Pauper Metagame
Mono-Red Madness and Terror are locked in a dead heat atop the Pauper metagame (11.4% vs 10.9% of 3,150 recent appearances), and Ephemerate Tron's share is up 5x over the last 60 days.
S | Aggro | 11.4% | 2.1 | 18.2 | 26 | −22% | |
S | Tempo | 10.9% | 2.8 | 15.7 | 56 | −4% | |
A | Tempo | 7.7% | 2.4 | 18 | 41 | +193% | |
A | Aggro | 5.6% | 1.3 | 17.9 | 23 | +68% | |
A | Midrange | 5.4% | 2.8 | 19.2 | 23 | −19% | |
A | Midrange | 5.4% | 2.2 | 20.3 | 20 | −9% | |
A | Midrange | 5.0% | 2.3 | 18.8 | 16 | −29% | |
A | Midrange | 4.1% | 2 | 20.8 | 19 | +350% | |
A | Aggro | 4.0% | 2.5 | 11.2 | 27 | −36% | |
A | Ramp | 3.6% | 3.3 | 17.9 | 7 | +81% | |
A | Midrange | 3.3% | 3.4 | 17 | 8 | +15% | |
A | Control | 3.1% | 2.6 | 19.2 | 20 | +158% | |
A | Combo | 2.7% | 2.9 | 4.2 | 6 | −39% | |
A | Aggro | 2.5% | 2.2 | 18.5 | 11 | −55% | |
A | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.1 | 19.6 | 6 | −20% | |
A | Aggro | 2.2% | 2.3 | 21.1 | 7 | +72% | |
A | 2.1% | 1.1 | 18 | 7 | +115% | ||
B | 1.9% | 2 | 19.6 | 4 | +42% | ||
— | Other | 1.9% | 2.2 | 18.7 | 1 | +21% | |
B | Combo | 1.8% | 2.6 | 17.3 | 1 | −20% | |
B | Ramp | 1.7% | 3.1 | 18.9 | 2 | +417% | |
B | Aggro | 1.2% | 1.4 | 17.1 | 4 | −60% | |
A | 1.2% | 2.7 | 18.8 | 6 | −26% | ||
B | 1.1% | 2.2 | 20 | 1 | −26% | ||
B | Control | 0.9% | 2.6 | 20.5 | 9 | +131% | |
— | 0.9% | 1.2 | 17.1 | 1 | New | ||
B | Aggro | 0.7% | 1.6 | 16.9 | 2 | +1% | |
C | 0.7% | 2.6 | 11.7 | 1 | −43% | ||
C | Control | 0.5% | 2.3 | 20.4 | 1 | −71% | |
— | 0.5% | 1.5 | 20.4 | 2 | −77% | ||
B | 0.4% | 2.6 | 17.9 | 0 | −26% | ||
— | Combo | 0.4% | 2.5 | 17.2 | 0 | New | |
B | 0.4% | 2.6 | 17.9 | 1 | New | ||
— | 0.4% | 2.8 | 12.1 | 0 | −51% | ||
— | Aggro | 0.3% | 1.8 | 20.3 | 1 | +195% | |
B | 0.3% | 2 | 19.4 | 4 | New | ||
B | 0.3% | 2.4 | 20.8 | 4 | New | ||
— | Aggro | 0.3% | 1.8 | 14 | 0 | +48% | |
— | Aggro | 0.2% | 1.7 | 14 | 0 | New | |
— | 0.1% | 3.1 | 16.5 | 0 | −79% | ||
— | 0.1% | 1.4 | 17.3 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.0% | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.0% | 3.5 | 18 | 0 | New |
Finishes by Strategy
Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.
- 1. Mono-Red Madness — 26 Top 8s, 213 League 5-0s
- 2. Terror — 56 Top 8s, 150 League 5-0s
- 3. Faeries — 41 Top 8s, 126 League 5-0s
- 4. Mono-Red Rally — 23 Top 8s, 79 League 5-0s
- 5. Grixis Affinity — 23 Top 8s, 77 League 5-0s
- 6. Jund Wildfire — 20 Top 8s, 66 League 5-0s
- 7. Golgari Gardens — 16 Top 8s, 83 League 5-0s
- 8. Naya Gates — 19 Top 8s, 60 League 5-0s
- 9. Elves — 27 Top 8s, 42 League 5-0s
- 10. Tron — 7 Top 8s, 67 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. Mono-Red Madness — 11.4%
- 2. Terror — 10.9%
- 3. Faeries — 7.7%
- 4. Mono-Red Rally — 5.6%
- 5. Grixis Affinity — 5.4%
- 6. Jund Wildfire — 5.4%
- 7. Golgari Gardens — 5.0%
- 8. Naya Gates — 4.1%
- 9. Elves — 4.0%
- 10. Tron — 3.6%
Pauper Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 60-day window.
Gaining Pauper Metagame Share
last 60d vs prior 60d0.18% → 0.95% share
1.0% → 4.6% share
0.09% → 0.27% share
Losing Pauper Metagame Share
last 60d vs prior 60d0.64% → 0.14% share
2.7% → 0.61% share
1.7% → 0.48% share
Newest Pauper Rogue decks
Brews from the last 60 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.
Most-played Pauper cards
List changes within archetypes over the last 60 days. Hover a badge for share change — use 14d to match the homepage.
Rankings are based on 1,472 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.