At a glance
- Format: Pauper
- Colors: Green (G)
- Archetype: Elves
- Power tier: competitive (meta)
Strategy
A current Pauper meta deck: #5 in the MTGGoldfish metagame (5.1% of the field, 113 decks) as of 2026-09-28.
This is the featured list from Pauper Challenge 16 2026-09-26 — 2nd Place, 6-3 (2026-09-26; 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
4 Llanowar Elves
10 Forest
2 Elvish Mystic
4 Lead the Stampede
4 Winding Way
1 Gingerbread Cabin
4 Masked Vandal
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Generous Ent
4 Nyxborn Hydra
4 Priest of Titania
1 Sagu Wildling
4 Avenging Hunter
4 Timberwatch Elf
4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Land Grant
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
4 Llanowar Elves
10 Forest
2 Elvish Mystic
4 Lead the Stampede
4 Winding Way
1 Gingerbread Cabin
4 Masked Vandal
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Generous Ent
4 Nyxborn Hydra
4 Priest of Titania
1 Sagu Wildling
4 Avenging Hunter
4 Timberwatch Elf
4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Land Grant
Sideboard
3 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2 Faerie Macabre
4 Scattershot Archer
3 Nylea's Disciple
2 Vitu-Ghazi Inspector
1 Rooftop Percher
Card images & data via Scryfall.