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.

1,216 Challenge appearances from 2026-04-14 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.

2 decks
Madness Burn
MWR 63.2%over 848 matches

Wilson0.95 59.9% · GW 60.9% · score 0.649

Meta share 11.6% (141 apps)

Trophies: 230
Terror
MWR 61.8%over 891 matches

Wilson0.95 58.6% · GW 59.1% · score 0.630

Meta share 12.7% (155 apps)

Trophies: 179

A

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

13 decks
Faeries
MWR 64.8%over 341 matches

Wilson0.95 59.6% · GW 61.8% · score 0.593

Meta share 4.7% (57 apps)

Trophies: 99
Golgari Gardens
MWR 61.3%over 442 matches

Wilson0.95 56.7% · GW 59.1% · score 0.572

Meta share 6.4% (78 apps)

Trophies: 83
Grixis Affinity
MWR 61.8%over 406 matches

Wilson0.95 57.0% · GW 57.8% · score 0.564

Meta share 5.8% (70 apps)

Trophies: 72
Jund Wildfire
MWR 60.6%over 510 matches

Wilson0.95 56.3% · GW 57.8% · score 0.564

Meta share 7.3% (89 apps)

Trophies: 70
Spy Combo
MWR 65.5%over 168 matches

Wilson0.95 58.0% · GW 60.9% · score 0.546

Meta share 2.4% (29 apps)

Trophies: 56
Mono-Red Rally
MWR 58.4%over 442 matches

Wilson0.95 53.7% · GW 56.8% · score 0.544

Meta share 6.3% (77 apps)

Trophies: 67
UW Control
MWR 63.6%over 209 matches

Wilson0.95 56.9% · GW 59.5% · score 0.543

Meta share 2.9% (35 apps)

Trophies: 58
Elves
MWR 59.6%over 463 matches

Wilson0.95 55.1% · GW 55.9% · score 0.534

Meta share 7.1% (86 apps)

Trophies: 44
Ponza
MWR 58.6%over 396 matches

Wilson0.95 53.7% · GW 54.7% · score 0.523

Meta share 6.0% (73 apps)

Trophies: 45
Tron
MWR 58.8%over 148 matches

Wilson0.95 50.7% · GW 55.8% · score 0.506

Meta share 2.5% (30 apps)

Trophies: 65
Mono-White Aggro
MWR 57.5%over 233 matches

Wilson0.95 51.1% · GW 55.3% · score 0.505

Meta share 3.9% (48 apps)

Trophies: 50
Inside Out
MWR 59.8%over 174 matches

Wilson0.95 52.3% · GW 58.9% · score 0.503

Meta share 2.5% (31 apps)

Trophies: 42
Ephemerate Tron
MWR 65.5%over 55 matches

Wilson0.95 52.3% · GW 61.7% · score 0.476

Meta share 1.0% (12 apps)

Trophies: 31

B

Roughly average winrate after sample-size correction.

6 decks
Boros Synthesizer
MWR 60.7%over 244 matches

Wilson0.95 54.4% · GW 59.2% · score 0.476

Meta share 3.5% (43 apps)

Trophies: 14
Caw-Gates
MWR 62.7%over 75 matches

Wilson0.95 51.4% · GW 59.1% · score 0.463

Meta share 0.9% (11 apps)

Trophies: 27
Mono-Black Sacrifice
MWR 65.1%over 43 matches

Wilson0.95 50.2% · GW 57.5% · score 0.442

Meta share 0.7% (8 apps)

Trophies: 24
Turbo Fog
MWR 62.9%over 140 matches

Wilson0.95 54.6% · GW 62.4% · score 0.427

Meta share 2.0% (24 apps)

Trophies: 4
Walls Combo
MWR 60.5%over 38 matches

Wilson0.95 44.7% · GW 60.8% · score 0.411

Meta share 0.6% (7 apps)

Trophies: 20
Naya Gates
MWR 67.6%over 34 matches

Wilson0.95 50.8% · GW 60.4% · score 0.381

Meta share 0.5% (6 apps)

Trophies: 4

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.

1 deck
Rogue
MWR 61.6%over 456 matches

Wilson0.95 57.1% · GW 58.2% · score 0.596

Meta share 6.9% (84 apps)

Trophies: 138

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.