Chain Lightning (Pauper)
Chain Lightning appears in 3.5% of Pauper decks in the last 30 days (66 decks), averaging 1.9 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Grixis Madness.
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Share of decks
3.5%
▼ 0.7
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
66
66 main, 2 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.9
in the main deck
Win rate
55%
7 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 6.7% |
| 2026-08-13 | 4.9% |
| 2026-08-20 | 1.5% |
| 2026-08-27 | 4.0% |
| 2026-09-03 | 4.5% |
| 2026-09-10 | 4.5% |
| 2026-09-17 | 3.6% |
| 2026-09-24 | 3.9% |
| 2026-10-01 | 4.6% |
| 2026-10-08 | 1.8% |
| 2026-10-15 | 2.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3.9% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Bolt | 100% | 4.0 |
| Voldaren Epicure | 98% | 6.0 |
| Goblin Tomb Raider | 86% | 18.3 |
| Clockwork Percussionist | 86% | 16.2 |
| Galvanic Blast | 86% | 7.4 |
| Great Furnace | 86% | 7.0 |
| Goblin Bushwhacker | 85% | 18.2 |
| Rally at the Hornburg | 83% | 19.4 |
| Burning-Tree Emissary | 82% | 19.3 |
| Experimental Synthesizer | 70% | 16.4 |
| Reckless Impulse | 65% | 10.5 |
| End the Festivities | 52% | 21.8 |
| Wrenn's Resolve | 41% | 8.8 |
| Fireblast | 26% | 1.8 |
| Inventor's Axe | 20% | 9.2 |
| Fiery Temper | 14% | 0.9 |
| Grab the Prize | 14% | 0.9 |
| Jagged Barrens | 12% | 8.9 |
| Highway Robbery | 12% | 0.8 |
| Faithless Looting | 12% | 0.8 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grixis Madness | 14.3% | 3% |
| Gruul Rally | 4.2% | 67% |
| Mono-Red (unclassified) | 0.7% | 23% |
| Mono-Red Kuldotha | 0.1% | 50% |