Pauper Metagame
Mono-Red Madness and Terror are locked in a dead heat atop the Pauper metagame (11.7% vs 11.7% of 4,486 recent appearances), and Selesnya Gates's share is up 39x over the last 90 days.
S | Aggro | 11.7% | 2.1 | 18.2 | 41 | −7% | |
S | Tempo | 11.7% | 2.8 | 15.8 | 76 | −13% | |
A | Tempo | 6.2% | 2.4 | 18 | 47 | +2% | |
A | Midrange | 5.7% | 2.2 | 20.3 | 37 | +12% | |
A | Midrange | 5.6% | 2.8 | 19.2 | 34 | −19% | |
A | Aggro | 5.4% | 1.3 | 17.9 | 29 | +18% | |
A | Midrange | 5.4% | 2.3 | 18.8 | 34 | −10% | |
A | Aggro | 4.1% | 2.5 | 11.2 | 30 | −41% | |
A | Midrange | 3.4% | 3.3 | 16.9 | 13 | +34% | |
A | Ramp | 3.3% | 3.5 | 17.9 | 9 | +234% | |
A | Aggro | 3.2% | 2.2 | 18.8 | 15 | −17% | |
A | Midrange | 3.2% | 2 | 20.9 | 19 | +878% | |
A | Combo | 2.9% | 2.9 | 4.1 | 9 | −43% | |
A | Control | 2.9% | 2.6 | 19.3 | 21 | +591% | |
A | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.3 | 21 | 11 | >+999% | |
A | Aggro | 2.2% | 2.1 | 19.5 | 9 | −37% | |
B | 2.0% | 2 | 19.3 | 10 | New | ||
A | 1.7% | 1.1 | 18 | 11 | +62% | ||
— | Other | 1.7% | 2.3 | 18.6 | 1 | −13% | |
B | Combo | 1.6% | 2.7 | 17.3 | 1 | +23% | |
B | Aggro | 1.3% | 1.4 | 17 | 4 | −41% | |
B | 1.3% | 2.2 | 20 | 3 | +9% | ||
A | 1.2% | 2.7 | 18.7 | 7 | −24% | ||
B | Ramp | 1.2% | 3.1 | 18.9 | 2 | +297% | |
B | Control | 1.1% | 2.2 | 20.7 | 4 | −79% | |
B | 0.9% | 1.5 | 20.5 | 9 | −21% | ||
B | Control | 0.8% | 2.5 | 20.4 | 9 | +746% | |
C | 0.8% | 2.6 | 12 | 3 | +9% | ||
— | 0.6% | 1.2 | 17.1 | 1 | −41% | ||
B | Aggro | 0.6% | 1.6 | 16.9 | 2 | −56% | |
— | 0.5% | 2.8 | 12 | 1 | +59% | ||
— | Aggro | 0.5% | 2.1 | 14.5 | 0 | New | |
C | 0.4% | 2.6 | 17.9 | 0 | +59% | ||
— | Combo | 0.4% | 2.5 | 17.1 | 0 | +19% | |
B | 0.4% | 2.5 | 17.9 | 1 | New | ||
— | 0.3% | 1.2 | 17.8 | 0 | −93% | ||
— | Aggro | 0.3% | 1.8 | 20.3 | 1 | +6% | |
B | 0.2% | 2 | 19.4 | 4 | New | ||
B | 0.2% | 2.4 | 20.8 | 4 | New | ||
— | 0.2% | 3.2 | 17.1 | 0 | −89% | ||
— | Aggro | 0.1% | 1.7 | 14 | 0 | New | |
— | Control | 0.1% | 2.8 | 19.2 | 0 | New | |
— | 0.1% | 1.4 | 17 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.0% | 3.4 | 17.5 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.0% | 4.2 | 18 | 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 — 41 Top 8s, 312 League 5-0s
- 2. Terror — 76 Top 8s, 261 League 5-0s
- 3. Faeries — 47 Top 8s, 150 League 5-0s
- 4. Jund Wildfire — 37 Top 8s, 97 League 5-0s
- 5. Grixis Affinity — 34 Top 8s, 119 League 5-0s
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 29 Top 8s, 115 League 5-0s
- 7. Golgari Gardens — 34 Top 8s, 125 League 5-0s
- 8. Elves — 30 Top 8s, 65 League 5-0s
- 9. Ponza — 13 Top 8s, 58 League 5-0s
- 10. Tron — 9 Top 8s, 89 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 — 11.7%
- 2. Terror — 11.7%
- 3. Faeries — 6.2%
- 4. Jund Wildfire — 5.7%
- 5. Grixis Affinity — 5.6%
- 6. Mono-Red Rally — 5.4%
- 7. Golgari Gardens — 5.4%
- 8. Elves — 4.1%
- 9. Ponza — 3.4%
- 10. Tron — 3.3%
Pauper Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 90-day window.
Gaining Pauper Metagame Share
last 90d vs prior 90d0.06% → 2.4% share
0.37% → 3.6% share
0.18% → 1.6% share
Losing Pauper Metagame Share
last 90d vs prior 90d0.74% → 0.05% share
2.3% → 0.24% share
3.3% → 0.68% share
Newest Pauper Rogue decks
Brews from the last 90 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.
Most-played Pauper cards
List changes within archetypes over the last 90 days. Hover a badge for share change — use 14d to match the homepage.
Rankings are based on 2,049 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.