Pauper Grixis Affinity
Grixis Affinity is a Pauper midrange strategy that usually features Refurbished Familiar, Nihil Spellbomb, and Drossforge Bridge.
Meta
5.0%
Colors
Shift
−6%
Variability
Low
288 decks in Stock
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18 | View | Vlaiz | Pauper League 2026-05-18 | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 17 | View | SrCeko | Pauper Challenge 32 | 15th | 4-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 17 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 17 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Rc Qualifier | 22nd | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 16 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 5th | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 16 | View | amarobr | Pauper Challenge 32 | 29th | 1-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 16 | View | barba94 | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 15 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 20th | 2-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 14 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 4th | 6-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 10 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 21st | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 10 | View | wolf777 | Pauper Challenge 32 | 25th | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 10 | View | Hypergeomancer | Pauper Challenge 32 | 32nd | 2-4 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 10 | View | kavu2br | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 10 | View | Bong0411 | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 9 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 1st | 8-1 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 9 | View | kaikas | Pauper Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 8 | View | PiracciniChallenge | Pauper Challenge 32 | 21st | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 8 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 28th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 8 | View | Hypergeomancer | Pauper Challenge 32 | 30th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 7 | View | LuffyDoChapeuDePalha | Pauper Challenge 32 | 7th | 4-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 7 | View | Baralit0 | Pauper Challenge 32 | 26th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 7 | View | wolf777 | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 7 | View | CarrodaPolicia | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 6 | View | kuldothared | Pauper League 2026-05-06 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 6 | View | MTGPacks | Pauper League 2026-05-06 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 |
Grixis Affinity has held steady around 5.0% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 5.0% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Grixis Affinity cards
Cards gaining share within Grixis Affinity vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torch the Tower | New | 19% | +18.6% |
| Chromatic Star | 10% | 23% | +13.7% |
| Sneaky Snacker | New | 7% | +7% |
| Kenku Artificer | 48% | 65% | +17.5% |
| Prophetic Prism | New | 7% | +7% |
| HYDRA Assault Robot | New | 7% | +7% |
| Reverse Engineer | New | 7% | +7% |
| Sewer-veillance Cam | 33% | 44% | +10.9% |
| Cast Down | 10% | 19% | +9.1% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Envelop | 19% | 37% | +18.2% |
| Spell Pierce | New | 7% | +7% |
| Suffocating Fumes | New | 7% | +7% |
| Eviscerator's Insight | 2% | 9% | +6.9% |
| Cruel Alliance | New | 7% | +7% |
| Cast Down | 5% | 12% | +6.9% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 2% | 7% | +4.6% |
| Grim Bauble | 2% | 7% | +4.6% |
| Pyroblast | 57% | 63% | +5.6% |
| Krark-Clan Shaman | 69% | 77% | +7.7% |
| Steel Sabotage | 2% | 7% | +4.6% |
Typical Pauper Grixis Affinity maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Refurbished Familiar | 4.0 | 100% |
| Vault of Whispers | 3.7 | 100% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 2.4 | 99% |
| Drossforge Bridge | 3.8 | 98% |
| Mistvault Bridge | 3.9 | 98% |
| Myr Enforcer | 4.0 | 98% |
| Seat of the Synod | 2.6 | 98% |
| Silverbluff Bridge | 2.4 | 98% |
| Thoughtcast | 4.0 | 98% |
| Galvanic Blast | 4.0 | 97% |
| Reckoner's Bargain | 3.9 | 97% |
| Great Furnace | 2.3 | 97% |
| Blood Fountain | 2.1 | 95% |
| Utrom Monitor | 3.1 | 93% |
| Ichor Wellspring | 3.9 | 92% |
| Krark-Clan Shaman | 3.0 | 92% |
| Makeshift Munitions | 1.0 | 91% |
| Toxin Analysis | 2.6 | 90% |
| Sewer-veillance Cam | 1.6 | 60% |
| Mountain | 1.0 | 48% |
| Black Mage's Rod | 2.0 | 47% |
| Kenku Artificer | 1.7 | 23% |
| Swamp | 1.6 | 19% |
| Cryogen Relic | 2.4 | 15% |
| Fanatical Offering | 2.2 | 15% |
| Eviscerator's Insight | 1.4 | 12% |
| Chromatic Star | 3.0 | 7% |
| Cast Down | 2.1 | 6% |
| Candy Trail | 1.7 | 4% |
| Torch the Tower | 2.0 | 3% |
| Island | 1.3 | 3% |
| Hunter's Blowgun | 1.0 | 2% |
| Sneaky Snacker | 4.0 | 2% |
| Terminate | 1.2 | 2% |
| HYDRA Assault Robot | 4.0 | 2% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 2.3 | 2% |
| Prophetic Prism | 2.0 | 2% |
| Experimental Synthesizer | 2.3 | 1% |
| Mycosynth Wellspring | 1.0 | 1% |
| Pactdoll Terror | 4.0 | 1% |
Typical Pauper Grixis Affinity sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 253 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Elemental Blast | 2.6 | 87% |
| Extract a Confession | 1.8 | 87% |
| Hydroblast | 3.2 | 79% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.4 | 75% |
| Pyroblast | 3.3 | 70% |
| Krark-Clan Shaman | 1.2 | 69% |
| Unexpected Fangs | 1.1 | 58% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.3 | 28% |
| Envelop | 2.0 | 28% |
| Negate | 1.5 | 16% |
| Duress | 2.4 | 14% |
| Breath Weapon | 1.4 | 13% |
| Cast into the Fire | 2.3 | 9% |
| Toxin Analysis | 1.3 | 9% |
| Gorilla Shaman | 1.2 | 9% |
| Cast Down | 1.4 | 6% |
| Dispel | 2.8 | 5% |
| Fiery Cannonade | 1.3 | 5% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 2.5 | 4% |
| Arms of Hadar | 1.6 | 3% |
| Ashes to Ashes | 1.0 | 2% |
| Eviscerator's Insight | 1.2 | 2% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.8 | 2% |
| Steel Sabotage | 2.8 | 2% |
| Grim Bauble | 1.5 | 2% |
| Turn Aside | 1.3 | 2% |
| Choking Sands | 3.0 | 1% |
| Cruel Alliance | 1.0 | 1% |
| Suffocating Fumes | 2.0 | 1% |
| Suplex | 2.0 | 1% |
| Accursed Marauder | 2.0 | <1% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.5 | <1% |
| Kenku Artificer | 1.0 | <1% |
| Terminate | 1.5 | <1% |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 2.0 | <1% |
| Annul | 2.0 | <1% |
| Black Mage's Rod | 1.0 | <1% |
| End the Festivities | 1.0 | <1% |
| Fanged Flames | 2.0 | <1% |
| Foul-Tongue Shriek | 3.0 | <1% |