Pauper matchups
How the Pauper archetypes fare against each other in 553 top 8 matches of 79 MTGO tournaments in the last 90 days. For comparison, all published tournament decks win 57% of their matches.
Official MTGO and magic.gg results and paper tournaments, data provided by TopDeck.gg, updated . How we count
- the row archetype wins more often
- it loses more often
- in grey, with fewer than 10 matches, only the record
- a dot: no matches
The table scrolls sideways: 12 archetypes.
| Grixis Madness | Mono-Blue Terror | Affinity | Tron | Dimir Control | Mono-Green Elves | Balustrade Spy | Gruul Rally | Jund Wildfire | Bogles | Jeskai Ephemerate | Mono-Blue Faeries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grixis Madness | – | 24%5-16 | 44%8-10 | 4-5 | 42%5-7 | 8-1 | 6-0 | 3-3 | 6-2 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 33%4-8 |
| Mono-Blue Terror | 76%16-5 | – | 55%6-5 | 6-3 | 43%6-8 | 1-3 | · | 1-1 | 60%6-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Affinity | 56%10-8 | 45%5-6 | – | 6-1 | 44%7-9 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Tron | 5-4 | 3-6 | 1-6 | – | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | · | 2-0 | 0-2 |
| Dimir Control | 58%7-5 | 57%8-6 | 56%9-7 | 4-0 | – | 3-0 | · | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | · |
| Mono-Green Elves | 1-8 | 3-1 | 5-2 | 3-0 | 0-3 | – | 1-1 | · | 0-1 | 3-0 | · | 2-2 |
| Balustrade Spy | 0-6 | · | 1-1 | 1-1 | · | 1-1 | – | 1-0 | · | · | 0-1 | · |
| Gruul Rally | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | · | 0-1 | – | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | · |
| Jund Wildfire | 2-6 | 40%4-6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | · | 0-2 | – | 0-1 | · | 1-0 |
| Bogles | 3-1 | 3-1 | 5-3 | · | 0-2 | 0-3 | · | 0-1 | 1-0 | – | · | · |
| Jeskai Ephemerate | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | · | 1-0 | 0-1 | · | · | – | · |
| Mono-Blue Faeries | 67%8-4 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | · | 2-2 | · | · | 0-1 | · | · | – |
Only the top 8 shows who played against whom: these are matches between strong decks and pilots, and the samples are small. Each cell links to the comparison of the two archetypes. How it is calculated