DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection

[Zilla]

What is the purpose of the DTBF forum?

The DTBF exists for a few reasons. Primarily, its purpose is to give new and veteran Legacy players an idea of the current state of the metagame. It is not only for highlighting tier one decks, but is also reflective of current trends in a constantly changing metagame. Ideally, the DTBF should provide a reasonably accurate model for creation of a testing gauntlet when preparing for an unknown metagame at a large, competitive tournament.


How is the DTBF structured to meet these goals?

The DTBF is broken down into two sections. This thread with the information it contains and the decks inside the forum.

A DTB is typically (but not always) considered to be Tier 1. These decks are the most popular, prevalent decks in the format, and in many ways they help to define the rest of the metagame. These decks should absolutely be taken into consideration when preparing a gauntlet for a tournament.

A Former DTB is a deck which has proven itself recently but lacked the numbers to hold its place in the forum for the current cycle.


So how are decks selected for the DTBF?

Rather than relying on arbitrary selection or decision-making based on conjecture which can be tainted by personal bias, decks are selected for the DTBF based on their performance at recent, large, competitive Legacy tournaments. Decks which make up a very large portion of the metagame are considered DTB's.

The data used for selection is based upon information gathered and compiled by The Council (http://tcdecks.net/). On the 15th of each month (Give or take a few days) the results of the last month's events are tallied. Then of the total, the top 4.6% of decks enter the DTBF for the following month. The decks from the month before that are pushed out are also listed to give a more complete picture of the meta.


What makes a DTB?

A Deck to Beat is a deck which is in the top 4.6% of the previous months total deck tally as found at The Council (http://tcdecks.net/).


Final Notes:

We recognize that this system is neither perfect nor infallible. By analyzing incomplete data, we do not necessarily create an accurate or full representation of the decks that make up the metagame. However, we feel this system will produce reasonably accurate results using a relatively simple, bias-free method.

The DTB Spreadsheet with all data I use can be found here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvcgp8ydzz4qqps/DTB%20Data1.xlsx?dl=0). The sheet will be updated less often than this thread.


Updated 10/4 for the new qualifications
-PR

Updated 10/29 for new standards.
-PR

Updated 12/25 for current standards.
-NC

Update 23/01/16 to reflect changes made to the section.
-Dice

[Peter_Rotten]

The last six 50+ person tournaments include the following:

December Bazaar of Wonders Tournament
January Iserlon Legacy Tournament
Running Gagg
Feb Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
Mana Leak Open Day 1
Mana Leak Open Day 2

More information about those tournaments can be found in the Historical T8 thread (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3996)maintained by Anwar.

[Peter_Rotten]

Well. That didn't last too long. We have new information about the last 6 tournaments.

Currently the last 6 tournaments are

Running Gagg
February Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
Mana Leak Open Day 1
Mana Leak Open Day 2
March Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
March Bazaar of Wonders Tournament

So...

In:
Goblins - 8 - DTB
Thresh - 6 - DTB

Enchantress - 3 - DTW
Red Death - 2 DTW
Aluren - 3 DTW
TES - 2 - DTW

Survival - 5 - ATW
Landstill - 3 ATW

Out:
Faerie Stompy - 1 - Open
Life From The Loam - 2 Open

Also worth noting is Fish and Spring Tide T8ing twice but only in European tournaments. We'll be making the changes before Saturday.

[Peter_Rotten]

May Update

Unchanged:
Goblins - DTB - 7 placements in the 6 past 50+ ppl tournies
Thresh - DTB - 7
Enchantress - DTW - 2
TES - DTW - 2
Aluren - DTW - 2
Survival - ATW - 4
Landstill -ATW - 3

In
RGBSA - DTW - 2

Out
F-Stompy - Former DTW - 1
Red Death - Former DTW - 1

[Peter_Rotten]

June Update

Even though May had three 50+ player tournies (one each in America, Japan, and Germany), we will not be making any updates to the LMF for this month due to the Flash errata removal and then banning.

[Peter_Rotten]

June Update

*Please note that any Tournies including Flash were ignored.
**Changes in Italics

3/3/07 - TML2 Day 1 (USA)
3/4/07 - TML2 Day 2 (USA)
3/18/07 - Bazaar of Wonders (Euro)
3/25/07 - March Iserlohn (Euro)
4/28/07 - Kaddy's Dual Land Draft III (USA)
4/21/07 - Pro-Tour Yokohama Legacy Side Event (Asia)

This discounts any tournament where Flash was played (at least to our knowledge). Here is my tally based on these 6 tournaments -

IN
DTB
Vial Goblins - 9
Threshold - 6

DTW
TES - 2
Enchantress - 2
Faerie Stompy - 2
RGbSA - 2

ATW
Life from the Loam - 5
Survival - 2
Landstill - 2

OUT
Aluren - 1

[Peter_Rotten]

July Update

*Please note that any Tournies including Flash were ignored.
**Changes in Italics

3/4/07 - TML2 Day 2 (USA)
3/18/07 - Bazaar of Wonders (Euro)
3/25/07 - March Iserlohn (Euro)
4/28/07 - Kaddy's Dual Land Draft III (USA)
4/21/07 - Pro-Tour Yokohama Legacy Side Event (Asia)
6/24/07 - AMC 25 (Asia)

IN
DTB
Vial Goblins - 10
Threshold - 9

DTW
RGbSA - 2

ATW
Zoo/RG Beats/Sligh Variants (Little men and burn) - 6
Life from the Loam - 6
Survival - 3
Landstill - 2

OUT
TES - 1
Enchantress - 1
Faerie Stompy - 2 (No USA showings)

Please note that 3 separate storm combo decks (one each of TES, Iggy, Cret Belcher) have T8ed in the past 6 50+ tournies. Also note Faerie Stompy's double T8 in the past two Japanese Tournies. Lastly, Little men and Burn has placed 6 times across the world in the past 6 large events. However, I don't even know where to begin with organizing an ATW thread since the lists are so varied.

[Peter_Rotten]

August Update

*Please note that any Tournies including Flash were ignored.
**Changes in Italics
***Step it up, USA. We've only have 1 tournie :frown:

4/8/07 - Utrect, Netherlands (Netherlands)
4/21/07 - Pro-Tour Yokohama Legacy Side Event (Asia)
4/28/07 - Kaddy's Dual Land Draft III (USA)
6/24/07 - AMC 25 (Asia)
7/1/07 - Bazaar of Wonders (Germany)
7/8/07 - Iserlohn (Germany)

IN
DTB
Vial Goblins - 7
Threshold - 7

DTW
RGbSA - 2
CRET Belcher - 4

ATW
Life from the Loam - 6
Survival - 2
Landstill - 3

OUT
Zoo/RG Beats/Sligh Variants (Little men and burn) - 4 - No USA Appearance


Please note that although CRET Belcher has four appearances only one of those was in an American tournament. Also wortt noting is Faerie Stompy's T8 in two Japanese Tournies. However, it has currently failed to T8 in USA tournies.

[Peter_Rotten]

September Update

*Changes in Italics

7/1/07 - Bazaar of Wonders (Germany)
7/8/07 - Iserlohn (Germany)
8/4/07 - Northern Virginia (USA)
8/12/07 - Iserlohn (Germany)
8/16/07 - Indianapolis - Legacy Championship Prelim (USA)
8/17/07 - Indianapolis - Legacy Championship (USA)

IN
DTB
Vial Goblins - 4
Threshold - 15
Cephalid Breakfast - 5
Landstill - 6

DTW
Fish - 2

ATW
Life from the Loam - 3 (2 Aggro Loams with drastically different lists)
Landstill - 6

OUT
RGbSA - 1
CRET Belcher - 3 - (No current USA appearances)
Survival - 1

Please note that although CRET Belcher has three appearances none of those were in an American tournament. Also worth noting is the impressive 15 places Thresh has taken out of 48 possible T8 slots! That's nearly a third! Goblins, as most of us have noted already, is in a serious decline with its lowest numbers yet. The upstart, Cephalid Breakfast, has proven itself strong enough to be considered a DTB - for now. Lastly, be aware of the quiet rise in Landstill decks but the near complete lack of Survival decks.

[Peter_Rotten]

October Update

*Changes in Italics

8/12/07 - Iserlohn (Germany)
8/16/07 - Indianapolis - Legacy Championship Prelim (USA)
8/17/07 - Indianapolis - Legacy Championship (USA)
9/1/07 - 2007 German Legacy Championship (Germany)
9/16/07 - Bazaar of Wonders Legacy (Germany)
9/23/07 - Ancient Memory Convention No. 28 (Japan)

IN
DTB
Threshold - 16
Landstill - 5

DTW
Fish - 3
Cephalid Breakfast – 2
Aluren – 2 (both lists were recorded as Innovator Aluren)
43 Land - 2

ATW
Landstill - 5

OUT
Vial Goblins – 1
CRET Belcher - 4 - (No current USA appearances)

GOBLINS IS OUT! This is the first LMF update that has not included Goblins!
Also worth noting is the impressive 16 places Thresh has taken out of 48 possible T8 slots! That's nearly a third! The upstart, Cephalid Breakfast, has fallen out of the DTB forum for now – I wonder why. :frown: Be sure to realize that Landstill is back and just might be here to stay. Lastly, Aluren and 43 Lands have sneaked their way into DTW status.

Non US news: Please note that although CRET Belcher has four appearances none of those were in an American tournament. Baseruption and the Survival Archetype have T8ed twice in German tournies.

[Peter_Rotten]

November Update
PLEASE review the changes to the DTBF summarized here. ( http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=174323&postcount=1) In short, the changes amount to the following:

1. 33+ players and 6 rounds for a tourney to qualify for inclusion in the DTBF(already implemented for the Oct. update)
2. Remove the "American Clause." All tournies and T8s will count as much as American ones.
3. DTB = 5 or more placements out of last 10 tournaments.
4. DTW = 3 or more placements out of last 10 tournaments.
5. ATW = 3 or more placements out of last 10 tournaments.

*Changes in Italics

8/17/07 – GenCon, Indianapolis
9/1/07 - 2007 German Legacy Championship, Aschaffenburg, (Germany)
9/2/07 - Finale Emilia (Italy)
9/16/07 - Bazaar of Wonders, Nürnberg (Germany)
9/23/07 - Ancient Memory Convention, Akihabara (Japan)
10/7/07 - San Giorgio (Italy)
10/7/07 - Iserlohn (Germany)
10/7/07 - EPIC Dual Land Draft, Syracuse
10/14/07 - Cividale (Italy)
10/28/07 - Ancient Memory, Akihabara (Japan)

3 German
3 Italian
2 American
2 Japanese

IN
DTB
Threshold – 15 (colors include UGR, UGb, UG, UGRW)
Landstill – 9 (colors include UW, UWB, UWBG, UGRW, BHWC, 4c)
Goblins– 6 (splashes include W, G, and GW)

DTW
Ichorid - 4
Cephalid Breakfast – 3
TES - 3
CRET Belcher – 3
RG Beats (Goyf Sligh) – 3 (one deck splashed U for Stifle)
BBS - 3

ATW
Landstill – 9
Survival – 4 (variants include Survival Advantage, Rec-Sur, GWBU, GWBR)
Life from the Loam – 3

OUT
43 Land - 2
Aluren – 2

[Peter_Rotten]

Decemeber Update
PLEASE review the changes to the DTBF summarized here. (http://mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=183862&postcount=6) In short, the changes amount to the following:

For updates that will include more than 10 new tournies, we will be using a percentage based qualifier. Here they are below:

DTB: 6.25% of all combined T8s
DTW: 3.75% "
ATW: 3.75% "

Known November Tournaments with 33 or more players:

11/3/07 - TMLO3 Day 1, Staford, Connecticut
11/4/07 - TMLO3 Day 2, Staford, Connecticut
11/4/07 - Udine, Italy
11/4/07 - Grand Prix Krakow Legacy Side Event, Krakow, Poland
11/11/07 - Spanish Legacy Championship, Madrid, Spain
11/11/07 - Iserlohn, Germany
11/17/07 - Speyer, Germany
11/17/07 - Russian Legacy Championship
11/17/07 - Danish Legacy Championship, Roskilde, Denmark
11/18/07 - Finnish Legacy Championship, Helsinki, Finland
11/18/07 - MCM's Legacy Tournament, Mol, Belgium
11/25/07 - Ancient Memory #30, Akihabara, Japan
11/24/07 - Monster Den - Minneapolis, Minnesota


3 USA
2 Germany
1 Italy
1 Japan
1 Spain
1 Russia
1 Poland
1 Denmark
1 Finland
1 Belgium

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 17 (colors include 7 UGR, 4 UGW, 3 UG, 2 UGWB, UGB)
Landstill – 8 (colors include 6 BHWC, UWG, UWR)
Goblins– 9 (splashes include 3 W, 2 BG, GW, WB, B, G)

DTW
Aluren – 4
Suicide Black - 4
Burn - 5

ATW
Landstill – 8
Survival – 5
Life from the Loam – 5 (4 aggro-control, 1 control)
Rock Variants - 5

OUT
RG Beats (Goyf Sligh) – 3
Cephalid Breakfast – 3
CRET Belcher – 3
Ichorid - 2
TES - 0
BBS - 0

Decks with 3 T8 appearances
CRET Belcher
Cephalid Breakfast
Fish
Deadguy Ale
Goyf Sligh

Decks with 2 T8 appearances
Ichorid
Dragon Stompy
Asstompy (Angel Stompy)
Death and Taxes
Solidarity
StifleNaught

[Peter_Rotten]

January Update

The most recent 11 tournies with 33 or more players:


11/25/07 - Ancient Memory #30, Akihabara, Japan
11/25/07 - Swiss Legacy Champs
11/25/07 - Finale Emilia, Italy
12/1/07 - Hadley, Mass
12/1/07 - Game Empire, SD, Cali
12/2/07 - Bondeno, Italy
12/15/07 - Barcelona, Spain
12/22/07 - Mol, Belgian
12/22/07 - Speyer, Germany
12/23/07 - Finale Emilia, Italy
12/30/07 - Ancient Memory #31, Akihabara, Japan

2 USA
1 Germany
3 Italy
2 Japan
1 Spain
1 Swiss
1 Belgium

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 12 (colors include 5 UGR, 5 UGW, UGWB, UGB)
Landstill – 7 (colors include 4 BHWC, UW, 2 UWR)
Goblins– 9 (splashes include 5 W, 2 No splash, WB, GB)

DTW
Armaggedon Stax - 4
DragonStompy - 4
Cephalid Breakfast – 3
CRET Belcher – 3
Ichorid - 3
TES - 3
Burn - 3
BWG DeadguyRock - 3
Aggro Loam - 3

ATW
Landstill – 7
Life from the Loam – 4
Rock Variants - 4

OUT
Aluren -2
Survival – 2
Suicide Black - 0

[Peter_Rotten]

February Update

The most recent 10 tournies with 33 or more players:

12/30/07 - Ancient Memory #31, Akihabara, Japan
1/5/08 - Paris, France
1/5/08 - Syracuse, NY, USA
1/13/08 - Udine, Italy
1/19/08 - Hadley, Mass, USA
1/20/08 - Cremona, Italy
1/20/08 - Hassloch, Germany
1/20/08 - Iserlohn, Germany
1/26/08 - 3rd Running GAGG, Geneseo, NY, USA
1/27/08 - Ancient Memories #32, Akihabara, Japan

3 USA
2 Germany
2 Italy
2 Japan
1 France

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 12 (variants include 5 UGR, 3 UGW, UGWB, UGRW, 2 Trinket Thresh)
Goblins– 10 (splashes include 4 W, 3 No splash, 2 B, G)
Landstill – 6 (colors include 4 BHWC (4C), UWb, 1 UWR)
BWG Rock - 6

DTW
DragonStompy - 4
Ichorid - 3
Aluren -3
Deadguy -3

ATW
Landstill – 6
Rock Variants - 6
Survival – 5

OUT
Armaggedon Stax - 2
Cephalid Breakfast – 1
CRET Belcher – 1
TES - 1
Burn - 0
Aggro Loam - 0
Life from the Loam – 0

Other Decks with more than 1 showing
Gro - 2
Fish - 2
Fairie Stompy - 2
Trinket Nought variants - 5!
Enchantress - 2
Goyf Sligh - 2

[Peter_Rotten]

March Update

The most recent 10 tournies with 33 or more players:

1/20/08 - Cremona, Italy
1/20/08 - Hassloch, Germany
1/20/08 - Iserlohn, Germany
1/26/08 - 3rd Running GAGG, Geneseo, NY, USA
1/27/08 - Ancient Memories #32, Akihabara, Japan
2/9/08 – Barcelona, Spain
2/10/08 – Measer, Italy
2/17/08 – Hassloch, Germany
2/24/08 – Pilar de lo Horadad, Spain
2/24/08 - Ancient Memories #33, Akihabara, Japan

1 USA
3 Germany
2 Italy
2 Japan
2 Spain

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 13 (variants include 3 UGR, 6 UGW, UGB, 3 Gro)
Goblins– 10 (splashes include 4 W, 2 No splash, 1 GB, 2 G, 1 BU)
Landstill – 5 (colors include 3 BHWC (4C), UWb Cunning Wish, 1 UWB)

DTW
Fairie Stompy - 4
BWG Rock – 3
Deadguy -3
MUC - 3
Armaggedon Stax - 3
Aggro Loam - 3

ATW
Landstill – 5
Rock Variants - 3


OUT
DragonStompy – 1
Ichorid - 2
Aluren -2
Survival – 2
Cephalid Breakfast – 2
CRET Belcher – 0
TES - 1
Iggy - 2

[Peter_Rotten]

April Update
Holy return of combo!


Combo in all shapes and forms made a huge appearance in the recorded March tournies. IggyPop variants, Belcher, and Ichorid all did very well! At least Ichorid’s huge explosion can be explained by its Extended popularity and good game against Thresh. But how has Belcher and Iggy done so well?

Also, please note that I have treated Fetchland Tendrils AS IggyPop. What really is the major difference between the two decks?

11 March tournies with 33 or more players:

3/2/08 - Iserlohn, Germany
3/8/08 – Off the Wall Games, Mass, USA
3/9/08 – Bordeno, Italy
3/16/08 - Hassloch, Germany
3/22/08 – Barcelona, Spain
3/23/08 - Ancient Memories #34, Akihabara, Japan
3/29/08 – Magic Corporation, France
3/29/08 – NoVa Draft Take II, Virginia, UAS
3/30/08 – Padova, Italy
3/30/08 – San Girgio, Italy
3/31/08 – Lliga Catalana, Spain

3 Italy
2 USA
2 Germany
2 Spain
1 Japan
1 France

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 12 (variants include 3 UGR, 2 UGW, 2 UGB, 2 Gro, 2 5C, NQS)
Goblins– 7 (splashes include 3 W, 1 GWB, GW, 2 G, B, GB)
Ichorid – 9
CRET Belcher – 6

DTW
Landstill – 5 (colors include 3 BHWC (4C), UWb, UW)
BWG Rock – 4
Iggy - 4
Aggro Loam - 4
Armaggedon Stax – 3

ATW
Landstill – 5
Rock Variants - 4
Survival – 5

OUT
Fairie Stompy
DragonStompy
Aluren
Deadguy
MUC
Cephalid Breakfast
TES

[Peter_Rotten]

May Update
A little late, no?

