Pauper Grixis Control
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Grixis Control has held steady around 0.2% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 0.2% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Typical Pauper Grixis Control maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 19 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Counterspell | 4.0 | 100% |
| Lórien Revealed | 4.0 | 100% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 2.3 | 100% |
| Skred | 4.0 | 100% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 8.5 | 100% |
| Snow-Covered Mountain | 2.3 | 100% |
| Volatile Fjord | 3.5 | 100% |
| Brainstorm | 3.8 | 95% |
| Lightning Bolt | 2.1 | 95% |
| Seething Landscape | 2.6 | 89% |
| Breath Weapon | 2.0 | 79% |
| Ponder | 3.4 | 79% |
| Spell Pierce | 2.1 | 79% |
| Preordain | 1.5 | 63% |
| Tolarian Terror | 4.0 | 63% |
| Azure Fleet Admiral | 1.1 | 53% |
| Bonder's Ornament | 2.0 | 53% |
| Crimson Fleet Commodore | 1.2 | 53% |
| Dispel | 1.3 | 42% |
| Lose Focus | 1.4 | 42% |
| Ice Tunnel | 1.0 | 37% |
| Mystical Teachings | 1.0 | 37% |
| Snow-Covered Swamp | 1.0 | 37% |
| Snuff Out | 2.0 | 37% |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 1.7 | 37% |
| Augur of Bolas | 3.2 | 26% |
| Fanged Flames | 1.8 | 26% |
| Fire/Ice | 1.0 | 26% |
| Gurmag Angler | 1.0 | 26% |
| Suplex | 2.6 | 26% |
| Terminate | 1.0 | 26% |
| Unexpected Fangs | 1.0 | 26% |
| Campfire | 1.0 | 21% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 1.8 | 21% |
| Faerie Seer | 4.0 | 16% |
| Moon-Circuit Hacker | 1.0 | 16% |
| Ninja of the Deep Hours | 3.0 | 16% |
| Spellstutter Sprite | 4.0 | 16% |
| Avenging Hunter | 1.0 | 11% |
| Behold the Multiverse | 3.0 | 11% |
Typical Pauper Grixis Control 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 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Cast into the Fire | 2.3 | 100% |
| Hydroblast | 2.6 | 95% |
| Pyroblast | 2.9 | 95% |
| Campfire | 2.4 | 89% |
| Annul | 2.6 | 68% |
| Breath Weapon | 1.1 | 58% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 1.6 | 37% |
| Gorilla Shaman | 1.4 | 26% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 2.6 | 26% |
| Fanged Flames | 1.0 | 16% |
| Crimson Fleet Commodore | 1.0 | 11% |
| Crypt Incursion | 1.0 | 11% |
| Dispel | 1.5 | 11% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.5 | 11% |
| Weather the Storm | 3.0 | 11% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 1.0 | 5% |
| Fiery Cannonade | 1.0 | 5% |
| Heritage Reclamation | 1.0 | 5% |
Grixis Control Pauper FAQ
Is Grixis Control good in Pauper right now?
Grixis Control is 0.2% of Pauper decklists in the last two weeks.
What are the key cards in Pauper Grixis Control?
Nearly every list runs Counterspell, Lórien Revealed, Murmuring Mystic, and Skred (99%+ of Pauper Grixis Control decklists in the last 90 days).
What's a typical Pauper Grixis Control sideboard?
The most common Pauper Grixis Control sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Cast into the Fire (100% of lists), Hydroblast (95% of lists), Pyroblast (95% of lists), and Campfire (89% of lists).
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 Grixis Control decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 141 Pauper Grixis Control decklists all-time (2 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Grixis Control result Jul 27, 2026.