Pauper Meta Report: December 1-8, 2025
Top 10 Archetypes by Meta Share
1. Mono Blue Terror - 12.24% (↑ from #2)
- Winrate: 55.36% | 31-25 record
- Strong performance with highest winrate in top 5
2. Jund Midrange - 8.86% (↓ from #3)
- Winrate: 48.72% | 19-20 record
- Slight decline in winrate from previous week
3. Elves - 8.23% (↓ from #5)
- Winrate: 48.57% | 17-18 record
- Similar performance, modest presence gain
4. Red Madness - 7.81% (↓↓ from #1)
- Winrate: 44.83% | 13-16 record
- Significant drop from 12.05% to 7.81% presence
5. Grixis Affinity - 5.27% (↑ from #6)
- Winrate: 52.38% | 11-10 record
- Solid performance maintaining position
6. Dimir Terror - 4.85% (NEW to top 10)
- Winrate: 52.38% | 11-10 record
- Strong showing, not in previous week's top 10
7. Spy Combo - 4.64% (↓ from #9)
- Winrate: 45.45% | 10-12 record
- Maintaining presence with modest gains
8. Rakdos Madness - 4.43% (NEW to top 10)
- Winrate: 42.11% | 8-11 record
- Enters top 10 with below-average winrate
9. Gruul Ramp - 3.59% (↓↓ from #4)
- Winrate: 56.25% | 9-7 record
- Best winrate in top 10, but sharp presence drop from 5.10%
10. Golgari Garden - 3.38% (↓ from #8)
- Winrate: 53.33% | 8-7 record
- Maintaining position with reduced presence
Key Trends:
- Mono Blue Terror overtakes Red Madness as the most played deck
- Red Madness sees dramatic decline in both presence (-4.24%) and winrate
- Dimir Terror and Rakdos Madness enter the top 10
- Red Rally and Azorius Familiars drop out of top 10
- Overall lower sample size this week (106 entries vs 1,062 previous week)
Sources: Data from 4 MTGO tournaments (100%). Recent events: Pauper Challenge 32 Dec 7, Dec 6, Dec 5