In Legacy news: Ichorid is putting up the same numbers as Thresh and Landstill! America continues to ignore The Rock while it puts up big numbers elsewhere. New comers, The Fear and StifleNaught make their first appearances in the DTBF.

3/22/08 - Black Lotus Shop, Barcelona, Spain
3/29.08 - Magic Corporation Legacy France
3/29/08 - NoVa Draft Take 2, Virginia, USA
3/30/08 - Dragon's League, Padova, Italy
3/30/08 - San Giorgio (FE), Italy
4/5/08 - Black Lotus Shop, Barcelona, Spain
4/6/08 - 4x Tarmogoyf Challenge, Leinì (Turin)
4/20/08 – Hassloch, Germany
4/27/08 - Ancient Memory Convention 35, Japan
4/27/08 – EARTHQUAKE, Finale Emilia, Italy


4 Italy
2 Spain
1 USA
1 Germany
1 Japan
1 France

*Changes in Italics

IN
DTB
Threshold – 9 (variants include 4 UGR, UGW, UGB, 2 5C, UG)
Ichorid – 9
Landstill – 9 (colors include 5 BHWC (4C), 3 UWb, UW)
Goblins– 5 (all white splashes)
BWG Rock – 5


DTW
CRET Belcher – 4
Iggy - 3
Aggro Loam – 3
StifleNaught Variants – 4 (2 U, UB, Ugw)
The Fear (Psychatog Variant) – 3 (Please note that I don't think we have a thread for this deck. PM me if you find one)

ATW
Landstill – 9
Rock Variants - 5
Survival – 3

OUT
Armaggedon Stax – 2
Fairie Stompy - 2
DragonStompy - 2
Aluren - 0
Deadguy - 0
MUC - 0
Cephalid Breakfast - 1
TES – 0
Enchantress – 2
Burn – 2
WW – 2
RG Beats – 2
Pox - 1

[Peter_Rotten]

June Update

In Legacy news: Where the hell did Ichorid go? Replacing Ichorid as the “young” upstart is StifleNaught variants. With so much effective hate for a 1cc artifact creature, how can these decks be doing so well? Will they disappear once players are better prepared for them? Also note the popularity of the AggroLoam deck and the introduction of PainterStone variants to the T8.

With 13 May tournaments, a deck had to Top 8 seven times to be classified as a DTB and four times to be a DTW or ATW.

5/1/08 - 12th Torneo La Cabala Spain
5/3/08 - Black Lotus Shop, Barcelona, Spain
5/4/08 - NadiaSKless Garbagnate (Milan)
5/10/08 - Magic Corporation - Paris, France
5/11/08 - Iserlohn (Germany)
5/17/08 - Draco et Martellus, Spain
5/17/08 - Pawtucket, Rhode Island
5/18/08 - Bondeno (FE), Italy
5/18/08 - Batalla por las Dual (Duel for Duals)Valencia (Spain)
5/24/08 - Off the Wall Games, Hadley Ma
5/25/08 - Ancient Memory Convention #36 Japan
5/25/08 - Lliga Catalana de Legacy - 3rd Tournament, Badalona, Spain
5/31/08 - Monster Den Minneapolis, Mn


5 – Spain
3 – USA
2 – Italy
1 – France
1 – Germany
1 – Japan

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 9 (variants include 3UGW, 4UGR, UGB, UG)
Landstill – 8 (colors include 3BHWC (4C), 3 UWb, UW, unknown)
Goblins– 8 (splashes include 2R, 2gb, 2w, 2b)
Aggro Loam – 8


DTW
StifleNaught Variants- 6
Ichorid – 4
Burn – 4 (5 if you include GoyfSligh)
Painter Variants – 5



ATW
Landstill – 8


OUT
Survival – 3
CRET Belcher – 2
Iggy – 1
BWG Rock – 2
Armaggedon Stax – 3
Fairie Stompy - 1
DragonStompy - 3
Aluren - 0
Deadguy -
MUC - 1
Cephalid Breakfast - 2
TES – 1
RG Beats – 1 (GoyfSligh with Confidants)
Various Black control decks

[Peter_Rotten]

July Update

In Legacy news: I do believe that we have our first recorded UK tournament!Thresh and Landstill retain their DTB status but take a look at how well StifleNaught and Painter variants placed in the past month. I wonder if both decks will eventually produce more refined versions that can be recognized as the superior build. Two of the Rock placements were actually in America – which is a miracle considering how adamantly the US ignores that deck. Lastly, in other surprising news, Goblins only placed 4 times, moving it to DTW status. OH! And please note that I wanted to include the GP side event, but we cannot find the official results. I may have to modify this update in the coming week or so. :frown: Also, it would be nice to get the latest Hadley tournament results in here - I'm just waiting for the T8 lists to be posted.

The last ten recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players:

5/31/08 Monster Den , Minneapolis, Mn
6/1/08 Alyumdra 15 Bilands, Bourgoin Jailleu (France)
6/1/08 Iserlohn (Germany)
6/1/08 Reims Champagne Legacy III, Rheims, FRANCE,
6/6/08 Magic Corporation monthly Legacy, Paris (France)
6/7/08 Black Lotus Shop Barcelona (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Black+Lotus+Shop+Barcelona), Spain
6/14/08 Gloucester (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=UK+Legacy+Gloucester) , U.K.
6/21/08 Lliga Catalana de Legacy - Badalona (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=LCL+Badalona+06%2F08) , Spain
6/22/08 Ancient Memory Convention 37th (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Conviention+37th) , Japan
6/29/08 Dual Land Draft @ The Batcave, Vancouver, WA

France - 3
USA – 2
Spain - 2
Germany - 1
Japan - 1
UK - 1

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 11 (variants include 6 Ugr, 2 Ugw, 3 Ugb)
Landstill – 7 (colors include 2BHWC (4C), 3 UWb, UW, Ur)
BWG Rock – 7
Painter Variants – 6 (includes 2UB, R, Ugw, Ugb, Uwb)
Aggro Loam – 5
StifleNaught Combo Variants – 5 (includes DreadStill and Dreaded Fish)

DTW
Goblins– 4 (splashes include 2r, w, b)
Ichorid – 3

ATW
Landstill – 7
Survival – 3


OUT
Aluren – 2
Storm Variants – 2 (see TES)
Sui Variants – 2
Belcher – 1
Fairie Stompy - 1
DragonStompy - 1
MUC - 1
TES – 1
RG Beats – 1 (Goyf Sligh)
Armaggedon Stax – 0

[Peter_Rotten]

August 2008 Update

In Legacy news: For the first time ever, we have NO DTWs! I wonder if this is somehow worth analyzing. Could it indicate that Legacy – a format renown for its diversity – is developing a more defined metagame? With seven “decks to beat,” could a Legacy player have a clearer indication of what to play (and play against) at a large, diverse tourney? Also, it seems as if Agro Loam (and to a lesser degree Dreadstill) variants may be starting to become more refined into standard lists. Also note that combo, with the exception of Ichorid, is basically absent from the July Top 8 lists. Lastly, the fan favorite Dragon Stompy only had 1 appearance.


July had 14 recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players. A deck needed to top-8 7 times for DTB status and 4 times for DTW status.

07/05 Iserlohn (Germany) (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Iserlohn+Legacy+07%2F08)
07/06 Rostock (Germany) (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Rostock+07%2F08)
07/06 Hobbyt, Asti, Italy
07/12 Lliga Catalana de Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=LCL+Badalona+07%2F08) , Badalona, Spain
07/13 Tarmo VS. Chino, Milan, Italy
07/19 $1k tourney, Syracuse, NY
07/20 Trader J's, Mobile, Alabama
07/20 Trader-Liga (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Trader-Liga+Legacy+07%2F08), Dülmen, Germany
07/20 Hassloch (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+07%2F08), Germany
07/20 Dragons League Roncade (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=DragonsLeague+Roncade), Italy
07/20 Mol (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Mol+07%2F08), Belgium
07/20 Legacy Italia, Piacenza, Italy
07/25 Sommer-Mercadiade (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Sommer-Mercadiade+Legacy+Hamburg), Hamburg, Germany
07/27 Ancient Memory Convention (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Convention+38th), Akihabara, Japan

Germany – 5
Italy - 4
USA – 2
Spain - 1
Japan - 1
Belgium - 1
UK - 0
France – 0

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 20 (variants include 11 Ugr, 4 Ugw, 2 Ugb, Nought Version, 5c, UG)
DreadStill & StifleNaught Variants – 11 (Ugb, Ug, 4 Urg, Uw, Ur, 2 Ubw Fish, Ubg Fish)
Landstill – 10 (colors include 2BHWC (4C), 5 UWb, Ubg, 2 Uwg)
Aggro Loam – 10 (8 Rgb, Rgbw, Gbw)
BWG Rock Variants – 9
Ichorid - 9
Goblins– 7 (splashes include mono-colored, 2w, b, g, 2 bg)

DTW
None

ATW
Landstill – 10
Survival – 5


OUT
Painter Variants – 1
Aluren – 2
Storm Variants – 2 (see TES)
Sui Variants – 2
Belcher – 1
DragonStompy - 1
MUC - 3
RG Beats – 3 (2 Goyf Sligh)
WW – 2 (1 Angel stompy)
Armaggedon Stax – 0
Enchantress - 1

[Peter_Rotten]

September 2008 Update

In Legacy news: First, you may notice the relatively “low” number of Thresh decks. Only 14 for this month :;):. What you may find more interesting, though, is that the second most Top8ing deck is NOT Landstill or Goblins but AggroLoam! Next – from out of nowhere – everyone and his brother top8ed with GoyfSligh. That deck is propelled to DtB status for at least month. Also, those darn Europeans finally stopped playing TheRock and its presence is almost unseen in August T8s. The most popular combo deck for August is Painter while Ichorid, Belcher, and Aluren make a small blip on the radar; however, I have noticed NO storm combo! Lastly, you may notice that Little Blue Men and Women are running rampant in many forms – from Merfolk to Fairies to Fish.

August had 14 recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players. A deck needed to top-8 7 times for DTB status and 4 times for DTW status.

8/3/08 – Iserlohn, Germany
8/8/08 - Hassloch / Germany
8/9/08 - Milford 500, Connecticut
8/9/08 - Magic Corporation, Paris, France
8/15/08 - GenCon 08, Indy
8/16/08 - Off the Wall Games (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=263267&postcount=697), Hadley, Mass
8/16/08 - UK Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=UK+Legacy+Gloucester+08%2F08), Gloucester (UK)
8/17/08 - Sommerferien-Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Sommerferien-Legacy+08%2F08), Rostock (Germany)
8/24/08 - AMC #39, Japan
8/24/08 - Trader-Liga Legacy, Germany
8/24/08 - Dragonsleague Cividale, Cividale del Friuli, (UD) - Italy
8/30/08 - Tropical Summer Event (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=267985&postcount=1), Syracuse, NY
8/31/08 - German Legacy Champs, Hannover, Germany
8/31/08 - Legacy Italia #2, Piacenza

Germany – 5
USA – 4
Italy - 2
Japan - 1
UK - 1
France – 1
Spain – 0??
Belgium – 0

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 15 (variants include 5 Ugr, 3 Ugw, 5 Ugb, Ugbw, NQGw)
Aggro Loam – 10 (8 Rgb, Rgbw, Gbw)
Landstill – 9 (colors include 4C, 4 UWb, Vorosh, 2 Uwg)
Goblins– 8 (splashes include 2 mono-colored, 2w, b, 2g, bgw)
GoyfSligh - 7 (includes 1 creature heavy version, 1 Confidant version, and 5 more traditional builds)
Little Blue men and women – 10 (although this is not even a true archetype, I think it may be important to note that between, Merfolk, Fairies, and Fish, we have 10 top8 decks. Maybe we can create a Little Blue Tempo thead :;):)

DTW
DreadStill & StifleNaught Variants – 6 (3 Ug, Ugr, Uw, Ubw Fish, Ubg Fish)
Painter Varients – 5 (2 UBg, UR, Imperial, UBgr Trinket) We could use some good threads for the other variants besides Imperial, no?

ATW
Landstill – 9


OUT
Elf Variants – 3 (Elves!, Elf Staff, Gw)
Survival – 3
Ichorid - 3
BWG Rock Variants – 2
Aluren – 2
Storm Variants – 0!
Sui Variants – 2
Belcher – 1
DragonStompy - 2
MUC - 1
RG Beats – 1 (+7 Goyf Sligh)
Enchantress - 1

[Peter_Rotten]

October 2008 Update


Oh little blue men! You’re giving me a headache. What’s the difference between Fish, Merfolk, and Faeries? Is it all in the name or are those decks really playing a different game-plan? Either way, you should note that Fish decks are making a big splash in non-USA tournies. If we count Fish, Merfolk, and Faeries as the same deck, then we have a total of 11 Top 8s. Add in the two DreadedFish, then we have 13 – which almost rivals Threshold’s numbers! To continue this thinking, we have roughly 25% of the Top 8s starting with a basic shell similar to this: Brainstorm, Ponder, FoW, and Daze. And then likely STP, Counterbalance, Top. I’d love to see someone crunch those numbers for the past month’s tournies.

In other news, FairyStompy put a blip on the radar again while GoyfSligh seemed to nearly disappear. Ichorid numbers are up while Landstill numbers are down. AggroLoam and Goblins are both holding strong. Painter variants present us with our last conundrum. Right now, Painter reminds me of last year’s Loam lists: they were very diverse. I wonder if eventually, like with AggroLoam, one Painter list will prove dominant.

September had 13 recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players. A deck needed to top-8 7 times for DTB status and 4 times for DTW status.


9/06/08 Torneig de les 12 Tropicals (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Torneig+de+les+12+Tropicals), Breda, Spain
9/07/08 Iserlohn (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Iserlohn+Legacy+09%2F08), Germany
9/07/08 Magic Corporation (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magic+Corporation+Legacy+09%2F08) Paris, France
9/07/08 Moscow Legacy Open (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Moscow+Legacy+Open+09%2F08) Russia
9/20/08 Bazaar of Moxen #2 Annecy, French Alps
9/20/08 Off the Wall Games, Hadley, Ma
9/21/08 Hassloch (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+09%2F08), Germany
9/21/08 Liga de Legacy de Madrid (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Liga+de+Legacy+de+Madrid+%231+09%2F08%5b/url), Spain
9/21/08 DragonsLeague (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=DragonsLeague+Trieste+09%2F08), Trieste, Italy
9/21/08 Legacy Italia (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Italia+Piacenza+09%2F08), Piacenza, Italy
9/27/08 1k Binghamton, NY
9/28/08 Finale Emilia, Italy
9/28/08 Ancient Memory Convention (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Convention+40th), Akihabara, Japan
9/30/08 Magic League Online Tourney (not counted towards the DTBF)

Italy – 3
Germany – 2
USA – 2
France – 2
Spain – 2
Japan - 1
Russia - 1
Online - 1
UK - 0
Belgium – 0


* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 14 (variants include 8 Ugr, 3 Ugw, 2 Ugb, 1 Ubr)
Aggro Loam – 9 (8 Rgb, 1 Rgbw)
Painter Varients – 8 (UBg, UR, Imperial, UB, 2 EPIC, U, URB) We could use some good threads for the other variants besides Imperial, no?
Goblins– 7 (splashes include 1 mono-colored, 3w, 2b, 1bg)
Little Blue men and women – 11 (includes Merfolk, Fairies, and Fish. I have Dreaded Fish as a DreadStill variant.)

DTW
Fish – 6 (colors include 2UGr, 3UBw, 1UW)
Landstill – 6 (colors include 1UR, 2 Uwb, 3UWBG)
Ichorid – 5
DreadStill & StifleNaught Variants – 4 (2Ugr, 2 DreadedFish-sans Standstill)
Fairy Stompy - 4

ATW
Landstill – 6
Survival – 5
Little Blue Men/Tempo - 11

OUT
Elf Variants – 3
BWG Rock Variants – 1
Storm Variants – 1
Sui Variants – 2
Belcher – 2
DragonStompy - 1
MUC – 2
Goyf Sligh -2
Slivers – 3
Boros – 2
Trinket Stalker - 2

[Peter_Rotten]

November 2008 Update

ANT and Dreadstill? WOW! Dreadstill makes it to DTB status and was the 2nd most T8ing deck beat only by one top 8 from Threshold! ANT had 6 placements but those placements do not accurately gauge Ad Nauseam’s influence. Keep in mind that TES and FT, which are both running that card, have 4 and 2 T8 appearances respectively. That’s a total of 12 Ad Nauseam decks in the T8s of October! Landstill misses DTB status for the second month in a row and AggroLoam drops down also. Must be all those Extirpates running around. Lastly, GoyfSligh jumps up to DTB for October.

October had 13 recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players. A deck needed to top-8 7 times for DTB status and 4 times for DTW status. Please keep in that although we post data from online tournies of 33+ players, we do not count them for the DTBF.

10/4/08 - Denkcentrum Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
10/5/08 - Iserlohn (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Iserlohn+Legacy+10%2F08), Germany
10/8/08 - Quiemada (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=289297&postcount=737) Paris
10/12/08 – Tarmogeddon, Asti, Italy
10/12/08 - Bourgoin Jallieu (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Bourgoin+Jallieu+10%2F08), France
10/12/08 - Trader-Liga Duelmen (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Trader-Liga+Legacy+Oktober+2008), Germany
10/18/08 - 5 Year Source Anniversary
10/18/08 - La Maquina del Temps (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Lliga+Catalana+de+Legacy+Badalona+10%2F08)
10/19/08 - Dragons League (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=DragonsLeague+Feltre+10%2F08)
10/19/08 - GP Paris 2008 Legacy Side Event. (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=GP+Paris+Legacy+Side+Event)
10/19/08 - Legacy League Moscow (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+League+Moscow+10%2F08%5b/url), Russia
10/19/08 - Hassloch / Germany
10/26/08 - Ancient Memory Convention (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Convention+41st), Akihabara, Japan
10/26/08 - Liga Valenciana de Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Liga+Valenciana+de+Legacy+10%2F08), Spain

France – 3
Germany – 3
Italy – 2
Spain – 2
USA – 1
Japan - 1
Russia - 1
Netherlands – 1
UK - 0

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 10 (variants include 1 Ugr, 5 Ugw, 1 Ugb, Ugr Swan 1, 1 4c)
DreadStill & StifleNaught Variants – 9 (5Ugr, 1 DreadedFish-sans Standstill, 1 no Standstill, 1 Ugb, 1 Ur)
Goblins– 8 (splashes include 4 mono-colored, 3w, 1b)
Goyf Sligh - 7

DTW
ANT – 6 (if we count TES and FT as ANT decks, then we have a total of 12 ANT decks making it a DTB)
Ichorid – 6
Landstill – 6 (colors include 1UW, 2 4C, 2 4C Goyf, 1 UWB)
Aggro Loam – 5 (3 Rgb, 1 Rgbw, 1 5c with Intuition)
TES – 4 (see ANT)

ATW
Landstill – 6
Survival – 4


OUT
Intuition Control – 3 (If we consider IFT as an Intuition Control deck, then we have 5 T8s making it a DTW)
BWG Rock Variants – 3
Fish – 3
Burn - 3
MUC – 3
Stax – 3 (2W, 1U)
ITF -2 (See Intuition Control)
Fetchland Tendrils 2 – (See ANT)
Trinket Stalker – 2
Elf Variants – 2
Team America – 2
Painter Varients – 1 (Epic)
Sui Variants – 1
Belcher – 1
DragonStompy - 1
Slivers – 1
Fairy Stompy – 0

[Nihil Credo]

December 2008 Update


Holy Pikula, has Legacy been active this last month! A full 20 six-round or bigger tournaments establishes a new record for the format. This also puts a LOT more pressure on decks to emerge as DTB/DTW: this month it takes 6 placements for a deck to qualify as DTW/ATW and a goddamn 10 to qualify as a DTB.

