Based on 41 top-4 tournament finishes across all 8 tracked set releases. Each distinct list a pilot ran counts once per set. Excludes decks with incomplete lists or names we couldn't read.
32 decks · Average Converted Mana Cost 2.86
Run by nearly every deck counted here.
| Creatures15 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Blood Pet | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Imperial Recruiter | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Simian Spirit Guide | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Storm-Kiln Artist | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Street Wraith | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Treasonous Ogre | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Skirk Prospector | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 100 100] |
| Vilis, Broker of Blood | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 100 100] |
| Sheoldred, the Apocalypse | 94% | 30 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 88 100] |
| Grim Servant | 81% | 26 | 80% now[80 83 67 80 100 50] |
| Instants20 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Dark Ritual | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Deflecting Swat | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Dismember | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Fell the Profane // Fell Mire | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Gut Shot | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Reiterate | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Searing Touch | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Snuff Out | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Surgical Extraction | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Big Score | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Flare of Duplication | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Lightning Bolt | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Tainted Pact | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 80 100 100] |
| Vampiric Tutor | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 100 100] |
| Vendetta | 94% | 30 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 50] |
| Plunge into Darkness | 91% | 29 | 100% now[100 83 83 100 88 100] |
| Pyroblast | 88% | 28 | 100% now[100 100 67 80 88 100] |
| Red Elemental Blast | 84% | 27 | 100% now[100 83 83 80 75 100] |
| Ulcerate | 81% | 26 | 100% now[100 83 67 80 75 100] |
| Sorceries25 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Coveted Prize | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Dark Petition | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Demonic Tutor | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Increasing Ambition | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Inspired Tinkering | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Jeska's Will | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Peer into the Abyss | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Rite of Flame | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Strike It Rich | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Behold the Beyond | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 100 100] |
| Final Parting | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 80 100 100] |
| Illicit Shipment | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 80 100 100] |
| Lively Dirge | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Past in Flames | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Pirate's Pillage | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Sorceress's Schemes | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 80 100 100] |
| Will of the Jeskai | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 100 100 80 100 100] |
| Snort | 91% | 29 | 100% now[100 83 83 80 100 100] |
| Reanimate | 88% | 28 | 100% now[100 100 83 100 63 100] |
| Diabolic Intent | 81% | 26 | 0% now[0 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass | 81% | 26 | 80% now[80 100 67 80 75 100] |
| Beseech the Queen | 78% | 25 | 60% now[60 83 67 80 88 100] |
| Ignite the Future | 75% | 24 | 80% now[80 50 67 60 100 100] |
| Artifacts6 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Chrome Mox | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Lotus Petal | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Mana Vault | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Mox Amber | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Mox Diamond | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Sol Ring | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Lands21 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Badlands | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Blood Crypt | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Bloodstained Mire | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| City of Brass | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Gemstone Caverns | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Mana Confluence | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Mount Doom | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Multiversal Passage | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Peat Bog | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Sandstone Needle | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Starting Town | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Sulfurous Springs | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Tarnished Citadel | 100% | 32 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 100 100] |
| Barbarian Ring | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Cabal Pit | 97% | 31 | 100% now[100 83 100 100 100 100] |
| Ifnir Deadlands | 91% | 29 | 60% now[60 100 100 100 88 100] |
| Wooded Foothills | 88% | 28 | 60% now[60 100 100 80 88 100] |
| Scalding Tarn | 84% | 27 | 100% now[100 83 83 60 88 100] |
| Thran Portal | 84% | 27 | 80% now[80 100 83 80 88 50] |
| The Black Gate | 81% | 26 | 100% now[100 100 67 80 63 100] |
| Arid Mesa | 75% | 24 | 100% now[100 67 67 80 63 100] |
Pilots are split - often differentiates decks of the same archetype.
