Pauper Challenge (won by Backoff)

Date

July 8, 2023

Players

55

Format

Pauper

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Backoff Caw Gates	Caw Gates	8-1
2	Magicofplayer1 Caw Gates	Caw Gates	7-2
3	ezocratto Jeskai Ephemerate	Jeskai Ephemerate	7-1
4	eduardojmp Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	6-2
5	Make_it_Right Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	5-2
6	colabat_ Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	5-2
7	Stonedforkmystic Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	4-3
8	outZEROo Dimir Faeries	Dimir Faeries	4-3
9	pepeteam Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	4-2
10	_against_ (Alexandre Weber) Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	4-2
11	TopGrinder Mono-White Aggro	Mono-White Aggro	4-2
12	immvp Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	4-2
13	cocof Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	4-2
14	ecobaronen Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	4-2
15	Kirblinxy Simic Turbo Fog	Simic Turbo Fog	4-2
16	Brasatore Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	4-2
17	chocochan Mono-Blue Faeries	Mono-Blue Faeries	4-2
18	medvedev (Dmitry Medvedev) Mono-Red Burn	Mono-Red Burn	4-2
19	_Batutinha_ (Carlos Alexandre) Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	4-2
20	MisterAsiago Mono-Blue Faeries	Mono-Blue Faeries	2-3
21	SpockVidaLoka (Vinicius Raymundi) Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	3-3
22	Ixidor29 Mono-Blue Faeries	Mono-Blue Faeries	3-3
23	AliEnWaRe_ Mono-Black Midrange	Mono-Black Midrange	3-3
24	Pavelval Jeskai Ephemerate	Jeskai Ephemerate	3-3
25	all4non Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	3-3
26	Brivenix Flicker Tron	Flicker Tron	3-3
27	TodouAlice Mono-Blue Faeries	Mono-Blue Faeries	3-3
28	pat0presidente Simic Control	Simic Control	3-3
29	O_danielakos Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	2-3
30	Talisker Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	2-3
31	Capiplaf95 Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	3-3
32	_DissonancE_ Mono-Blue Faeries	Mono-Blue Faeries	3-3
33	msskinbolic Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	3-3
34	Tyerube1618 Cycle Storm	Cycle Storm	3-3
35	NickNorman Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	3-3
36	AMirrorDarkly Mono-Red Pinger	Mono-Red Pinger	2-4
37	Maccaciock Caw Gates	Caw Gates	2-4
38	Ramelao Walls Combo	Walls Combo	2-4
39	Lisior Boros Midrange	Boros Midrange	2-4
40	0men Izzet Midrange	Izzet Midrange	1-4
41	LucasG1ggs (Lucas de Almeida Hervás) Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	2-4
42	LuffyDoChapeuDePalha (Gabriel Mota) Grixis Midrange	Grixis Midrange	2-4
43	jpellman Mono-Red Kiln Fiend	Mono-Red Kiln Fiend	2-4
44	Beicodegeia (Carlos Roger) Rakdos Affinity	Rakdos Affinity	2-4
45	ThornOfWrath Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	1-4
46	billster47 Boros Synthesizer	Boros Synthesizer	1-2
47	discoverN Dimir Terror	Dimir Terror	1-4
48	rasvd Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	1-4
49	Alvatar Mono-Green Midrange	Mono-Green Midrange	1-4
50	nsg1989 Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	1-4

New cards seeing play

Not played in Pauper in the 120 days before this event.

• Rites of Initiation 2 decks
• Cinder Hellion 1 deck
• Etherium Spinner 1 deck
• Flameborn Hellion 1 deck
• Font of Ire 1 deck
• Izzet Guildgate 1 deck
• Nivix Cyclops 1 deck
• Rune Snag 1 deck
• Shared Discovery 1 deck
• Simic Signet 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Pauper metagame of the 30 days up to July 8, 2023 (135 decks):

Archetypes by share of 59 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Dimir Terror 3.0% overall	9	15.3%	3.0%	2
Other Gruul decks 5.2% overall	9	15.3%	5.2%	1
Jeskai Ephemerate 5.2% overall	5	8.5%	5.2%	1
Mono-Blue Faeries 5.2% overall	5	8.5%	5.2%	0
Other Grixis decks 8.1% overall	5	8.5%	8.1%	1
Caw Gates 5.9% overall	4	6.8%	5.9%	2
Other Mono-Red decks 6.7% overall	3	5.1%	6.7%	0
Mono-Red Kiln Fiend 3.7% overall	2	3.4%	3.7%	0
Other Izzet decks 0.0% overall	2	3.4%	0.0%	0
Boros Synthesizer 5.9% overall	1	1.7%	5.9%	0
Cycle Storm 0.0% overall	1	1.7%	0.0%	0
Dimir Faeries 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	1
Flicker Tron 1.5% overall	1	1.7%	1.5%	0
Izzet Skred 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
Mono-Red Burn 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
Mono-Red Pinger 6.7% overall	1	1.7%	6.7%	0
Other Boros decks 5.9% overall	1	1.7%	5.9%	0
Other Golgari decks 0.0% overall	1	1.7%	0.0%	0
Other Mono-White decks 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
Other Sultai decks 0.0% overall	1	1.7%	0.0%	0
Rakdos Affinity 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
Simic Turbo Fog 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
UWx Familiars 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0
Walls Combo 0.7% overall	1	1.7%	0.7%	0

Overall

share of the archetype in the overall metagame of the format, with the filters above