Curio Cavern Presents: Pauper Half K (.5k) ⤴ Top 8 image ⤴ Event summary

melee Pauper 2026-10-03 ranked_tournament

27Players

27Decks

19Archetype Groups

75Match Rows

56Linked Pairings

Archetypes

Group	Decks	Signature
Grixis Affinity	4	Black Mage's Rod {1}{B} $0.01 Blood Fountain {B} $0.14 Myr Enforcer {7} $0.32 Reckoner's Bargain {1}{B} $0.50
Mono Blue Terror	2	Cryptic Serpent {5}{U}{U} $0.15 Deem Inferior {3}{U} $0.01 Deep Analysis {3}{U} $0.01 Delver of Secrets
Tron	2	Ancient Stirrings {G} $0.05 Boulderbranch Golem {7} $0.04 Bramble Wurm {6}{G} $0.03 Maelstrom Colossus {8} $0.05
Cycle Storm	1	Drannith Healer {1}{W} $0.01 Drannith Stinger {1}{R} $0.01 Horror of the Broken Lands {4}{B} $0.01 Imposing Vantasaur {5}{W} $0.01
Dimir Faeries	1	Agony Warp {U}{B} $0.01 Augur of Bolas {1}{U} $0.03 Extract a Confession {1}{B} $0.05 Mukotai Ambusher {3}{B} $0.01
Elves	1	Elvish Mystic {G} $0.30 Masked Vandal {1}{G} $0.91 Priest of Titania {1}{G} $0.50 Quirion Ranger {G} $0.50
Flicker Tron	1	Energy Refractor {2} $0.05 Impulse {1}{U} $0.02 Mnemonic Wall {4}{U} $0.01 Moment's Peace {1}{G} $3.49
Golgari Gardens	1	Campfire {1} $0.86 Crypt Rats {2}{B} $0.24 Defile {B} $0.81 Drown in Sorrow {1}{B}{B} $0.05
Gruul Ponza	1	Arbor Elf {G} $0.01 Boarding Party {5}{R} $0.08 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss {2}{G}{G} $0.13 Structural Distortion {3}{R} $0.01
Gruul Ramp	1	Annoyed Altisaur {5}{G}{G} $0.02 Arbor Elf {G} $0.01 Boarding Party {5}{R} $0.08 Jewel Thief {2}{G} $0.01
Gruul Storm	1	Big Score {3}{R} $0.36 Goblin Anarchomancer {R}{G} $0.15 Pirate's Pillage {3}{R} $0.19 Seething Song {2}{R} $7.00
Jund Wildfire	1	Cleansing Wildfire {1}{R} $0.20 Eviscerator's Insight {1}{B} $0.06 Fanatical Offering {1}{B} $0.43 Gixian Infiltrator {1}{B} $0.05
Mono Red Madness	1	Fiery Temper {1}{R}{R} $0.01 Fireblast {4}{R}{R} $0.11 Grab the Prize {1}{R} $0.25 Guttersnipe {2}{R} $0.02
Mono White Aggro	1	Battle Screech {2}{W}{W} $0.05 Elite Interceptor {W} $0.01 Leonardo, Big Brother {2}{W} $0.01 Lunarch Veteran $0.05
Orzhov Blade	1	Glint Hawk {W} $0.49 Grim Bauble {B} $0.01 Kor Skyfisher {1}{W} $0.25 Omen of the Dead {B} $0.01
Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	1	Lightning Bolt {R} $0.20 Pursue the Past {R}{W} $0.01 Ragged Short Spear {1}{R} $0.01 Sneaky Snacker {U}{B} $0.10
Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	1	Baleful Strix {U}{B} $3.36 Cryogen Relic {1}{U} $0.01 Dispatch {W} $0.25 Glint Hawk {W} $0.49
Poison Storm	1	Contentious Plan {1}{U} $0.21 Experimental Augury {1}{U} $0.05 Pentad Prism {2} $0.01 Prologue to Phyresis {1}{U} $0.19
Spy Combo	1	Balustrade Spy {3}{B} $0.01 Dread Return {2}{B}{B} $0.23 Lotleth Giant {6}{B} $0.01 Mesmeric Fiend {1}{B} $0.40

Colors

Color	Decks
Gruul	3
Gruul splash	2
Blue	2
Dimir	2
Esper	2
Golgari	1
Golgari splash	1
Jund	1
Rakdos splash	1
Black splash	1
Green	1
Red	1
Sultai	1
Grixis	1
Temur	1
Temur splash	1
White	1
Boros	1
Bant	1
Jeskai	1
Azorius splash	1

