Pauper Black Gardens

by TheSwarmer on 30 October 2025

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (4)


Sorceries (4)

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Deck Description

I may have cracked the code for a viable mono black attrition deck in the current metagame! Wtiches, Duress, Grudge. In the recent months the only Gardens lists to go 5-0 are either very wild and experimental or run Cuombajj Withces in the sideboard as a sledgehammer against 1/1s and 2/1s of all varieties, be they goblins, humans, glutenous faeries, flying fucking rats, or racist elves.

NO HUNTER! I don't like his face. Don't like the initiative. Genuinely feel icky playing hunter. Not a fan.

There are reasons to forgo hunter besides vibes, however. You don't need to win, you just need to not lose, winning happens inevitable and accidentally. Your removal, mana base, sustain, and your opponent's patience all serve double duty as win conditions (Blade, Troll, Campfire).

You can only play the hunter when already winning, in the current metagame we have enough trouble getting to such a spot, I would rather make sure we get there than win in 4 turns once there.

How to Play

18 maindeck removal spells kind of say it all. You aim to completely collapse your opponent's strategy and then just win on accident between turns 12 and 25.

Record:
2-0 Jund Wildfire (won g2 via Ancient Grudge)

Deck Tags

  • Pauper
  • Control
  • Attrition
  • Pox
  • Mono Black
  • Golgari

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Deck Format


Pauper

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

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