Ancient Den (Pauper)
Ancient Den appears in 10.0% of Pauper decks in the last 30 days (190 decks), averaging 3.1 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Affinity.
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Share of decks
10.0%
▲ 4.3
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
190
190 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.1
in the main deck
Win rate
54%
18 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 0.0% |
| 2026-08-13 | 1.9% |
| 2026-08-20 | 2.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | 1.7% |
| 2026-09-03 | 3.2% |
| 2026-09-10 | 3.0% |
| 2026-09-17 | 7.1% |
| 2026-09-24 | 12.3% |
| 2026-10-01 | 11.5% |
| 2026-10-08 | 8.4% |
| 2026-10-15 | 7.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 8.5% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Dispatch | 91% | 9.7 |
| Glint Hawk | 68% | 9.7 |
| Vault of Whispers | 67% | 4.4 |
| Refurbished Familiar | 67% | 4.7 |
| Kor Skyfisher | 58% | 8.3 |
| Goldmire Bridge | 57% | 9.9 |
| Seat of the Synod | 56% | 4.9 |
| Razortide Bridge | 55% | 9.7 |
| Mistvault Bridge | 53% | 4.9 |
| Thoughtcast | 47% | 4.9 |
| Utrom Monitor | 39% | 4.7 |
| Blood Fountain | 38% | 3.3 |
| Thraben Inspector | 37% | 5.2 |
| Myr Enforcer | 35% | 4.4 |
| Baleful Strix | 35% | 1.8 |
| Giant's Boulder | 34% | 3.3 |
| Cryogen Relic | 34% | 5.6 |
| Galvanic Blast | 33% | 2.8 |
| Great Furnace | 32% | 2.6 |
| Lembas | 31% | 3.3 |
- Together
- decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
- Lift
- how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose
Archetypes by metagame share
| Archetype | Meta | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| Affinity | 9.4% | 48% |
| White Weenie | 2.8% | 19% |
| Jeskai Glint Hawk | 2.1% | 100% |
| Jeskai Ephemerate | 1.8% | 14% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 0.8% | 73% |
| Selesnya Walkers | 0.7% | 7% |
| Mardu Synthesizer | 0.6% | 100% |
| WB (unclassified) | 0.4% | 63% |