With such strict requirements, it’s no wonder that only the classic Threshold and Landstill manage to achieve the most coveted status. Threshold in particular has had an exceptionally strong showing, with its UGW Counterbalance version able to qualify for DTB on its lonesome; I have taken the opportunity to finally count separately the CounterTop versions and the more tempo-oriented StifleWaste lists – a useful piece of information to have, although there will be no practical effects for now (since the tempo lists are still discussed in the same thread as their more successful brothers). It’s also worth noting that if one were to cumulate ANT and TES as a single deck, he would get a third DTB– so don’t be too quick to pick up board control decks!

One placement short of full DTB rank we find the classic Goblins and Aggro Loam as well as the newcomer Team America, whose meteoric rise is nevertheless absolutely phenomenal. Somewhat less impressive is the reappearance in the DTW category of the Rock, whose six placements come from a variety of different lists that interpret the classic “disruption + board sweep + fatties” in strikingly different ways (and I did not count a few sweeper-less aggro lists). One rank higher the Dreadnought family limits its losses and manages to stay within the top forum. Finally, for the could-have-been category, we notice that Zoo and Goyf Sligh, separated by the number of creatures and colours played, would jump into DTW status if counted together, something certainly to keep in mind.

As for those who fell from grace, Survival leaves the DTBF no matter how generously one were to count its many variants, and with that the ATW label can disappear (at least for this month). In addition to Goyf Sligh’s jump from DTB status to just two placements (which is easily explained as phagocytising by Zoo), Ichorid seems to have taken a month off, with a single Top 8 appearance to its name – but we doubt it will be missing for long.




(indexed by day of November)

8 - Magic Corporation 8th Nov 2008. Paris (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=292085&postcount=740), France
8 - MagicKeller Legacy Hannover (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magickeller+Legacy+Hannover+11%2F08), Germany
9 - Legacy Iserlohn (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Iserlohn+11%2F08), Germany
11 - 2º Torneo Liga de Legacy de Madrid (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=293120&postcount=741), Spain
15 - Lliga Catalana de Legacy (LCL), 8th Tournament (http://www.lamaquinadeltemps.com/foros/viewthread.php?tid=780), Spain
16 - Dutch Legacy Championschip, Zwolle (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=294300&postcount=744), The Netherlands
16 - Dragonsleague Piazzola (http://www.dragonsleague.it/risultati_torneo.php?id_torneo=14), Italy
16 - Hassloch (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=294148&postcount=742), Germany
22 - Torneo Clandestino, Alcobendas (Madrid) (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=296384&postcount=746), Spain
22 - Danish Legacy Champs (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Danish+Legacy+Champs+2008), Denmark
23 - Legacy in Provincia (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=301010&postcount=750), Italy
23 - Finnish Legacy Championships, Helsinki (http://vaihdetaan.kapsi.fi/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=3d933086de56f2b634ebe24acd47be43&topic=55397.msg208807#msg208807), Finland
23 - Grand Prix Okayama - Side Event (http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpoka08/legacytop8), Japan
23 - Ancient Memory Convention 42nd (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Convention+42nd), Japan
23 - Bondeno Games Winter Edition (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Bondeno+Games+Winter+Edition), Italy
29 - The Mana Leak Open 2008 Day 1 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=The+Mana+Leak+Open+2008+Day+1), USA
30 - Trilogy Tournament #1/3 (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=301010&postcount=750), Italy
30 - 3er Torneo Liga de Legacy de Madrid (http://www.elsantuario.es/foro/index.php/topic,3448.msg32724/boardseen.html#new), Spain
30 - Magiccardmarket.eu Legacy Rostock (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magiccardmarket.eu+Legacy+Rostock+11%2F08), Germany
30 - Time to Kill, Cerro Maggiore (MI) (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Cerro+Maggiore%28MI%29+Time+to+Kill), Italy

Italy - 5
Germany - 4
Spain - 4
Japan - 2
USA - 1
Netherlands - 1
France - 1
Denmark - 1
Finland - 1

IN:
DTB:
Counterbalance Threshold - 15 (10 UGW, 1 UGB, 2 UGR, 1 UBGW, 1 UGWR)
Landstill - 12 (5 4C, 1 UW, 5 UWb, 1 UGB)

DTW
Vial Goblins - 9 (1 RGB, 2 RGW, 2 RB, 3 RW, 1 RG)
Aggro Loam – 9
Team America - 9
Dreadstill & StifleNought Variants - 7 (4 URG, 2 UGB, 1 UBGW)
Tempo Threshold - 6 (1 UG, 3 UGB, 1 UGW, 1 UGR)
The Rock - 6 (1 BG, 5 BGW)
ANT – 6


OUT:
Burn – 5
TES – 4
Affinity - 4
Zoo - 4 (1 5C, 2 RGW, 1 RGWB)
Merfolk – 4
Belcher - 3
Enchantress – 3
Dreaded MUC – 2
Dragon Stompy - 2
Goyf Sligh - 2
Pikula - 2 (1 BGW, 1 BW)
Pox – 2
Meathooks - 2
MUC - 2
UWB Fish - 2
White Stax – 2
AfFOWnity - 1
Aluren - 1
Baseruption - 1
Eva Green – 1
Elves Survival – 1
Eternal Garden - 1
Faeries – 1
Full English Breakfast - 1
Ichorid - 1
It's the Fear - 1
Not Quite Survival - 1
Painter/Stone – 1
Suicide Black - 1
Survival – 1
Togless – 1
Train Wreck - 1
Welder Survival - 1

UGB Goodstuff Aggrocontrol - 1
UB Control - 1
GRU Sea Stompy - 1
Mono-U Aggro Fish - 1
UG Gifts Loam - 1
Rogues - 1
BGW Aggro - 1
BGR Aggro - 1
BR Aggro - 1

Missing - 10

[Nihil Credo]

February 2009 Update

We emerge on the other side of the regrettable winter black hole to find a rather unexpected intruder at the top of our list - one which I personally am happy to see, and had been waiting for a while to see recognised.

That's right, kids: the Merfolk deck, long relegated to dark horse and occasional metagame spoiler, has finally realised its potential and shown everybody what it can do with its unique combination of Threshold's clock and free countermagic and Goblins' swarming, Æther Vials and mana denial - not to mention an assortment of cool tricks ranging from sneaky Mutavaults to game-ending Back to Basics. Alongside evergreen Landstill and Counterbalance Thresh, the little blue guys have raged across Germany, Italy and Spain to take their spot in the elite, 9-placement club called the Decks to Beat. Will they stick to their place, or will they they go down in flames (http://magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=Volcanic%20Fallout) as quickly as they rose?

Balancing Merfolk's impressive performance, ANT, the Rock and Team America lose DTW status - the former by a paltry 0.1 placements, the latters by larger and more significant margins. Also, with regards to the usual "shuffling the same decks in and out" the DTBF is notorious for, Survival sneaks back in the big leagues thanks to a new base list and a moderately successful Elves-flavoured spinoff.

Finally, an interesting tidbit: there's a nice total of eleven placements around between Goyf Sligh, Zoo, Boros and Burn. Considering that the Lightning Bolt decks are well-placed to prey on the new Merfolk menace, I would assess aggro as alive and well in the current and future Legacy format.

(Thanks to T for Tool and Sanguine Voyeur for their contributions)

3 - Beta Tundra Winter Wonderland (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Beta+Tundra+Winter+Wonderland), USA
4 - Iserlohn (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=308618&postcount=756), Germany
4 - Legacy League Moscow 6 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+League+Moscow+6), Russia
4 - I Torneo Foso de Aquilon (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=I+Torneo+Foso+de+Aquilon), Spain
10 - Paris MC (http://www.legacy-france.com/index.php?showtopic=2230&st=45#), France
10 - Mox Emerald Hadley Tournament (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Hadley%2C+MA+January+2009), USA
11 - MagicLairLeague (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=MagicLairLeague), Italy
11 - WinterMercadiade Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Wintermercadiade+Legacy), Germany
11 - Bourgoin Jallieu (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Bourgoin+Jallieu+-+Legacy+III), France
18 - Hassloch (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+01%2F09), Germany
18 - Utrecht GPT for Chicago (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Utrecht+%22GPT+Chicago%22+01%2F09), Netherlands
18 - Dragonsleague Trieste (http://www.dragonsleague.it/risultati_torneo.php?id_torneo=16), Italy
18 - Milano Game Academy (http://tipo1.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9824&sid=e3411cecd3597970141f98c7ed0abfb2), Italy
24 - Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+League+Moscow+8)League Moscow 8 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+League+Moscow+8), Russia
25 - Magiccardmarket.eu Legacy Liga (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magiccardmarket.eu+Legacy+Liga+01%2F09+Rostock), Germany
25 - Trilogy #3 (http://tipo1.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9879&sid=e3411cecd3597970141f98c7ed0abfb2), Italy
25 - Liga Madrileña de Legacy #5 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=5%BA+Torneo+LML+Jan%2F09), Spain
* - MTGSalvation Legacy Tournament #7 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=MTG+Salvation+Legacy+Tournament+%237), online (not counted)

Germany - 4
Italy - 4
France - 2
Spain - 2
USA - 2
Russia - 2
Netherlands - 1

IN:

DTB:

Landstill - 14 (2 UWR, 9 UWB, 1 UGW, 2 4C)
Counterbalance Threshold - 11 (5 UGW, 1 UGB, 2 UGWB, 3 UGR)
Merfolk - 10 (3 U, 4 Uw, 3 Ug)

DTW:

Thrash - 8 (7 UGR, 1 UGB)
Aggro Loam - 7 (5 BGR, 2 BGWR)
Dreadstill - 6 (2 UR, 1 UGR, 1 UGR, 1 U, 1 UGW)
Goblins - 6 (3 RGB, 1 R, 1 RG, 1 RW)
ATW:
Survival (4 Survival + 3 Survival Elves + 1 Survival Rock)

OUT:

ANT - 5
Goyf Sligh - 5

Faerie Stompy - 4
Fish - 4 (3 UW, 1 UWB)
Survival - 4 (1 GBR, 3 GBWR)

Affinity - 3 (1 AfFOWnity)
Burn - 3
CounterSlivers - 3 (3 UGWB, 1 5C)
Ichorid - 3
Stax - 3 (1 Dutch, 1 Armageddon, 1 UW)
The Rock - 3 (1 BG, 2 BGW)
Survival Elves - 3 (2 GWR, 1 G)

SlighStill - 2 (1 URG, 1 URB)
TES - 2
Team America - 2
Trinket Stalker - 2 (1 UGB, 1 UBR)
Togless - 2
Zoo - 2 (1 4C, 1 5C)

Belcher - 1
Boros - 1
BW Weenie - 1
Doran Rock - 1
Elves Combo - 1
Elves Aggro-Prison - 1
EPIC Painter - 1
Faeries - 1
Faeries Landstill - 1
Life - 1
MUC - 1
Survival Rock - 1
UBGW Bob&Goyf Control - 1
UBGW Control - 1
UGB Dreaded Fish - 1
UW Control - 1
Zur - 1

[Nihil Credo]

March 2009 Update

18 tournaments this month, so it takes 9 placements to be DTB and 6 to be DTW.

I'll be quick this time. Here are the important news this month:

Go blue men! Merfolk is still the third DTB alongside CB-Thresh and Landstill.
Ichorid is back! After three months of absence, it has unsurprisingly returned and claimed a nice eight placements this month.
Dreadstill has suddenly disappeared, with only a single showing. Most of the Dreadnoughts in this month's lists were singletons to be fetched by Trinket Mage in various blue-based rogue lists.7 - 1er Torneo de la Liga Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Primer+Torneo+de+la+Liga+Legacy+Black+Lotus), Spain
8 - Liga Valenciana de Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Liga+Valenciana+de+Legacy+%28V%29), Spain
14 - GPT Chicago in Madrid (http://juecesytokens.blogspot.com/2009/02/decklists-top8-gpt-chicago.html), Spain
14 - 2do Torneo de la Liga Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Segundo+torneo+de+la+LLBL), Spain
14 - Magickeller Legacy Hannover (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magickeller+Legacy+Hannover+02%2F09), Germany
15 - Dreamwizards Legacy #2 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Dreamwizard+Legacy+%232), USA
15 - CASH Tournament @ The GRID (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=321216&postcount=80), USA
15 - Dragonsleague Vicenza (http://tipo1.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10167&sid=513a89f004fee68d53564dc44206cdac), Italy
15 - Legacy Hassloch (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+02%2F09), Germany
21 - Grosses Legacy Turnier im Spieleland (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Grosses+Legacy+Turnier+im+Spieleland+Hamburg), Germany
21 - Duel for Duals (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=321908&postcount=58), USA
21 - Legacy-Walk @ Enjeux (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+-+Walk+%40+Enjeux+Jr+-+Montreal), Canada
21 - Liga Catalana de Legacy #2 (http://www.lamaquinadeltemps.com/foros/viewthread.php?tid=868), Spain
22 - Ancient Memory Convention #44 (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Ancient+Memory+Convention+44th), Japan
22 - Bondeno (http://tipo1.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10395&sid=513a89f004fee68d53564dc44206cdac), Italy
23 - Moscow Legacy Open (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Moscow+Legacy+Open+2009), Russia
28 - 4er Torneo de la Liga de Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=4%BA+Torneo+de+la+Liga+de+Legacy+Black+Lotus), Spain
28 - Faraos Cigarer Legacy (http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Faraos+Cigarer+Legacy), Denmark

Spain - 6
Germany - 3
USA - 3
Italy - 2
Canada - 1
Russia - 1
Japan - 1
Denmark - 1

DTB:
Counterbalance Threshold - 12 (4 UGW, 4 UGR, 1 UGWB, 2 Progenitus, 1 Survithresh)
Landstill - 10 (3 4C, 1 4C Goyf, 6 UWB)
Merfolk - 9 (1 /w, 1 /g, 7 U)
---------------
DTW:
Ichorid - 8
Aggro Loam - 8 (5 BGR, 1 GWR, 1 BGWR, 1 Surviloam)
Goblins - 6 (2 R, 4 RGB)
ANT - 6
ATW:
Survival - 7 (1 RGW, 1 BGR, 1 BGRW, 1 Surviloam, 2 Elves, 1 Survithresh)
---------------

Affinity - 5
Goyf Sligh - 5 (1 /b)

Burn - 4 (1 /w)
Painter - 4 (3 EPIC, 1 Imperial)
Tempo Threshold - 4 (3 UGR, 1 UGB)
Zoo - 4 (2 Domain, 1 RGW, 1 RG)

Bob-Goyf-Nought - 3
Faeries - 3 (1 UBG, 1 UGW, 1 UGR)
Rock - 3
Team America - 3

Belcher - 2
Eva Green - 2
Intuition/Demigod - 2
MUC - 2 (1 Dreaded)
Suicide Black - 2
White Weenie - 2 (1 /Goyf)
Zur Control - 2

Berserk Stompy - 1
Boros - 1
Cephalid Breakfast - 1
CounterSlivers - 1
Dreadstill - 1 (1 UGW)
Doran Rock - 1
Dragon Stompy - 1
Dutch Stax /b - 1
Enchantress - 1
It's the Fear - 1
Mighty Quinn - 1
Pikula - 1
Pox - 1
Progenitus Combo - 1
Rifter - 1
Spanish Inquisition - 1
Train Wreck - 1

FaerieStalker - 1
UGB Aggro-Control - 1
Ninja Aggro-Control - 1
BGUW Aggro-Control - 2
PandeBurst + Fires - 1
UGW Bant Aggro - 1
BGWu Gifts Aggro-Control - 1
UGW Aggro - 1
Red Death w/ Helm-Leyline - 1
Dreaded Fish - 1

[Nihil Credo]

May 2009 Update

In light of both Grand Prix: Chicago and the third Bazaar of Moxen tournament, it has been decided to switch to a slightly more sophisticated system for determining deck scores, so that placements in larger tournaments receive an appropriately heavier weighting:

Points per placement = {Number of Swiss rounds} + {Number of Top 8 rounds won}

NOTE: I am aware that some tournaments (mostly German) do not play out their Top 8s, but taking that into account would have been a significant pain in the ass (either use a separate calculation or add three fictional tournaments for every real one). Since decks are still listed in order of Swiss performance, the distortion is limited.

NOTE: In the score card below I have also reported how many points come from some specific sub-category of each deck. Those numbers do not always add up, because some decklists may belong to more than one category or to none.



A second important change involves how Threshold decks are counted; in the last year the archetype has evolved to the point that the old categorisation by their splash colour (or lack thereof) makes little sense.

Today, the one clear split is between decks packing the maindeck Counterbalance/Top combination and those favouring an aggressive, tempo-driver approach with Daze, Stifle, and Wasteland. The latter decks are quite well established, with only a few secondary choices being discussed (mostly additional threats such as Dreadnought or Alara Reborn creatures) and splashing exclusively either Red or Black.

Counterbalance decks, on the other side, exist in a continuum, from the classic Mongoose builds to the Chicago lists to those incorporating additional tricks (Survival, Natural Order, etc.); they also exist in pretty much every possible colour combination that includes Blue and Green, from two to four colours.
If some clear division in approaches emerges, this will eventually be adopted in both thread organisation and tournament tallies. For the time being, all CounterTop decks that do not fall into any established category, i.e. that follow the game plan of "establish the Balance soft-lock and play good creatures", will get dumped into one format-leading cauldron.




List of tournaments for this period (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=345103&postcount=15)

Spain - 10
Germany - 6
Italy - 6
France - 3
USA - 2
Russia - 2
Belgium - 2
Sweden - 1
Netherlands - 1


DECKS TO BEAT:

CounterTop - 269 points in 34 placements (of which 61 UGW, 97 4C, 34 with some number of Dreadnoughts, 38 with Natural Order)
Zoo - 130 points in 18 placements (of which 49 RGW, 34 RG, 26 5C, 7 RGB)
Tempo Thresh - 124 points in 15 placements (of which 103 UGR, 21 UGB, 14 with some number of Dreadnoughts)
Landstill - 121 points in 17 placements (of which 80 UWB, 26 UW, 7 UWR, 8 UGB)

DECKS/ARCHETYPES TO WATCH:

Merfolk - 109 points in 15 placements (of which 73 MonoU, 15 UW, 6 UG)
Goblins - 106 points in 15 placements (of which 22 RG, 23 MonoR, 41 RGB, 6 RW)
Survival - 101 points in 15 placements (of which 13 Elves, 35 BGW, 7 Welder, 12 with Order)
Suicide - 96 points in 12 placements (of which 69 BG, 7 MonoB, 6 BR, 6 BW, 8 BGW)
Aggro Loam - 90 points in 13 placements (of which 54 RGB, 20 4C, 16 BGW)


OTHERS:

ANT - 61 in 6 placements
Ichorid - 59 in 8 placements
Faeries - 58 in 8 placements
Dreadstill - 51 in 7 placements
Order - 50 in 7 placements
Enchantress - 49 in 6 placements
Affinity - 47 in 6 placements
Rock - 46 in 7 placements
Pikula - 42 in 5 placements
Sligh - 36 in 5 placements
Team America - 30 in 4 placements
Dragon Stompy - 28 in 2 placements
Burn - 27 in 4 placements
Elves - 25 in 4 placements
Zur - 23 in 3 placements
It's The Fear - 19 in 3 placements
Stax - 15 in 2 placements
CounterSliver - 15 in 2 placements
Lands - 9 in 1 placements
Faerie Stompy - 6 in 1 placements
Solidarity - 6 in 1 placements

[Nihil Credo]

August 2009 Update

Here is how we can sum up the state of Legacy as of mid-summer:

1) Spain is clearly the capital of the format. Fourteen six-round-plus tournaments? Whoa. Plenty of big ones in there, too.

