Metagame tier list — Pauper

Ranks every Challenge-played strategy in the window by a hybrid signal: 75% Wilson-lower-bound match win rate from Challenges and 25% League 5-0 trophy throughput, modulated by a mild presence multiplier so popular decks edge slightly ahead of fringe ones. Leagues stay out of the MWR (every League row is 5-0 by construction) and contribute only through the trophy term. S is reserved for decks with Wilson lower-bound ≥ 58%, ≥ 200 matches, ≥ 5% meta share, and composite ≥ 0.62 — at most 2 per window.

288 Challenge appearances from 2026-05-30 to 2026-06-13.

S

Dominant, format-warping — must expect, test against, and plan for. Capped at 2 per window; an empty S means no single deck is running the format.

1 deck
Terror
MWR 64.5%over 299 matches

Wilson0.95 59.0% · GW 62.4% · score 0.629

Meta share 15.3% (44 apps)

Trophies: 42

A

Solidly above the field. Reliable Challenge performers, often with steady League trophies too.

5 decks
Madness Burn
MWR 64.2%over 232 matches

Wilson0.95 57.9% · GW 62.8% · score 0.636

Meta share 12.2% (35 apps)

Trophies: 58
Faeries
MWR 65.9%over 85 matches

Wilson0.95 55.3% · GW 62.3% · score 0.570

Meta share 4.5% (13 apps)

Trophies: 37
Grixis Affinity
MWR 66.3%over 95 matches

Wilson0.95 56.3% · GW 60.3% · score 0.535

Meta share 4.9% (14 apps)

Trophies: 17
Elves
MWR 63.4%over 183 matches

Wilson0.95 56.2% · GW 58.1% · score 0.522

Meta share 9.4% (27 apps)

Trophies: 11
Ponza
MWR 60.8%over 120 matches

Wilson0.95 51.9% · GW 56.1% · score 0.501

Meta share 6.6% (19 apps)

Trophies: 14

B

Roughly average winrate after sample-size correction.

10 decks
Golgari Gardens
MWR 57.1%over 98 matches

Wilson0.95 47.3% · GW 54.4% · score 0.492

Meta share 5.2% (15 apps)

Trophies: 22
UW Control
MWR 61.6%over 86 matches

Wilson0.95 51.1% · GW 56.2% · score 0.484

Meta share 4.5% (13 apps)

Trophies: 13
Jund Wildfire
MWR 60.6%over 66 matches

Wilson0.95 48.5% · GW 59.4% · score 0.482

Meta share 3.5% (10 apps)

Trophies: 17
Mono-Red Rally
MWR 57.4%over 101 matches

Wilson0.95 47.7% · GW 57.4% · score 0.463

Meta share 5.6% (16 apps)

Trophies: 11
Tron
MWR 62.8%over 43 matches

Wilson0.95 47.9% · GW 58.0% · score 0.461

Meta share 2.4% (7 apps)

Trophies: 15
Spy Combo
MWR 63.2%over 57 matches

Wilson0.95 50.2% · GW 56.7% · score 0.458

Meta share 3.1% (9 apps)

Trophies: 10
Mono-White Aggro
MWR 65.9%over 44 matches

Wilson0.95 51.1% · GW 59.8% · score 0.450

Meta share 2.4% (7 apps)

Trophies: 8
Boros Synthesizer
MWR 61.1%over 54 matches

Wilson0.95 47.8% · GW 55.5% · score 0.407

Meta share 2.8% (8 apps)

Trophies: 5
Inside Out
MWR 62.5%over 40 matches

Wilson0.95 47.0% · GW 59.3% · score 0.382

Meta share 2.1% (6 apps)

Trophies: 3
Turbo Fog
MWR 63.0%over 46 matches

Wilson0.95 48.6% · GW 66.3% · score 0.363

Meta share 2.4% (7 apps)

Trophies: 1

C

Below average but still scored. Stable enough to rank.

0 decks

No C-tier decks in this window.

Fringe / insufficient data

Insufficient sample — under 30 Challenge matches in the window (or below the 0.35 score floor) but at least 1% of meta share. Surfaced for visibility — not ranked.

5 decks
Rogue
MWR 59.1%over 110 matches

Wilson0.95 49.7% · GW 58.4% · score 0.525

Meta share 5.9% (17 apps)

Trophies: 27
Ephemerate Tron
MWR 72.4%over 29 matches

Wilson0.95 54.3% · GW 66.0% · score 0.478

Meta share 1.4% (4 apps)

Trophies: 10
Mono-Black Sacrifice
MWR 75.0%over 24 matches

Wilson0.95 55.1% · GW 62.5% · score 0.443

Meta share 1.0% (3 apps)

Trophies: 6
Naya Gates
MWR 71.4%over 28 matches

Wilson0.95 52.9% · GW 61.7% · score 0.391

Meta share 1.4% (4 apps)

Trophies: 2
Caw-Gates
MWR 59.3%over 27 matches

Wilson0.95 40.7% · GW 56.9% · score 0.300

Meta share 1.4% (4 apps)

Trophies: 1

Methodology. mixed = 0.75 × Wilson0.95(matchWins, matchWins + matchLosses) + 0.25 × log1p(trophies)/log1p(formatMaxTrophies); score = mixed × (0.85 + 0.15 × log1p(meta%·100)/log1p(100)). S is reserved for decks with Wilson lower-bound ≥ 58%, ≥ 200 matches, ≥ 5% meta share, and composite ≥ 0.62 — at most 2 per window, and an empty S is a real signal that no single deck is running the format. A/B/C are 0.50 / 0.42 / 0.35 score floors. Anything under 30 Challenge matches drops to Unranked regardless of WR. A "notable niche" override promotes any deck with raw MWR ≥ 0.60 over 30+ matches to at least B (≥ 0.65 over 50+ matches to A), so genuinely strong but low-share decks like Premodern Replenish aren't penalized for sample size; the override never promotes to S. Records from Leagues stay out of the MWR — every League row is 5-0 by construction and would skew every Wilson interval upward — they contribute only through the trophy term.