Dimir Control (Pauper) 
Dimir Control is 17.9% of the Pauper metagame in the last 90 days (17 of 95 decks), with 2 top 8 finishes. Core cards: Baleful Strix, Cast Down, Counterspell.
In tournaments (leagues excluded) its decks won 63% of their 56 matches; all published decks win 54% on average, because MTGO publishes only the best results.
Official MTGO results, updated . How we count
17 decks
Latest top 8 list
Pauper staples: the most played cards of the format
Most played cards
| Card | % of decks | Avg. copies |
|---|---|---|
| Baleful Strix | 100% | 3.9 |
| Cast Down | 100% | 2.7 |
| Counterspell | 100% | 4.0 |
| Island | 100% | 9.3 |
| Lórien Revealed | 100% | 3.9 |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 100% | 2.2 |
| Bojuka Bog | 94% | 1.0 |
| Contaminated Aquifer | 94% | 4.0 |
| Extract a Confession | 94% | 1.0 |
| Snuff Out | 94% | 4.0 |
| Swamp | 94% | 1.1 |
| Plunder the Trollshaws | 88% | 2.5 |
| Dimir Aqueduct | 76% | 1.0 |
| Brainstorm | 71% | 2.9 |
| Dispel | 71% | 1.8 |
| Augur of Bolas | 65% | 2.5 |
| Seething Landscape | 59% | 1.4 |
| Spellstutter Sprite | 59% | 3.4 |
| Faerie Seer | 53% | 3.0 |
| Mukotai Ambusher | 53% | 1.0 |
| Ninja of the Deep Hours | 53% | 2.0 |
| Suffocating Fumes | 53% | 1.2 |
| Arms of Hadar | 47% | 1.0 |
| Campfire | 47% | 2.0 |
| Cut Down | 41% | 2.0 |
| Murmuring Mystic | 41% | 2.7 |
| Preordain | 29% | 3.4 |
| Spell Pierce | 29% | 2.2 |
| Ice Tunnel | 18% | 1.7 |
| Azure Fleet Admiral | 12% | 1.0 |
| Contaminated Landscape | 12% | 1.0 |
| Duress | 12% | 3.0 |
| Lose Focus | 12% | 1.0 |
| Ponder | 12% | 3.0 |
| Basilisk Gate | 6% | 4.0 |
| Black Dragon Gate | 6% | 4.0 |
| Bonder's Ornament | 6% | 1.0 |
| Citadel Gate | 6% | 3.0 |
| Foreboding Landscape | 6% | 1.0 |
| Guardian of the Guildpact | 6% | 3.0 |
Recent decks
| Player | Event | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| barff | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#1 9-0 |
| SuperMeon | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#13 4-2 |
| _against_ | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#18 3-3 |
| Scappie | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#22 3-3 |
| squalobalera | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#23 3-3 |
| Jinjaa | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#25 3-3 |
| SirFailo | Pauper Challenge 32 |
#30 1-4 |
| Niederschatten | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| bluespace | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| serajh | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| Niederschatten | Pauper Challenge 16 |
#1 8-1 |
| serajh | Pauper Challenge 16 |
#25 1-2 |
| serajh | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| Blauwe_Smurf | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| carvs | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| Legolol | Pauper League |
5-0 |
| flower270 | Pauper League |
5-0 |