Pauper Metagame

15 archetypes · Updated Mar 9, 2026

1

Blue Terror

9.6%
MTGGoldfish #7670387 MTGGoldfish #7670386 MTGGoldfish #7670381
Brainstorm Brainstorm Counterspell Counterspell Cryptic Serpent Cryptic Serpent Delver of Secrets Delver of Secrets Force Spike Force Spike Lorien Revealed Lorien Revealed
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Creatures (12)

Instants (20)

Sorceries (12)

  • 2 Deem Inferior
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 4 Lorien Revealed
  • 3 Ponder
  • 2 Sleep of the Dead

Lands (16)

Sideboard (15)

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2

Mono Red Madness

8.6%
MTGGoldfish #7670398 MTGGoldfish #7670395 MTGGoldfish #7670394
Faithless Looting Faithless Looting Fiery Temper Fiery Temper Grab the Prize Grab the Prize Highway Robbery Highway Robbery Kessig Flamebreather Kessig Flamebreather Lava Dart Lava Dart
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Creatures (15)

  • 3 Guttersnipe
  • 4 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 4 Sneaky Snacker
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure

Instants (15)

Sorceries (12)

Lands (18)

Sideboard (15)

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3

Grixis Affinity

7.2%
MTGGoldfish #7670374 MTGGoldfish #7668168 MTGGoldfish #7668164
Drossforge Bridge Drossforge Bridge Galvanic Blast Galvanic Blast Great Furnace Great Furnace Ichor Wellspring Ichor Wellspring Mistvault Bridge Mistvault Bridge Myr Enforcer Myr Enforcer
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Creatures (13)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Thoughtcast

Enchantments (1)

Artifacts (31)

Sideboard (15)

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4

Elves

7.0%
MTGGoldfish #7670392 MTGGoldfish #7670383 MTGGoldfish #7670369
Avenging Hunter Avenging Hunter Fyndhorn Elves Fyndhorn Elves Generous Ent Generous Ent Lead the Stampede Lead the Stampede Llanowar Elves Llanowar Elves Masked Vandal Masked Vandal
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Creatures (39)

Sorceries (8)

Lands (13)

Sideboard (15)

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5

Mono Red Rally

6.8%
MTGGoldfish #7670382 MTGGoldfish #7670371 MTGGoldfish #7668165
Burning-Tree Emissary Burning-Tree Emissary Clockwork Percussionist Clockwork Percussionist Galvanic Blast Galvanic Blast Goblin Bushwhacker Goblin Bushwhacker Goblin Tomb Raider Goblin Tomb Raider Great Furnace Great Furnace
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Creatures (20)

Instants (8)

Sorceries (11)

Artifacts (7)

Lands (14)

Sideboard (15)

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6

Jund Wildfire

6.4%
MTGGoldfish #7670397 MTGGoldfish #7670372 MTGGoldfish #7670370
Cast Down Cast Down Cleansing Wildfire Cleansing Wildfire Drossforge Bridge Drossforge Bridge Fanatical Offering Fanatical Offering Gixian Infiltrator Gixian Infiltrator Ichor Wellspring Ichor Wellspring
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Creatures (11)

Instants (14)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Cleansing Wildfire

Artifacts (21)

Lands (10)

Sideboard (15)

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7

Madness Burn

5.4%
MTGGoldfish #7670265 MTGGoldfish #7668938 MTGGoldfish #7668182
Alms of the Vein Alms of the Vein Faithless Looting Faithless Looting Fiery Temper Fiery Temper Grab the Prize Grab the Prize Kitchen Imp Kitchen Imp Lightning Bolt Lightning Bolt
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Creatures (12)

  • 4 Kitchen Imp
  • 4 Sneaky Snacker
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure

Instants (9)

Sorceries (20)

Lands (19)

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Arms of Hadar
  • 3 Cast into the Fire
  • 3 Dark Withering
  • 2 Duress
  • 2 Electrickery
  • 2 Extract a Confession
  • 2 Nihil Spellbomb
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8

Caw-Gates

4.8%
MTGGoldfish #7670393 MTGGoldfish #7670390 MTGGoldfish #7668186
Brainstorm Brainstorm Counterspell Counterspell Lorien Revealed Lorien Revealed Prismatic Strands Prismatic Strands Sacred Cat Sacred Cat Squadron Hawk Squadron Hawk
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Creatures (13)

Instants (15)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Lorien Revealed

Enchantments (7)

