I played the One Piece TCG for a bit and it's resource system, a mana deck was really interesting. Each turn added 2 "mana", but the player going first got 1 to start rather than 2. Curving out was odd/even depending on play/draw. I really liked that system for what it was.
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Ignoring standard, this could be the next banned card in Legacy if it plays out similar to Expressive Iteration at all
META SHARE TOP 8 SHARE EVENT WIN % NO. TOP 8s OVER-REP NO. WINS UB TEMPO 13.9% 18.1% 9.7% 45 1.31 3 OCELOT PRIDE AGGRO 7.3% 5.2% 3.2% 13 0.72 1 SNEAK AND SHOW 6.2% 9.3% 16.1% 23 1.50 5 OOPS, ALL SPELLS 6.2% 8.5% 19.4% 21 1.37 6 IZZET DELVER 4.8% 2.8% 0.0% 7 0.59 ELDRAZI 4.4% 2.0% 3.2% 5 0.46 1 LANDS 3.8% 4.0% 3.2% 10 1.06 1 PAINTER 3.8% 1.6% 3.2% 4 0.42 1 PINNACLE STOMPY 3.5% 3.2% 3.2% 8 0.92 1 RED STOMPY 3.3% 3.2% 0.0% 8 0.98 DOOMSDAY 3.1% 4.4% 0.0% 11 1.43 DnT 3.1% 1.6% 9.7% 4 0.52 3 60 CARD BEANS 2.8% 5.2% 6.5% 13 1.87 2 ALUREN 2.6% 2.8% 0.0% 7 1.09 THE EPIC STORM 2.3% 2.8% 6.5% 7 1.23 2 TURBO REANIMATOR 2.0% 2.0% 0.0% 5 1.01 JESKAI CONTROL 1.6% 0.4% 0.0% 1 0.25 UW PHELIA 1.6% 2.0% 0.0% 5 1.26 OMNI-TELL 1.5% 0.4% 0.0% 1 0.27 KARN RING 1.5% 4.0% 3.2% 10 2.69 1 DREDGE 1.2% 1.2% 0.0% 3 1.01 GREEN CLOUDPOST 1.0% 0.8% 0.0% 2 0.81 BESEECH STORM 0.8% 0.8% 0.0% 2 1.01 BREAKFAST 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 1 0.58 GW DEPTHS 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 1 0.58 GRIXIS TEMPO 0.6% 0.8% 0.0% 2 1.34 UB REANIMATOR 0.5% 1.6% 0.0% 4 3.23 JEWEL COMBO 0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 1 0.81 COLOURLESS CLOUDPOST 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 2 1.61 ESPER VIAL 0.5% 1.2% 0.0% 3 2.42 LOAM POX 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 2 1.61 BLUE CLOUDPOST 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 1 1.01 UB AGGRO 0.3% 1.6% 6.5% 4 5.38 2 NINJAS 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 1 2.02 NECRO COMBO 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 1 2.02 THE EPIC GAMBLE 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 1 2.02 INFECT 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 1 2.02
Alright WotC. There is a BnR update coming on Monday, this is what the data says about the Legacy format since the last BnR.
Oops All Spells has won nearly 20% of Challenges despite only being 6% of the meta.
It's an absolute mess that you didn't ban it before tbh.
Fun Fact: Did you know that Trinisphere doesn't work when it's tapped? youtu.be/yRMMWmhbTZ0 #MTGLegacy
Legacy Challenge Top 8 decklists for Sunday, March 1 (51 players) #mtg #mtgLegacy
The EPIC Storm was the victor! โ๏ธ๐
Sneak and Show in 2nd ๐ซฃ
Domain Bello Beans gets 3rd ๐ฆ
Oops! finished 4th ๐คญ
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Increasing the paper share of decklists is a good idea. Doing that by decreasing mtgo decklists is the wrong thing.
Maybe all this push back leads to even more paper lists posted or more paper events to post!
#TheyReleasedTheDecklists!
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Constructed Players:
Man, I really wish I knew what archetypes did well last weekend
Limited Players:
This common has .02% game in hand winrate higher than the uncommon, therefore I will pick the common
I swear to god, Wizards can't get out of their own god damned way sometimes.
They are making Magic Online change what decklists get published. Only the Top 8 decklists will get posted for challenges under 64 players.
#mtg #ReleaseTheDecklists
Legacy Showcase Challenge 2/15/2026 Data Sheet #MTGLegacy
228 players is pretty great! Aluren & Tell did EXTREMELY well in this event!
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Hexing Squelcher is better than Defense Grid. I SAID IT!
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Paper only players really have a hard time grasping just what MTGO data means and just how much worse the average paper player is versus anyone who grinds MTGO. One of the most eye opening, level up moments you can have as a player is starting to grind online instead of locals.
Ok WOTC, we kept our metagame more stable and balanced for EU and Asia Eternal Weekends. We can ban Tamiyo and both oops creatures now
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what's a pioneer?
Eternal Weekend Europe 2025 Legacy Championships #MTGLegacy
Thanks so much to 4Seasons for working with me on this to get this data!
965 Players is gas. Enjoy folks!
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๐5-0๐ The EPIC Storm with Boomerang Basics from Avatar! List feels very good right now (19-6, small sample) โ maybe I'll record with it next week?๐ #MTGLegacy
Ps. Look at that matchup spread!
Legacy Showcase Challenge 11/16/2025 Data Sheet #MTGLegacy
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Somewhat happy about the Legacy changes, a little surprised they failed to mention Taimyo or The One Ring at all. But I am extremely disappointed in the PFP for banning the 11th most-played deck on MTG Goldfish with a bad win rate because some midrange players cried enough.
My biggest hope for the b&r is that the next one is in early February or late January
Highly recommend just setting the google doc to web view and not worrying about that anyway
if I was at wotc and needed to start the meeting for legacy bnr, this is how I'd start discussion there
1) Ban Tamiyo
2) Maybe ban Reanimate or Entomb
3) Ban Planar Nexus or The One Ring
4) Maybe ban Nadu
5) Talk about Oops, and see if things break without usea holding it down
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Eternal Glory Podcast's EW US predictions 2 weeks ago vs. actual EW US top 8 yesterday.
3 Reanimator
3 Mystic Forge
1 Nadu
1 Loam Pox
We're recording tomorrow to break it down, tune in on Friday on YouTube or where you get your podcasts. We know our stuff!
North America Eternal Weekend 2025 Legacy Champs Data Sheet hosted by @cardtitan.bsky.social
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944 players. Won by the one and only Tom Basketball on Mystic Forge. Also Loam Pox in the Top 8!
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EW Legacy top 8 has:
-HJโs 5th top 8 and potential 3rd win
-Larsson is the current reigning EU legacy champ with the same deck
-A BoshNRoll coaching client in his first top 8
-Loam MFin Pox!
This shit rules so hard I love tournament Magic and Eternal Weekend! ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค