Ashnod's Altar

At a glance

  • Format: Pauper
  • Colors: Black / Green (BG)
  • Archetype: Tron
  • Power tier: competitive (meta)

Strategy

A current Pauper meta deck: #3 in the MTGGoldfish metagame (9.2% of the field, 204 decks) as of 2026-09-28.

This is the featured list from C’mon! Katowice — 1st Place, 9-0-2 (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
1 Slippery Karst
3 Ashnod's Altar
4 Eviscerator's Insight
2 Forest
4 Urza's Mine
1 Blood Fountain
2 Prophetic Prism
2 Conduit Pylons
4 Myr Retriever
2 Myr Kinsmith
2 Ichor Wellspring
3 Weather the Storm
3 Golem Foundry
4 Malevolent Rumble
4 Giant's Boulder
4 Urza's Tower
4 Expedition Map
1 Energy Refractor
1 Haunted Fengraf
4 Candy Trail
4 Urza's Power Plant
1 Pactdoll Terror

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 Slippery Karst
3 Ashnod's Altar
4 Eviscerator's Insight
2 Forest
4 Urza's Mine
1 Blood Fountain
2 Prophetic Prism
2 Conduit Pylons
4 Myr Retriever
2 Myr Kinsmith
2 Ichor Wellspring
3 Weather the Storm
3 Golem Foundry
4 Malevolent Rumble
4 Giant's Boulder
4 Urza's Tower
4 Expedition Map
1 Energy Refractor
1 Haunted Fengraf
4 Candy Trail
4 Urza's Power Plant
1 Pactdoll Terror

Sideboard
3 Bramble Wurm
1 Vandalblast
2 Fangren Marauder
3 Moment's Peace
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Weather the Storm
3 Pilfer

Card images & data via Scryfall.