As a protest, Pauper Preliminary decks have only basic lands

An unusual situation occurred in the last Pauper Preliminary: Two of the top three decks in the event had only basic lands on their decklist.

The fact that these decks did result in this event is due to a move made by several players who joined together to play the Pauper Preliminary with lists that included only 60 basic lands, as a way of protesting the current state of the format.

And, it seems, the move worked:

Pauper has been in its most polarized state in recent years, with the triad of Faeries, Storm and Affinity composing between 70 and 80% of the Top 32 Challenges in recent weeks, prompted by the release of Chatterstorm and Sojourner's Companion in Modern Horizons II, leading the community to constantly charge Wizards a position regarding the format in recent months and even , adopt own banlists in independent tournaments.