2) The format is consolidating around a half-dozen decks. Last time we checked there was a clear dominator in CounterTop, with everyone else having less than half as many points and more or less linearly decreasing in score. Now, however, there's a glut of performers at the top, all rather close to each other, and then a clear dropoff to Tier 1.5 land.

CounterTop is still one of the best decks, but no longer THE best deck: Merfolk has nearly the same score, but its lists are much more uniform, unlike CounterTop which remains a kitchen-sink archetype.
After those two, the top of the list is populated by unchanging Tempo Thresh (although many have been experimenting with Lorescale Coatl and whatnot in the Mongoose slot) and then the aggro contingent in Zoo, powered to new heights on the back of Pridemage, and Goblins which barely squeaks by the DTB requirement of 148 points.
Conversely, old Landstill falls just under that limit, and ANT follows a handful of points behind; both lone representatives of two out of three heads of the old Aggro/Control/Combo trifecta, whereas the rest of the DTBF is made entirely of shades of aggro and aggro-control.

What about the aforementioned Tier 1.5 land? These are decks that collected approximately half as many points as the typical DTB/DTW. There are staples on likely temporary vacation, such as Ichorid, AggroLoam, Survival and Dreadstill (note that a few Noughts showed up within Tempo Thresh shells, too). Then there are a couple of archetypes which got a burst of popularity in certain areas and placed enough to show up on the radar: they are Enchantress (Spain) and Faeries (Italy), at which lists you may want to take a look, though you probably need not worry about facing them.

Most interesting, however, is the newcomer Bant, an UGW deck eschewing both Counterbalance and Stifle in favour of good old Exalted creatures and - in one case - the planeswalker Elspeth. Some may say that it's tiresome to have yet another FoW/Brainstorm/Goyf archetype in the format, but I'd like to point out the nice aspect that a combat-focused mechanic like Exalted should be much more appealing to Legacy newcomers than the often-annoying Balance lock or Stifle/Waste manascrew (although a few Bant lists have been known to plop surprise Hydras out of nowhere...)


List of tournaments for this period (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=371140&postcount=16)

Germany - 4
Italy - 8
Spain - 14
USA - 4
France - 2
Netherlands - 2
Belgium - 1
Finland - 1
Japan - 4


DECKS TO BEAT:
CounterTop - 247 points in 34 placements (of which 92 UGBW, 76 UGW, 39 UGR, 38 playing NO/Prog, 28 UGB)
Merfolk - 236 points in 30 placements (of which 201 U, 35 UG)
Tempo Thresh - 219 points in 31 placements (of which 206 UGR)
Zoo - 187 points in 25 placements (of which 137 RGW, 28 5C)
Goblins - 151 points in 20 placements (of which 51 RGB, 22 R, 39 RG, 32 RW, 7 RB)

DECKS TO WATCH:
Landstill - 138 points in 19 placements (of which 90 UWB, 35 UWBG)
ANT - 121 points in 16 placements


OTHERS:
Ichorid - 88 points in 12 placements
Faeries - 85 points in 12 placements (35 points from "pure" Faeries, in the others they are mixed with other archetypes, from Tempo Thresh to Ninjas)
AggroLoam - 84 points in 11 placements (33 points from builds splashing White for Knight of the Reliquary)
Bant - 73 points in 10 placements
Dreadstill - 69 points in 9 placements
Survival - 66 points in 10 placements
Enchantress - 46 points in 6 placements
Rock - 46 points in 6 placements
Burn - 44 points in 6 placements
Elves - 42 points in 6 placements
Suicide - 34 points in 5 placements
White Weenie - 33 points in 5 placements
Stax - 24 points in 4 placements
Sligh - 22 points in 3 placements
Affinity - 18 points in 3 placements
TES - 16 points in 2 placements
Dragon Stompy - 14 points in 2 placements
Pikula - 9 points in 1 placements
Berserk Stompy - 8 points in 1 placements
Elephant Stompy - 7 points in 1 placements
40Lands - 7 points in 1 placements
Faerie Stompy - 6 points in 1 placements


BONUS STATS!
Total playing Stifle/Nought - 99 points in 13 placements
Total playing NO/Prog - 59 points in 8 placements
Approximate total of Loam decks - 128 points in 17 placements
Approximate total playing Force of Will - 1111 points in 151 placements

[Nihil Credo]

January/February 2010 Update

You didn't think it would ever come, did you? Well, here it is, and let's get straight down to the numbers. First, the number of tournaments by country; this should cover, if not all, a very large majority of tournaments played since August last year.

Germany 24
Spain 20
Italy 16
USA 16
France 7
Japan 5
Netherlands 3
Philippines 3 Canada 2
Denmark 1
Russia 1
Belgium 1
Finland 1
Czech Republic 1
Sweden 1

After being more or less absent from the Legacy scene for a while, the USA have finally started running tournaments again! The Philippines have also seen the birth of a solid Legacy community, which is pretty damn cool.

The complete tournament list will be published shortly in the sister thread. Now let's get to the meat of the post.

Total performance points: 5747 in 782 placements
Points required to become DTB: 359
Points required to become DTW: 215

DECKS TO BEAT:

CounterTop - 499 points in 66 placements
Subsets: CounterTop Bant - 169 in 22; Supreme Blue - 101 in 14
Also related: Dreadstill - 82 in 11; CounterTop Painter - 47 in 6; CounterTop Depths - 20 in 3

No surprise there. CounterTop is a huge archetype ranging from builds with Noble Hierarch and Rhox War Monk to ones with Dark Confidant and Tombstalker, and the influence of its namesake extends further to various less creature- and more combo-oriented lists. CounterTop is very much here to stay.

Merfolk - 474 points in 64 placements
Subsets: Green splash - 49 in 6; White splash - 50 in 7

The predator chases the prey.

Tempo Thresh - 439 points in 59 placements
Subsets: Team America - 51 in 6
Also related: Various UGR lists - 76 in 10; NinjaFaeries - 52 in 8

The day Canadian Thrash is obsolete will mark the end of an era.

ANT - 409 points in 54 placements
Also related: TES - 15 in 2

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated". The boogeyman of everybody not playing Force of Will or Chalice of the Void, storm combo has been called dead or dying for quite a while now due to the predominance of the Merfolk vs. CounterTop battle at the top of the metagame. Well, guess what: while you talked shit behind its back, ANT has been happily joyriding your car and sleeping with your significant other. Go hug a Mindbreak Trap.

Zoo - 397 points in 53 placements
Also related: Sligh - 151 in 21

Before you ask, yes, I still believe separating Zoo and Sligh is appropriate, and I think that if you were to read those 70+ list you'd agree with me that decks playing Goblin Guide and Hellspark Elemental don't belong together with decks playing Qasali Pridemage and Path to Exile.

That shouldn't stop you from keeping very clear in your mind that 397+151=548. In the average metagame, you're roughly as likely to run into Fireblast and Price of Progress as to run into Counterbalance and Sensei's Divining Top. Have a plan for both.

DECKS TO WATCH:

Dredge - 340 points in 46 placements
Subsets: with LED, Bloodghast and Ichorid - none
with Bloodghast and Ichorid - 59 in 8
with LED and Ichorid - 162 in 22
with LED and Bloodghast - 7 in 1
with Bloodghast only - 32 in 4
with Ichorid only - 73 in 10
with LED only - none
with none - 7 in 1

I hope the breakdown is appreciated (although it usefulness is limited by the few months that this update stretches before Zendikar).

Goblins - 331 points in 46 placements
Subsets: MonoR - 124 in 18; Black splash - 120 in 16; Green splash - 79 in 10; Both - 32 in 4; White splash - 49 in 7

Survival - 267 points in 37 placements
Subsets: Bant - 111 in 15; Elves - 43 in 6

The broad category of "decks packing 4x Survival" has finally been finding some focus. I suspect that by the time the next update rolls in, the archetype will see some reorganisation.

Aggro Loam - 261 points in 35 placements
Subsets: White splash - 124 in 16

OTHERS:

Faeries - 209 points in 29 placements
Enchantress - 165 in 22
Sligh - 151 in 21
Rock - 145 in 22
Landstill - 134 in 19
Lands! - 107 in 14
Stax - 95 in 13
Reanimator - 92 in 12
Dreadstill - 82 in 11
Belcher - 70 in 9
Pox - 62 in 9
Dragon Stompy - 59 in 8
Goodstuff decks - 56 in 8
Hexmage Depths - 53 in 8
Eva Green - 50 in 7
Painter Combo - 47 in 6
Dream Halls - 35 in 4
Suicide - 30 in 4
Affinity - 24 in 4
Burn - 20 in 3
Imperial Painter - 16 in 2
NoGoyf - 16 in 2
Quinn - 15 in 2
Soldiers - 13 in 2
Berserk Stompy - 7 in 1

Anything with Progenitus - 274 in 36
Anything with Noble Hierarch - 519 in 69
Anything with Life from the Loam - 474 in 63

Note: Let me know if I missed something in the above list. With the current system I have to remember every name to then ask the file how it placed, and it's like trying to name all the seven dwarves of Sleeping Beauty, except there's a few dozen of them and no thinly veiled sexual undertones.

Observation 1: You could say that Landstill is dead, but I just think it's in its periodic search for a form that fits the current format (like it did about a year or two ago when the two-colour Elspeth lists were developed). On the other side, Dreadstill ist kaput.

Observation 2: As open as it still is, Legacy is definitely coalescing around a much smaller metagame of fixed poles, and the Tier 2 decks that emerge do so because they have something to offer against them and not just because some people get infatuated. Scroll up and compare this update with the previous ones: quite a bit of older favourites that used to still gather a placement here and there, no matter how mispositioned against the meta, have now completely disappeared.

APPENDIX - DARK HORSES:

No, we haven't added a third category the DTBF forum: I'm simply taking the chance to spotlight a few decks, new and old, that I think show metagame promise to various degrees.

Bitter Stalker (aka Faerie Thrash) - 79 points in 10 placements

Originally built by kikkofrio and later popularised by spiritofthewretch, it replaces Canadian Thresh's green beaters and burn with Bitterblossom and Spellstutter Sprite to grab the pace of the game, and Tombstalker for a quick finisher. It reminds me of Enchantress and Aggro Loam in that if you haven't previously tested against it and observed how it works, you're going to find yourself nearly hopeless when you run into it even though your deck may have the tools to fight it.

Pox Loam - 43 points in 6 placements

To put it plainly, (Small)-Pox has historically sucked and met roughly as much success as Burn (while not being quite as cheap to build). But I see a decent chance that the winning formula has been found, since the black/green lists that have placed of late have all been so similar. And what Loam and Tranquil Thicket provide - consistency and card advantage - is a major part of what Pox was direly missing.

[Bardo]

June 2010 Update

Confession time: doing the number crunching to keep the DTB current is a lot of work. Painfully so. In an effort to get that forum current to what you should reasonably be testing against, we tried a new approach this update that was much easier and produced results that feel right.

Instead of aggregating the huge volume of T8s we typically analyze, I aggregated seven random Legacy tournaments deciding in advance that any deck that took at least 5% of the slots would get in; anything falling below 5% would get pushed out.

Fifty-six (56) total slots:

Reanimator - 111111111 (9) - 16%
Zoo - 11111111111 (11) - 20%
CB Top - 111111 (6) - 11%
Merfolk - 1111111 (7) - 13 %
ANT - 1111 (4) - 7%
New Horizons - 1111 (4) - 7%
Gobs - 111 (3)
Lands - 11 (2)
Team America - 1
MBC - 1
Survival - 1
Landstill - 1
Tezzerator - 1
Aggro Loam - 1
Aggro Bant - 1
CT Thopter - 1
B/W Aggro - 1
Belcher - 1

Added to the DTB this update:
New Horizons
U/B Reanimator

Remaining in the DTB:
Zoo
Counter-Top
Merfolk
ANT

Removed from the DTB:
Aggro Loam
Dredge
Tempo Thresh
Goblins
Survival

From its creation on this website, the DTB forum has always been a collection of decks that you should/could use the basis of a testing gauntlet. If you think Lands, Gobilns, etc. should be in your testing gauntlet, by all means, add them.

I'll admit we could have a more sophisticated approach to determing what should be in the DTB, but I feel some change is better than no change since it hasn't been updated in months. I'm hoping we'll have the brainpower to do a more thorough analysis for the next update.

[Jander78]

August 2010 Update


This time around it looks like Zoo is a force to be reckoned with.

What's new:
Goblins is back! It's been a little while, but since the banning of Mystical Tutor, Goblins has been showing up in quite a few Top 8's.
Bant is a DTW. This U/w/g aggro deck has been performing well recently and displaying it's strength through tournament success.
TES is a DTW. This may have to do with the banning of Mystical, but all of the Tendrils decks that have placed in Top8's in the past month and a half have chosen to run red and Burning Wish. The power of this deck is really starting to show across multiple environments.
Landstill is in as a DTW. Surprising to myself as well, but many Standstills were seen in Top 8 appearences outside of Merfolk decks.

What's old:
New Horizons was just short of holding its position in this forum.
Reanimator didn't cut it any more since the loss of its favorite tutor.
ANT has been edged out by the favored combo deck in the new environment, TES.

What's different:
CounterTop drops down to a DTW.

Here is a chart of decks and their Top 8 Performances:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/jander78/8-22.jpg

This includes performances from the following tournaments:
8/22 GB Nationals: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Championships+%40+GB+Nationals+2010
8/22 SCG Denver: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=StarCityGames.com+%245%2C000+Standard+Open+-+Denver+08%2F10
8/21 Jupiter Games Altered Fetchland Draft: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1d_6-UuO49-wCgnRKKbU2z99N3qB-l6P9z0QAmFjDB_8
8/21 Deutsche Legacy-Meisterschaft: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Deutsche+Legacy-Meisterschaft+2010
8/21 Magickeller Hannover: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magickeller+Hannover+Legacy-Liga+08%2F2010
8/15 Legacy Hassloch: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+08%2F10
8/14 Grobes Legacy im Spieleland Hamburg: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Gro%DFes+Legacy+im+Spieleland+Hamburg+August%2F10
8/14 TOGIT Somerville, NJ: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?18118-[Announcement]-8-14-2010-Ancestral-Recall-Moat-and-more-at-TOGIT-in-Somerville-NJ/page2
8/9 Gencon Legacy Championship: http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=507
8/8 OpenCDF Ardennes: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=OpenCDF+Ardennes+2010
8/1 Liga Valenciana: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Liga+Valenciana+de+Legacy+-+Torneo+10+%28Black+Lotus%29
8/1 GP Columbus: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Grand+Prix+Columbus+2010
7/25 4a LSL - Elche: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=4%AA+LSL+-+Elche
7/24 2ndo Torneo LLES5: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=2ndo+Torneo+LLES5
7/24 Jupiter Games 2nd Anniversary: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1s39WBdG5HbVk_gkVwDRfHK-r_4FHgoCQt_Fx4UoKy5A
7/24 Sommermercadiade: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Sommermercadiade+2010
7/18 Legacy Hassloch: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Hassloch+07%2F10
7/18 The Mirkwood Cup: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=The+Mirkwood+Cup+%28July+2010%29
7/18 Sheakespeare's Legacy 4: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Sheakespeare%27s+Legacy+4
7/18 Lliga Catalana: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Lliga+Catalana+de+Legacy+3+-+Juny+-+Vila-Seca
7/10 7 Tourneo Liga Madrilena: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=7%BA+Torneo+Liga+Madrile%F1a+Legacy+2
7/4 Titan Legacy Super Series: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Titan+Legacy+Super+Series+%231
7/3 MTG Barato (Valencia): http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=MTG+BARATO+%28Valencia%29
7/4 DragonsLeague Udine: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=DragonsLeague+Udine
7/3 1er Torneo LLES5: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=1er+Torneo+LLES5
7/3 Japan Legacy Championships: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Japan+Legacy+Championships+2010

Totals:
26 tournaments
208 decks

Percentages:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/jander78/numbers8-22.jpg

[Jander78]

September 2010 Update


What's new:
Out of its great performance at GP Columbus, Vengevine is sprouting up everywhere in Top 8's pushing Zoo down in the standings.
Dredge is back with some excellent performances this time around.
New Horizons is back as a DTW.
Bant makes it in as a DTW



This includes performances from the following tournaments:
8/28 Alternate Universes Blue Bellhttp://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?18488-[TOURNAMENT]-August-28th-2010-AU-Legacy-Showdown-IV-4x-Jace-TMS
8/28 FUNtainement Nürnberg Legacy: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=FUNtainement+N%FCrnberg+Legacy+28%2F08%2F2010
8/28 Lotacy: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Lotacy+28%2F8%2F10
8/28 Philippine Open: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8090-Top-8-Decklists&p=485720&viewfull=1#post485720
8/29 Knight Ware Inc.: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8090-Top-8-Decklists&p=485120&viewfull=1#post485120
8/29 StarCityGames Legacy Open: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/deckshow.php?&t[C1]=leg&start_date=2010-08-29&end_date=2010-08-29&event_type=SCLO
9/4 Jupiter Games Altered Fetchlands: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AuenvJTIl3wtdHFFV2w1TVBUMmMzd3VCMU5WOEJFeEE&hl=en&gid=1
9/4 Legacy "El Nucli": http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+%22El+Nucli%22+09%2F2010
9/5 5ª Liga Sureste de Legacy - Elche : http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=5%AA+Liga+Sureste+de+Legacy+-+Elche+09%2F2010
9/5 Dragons League (Vicenza): http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Dragons+League+%28Vicenza%29+09%2F2010
9/5 Goblin Bologna Legacy League #1: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Goblin+Bologna+Legacy+League+%231+09%2F2010
9/11 Eurovino 5 - Milan: http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=863
9/11 FUNtainment Nürnberg wöchentliches Legacy: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=11.09.2010+FUNtainment+N%FCrnberg+w%F6chentliches+Legacy
9/11 Legacy "El Nucli": http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+%22El+Nucli%22+11%2F09%2F2010
9/11 Legacy Arena-Lisboa: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Legacy+Arena-Lisboa+11%2F09%2F2010
9/11 Magickeller Hannover Legacy-Liga: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Magickeller+Hannover+Legacy-Liga+09%2F2010
9/11 RIT North American Legacy Championship: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?18351-North-American-Legacy-Championship-Qualifier-RIT-2-Moxes-2-Moats-Guaranteed/page3
9/11 Tampere, Finland: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?2587-Top-4-s-Top-8-s-POST-RESULTS-HERE&p=488072&viewfull=1#post488072
9/11 Wöchentliches Legacy im FUNtainment Nürnberg: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=W%F6chentliches+Legacy+im+FUNtainment+N%FCrnberg+11%2F09%2F2010
9/12 Andurin Liga de Legacy: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Andurin+Liga+de+Legacy%2C+Primer+torneo+-+ALL1+09%2F2010
9/18 Badalona: http://www.eternal-central.com/?p=858
9/19 StarCityGames Legacy Open: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/deckshow.php?&t[C1]=leg&start_date=2010-09-19&end_date=2010-09-19&event_type=SCLO

Totals:
22 tournaments
175 decks

Points:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a270/jander78/breakdown10_1.jpg

[Nihil Credo]

June 2011 Update

Yes, you're not dreaming. The DTB forum is actually being updated again. We're even returning to a monthly update schedule!

