Infect Pauper Meta Snapshot 60 Days

Here's a breakdown of Infect in Pauper over the last 60 days:

🦠 Infect — Pauper Meta Snapshot

Presence & Performance

~0.2–1.4% meta share — a fringe/rogue archetype
Overall winrate: ~44% across 52 total matches (excl. mirror)
Presence has been declining from ~1.4% in late May to just 0.3% in mid-July
Weekly results are very volatile due to small sample sizes

Core Maindeck (27 decks, last 60 days)

Card	Avg Copies	Presence
Glistener Elf	4.0	100%
Mutagenic Growth	~4.0	100%
Snakeskin Veil	3.5	100%
Ichorclaw Myr	4.0	96%
Vines of Vastwood	2.6	96%
Rancor	3.8	93%
Blight Mamba	3.8	89%
Escape Tunnel	3.6	89%
Embiggen	4.0	85%
Might of Old Krosa	3.7	85%
Llanowar Augur	3.7	70%

Most lists run mono-green with Escape Tunnel for evasion. A small subset (~22%) splash blue for Blighted Agent + Apostle's Blessing.

Meta Context

Infect doesn't appear in Pauper's top 15 archetypes. The format is currently dominated by Red Madness (10.2%), Grixis Affinity (8.9%), and Mono Blue Terror (5.7%) — all of which pack interaction that's rough for Infect.

Verdict

Infect is a glass cannon fringe deck in Pauper right now. Low meta share, below-50% winrate, and declining play suggests it's struggling against the current crop of removal-heavy and tempo-oriented top decks.

Sources: Data from 22 Pauper tournaments (55% Melee, 32% Cardsrealm, 14% MTGO)