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 20 decks in the 90 days up to Aug. 22, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Ichor Wellspring (4 vs 0.2)
- +3 Goldmire Bridge (4 vs 1.0)
- +3 Eviscerator's Insight (3 vs 0.2)
- +3 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (3 vs 0.4)
- +2 Reckoner's Bargain (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Thraben Charm (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Cast Down (2 vs 0.5)
- +1 Vault of Whispers (2 vs 0.9)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Cleansing Wildfire (0 vs 3.8)
- -4 Lembas (0 vs 3.7)
- -3 Lightning Bolt (0 vs 2.8)
- -2 Shattered Landscape (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Mountain (0 vs 2.0)
- -1 Navigator's Compass (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Swamp (1 vs 2.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Krark-Clan Shaman (3 vs 0.2)
- +2 Accursed Marauder (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Lightning Bolt (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Pain 101 (2 vs 0.1)
- +2 Navigator's Compass (3 vs 1.4)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Pyroblast (0 vs 2.4)
- -2 Cast into the Fire (0 vs 2.1)
- -2 Nihil Spellbomb (0 vs 1.6)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 20 cards away from the average.