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Deem Inferior

First printed in Modern Horizons 3 (2024)

Deem Inferior

Sorcery

This spell costs 1 generic less to cast for each card you've drawn this turn.
The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.

In the last 30 days 5.5% of Pauper decks played it (104 of 1908). Most played in Mono-Blue Terror.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Deem Inferior in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Premier Draft 57.4% +2.3 +4.2 76662
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Sealed 60.1% +4.1 +5.2 2308
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
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

Pauper Other periods →

In 104 of 1908 decks (5.5%).

Share of decks
5.5%
▼ 2.2 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-06: 0.0% 2026-08-13: 3.9% 2026-08-20: 10.9% 2026-08-27: 8.4% 2026-09-03: 6.9% 2026-09-10: 8.3% 2026-09-17: 8.9% 2026-09-24: 5.6% 2026-10-01: 3.8% 2026-10-08: 7.6% 2026-10-15: 10.5% 2026-10-22: 3.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
104
104 main, 2 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.0
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
20 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono-Blue Terror 6.6% 82%
UB (unclassified) 0.7% 8%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Thought Scour100%14.7
Tolarian Terror100%13.3
Brainstorm100%5.9
Counterspell100%3.9
Lórien Revealed100%3.6
Sleep of the Dead99%15.1
Cryptic Serpent99%15.0
Mental Note98%14.6
Ponder98%11.8
Deep Analysis84%15.3

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Mono-Blue Terror
Blom Bezemer in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026
6-0
100%
Mono-Blue Terror
kuldothared in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 32
8-1
89%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 16
7-1
88%
Mono-Blue Terror
Tim Bunnik in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026
5-1
83%
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN in Pauper Challenge 16
7-2
78%
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati in Pauper Challenge 16
7-2
78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
3 main #17
3-3
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
3 main #2
6-3
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati,
4 main #10
4-2
Mono-Blue Terror
discoverN,
3 main #26
3-3
Mono-Blue Terror
GoldenHorncall,
2 main 5-0
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati,
4 main #25
1-3
Mono-Blue Terror
Giaws,
3 main #27
0-4
Mono-Blue Terror
Luminati,
2 main 5-0

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.