Golgari Gardens 
Golgari Gardens Pauper decklist played by Nikolas_Melissano at SECOND BLOOD: PAUPER EDITION (1 Mar 2026).
- Player
- Nikolas_Melissano
- Finish
- #2 of 42, 5-1
- Archetype
- Golgari Gardens
- Staples
- Golgari Gardens
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (13)
- 2 Accursed Marauder
- 2 Avenging Hunter
- 3 Crypt Rats
- 1 Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek
- 3 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 2 Troublemaker Ouphe
Instants (17)
- 4 Cast Down
- 3 Defile
- 3 Eviscerator's Insight
- 4 Fanatical Offering
- 1 Pulse of Murasa
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Spinning Darkness
Artifacts (12)
Lands (18)
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Forest
- 1 Haunted Mire
- 4 Khalni Garden
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Witch's Cottage
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Golgari Gardens list
Average of 21 decks in the 30 days up to March 1, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +2 Troublemaker Ouphe (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Accursed Marauder (2 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- –
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Duress (4 vs 2.3)
- +1 Drown in Sorrow (3 vs 1.9)
Fewer than usual
- –
Most unusual list in this period: AlessioGiampaoli in Super IPT Pauper Scream (33 cards away from the average)
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.33 average mana value · 2.57 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
18 30.0% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 66.4%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 54.7%
- Same, on the draw
- 63.5%
Colors: costs and sources
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27 symbols (81.8%)
13 sources (68.4%)
-
6 symbols (18.2%)
6 sources (31.6%)
Card types
- Creatures 13 (21.7%)
- Instants 17 (28.3%)
- Artifacts 12 (20.0%)
- Lands 18 (30.0%)