| Creatures3 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hexing Squelcher | 69% | 22 | 100% now[100 83 100 80 25 0] |
| Disciple of Bolas | 41% | 13 | 0% now[0 50 17 20 75 100] |
| Young Necromancer | 31% | 10 | 0% now[0 0 0 40 75 100] |
| Instants2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Redirect Lightning | 56% | 18 | 40% now[40 83 33 60 75 0] |
| Untimely Malfunction | 31% | 10 | 20% now[20 33 50 40 25 0] |
| Sorceries6 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Splinter's Technique | 69% | 22 | 100% now[100 100 100 100 0 0] |
| Feed the Swarm | 66% | 21 | 60% now[60 67 50 60 75 100] |
| Demonic Bargain | 63% | 20 | 60% now[60 67 67 40 63 100] |
| Megaton's Fate | 63% | 20 | 40% now[40 33 50 60 100 100] |
| Thoughtseize | 53% | 17 | 100% now[100 50 67 80 13 0] |
| Demonic Collusion | 50% | 16 | 80% now[80 67 33 20 63 0] |
| Artifacts1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Vexing Bauble | 31% | 10 | 20% now[20 0 83 40 25 0] |
| Lands2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Polluted Delta | 69% | 22 | 60% now[60 100 50 40 75 100] |
| Marsh Flats | 34% | 11 | 40% now[40 0 50 60 38 0] |
| Other1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree | 34% | 11 | 0% now[0 33 17 20 63 100] |
Uncommon overall, but rising in the most recent sets.
| Creatures2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldhound | 44% | 14 | 100% now[100 33 67 40 13 0] |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 25% | 8 | 80% now[80 67 0 0 0 0] |
| Instants1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Chaos Warp | 31% | 10 | 60% now[60 50 33 40 0 0] |
| Sorceries2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Unmask | 31% | 10 | 60% now[60 33 50 40 0 0] |
| Hex Magic | 25% | 8 | 80% now[80 67 0 0 0 0] |
| Artifacts1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Chalice of the Void | 31% | 10 | 60% now[60 33 33 60 0 0] |
| Lands1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Fogwell's Gym | 9% | 3 | 40% now[40 17 0 0 0 0] |
Rarely run - niche or personal picks.
| Creatures3 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grief | 22% | 7 | 40% now[40 17 17 60 0 0] |
| Priest of Urabrask | 19% | 6 | 0% now[0 17 17 20 38 0] |
| Hoarding Broodlord | 16% | 5 | 20% now[20 0 17 20 25 0] |
| Instants7 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Wizard's Lightning | 28% | 9 | 0% now[0 17 17 20 50 100] |
| Burnt Offering | 22% | 7 | 20% now[20 0 33 20 38 0] |
| Saw in Half | 19% | 6 | 20% now[20 0 33 20 25 0] |
| Rouse | 16% | 5 | 0% now[0 17 17 0 38 0] |
| Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge | 16% | 5 | 0% now[0 0 33 20 25 0] |
| Cabal Ritual | 13% | 4 | 0% now[0 0 33 20 13 0] |
| Crimson Wisps | 13% | 4 | 0% now[0 17 0 0 13 100] |
| Sorceries5 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Wheel of Fortune | 28% | 9 | 20% now[20 0 50 60 25 0] |
| Imperial Seal | 16% | 5 | 0% now[0 17 17 20 0 100] |
| Into the Fire | 16% | 5 | 0% now[0 0 33 20 25 0] |
| Mishra's Command | 13% | 4 | 0% now[0 17 0 0 38 0] |
| Yawgmoth's Will | 13% | 4 | 0% now[0 0 50 20 0 0] |
| Artifacts2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Leather Armor | 22% | 7 | 0% now[0 33 17 20 38 0] |
| Lightning Greaves | 22% | 7 | 20% now[20 17 17 20 38 0] |
| Enchantments1 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Necropotence | 16% | 5 | 0% now[0 0 33 20 25 0] |
| Lands2 | Inclusion | Decks | By set |
| Ancient Tomb | 22% | 7 | 20% now[20 0 33 40 25 0] |
| Verdant Catacombs | 22% | 7 | 40% now[40 33 17 20 13 0] |