Archetype Matchups

each match counted once, both orientations folded together 40 pairings 15 matches not linked to two archetypes

Left	Right	Matches ▼	Record (left)	Left Win Rate
Tron	Mono Red Madness	2	1-1	50.0%
Spy Combo	Gruul Ponza	2	2-0	100.0%
Gruul Ramp	Gruul Ponza	2	1-1	50.0%
Grixis Affinity	Spy Combo	2	0-2	0.0%
Grixis Affinity	Mono White Aggro	2	2-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	2	2-0	100.0%
Tron	Golgari Gardens	1	1-0	100.0%
Tron	Gruul Ponza	1	0-1	0.0%
Tron	Cycle Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Tron	Orzhov Blade	1	0-1	0.0%
Spy Combo	Elves	1	1-0	100.0%
Poison Storm	Dimir Faeries	1	0-1	0.0%
Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	1	0-1	0.0%
Orzhov Blade	Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	1	0-1	0.0%
Orzhov Blade	Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	1	0-1	0.0%
Mono Red Madness	Gruul Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Mono Red Madness	Flicker Tron	1	1-0	100.0%
Mono Blue Terror	Jund Wildfire	1	0-1	0.0%
Mono Blue Terror	Elves	1	0-1	0.0%
Mono Blue Terror	Flicker Tron	1	1-0	100.0%
Mono Blue Terror	Dimir Faeries	1	0-1	0.0%
Mono Blue Terror	Mono White Aggro	1	0-1	0.0%
Jund Wildfire	Spy Combo	1	0-1	0.0%
Jund Wildfire	Poison Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Gruul Storm	Poison Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Gruul Ramp	Gruul Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Gruul Ponza	Cycle Storm	1	1-0	100.0%
Gruul Ponza	Flicker Tron	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Mono Red Madness	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Gruul Ramp	1	0-1	0.0%
Grixis Affinity	Tron	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Golgari Gardens	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Gruul Ponza	1	0-1	0.0%
Grixis Affinity	Mono Blue Terror	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Orzhov Blade	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Dimir Faeries	1	1-0	100.0%
Grixis Affinity	Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	1	0-1	0.0%
Elves	Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	1	1-0	100.0%
Elves	Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	1	0-1	0.0%
Cycle Storm	Poison Storm	1	1-0	100.0%

