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Azorius Caw-Gates

3 decks from 3 events · 26 Sep – 25 Oct 2026

Counting lists over the last
3Decks0.1% of published lists▴ 0.0 pp vs. the 30 days before
50.0%Win rate 29.9–70.1% · 10–10–3 · 23-match sample
45 of 75 DebatedSlots settled12 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
30 slotsStill argued overspread over 33 cards, in both boards

Maindeck 60 slots

4 copies in every list 4 copies in 1 list out of 4 1 copy in every list always 1 copy, sometimes 2 Grey means 80% of lists or more. Violet means fewer.

Settled core

11 cards · 41 slots
Basilisk Gate 100% Basilisk Gate1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Brainstorm 100% Brainstorm1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Citadel Gate 100% Citadel Gate1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Counterspell 100% Counterspell1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Island 100% Island1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Lórien Revealed 100% Lórien Revealed1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 67%
Sacred Cat 100% Sacred Cat1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Sea Gate 100% Sea Gate1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Squadron Hawk 100% Squadron Hawk1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
The Modern Age // Vector Glider 100% The Modern Age // Vector Glider1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 67%
Thraben Charm 100% Thraben Charm1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 33%

Still argued over

17 cards · 19 slots
Azorius Guildgate 67% Azorius Guildgate1st 67% · 2nd 67%
Guardian of the Guildpact 67% Guardian of the Guildpact1st 67%
Heap Gate 67% Heap Gate1st 67% · 2nd 67%
Idyllic Beachfront 67% Idyllic Beachfront1st 67%
Journey to Nowhere 67% Journey to Nowhere1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Outlaw Medic 67% Outlaw Medic1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67%
Prismatic Strands 67% Prismatic Strands1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 67%
Baleful Strix 33% Baleful Strix1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33% · 4th 33%
Black Dragon Gate 33% Black Dragon Gate1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33% · 4th 33%
Cast Down 33% Cast Down1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33%
Glacial Floodplain 33% Glacial Floodplain1st 33%
Golgari Brownscale 33% Golgari Brownscale1st 33%
Ice Tunnel 33% Ice Tunnel1st 33%
Ponder 33% Ponder1st 33% · 2nd 33% · 3rd 33% · 4th 33%
Sewer-veillance Cam 33% Sewer-veillance Cam1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Suffocating Fumes 33% Suffocating Fumes1st 33%
Tortured Existence 33% Tortured Existence1st 33% · 2nd 33%

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Sideboard 15 slots

Settled core

1 card · 4 slots
Blue Elemental Blast 100% Blue Elemental Blast1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%

Still argued over

16 cards · 11 slots
Annul 67% Annul1st 67% · 2nd 33%
Dust to Dust 67% Dust to Dust1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 33%
Red Elemental Blast 67% Red Elemental Blast1st 67% · 2nd 67% · 3rd 67% · 4th 33%
Arms of Hadar 33% Arms of Hadar1st 33%
Breath Weapon 33% Breath Weapon1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Dispel 33% Dispel1st 33%
Extract a Confession 33% Extract a Confession1st 33%
Fiery Cannonade 33% Fiery Cannonade1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Goliath Paladin 33% Goliath Paladin1st 33%
Guardian of the Guildpact 33% Guardian of the Guildpact1st 33%
Lightning Bolt 33% Lightning Bolt1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Mind Extraction 33% Mind Extraction1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Nihil Spellbomb 33% Nihil Spellbomb1st 33%
Outlaw Medic 33% Outlaw Medic1st 33% · 2nd 33%
Thraben Charm 33% Thraben Charm1st 33%
Vandalblast 33% Vandalblast1st 33%

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The lists people registered 3 published lists in this window. Pick one. The lists can reach past this window. The numbers above count only this window.

Every list

newest first
Show decklist for Grover
#28 Grover $1K Pauper - SCG CON Hartford · 2026-10-24 · 3-4-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (13)
  • 4 Sacred Cat 100%
  • 4 Baleful Strix 33%
  • 4 Squadron Hawk 100%
  • 1 Golgari Brownscale 33%
Sorceries (8)
  • 4 Ponder 33%
  • 4 Lórien Revealed 100%
Instants (14)
  • 4 Brainstorm 100%
  • 3 Cast Down 33%
  • 4 Counterspell 100%
  • 2 Thraben Charm 100%
  • 1 Suffocating Fumes 33%
Enchantments (5)
  • 2 Tortured Existence 33%
  • 3 The Modern Age // Vector Glider 100%
Lands (20)
  • 4 Basilisk Gate 100%
  • 4 Black Dragon Gate 33%
  • 4 Citadel Gate 100%
  • 1 Glacial Floodplain 33%
  • 1 Ice Tunnel 33%
  • 2 Island 100%
  • 4 Sea Gate 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Annul 67%
  • 4 Blue Elemental Blast 100%
  • 1 Nihil Spellbomb 33%
  • 1 Vandalblast 33%
  • 1 Extract a Confession 33%
  • 2 Outlaw Medic 33%
  • 2 Mind Extraction 33%
  • 1 Arms of Hadar 33%
  • 1 Guardian of the Guildpact 33%
Sacred Cat
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for GilmarSiqueira
#53 GilmarSiqueira Super Pauper 50K - Fuguete Edition · 2026-10-10 · 5-4-2

