MTG Pauper Deck Guides

Inside Out Combo

October 2026 · 0.4% Meta

Tireless Tribe pitches cards for free toughness, Inside Out switches that toughness into power, and one unblockable swing or a Fling sends the whole total at the opponent's face, with recurring creatures climbing back from the graveyard to keep the discards free.

Infect

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Glistener Elf, Blight Mamba, and Ichorclaw Myr attack with infect, and a stack of cheap pump spells on a single swing, slipped past blockers by Escape Tunnel or trampling through with Rancor, delivers lethal poison in one hit.

Altar Tron

October 2026 · 0.7% Meta

Ashnod's Altar loops Myr Retriever back and forth between the battlefield and the graveyard while Golem Foundry turns every recast into a 3/3 Golem, powered by the Urza lands and a pile of cheap artifacts that scry and draw.

Ruby Storm

October 2026 · 0.7% Meta

Goblin Anarchomancer makes every red spell cheaper so Seething Song and Manamorphose produce more mana than they cost, and Seize the Storm turns the graveyard full of spent spells into a giant trampling Elemental.

Mono White Heroic

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Lagonna-Band Trailblazer or Akroan Skyguard lands early and picks up a heroic counter from every cheap Aura aimed at it, Ethereal Armor and Hyena Umbra turn it into a first striker that survives the first removal spell, and Emerge Unscathed and Benevolent Blessing carry it through the rest until it attacks for lethal.

Slivers

October 2026 · 0.1% Meta

Muscle Sliver, Sinew Sliver and Predatory Sliver stack their bonuses on every Sliver you control while Gemhide Sliver turns the whole team into mana, and the swarm closes with combat damage or with poison counters from Virulent Sliver.

Mono Red Madness

October 2026 · 15.9% Meta

Kessig Flamebreather and Guttersnipe deal damage to the opponent for every spell you cast while Grab the Prize discards Fiery Temper for a cheap madness cast and Sneaky Snacker for a free flier, and Fireblast ends the game.

Mono Blue Terror

October 2026 · 8.5% Meta

Tolarian Terror arrives for a fraction of its printed cost once Thought Scour and the other cheap draw spells have filled the graveyard, then attacks behind Counterspell until the opponent is dead.

Monster Tron

October 2026 · 7.0% Meta

Urza's Tower, Urza's Mine, and Urza's Power Plant, found by Expedition Map and Crop Rotation, pour out enough mana to cast Bramble Wurm and Nyxborn Hydra several turns ahead of any normal curve, and those oversized bodies attack through whatever a fair deck puts in front of them.

Elves

October 2026 · 6.1% Meta

Priest of Titania taps for a mana burst off a board of one-mana Elves, Quirion Ranger untaps it for a second helping, and the mana pours into Lead the Stampede refills and a Timberwatch Elf pump that makes a single trampling attacker lethal.

Dimir Faeries

October 2026 · 4.6% Meta

Spellstutter Sprite counters cheap spells on its way in, Baleful Strix draws a card and holds the ground with deathtouch, and either flier gets swapped home mid-attack for Ninja of the Deep Hours, which draws another card each time it connects, all backed by counterspells and cheap removal.

Spy Combo

October 2026 · 4.1% Meta

Balustrade Spy puts your entire library into the graveyard once the deck's land-searchers have emptied it of lands, and Dread Return then brings back Lotleth Giant to deal a point of damage for every creature card that landed there.

Jund Wildfire

October 2026 · 3.7% Meta

Cleansing Wildfire aimed at your own indestructible Bridges ramps and draws into Writhing Chrysalis, whose Spawn tokens and a pile of cheap artifacts feed Fanatical Offering for cards until Chrysalis, a discounted Refurbished Familiar, and Makeshift Munitions finish the game.

Mono Blue Faeries

October 2026 · 3.4% Meta

Spellstutter Sprite counters the spell that matters while Faerie Seer attacks in the air, and ninjutsu trades the unblocked flier for Ninja of the Deep Hours to draw a card on every hit, all backed by cheap counterspells.

Bogles

October 2026 · 3.3% Meta

Slippery Bogle and its hexproof friends carry a growing pile of Auras, with Ethereal Armor scaling off every enchantment you control and Armadillo Cloak turning each attack into life gained, so one untargetable creature ends the game on its own.

Mono Red Rally

October 2026 · 3.3% Meta

Rally at the Hornburg adds hasty tokens to a crowd of cheap creatures, a kicked Goblin Bushwhacker sends the whole team into a single huge attack, and Lightning Bolt finishes off whatever life is left.

Grixis Affinity

October 2026 · 2.7% Meta

Myr Enforcer comes down for a fraction of its printed cost off a board of artifact lands and cheap artifacts, while Thoughtcast and Reckoner's Bargain keep the hand full of discounted threats.

Gruul Ponza

October 2026 · 2.4% Meta

Mwonvuli Acid-Moss knocks the opponent off their lands while pulling a Forest onto your side, Arbor Elf and Utopia Sprawl turn one enchanted Forest into a burst of early mana, and Annoyed Altisaur and Boarding Party cascade into free spells and end the game in combat.

Esper Affinity

October 2026 · 2.3% Meta

Glint Hawk picks up Cryogen Relic for a card on the way out and another on the way back, while a board of artifact lands and cheap artifacts lets Refurbished Familiar and the other affinity flyers arrive for a fraction of their printed cost and win the game in the air.