Where's the trick? you ask. You guys were too busy raising videogames and playing kids to do any update at all for the better part of a year, and now you promise monthly updates? Did you suddenly start getting a salary or something?

Not at all! It simply happens that the guys from The Council (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy) are doing a truly awesome job keeping a tally of Legacy tournaments from all over the world, filtering them into sensible categories, and plotting all of that into a nice chart, so we have agreed - until further notice - to just refer to their data for our own DTB forum.

The rule we have agreed upon is straightforward: each deck making up 4% of the total Top 8 placements for the past month will be a DTB for the next. Looking at ' data, this will usually put between 5 and 10 decks in the top forum.

So, without further ado, here (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2011-5) is The Council's metagame tally for May (follow the link to browse the decklists and support these guys):

http://i.imgur.com/OPN5L.jpg (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2011-5)

The cutoff comes at 14,8 Top 8s, meaning the following are the DTBs for June:


Merfolk
Team America
Maverick
Zoo
Painter-Stone

The Americans will probably be wondering "what the heck is Maverick?" - well, except for at least Marsh Usary, Chris Elrod and that old fart Alix Hatfield, who piloted the no-nonsense G/W Aggro deck to three SCG Top 8s. To all the others, check it out. It's pretty sweet.

One final notice: from now on, we strongly encourage you all to submit (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/submit.php) the decklists from your local tournaments to The Council. This is the best way to guarantee that they will count towards DTB statistics.

[Nihil Credo]

July 2011 Update

Slight change in methodology: Pablo (the guy behind TCDecks) let me know that he has actually programmed a more sophisticated version of his metagame ranking, not yet publicly linked from his homepage, which weighs placements according to the number of rounds won - meaning that placing in bigger tournaments counts for more. It only makes sense to switch to this system; the point cutoff will be set at 3.4% (again, this was chosen by looking at the previous months and picking a number that would usually give between 6 and 10 DTBs).

So, the basic metagame count:

http://i.imgur.com/0WNwF.jpg (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2011-6)

The weighted tier placements is:

http://imgur.com/BL6Xs.jpg (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2011-6)

The cutoff is 90.74 points, making Bant Aggro the last DTB.

Now, Pablo splits the various Stoneforge Mystic decks into two categories: "Blade Control" and "Patriot". Roughly speaking, Patriot is an UWR or UWGR aggro-control deck that plays around a dozen creatures and little if any card drawing beyond a couple of Jaces, while Blade Control is usually UW or UWx, plays about a half-dozen creatures and often features the Landstill card advantage engine, sometimes replaced by Ancestral Visions.

[Nihil Credo]

August 2011 Update

Not much to report here. There's just a fresh addition to the DTBF that will surprise absolutely nobody.

Basic metagame count:

http://i.imgur.com/8Qheu.jpg

Weight-adjusted scores:

http://i.imgur.com/7btzm.jpg

The cutoff falls at 92,14. Team America and Reanimator miss the DTB by a whiff, the following make it in:


Maverick
Blade Control
Hive Mind
Zoo
Merfolk
Bant Aggro
NO RUG
Dredge


See you in September!

[Nihil Credo]

September 2011 Update

It's that time of the month again... no, not that. Check out The Council's metagame tally for August:

http://i.imgur.com/RuZwP.jpg

Which, weight-adjusted, becomes:

http://i.imgur.com/8oOvb.jpg

The cutoff falls at 71.26 points, giving us the following DTB:



RUG Order
Blade Control
Merfolks
Zoo
Team America
Maverick
Reanimator
The Rock

Oh, and while Dredge has left the DTB, a special shoutout to 4eak who just won the SCG Open: Atlanta with it!

[Nihil Credo]

October 2011 Update

This month brings a surprising fall. Let's look at the metagame tally:

http://i.imgur.com/DsAbQ.jpg (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2011-9)

A little top-heavy, but not that weird. But let's let the folks at The Council adjust it by tournament weight:

http://i.imgur.com/fAVb7.jpg (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?mes=10&anio=2011)

The cutoff ends up falling at 94.45 points, meaning that for the first time in fuck-ever, Zoo falls out of the DTBF! By a mere two points, but still.

The Decks to Beat of October are then:



Maverick
Blade Control
RUG Order
Merfolks
Reanimator
Team America
Dredge

[Nihil Credo]

November 2011 Update

A little late, here's the November update:

http://i.imgur.com/YJSmf.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/K7D90.jpg

The cutoff is at 132.94 points, leading to the following DTB:


Maverick
UGR Threshold
Team America
Blade Control
Reanimator
Dredge
Zoo
Merfolk
ANT

Yup - Delver of Secrets pushed UGR/Canadian Threshold almost to the top (and straight to the top for unweighted placements) in just one month! It pretty much neatly replaced RUG Order, which has fallen wayyyy down.

[Nihil Credo]

December 2011 Update



http://i.imgur.com/qhiQE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YzxUA.jpg

Wow, that's one sharp curve we got there. The cutoff is at 110.6 points, giving the following DTBs:


UGR Threshold
Maverick
Blade Control
ANT
Reanimator
Bant Aggro
Team America
Merfolk


with Zoo and Dredge falling out for this month.

[Nihil Credo]

Yeah, I'm late.

January 2012 Update

http://i.imgur.com/IKwsp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ivgY1.jpg

The cutoff falls at 118 points, leading to this DTB:


Maverick
Blade Control
Threshold UGR
Reanimator
UR Burn (aka U/R Delver)
Dredge
Team America -> it's been pointed out that TCDecks mixes together tempo and control lists in here, so this gets two threads until the trend solidifies somewhere
Zoo
ANT



Wow. Bye bye Merfolk. Been a long while since they hadn't been in the DTBF.

[Nihil Credo]

February 2012 Update

Look at how exponential I am!


http://i.imgur.com/SoHF4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rIJzV.jpg


The cutoff falls at 107 points, leading to this fairly short and definitely very unequal DTB:


Maverick
Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Reanimator
ANT
Dredge


Honourable mention must go to Nic Fit (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?20983-Deck-Nic-Fit-%28GBW-Explorer-Zenith-Control%29), which misses the DTB score by a mere .08 point, which I think might be the closest shave since the new system was put into place. Nic Fit players and would-be players, don't be disappointed - consider it a small help at going under the radar for another month ;)

Thanks to forum member bilb_o for spotting a typo that made seven points' worth of Nic Fit placements get listed under "Nic fit". With those extra points, Nic Fit is DTB #7 for the month.

[Nihil Credo]

March 2012 Update

GP: Indianapolis is done, and it's past time for another update:

http://i.imgur.com/c5MGx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1LjOB.jpg

The threshold is 114 points, which this time makes for a neat DtB:



Maverick
Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Burn
Reanimator
Sneak Attack
Nic Fit

(Burn is in the DtB, go take a shot of your favourite liquor, it's the rules.)



I have also decided to promote the Bant thread to the DtB, since on our site it handles all decks built around the Bant structure, whereas TCDecks splits them depending on whether they maindeck NO/Prog, CounterTop, or neither, and the versions with either package are a small minority at this point. I don't like second-guessing TCDecks, but all those decks share something like 55/60 cards and have a total score of 143, so I think the exception is necessary. Just don't go make a "Decks with FoW and Brainstorm"-thread to try and get more easily in the DtB.

[Nihil Credo]

April 2012 Update

Hi, my name is Legacy and I'm a three-deck format. (But not necessarily a rock-paper-scissors one.)

http://i.imgur.com/ShCIU.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/C3Sty.jpg

And when you weight the results by full performance, it's possible that "two and a half deck format" might be more accurate.

The cutoff is at 143 points, leading to this short DTB:


Maverick
Blade Control
Threshold UGR
Dredge
ANT
Sneak Attack

[Nihil Credo]

May 2012 Update

This is a staggeringly uneventful update. Kind of expected this would occasionally happen with regular monthly posts, to be fair.


http://i.imgur.com/9AW3Z.png

http://i.imgur.com/TLC65.png


The cutoff is 114 points, so the new DTB is *sarcastic drumroll*:



Maverick
Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Nic Fit
Team America
ANT
Dredge

So yeah, a tiny bit of shufflin' in the lower rungs, and Blade Control went from "#2, close to #1" to "#3, close to #2". No need to rush to sell your deck, for this month.

[Nihil Credo]

June 2012 Update

Grognards rejoice! After an obscenely long absence, classic U/W Control has returned to the top-tier of Legacy on the wings of a bunch of cheap angels and one-mana Wraths of God! And bringing Counterbalance with it, for those of us who missed that other bastard too.

http://i.imgur.com/ZJMrH.png

http://i.imgur.com/dOCBw.png

Yup. U/W Miracle Control has debuted straight in the top league. The cutoff is at 95 points, and the resulting DTB:

- Threshold UGR
- Maverick
- Blade Control
- Sneak Attack
- Miracle Control
- UR Delver/Burn
- Team America

[Nihil Credo]

July 2012 Update

Through the process of writing this metagame update I have learnt a very important lesson, and I wish to share it with you: cinnamon + milk + coffee = great. Cinnamon + coffee = very bad.

http://i.imgur.com/FGAY7.png

http://i.imgur.com/893rr.png

The cutoff is 130 points, leading to this DTB:

- Threshold UGR
- Maverick
- Miracle Control
- Sneak Attack
- Blade Control
- Dredge
- Reanimator

[Nihil Credo]

August 2012 Update

Looking at this month's progression, it seems the curves are softening and flattening, and that the scene is broadening and becoming more open to new entrances. But enough talking about your mother. Let's take a look at Legacy:

http://i.imgur.com/0e4Ml.png

http://i.imgur.com/yvpPa.png

The cutoff is 102 points, so we do have a relatively large DTB:



Maverick
Threshold UGr
Blade Control
Miracle Control
Reanimator
Merfolks
Goblins
Sneak Attack
Dredge

i.e. every DTB stays a DTB, but the tribes of Merfolk and Goblins join them. Merfolk isn't huge news, but how fucking forever has it been single Goblins was a DTB? Welcome back basic Mountains, we missed you! (No, Burn doesn't count)

[Nihil Credo]

September 2012 Update

i didn't forget about this the update is totally on time i don't know what you're talking about shut up

http://i.imgur.com/EVAE2.png

http://i.imgur.com/czzYs.png

The cutoff is a mere 82 points, so try to not put too much weight in this month's results - August is a pretty dead time for tournaments, what with everybody enjoying the sun rain and all.

Also don't forget about Dredge just because they fell half a point off the cut. Merfolk's fall, on the other side, was a bit more dramatic.

New DTB:



Threshold UGR
Maverick
Miracle Control
Blade Control
Sneak Attack
Goblins

edit: I'm adding Omniscience to the DTB for this month since it turns out the Omnitell category was actually added only recently, and the deck's placements also make up a large part of Sneak Attack's. Hopefully for the next update all Omniscience decks will fall under Omnitell.

[Nihil Credo]

October 2012 Update

The dead return just in time for Halloween, although it's not a particularly triumphant return.

http://i.imgur.com/Z40uh.png

http://i.imgur.com/ZD7nW.png

The cutoff is 127 points, giving this DTB:



Miracle Control
Threshold UGR
Maverick
Blade Control
Goblins
Merfolk
Omniscience
Dredge
Reanimator


Still. Bring back those <ridiculous gravehate card>s.

(Note: Omniscience is still in the list because the Tier Decks page - the second picture - erroneously split between Omnitell and OmniTell. Put together they have 178 points.)

[Nihil Credo]

November 2012 Update

TRYGGHET TRADITION OCH JÄRNRÖR

http://i.imgur.com/hU19p.png

http://i.imgur.com/Iy8Ae.png

The cutoff is at 103 points, giving us this DTB:



Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Miracle Control
Maverick
Goblins
Team America
ANT
Reanimator


Why hello there ANT, hope you enjoyed those six months' break!

[Nihil Credo]

December 2012 Update

Late update, I blame the God-killing Jews.

http://i.imgur.com/mbVqc.png

http://i.imgur.com/N6EeQ.png

The threshold is at 105 points, so there's a whopping ten decks slipping past the threshold, although none are particularly new faces:



Threshold UGr
Miracle Control
Team America
Goblins
Maverick
BUG Control
Sneak Attack
OmniTell
Blade Control
ANT


Note that the line betwen the TCDecks categories of Team America and BUG Control is pretty damn blurry, so they're covered in the forums by the two TA threads.

[Nihil Credo]

January 2013 Update

New Year's resolution: smoke more crack.

http://i.imgur.com/khkUw.png

http://i.imgur.com/LUrwE.png

I like months when the cutoff is pretty clear. And we even have two new DTB! "New" as in "we haven't seen one in over a year, and one is completely new to the DTB! In fact, it's getting promoted straight from the cesspit of N&D!"

A 99 points requirements gives this:


Team America
Threshold UGr
Blade Control
Miracle Control
BUG Control
Maverick
Jund
Sneak Attack
The Rock


Congratulations to the winner of this month:

http://i.imgur.com/wEtRj.jpg

[Nihil Credo]

February 2013 Update

Don't forget that eight years for a German shepherd are, like, fifty-six human years.

http://i.imgur.com/xNmS0OC.png

http://i.imgur.com/CG0MAX8.png

So, uh... holy shit, Jund. We'd been having a top 3 of UGR, Maverick, and U/W Control for what? Two years? Jesus Christ.

The cutoff is at 81 points:


Blade Control
Jund
Threshold UGr
Team America
BUG Control
Reanimator
Elves
Sneak Attack

[Nihil Credo]

March 2013 Update

Als er den ersten Wirbel geschlagen,
da hat er das Blut vom Herzen getragen

http://i.imgur.com/chD0r8g.png

http://i.imgur.com/CRjYmey.png

We've had fewer tournaments this month, so the cutoff is a mere 71 points (sorry, OmniTell!). The DTB:



Jund
Blade Control
Threshold UGr
Sneak Attack
Miracle Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Team America

[Nihil Credo]

April 2013 Update

You should play Papers, Please (http://pope.jeffsys.net/index.php#ppl). It is fun game for glory of Arstotzka.

http://i.imgur.com/uDISzhY.png

http://i.imgur.com/f414wLO.png

Balanced metagame without lots of domination means a larger DTB than usual. The cutoff is 111 points and no, I haven't seen any little green men handing money around, why do you ask?



Threshold UGR
Sneak Attack
Blade Control
Jund
Miracle Control
ANT
BUG Control
Maverick
Team America
Goblins

[Nihil Credo]

May 2013 Update

Money, money, money, must be funny, in a thief scum's world.

http://i.imgur.com/aGT4jLr.png

http://i.imgur.com/ocs5rTL.png

In the middle of a minor reshuffle of the previous month's decks, an old friend reappears to provide a bare minimum of excitement and dream-crushing Waste-Port-Daze-smash:



Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Sneak Attack
Jund
Maverick
Team America
Miracle Control
Merfolk
BUG Control*
ANT


* 16 out of 17 lists in the category were built around Shardless Agent, so that's the thread that will appear in the DTB

[Nihil Credo]

June 2013 Update

Did people get a life or something in May? The number of tournaments has gone down by over a third compared to April. Oh well.

http://i.imgur.com/QW7YZ1S.png

http://i.imgur.com/7F12W7f.png

Cutoff at 63 points. No huge changes but U/G/B appears king of the roost for now:


Team America
BUG Control*
Threshold UGR
Blade Control
Jund
Miracle Control
ANT
Reanimator
Maverick
Elves
OmniTell**

* Again, all but one are Shardless BUG

** All but one are MonoU builds, so that's the thread that got promoted

[Nihil Credo]

July 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Tournament numbers for June are back to normal-ish. All is fine.

http://i.imgur.com/pq96gBj.png

http://i.imgur.com/VEjtGvg.png

Cutoff at 86 points leads to a large DTB, twelve thirteen decks, as new entry Patriot (aka UWR Delver) squeezes in by a hair's breadth, after a mere 18 strong finishes:



Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Sneak Attack
Jund
Miracle Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Death and Taxes
Maverick
Elves
MonoU OmniTell (TCDecks: OmniTell)
Team America
DeathBlade
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)


EDIT: Thanks to Holly for spotting that DeathBlade's results were accidentally split by the TCDecks software. Deathblade joins the DTB with a total of 97 points.

[Nihil Credo]

August 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

I'm going to remember to make the graph pictures clickable from now on.

http://i.imgur.com/NBwB9Di.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2013-7)

http://i.imgur.com/SbXLweX.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?anio=2013&mes=8&format=Legacy)

Back down from thirteen to "only" nine decks. Sorry for Patriot who is a mere .098 point out.


Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
DeathBlade
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Sneak Attack
Death and Taxes
Jund
Elves
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Rest in Pieces (aka U/W Miracle with the Helm of Obedience / RiP combo; the general U/W Miracle thread will be promoted for now)

[Nihil Credo]

September 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Sorry for the slight delay!

http://i.imgur.com/FYesoQ0.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2013-8)

http://i.imgur.com/GX3mLDW.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?anio=2013&mes=9&format=Legacy)

Cutoff at 58 points leads to another big, twelve-deck DTBF. Oh hey, welcome back Goblins!


Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Jund
Death and Taxes
Elves
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Miracle Control
OmniTell
Sneak Attack
Maverick
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Team America
Goblins

[Nihil Credo]

October 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Late again, sorry again. Been busy.

http://i.imgur.com/mRFwzGq.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2013-9)

http://i.imgur.com/rfisjuU.png (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?anio=2013&mes=10&format=Legacy)

83.98 points is the cutoff, much to Dredge's relief:


Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Miracle Control
Sneak Attack
Patriot
Elves
Death and Taxes
Jund
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Dredge

[Nihil Credo]

November 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

On schedule! Barely. Hey, what's that green thing?

http://i.imgur.com/AaK11KH.png

Holy hairless elf balls :eek:

http://i.imgur.com/SIuWLgo.png

Okay, that's less crazy. Cutoff at 92 points so:


Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Elves
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Sneak Attack
Jund
OmniTell
Death and Taxes
Miracle Control

[Nihil Credo]

December 2013 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Merry Magical Christmas Time!

http://i.imgur.com/0CaRJaE.png
Link (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2013-11)

http://i.imgur.com/U0cPtHB.png
Link (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/tierdecks.php?anio=2013&mes=12&format=Legacy)

There's a nice and large cutoff at 127 points, making the DTBF slightly more statistically meaningful ;) Here they are all twelve of them:


Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Team America
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
Blade Control
Elves
Death and Taxes
Maverick
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Miracle Control
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Jund

[Nihil Credo]

January 2014 Update (http://www.thecouncil.es/tcdecks/formato.php?format=Legacy)

It's that time of the month again! No, not that.


http://i.imgur.com/rZ3SXEs.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2013-12)

http://i.imgur.com/hGuzk4a.png
(http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2013&mes=13&format=Legacy)

99 point cutoff, right in the middle of a huge gap:



Team America
Miracle Control
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Elves
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Blade Control
DeathBlade
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Death and Taxes
Jund
Nic Fit


Maverick and ANT are out.


