Mardu Synthesizer 
Mardu Synthesizer Pauper decklist played by Khead at NRG Series: Magic $2.5k Pauper Trial (22 Aug 2026).
- Player
- Khead
- Finish
- #59 of 87, 2-3
- Archetype
- Mardu Synthesizer
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (14)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (12)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (14)
- 3 Black Mage's Rod
- 4 Experimental Synthesizer
- 4 Ichor Wellspring
- 3 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Mardu Synthesizer list
Average of 7 decks in the 30 days up to Aug. 22, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Ichor Wellspring (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Goldmire Bridge (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Eviscerator's Insight (3 vs 0.4)
- +2 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (3 vs 0.9)
- +2 Reckoner's Bargain (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Cast Down (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 Thraben Charm (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 Vault of Whispers (2 vs 1.0)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Cleansing Wildfire (0 vs 3.4)
- -3 Lembas (0 vs 3.3)
- -3 Lightning Bolt (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Shattered Landscape (0 vs 1.9)
- -2 Mountain (0 vs 1.7)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Krark-Clan Shaman (3 vs 0.6)
- +2 Accursed Marauder (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Lightning Bolt (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Pain 101 (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Navigator's Compass (3 vs 2.0)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Pyroblast (0 vs 1.6)
- -1 Cast into the Fire (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Nihil Spellbomb (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Electrickery (0 vs 1.1)
- -1 Dust to Dust (0 vs 1.0)
- -1 Red Elemental Blast (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 16 cards away from the average.