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.
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.