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.
S | Midrange | 11.7% | 1.9 | 20.8 | 13 | +231% | |
A | Aggro | 11.5% | 2.1 | 18.2 | 5 | −8% | |
A | Tempo | 8.9% | 2.8 | 15.8 | 13 | −26% | |
A | Tempo | 7.8% | 2.4 | 18 | 11 | −5% | |
A | Midrange | 6.7% | 2.2 | 20.3 | 11 | +39% | |
A | Aggro | 6.1% | 1.3 | 18 | 11 | +40% | |
A | Midrange | 5.7% | 2.9 | 19.1 | 7 | +48% | |
A | Control | 4.1% | 2.6 | 19.1 | 8 | +10% | |
B | Midrange | 3.9% | 2.3 | 18.6 | 2 | −26% | |
— | Other | 3.4% | 2.1 | 19 | 1 | +817% | |
B | 2.9% | 1.1 | 18.1 | 0 | −66% | ||
B | Combo | 2.7% | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2 | +37% | |
B | Combo | 2.4% | 2.6 | 17.4 | 1 | +725% | |
B | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.5 | 11.4 | 2 | −46% | |
B | Ramp | 2.2% | 3.4 | 17.9 | 1 | −51% | |
A | 2.1% | 2.6 | 18.9 | 4 | New | ||
B | Aggro | 1.7% | 2.1 | 18.9 | 0 | −58% | |
— | Aggro | 1.7% | 2.1 | 19.6 | 0 | −66% | |
C | Aggro | 1.6% | 1.6 | 16.9 | 1 | +83% | |
— | 1.5% | 2.1 | 19.4 | 0 | −8% | ||
— | Aggro | 1.5% | 1.4 | 17.1 | 0 | −8% | |
C | Midrange | 1.5% | 3.3 | 16.8 | 0 | −50% | |
— | Aggro | 0.9% | 1.8 | 20.3 | 0 | New | |
— | Ramp | 0.7% | 3.1 | 19.2 | 0 | −54% | |
— | Aggro | 0.5% | 2.3 | 21 | 1 | −8% | |
— | 0.4% | 2 | 19 | 2 | −39% | ||
— | 0.4% | 1.5 | 20.7 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.4% | 2.4 | 18 | 0 | −54% | ||
— | Control | 0.4% | 2.6 | 20.7 | 0 | −45% | |
— | 0.4% | 2.7 | 10.7 | 0 | −69% | ||
— | 0.2% | 2.7 | 18 | 0 | −54% | ||
— | 0.1% | 2.3 | 20 | 0 | −82% | ||
— | 0.1% | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | New |
Finishes by Strategy
Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.
- 1. Naya Gates — 13 Top 8s, 46 League 5-0s
- 2. Mono-Red Madness — 5 Top 8s, 52 League 5-0s
- 3. Terror — 13 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
- 4. Faeries — 11 Top 8s, 30 League 5-0s
- 5. Jund Wildfire — 11 Top 8s, 15 League 5-0s
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 11 Top 8s, 21 League 5-0s
- 7. Grixis Affinity — 7 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
- 8. Jeskai Control — 8 Top 8s, 13 League 5-0s
- 9. Golgari Gardens — 2 Top 8s, 17 League 5-0s
- 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. Naya Gates — 11.7%
- 2. Mono-Red Madness — 11.5%
- 3. Terror — 8.9%
- 4. Faeries — 7.8%
- 5. Jund Wildfire — 6.7%
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 6.1%
- 7. Grixis Affinity — 5.7%
- 8. Jeskai Control — 4.1%
- 9. Golgari Gardens — 3.9%
- 10. Rogue — 3.4%
Pauper Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 14-day window.
Gaining Pauper Metagame Share
last 14d vs prior 14d0.28% → 2.3% share
3.7% → 12.2% share
1.1% → 2.1% share
Losing Pauper Metagame Share
last 14d vs prior 14d1.4% → 0.26% share
4.5% → 1.6% share
2.3% → 0.78% 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.































