I'll analyze the current Pauper meta for you. Let me gather the recent tournament data.
Now let me get some tournament sources for citation:
Top Tier Decks by Performance:
Tier 1:
• Elves (4.1% presence, 60.3% winrate) - Aggressive combo-aggro deck with explosive potential
• Ephemerate Tron (2.3% presence, 60.8% winrate) - Control deck with powerful late game
• Blue Terror (9.6% presence, 56.0% winrate) - Tempo deck with efficient threats and disruption
Tier 2:
• Grixis Affinity (4.3% presence, 53.8% winrate) - Fast artifact-based aggro
• High Tide (4.3% presence, 53.7% winrate) - Combo deck that wins through big mana turns
• Spy Combo (4.8% presence, 53.4% winrate) - All-in combo deck
Most Popular (but average performance):
• Madness (12.9% presence, 49.6% winrate) - Most played deck, but middle-tier results
• Jund Midrange (8.4% presence, 48.6% winrate) - Value-oriented midrange strategy
Recommendation:
I can provide tournament data analysis, but deck recommendations depend on your playstyle preferences, local meta, and skill level - factors this tool doesn't analyze. Based purely on performance data, Elves and Blue Terror show the strongest tournament results, but consider that lower-presence decks like Ephemerate Tron might have fewer players but skilled pilots.
Sources:
Data from 54 tournaments: 55.6% Melee, 44.4% MTGO
• https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/pauper-challenge-32-2025-08-3012812783
• https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/pauper-challenge-32-2025-08-2912812769
• https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/9c415dc5-2f34-4233-90ac-b34200cfbfd2