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Bogle vs Mixed Pauper Top 8 Field

1 requestsStarted 6/16/2026, 10:30:39 PM
is bogle a good deck to play in a pauper top8 against a field consisting of: 1 naya gates, 1 familiars, 1 pinger burn, 1 turbofog, 1 jund wildfire, 2 mono red madness?

Let me pull up the matchup data for Bogle against all those archetypes simultaneously!

All six matchups came back empty — let me widen the date range significantly and also check if Bogle even exists in the database at all.

🛠️Get Meta Report

Now let me search for Bogles specifically in Pauper and check matchups with the broader date range:

🛠️QueryFind Archetypes Containing Bogl

Found it — "Aura Bogles" and "Simic Bogles" in Pauper. Let me now pull all the matchup data for both variants against all the relevant archetypes at once:

Good data on two matchups! Several opponents had no recorded data — let me try alternate names for those and also check Simic Bogles:

🛠️QueryArchetypes matching burn pinger fog or gates

I can see "turbo fog" and relevant burn archetypes in the DB. Let me fetch the remaining matchups now:

I now have enough data to give you a solid answer. Here's the full breakdown:

🧙 Aura Bogles vs. Your Top 8 Field (Pauper)

Overall Bogles record (last ~6 months): 258W–268L → 49.0% WR (essentially 50/50 in the open field)

Here's how it fares against each opponent in your bracket:

OpponentRecordWRSampleConfidence
🟥 Mono Red Madness (×2)45–2564.3% ✅70 matchesHigh
🟩 Azorius Familiars4–357.1% 🟡7 matchesLow
🟥 Gates2–433.3% ❌6 matchesLow
🟧 Jund Midrange (closest to Jund Wildfire)10–1540.0% ❌25 matchesMedium
🟥 Turbo Fog0–10% ⚠️1 matchToo small
⬜ Pinger Burn / Naya Gates—No data0 matchesN/A

Note: "Pinger Burn", "Naya Gates", and "Jund Wildfire" aren't tracked as exact archetypes. I've used the closest DB matches (Mono Red Burn → 85.7% for a burn-style deck, generic Gates → 33.3% for a gates shell, Jund Midrange → 40% as a Jund proxy).

🔍 Verdict

Mixed bag. Here's the honest read:

  • ✅ Great news: Your field has 2× Mono Red Madness — Bogles crushes this at 64%+. That's 2 of your 7 potential opponents where you're a clear favorite.
  • 🟡 Familiars is slightly favored (57%) but the sample is tiny (7 games).
  • ❌ Gates variants are a rough matchup (33%) — the inevitability of Rhystic Study + Gond combo-style locks tends to go long past what Bogles can close out.
  • ❌ Jund-style midrange (40%) is a problem — removal-heavy decks with reach can drag you into bad spots.
  • ⚠️ Turbo Fog and Pinger Burn have insufficient data, but conceptually Fog is a known bad matchup for creature combat decks.

Bottom line: If you're primarily worried about the two Mono Red Madness players, Bogles is a strong call. Against the rest of the field (especially Gates and Jund-style), the data suggests you're an underdog. It's a conditional yes — great vs. the aggro seats, uncertain vs. combo/control/midrange.

Sources: Data from 76 Pauper tournaments (50% MTGO, 37% Melee, 13% Cardsrealm) — Dec 2025–Jun 2026.