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Sacred Cat 100%
  • 3 Outlaw Medic 67%
  • 4 Squadron Hawk 100%
  • 1 Guardian of the Guildpact 67%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Lórien Revealed 100%
Instants (15)
  • 4 Brainstorm 100%
  • 4 Counterspell 100%
  • 3 Thraben Charm 100%
  • 4 Prismatic Strands 67%
Enchantments (8)
  • 4 Journey to Nowhere 67%
  • 4 The Modern Age // Vector Glider 100%
Lands (21)
  • 2 Azorius Guildgate 67%
  • 4 Basilisk Gate 100%
  • 4 Citadel Gate 100%
  • 2 Heap Gate 67%
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront 67%
  • 4 Island 100%
  • 4 Sea Gate 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Blue Elemental Blast 100%
  • 1 Dispel 33%
  • 4 Red Elemental Blast 67%
  • 1 Thraben Charm 33%
  • 2 Breath Weapon 33%
  • 3 Dust to Dust 67%
Sacred Cat
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for rcui13
#16 rcui13 The NYC Pauper League Season 6 Invitational · 2026-09-27 · 2-2-1

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Sacred Cat 100%
  • 3 Outlaw Medic 67%
  • 4 Squadron Hawk 100%
  • 1 Guardian of the Guildpact 67%
Sorceries (3)
  • 3 Lórien Revealed 100%
Instants (14)
  • 4 Brainstorm 100%
  • 4 Counterspell 100%
  • 2 Thraben Charm 100%
  • 4 Prismatic Strands 67%
Artifacts (2)
  • 2 Sewer-veillance Cam 33%
Enchantments (8)
  • 4 Journey to Nowhere 67%
  • 4 The Modern Age // Vector Glider 100%
Lands (21)
  • 2 Azorius Guildgate 67%
  • 4 Basilisk Gate 100%
  • 4 Citadel Gate 100%
  • 2 Heap Gate 67%
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront 67%
  • 4 Island 100%
  • 4 Sea Gate 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Annul 67%
  • 4 Blue Elemental Blast 100%
  • 2 Lightning Bolt 33%
  • 3 Red Elemental Blast 67%
  • 2 Dust to Dust 67%
  • 2 Fiery Cannonade 33%
  • 1 Goliath Paladin 33%
Sacred Cat
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.

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Method

A slot is one card in the average list. For each card, we count the lists that play at least one copy, then at least two, then at least three. We add those shares. Add every card and the boards total 60 and 15.

The settled bound is chosen at 80% of published lists. Settled slots are grey. Other slots are violet. Cards in fewer than 10% of lists still count in the argued-over total, but their rows are not shown.

The band bounds are chosen. Locked starts at 60 settled slots out of 75. Consolidated starts at 50. Debated starts at 40. Open is below 40. A locked deck is not a better deck.

Share is share of published decklists, not of the field. Each list counts once, paper or MTGO. No platform and no event is weighted. An Arena event we add by hand counts here too.

The two platforms publish different lists. A paper event on Melee publishes almost every player's list. An MTGO Challenge publishes 32 lists, whatever its size, and those lists lean to the top of the standings. So paper and MTGO together mix almost the whole paper field with MTGO's top finishers. One big paper event can be a large part of a window. Pick MTGO or Paper to see one platform alone.

Leagues publish 5–0 decklists and no match data. Deck counts and shares count them, because a registered list is a registered list. Win rates cannot, because a League has no matches. So counts and shares cover all published decklists, and win rates cover events with match data only.

Preliminaries contribute nothing. They publish match records but no decklists, so their matches have no archetype to attach to.

Win rates count only matches where both players published a decklist. With both sides counted, every win has a matching loss, so the pool always balances at exactly 50% wins.

On paper, almost every match has both lists, so a paper win rate measures a deck against the whole field. On MTGO, the published lists are the top finishers, so an MTGO win rate measures a deck among the top finishers. Paper and MTGO together mix the two.