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

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9

Spy Combo

3.9%
MTGGoldfish #7670399 MTGGoldfish #7669157 MTGGoldfish #7668163
Balustrade Spy Balustrade Spy Generous Ent Generous Ent Land Grant Land Grant Lead the Stampede Lead the Stampede Overgrown Battlement Overgrown Battlement Sagu Wildling Sagu Wildling
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Creatures (39)

Sorceries (14)

Artifacts (3)

Lands (4)

Sideboard (15)

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10

Dimir Faeries

3.6%
MTGGoldfish #7670396 MTGGoldfish #7668170 MTGGoldfish #7667772
Counterspell Counterspell Faerie Miscreant Faerie Miscreant Faerie Seer Faerie Seer Humbling Elder Humbling Elder Lorien Revealed Lorien Revealed Moon-Circuit Hacker Moon-Circuit Hacker
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Creatures (26)

Instants (12)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Lorien Revealed

Lands (18)

  • 4 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 14 Island

Sideboard (15)

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11

Golgari Gardens

3.3%
MTGGoldfish #7670378 MTGGoldfish #7670376 MTGGoldfish #7666334
Cast Down Cast Down Defile Defile Eviscerator's Insight Eviscerator's Insight Fanatical Offering Fanatical Offering Ichor Wellspring Ichor Wellspring Campfire Campfire
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Creatures (3)

Instants (18)

Artifacts (18)

  • 3 Campfire
  • 3 Heaped Harvest
  • 4 Ichor Wellspring
  • 2 Lembas
  • 3 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 3 Tithing Blade

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

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12

White Aggro

3.2%
MTGGoldfish #7670385 MTGGoldfish #7670375 MTGGoldfish #7670373
Battle Screech Battle Screech Kor Skyfisher Kor Skyfisher Lunarch Veteran Lunarch Veteran Raffine's Informant Raffine's Informant Thraben Charm Thraben Charm Thraben Inspector Thraben Inspector
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Creatures (28)

  • 1 Eagles of the North
  • 4 Kor Skyfisher
  • 3 Leonardo, Big Brother
  • 4 Lunarch Veteran
  • 3 Militia Bugler
  • 3 Novice Inspector
  • 4 Raffine's Informant
  • 2 Spider-Man, Web-Slinger
  • 4 Thraben Inspector

Instants (9)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Battle Screech

Lands (19)

Sideboard (15)

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13

Mono-Blue Faeries

3.2%
MTGGoldfish #7668187 MTGGoldfish #7666132 MTGGoldfish #7666107
Brinebarrow Intruder Brinebarrow Intruder Counterspell Counterspell Faerie Miscreant Faerie Miscreant Faerie Seer Faerie Seer Force Spike Force Spike Moon-Circuit Hacker Moon-Circuit Hacker
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Creatures (27)

Instants (11)

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Of One Mind

Lands (18)

Sideboard (15)

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14

Tron

2.9%
MTGGoldfish #7670400 MTGGoldfish #7670379 MTGGoldfish #7668188
Ancient Stirrings Ancient Stirrings Boulderbranch Golem Boulderbranch Golem Bramble Wurm Bramble Wurm Candy Trail Candy Trail Expedition Map Expedition Map Generous Ent Generous Ent
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Creatures (16)

Sorceries (7)

  • 4 Ancient Stirrings
  • 3 Malevolent Rumble

Artifacts (18)

  • 4 Candy Trail
  • 3 Chromatic Star
  • 4 Expedition Map
  • 3 Pinnacle Kill-Ship
  • 4 Relic of Progenitus

Lands (19)

  • 1 Desert
  • 5 Forest
  • 4 Urza's Mine
  • 4 Urza's Power Plant
  • 4 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline

Sideboard (15)

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15

Black Sacrifice

2.2%
MTGGoldfish #7668493 MTGGoldfish #7668181 MTGGoldfish #7667765
Bloodthrone Vampire Bloodthrone Vampire Carrion Feeder Carrion Feeder Infestation Sage Infestation Sage Mortician Beetle Mortician Beetle Nested Shambler Nested Shambler Nezumi Linkbreaker Nezumi Linkbreaker
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Creatures (27)

  • 3 Accursed Marauder
  • 4 Bloodthrone Vampire
  • 4 Carrion Feeder
  • 4 Infestation Sage
  • 4 Mortician Beetle
  • 4 Nested Shambler
  • 4 Nezumi Linkbreaker

Instants (7)

Sorceries (6)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (17)

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 2 Drown in Sorrow
  • 2 Mesmeric Fiend
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb
  • 2 Rotten Reunion
  • 2 Sylvok Lifestaff
  • 4 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Vampiric Link
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