----

A technical note: I've looked over the past year of results and I think the cutoff has become a bit too generous. Due to (presume) the increase in reports smoothing out the score curve, we have regularly had over ten and as high as thirteen DTBs throughout 2013, particularly in the latter half.

The original 3.4% requirement was aimed at having between six and ten DTBs at any given time, and I still feel a list of that size would be more useful, as well as limit the constant reshuffling in the lower half of it. Therefore, from next month, the minimum score to qualify for the DTBF will be raised to 4.6% of the total score. (If that number had been in place recently, we would have had the desired six to ten DTBs.)

[Nihil Credo]

February 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Happy St. Valentine to all three of you!


http://i.imgur.com/xhK8Lbe.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-01)

http://i.imgur.com/CAUTeXx.png
(http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=2&format=Legacy)

If you missed it in the above post, the required share to be a Deck To Beat has increased from 3.4% to 4.6%. As a result, the cutoff is a whole 121 points, and we get this DTBF:


Team America
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Elves
Death and Taxes
Blade Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
DeathBlade
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)


Miracle Control (!), Canadian Thresh (!!!), Shardless BUG, Jund and Nic Fit are OUT.

I repeat: U/G/R CANADIAN THRESHOLD IS OUT OF THE DTBF FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NOVEMBER 2011 (i.e. since Delver of Secrets was first legal)

Note that while yes, under the previous, more relaxed rules it would have made the cut by six points, Canadian Thresh spent most of the past two years in the top spots of the scoreboard. It would never have risked demotion if it hadn't suddenly fallen from #1-#4 to #9.

[Nihil Credo]

You can thank Windows 8's shitty character sets for those annoying rhombuses.

March 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

http://i.imgur.com/b2iUBlh.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-2)

http://i.imgur.com/3kXB33T.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=3&format=Legacy)

I like how the new cutoff makes this more Thunderdome, less Care Bear Friendship Club. Only six made it past the 92-point cutoff, and one by the skin of its teeth:


Team America
Miracle Control
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
DeathBlade
Jund


Elves, Death and Taxes, Blade Control, and ANT are out

[Nihil Credo]

RIP format diversity. Also, welcome back Canadian Thresh.

April 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

http://i.imgur.com/QDCqMZJ.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-3)

http://i.imgur.com/IIQw4zV.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=4&format=Legacy)

So, uh, if you compare the graph above to the last few months you kinda notice that we don't just have one dominating deck, but two. Team America and Miracle Control have been eating up a lot of this month's tournament points (and there's been a lot of tournaments too, like 70% more than last month), and as a result the DTBF is tightening up.

There may be four decks that got past the 156-point cutoff, but don't get fooled: it's TA and MC at the top, and then a bunch of second-stringers, two of which are somewhat less second-stringer than the rest.

(For the record, the old cutoff would have given us ten DTBs, so no, I think going low with four is still more informational.)


Team America
Miracle Control
Jund
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)


Sneak and Show, UWR Delver, and Deathblade are out.

[Nihil Credo]

May 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Well that was a very short-lived reprieve for Canadian Thresh.

http://i.imgur.com/YirrYsp.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-4)

http://i.imgur.com/4TVNXLT.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=5&format=Legacy)

The field broadens again, as an 88 cutoff gives us nine decks to beat:


Team America
Miracle Control
Elves
Jund
DeathBlade
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Death and Taxes


Canadian Thresh is out.

Also, I'm noticing a decent chunk of decks in the "BUG Control" category not running Shardless Agent (using TNN instead). The Shardless thread still seems the best place on these forums to discuss the deck even without its namesake, but I'll be keeping an eye out for possible changes / thread splitting next month.

[Nihil Credo]

June 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Not gonna lie, this will be a pretty yawn-worthy update

http://i.imgur.com/auuwX7N.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-5)

http://i.imgur.com/Ez8uL9c.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=6&format=Legacy)

Bit of a shuffle around the top, Canadian Thresh bounces back to the spotlight, and a general tightening of the metagame; but there's no major shakeups as all the interesting decks missed the cutoff, sometimes pretty closely (looking at you, UR Burn). A 101-points cutoff gives us:


Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Team America
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
DeathBlade
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)


Elves, Jund, Sneak and Show, and Ad Nauseam Tendrils are out.

[Nihil Credo]

July 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

*types with one finger while lying under the a/c*

http://i.imgur.com/YEMcXk0.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-6)

http://i.imgur.com/MxbFyIh.png (http://www.tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=7&format=Legacy)

the cutoff is at 116 points so we have:




Miracle Control
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Team America
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Elves
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)


DeathBlade and Death&Taxes are OUT.

[Nihil Credo]

August 2014 Non-Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Hello,

I am going to declare August a skip month for the update. To see why, here are the total scores collected for each month of 2014:



January - 2895
February - 2628
March - 1983
April - 3384
May - 1898
June - 2180
July - 2516
August - 1192

August (or, to be anal, the second half of July + the first of August) has had only around half as much tournament points as most other months, and almost a third as much the largest month. Running the update for August would leave us with a five-deck DTBF, and the difference between almost all DTBs and non-DTBs would come from single digits. This would be highly misleading in all the worst ways.

I'll try to cumulate the August data with that from September next month.

Until then, enjoy your holidays (if you get any).

[Nihil Credo]

September 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Life pro-tip: if you're ever about to utter the words "Yeah I can do that, it should be easy", just skip the middleman and directly hammer your own crotch instead.

So let's get on to this double-feature. August on the left, September on the right (or above / below, depending on your screen size).

http://i.imgur.com/8MpWax4.png http://i.imgur.com/Q8fpX8I.png

http://i.imgur.com/EhnmJpl.png http://i.imgur.com/pkQPtib.png


Once we slam those numbers together, we get a cutoff of 163 points, and the following decks make it. Get ready to be underwhelmed:


Team America
Miracle Control
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control) (I can't believe I only now realised the pun)
Sneak and Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack) (winner of the monthly "had to go back and double-check" award, I'm so used to seeing it near the bottom)
Death and Taxes (there you go, Finn, thanks for the cheque)
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Elves


Honourable mention to DeathBlade's 160 points.

UWR Delver is out.

[Nihil Credo]

October 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Total time slept during weekdays: 25 hours. Total time slept during weekend: 25 hours. I suspect this might not be an entirely healthy lifestyle.

http://i.imgur.com/Sq8ADoa.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-9)

http://i.imgur.com/Bwdanav.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?format=Legacy)

We've tightened up even further this month, as the cutoff is at a pretty high 93 points which just barely kicks out DeathBlade, leaving us with a mere five Decks To Beat:



Miracle Control
Elves
Team America
Death and Taxes
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)


Canadian Thresh and Sneak & Show are out.

[Nihil Credo]

November 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Happy post-Halloween pre-Christmas season! Are you ready for another boring month of tiny meta changes?

http://i.imgur.com/lLFlDkb.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-10)

http://i.imgur.com/Vfh95sC.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?format=Legacy)

Hahahah, just kidding. We have a new champion in town, name is U/R Delver, please to meet you. Granted, most of its points come from a few big performances rather than general domination, but still, it doesn't happen often to go straight to #1 on the back of two new cards. Two commons, at that.

As for the rest of the lineup, we have a 107-point threshold, which gives:


UR Delver (TCDecks: U/R Burn)
Miracle Control
DeathBlade
Elves
Sneak & Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
Team America


Death & Taxes and Shardless BUG are out.

[Nihil Credo]

December 2014 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

tl;dr: No, it wasn't a fluke.

http://i.imgur.com/eE1T7Oa.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-11)

http://i.imgur.com/RQwKT19.png (http://www.tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2014&mes=12&format=Legacy)

There isn't much to say here - UR Delver retains its crown, and the top of the field shrinks again to just five decks - and one of them is UR Delver with an extra colour thrown in! A hefty 143-points threshold will do that.

The DTBF:



UR Delver (TCDecks: U/R Burn)
Miracle Control
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Elves
Team America


DeathBlade and Sneak&Show are out.

[Nihil Credo]

January 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

No, it really really wasn't a fluke.

http://i.imgur.com/mkAI7Ts.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2014-12)

http://i.imgur.com/lBCz4Ct.png (http://www.tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=1&format=Legacy)


There isn't much to say here - UR Delver retains its crown, and the top of the field shrinks again to stays at just five decks - and one of them is UR Delver with an extra colour thrown in! A hefty 143-points threshold will do that. Even with a lower 101-point threshold it still holds true.

The DTBF:


UR Delver (TCDecks: U/R Burn)
Miracle Control
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
Sneak & Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)
OmniTell (Note: all but a couple of the placements were from mono-U versions, so that's the thread that will be promoted)



Elves and Team America are out.

[Nihil Credo]

February 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

MOTHERFUCKING LANDS

http://i.imgur.com/vo8sXGp.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-1)
http://i.imgur.com/KeJ9Vke.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?format=Legacy)

106 point threshold this month. Speaking of which, Threshold shoots straight back up to #1, I guess. But mostly, MOTHERFUCKING LANDS



Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
UR Delver (TCDecks: U/R Burn)
Miracle Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
OmniTell
UWR Delver (TCDecks: Patriot)
(M.F.) Lands (It's mostly the R/G version. By the way, props to Dice_Box for being prepared and writing an awesome primer.)

[Nihil Credo]

March 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

The first post-ban update brings things back to normal with perhaps the most boring DTB ever.

http://i.imgur.com/HudroGD.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-1)
http://i.imgur.com/5llXyG3.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=3&format=Legacy)

133 points threshold for this list of forum regulars:


Miracle Control
Team America
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Elves
OmniTell
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Blade Control
Death and Taxes


UR Delver (r.i.p.), UWR Delver (less r.i.p.), and M.F. Lands are out.

[Nihil Credo]

April 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Nevermind, this one is the most boring update ever. Literally no new decks:

http://i.imgur.com/q8YdNjk.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-3)
http://i.imgur.com/Xm6tg9L.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=4&format=Legacy)

137 points threshold means five of last month's eight decks survive, and no new ones make the cut:


Miracle Control
Team America
Death and Taxes
OmniTell
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)


Ad Nauseam Tendrils, Elves, and Blade Control are out.

[Nihil Credo]

Hi folks,

Sorry for completely blowing the May update deadline; real life had me pretty tied down during the usual update period, and afterwards, to be entirely honest, it slipped my mind.

Since we're actually closer to the June update timeframe by now, and I also happen to be taking some much-needed vacation in those same days, I will be doing a proper update at that time.

In the meanwhile, I will promote Grixis Control to DTB, since - even without doing the whole number-crunching - the rise of that deck is pretty clearly the main metagame news for May.

See you in a couple of weeks.

[Nihil Credo]

June 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

We have an unusually clean metagame this month. One deck's clearly on top, two more are significantly behind but basically even with each other, three more are another, bigger tier lower and again mostly on equal footing between themselves, and then there's the rest of the non-DtB rabble.

It almost feels like a real format.

http://i.imgur.com/2Tk8GOK.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-5)
http://i.imgur.com/NjaItrP.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=6&format=Legacy)

An appropriately round 100-point threshold gives us the DtB for June:


Miracle Control
OmniTell
Team America
Blade Control
Grixis Control (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Death and Taxes


Canadian Thresh is out.

[Nihil Credo]

July 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

HOLY SHIT A NEW DECK!!!!11!

Well, kinda. If you look at the full rankings, Berserk Stompy (or, more accurately, its Infect-based successor) has been ebbing and flowing in just-sub-DtB territory for months now. But this month it managed to squeeze just past the threshold, and it's nice to see a fresh face in the forum.

http://i.imgur.com/YJNZ4ev.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-6)
http://i.imgur.com/TfOrKal.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=7&format=Legacy)

These are the decks above 91 points:


OmniTell
Miracle Control
Grixis Control (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Blade Control
Canadian Thresh (TCDecks: Threshold UGr)
Death and Taxes
Team America
U/G Infect (TCDecks: Berserk Stompy)


All of the past month's decks are still in the DtB.

[Nihil Credo]

August 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/formato.php?format=Legacy)

Are you excited?

Yes?

Well, you shouldn't be. This is a pretty boring update, other than the fact that MOTHERFUCKING LANDS is back.

Oh, and that apparently, somehow, Gurmag Angler is a thing now. Dayum.

http://i.imgur.com/0b6TVYY.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-7)
http://i.imgur.com/3Sr0shi.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=8&format=Legacy)

These are the decks above 74 points:


Miracle Control
OmniTell
Team America
Grixis Tempo (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Lands
bUrg Tempo (TCDecks: 4C Delver)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)


Blade Control, Canadian Threash, Death & Taxes, and U/G Infect are out.

EDIT: Thanks to AfroSmile for point out that TCDecks' Grixis Pyromancer category is mostly made of Tempo lists nowaday. A different thread has been moved to the DTBF.

[Di]

Big thanks to Dice_Box for putting this together!


September 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/format.php?format=Legacy)

So comes to the close the story of Dig. This is the last major update where it was legal.

http://i.imgur.com/LGkXOjs.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-9)
http://i.imgur.com/cGDoimx.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=10&format=Legacy)

90 points is the cutoff leaving us with the following 7 decks:


Grixis Control (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Miracle Control
OmniTell
Blade Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Burn
Team America

This means that for the update, Lands, 4C Delver and Shardless are out. Do not fear Shardless fans, you are defiantly back next month.

[Di]

Courtesy of Dice_Box

October 2015 Update (http://www.tcdecks.net/format.php?format=Legacy)

Our first look at our "Brave New World" post Dig. Looks... like everything did this time last year? Hm, who would have known?

http://i.imgur.com/FUscvRJ.png
(http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-10)
http://i.imgur.com/DlMzOtG.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=11&format=Legacy)

128 points is the cutoff leaving us many returning favourites, 7 of them in fact:


Miracle Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Shardless BUG (TC: BUG Control)
Death and Taxes (Finn I am awaiting your first payment.)
RUG Delver (TC: Threshold UGr)
Team America
Elves!


We lose Grixis Control, Blade Control, OmniTell and Burn.

[Di]

Courtesy of Dice_box

November 2015 Update

A fairly routine month with everything just kind of plodding along without any real changes or upsets. We do have two interesting footnotes though, one was that Lands won a GP and the other was that Aggro Loam has proven itself a deck worthy of attention. While neither made the cut this month both should be on your radar.

http://i.imgur.com/CNEpKAl.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-11)
http://i.imgur.com/jHJe4z7.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=12&format=Legacy)

With a total of 2856 points, the cutoff is 132. This leaves 5 decks in the DTB this month. They are:


Miracle Control
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Grixis Control (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Death and Taxes


This means we lose Elves and Team America while we regain Grixis. The more things change.

[Dice_Box]

December 2015 Update

Legacy, Legacy never changes. Well other than a totally Blue DTB forum. Oh wait, no it never changes.

http://i.imgur.com/OAIllch.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2015-12)
http://i.imgur.com/D0VIYVh.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2015&mes=13&format=Legacy)

With a total of 1740 points, the goal to aim for is a clean 80. This leaves 5 decks again with only a minor change:


Miracle Control
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Team America
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)


This means we lose Death and/or Taxes while enjoying our returning Delver overlords once more with Team America. The more things change.

-----

Updated opening post to reflect the current way the forum is managed.

[Dice_Box]

January 2016 Update

And a happy new year.

http://i.imgur.com/3G8fhya.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-1)
http://i.imgur.com/ALtkU1J.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=2&format=Legacy)

With a pool of 2450 points this month we break at 113 points. This leaves 7 decks in the DTB with Aggro Loam just missing out. Greatest respect guys, you will end up breaking in here soon.


Miracle Control
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Team America
Death and Taxes
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Elves!


This means we keep the old boys club together and admit back Death and Taxes and the Green menace. Be careful around them though, they break bones whenever you break twigs just going for a stroll.

[Dice_Box]

Feburay 2016 Update

April 2010 called, they want their set name back.

http://i.imgur.com/SwhbcK9.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-2)
http://i.imgur.com/bKgts4H.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=3&format=Legacy)

Point total comes in at only 1537 this month, not that anyone cares. No the story is the breakdown. With 71 points the cutoff we have 8 decks. Nothing special save for Shops The Rise of the Eldrazi. Long live The Gatewatch Terminus?

Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
U/G Infect (TCDecks: Berserk Stompy)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Elves!
Team America


Into the top tables we have Infect and Shops Eldrazi but we lost DnT this month.
Well done to Eldrazi on the shocking rise. A deck ported from Modern into Legacy with the threat of becoming a staple of the Legacy meta for a while to come.

[Dice_Box]

March 2016 Update

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

http://i.imgur.com/8oj4wcF.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-3)
http://i.imgur.com/PXPBTLW.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=4&format=Legacy)

With a total of 2431 we have a cut of 112 points. Sadly this mean Lands misses out... Drat.

Eldrazi
Miracle Control
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
U/G Infect (TCDecks: Berserk Stompy)
Death and Taxes


With a narrowing of the top performers to three powerful decks, Shardless, Elves, Storm and BUG get pushed out. DnT comes in but only just with Eldrazi, Miracles and Grixis taking the top spots by a landslide. Time to break out the artifact hate, the Stompy deck is here to stay.

[Dice_Box]

April 2016 Update


Ahem. "All bow before Terminus, the King once more. All tremble before the old guard and repent for your sins of worshipping the Eldrazi and thinking it would ruin the format." (Also a Reality Smasher with a Plough in tentacle is just an amusing mental image.)

http://i.imgur.com/Nru8YjQ.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-4)
http://i.imgur.com/nDJc6RW.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=5&format=Legacy)

The month tops out at 2031 points, not the most active month this year but not the worst either. This leaves the cutoff at 93 points, just knocking out ANT. This again lets our now common tradition of only having 5 decks in the Forums this month continue. Might have to look into this. Anyway, here we are:

Miracle Control
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Eldrazi
Death and Taxes
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)


Not much to report. Infect drops from the top to make way for Shardless but other than that there is really not a whole lot to report. Seems the format is managing to deal with the recent changes and absorb them well into the Meta as a whole. Otherwise the usual shifts are occurring with a nice mix of nasties to be found here. At this point I think the only real news is that Grixis is well and truly the Delver deck of the format now. (Fly, be free.)

[Dice_Box]

May 2016 Update

"Oh when the Monks, oh when the Monks
When the Monks go marching in..."

http://i.imgur.com/cNdmsu0.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-5)
http://i.imgur.com/syCZBCB.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=6&format=Legacy)

A slight bump from last month to 2296 points. This makes the cut off point 106. Nice and easy, a clean break between 6th and 7th place leaving us with 6 decks this month, somewhat of a novelty these days.

Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Team America

We gain two new entries while we lose the White Menace. A round of applause for ANT who is making itself known even with that Eldrazi style cage fight going on of late. The other thing to note is that Abrupt Decay seems to be good in the Meta, who would have known?

[Dice_Box]

June 2016 Update

"Sneak attack used Emrakul, it was super effective!"

http://i.imgur.com/Bg70LCl.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-6)
http://i.imgur.com/dZsVcEy.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=7&format=Legacy)

2266 points. Not much of a change, 7 decks total though, that is a change.

Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Shardless BUG (TCDecks: BUG Control)
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
Eldrazi
Sneak & Show (TCDecks: Sneak Attack)


An interesting month, dropping Team America for the white menace and Sneak and Show. It is amusing that those two come in together. Also to note the declining number of Eldrazi. While still firmly a DTB the decks sliding numbers are not accidental.

[Dice_Box]

July 2016 Update

You Spin me right round baby
Right round like a Top baby
Round Round Round Round...

http://i.imgur.com/MdL5rrf.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-7)
http://i.imgur.com/Hq5UEoN.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=8&format=Legacy)

1987 is the points total and a decent year for U2. (The Joshua Tree is a decent album) This leaves us with a cut off of 91 points meaning we drop to 5 decks. We now have the floodlights beaming on a tightening top field.

Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Grixis Tempo/Delver (TCDecks: Grixis Pyromancer)
Death and Taxes
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
U/G Infect (TCDecks: Berserk Stompy)


We lost SnT and Shardless with no new gains for the month. Miracles was the runaway best with almost double the points of Eldrazi, its nearest competitor. There is a very clear break between 6th place (Lands) and 5th place (ANT) leaving no doubt of where the dice fall. No matter how you slice it, we would only end up with these 5 this month. A very clean break for DTB.

Edit:
Thanks to TC Decks listing Infect as 3 different decks, me not noticing this and having to had it pointed out out me, Infect also makes the cut this month. With a total of 94 points, Infect will also be added to the DTB this month.

[Dice_Box]

August 2016 Update

Well, MJ might have been dead in Thriller but at least it was a good song. This month is dead too but it ain't thrilling no one.

http://imgur.com/umC82xf.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-6)
http://imgur.com/XBoKegf.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=9&format=Legacy)

We top out points wise at 1118 with a cut of 51. I am going to call it at that. It was a dead month, this list means very little. I am not going to cut the DTB to only 3 decks on the back of nothing happened, so this month gets a pass. I will not be moving Lands in as the actual results are split between the two builds so I do not think it is fair to call that a DTB. I leave the others as they stand and call it there. I would like to note that under any normal month, 67 would not make the cut for DTB.

Also, for some reason, TC seems to be doubling up on deck titles. I missed this last month but I was looking for it this time. Eldrazi is not the top deck, Miracle Control is. It has a total of 116 points but that's not really much of a data point when you look at the months before. See you back here in a month folks, this one is firing blanks.

[Dice_Box]

September 2016 Update

So um, remember last month? Me either and this one is worse.

http://imgur.com/7Q87XMr.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-7)
http://imgur.com/cYiVvV2.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=10&format=Legacy)

The month tops out at a whopping 898 total points. I am not sure if I should laugh or cry. This leaves us with a cut off of 41 points, again offering 3 decks. If we add this month and last month together we get 2016 points with a cut of 93. Much more respectable. With that cut, we end up with a DTB of the following five decks:

Miracles
Eldrazi
DnT
Lands
BUG Control

That is a fine list for the two months and I am happy with combining the two months to get to a more reasonable cut off point. Unless I have missed something these are to be the months top decks.

[Dice_Box]

October 2016 Update

So the new rules kick in this month. Yea. I might need to look into rewriting how this all works.

http://i.imgur.com/Mc8lqbc.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-10)
http://i.imgur.com/EMUJ7Zo.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=11&format=Legacy)

1309 is the total, short of the 1400 I have set to stall a rollover. This means that the update will be skipped this month and the data rolled over into the November update.

See you all back here in a month folks. Until then I have some thinking and planning to do on what to do with the DTB section.

[Dice_Box]

November 2016 Update

This is another spliced month. Now while I would normally make a joke here, this time I had to cut a lot of the duplicates out of the data and spent a lot of time looking into all the data as I cut it and put it back together. RUG Delver is no more, Patriot Blade is no more, Tide is no more. This format in the last few years has changed, it is not the format I remember coming back to. Changes, ebbs and flows in time have lead us to where we stand now. In the case of RUG I thought it worthwhile to point that fact out. The powerhouse of the Noughties, is no more.

http://imgur.com/O7af60e.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-11)
http://imgur.com/TOqdwsC.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=12&format=Legacy)

The October and November stats together equal 2471. This causes a cut off at 114 points. A good number, but still a far from flawless situation to get to this point. Well, one problem at a time.

The following decks are in the DTB this month:

Miracles
Death and Taxes
Eldrazi
Infect
BUG Control

Not a large shake up of things. Lands drops out for Infect. I guess those blasted Phyrexian's have poisoned the fine Groves and Taiga on their Berserk charge to the top. They have no respect.

Edit:
Update. It has been brought to my attention that the majority of the decks labelled "Reanimator" are of the R/B build. This gives the deck enough points to be a DTB this cycle. Congratulations, you horrible horrible people...

[Dice_Box]

December 2016 Update

2016, the year of the reaper. So many artists lost, the worst one to lose for me is Leonard Cohen. 2017, I humbly request more Legacy events and less deaths please. Be the change you want to see in the world 2017.

http://imgur.com/bErnAAI.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2016-12)
http://imgur.com/9bXRox1.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2016&mes=13&format=Legacy)

Looks like we are on a continuing Bi-Monthly update schedule. This month tops out at 806. The lowest number since 2010.

If anyone knows of smaller events that are not being put on TC, please PM me.

[Dice_Box]

January 2017 Update

Good news everyone, only one more GP this year you have to focus on, leaving you with more free time...

http://imgur.com/vHXVLVm.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-1)
http://imgur.com/AStzlPE.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=2&format=Legacy)

This was a solid month, topping at 1860 points. A rise out of the recent slums. Add to that last months data and we have a overall total of 2666. Two times the evil. The cut off is 123 total and 86 for Jan alone. Either way we get the same list. This leaves us with the following:


Miralces
Bug Control (Both Leo and Shardless)
Sneak Attack
Grixis


This means we lose this month DnT, BR Reanimator, Infect and Eldrazi. Yes, that is correct, the menace that was going to come and destroy the format, end life as we know it and kill our game has fallen from grace. In fact it placed 12th overall in January.

[Dice_Box]

February 2017 Update

Grumble grumble grumble Eldrazi grumble grumble. Ok look, the Tax man is back, the Eldrazi are the least of our issues.

http://imgur.com/JlO4nbK.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-2)
http://imgur.com/69uRMFP.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=3&format=Legacy)

We are back in some kind of stride. Another solid month and a good showing for the format. 2654 for last month alone, no carry over with a cut off at 122. This leaves me with no choice but to enact emergency measures and drop the cut to 74 for no personal biased reason whatsoever...
Anyway, we have a cut to top 6 this month, the list includes


Death and Taxes
Miracles
Bug Control (Both Leo and Shardless)
Sneak Attack
Team America (BUG Delver)
Eldrazi


Goodnight Grixis, we barely knew thee, hello Death and Taxes, I would rather not know thee... Oh and BUG is here to stay. Lets hope the Eldrazi find some bug spray next to that cup they keep sharing around the place.

[Dice_Box]

March 2017 Update

So, besides the Lord deciding my state needed to be underwater and then me being stuck on a mobile because the infrastructure all went to shit, I am still alive and tonight I am not limited to a mobile. Woot I can update shit.

http://imgur.com/o4W9QFv.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-3)
http://imgur.com/5WGDM2d.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=4&format=Legacy)

I am liking this thing we have going on here Legacy. You keep turning out months of decent data AND I got to watch a Painter Deck on SCG this month. Let's keep this going girl. I promise that thing with Vintage and I, it's just a fling.

Anyhow. 2136 total, topping at 98 points. This means we have a pool of five decks with Infect just missing the cut for sixth place. Still its not bad. Feels like we are on a roll again.

Miracles
Death and Taxes
Sneak Attack
Eldrazi
ANT
Infect


BUG falls from grace and we get ANT in to replace her. I should make a joke here about a bugs life or something, but its too cheap a shot to take. Plus Antz was the better movie.

Edit:
I missed the Infect section separate from Stompy. Infect makes the grade, we have 6 decks.

[Dice_Box]

April 2017 Update




A cord swiftly pulled
A destiny to brave
To find in the future
The power we crave

To see one's own fate
Held in an object often spun
A gift some adored
But not equally by everyone

Its demise for many
A dream, a miracle
But the others cried no
Yet the data, empirical

She stood tall and proud
Above all that would test
There became only two;
Top dog, and the rest

A sign from the masses
"Please make it to stop"
Now the metal sits rested
That once mighty Top

For her long lasting Legacy
Shall be sung into lore
But now this eternal mistress
She will spin for us no more



http://imgur.com/SzfQFiq.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-4)
http://imgur.com/u7C7iME.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=5&format=Legacy)

This is the final month that Legacy had Top legal. So that means this month's data still includes Miracles. 294 points worth. Another first place, one final crown.

The total for the month was 2634, topping at 5 decks with a cut off at 121. This means our round up would be for this month the following:


Miracles
Death and Taxes
Eldrazi
Sneak Attack
Grixis Tempo


But just this one time, since we are removing from the DTB section Miracles I am going to remove the 294 points she held and recalculate. When I do that we end up with 2340 with a cutoff of 108. That means in this most odd of situations we have:


Death and Taxes
Eldrazi
Sneak Attack
Grixis Tempo
Food Chain
Infect


No matter how you may feel about this banning or this change, Legacy will carry on. We have been here before when Survival took a hit and we made it past that. For those of you who feel lost and unsure of what you should do next, the thread is not closed, it sits in the New and Developmental Decks (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?25-New-and-Developmental-Decks) section of this site. As does many other ideas, new and old, that many are seeking to try. Take your moment to grieve and then turn your eyes on tomorrow. Take those years of honing your skills with control and direct it into something fresh. It was not overnight that Miracles was built and it will not be overnight something new is found.

[Dice_Box]

May 2017 Update

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no... Oh wait, DNT, Lands and Blade. Never mind. Control is still a thing.

http://imgur.com/QMI2jue.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-5)
http://imgur.com/eqMz3K4.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=6&format=Legacy)

Welcome to the brave new world of Legacy. We never again will have to worry about Terminus, about Entreat or about getting Predicted... Oh shit, I just saw the online meta...

The total for the month was 2825, so we have a cut to top 8 this month. Nice.


Grixis Tempo
ANT
Death and Taxes
UR Burn (UR Delver)
Elves!
Sneak Attack
LANDS!
Blade Control


Well, that's quite the change. Looks like something big must have happened of late to turn the format on it's head. We lost Miracles!, Infect, Eldrazi and Food Chain. We get in return ANT, Delver, Elves!, Lands (Oorah) and Blade Control. BUG just missed the cut. All in all a good month.

[Dice_Box]

June 2017 Update

So, um, that was unexpected.

http://i.imgur.com/XIFqArO.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-6)
http://i.imgur.com/jMq7xjx.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=7&format=Legacy)

Well, who could have predicted this? I find it quite hard to explain how this bloody deck won't just rest in peace. Take out top, the dam thing just snaps back after a short time to brainstorm and unexpectedly, a short flusterstorm of activity later and we are all back to basics. Ok I will stop now.

3004 is the total, 138 is the cut. At that point we have 5 decks.

Grixis Tempo
Sneak Attack
UR Burn (UR Delver)
ANT
Miracle Control

And that was short lived. Miracles is um... Back? Shit. Lands, Blade and Elves is gone, Grixis is king by far. The more things change...



It only took a banning but Miracles finally gets an updated primer
And right on time.

[Dice_Box]

July 2017 Update

Well, say what you will about Grixis, it knew where to find the BUG spray.

http://i.imgur.com/2MpytQu.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-7)
http://i.imgur.com/Kpywx9l.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=8&format=Legacy)

After the banning of top the prediction was that BUG would take over the format, that Decay would ramp up and DRS would take over the place. Meatloaf got at least two out of three, we cant even match that loafy goal.

3 is the total, 148 is the cut. This leaves us with 6 decks, one of them Lands! Makes me happy, and I am not biased at all.

Grixis Tempo
Death and Taxes
Blade Control
Lands!
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Sneak Attack


Wow thats a shake up. ANT, Delver and Miracles all leave and in their place we get the whole middle of the pack. I have not seen such a shakeup in a long time. Other than one top deck, the meta seems to be shifting around a lot, still looking for it's footing.

[Dice_Box]

August 2017 Update

To those of you dealing with the weather in the top half of the planet, I hope you, your families and your cards are alright.

http://i.imgur.com/rZaMrl3.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-8)
http://i.imgur.com/ugketG4.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=9&format=Legacy)

We lose Lands and keep SnT? Wow, this month really was harsh.

Total points for the month is 2014, cutting us off just under 93 points for a top slot. We find ourselves dropping to 5 but I will not complain at any point I get to move Elves into the DTB.


Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Sneak Attack
Elves!
Death and Taxes





Out goes Blade (didn't miss by much) and Lands. In goes the green menace. Enjoy your DnT flavored meal boys.

[Dice_Box]

September 2017 Update


If you have not seen Blade Runner yet you are a terrible person. Well, maybe not that bad, but you really should.


http://i.imgur.com/gqf3MFz.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-9)
http://i.imgur.com/WdNG5x7.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=10&format=Legacy)

One down and one up.

A big month, 2607 points in total. One of the larger we have seen in a while. The cut is at 120, leaving us with 5 decks. 3 others only just missing the cut by only 10 or so points. Quite a tight DTB this month.


Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Grixis Tempo
Death and Taxes
ANT
Elves!



So the SnT boys drop and we get the ANT nest back. Does anyone know where I left the Raid ant bait? Asking for a Lands sideboard.

[Dice_Box]

October 2017 Update


All hail October, the 8th month of the year... I hate the calendar.


http://i.imgur.com/i65djry.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-10)
http://i.imgur.com/aHPeNTu.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=11&format=Legacy)

I love wide open fields.

3058 points for the month. A great showing. Sadly though with a cut of 141 we end up with only 4 decks.


Grixis Tempo
Eldrazi Stompy
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Death and Taxes


We have found ourselves once again all Touched by His Noodly Appendage (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage_HD.jpg) as the Eldrazi return. ANT, Elves and my wish to see Leo around anymore have all dropped out of sight.

[Dice_Box]

November 2017 Update


Star Wars, because when your going to show the best fuck you ever put to cinema, make it silent and let the impact set in. Seriously folks, watch it. Its a masterclass in how to frame and light a scene. Also, Merry Christmas all. May you get at least the day off.


http://i.imgur.com/zpO225p.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-11)
http://i.imgur.com/64Uu7gK.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=12&format=Legacy)

So the story of the month is that control deck that got a card banned from it, its um, kicking arse? Oh and Lands is back. That's really important too.
3256 is the total for the month, 145 is the cut. That leaves us with a more healthy 6 decks.


Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Eldrazi Stompy
Miracle Control
Lands!
ANT


DnT we hardly knew thee. Please stay dead, at least for now... God I hate Basic Lands. Lands seemed like a sure thing. 6 out of the top 22 decks in that SCG thing that happened but who's counting? ANT is nice too. At least we know the Cthulhu crowd can't keep them down.

[Dice_Box]

December 2017 Update


Better late than never right guys?


http://i.imgur.com/JAeueO1.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2017-12)
http://i.imgur.com/BKFmOYf.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2017&mes=13&format=Legacy)

Grixis at under 300? Miracles in second place? Well shit.

2595, a cut off of 119. That leaves us with 6 decks.


Grixis Tempo
Miracle Control
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Lands!
Eldrazi Stompy
Sneak Attack


ANT for SnT? I miss ANT already.

[Dice_Box]

January 2018 Update


Well, 2018 is here. We made it.


http://i.imgur.com/CDR3xap.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-1)
http://i.imgur.com/cTCq7Y2.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=2&format=Legacy)

I for one celebrate the return of the great deck Lands with 171 making the cut off of 173 by the skin of it... NOOOO!

3762 for the month, that is really quite a sizable number. The cut off is 173 with a total of 8 decks for the month:


Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Death and Taxes
Miracle Control
Sneak Attack
Eldrazi
Elves!
Turbo Depths


DnT, Elves and What? Ok, look, I want to make something very very clear. We should all worship her dark name but they... THEY ARE HERETICS! Oh sorry, I meant Turbo Depths.

[Dice_Box]

February 2018 Update


Once upon a time there was this Red two drop. People thought he was cool but not strong enough to make it in the format called Legacy. But this two drop he never gave up. After working for years at proving his worth he would finally realise his dream and become a force in the format all by himself. Oh and the banning of Top may have helped. This tale of triumph against the odds would be a heartwarming story if not for... well the rest of the fucking format.


http://i.imgur.com/oEpIaKr.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-2)
http://i.imgur.com/WIM7NVh.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=3&format=Legacy)

We hit 3317 points, not as much as last month but still quite the showing. This means that the cut off is at 153 and gives us a total of 7 decks for the month.


Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Death and Taxes
Miracle Control
Team America (BUG Delver)
Eldrazi
Elves!


Show and Tell bites it, as do those blasted HERETICS!... Sorry, I will calm myself. SnT and Depths bite it for the month and welcome back Team America? Ok, did not see that coming.

[Dice_Box]

March 2018 Update


Grixis is still on top. Shocking I know.

http://i.imgur.com/xnrcZK8.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-3)
http://i.imgur.com/LLCbmDD.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=4&format=Legacy)

A large month with 4298 points. One of the bigger ones I have seen. The cut is 198. Wow that is a really high cut off. It leaves us with 6 decks. Elves just missing the top tables here.

Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Dragon Stompy (What?)
ANT


So say goodnight to BUG Delver, Eldrazi and Elves and in their place ANT and Bloodmoon? Shit.

[Dice_Box]

April 2018 Update


Give me a G! Give me an R!...

http://i.imgur.com/rznFKWZ.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-4)
http://i.imgur.com/AdgQSFc.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=5&format=Legacy)

3723 this month with a cut off of 171. I like these large months. This leaves us with 6 decks.

Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Turbo Depths
ANT


Simple month, Stompy for Depths. Nothing to see her.

[Dice_Box]

May 2018 Update


Sorry I'm late. Work has been busy.

http://i.imgur.com/klaKiHX.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-5)
http://i.imgur.com/poUFJX1.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=6&format=Legacy")

3498 total points. Cutting off at 161. This means we have 5 decks with Lands just missing out. Dam.

Miracle Control
Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Turbo Depths
Dragon Stompy


Lose ANT and DnT, gain Stompy again.

