Pauper UW Familiars
UW Familiars is a Pauper midrange strategy that usually features Archaeomancer, Mulldrifter, and Preordain.
Meta
1.4%
Colors
Shift
−30%
Variability
Low
60 decks in The Modern Age
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 8 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 5 | View | Gn42 | Pauper Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 4 | View | Gn42 | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 12 | View | nuyileqq | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 3 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 6 | View | MTGAsucks | Pauper League 2026-05-06 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 3 | View | MTGAsucks | Pauper League 2026-05-03 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 1 | View | MichelBiro | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Apr 1 | View | othavirium | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 26 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Mar 24 | View | qwertyelmer | Pauper League 2026-03-24 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Mar 9 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League 2026-03-09 | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Feb 20 | View | YSZzz | Pauper Challenge 32 | 23rd | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 18 | View | saidin.raken | Pauper League 2026-02-18 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Feb 12 | View | ChaoticMTG | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Feb 7 | View | Telomere | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jan 30 | View | YSZzz | Pauper Challenge 32 | 32nd | 3-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jan 13 | View | PineappleBoski | Pauper League 2026-01-13 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jan 11 | View | Telomere | Pauper League 2026-01-11 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jan 9 | View | othavirium | Pauper League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jan 2 | View | ChaoticMTG | Pauper Challenge 32 | 23rd | — | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jan 1 | View | Mikibairon96 | Pauper League 2026-01-01 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Dec 20, 2025 | View | hetare_ane | Pauper Challenge 32 2025-12-20 | 21st | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Dec 15, 2025 | View | othavirium | Pauper League 2025-12-15 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 |
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UW Familiars has held steady around 1.4% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 1.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising UW Familiars cards
Cards gaining share within UW Familiars vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idyllic Beachfront | 19% | 92% | +72.9% |
| Prismatic Strands | 6% | 33% | +27.1% |
| Island | 50% | 92% | +41.7% |
| Abandon Attachments | 6% | 25% | +18.8% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 44% | 75% | +31.3% |
| Plains | 63% | 92% | +29.2% |
| Prohibit | 56% | 75% | +18.8% |
| Glorious Gale | 38% | 50% | +12.5% |
| Deep Analysis | 25% | 33% | +8.3% |
| Negate | 75% | 83% | +8.3% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyal Sentry | 6% | 42% | +35.4% |
| Glorious Gale | 31% | 42% | +10.4% |
| Remove Soul | 25% | 33% | +8.3% |
| Dust to Dust | 81% | 100% | +18.8% |
| Stonehorn Dignitary | 81% | 92% | +10.4% |
Typical Pauper UW Familiars maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeomancer | 2.9 | 100% |
| Azorius Chancery | 3.7 | 100% |
| Mulldrifter | 3.4 | 100% |
| Preordain | 3.9 | 100% |
| Snap | 4.0 | 100% |
| Sunscape Familiar | 4.0 | 100% |
| Ephemerate | 2.2 | 98% |
| God-Pharaoh's Faithful | 4.0 | 98% |
| Mortuary Mire | 1.0 | 98% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 1.3 | 97% |
| Lórien Revealed | 3.7 | 90% |
| Sea Gate Oracle | 3.0 | 81% |
| Contaminated Landscape | 2.6 | 80% |
| Meeting of Minds | 2.9 | 73% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 1.5 | 73% |
| Negate | 2.0 | 71% |
| Plains | 2.0 | 71% |
| Island | 7.9 | 66% |
| Prohibit | 2.1 | 66% |
| Idyllic Beachfront | 1.0 | 49% |
| Glacial Floodplain | 1.0 | 46% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 8.3 | 34% |
| Ash Barrens | 2.2 | 29% |
| Glorious Gale | 1.5 | 29% |
| Snow-Covered Plains | 1.9 | 29% |
| Deep Analysis | 2.2 | 22% |
| Ponder | 3.2 | 19% |
| Lonely Arroyo | 1.0 | 17% |
| Foil | 3.1 | 15% |
| The Modern Age | 3.2 | 15% |
| Thraben Charm | 1.0 | 15% |
| Remove Soul | 1.3 | 14% |
| Prismatic Strands | 2.0 | 8% |
| Abandon Attachments | 3.8 | 7% |
| Brainstorm | 2.0 | 3% |
| Essence Scatter | 1.0 | 3% |
| Ice Tunnel | 1.0 | 3% |
| Lorien Revealed | 4.0 | 3% |
| Compulsive Research | 3.0 | 2% |
| Dawnbringer Cleric | 1.0 | 2% |
Typical Pauper UW Familiars sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Stonehorn Dignitary | 1.9 | 90% |
| Hydroblast | 3.5 | 86% |
| Dust to Dust | 2.8 | 85% |
| Negate | 1.6 | 80% |
| Last Breath | 2.0 | 76% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 1.2 | 51% |
| Thraben Charm | 1.4 | 51% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 3.4 | 31% |
| Glorious Gale | 1.4 | 31% |
| Remove Soul | 1.6 | 25% |
| Revoke Existence | 1.1 | 15% |
| Envelop | 1.5 | 14% |
| Lose Focus | 1.7 | 12% |
| Loyal Sentry | 1.9 | 12% |
| Circle of Protection: Blue | 1.2 | 8% |
| Steel Sabotage | 2.2 | 8% |
| Destroy Evil | 1.5 | 7% |
| Dispel | 1.5 | 7% |
| Essence Scatter | 1.3 | 7% |
| Exclude | 1.0 | 5% |
| Ride's End | 1.7 | 5% |
| God-Pharaoh's Faithful | 1.0 | 3% |
| Goliath Paladin | 1.0 | 3% |
| Honorable Scout | 2.0 | 3% |
| Prohibit | 1.5 | 3% |
| Snuff Out | 2.5 | 3% |
| Ancient Grudge | 1.0 | 2% |
| Generous Ent | 1.0 | 2% |
| Ghostly Flicker | 1.0 | 2% |
| Moment's Peace | 2.0 | 2% |
| Pulse of Murasa | 1.0 | 2% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 3.0 | 2% |
| Weather the Storm | 3.0 | 2% |