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Burn

4 decks from 4 events · 12 Aug – 9 Sep 2026

4Decks0.3% of published lists▾ 1.0 pp vs. the 30 days before
44.4%Win rate 18.9–73.3% · 4–5–0 · 9-match sample▾ 0.8 pp vs. the 30 days before
42.2 of 75 DebatedSlots settled9 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
32.8 slotsStill argued overspread over 24 cards, in both boards

Maindeck 60 slots

4 copies in every list 4 copies in 1 list out of 4 1 copy in every list always 1 copy, sometimes 2 Grey means 80% of lists or more. Violet means fewer.

Settled core

7 cards · 36.8 slots
Experimental Synthesizer 100% Experimental Synthesizer1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Goblin Bushwhacker 100% Goblin Bushwhacker1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Goblin Tomb Raider 100% Goblin Tomb Raider1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Great Furnace 100% Great Furnace1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Lightning Bolt 100% Lightning Bolt1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Mountain 100% Mountain1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100% · 5th 100% · 6th 100% · 7th 100% · 8th 100% · 9th 100% · 10th 100% · 11th 100% · 12th 100% · 13th 100% · 14th 100% · 15th 25%
Voldaren Epicure 100% Voldaren Epicure1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%

Still argued over

15 cards · 23.2 slots
Clockwork Percussionist 75% Clockwork Percussionist1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Fireblast 75% Fireblast1st 75%
Galvanic Blast 75% Galvanic Blast1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Gingerbrute 75% Gingerbrute1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Goldhound 75% Goldhound1st 75% · 2nd 50%
Inventor's Axe 75% Inventor's Axe1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Mirran Banesplitter 75% Mirran Banesplitter1st 75%
Reckless Lackey 75% Reckless Lackey1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Chain Lightning 25% Chain Lightning1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Demand Answers 25% Demand Answers1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Fanatical Firebrand 25% Fanatical Firebrand1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Goblin Blast-Runner 25% Goblin Blast-Runner1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Goblin Grenade 25% Goblin Grenade1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Implement of Combustion 25% Implement of Combustion1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Improvised Club 25% Improvised Club1st 25% · 2nd 25%

Point to a card to read its copies. Each percentage is the share of lists that play at least that many.

Sideboard 15 slots

Settled core

2 cards · 5.5 slots
Cast into the Fire 100% Cast into the Fire1st 100% · 2nd 50% · 3rd 50% · 4th 50%
End the Festivities 100% End the Festivities1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100%

Still argued over

9 cards · 9.5 slots
Red Elemental Blast 75% Red Elemental Blast1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 50%
Pyroblast 50% Pyroblast1st 50% · 2nd 25%
Reckless Impulse 50% Reckless Impulse1st 50% · 2nd 50%
Relic of Progenitus 50% Relic of Progenitus1st 50% · 2nd 50%
Searing Blaze 50% Searing Blaze1st 50% · 2nd 25%
Suplex 50% Suplex1st 50% · 2nd 50% · 3rd 50%
Smash to Smithereens 25% Smash to Smithereens1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Tectonic Hazard 25% Tectonic Hazard1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Tormod's Crypt 25% Tormod's Crypt1st 25%

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The lists people registered 4 published lists in this window. Pick one. The lists can reach past this window. The numbers above count only this window.

