Pauper Jeskai Control
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Jeskai Control has climbed from ~1.7% to 5.6% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~1.7% to 5.6% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Jeskai Control cards
Cards gaining share within Jeskai Control vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thraben Charm | 7% | 31% | +24.6% |
| Union of the Third Path | 65% | 84% | +19.2% |
| Late to Dinner | 2% | 9% | +6.7% |
| Breath Weapon | 7% | 11% | +4.6% |
| Torch the Tower | 41% | 49% | +7.6% |
| Fanged Flames | 76% | 87% | +10.6% |
| Brainstorm | 61% | 69% | +8% |
| Bender's Waterskin | 83% | 87% | +4.1% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehorn Dignitary | New | 13% | +13.3% |
| God-Pharaoh's Faithful | New | 9% | +8.9% |
| Destroy Evil | 20% | 27% | +7.1% |
| Circle of Protection: Blue | 13% | 20% | +7% |
| Fiery Cannonade | 9% | 16% | +6.9% |
| Dispel | 4% | 9% | +4.5% |
| Envelop | 43% | 49% | +5.4% |
Typical Pauper Jeskai Control maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 177 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Archaeomancer | 2.4 | 100% |
| Counterspell | 4.0 | 100% |
| Ephemerate | 3.6 | 100% |
| Glacial Floodplain | 2.0 | 100% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 6.9 | 100% |
| Snow-Covered Mountain | 1.9 | 100% |
| Snow-Covered Plains | 1.8 | 100% |
| Volatile Fjord | 2.0 | 100% |
| Augur of Bolas | 3.8 | 99% |
| Lórien Revealed | 4.0 | 99% |
| Skred | 4.0 | 99% |
| Mulldrifter | 3.5 | 98% |
| Perilous Landscape | 3.9 | 98% |
| Dispel | 1.7 | 93% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 1.8 | 90% |
| Preordain | 3.3 | 84% |
| Ride's End | 1.3 | 83% |
| Union of the Third Path | 1.5 | 79% |
| Bender's Waterskin | 2.8 | 69% |
| Fanged Flames | 1.2 | 66% |
| Brainstorm | 2.5 | 64% |
| Torch the Tower | 1.3 | 38% |
| Ethereal Haze | 1.0 | 27% |
| Thraben Charm | 1.1 | 22% |
| Ash Barrens | 1.6 | 21% |
| Visionary's Dance | 1.4 | 20% |
| Bonder's Ornament | 1.4 | 19% |
| Breath Weapon | 1.3 | 16% |
| Crypt Incursion | 1.0 | 10% |
| Behold the Multiverse | 1.8 | 10% |
| Cast into the Fire | 1.0 | 10% |
| Potioner's Trove | 1.9 | 8% |
| Late to Dinner | 1.0 | 6% |
| Suplex | 1.4 | 6% |
| Lightning Bolt | 1.6 | 5% |
| Bojuka Bog | 1.0 | 3% |
| Campfire | 1.0 | 3% |
| Cleansing Wildfire | 4.0 | 3% |
| Ponder | 2.0 | 3% |
| Rustvale Bridge | 4.0 | 3% |
Typical Pauper Jeskai Control sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 177 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 177 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Hydroblast | 3.6 | 89% |
| Pyroblast | 3.4 | 81% |
| Breath Weapon | 1.5 | 77% |
| Dust to Dust | 2.3 | 69% |
| Thraben Charm | 1.3 | 59% |
| Envelop | 1.7 | 58% |
| Goliath Paladin | 1.0 | 38% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 2.3 | 29% |
| Destroy Evil | 1.4 | 25% |
| Cleansing Wildfire | 1.0 | 24% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 2.7 | 24% |
| Annul | 1.4 | 17% |
| Ethereal Haze | 1.0 | 17% |
| Steel Sabotage | 2.1 | 17% |
| Cast into the Fire | 1.4 | 14% |
| Circle of Protection: Blue | 1.2 | 12% |
| Murmuring Mystic | 1.0 | 11% |
| Crypt Incursion | 1.0 | 11% |
| Stonehorn Dignitary | 1.3 | 11% |
| Fanged Flames | 1.2 | 10% |
| Dispel | 1.0 | 8% |
| Fiery Cannonade | 1.7 | 8% |
| Torch the Tower | 1.1 | 7% |
| Loyal Sentry | 1.0 | 6% |
| Union of the Third Path | 1.1 | 6% |
| Campfire | 1.3 | 5% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 1.8 | 3% |
| Negate | 1.2 | 3% |
| God-Pharaoh's Faithful | 2.8 | 2% |
| Plague Spores | 1.0 | 2% |
| Circle of Protection: Red | 1.0 | 2% |
| Suplex | 1.5 | 1% |
| Celestial Flare | 1.0 | <1% |
| Crimson Fleet Commodore | 1.0 | <1% |
| Dawnbringer Cleric | 1.0 | <1% |
| Exclude | 1.0 | <1% |
| Late to Dinner | 1.0 | <1% |
| Pillage | 1.0 | <1% |
Jeskai Control Pauper FAQ
Is Jeskai Control good in Pauper right now?
Yes — one of Pauper's top decks at 5.6% of decklists in the last two weeks, with 1 Challenge win and 6 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (9-1) at Pauper Challenge 32 on Jul 19, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pauper Jeskai Control?
Nearly every list runs Archaeomancer, Counterspell, Ephemerate, and Glacial Floodplain (99%+ of Pauper Jeskai Control decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (87); 47 lists omit Brainstorm.
What's a typical Pauper Jeskai Control sideboard?
The most common Pauper Jeskai Control sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Hydroblast (89% of lists), Pyroblast (81% of lists), Breath Weapon (77% of lists), and Dust to Dust (69% of lists). Stonehorn Dignitary is the fastest riser — new this window at 13% of sideboards.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Pauper Jeskai Control decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 277 Pauper Jeskai Control decklists all-time (45 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Jeskai Control result Jul 28, 2026.