Pauper Metagame
Mono-Red Madness and Terror are locked in a dead heat atop the Pauper metagame (11.3% vs 10.8% of 1,665 recent appearances), and Ruby Storm's share is up 12x over the last 30 days.
A | Aggro | 11.3% | 2.1 | 18.3 | 12 | +26% | |
S | Tempo | 10.8% | 2.8 | 15.8 | 29 | −9% | |
A | Tempo | 7.9% | 2.3 | 18.1 | 21 | +38% | |
A | Midrange | 7.3% | 2 | 20.8 | 18 | +874% | |
A | Midrange | 5.8% | 2.9 | 19.1 | 14 | +2% | |
A | Midrange | 5.8% | 2.2 | 20.3 | 16 | +43% | |
A | Aggro | 5.5% | 1.3 | 17.9 | 14 | −17% | |
B | Midrange | 4.4% | 2.3 | 18.8 | 7 | −39% | |
A | Control | 4.0% | 2.6 | 19.2 | 14 | +146% | |
A | 3.5% | 1.1 | 18 | 3 | +188% | ||
A | Ramp | 3.2% | 3.3 | 18 | 7 | +31% | |
A | Aggro | 3.1% | 2.5 | 11.3 | 9 | −47% | |
— | Other | 2.4% | 2.1 | 18.9 | 1 | +51% | |
B | Combo | 2.4% | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4 | −41% | |
A | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.2 | 18.8 | 4 | −33% | |
B | Aggro | 2.3% | 2.1 | 19.6 | 1 | −28% | |
C | Midrange | 2.0% | 3.4 | 16.9 | 1 | −64% | |
B | Combo | 1.7% | 2.6 | 17.3 | 1 | >+999% | |
A | 1.6% | 2.7 | 18.8 | 4 | +140% | ||
— | Aggro | 1.4% | 1.4 | 17.1 | 0 | −52% | |
C | Aggro | 1.1% | 1.6 | 16.9 | 2 | +523% | |
— | 1.0% | 2.1 | 19.5 | 0 | −82% | ||
C | 1.0% | 2.2 | 20.1 | 1 | −52% | ||
— | Ramp | 0.9% | 3.1 | 19 | 0 | −74% | |
A | Aggro | 0.9% | 2.3 | 21.1 | 1 | −78% | |
B | 0.7% | 2.6 | 18 | 0 | New | ||
— | 0.7% | 2.6 | 17.8 | 0 | +188% | ||
B | Control | 0.6% | 2.6 | 20.6 | 1 | −55% | |
B | 0.5% | 2 | 19.4 | 4 | New | ||
— | Aggro | 0.5% | 1.8 | 20.2 | 0 | +188% | |
— | Control | 0.4% | 2.3 | 20.4 | 1 | −28% | |
— | 0.4% | 2.6 | 10.7 | 0 | −23% | ||
— | 0.4% | 2.4 | 20.7 | 2 | +92% | ||
— | 0.2% | 1.5 | 20.3 | 0 | −89% | ||
— | 0.2% | 3 | 16 | 0 | New | ||
— | Combo | 0.2% | 2.5 | 17.3 | 0 | −52% | |
— | Aggro | 0.1% | 2 | 14 | 0 | −4% | |
— | Aggro | 0.1% | 1.6 | 14 | 0 | −52% | |
— | 0.1% | 4.2 | 17 | 0 | New |
Finishes by Strategy
Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.
- 1. Mono-Red Madness — 12 Top 8s, 105 League 5-0s
- 2. Terror — 29 Top 8s, 84 League 5-0s
- 3. Faeries — 21 Top 8s, 65 League 5-0s
- 4. Naya Gates — 18 Top 8s, 57 League 5-0s
- 5. Grixis Affinity — 14 Top 8s, 48 League 5-0s
- 6. Jund Wildfire — 16 Top 8s, 33 League 5-0s
- 7. Mono-Red Rally — 14 Top 8s, 44 League 5-0s
- 8. Golgari Gardens — 7 Top 8s, 41 League 5-0s
- 9. Jeskai Control — 14 Top 8s, 28 League 5-0s
- 10. Mono-Red Metalcraft — 3 Top 8s, 34 League 5-0s
Pauper Metagame Movers
Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 30-day window.
Gaining Pauper Metagame Share
last 30d vs prior 30d0.14% → 1.6% share
0.82% → 7.9% share
0.27% → 1.7% share
Losing Pauper Metagame Share
last 30d vs prior 30d1.2% → 0.13% share
2.9% → 0.52% share
4.1% → 0.91% share
Newest Pauper Rogue decks
Brews from the last 30 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.
Most-played Pauper cards
List changes within archetypes over the last 30 days. Hover a badge for share change — use 14d to match the homepage.
Rankings are based on 768 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.