At a glance
- Format: Pauper
- Colors: Blue / Black / Red (UBR)
- Archetype: Grixis Affinity
- Power tier: competitive (meta)
Strategy
A current Pauper meta deck: #4 in the MTGGoldfish metagame (5.6% of the field, 123 decks) as of 2026-09-28.
This is the featured list from Pauper Challenge 32 2026-09-21 — 2nd Place, 7-2 (2026-09-21; 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
1 Makeshift Munitions
4 Refurbished Familiar
4 Ichor Wellspring
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Silverbluff Bridge
4 Mistvault Bridge
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Great Furnace
2 Blood Fountain
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Thoughtcast
4 Reckoner's Bargain
2 Seat of the Synod
3 Krark-Clan Shaman
2 Toxin Analysis
3 Utrom Monitor
4 Drossforge Bridge
1 Mountain
1 Sewer-veillance Cam
3 Black Mage's Rod
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
1 Makeshift Munitions
4 Refurbished Familiar
4 Ichor Wellspring
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Silverbluff Bridge
4 Mistvault Bridge
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Great Furnace
2 Blood Fountain
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Thoughtcast
4 Reckoner's Bargain
2 Seat of the Synod
3 Krark-Clan Shaman
2 Toxin Analysis
3 Utrom Monitor
4 Drossforge Bridge
1 Mountain
1 Sewer-veillance Cam
3 Black Mage's Rod
Sideboard
2 Extract a Confession
1 Krark-Clan Shaman
1 Red Elemental Blast
4 Pyroblast
4 Hydroblast
2 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Unexpected Fangs
Card images & data via Scryfall.