I have posted pictures of boards I have made using magazine paper before.
There aren't really many secrets, just print on the magazine, iron it to the board and soak it. I've found the more inked areas to work better and the water you soak it in shouldn't be too hot, cold might even be better but I haven't experimented with water temperature.
It's difficult to say what kind of paper because there are so many different types.
I'll give you the titles of the magazines I've used but it probably won't be much help. So far I've only used two: PS Plus and The Engineer. One magazine lasts a very long time so I don't get through many.
There are a lot of things to consider using common paper and a clothes iron, and finding just the right type of magazine paper is just one. You also need to find the best temperature setting for the iron. How much pressure? iron how long? Leave the board soak for how much time before attempting to pull it free? Cleaning up the pulp fibers in between traces... From the time you print, until your board is drilled and ready to solder, how much time is spent? Including having to restart, if the transfer isn't good?
Yes, you can make good PCB with magazine paper and a clothes iron, pretty neat, all common items. You could even draw a little acid out of your car battery to do the etching. Just not simple or easy, or reliable.
The Pulsar paper performs exactly as advertised, although I will admit to not having tried it with the cloths iron, but it's still got to be better than regular paper, since the toner doesn't get into the fibers.
Your typical one-line responses to any toner-transfer interests doesn't help for people doing their first boards, or even people who can't get Pulsar or P-N-P (never tried it). 'Just use magazine paper' doesn't give much of a clue to what trouble to expect for a while, until you figure out all the parameters to make it work. The Pulsar paper reduces the problems greatly. Until you find a release agent, there is no comparison. Your claims of magazine paper being just as good, are false, and that is what bugs me so much. I get upset, because I spent quite a few days, over several months, with common papers around the house, and a cloths iron, with only a few boards to show for it. It was aggravating, frustrating, confusing, and I don't find it amusing to see other people go through all that, when they don't have to, just because they are lead to believe that magazine paper works just as well, and it's free.
So yeah, I get mad every time I see the comparison, without all the facts. Maybe you can block out all the negative aspects, not something I'm real good at. I remember too much stuff, maybe when I get older...