Pauper
Mono-Blue Tempo
Cheap, efficient creatures backed by bounce and tap effects, staying a step ahead on board all game.
Card draw, counterspells, and bounce — controlling the game by controlling information and tempo.
Mono-Blue Tempo
62% (229 games, 41 decks)
Cards That Overperform in Tempo
Not yet broken out by color identity specifically — these numbers are for Tempo across Pauper as a whole.
- Of One Mind+11% (n=93)
- Harrier Strix+11% (n=80)
- Brinebarrow Intruder+11% (n=97)
- Bind the Monster+11% (n=75)
- Faerie Miscreant+11% (n=115)
- Spellstutter Sprite+10% (n=152)
- Ninja of the Deep Hours+10% (n=142)
- Moon-Circuit Hacker+10% (n=140)
- Faerie Seer+9% (n=146)
- Counterspell+9% (n=179)
Cards That Underperform in Tempo
Not yet broken out by color identity specifically — these numbers are for Tempo across Pauper as a whole.
- Tormod's Crypt-12% (n=26)
- Thraben Charm-7% (n=79)
Most-Played Cards in Tempo
- Counterspell55% (n=2386)
- Hydroblast51% (n=2240)
- Dispel45% (n=1980)
- Spellstutter Sprite45% (n=1955)
- Blue Elemental Blast43% (n=1898)
- Ninja of the Deep Hours42% (n=1813)
- Faerie Seer41% (n=1774)
- Lórien Revealed41% (n=1769)
- Annul33% (n=1461)
- Brainstorm32% (n=1390)