Pauper Dimir Affinity
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Dimir Affinity has climbed from ~0.4% to 1.5% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~0.4% to 1.5% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Typical Pauper Dimir Affinity maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 19 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mistvault Bridge | 3.9 | 100% |
| Refurbished Familiar | 4.0 | 100% |
| Seat of the Synod | 3.8 | 100% |
| Thoughtcast | 4.0 | 100% |
| Vault of Whispers | 3.8 | 100% |
| Cast Down | 3.9 | 95% |
| Cryogen Relic | 3.8 | 95% |
| Blood Fountain | 2.1 | 84% |
| Myr Enforcer | 4.0 | 84% |
| Utrom Monitor | 3.8 | 84% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 2.9 | 79% |
| Swamp | 1.9 | 79% |
| Island | 2.9 | 74% |
| Reckoner's Bargain | 4.0 | 74% |
| Sneaky Snacker | 4.0 | 74% |
| Fanatical Offering | 3.8 | 58% |
| Dismal Backwater | 2.0 | 32% |
| Ice Tunnel | 1.8 | 32% |
| Ancient Den | 3.5 | 21% |
| Razortide Bridge | 3.0 | 21% |
| Extract a Confession | 1.3 | 16% |
| Glint Hawk | 4.0 | 16% |
| Goldmire Bridge | 3.0 | 16% |
| Grim Bauble | 1.7 | 16% |
| Kor Skyfisher | 4.0 | 16% |
| Navigator's Compass | 1.3 | 16% |
| Tithing Blade | 2.7 | 16% |
| Abandon Attachments | 3.0 | 11% |
| Bojuka Bog | 1.0 | 11% |
| Contaminated Aquifer | 2.5 | 11% |
| Counterspell | 2.5 | 11% |
| Eviscerator's Insight | 1.5 | 11% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 2.5 | 11% |
| Moon-Circuit Hacker | 3.0 | 11% |
| Mukotai Ambusher | 1.5 | 11% |
| Spellstutter Sprite | 4.0 | 11% |
| Thraben Charm | 2.0 | 11% |
| Abjure | 3.0 | 5% |
| Arms of Hadar | 1.0 | 5% |
| Darksteel Citadel | 2.0 | 5% |
Typical Pauper Dimir Affinity sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 19 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 19 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Elemental Blast | 3.3 | 84% |
| Extract a Confession | 1.8 | 68% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.2 | 68% |
| Arms of Hadar | 1.2 | 63% |
| Spell Pierce | 2.0 | 47% |
| Steel Sabotage | 4.0 | 47% |
| Suffocating Fumes | 1.2 | 47% |
| Hydroblast | 3.0 | 42% |
| Envelop | 2.0 | 26% |
| Annul | 3.3 | 21% |
| Dispel | 1.7 | 16% |
| Dust to Dust | 3.3 | 16% |
| Grim Bauble | 2.7 | 16% |
| Mukotai Ambusher | 1.7 | 16% |
| Drown in Sorrow | 1.5 | 11% |
| Duress | 2.5 | 11% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.5 | 11% |
| Navigator's Compass | 2.0 | 11% |
| Shrivel | 2.0 | 11% |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 1.0 | 11% |
| Thraben Charm | 2.0 | 11% |
| Unexpected Fangs | 1.0 | 11% |
| Arashin Cleric | 1.0 | 5% |
| Cast Down | 2.0 | 5% |
| Doom Blade | 3.0 | 5% |
| Go for the Throat | 2.0 | 5% |
| Okiba-Gang Shinobi | 1.0 | 5% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 3.0 | 5% |
Dimir Affinity Pauper FAQ
Is Dimir Affinity good in Pauper right now?
It's a fringe pick right now — Dimir Affinity is 1.5% of Pauper decklists in the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 9th (4-2) at Pauper Challenge 32 on Jul 11, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pauper Dimir Affinity?
Nearly every list runs Mistvault Bridge, Refurbished Familiar, and Thoughtcast (99%+ of Pauper Dimir Affinity decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 9 Dimir vs 4 Esper lists.
What's a typical Pauper Dimir Affinity sideboard?
The most common Pauper Dimir Affinity sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Blue Elemental Blast (84% of lists), Extract a Confession (68% of lists), Nihil Spellbomb (68% of lists), and Arms of Hadar (63% of lists).
Are there different builds of Pauper Dimir Affinity?
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Pauper Dimir Affinity decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 78 Pauper Dimir Affinity decklists all-time (12 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Dimir Affinity result Jul 21, 2026.