Matches

Round	Table	Player 1	Player 2	Result
Round 1	1	StephenT Gruul Ramp	notmattcastro Gruul Storm	StephenT won 2-1-0
Round 1	2	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	SamSchack won 2-0-0
Round 1	3	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	hypotesting Orzhov Blade	Polyp won 2-1-0
Round 1	4	guttertransbian Cycle Storm	SirFerric Poison Storm	guttertransbian won 2-0-0
Round 1	5	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	AlexWMTG Mono Blue Terror	Austin Clark won 2-0-0
Round 1	6	Eric Copenhaver Tron	Joebalduchi	Eric Copenhaver won 2-0-0
Round 1	7	Donbarker Elves	MoJoManc Mono Blue Terror	Donbarker won 2-0-0
Round 1	8	Bourgeoise	cecil1994 Golgari Gardens	Bourgeoise won 2-1-0
Round 1	9	Firescout Tron	adams_username Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	1-1-0 Draw
Round 1	10	Goudacris Dimir Faeries	Jacob Marshall	Jacob Marshall won 2-1-0
Round 1	11	EGauge Grixis Affinity	Seth Perrin Mono Red Madness	EGauge won 2-0-0
Round 1	12	Kalrin Spy Combo	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen Jund Wildfire	Kalrin won 2-0-0
Round 1	13	SilentMessenger Flicker Tron	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Schmeep won 2-0-0
Round 1		DorinLawless Mono White Aggro		DorinLawless was assigned a bye
Round 2	1	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	SamSchack won 2-0-0
Round 2	2	guttertransbian Cycle Storm	Bourgeoise	guttertransbian won 2-1-0
Round 2	3	Jacob Marshall	StephenT Gruul Ramp	StephenT won 2-1-0
Round 2	4	Donbarker Elves	Kalrin Spy Combo	Kalrin won 2-1-0
Round 2	5	DorinLawless Mono White Aggro	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	Austin Clark won 2-1-0
Round 2	6	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Eric Copenhaver Tron	Schmeep won 2-1-0
Round 2	7	EGauge Grixis Affinity	adams_username Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	adams_username won 2-0-0
Round 2	8	Firescout Tron	Seth Perrin Mono Red Madness	Seth Perrin won 2-0-0
Round 2	9	MoJoManc Mono Blue Terror	Goudacris Dimir Faeries	Goudacris won 1-0-1
Round 2	10	cecil1994 Golgari Gardens	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	cbaek5 won 2-0-0
Round 2	11	Joebalduchi	notmattcastro Gruul Storm	notmattcastro won 2-0-0
Round 2	12	hypotesting Orzhov Blade	SilentMessenger Flicker Tron	1-1-0 Draw
Round 2	13	SirFerric Poison Storm	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen Jund Wildfire	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen won 2-0-0
Round 2		AlexWMTG Mono Blue Terror		AlexWMTG was assigned a bye
Round 3	1	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	StephenT Gruul Ramp	StephenT won 2-1-0
Round 3	2	guttertransbian Cycle Storm	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	0-0-3 Draw
Round 3	3	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Kalrin Spy Combo	Kalrin won 2-0-0
Round 3	4	adams_username Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	Donbarker Elves	Donbarker won 2-0-0
Round 3	5	notmattcastro Gruul Storm	Bourgeoise	Bourgeoise won 2-1-0
Round 3	6	Eric Copenhaver Tron	Seth Perrin Mono Red Madness	Eric Copenhaver won 2-0-0
Round 3	7	AlexWMTG Mono Blue Terror	DorinLawless Mono White Aggro	DorinLawless won 2-1-0
Round 3	8	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	1-1-1 Draw
Round 3	9	Goudacris Dimir Faeries	EGauge Grixis Affinity	EGauge won 2-0-0
Round 3	10	Jacob Marshall	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen Jund Wildfire	Jacob Marshall won 2-0-0
Round 3	11	hypotesting Orzhov Blade	Firescout Tron	hypotesting won 2-0-0
Round 3	12	SilentMessenger Flicker Tron	MoJoManc Mono Blue Terror	MoJoManc won 2-1-0
Round 3	13	cecil1994 Golgari Gardens	Joebalduchi	Joebalduchi won 2-1-0
Round 3		SirFerric Poison Storm		SirFerric was assigned a bye
Round 4	1	Kalrin Spy Combo	StephenT Gruul Ramp	0-0-3 Draw
Round 4	2	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	EGauge Grixis Affinity	Austin Clark won 2-0-0
Round 4	3	guttertransbian Cycle Storm	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Schmeep won 2-1-0
Round 4	4	DorinLawless Mono White Aggro	Bourgeoise	DorinLawless won 2-0-0
Round 4	5	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	Jacob Marshall	SamSchack won 2-1-0
Round 4	6	Eric Copenhaver Tron	Donbarker Elves	1-1-1 Draw
Round 4	7	hypotesting Orzhov Blade	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	cbaek5 won 2-1-0
Round 4	8	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	adams_username Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	Polyp won 2-0-0
Round 4	9	notmattcastro Gruul Storm	SirFerric Poison Storm	notmattcastro won 2-1-0
Round 4	10	MoJoManc Mono Blue Terror	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen Jund Wildfire	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen won 2-0-0
Round 4	11	Goudacris Dimir Faeries	Joebalduchi	1-1-0 Draw
Round 4	12	Seth Perrin Mono Red Madness	SilentMessenger Flicker Tron	Seth Perrin won 2-0-0
Round 4	13	cecil1994 Golgari Gardens	Firescout Tron	Firescout won 2-0-0
Round 5	1	Kalrin Spy Combo	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	0-0-3 Draw
Round 5	2	StephenT Gruul Ramp	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	StephenT won 2-0-0
Round 5	3	DorinLawless Mono White Aggro	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	SamSchack won 2-0-0
Round 5	4	guttertransbian Cycle Storm	Eric Copenhaver Tron	Eric Copenhaver won 2-1-0
Round 5	5	Donbarker Elves	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	Polyp won 2-1-0
Round 5	6	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	Jacob Marshall	cbaek5 won 2-1-0
Round 5	7	Bourgeoise	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen Jund Wildfire	Wylie Robbins Thorne-Thomsen won 2-0-0
Round 5	8	notmattcastro Gruul Storm	Seth Perrin Mono Red Madness	Seth Perrin won 2-1-0
Round 5	9	adams_username Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	hypotesting Orzhov Blade	adams_username won 2-1-0
Round 5	10	Joebalduchi	Firescout Tron	Firescout won 2-0-0
Round 5	11	Goudacris Dimir Faeries	SirFerric Poison Storm	Goudacris won 2-0-0
Round 5	12	MoJoManc Mono Blue Terror	cecil1994 Golgari Gardens	1-1-1 Draw
Round 5		SilentMessenger Flicker Tron		SilentMessenger was assigned a bye
Quarterfinals	1	StephenT Gruul Ramp	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Schmeep won 2-0-0
Quarterfinals	2	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	Polyp Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	Austin Clark won 2-0-0
Quarterfinals	3	Eric Copenhaver Tron	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	SamSchack won 2-0-0
Quarterfinals	4	Kalrin Spy Combo	cbaek5 Grixis Affinity	Kalrin won 2-0-0
Semifinals	1	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Austin Clark Grixis Affinity	Schmeep won 2-1-0
Semifinals	2	Kalrin Spy Combo	SamSchack Grixis Affinity	Kalrin won 2-0-0
Finals	1	Schmeep Gruul Ponza	Kalrin Spy Combo	Kalrin won 2-1-0

