Dread Return (Pauper)
Dread Return appears in 4.2% of Pauper decks in the last 30 days (81 decks), averaging 2.1 copies in the main deck. It is played above all in Balustrade Spy.
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Share of decks
4.2%
▲ 0.9
vs previous 30 days
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
81
81 main, 4 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.1
in the main deck
Win rate
56%
8 top 8 (challenges only)
Weekly data
| Week from | Share of decks |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 5.7% |
| 2026-08-13 | 4.7% |
| 2026-08-20 | 5.6% |
| 2026-08-27 | 3.0% |
| 2026-09-03 | 3.6% |
| 2026-09-10 | 2.4% |
| 2026-09-17 | 3.3% |
| 2026-09-24 | 3.9% |
| 2026-10-01 | 3.8% |
| 2026-10-08 | 5.5% |
| 2026-10-15 | 5.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3.3% |
Played together with
| Card | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Lotleth Giant | 100% | 23.6 |
| Generous Ent | 99% | 7.2 |
| Masked Vandal | 94% | 10.1 |
| Balustrade Spy | 93% | 23.6 |
| Wall of Roots | 93% | 21.3 |
| Overgrown Battlement | 93% | 21.0 |
| Saruli Caretaker | 93% | 21.0 |
| Land Grant | 93% | 14.5 |
| Lead the Stampede | 93% | 9.2 |
| Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek | 93% | 9.0 |
| Gatecreeper Vine | 90% | 22.9 |
| Winding Way | 90% | 8.4 |
| Mesmeric Fiend | 84% | 22.9 |
| Quirion Ranger | 79% | 8.4 |
| Elves of Deep Shadow | 69% | 23.6 |
| Nyxborn Hydra | 67% | 5.2 |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 51% | 8.9 |
| Lotus Petal | 40% | 16.4 |
| Jaspera Sentinel | 16% | 10.6 |
| Avenging Hunter | 16% | 1.8 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Balustrade Spy | 3.9% | 100% |
| BG (unclassified) | 0.5% | 30% |
| UBRG (unclassified) | 0.3% | 20% |
| BRG (unclassified) | 0.1% | 100% |
| WBRG (unclassified) | 0.1% | 100% |