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Grixis Control — Pauper metagame & decklists | CastHaven
Pauper archetype
Grixis Control
Meta share · 30d
0.2%
n=1,351 decks
Top 8s · 30d
0
finishes of 8th or better
Best finish
12th
Pauper Challenge 32, Jun 12, 2026
Current top-performing list
Grixis Control — 12th place
Pauper Challenge 32 · Jun 12, 2026 · SpockVidaLoka
via mtgo.com
Pauper
Creatures · 9
4
Tolarian Terror
2
Murmuring Mystic
2
Thorn of the Black Rose
1
Gurmag Angler
Spells · 31
4
Brainstorm
4
Counterspell
4
Lórien Revealed
4
Ponder
4
Skred
2
Breath Weapon
2
Lightning Bolt
Artifacts · 2
2
Bonder's Ornament
Lands · 18
8
Snow-Covered Island
4
Seething Landscape
2
Snow-Covered Mountain
2
Volatile Fjord
1
Ice Tunnel
1
Snow-Covered Swamp
Sideboard · 15
3
Campfire
3
Pyroblast
2
Annul
2
Cast into the Fire
2
Hydroblast
2
Nihil Spellbomb
Core vs. flex
Staples
In ≥90% of lists (modal quantity shown) · mainboard · last 30 days · n=3 lists
Insufficient data (n=3)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Past top performers
No top finishes in the window yet
Top 8 results for Grixis Control land here as events report — check back after the next nightly ingest.
Trends
Grixis Control adoption
% of classified Pauper decks · weekly · n=13,856
View as table
Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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2
Snuff Out
1
Dispel
1
Mystical Teachings
1
Spell Pierce
1
Terminate
1
Unexpected Fangs
1
Crypt Incursion
Flex slots
Inclusion rate · mainboard · last 30 days · n=3 lists · top 12 of 26
Insufficient data (n=3)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Rotated out
Breath Weapon
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Jul 15, 2025 · avg 2.1× per list
Campfire
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Jul 15, 2025 · avg 2.1× per list
Crypt Incursion
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Sep 11, 2025 · avg 1.7× per list
Dispel
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Dec 13, 2025 · avg 1.3× per list
Nihil Spellbomb
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Jul 15, 2025 · avg 2.1× per list
Spell Pierce
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Jul 15, 2025 · avg 2× per list
Thorn of the Black Rose
last seen Jun 12, 2026 · in lists since Dec 13, 2025 · avg 2.1× per list
Agony Warp
last seen Apr 17, 2026 · in lists since Apr 17, 2026 · avg 1× per list
Cards this deck used to play, from the archetype’s full card-pool history — when they were last seen and how many copies lists ran.
0.9%
▲ 0.9 pts since Jun 9
Jun 9
Jun 8
Finish distribution
Final standings finishes · last 30 days · n=3 decks
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1st
0
2nd
0
Top 4
0
Top 8
0
Other
3
Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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