Brainstorm (Pauper)
Brainstorm appears in 17.7% of Pauper decks in the last 90 days (970 decks), averaging 3.7 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Mono-Blue Terror.
Share of decks
17.7%
▼ 0.7
vs previous 90 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
970
970 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.7
in the main deck
Win rate
59%
146 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 22.5% |
| 2026-08-17 | 18.9% |
| 2026-08-24 | 17.7% |
| 2026-08-31 | 13.3% |
| 2026-09-07 | 17.4% |
| 2026-09-14 | 18.7% |
| 2026-09-21 | 17.0% |
| 2026-09-28 | 14.5% |
| 2026-10-05 | 19.7% |
| 2026-10-12 | 20.7% |
| 2026-10-19 | 19.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 18.0% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Lórien Revealed | 99% | 4.0 |
| Counterspell | 98% | 3.8 |
| Dispel | 66% | 4.0 |
| Tolarian Terror | 58% | 5.6 |
| Ponder | 56% | 5.5 |
| Thought Scour | 52% | 5.7 |
| Mental Note | 51% | 5.6 |
| Murmuring Mystic | 50% | 3.6 |
| Sleep of the Dead | 47% | 5.7 |
| Cryptic Serpent | 46% | 5.6 |
| Deem Inferior | 39% | 5.7 |
| Snuff Out | 39% | 2.9 |
| Cast Down | 37% | 2.0 |
| Contaminated Aquifer | 37% | 3.9 |
| Deep Analysis | 34% | 5.0 |
| Bojuka Bog | 34% | 1.7 |
| Augur of Bolas | 34% | 4.4 |
| Thorn of the Black Rose | 33% | 3.8 |
| Spell Pierce | 32% | 4.5 |
| Extract a Confession | 29% | 4.1 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mono-Blue Terror | 8.0% | 100% |
| UB (unclassified) | 6.1% | 82% |
| WUB (unclassified) | 3.3% | 2% |
| Mono-Blue Faeries | 3.2% | 1% |
| Dimir Control | 3.0% | 31% |
| UBR (unclassified) | 2.4% | 38% |
| Jeskai Ephemerate | 2.2% | 52% |
| UG (unclassified) | 1.3% | 3% |