First printed in Judgment (2002)

All 4 prints

Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2154, 2025
The List (PLST) #JUD-46, 2024
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #rl46, 2002
Judgment (JUD) #46, 2002

Mental Note

Instant

Mill two cards.
Draw a card.

In the last 30 days 6.7% of Pauper decks played it (128 of 1908). Most played in Mono-Blue Terror. In the last 30 days 2.5% of Duel Commander decks played it (2 of 80). Most played in UBG (unclassified).

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 9% of decks (#57)
Blue, Instants, Card draw, Cantrips

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

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

Pauper Other periods →

In 128 of 1908 decks (6.7%).

Share of decks

6.7%

▼ 3.0 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

128

128 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

24 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Blue Terror	6.6%	98%
UB (unclassified)	0.7%	8%
UG (unclassified)	0.4%	14%
Dimir Terror	0.1%	100%
Grixis Fangs	0.1%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Tolarian Terror	100%	13.3
Counterspell	100%	3.9
Lórien Revealed	100%	3.6
Thought Scour	99%	14.6
Brainstorm	99%	5.8
Sleep of the Dead	96%	14.7
Cryptic Serpent	96%	14.6
Ponder	96%	11.5
Deem Inferior	80%	14.6
Deep Analysis	74%	13.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
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

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Blue Terror discoverN, 28 Oct	4 main	#17 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror discoverN, 27 Oct	4 main	#2 6-3
Mono-Blue Terror Walker735, 27 Oct	4 main	#6 4-2
Mono-Blue Terror Luminati, 27 Oct	4 main	#10 4-2
Mono-Blue Terror discoverN, 25 Oct	4 main	#26 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror Purgatory_01, 25 Oct	4 main	#31 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror Giogab92, 25 Oct	4 main	5-0
Mono-Blue Terror GoldenHorncall, 25 Oct	4 main	5-0

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 80 decks (2.5%).

Share of decks

2.5%

▲ 1.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 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
UBG (unclassified)	6.3%	40%

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
UBG boshfred, 11 Oct	1 main	5-0
UBG Dodormeur, 7 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander.