Pauper Ruby Storm
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Ruby Storm has climbed from ~1.8% to 2.7% of the Pauper metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~1.8% to 2.7% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Ruby Storm cards
Cards gaining share within Ruby Storm vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pirate's Pillage | New | 22% | +21.7% |
| Spider Manifestation | New | 17% | +17.4% |
| Laughing Mad | 5% | 13% | +8.5% |
| Gruul Turf | 32% | 43% | +11.7% |
| Crossover Collaboration | 73% | 83% | +9.9% |
| Electric Revelation | 86% | 91% | +4.9% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| It'll Quench Ya! | 27% | 35% | +7.5% |
Typical Pauper Ruby Storm maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 94 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of Class | 3.0 | 100% |
| Geothermal Crevice | 4.0 | 100% |
| Goblin Anarchomancer | 4.0 | 100% |
| Hickory Woodlot | 4.0 | 100% |
| Manamorphose | 4.0 | 100% |
| Sandstone Needle | 4.0 | 100% |
| Seething Song | 4.0 | 100% |
| Seize the Storm | 2.0 | 100% |
| Thornscape Familiar | 4.0 | 100% |
| Glimpse the Impossible | 4.0 | 99% |
| Big Score | 3.7 | 96% |
| Desperate Ritual | 3.5 | 89% |
| Electric Revelation | 3.0 | 83% |
| Wrenn's Resolve | 3.0 | 82% |
| Reckless Impulse | 3.3 | 79% |
| Mountain | 4.9 | 73% |
| Pirate's Pillage | 2.4 | 45% |
| Crossover Collaboration | 2.9 | 38% |
| Gruul Turf | 1.0 | 31% |
| Snow-Covered Mountain | 5.0 | 27% |
| Highway Robbery | 3.4 | 19% |
| Laughing Mad | 2.5 | 12% |
| Burning Curiosity | 1.9 | 11% |
| Leyline Weaver | 2.3 | 10% |
| Forest | 1.0 | 5% |
| Spider Manifestation | 2.0 | 5% |
| Tinder Farm | 1.0 | 2% |
| Nightscape Familiar | 2.0 | 1% |
Typical Pauper Ruby Storm sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 94 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 94 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Origin of Metalbending | 1.0 | 100% |
| Firebending Lesson | 1.1 | 99% |
| Flaring Pain | 1.0 | 96% |
| Gruul Turf | 1.6 | 96% |
| Waterbending Lesson | 1.0 | 96% |
| Abandon Attachments | 1.0 | 94% |
| Pyroblast | 3.9 | 90% |
| Red Elemental Blast | 1.8 | 90% |
| Weather the Storm | 3.0 | 90% |
| It'll Quench Ya! | 1.0 | 17% |
| How to Start a Riot | 1.0 | 9% |
| Gut Shot | 2.0 | 3% |
| Annoyed Altisaur | 4.0 | 2% |
| Boarding Party | 4.0 | 2% |
| Avenging Hunter | 3.0 | 1% |
| Fang Dragon | 2.0 | 1% |
| Pirate's Pillage | 1.0 | 1% |
| Scattershot | 1.0 | 1% |
| Tamiyo's Safekeeping | 2.0 | 1% |
| Writhing Chrysalis | 4.0 | 1% |
Ruby Storm Pauper FAQ
Is Ruby Storm good in Pauper right now?
Ruby Storm is in the Pauper mix at 2.7% of decklists in the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 12th (4-2) at Pauper Challenge 32 on Jul 22, 2026.
What are the key cards in Pauper Ruby Storm?
Nearly every list runs First Day of Class, Geothermal Crevice, Goblin Anarchomancer, and Hickory Woodlot (99%+ of Pauper Ruby Storm decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (51); variants add Laughing Mad (8).
What's a typical Pauper Ruby Storm sideboard?
The most common Pauper Ruby Storm sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Origin of Metalbending (100% of lists), Firebending Lesson (99% of lists), Flaring Pain (96% of lists), and Gruul Turf (96% of lists). It'll Quench Ya! is the fastest riser, up from 27% to 35% 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 Ruby Storm decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 178 Pauper Ruby Storm decklists all-time (23 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Ruby Storm result Jul 27, 2026.