First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)

Pursue the Past

Sorcery

You gain 2 life. You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Flashback 2 generic Red White (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

In the last 30 days 5.3% of Pauper decks played it (5 of 95). Most played in Jeskai Glint Hawk.

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#93)
Multicolor, Sorceries, Card draw, Lifegain

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

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

Pauper Other periods →

In 5 of 95 decks (5.3%).

Share of decks

5.3%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

5 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.8

in the main deck

Win rate

64%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Jeskai Glint Hawk	3.2%	100%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.1%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Prismatic Strands	100%	13.6
Melded Moxite	100%	8.6
Sneaky Snacker	100%	4.1
Lightning Bolt	100%	3.2
Thraben Charm	80%	9.5
Ragged Short Spear	60%	19.0
Boros Garrison	60%	14.3
Kor Skyfisher	60%	9.5
Glint Hawk	60%	9.5
Rustvale Bridge	60%	9.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Jeskai Glint Hawk seasonofmists in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Jeskai Glint Hawk Montij in Pauper Challenge 16	4-2 67%
WUBRG Varo in Pauper Challenge 16	3-3 50%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Jeskai Glint Hawk seasonofmists, 28 Oct	4 main	#3 6-2
Jeskai Glint Hawk OttoSaske, 28 Oct	4 main	5-0
Jeskai Glint Hawk Montij, 27 Oct	3 main	#9 4-2
WUBRG Varo, 27 Oct	4 main	#16 3-3
WUBRG PrimoShow1, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0

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