Clockwork Percussionist

At a glance

  • Format: Pauper
  • Colors: Red (R)
  • Archetype: Mono Red Rally
  • Power tier: competitive (meta)

Strategy

A current Pauper meta deck: #8 in the MTGGoldfish metagame (3.8% of the field, 85 decks) as of 2026-09-28.

This is the featured list from 7º Open MPL - Mont Pauper League — 4-1 (2026-08-29; 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 Great Furnace
14 Mountain
4 Clockwork Percussionist
4 Voldaren Epicure
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Goblin Tomb Raider
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Chain Lightning
3 Experimental Synthesizer
4 Wrenn's Resolve
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Rally at the Hornburg
1 Fireblast

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 Great Furnace
14 Mountain
4 Clockwork Percussionist
4 Voldaren Epicure
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Goblin Tomb Raider
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Chain Lightning
3 Experimental Synthesizer
4 Wrenn's Resolve
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Rally at the Hornburg
1 Fireblast

Sideboard
1 Red Elemental Blast
3 Pyroblast
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Tectonic Hazard
2 Cast into the Fire
3 Smash to Smithereens

Card images & data via Scryfall.