At a glance
- Format: Pauper
- Colors: Blue (U)
- Archetype: Blue Terror
- Power tier: competitive (meta)
Strategy
A current Pauper meta deck: #2 in the MTGGoldfish metagame (9.2% of the field, 205 decks) as of 2026-09-28.
This is the featured list from C’mon! Katowice — 8th Place, 6-2-1 (2026-09-19; original decklist, archetype page). Commons only; play it on MTGO, Moxfield or in paper.
Cards
Decklist
Paste into Moxfield, Archidekt or MTGO (not on Arena):
Deck
16 Island
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Tolarian Terror
4 Cryptic Serpent
4 Brainstorm
3 Ponder
4 Thought Scour
4 Mental Note
4 Counterspell
4 Lórien Revealed
3 Force Spike
3 Deem Inferior
2 Sleep of the Dead
1 Plunder the Trollshaws
Sideboard
A 15-card sideboard for best-of-three (Traditional) play — swap these in game 2/3 against the matchups below.
Full deck with sideboard (Bo3):
Deck
16 Island
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Tolarian Terror
4 Cryptic Serpent
4 Brainstorm
3 Ponder
4 Thought Scour
4 Mental Note
4 Counterspell
4 Lórien Revealed
3 Force Spike
3 Deem Inferior
2 Sleep of the Dead
1 Plunder the Trollshaws
Sideboard
4 Hydroblast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Annul
2 Steel Sabotage
2 Gut Shot
2 Envelop
Card images & data via Scryfall.