Decks

Rank	Player	Record	Colors	Archetype	Deck
1	Kalrin @Kalrin	5-0-2	Golgari splash	Spy Combo	Golgari Spy Combo
2	Schmeep @Schmeep	5-2-0	Gruul	Gruul Ponza	Gruul Ponza
3	SamSchack @SamSchack	5-2-0	Jeskai	Grixis Affinity	Jeskai Affinity
4	Clark, Austin @BobClampet	4-1-2	Azorius splash	Grixis Affinity	Esper Affinity
5	StephenT @StephenT	4-1-1	Gruul	Gruul Ramp	Gruul Ramp
6	Polyp @Polyp	3-2-1	Boros	Pauper v3 Group 765200 (Ragged Short Spear, Call Damage Control)	Boros Skred
7	cbaek5 @cbaek5	3-2-1	Grixis	Grixis Affinity	Grixis Affinity
8	Copenhaver, Eric @ecopez	3-2-1	Gruul splash	Tron	Temur Tron
9	DorinLawless @DorinLawless	3-2-0	White	Mono White Aggro	Mono-White White Weenie
10	Perrin, Seth @Seech303	3-2-0	Red	Mono Red Madness	Mono-Red Hot Dogs
11	Robbins Thorne-Thomsen, Wylie @Wylie	3-2-0	Jund	Jund Wildfire	Jund
12	Donbarker @Donbarker	2-2-1	Green	Elves	Mono-Green Elves
13	guttertransbian @guttertransbian	2-2-1	Rakdos splash	Cycle Storm	Mardu Cycling Storm
14	adams_username @adams_username	2-2-1	Esper	Pauper v3 Group E56AB2 (Chrome Courier, Glint Hawk)	Esper Affinity
15	Firescout @Firescout	2-2-1	Temur	Tron	Temur Monster Tron
16	Goudacris @Goudacris	2-2-1	Dimir	Dimir Faeries	Dimir Faeries
17	Marshall, Jacob @Steeel	2-3-0	Black splash	Unassigned	Mono-Black Burn
18	EGauge @EGauge	2-2-0	Dimir	Grixis Affinity	Dimir Affinity
19	notmattcastro @notmattcastro	2-3-0	Gruul splash	Gruul Storm	Gruul Ruby Storm
20	Bourgeoise @Bourgeoise	2-3-0	Sultai	Unassigned	Sultai Sticker Kuldotha
21	hypotesting @hypotesting	1-3-1	Esper	Orzhov Blade	Esper Ephemerate
22	SilentMessenger @SilentMessenger	1-3-1	Temur splash	Flicker Tron	W-U-B-R-G Flicker Tron
23	Joebalduchi @Joebalduchi	1-3-1	Gruul	Unassigned	Gruul Tribe
24	MoJoManc @MoJoManc	1-3-1	Blue	Mono Blue Terror	Mono-Blue Terror
25	AlexWMTG @AlexWMTG	1-2-0	Blue	Mono Blue Terror	Mono-Blue Delver
26	SirFerric @SirFerric	1-4-0	Bant	Poison Storm	Azorius Control
27	cecil1994 @cecil1994	0-4-1	Golgari	Golgari Gardens	Golgari Gardens