Jeskai Ephemerate

October 2026 · 2.2% Meta

Ephemerate blinks Mulldrifter for repeat draws and turns Archaeomancer into a spell that never runs out, while counterspells and cheap removal hold the board until Murmuring Mystic's Bird tokens and a few small fliers close the game.

Golgari Gardens

October 2026 · 1.8% Meta

Khalni Garden's Plant token and spare artifacts feed Fanatical Offering for a steady stream of extra cards while cheap black removal trades one for one, until Troll of Khazad-dûm or a lethal Crypt Rats activation closes the game.

Familiars

October 2026 · 1.8% Meta

Sunscape Familiar discounts the deck's blue spells so Ghostly Flicker and Archaeomancer can re-buy each other turn after turn, refilling the hand with draw creatures until Murmuring Mystic's flying Bird tokens take over the game.

Dimir Terror

October 2026 · 1.6% Meta

Gurmag Angler and Tolarian Terror attack as oversized creatures for a fraction of their printed cost once the deck's cheap cantrips have stocked the graveyard, while Sneaky Snacker climbs back out of that graveyard for free and cheap counterspells protect the board.

White Aggro

October 2026 · 1.5% Meta

Thraben Inspector and Kor Skyfisher bank Clues and life as the board fills with cheap white bodies, Battle Screech floods the sky with Bird tokens, and Guardians' Pledge turns the whole swarm into a lethal attack.

Madness Burn

October 2026 · 1.4% Meta

Alms of the Vein and Fiery Temper drain and burn for a fraction of their printed costs whenever Faithless Looting or Grab the Prize pitches them, while Sneaky Snacker climbs back out of the graveyard to attack in the air.

Dimir Control

October 2026 · 1.4% Meta

Murmuring Mystic turns every instant and sorcery into a flying Bird once Counterspell and cheap removal have cleared the board, while the monarch from Thorn of the Black Rose and Baleful Strix keep the cards coming.

Flicker Tron

October 2026 · 1.3% Meta

Ghostly Flicker returns Mysidian Elder for extra Wizard tokens that deal damage to the opponent on every noncreature spell, powered by the mana of the assembled Urza's lands and closed by a huge Kaervek's Torch.

Gruul Ramp

October 2026 · 1.2% Meta

Boarding Party cascades into a free spell and attacks the turn it lands, powered out turns early by Arbor Elf untapping a Forest stacked with Utopia Sprawl, while Avenging Hunter takes the initiative to keep the value flowing.

Black Sacrifice

October 2026 · 0.9% Meta

Carrion Feeder eats a stream of expendable one-drops whose deaths leave tokens behind, growing into an oversized attacker while Village Rites turns the same bodies into cards and Rite of Consumption drains the last points of life.

Esper Ephemerate

October 2026 · 0.6% Meta

Ephemerate flickers Mulldrifter for extra cards and rebounds onto Archaeomancer to come back every turn, while counterspells and cheap removal hold the board until the deck's small fliers close the game in the air.

Naya Gates

October 2026 · 0.5% Meta

Basilisk Gate turns a lifelink Sacred Cat or a flying Sneaky Snacker into a lethal attacker once enough Gates are down, while Pursue the Past and Outlaw Medic keep the cards flowing through the early trades.

Boros Moxite

October 2026 · 0.5% Meta

Melded Moxite's discard-and-draw, picked back up by Kor Skyfisher to be recast, keeps the hand full and returns Sneaky Snacker from the graveyard as a free flyer, backed by cheap burn and removal.

Turbo Fog

October 2026 · 0.3% Meta

Moment's Peace and its flashback blank every attack while Growth Spiral keeps the lands coming, and replicated Stream of Thought mills the opponent out of cards.

Food Gardens

October 2026 · 0.3% Meta

Cauldron Familiar comes back from the graveyard off every Food you sacrifice and drains the opponent each time, while Fanatical Offering turns the same expendable artifacts into fresh cards and Pestilence's repeatable damage to every creature and player finishes what the drains started.

Izzet Terror

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Tolarian Terror lands at a steep discount behind a stream of cantrips such as Brainstorm and Ponder, while Counterspell and Skred hold the opponent off and Murmuring Mystic turns every spell into a flying Bird.

Walls Combo

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Axebane Guardian taps for a mana per defender you control, Freed from the Real untaps it for less than it produces, and Valakut Invoker converts the unbounded mana into repeatable damage, with Drift of Phantasms transmuting for whichever piece is missing.

Cycle Storm

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Drannith Stinger deals damage to the opponent every time you cycle a card, while Songs of the Damned turns the cycled creatures in your graveyard into mana and Reaping the Graves returns them to your hand to cycle again.

Mono Red Axe

October 2026 · 0.2% Meta

Galvanic Blast hits for its full damage once Great Furnace and a swarm of cheap hasty artifact creatures pile up, while Goblin Tomb Raider and Inventor's Axe turn every attack into real damage before the burn finishes from range.

Caw Gates

October 2026 · 0.1% Meta

Basilisk Gate turns a lone Squadron Hawk or a Sacred Cat brought back from the graveyard into a giant attacker sized by the number of Gates you control, while counterspells, exile removal, and damage prevention hold the opponent off until that one attack ends the game.

Dredge

October 2026 · 0.1% Meta

Stinkweed Imp dredges the library into the graveyard alongside Satyr Wayfinder and Town Greeter until a handful of spare bodies pay for Dread Return on Lotleth Giant, whose arrival deals damage for every creature card in the yard while Molten Gatekeeper pings for each creature that enters.