.
- What were your favorite 5 cards this season with Theros?
In no particular order, Tome Scour for being an amazing addition in the early days of Dimir Control, Ethereal Armor and Hopeful Eidolon for being amazing in the strongest deck, Pharika's Cure and Archeomancer for being amazing cards in the Dimir deck.
- What competitive archetypes could emerge this forthcoming Season 24 with the addition of Born of the Gods?
I'm not much of a brewer, but I think with a second Heroic creature for green and white, either white-based or green-based heroic decks could become a thing. I would also love to see something built to utilize the powers of Floodtide Serpent, Sphinx's Disciple and Servant of Tymaret but I'm not sure about that.
- What will you be playing in Season 24?
It's too early to say my deck of choice for sure, but I'll follow the metagame and always aim to play the best deck available. Also, I'll be the first one to try every control deck possible before switching to aggro.
- What do you think about Standard Pauper format for Magic in general?
I think it's a stepping stone for anyone looking to be successful in Magic. It's especially appealing online, where some people want to enjoy competitive gaming without a need to spend their money.
- What are your future plans for Magic?
In a perfect future, I want to be "infinite" on MTGO. I'm looking forward to saving up for a Block deck and grinding some Daily events.
- Would you suggest playing MTGO and MPDC for anyone else?
Definitely, it's fun and challenging. Player Run Events allows us to mimic everything competitive players do in other formats for free: analyzing metagame, tweaking and teching our decks, brewing, improving sequencing and decision making inside games.
- Are you happy about the MTGO client?
While a lot of people complain about this poor client, I think it's perfect. I never wanted fancy graphics and this client is close to minimalistic, professional poker platforms. The bugs are not really relevant for me and the only bad thing seemed to be event crashes, which is fixed right now.
- What do you think about the future of Standard Pauper?
I doubt it that Wizards would add sanctioned events for the format, but they should promote this format in the future, since it's a great way to introduce Magic to new players.
- What do you think about the future of our clan and clan blog?
If the format is getting more exposure, our clan should keep growing, which is really great. The clan blog should become a cool place for MPDC champions to publish their decks and share their ideas on our format.
- What would you want to get printed as a common in future sets?
I would love to see a cycle of underpowered common planeswalkers. ;)
- Thanks for answering, Mundisv, and Good luck for MPDC Season 24 !
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