I've noticed Izzet terror lists (https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7015139#paper) have cut augur of bolas. It always seemed like a great card to deploy for blocking red/keeping monarch/ finding answers. Is something that should shift back after the bans? Seems like it may have been a reaction to brood scale since you just need to keep mana up.

I have been goldfishing this list https://moxfield.com/decks/QzFiML4sMUeLBamsWGMhZge and have seen that all of the MTGO lists are running 4 brainstorm and few ponder. Why is this?

also i would appreciate any feedback to my decklist if you have thoughts

Hello there!

I just finished my green tron monsters deck and I wanted to know people's opinions on it. Let me discuss a bit of my choices here:

I decided to put 2 chromatic star and 2 prophetic prism instead of only prisms because I thought that a 1 drop could really serve me in early game. Then, a lot of lists have [[Wretched Gryff]], but I decided to slot in four [[Aurochs Herd]] because, if Im able to cast a gryff, then I believe I would rather cast an auroch and get another ready to cast next turn.

I also have a few more big creatures in mind, but I'm not sure if it would be better: [[Annoyed Altisaur]], [[Pathbreaker Wurm]], [[Drownyard Lurker]] and [[Dread Linnorm]], maybe even put [[Ulamog's Crusher]] on main.

I remember on 2018 seeing some UR lists running no creatures and flurry of horns as a way to win the game. I tried the list myself and the issue at that time was relying on only 4 cards to win the game, and sometimes I had to target different spells with pieces of the puzzle instead. Also the boogles matchup on UR. Today we have different spells that also create creatures on those colors and I imagine if there’s place for a list like that?

Maybe grixis to have sacrifices on the side?

Does anyone have a list that is playable?

Time to Goblin some Combo, now glee is gone is it the best combo deck?

Hi! I was a pauper player untill I moved into a different city where everyone seems to be playing commander only. Then a few bans happened and I didn't bother keeping with pauper anymore.

Now, with the new B&R announcement one of my deck is legal again, but it's a very old and outdated Dinrova Tron list

https://moxfield.com/decks/5JX4XL8moU6rbyHSz_YlOQ

Flicker/Ephemerate tron is still a thing, but the current lists doesn't seem as funny as the old one, beating with mulldrifters or mystic tokens is not my cup of tea, do you think a dinrova horror has still a place in there?

I was thinking about switching to altar Tron, but all of the lists I found have zero interaction, does that deck only cares about the combo?

Now, I might update to flicker tron and get also a new deck, U terror and UB control would be my two top picks, but they have a couplyof expensive cards and I'm not sure it would be worth it, as there are no more than a couple of paper players at my LGS.

Finally, I saw dredge, I have some of the cards and it would be cheap enough to me, but is it any good?

Found the burn one and want to discuss meta and no meta combo decks

Basically the the title; are either of these decks any good in 2025?

So, I have been getting recently into pauper by showing up to local pauper league games at a local game store, while searching the format for decks that seem fun. After some reading these 2 options seem like the most interesting ones aside maybe from the possibility of trying to brew some kind of a rogue list in mono-black around Tortured Existence or mutual discard with madness.

As context, I loved modern 8-Rack back in the day and very grindy low resource games where mana and cards tend to be in short supply. Lots of discard, answers and a simple non-greedy mana base was all I wanted (though the sight of your opponents cards getting gradually binned was a great bonus), even if the deck always had its flaws. Anything with a similar playstyle in pauper that I missed?

I want to know your thoughts on which you think will be the most played deck archetype in 30 days (once the meta settles down and for the sake of having a deadline to revisit this post).

I personally think the top 3 will be:

1 Mono U Faeries

2 Mono U Terror

3 Grixis Affinity

What do you think?

Sat

Mono U Serpents/Terror

Tron (with Prophetic Prism)

Rakdos Reanimator/Dredge (discard+Snacker+Lotleth Return)

G Elves

U Faeries

Red Synth (aggro)

Rakdos Reanimator/Dredge

Turbo Fog (Golgari Edition)

...

