Pauper meta & archetypes · Pauper Staples

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How it's counted

Where the numbers come from: decks listed on MTGTop8 from Pauper events of the last 14 days (or the window you pick). MTGTop8 lists the top finishers of each event, often the top 8, so this is about decks that did well, not everyone who played. No game or match data.
Share of the meta: a deck's part of all listed decks. Every listed deck counts once, at a 7-player local the same as at a 100-player event; use the event filter to look at bigger events only.
MTGO leagues: 5-0 lists without places. They count for share, lists and staples, never as wins or top 8s.
Wins: 1st places. On the chart they are compared with what was expected: at an event with N listed decks, each would win 1 in N, so a deck that shows up mostly at small events doesn't look stronger just because small events list fewer decks. 1.0× = average; decks with fewer than 8 results are left out because a single win swings them too much.
On the move: share now against the 14 days before. Only changes of at least 1 point that also mean 3+ decks at today's size count as rising or falling. Results reach MTGTop8 late, so the newest days hold fewer decks; that's why shares are compared, not deck counts.
Rising cards: part of the decks that play a card in the second half of the last 14 days against the first half: at least +3 points, in 3+ decks from 3+ events (all events, the filters apply to decks).

Based on MTGTop8 tournament results only: the decks that finished on top. No game or match data.

How it's counted

Where the numbers come from: decks listed on MTGTop8 from Pauper events of the last 14 days (or the window you pick). MTGTop8 lists the top finishers of each event, often the top 8, so this is about decks that did well, not everyone who played. No game or match data.
Share of the meta: a deck's part of all listed decks. Every listed deck counts once, at a 7-player local the same as at a 100-player event; use the event filter to look at bigger events only.
MTGO leagues: 5-0 lists without places. They count for share, lists and staples, never as wins or top 8s.
Wins: 1st places. On the chart they are compared with what was expected: at an event with N listed decks, each would win 1 in N, so a deck that shows up mostly at small events doesn't look stronger just because small events list fewer decks. 1.0× = average; decks with fewer than 8 results are left out because a single win swings them too much.
On the move: share now against the 14 days before. Only changes of at least 1 point that also mean 3+ decks at today's size count as rising or falling. Results reach MTGTop8 late, so the newest days hold fewer decks; that's why shares are compared, not deck counts.
Rising cards: part of the decks that play a card in the second half of the last 14 days against the first half: at least +3 points, in 3+ decks from 3+ events (all events, the filters apply to decks).

Popular or winning? ⓘ

Last 14 days · up = 1st places compared with expected (1.0× = average) · decks with 8+ results · bubble size = number of decks · click a bubble to open the deck

Decks on the move

Share of the meta now, against the 14 days before. Only moves of 1+ point (3+ decks).

Rising

Falling

Rising cards

Played in more decks in the second half of the last 14 days than in the first half (+3 points or more, from 3+ events).

Pursue the Past ▲ +5.4 4.6% → 10.0% of decks
Vandalblast ▲ +4.5 17.1% → 21.6% of decks
Melded Moxite ▲ +4.5 7.4% → 11.9% of decks
Lorien Revealed ▲ +4.3 23.1% → 27.4% of decks
Glint Hawk ▲ +4.1 8.1% → 12.2% of decks
Prismatic Strands ▲ +3.8 6.9% → 10.7% of decks
Boros Garrison ▲ +3.8 4.4% → 8.2% of decks
Makeshift Munitions ▲ +3.7 9.0% → 12.7% of decks
Plunder the Trollshaws ▲ +3.6 12.5% → 16.2% of decks
Wind-Scarred Crag ▲ +3.6 3.9% → 7.5% of decks
Ponder ▲ +3.5 4.9% → 8.5% of decks
Ancient Den ▲ +3.4 12.5% → 15.9% of decks

New blood

Printed in the last year and already in the meta.

Plunder the Trollshaws NEW 14.0% of decks · HOB · Instant
Giant's Boulder NEW 10.1% of decks · HOB · Artifact

Most top-8 finishes

683 events since 2026-09-15 ⓘ

Player	Top 8s	Wins	Results	Best finish	Most played
Brunogrull	21	7	23	1st of 36 players	Gruul Midrange · latest result
Dragonseeker	20	5	22	1st of 40 players	White Weenie · latest result
LuffyDoChapeuDePalha	16	5	24	1st of 60 players	Grixis Affinity · latest result
Luminati	15	4	23	1st of 49 players	Mono Blue Delver · latest result
Beicodegeia	15	3	22	1st of 52 players	Dimir Control · latest result
MisterTwin	14	4	23	1st of 59 players	Mono Red Madness · latest result
Kampo	14	4	22	1st of 64 players	Ruby Storm · latest result
barff	13	5	16	1st of 65 players	Dimir Faeries · latest result
Mushroom	12	4	12	1st of 18 players	Urzatron · latest result
Danderdag	11	2	11	1st of 29 players	Mono Green Aggro · latest result

Archetypes

Mono Red Madness

Balustrade Spy

Dimir Control

Dimir Faeries

Esper Affinity

White Weenie

Boros Aggro

Red Deck Wins

Urzatron

Elves

Ruby Storm

Grixis Affinity

Aura Hexproof

Mono Blue Terror

Mono Blue Delver

Golgari / Jund Garden

Gruul Midrange

Rakdos Madness Burn

Mono Blue Faeries

Turbo Fog

Gruul Aggro

Tireless Tribe

Golgari Pestilence

Naya Gates

UR Control

Jund Wildfire

R Madness

Ephemerate

Mono Black Aggro

Orzhov Glintblade

Persistent Petitioners

UR Skred

Walls Combo

BG Fog Gates

Boros Moxite

Esper Ephemerate

Mardu Aggro

Monster Tron

Snow Jeskai Ephemerate

Caw Gates

Jeskai Ephemerate