First printed in Modern Horizons 3 (2024)

Vexing Bauble

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
1 generic , tap , Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

In the last 30 days 29.6% of Modern decks played it (40 of 135). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 94.7% of Vintage decks played it (18 of 19). Most played in Tinker Vault.

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 17% of decks (#26); sideboard, 29% of decks (#4)
Colorless, Artifacts, Counterspells, Card draw
Vintage staples: main deck, 95% of decks (#1)
Colorless, Artifacts, Counterspells, Card draw

Last 120 days of MTGO results.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Banned
Vintage Restricted
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not 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 Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not 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

Modern Other periods →

In 40 of 135 decks (29.6%).

Share of decks

29.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

23 main, 39 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.1

in the main deck

Win rate

58%

11 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	15.6%	100%
Moonshadow	11.1%	13%
Eldrazi Tron	6.7%	56%
Amulet Titan	5.9%	38%
Affinity	5.2%	14%
Boros Energy	5.2%	14%
BG (unclassified)	3.0%	25%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	3.0%	25%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sire of Seven Deaths	96%	5.0
Devourer of Destiny	96%	3.7
Ugin's Labyrinth	96%	3.5
Eldrazi Temple	96%	3.3
Kozilek's Command	96%	3.2
Dismember	91%	3.6
Soul-Guide Lantern	78%	5.3
Blade of the Bloodchief	78%	5.0
Basking Broodscale	78%	5.0
Springleaf Drum	78%	5.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WBG Nekrohero in Modern Challenge 32	9-0 100%
Amulet Titan Boucha in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale justFeather in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10 in Modern Challenge 32	7-2 78%
Affinity sioutis_kk in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Golgari Broodscale KadettiKersantti in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Golgari Broodscale xfile in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Golgari Broodscale caquaa in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WBG Nekrohero, 28 Oct	1 side	#1 9-0
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10, 28 Oct	1 side	#2 7-2
Golgari Broodscale justFeather, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#7 4-3
Golgari Broodscale caquaa, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#11 4-2
Golgari Broodscale derlumberzack, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#22 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Jumba, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#26 3-3
Moonshadow DragonFodder, 28 Oct	3 side	#27 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Malox11, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#28 2-3

Vintage Other periods →

In 18 of 19 decks (94.7%).

Share of decks

94.7%