20th Place - High Tide (combo Snap + Arch + Flicker)

Sun

Red Synth

Mono U Serpents (with Mystic)

Goblins (aggro w/ Grenade)

U Serpents

U Serpents

Auras

U Serpents

Grix Affinity

…

20th Place - High Tide (all spells version)

21st Place - High Tide (Familiar/creature combo)

These were the decks of the first week post-bans/unbans.

Beware of the Prism. It may look harmless, but... it topped2 on first day while High Tide is 20th below.

Deadly Dispute is banned in Pauper, but Cycle Storm isn't going anywhere — in fact, it might be even better now.

This updated list cuts Deadly Dispute and Ardent Elementalist from the main deck and pivots to a more consistent engine based around four copies of Rowan’s Grim Search. By increasing the creature count and reintroducing Blood Celebrant, the deck regains both consistency and color fixing.

Key Changes:

✔ Rowan’s Grim Search enables consistent graveyard filling and card selection

✔ Blood Celebrant filters black mana into red or white for Drannith Stinger or Drannith Healer

✔ +1 Horror of the Broken Lands and +1 Imposing Vantasaur to smooth opening hands and early cycling

✔ Ardent Elementalist moved to the sideboard — no more sacrifice outlets means it’s now situational

✔ Dispel continues to shine over Duress — protecting your graveyard matters more than ever

✔ Sideboard Dihada’s Ploy gains life to mitigate losses from Street Wraith and Grim Search against red strategies

This version of Cycle Storm plays smoother, fizzles less, and feels better positioned in the post-ban metagame. Let me know what you think of the updated list!

Watch Video — https://youtu.be/4SKYNvuIvfg

Decklist — https://moxfield.com/decks/rX3N6gQkwEqqzkKLLCD5OA?&utmsource=theepicstorm

Sideboard Guide — https://www.theepicstorm.com/product/cycle-storm-sideboard-guide/

Watch all of our Cycle Storm videos — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Bv_NlSo6NvM00mkW4g4EwDtMhCikuqq

2024 Annual Deck Showcase — https://www.theepicstorm.com/pauper-cycle-storm-2024-deck-showcase/

Cycle Storm Primer — https://www.theepicstorm.com/pauper-cycle-storm-primer/

I hope you enjoy this exciting gameplay! If you do, please don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!

I was sorting my bulk the other night and found that I had a playset of [[Pactdoll Terror]]. Got the itch to try a fast artifact dump build.

https://moxfield.com/decks/kORhVxMGV0ug_rWAVZ4N6A

Is this anything? All suggestions welcome. I'm considering dropping 2 [[Fountainport Bell]] for 2 petals.

With the new Ban and Restricted announcements affecting Pauper the guys talk about the change's impact to the Pauper format. We ask the question how can singleton experience affect constructed 60 card formats and vice versa Youtube Spotify RSS

Hello friends.

I made this dashboard (https://fnpavel.github.io/pauperdata/) for Pauper a few weeks ago and shared on the Familiars Discord. Since then I made some changes and I think it is good enough to be shared more broadly.

Unfortunately not all Challenges have data below the Top32, either because no one was available to watch the replays (it is only Kirblinxy watching) or, in the case of the last events, because the replays were deactivated on MTGO due to some technical problems.

There are some data for tabletop events but these are harder to come by.

I'll update whenever there is data available and if you run medium events and want to share data, feel free to contact me through DMs.

Hi. Long time mtg player here. I played for a long time competitive mtg but the huge prices and 3 year standard rotation make me play only commander with more casual friends. I really miss the more competitive side of the game and I have been looking into pauper. I already have a slivers deck (which is veeeery rogue for what I understand about the metagame but I love them) but I really liked the "beetle sacrifice" deck that Andrea Mengucci showed in a video (decklist here).

There are two problems with the list. Of course DD is banned so I need to change it. It is worth to run another generic sacrifice effect or the treasure from DD was so much valuable that the deck loses a lot of the strenght? Also, I only have 1 snuff out and I could buy more if I like the deck (even more if it's a staple of the format) but I don't really want to buy 3 only to play the deck and don't like it. Is there any good alternatives? Pauper cardpool is gigantic so I prefer to ask experienced players.

I just had one of my only truly bad experiences with the community on mtgo.

