i posted a thread introducing pauper. a format where you play only with commons. end of this month our lokal pauper liga will start. you'd be suprised what decks can be made off commons only. alsmost everything in fact. just some minor things are out of the question due to the common limitation. here are the things you'll find missing the most:
real sweepers - yes you have crypt rats but thats not entirely the same. a wrath of good like effect even for something like 5 or even 6 mana would be nice.
man lands - controls favourit creatures are lands. not in pauper however, because you dont have any.
game altering enchantments / artifact - powerful enchantments and artifacts have often formed the basis of both casual and competetiv decks. in pauper the only thing you have is Tortured Existence. nothing like oversold cemetary, oath of druids, yawgmoth agande, solidary confinment, opposition, painter's servant or winter orb etc.
creatures that have a come into play removal on them - necrataal, boneshredder, shriekmaw ... they're all uncommon
big mana stuff - you have fireball effects. but apart from that there is nothing realy nothing to use exhume with nothing to play ramp with ... stuff liek akroma, big dragons or high casting cost spells like sway of the stars or tooth and nail are not avalible
non-basic lands - yes there are a couple and most of them are being used. non of them do anything other than mana. no wasteland, no tabernacle, no maze etc.
apart from that you have access to just about everything you could ask for. card draw, discard, removal, utility creatures, agro weenys, fantastic burn, mana rituals etc.
what do you think ? should card like these see some common slots ?