Pauper Golgari Gardens
Golgari Gardens is a Pauper midrange strategy that usually features Fanatical Offering, Khalni Garden, and Bojuka Bog.
Meta
2.5%
Colors
Shift
−7%
Variability
Medium
514 decks in Reckoner's Bargain
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper Challenge 32 | 2nd | 7-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Jan 15 | View | Jace_MTG | Pauper League 2026-01-15 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jan 15 | View | murilobds | Pauper League 2026-01-15 | — | 5-0 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Jan 13 | View | Montij | Pauper League 2026-01-13 | — | 5-0 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Jan 12 | View | KingZiggy | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jan 11 | View | Lamela | Pauper Challenge 32 | 13th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jan 11 | View | NickNorman | Pauper Challenge 32 | 29th | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Jan 11 | View | LucaAshok | Pauper League 2026-01-11 | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jan 10 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper Challenge 32 | 6th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jan 8 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jan 8 | View | G-Monteiro | Pauper Challenge 32 | 22nd | 3-3 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Jan 8 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper League 2026-01-08 | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jan 7 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper League 2026-01-07 | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jan 6 | View | murilobds | Pauper League 2026-01-06 | — | 5-0 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Jan 5 | View | Flormente | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jan 5 | View | True-Name-Nemesis | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jan 4 | View | NickNorman | Pauper Challenge 32 2026-01-04 | 15th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jan 2 | View | NickNorman | Pauper Challenge 32 | 12th | — | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jan 2 | View | Lamela | Pauper League 2026-01-02 | — | 5-0 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Jan 1 | View | Flormente | Pauper League 2026-01-01 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Dec 28, 2025 | View | NickNorman | Pauper Challenge 32 2025-12-28 | 9th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Dec 27, 2025 | View | G-Monteiro | Pauper League 2025-12-27 | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Dec 26, 2025 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper Challenge 32 2025-12-26 | 22nd | — | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Dec 25, 2025 | View | NickNorman | Pauper Challenge 32 2025-12-25 | 12th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Dec 25, 2025 | View | __Noob__ | Pauper Challenge 32 2025-12-25 | 13th | — | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 |
Golgari Gardens has slipped from ~5.5% to 2.5% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~5.5% to 2.5% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Golgari Gardens cards
Cards gaining share within Golgari Gardens vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse of Murasa | 14% | 40% | +25.7% |
| Bonder's Ornament | 10% | 30% | +20.5% |
| Desert | 29% | 50% | +21.4% |
| Reckoner's Bargain | 52% | 80% | +27.6% |
| Golgari Rot Farm | 38% | 55% | +16.9% |
| Toxin Analysis | 10% | 15% | +5.5% |
| Drown in Sorrow | 48% | 55% | +7.4% |
| Snuff Out | 71% | 80% | +8.6% |
| Crypt Rats | 86% | 90% | +4.3% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suffocating Fumes | 5% | 15% | +10.2% |
| Rancid Earth | 33% | 50% | +16.7% |
| Duress | 57% | 75% | +17.9% |
Typical Pauper Golgari Gardens maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 198 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Fanatical Offering | 4.0 | 100% |
| Khalni Garden | 3.9 | 100% |
| Bojuka Bog | 2.0 | 99% |
| Ichor Wellspring | 3.5 | 99% |
| Lembas | 2.9 | 99% |
| Eviscerator's Insight | 3.4 | 99% |
| Swamp | 9.2 | 99% |
| Cast Down | 3.9 | 95% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 2.9 | 95% |
| Campfire | 2.2 | 93% |
| Haunted Mire | 1.0 | 91% |
| Tithing Blade | 2.4 | 90% |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 3.0 | 89% |
| Crypt Rats | 2.6 | 78% |
| Defile | 3.6 | 70% |
| Snuff Out | 1.1 | 65% |
| Witch's Cottage | 1.4 | 58% |
| Golgari Rot Farm | 1.5 | 50% |
| Reckoner's Bargain | 1.8 | 47% |
| Accursed Marauder | 1.1 | 44% |
| Avenging Hunter | 1.2 | 42% |
| Fungal Infection | 1.3 | 40% |
| Suffocating Fumes | 1.0 | 30% |
| Spinning Darkness | 1.1 | 28% |
| Sagu Wildling | 1.0 | 24% |
| Cauldron Familiar | 2.9 | 23% |
| Drown in Sorrow | 1.6 | 23% |
| Nutrient Block | 4.0 | 22% |
| Pestilence | 3.0 | 22% |
| Heaped Harvest | 1.4 | 21% |
| Desert | 1.9 | 21% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 1.0 | 20% |
| Pulse of Murasa | 1.1 | 16% |
| Tragic Slip | 1.1 | 15% |
| Toxin Analysis | 1.3 | 15% |
| Grapple with Death | 1.3 | 14% |
| Bonder's Ornament | 1.2 | 12% |
| Forest | 1.1 | 11% |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 1.2 | 8% |
| Black Dragon Gate | 4.0 | 7% |
Typical Pauper Golgari Gardens sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 198 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 198 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Troublemaker Ouphe | 2.7 | 96% |
| Weather the Storm | 3.9 | 93% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.9 | 89% |
| Drown in Sorrow | 2.2 | 78% |
| Duress | 2.8 | 58% |
| Avenging Hunter | 1.0 | 28% |
| Rancid Earth | 3.6 | 25% |
| Snuff Out | 1.1 | 17% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.5 | 14% |
| Tragic Slip | 1.2 | 14% |
| Moment's Peace | 1.2 | 13% |
| Campfire | 1.0 | 9% |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 1.1 | 7% |
| Hydroblast | 2.3 | 6% |
| Pilfer | 1.9 | 6% |
| Accursed Marauder | 1.2 | 5% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 3.7 | 5% |
| Diabolic Edict | 1.0 | 5% |
| Cast Down | 1.4 | 4% |
| Tithing Blade | 1.3 | 4% |
| Grapple with Death | 1.4 | 4% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 2.0 | 4% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 1.4 | 4% |
| Pyroblast | 3.8 | 3% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 2.3 | 3% |
| Suffocating Fumes | 1.3 | 3% |
| Extract a Confession | 1.4 | 3% |
| Go for the Throat | 1.0 | 3% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.0 | 3% |
| Spinning Darkness | 1.0 | 3% |
| Chainer's Edict | 1.3 | 2% |
| Divest | 2.3 | 2% |
| Life Goes On | 2.0 | 2% |
| Okiba-Gang Shinobi | 1.8 | 2% |
| Slice from the Shadows | 3.0 | 2% |
| Arms of Hadar | 1.0 | 2% |
| Crypt Rats | 1.0 | 2% |
| Nausea | 1.0 | 2% |
| Stream of Thought | 1.0 | 2% |
| Desert | 1.0 | 1% |