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Show decklist for Choxotel21
5–0 Choxotel21 Pauper League · 2026-09-06 · 5-0-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (23)
  • 4 Clockwork Percussionist 75%
  • 4 Gingerbrute 75%
  • 2 Goblin Bushwhacker 100%
  • 4 Goblin Tomb Raider 100%
  • 1 Goldhound 75%
  • 4 Reckless Lackey 75%
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure 100%
Instants (9)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 75%
  • 4 Lightning Bolt 100%
  • 1 Fireblast 75%
Artifacts (9)
  • 4 Experimental Synthesizer 100%
  • 4 Inventor's Axe 75%
  • 1 Mirran Banesplitter 75%
Lands (19)
  • 4 Great Furnace 100%
  • 15 Mountain 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Tormod's Crypt 25%
  • 3 End the Festivities 100%
  • 3 Red Elemental Blast 75%
  • 2 Relic of Progenitus 50%
  • 2 Tectonic Hazard 25%
  • 4 Cast into the Fire 100%
Clockwork Percussionist
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for SaculSueahtam
#16 SaculSueahtam Pauper Challenge 32 · 2026-08-28 · 4-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (24)
  • 4 Clockwork Percussionist 75%
  • 4 Gingerbrute 75%
  • 2 Goblin Bushwhacker 100%
  • 4 Goblin Tomb Raider 100%
  • 2 Goldhound 75%
  • 4 Reckless Lackey 75%
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure 100%
Instants (9)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 75%
  • 4 Lightning Bolt 100%
  • 1 Fireblast 75%
Artifacts (9)
  • 4 Experimental Synthesizer 100%
  • 4 Inventor's Axe 75%
  • 1 Mirran Banesplitter 75%
Lands (18)
  • 4 Great Furnace 100%
  • 14 Mountain 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 3 End the Festivities 100%
  • 1 Pyroblast 50%
  • 4 Red Elemental Blast 75%
  • 1 Cast into the Fire 100%
  • 2 Reckless Impulse 50%
  • 1 Searing Blaze 50%
  • 3 Suplex 50%
Clockwork Percussionist
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for RickDeckered
5–0 RickDeckered Pauper League · 2026-08-14 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (18)
  • 2 Fanatical Firebrand 25%
  • 4 Goblin Blast-Runner 25%
  • 4 Goblin Bushwhacker 100%
  • 4 Goblin Tomb Raider 100%
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure 100%
Sorceries (6)
  • 4 Chain Lightning 25%
  • 2 Goblin Grenade 25%
Instants (10)
  • 4 Lightning Bolt 100%
  • 4 Demand Answers 25%
  • 2 Improvised Club 25%
Artifacts (8)
  • 4 Experimental Synthesizer 100%
  • 4 Implement of Combustion 25%
Lands (18)
  • 4 Great Furnace 100%
  • 14 Mountain 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 3 End the Festivities 100%
  • 2 Pyroblast 50%
  • 2 Relic of Progenitus 50%
  • 4 Cast into the Fire 100%
  • 4 Smash to Smithereens 25%
Fanatical Firebrand
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for SaculSueahtam
#30 SaculSueahtam Pauper Challenge 32 · 2026-08-13 · 2-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (24)
  • 4 Clockwork Percussionist 75%
  • 4 Gingerbrute 75%
  • 2 Goblin Bushwhacker 100%
  • 4 Goblin Tomb Raider 100%
  • 2 Goldhound 75%
  • 4 Reckless Lackey 75%
  • 4 Voldaren Epicure 100%
Instants (9)
  • 4 Galvanic Blast 75%
  • 4 Lightning Bolt 100%
  • 1 Fireblast 75%
Artifacts (9)
  • 4 Experimental Synthesizer 100%
  • 4 Inventor's Axe 75%
  • 1 Mirran Banesplitter 75%
Lands (18)
  • 4 Great Furnace 100%
  • 14 Mountain 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 3 End the Festivities 100%
  • 4 Red Elemental Blast 75%
  • 1 Cast into the Fire 100%
  • 2 Reckless Impulse 50%
  • 2 Searing Blaze 50%
  • 3 Suplex 50%
Clockwork Percussionist
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.

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Method

A slot is one card in the average list. For each card, we count the lists that play at least one copy, then at least two, then at least three. We add those shares. Add every card and the boards total 60 and 15.

The settled bound is chosen at 80% of published lists. Settled slots are grey. Other slots are violet. Cards in fewer than 10% of lists still count in the argued-over total, but their rows are not shown.

The band bounds are chosen. Locked starts at 60 settled slots out of 75. Consolidated starts at 50. Debated starts at 40. Open is below 40. A locked deck is not a better deck.

Share is share of published decklists, not of the field. MTGO publishes exactly 32 decklists per Challenge, whatever the field size. A 448-player event gives the same 32 lists as a 32-player one. Those 32 lists lean heavily toward the top of the standings.

Leagues publish 5–0 decklists and no match data. They count in the deck total, in the share, in the card slots, and in the pilots, because a registered list is a registered list. They stay out of the win rate, because there is no match to count. So deck counts and shares cover all published decklists, and win rates cover paired events only.

Preliminaries contribute nothing. They publish match records but no decklists, so their matches have no archetype to attach to.

Win rates count only matches where both players published a decklist. The published 32 are the top finishers. Counting their matches against players who did not publish a list would push every archetype's rate up. With both sides counted, every win has a matching loss. So the pool always balances at exactly 50% wins.