[Di]

June 2018 Update

Another month, another update. For now at least, this one matters not moving forward.

http://i.imgur.com/CaQubZi.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-6)
http://i.imgur.com/aQq0TSb.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=7&format=Legacy)

Adding images with my phone is apparently not very friendly. So Dicebox needs to fix this. (Done) 3154 total points, cutting off at 145. This means we have 5 decks:


Grixis Tempo
Czech Pile (T/C 4c Control)
Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Dragon Stompy


Death and taxes added and Turbo Depths is knocked off.

[Dice_Box]

July 2018 Update

Sorry I am late, missed what the date was.
Edit: I may have updated wrong. And by may I mean did.

http://i.imgur.com//iEKA3Os.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-7)
http://i.imgur.com/dBEKDdE.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=8&format=Legacy)

So we total to 3571 this month, a nice amount. The cut is 164. This was the month that the banns took place, so while some of this data is pre ban most of it is post. (Was legal for 6 days of this cycle.) That leaves us with only 5 decks and they are...


Miracle Control
Death and Taxes
Sneak and Show
Blade Control
RUG Delver


Ok, so after fucking up the first update (Sorry) let me do this right this time.

[Dice_Box]

August 2018 Update

I think I might actually be starting to fear my own shadow. I mean its killing everything.

http://i.imgur.com//iEKA3Os.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-8)
http://i.imgur.com/9TIC3s4.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=9&format=Legacy)

8 decks this month. 8. Nice. Less points then has been the norm of late sadly, only 2854. With a cut off at 131 we have:


UBx Shadow
Death and Taxes
Grixis Control
Grixis Pyro
Sneak and Show
Lands
Miracle Control
Blade Control


Grixis takes top spot for just not fucking dying. Legacy, that format where even bannings don't stop you from pounding people with decks. Save for Ominshow but lets not talk about Dig.

[Dice_Box]

September 2018 Update

Dagon is back, we all love Dagon in this town.

http://i.imgur.com//71IkHRr.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-9)
http://i.imgur.com/PeTDujA.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=10&format=Legacy)

We have a cut at 131 from a total of 2852. With that the total nets us 5 decks. But ANT is just a point shy of the cut so I am adding it too. It more or less made it across the line too.


Grixis Control
Miracle Control
UBx Shadow
Death and Taxes
Eldrazi
Ad Nauseam Tendrils

So we get Dagon and ANT, we lose Pyro, SnT, Lands (boo) and Blade. Not all that much change all told over the last month. Other that Shadow slipping some.

[Dice_Box]

October 2018 Update

The report of my death was an exaggeration, the reports on Death's Shadow on the other hand...

http://i.imgur.com//eStHcZR.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-10)
http://i.imgur.com/dbHcpY8.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=11&format=Legacy)

A higher point total in a few months. 3144 points total with a cut off at 145. That gives us a total of 5 decks.

Grixis Control
Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Sneak and Show
Grixis Pyro


So, we gain Sneak and Boredom as well as Pyro. We lost UB Shadow, DnT and ANT. That's one of the more active changes we have had in a while.

[Dice_Box]

November 2018 Update

The Elves go marching to war, meet as of untold Depths. I wonder what could be trapped under that ice?

http://i.imgur.com/ca8fSJD.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-11)
http://i.imgur.com/D8izJWc.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=12&format=Legacy)

3007 points for the month. Names Bond, Tri Bond. Anyway, cut of is 138, so we have 8 decks.

Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Grixis Control
Turbo Depths
Sneak and Show
ANT
DnT
Elves!


We lose Pyro while gaining the heretics, Storm, DnT and some of Robin Hoods archers. Seems like a fair trade to me. Also to note, Stax got 6 points this month. Go Stax. You keep trying and one day you might even be a tire 3 deck again.

[Dice_Box]

December 2018 Update

Sorry I am late, I will try not to do this again.

http://i.imgur.com/uXlimlc.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2018-12)
http://i.imgur.com/PmmS1SZ.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2018&mes=13&format=Legacy)

2824 total with a cut at 130. That leaves us with 9 decks. 9. Wow.

Grixis Pyro
Miracle Control
Eldrazi
Sneak and Show
ANT
Turbo Depths
Grixis Control
DnT
U/R Delver


We lose Elves and gain Pyro and UR Delver. Poor elves.
We lose Pyro while gaining the heretics, Storm, DnT and some of Robin Hoods archers. Seems like a fair trade to me. Also to note, Stax got 6 points this month. Go Stax. You keep trying and one day you might even be a tire 3 deck again.

[Dice_Box]

January 2019 Update

And the new year arrives too... more of the same. Its' more of the same. Hey, you play Legacy, its basically the motto of the format.

http://i.imgur.com/6yAKUoR.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-1)
http://i.imgur.com/3OV7s5E.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=2&format=Legacy)

2576 total with a cut at 119. That leaves us with 7 decks. But DnT and Eldrazi are close enough I will include them too.

Miracle Control
Blade Control... What? Where the hell did you come from?
ANT
Grixis Control
Turbo Depths
Sneak and Show
Grixis Pyro
DnT
Eldrazi


Out goes U/R, DnT and Eldrazi. Officially at least. In comes Blade control? What the hell? Hey you do you. I hate Batterskull as much as the next guy, but you do you.

[Dice_Box]

February 2019 Update

No matter where you are I hope you find solace in Legacy.

http://i.imgur.com/CE5zbvz.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-2)
http://i.imgur.com/wvWM3Ko.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=3&format=Legacy)

3013 this month. That's high that normal of late, something I am glad to see. The cut off lands at 138.6 and Pyro is 138. I think I will just give it to them. With Pyro that is 7 decks.


Miracle Control
Blade Control... Still hear? Shit I think I will have to plan around it.
DnT
Eldrazi
Grixis Control
ANT
Grixis Pyro

We say goodbye to SnT (Woot) and the Heretics that follow the path of Turbo Depths (Lands is a deck guys, you can worship our Queen while following the one truth path). All in all it feels like nothing changed this month. Well other than the number 8 spot was Red Stompy. Keep an eye open for them, they have been picking up online these last few weeks.

[Dice_Box]

March 2019 Update

Good thing that top got banned and Miracles went away.

http://i.imgur.com/yLtQwtl.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-3)
http://i.imgur.com/HiTEXMC.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=4&format=Legacy)

4089 this month. Big month. The cut off is 188 meaning that Red Stompy misses but a whisker. Almost had 7 decks this month.


Miracle Control
UR Delver
DnT
Blade Control
Grixis Control
Turbo Depths

So, coming out is Eldrazi, ANT and Grixis Pyro. Coming in is UR Delver and some silly list of cards that uses Depths in a heretical way. Curse them.

[Dice_Box]

April 2019 Update

Wait what! DnT did what? Finn, explain yourself.

http://i.imgur.com/lHD0h2g.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-4)
http://i.imgur.com/4WohIQc.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=5&format=Legacy)

3525 for the month giving us with 7 decks with the cut at 162. Top billing going to DnT? What the fuck? Ok.


DnT
Miracle Control
UR Delver
Grixis Control
Blade Control
ANT
SnT


We lost Depths while gaining ANT and SnT. If that new Mull rule comes in expect to see a lot of SnT and RB. I dont think SnT is going away.

[Dice_Box]

May 2019 Update

I know sometimes I fuck this up, but I hope I can spell the month of May without any issues. Here is to hoping right?

http://i.imgur.com/j24vUBd.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-5)
http://i.imgur.com/hBP8wVy.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=6&format=Legacy)

So we drop to a kind of low, 2992. Thats the kind of low I am happy to have. Cut off is 138 leaving us with 6 decks and ANT just missing out.


Miracle Control
DnT
Grixis Control
UR Delver
Blade Control
Eldrazi


So we lost SnT and ANT (Only just on ANT) while picking up Eldrazi. Though I wonder how much of the Edrazi we are seeing right now is that new post build. That thing is nuts.

[Dice_Box]

June 2019 Update

Lets get this show back on the road.

http://i.imgur.com/k4QGZFE.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-6)
http://i.imgur.com/l3w81FL.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=7&format=Legacy)

June was 3658, cut at 168.


UR Delver
Grixis Control
Miracle Control
Blade Control
DnT
Turbo Depths



July 2019 Update

And now.

http://i.imgur.com/SiCHgkt.png (http://tcdecks.net/metagame.php?format=Legacy&fecha=2019-7)
http://i.imgur.com/kxyFNjN.png (http://tcdecks.net/tierdecks.php?anio=2019&mes=8&format=Legacy)

And now we have a cut of 3173, cut off at 146. With 5 decks making the cut. Lands only one point out, so I will shift it in too.


UR Delver
RuG Delver
Miracle Control
Turbo Depths
4c Delver
Lands

[H]

March Update:
https://i.imgur.com/JUCFzMq.png
https://i.imgur.com/EBxCkBx.png


So, this month has both suppressed results, from the ongoing fact that the pandemic has all but eliminated all paper results, and the fact of the number one deck there being Banned already.


So, computationally, our outcome should be a cutoff of 54 points. Since results were low, I don't think we got the full divergence we usually would, since that would give us a "top" 11 decks (minus one banned), and I think even 10 is too many.


As I result, I am going to just take the "next" top 8 decks, giving us:
Death and Taxes (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?6775-Deck-Death-and-Taxes)
Miracles (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31855-DTB-UWx-Miracle-Control)
UR Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31294-DTB-U-R-Delver)
BUG Midrange/Control (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?23429-Deck-Team-America-(Midrange-Control-Thread))
Eldrazi (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?30500-Primer-Eldrazi-Stompy)
RUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27776-Deck-Canadian-Threshold-(aka-RUG-Delver-Tempo-Thresh))
4C Control (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33309-4C-Control-(Snowko-Czech-Pile-and-more!))
OmniTell (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26071-Deck-MonoU-OmniTell)

[H]

Oh how a month changes things! With some help from a busted new mechanic, of course. April 2020:


https://i.imgur.com/LvOJ3xP.png
https://i.imgur.com/cRBq63e.png


Again, suppressed results from lack of paper event, and so on. Computationally, we should be about 41 points. However, honestly, it doesn't seem, to me, that Omni is really dominating or doing much. So, I am going to cut to the top 8.


4C Control (Snowko, Czech Pile and more!) (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33309-4C-Control-(Snowko-Czech-Pile-and-more!))
Grixis Tempo (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?29665-Deck-Grixis-Tempo)
RUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27776-Deck-Canadian-Threshold-(aka-RUG-Delver-Tempo-Thresh))
Eldrazi Stompy (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?30500-Primer-Eldrazi-Stompy)
ANT (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27161-Deck-ANT-(Ad-Nauseam-Tendrils)-Storm-Combo)
Patriot Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?25531-Deck-UWR-Delver)
BUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27874-Deck-Team-America-(BUG-Delver))
Bomberman (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31754-Chalice-Bomberman-Bomberman-Stompy)

[H]

So, May of 2020, results are still all over, due to suppressed paper play, still, and the whole Companion debacle.

https://i.imgur.com/9PiWBSI.png
https://i.imgur.com/7bu9G92.png

The question is, what now? While Grixis and TA results were mainly fueled by the now banned Lurrus, even post post ban, Grixis has put up results. TA has not. So, I am inclined to cut TA. Our computational level should be about 37 points, but, like has been usual, our suppressed results has not given us much divergence. RUG Delver is in, along with Miracles, Infect, 4c and Lands. Now, "Fish" is actually Esper Vial and that clearly has enough points.

Also, I am inclined to exclude Gyruda for the moment, until the deck demonstrates that it can win through the Companion rule change.

RUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27776-Deck-Canadian-Threshold-(aka-RUG-Delver-Tempo-Thresh))
Grixis Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?29665-Deck-Grixis-Tempo)
4c Control (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33309-4C-Control-(Snowko-Czech-Pile-and-more!))
Miracles (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31855-DTB-UWx-Miracle-Control)
Infect (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?28671-Deck-U-G-Infect)
R/G Lands (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?29193-Primer-R-G-Lands)

We don't have a thread for a real Esper Vial deck. I could reuse Bahra's Spicy Popcorn (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?32346-Spicy-Popcorn) thread, but that hardly is the same deck. Might just have to hold off on that deck while I work up a thread.

[H]

New year, new process I am going to try. Since we are still in a low-data era and likely to stay in one, I am going to do a bi-monthly analysis for this year.

So, with this new process (I had to manually merge the data), here is what the cutoff looks like with November and December 2020's data:



1º
4c Control
102

24º
Infect
22


2º
Death and Taxes
95

25º
Lands
21


3º
Other
83

26º
Reanimator
21


4º
Temur Delver
68

27º
Eldrazi Stompy
20


5º
Hogaak
66

28º
Temur
19


6º
Elves
59

29º
4c Loam
17


7º
Red Prison
56

30º
Turbo Depths
17


8º
Goblins
52

31º
Jeskai
16


9º
Grixis Delver
40

32º
Merfolks
15


10º
Ninjas
40

33º
Dredge
14


11º
All Spells
39

34º
UBx Shadow
14


12º
Aluren
38

35º
Painters
13


13º
OmniTell
35

36º
Pox
13


14º
Cephalid Breakfast
34

37º
Sultai Delver
8


15º
Burn
33

38º
Deadguy Ale
7


16º
Bant
32

39º
Miracles
7


17º
12 Post
31

40º
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
6


18º
Mill
31

41º
Bomberman
6


19º
Maverick
29

42º
Enchantress
6


20º
Stoneblade
28

43º
Esper Vial
6


21º
Doomsday
27

44º
Grixis Control
6


22º
Izzet Delver
25

45º
Lutri Deck
6


23º
Urza
23


Total:
1346







Cutoff:
47.11



So, this means we have 7 Decks to Beat:
4C Control (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33309-4C-Control-(Snowko-Czech-Pile-and-more!))
Death and Taxes (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?6775-Deck-Death-and-Taxes)
RUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27776-Deck-Canadian-Threshold-(aka-RUG-Delver-Tempo-Thresh))
Hogaak (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?32159-GB-Vengevine) (Placeholder thread, seems we don't actually have a dedicated Hogaak thread?)
Elves (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26248-Primer-Elves!)
Dragon/Red/Moon Stompy (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?19745-Deck-Dragon-Stompy)
Goblins (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31114-Deck-Vial-Goblins)

Also if anyone knows a more appropriate thread for Hogaak (or wants to make a Primer for it), let me know.

As always comment, criticism, or questions are welcome in the open thread here (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33280-Decks-to-Beat-(2020-edition)).

[H]

OK, here we go, the combined data for January and February of 2021. Obviously with Valki getting hit with the Cascade nerf-bat, I did not consider it, so we will take the other top 8 decks:




1º
Temur Delver
86

27º
Turbo Depths
25


2º
Ninjas
77

28º
Sultai
22


3º
Death and Taxes
70

29º
Merfolks
21


4º
All Spells
61

30º
Doomsday
19


5º
Valki Cascade
61

31º
Mono Black
15


6º
Elves
57

32º
Urza
15


7º
Aluren
56

33º
Bomberman
14


8º
OmniTell
54

34º
Mill
14


9º
Maverick
50

35º
Hogaak
13


10º
4c Control
49

36º
Mono Blue
13


11º
Jeskai
47

37º
Slivers
13


12º
Dredge
45

38º
Buried Phoenix
9


13º
Stoneblade
45

39º
Deadguy Ale
9


14º
Other
42

40º
Tin Fins
9


15º
12 Post
40

41º
Sultai Delver
8


16º
Burn
40

42º
UBx Shadow
8


17º
Bant
39

43º
Esper Vial
7


18º
Turbo Depths
38

44º
Food Chain
7


19º
Infect
36

45º
Sneak and Show
7


20º
Eldrazi Stompy
34

46º
The Epic Storm
7


21º
Red Prison
34

47º
Jund
6


22º
Cephalid Breakfast
33

48º
Landstill
6


23º
Izzet Delver
33

49º
Mono Black Aggro
6


24º
Goblins
30

50º
Pox
6


25º
Temur
30

51º
Tibalt Cascade
6


26º
Reanimator
27




Our cut-off here is 51 points, meaning that Maverick just makes it and 4C Control just misses.
RUG Delver (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?27776-Deck-Canadian-Threshold-(aka-RUG-Delver-Tempo-Thresh))
Ninjas! (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33432-Retro-Ninjas)
Death & Taxes (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?6775-Deck-Death-and-Taxes)
Oops, All Spells! (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?25386-Oops-All-Spells!-(Formerly-The-Rogue-Hermit))
Elves! (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26248-Primer-Elves!)
Aluren (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?2599-Deck-Aluren)
Omnitell (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26071-Deck-MonoU-OmniTell)
Maverick (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31927-Primer-Maverick-2-0-GW-x)


As always, I welcome any comments, questions or concerns. (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33280-Decks-to-Beat-(2020-21)-Discussion-Thread) Interesting results that, having not really looked into the data, would not quite have expected.

[H]

March, April, May, June 2021 merged:




1º
Izzet Delver
235

29º
Tin Fins
37


2º
Death and Taxes
200

30º
UBx Shadow
31


3º
Elves
189

31º
Eldrazi Stompy
30


4º
Ninjas
150

32º
4c Loam
29


5º
Turbo Depths
121

33º
Doomsday
29


6º
Reanimator
90

34º
Landstill
28


7º
Miracles
85

35º
Esper Vial
26


8º
OmniTell
85

36º
Pox
23


9º
Maverick
68

37º
Sultai
23


10º
Other
66

38º
Grixis Delver
22


11º
Stoneblade
66

39º
The Epic Storm
22


12º
Lands
65

40º
Nic Fit
17


13º
Sneak and Show
65

41º
12 Post
16


14º
Temur Delver
64

42º
Humans
16


15º
Food Chain
57

43º
Mill
16


16º
Infect
54

44º
MUD
15


17º
Burn
51

45º
Esper
14


18º
Dredge
50

46º
Slivers
14


19º
Painters
49

47º
Bomberman
13


20º
All Spells
46

48º
Deadguy Ale
13


21º
4c Control
45

49º
Jeskai
11


22º
Ad Nauseam Tendrils
41

50º
Affinity
9


23º
Goblins
41

51º
Jund
8


24º
Hogaak
40

52º
Buried Phoenix
7


25º
Cephalid Breakfast
39

53º
Enchantress
7


26º
Aluren
38

54º
Merfolks
6


27º
Red Prison
38

55º
Mono Black
6


28º
Grixis Control
37




Oh boy, that was a good bit a data. Seemed fairly clear, aside the nebulous category of "Bant" which really were all Miracles decks, that just happen to run Green. So, with that merged, Miracles makes it (which makes perfect sense, really). Clean cut off too, 90.5 points, giving us a clear top 8. Sorry Maverick, :frown: (still love you).


UR Delver (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31294-DTB-U-R-Delver)
Death & Taxes (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?6775-Deck-Death-and-Taxes)
Elves! (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26248-Primer-Elves!)
Ninjas (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?33432-Retro-Ninjas)
Turbo Depths (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?28813-Deck-Turbo-Depths)
BR Reanimator (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?30840-Primer-BRx-Griselbrand-Reanimator)
Miracles (http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?31855-DTB-UWx-Miracle-Control)
Omnitell (https://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?26071-Deck-MonoU-OmniTell)

One thing to note, is that right now, TCDecks has GW Depths decks merged with Turbo Depths decks. For right now, I am going to leave it, we also have no thread for GW Depths, so no real conflict as of yet. But something to keep an eye on for future results.