First printed in Aetherdrift (2025)

Grim Bauble

Artifact

When this artifact enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
2 generic Black , tap , Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

In the last 30 days 1.7% of Pioneer decks played it (7 of 408). Most played in UB (unclassified). In the last 30 days 3.1% of Pauper decks played it (59 of 1908). Most played in Dimir Control.

In Limited on MTG Arena

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

Win rates of Grim Bauble in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Aetherdrift (DFT), Premier Draft	57.5%	+2.6	+3.4	103931
Aetherdrift (DFT), Sealed	59.0%	+1.9	+3.0	4472

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

Pioneer staples: sideboard, 3% of decks (#81)
Black, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal
Pauper staples: main deck, 2% of decks (#215)
Black, Artifacts, Removal, Creature removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

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

Pioneer Other periods →

In 7 of 408 decks (1.7%).

Share of decks

1.7%

▼ 2.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

0 main, 7 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UB (unclassified)	6.4%	27%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UB May_Chang in Pioneer Challenge 16	4-2 67%
UB May_Chang in Pioneer Challenge 16	3-2 60%
UB Beicodegeia in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-3 57%
UB HoldTheElle in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-3 57%
UB Beicodegeia in Pioneer Challenge 32	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UB May_Chang, 25 Oct	2 side	#5 4-2
UB May_Chang, 25 Oct	4 side	#13 3-2
UB Beicodegeia, 13 Oct	4 side	#15 3-3
UB _rednax_, 13 Oct	4 side	#32 1-3
UB HoldTheElle, 11 Oct	2 side	#26 0-3
UB Beicodegeia, 9 Oct	4 side	#7 4-3
UB HoldTheElle, 2 Oct	2 side	#8 4-3

Pauper Other periods →

In 59 of 1908 decks (3.1%).

Share of decks

3.1%

▲ 1.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

54 main, 13 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.6

in the main deck

Win rate

54%

6 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Dimir Control	13.1%	3%
Affinity	9.4%	17%
WUB (unclassified)	0.8%	33%
UB (unclassified)	0.7%	8%
WB (unclassified)	0.4%	75%
Orzhov Midrange	0.4%	100%
BR (unclassified)	0.1%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Vault of Whispers	80%	5.2
Refurbished Familiar	76%	5.3
Glint Hawk	74%	10.5
Kor Skyfisher	70%	10.0
Ancient Den	70%	7.1
Nihil Spellbomb	69%	4.5
Baleful Strix	69%	3.5
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher	67%	9.2
Dispatch	67%	7.1
Seat of the Synod	67%	5.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Control Alice Lenting in Amsterdam Pauper League – 7° Leg – 2026	4-1 80%
Dimir Control Benoît Jaques in FirstQualifier	4-1 80%
Affinity Alexandre Peng in the300	6-2 75%
Dimir Control Bonneau Alexandre in the300	6-2 75%
WUB Antoine Hamelin in the300	6-2 75%
Affinity _against_ in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Affinity serajh in Pauper Challenge 16	6-2 75%
WB VIENNET Pierre in the300	5-2 71%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Affinity lethargicarcher, 26 Oct	1 main	#20 3-3
UB Hansuccio, 25 Oct	2 main	#23 2-3
WB Erik Howley, 24 Oct	2 main	#8 3-2
Orzhov Midrange Sean Galloway, 24 Oct	2 main	#9 3-2
WB Kiwighost, 24 Oct	2 main	#30 0-2
Affinity mehanske, 23 Oct	2 main	#32 3-3
Affinity 19LNC91, 22 Oct	1 main 1 side	#8 4-3
Affinity SurrenderMonkey, 20 Oct	2 side	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 1 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Scientist Supreme of A.I.M.	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Scientist Supreme of A.I.M. Azurel, 10 Oct	1 main	#20 1-2

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