I’ve wanted to build a pauper deck around Midnight Guard / Presence of Gond since Dark Ascension was spoiled. Finally I found enough time to put a little list together.

Here it is.

Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together
A Pauper Deck By Neale Talbot

Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together

Creatures (20) 4 Avacyn’s Pilgrim 4 Pili-Pala 4 Midnight Guard 4 Auramancer 4 Totem-Guide Hartebeest Instants (4) 4 Apostle’s Blessing Sorceries (4) 4 Commune with Nature Enchantments (8) 4 Presence of Gond 4 Journey to Nowhere Lands (24) 10 Plains 14 Forest

That’s the core of the deck and it’s pretty simple; find your combo piece and play it out. If you get disrupted, either return your win conditions or find it again.

Clearly, putting Presence of Gond on a Pili-Pala instead of a Midnight Guard is not nearly as good (especially if you’re holding up Apostle’s Blessing mana), but it can still close out a game pretty quickly.

I’m sure this deck can be tuned, but it’s a pretty good starting point.