Report Top 32 Paupergeddon Spring 2026 - Dennis Garbati with U Terror

Introduction

Hi guys!! I'm Pizzardone (aka Dennis to my enemies) and I finished 29th out of 981 players in Paupergeddon Spring 2026 with Mono U Terror.

Unfortunately, this deck sucks in a metagame with high variance like this tournament, especially with so many Elves and the new Affinity around. I tuned the list to win a lot of Game 1 and Game 3 on the play. Force Spike is really strong against mostly all the pre-sideboard meta; post-side I usually switch with specific counters like Annul and Envelop.

It was an insane and difficult run, but I'm satisfied with the list and how I played all weekend.

The best advice I can write (for anyone who wants to try this aggressive build) is not to play Deem Inferior. Instead, I opted for a 2 Sleep / 1 Artful Dodge split (which was incredible as always) and played six one-mana counters in the main deck for the maximum aggressivity possible on curve.

Thanks to LPP for daily testing and friendship, but I especially thank my team Zero3Spritz for cheering me and supporting me, who helped me reach Top 32 in this tournament and Top 8 at Damnation Fest 2026 two months ago with a very similar Decklist.

Decklist

Tournament

Riepilogo dei risultati (10-4):

1. Elves - LWW (OTD)
2. Elves - WW (OTP)
3. 5-Land Spy - WLW (OTD)
4. Jund Wildfire - LWW (OTD)
5. CawGate - WLW
6. Affinity - LWL (OTD)
7. Elves - WW (OTD)
8. Mono R Madness - WW (OTP)
9. Elves - LWW (OTD)
10. Mono R Madness - LL (OTP)
11. Affinity - LL (OTD)
12. Jund Wildfire - WW
13. Grull Ponza - WW (OTD)
14. Pizza Combo - LL

Day 1

Round 1: Elves - Bea Borsa from Milan

Round 2: Elves - Ratkowski from Poland

Round 3: 5-Land Spy - asWerty223 from Poland

Round 4: Jund Wildfire - Triso

Round 5: CawGate - Keira Randall from Lega Pauper London (Top64)

Round 6: Grixis Affinity - Lou Anton Hauser (top8)

Round 7: Elves - Rebondo

Round 8: Mono Red Madness - Roberto Vincenzo Evola

Day 2

After a pizza and a Spritz with the team, we are ready for battle with five members in the race.

Round 9: Elves - Dario Blandford (Top16)

Game 1

Dario is an incredible player; in this game he has the nuts and I never entered the game.

Game 2 and 3

I'm sure these two were among the best matches of the tournament. Both games I won thanks to a mix of pressure with Delver and a good number of counterspells, especially in Game 2, which went long—I saw all four copies. In Game 3, I had a good plan: he begins with Llanowar, so I Gut Shot it and remain open with Force Spike instead of playing Delver.

This sequencing rewards me because I Spike Titania, then play Delver with Brainstorm open on turn 2, cleaning the top, etc.

Round 10: Mono R Madness - Nicola Santo (My Teammate)

Round 11: Grixis Affinity - Leonardo Priami (Top32)

Round 12: Jund Wildfire - LucG27

Round 13: Grull Ponza - Kroissant

Round 14: Temur Pizza - Riccardo Cestari (Top16 Teammate)

Conclusione

It was a great weekend for me and my team, and I hope that in the upcoming events and at the top Pauper player tournaments, I'll play at the same level, if not better, considering that I returned to the format after so many years of stopping.

Thanks to those who read the entire report, and I apologize for my terrible English. I tried my best. Bye bye!!