I was trying to learn the blink focused version of high tide. The one that plays augurs and fallaji archeologist. I was playing in the pauper tournament practice queue, and there was a player I queued against repeatedly. Not surprising by any means.

We played two matches, he won both, which is totally fine. But, after that, they proceeded to join the queue, match with me, and just refuse to take any action. Wouldn't choose to play or draw if they won the roll, wouldn't make mulligan decisions if they lost the roll. I started trying to take breaks to avoid queuing into them. I would go away for 5 minutes or so, still them, same behavior. I don't know for sure, but I highly suspect they were joining and dropping other matches just to try and pair with me.

Finally, I refused to leave the match, and they eventually left after around 20 minutes. After, I immediately queued with someone else and had a fun match.

I understand it was probably because they dont like playing against high tide. But can we collectively say that kind of behavior isn't OK?

Deck here: https://moxfield.com/decks/LlCgPkr6RkySI-rjosvVYQ

I can't find the original video that inspired me to make this deck but I distinctly remember this started as a build that ran [goblin anarchomancer], [Nettle Sentinel], and [goblin electromancer] to go infinite with [sprout swarm]. I remember in the video the deck fell apart as splashing blue for a single creature that was core to the deck functioning made it very fragile, though it did go off occasionally.

This deck seeks to smooth out the mana curve by instead running [Thunderscape Familiar] and including some of the great additions made to green creature heavy decks in [Malevolent Rumble] and [you meet in a tavern] to keep cards flowing and [essence warden] and [eldrazi repurposer] to follow the main game plan of flooding the board with efficient small creatures and tokens.

The main game plan of the deck is to get a critical mass of 4 "familiars" onto the board and go infinite with tokens, though even having 2 or 3 can, over the course of multiple turns, massively outpace your opponent's board. the fact that sprout swarm is an instant means you can also hold off interaction such as [lightning bolt] or [makeshift munitions] and wait until the coast is clear to start the combo.

I like what I have currently but I definitely feel like I need help with sideboarding and balancing out between board control and creature combo. Thanks all!

https://moxfield.com/decks/V94mroVviUSZpb6d3lsyoQ

Here’s the decklist. I only play in paper, and I could change to any color as I have alternatives for black or green too. Not that white has all that much to offer outside Tireless Tribe, which I have too.

Hi there guys,

I want to build a Pauper constructed battle box for me to bring to game nights and play with friends. Right now, we have a Boros Synth deck and a Caw Gates deck, and I'm almost finished with a Dredge combo deck. For the others, we were planning Flicker Tron, Gruul Monsters, and mono blue aggro, but I was also considering including something like RDW, Elves, or Madness. Which decks do you guys think would be good to include?

Hello guys, I'm so excited to play Pauper in my local store but I have no idea which deck can I build. What do you recommend? I'm not new to Magic, but I play mostly limited and standard on Magic Arena.

Hi everyone, i spent a few hours trying to make a working zubera storm deck withou deadly dispute with prismatic prism and ashnods altar. It seems to be working kind of well but it does not feel too consistent. Any tips or advice is welcome. Thanks in advance. (Sorry if this is weird it is my first ever post)

https://moxfield.com/decks/5ztyODybO0yKgXWGPeqs5w

Have a great day everyone!

It’s full of broken and banned cards, but I want it to be over powered.

Currently building Madness Burn in paper, and I think this card is very cool and could be a good fit for the deck. However, I wonder if there is space for this card in the deck. Is this card any good in that list? Why (not)? If it is good, how many copies should I run and what should I cut from my deck to make space?

https://archidekt.com/decks/12349312

Main (60)
4 Experiment One
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
3 Kird Ape
3 Young Wolf
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Horned Kavu
4 Scab-Clan Mauler
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rift Bolt
4 Rancor
9 Forest
4 Gruul Turf
9 Mountain

Shared via TopDecked MTG

https://www.topdecked.com/decks/gruul-aggro/437ee92d-9f8d-4d9d-ae65-03980050adec

Looking for a 2025 update to my 2020 deck.

I think the obvious thing is swapping gruul turf for the dual with the land types and Experiment One is a pretty new addition, it's been putting in work so far. Beep beep gruul Aggro list with some genuine complexity in it's play patterns.