Pauper Metagame

Naya Gates and Mono-Red Madness are locked in a dead heat atop the Pauper metagame (11.7% vs 11.5% of 820 recent appearances), and Ruby Storm's share is up 8x over the last 14 days.

Challenges

Finishes by Strategy

Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.

  1. 1. Naya Gates — 13 Top 8s, 46 League 5-0s
  2. 2. Mono-Red Madness — 5 Top 8s, 52 League 5-0s
  3. 3. Terror — 13 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
  4. 4. Faeries — 11 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
  5. 5. Jund Wildfire — 11 Top 8s, 15 League 5-0s
  6. 6. Mono-Red Rally — 11 Top 8s, 21 League 5-0s
  7. 7. Grixis Affinity — 7 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
  8. 8. Jeskai Control — 8 Top 8s, 13 League 5-0s
  9. 9. Golgari Gardens — 2 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
  10. 10. Rogue — 1 Top 8, 17 League 5-0s

Metagame Mix Over Time

Share of the field held by the top 10 strategies (~70% of the meta), over the last 90 days.

  1. 1. Naya Gates11.7%
  2. 2. Mono-Red Madness11.5%
  3. 3. Terror8.9%
  4. 4. Faeries7.8%
  5. 5. Jund Wildfire6.7%
  6. 6. Mono-Red Rally6.1%
  7. 7. Grixis Affinity5.7%
  8. 8. Jeskai Control4.1%
  9. 9. Golgari Gardens3.9%
  10. 10. Rogue3.4%

Pauper Metagame Movers

Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 14-day window.

Gaining Pauper Metagame Share

last 14d vs prior 14d
  • 0.28% → 2.3% share

    +725% lift (+2.1 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 3.7% → 12.2% share

    +231% lift (+8.5 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 1.1% → 2.1% share

    +83% lift (+0.9 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)

Losing Pauper Metagame Share

last 14d vs prior 14d
  • 1.4% → 0.26% share

    −82% lift (−1.2 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 4.5% → 1.6% share

    −66% lift (−3.0 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 2.3% → 0.78% share

    −66% lift (−1.5 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)

Newest Pauper Rogue decks

Brews from the last 14 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.

Rankings are based on 384 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.

Pauper is a competitive format restricted to cards that have been printed at common rarity, available online and in paper.