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.
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.