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Sewer-Cam Combo won both of the Legacy Challenges examined in detail in Joe Dyer’s September 30 recap. Oskiyaa took the September 22 event, which had 53 players, and DNSolver won the September 27 event with 65 players. DrPP also finished fifth in the first event. Two wins by different pilots and another Top 8 are a more substantial signal than a single League trophy, although they still do not establish format-wide dominance.
The weekly sample supplies useful context. Five events with matchup data covered 240 decklist entries; another 30-player event had decklists but no matchup dataset. Dimir Tempo led representation with 28 entries yet recorded a 45.9% non-mirror win rate. Azorius Tempo had 19 entries and 46.3%. By contrast, Boros Energy’s 21 entries produced 51.3%, while Death and Taxes had 14 entries and approximately 52%.
Those figures suggest that popularity and performance diverged during this week. They support exploring non-blue strategies rather than assuming the most common tempo list is automatically the safest choice. They do not show that tempo is permanently declining, or that modestly positive results for Energy and Death and Taxes are statistically decisive.
The Sewer-Cam lists also highlight Arena of Glory: granting haste matters when a combo creature needs to tap before generating value. The practical takeaway is to examine how the deck assembles and protects its engine, then test interaction against that sequence. Dyer points to Force of Will as an answer, but that recommendation is strategic interpretation, not a measured matchup guarantee.
This is an online tournament signal, not evidence of equivalent paper adoption. Repeated pilots, changing deck classifications and the small weekly sample limit confidence. Reality Fracture is also entering the environment, so the current standings provide a baseline for the next round of results rather than a settled post-release metagame.
The weekly sample supplies useful context. Five events with matchup data covered 240 decklist entries; another 30-player event had decklists but no matchup dataset. Dimir Tempo led representation with 28 entries yet recorded a 45.9% non-mirror win rate. Azorius Tempo had 19 entries and 46.3%. By contrast, Boros Energy’s 21 entries produced 51.3%, while Death and Taxes had 14 entries and approximately 52%.
Those figures suggest that popularity and performance diverged during this week. They support exploring non-blue strategies rather than assuming the most common tempo list is automatically the safest choice. They do not show that tempo is permanently declining, or that modestly positive results for Energy and Death and Taxes are statistically decisive.
The Sewer-Cam lists also highlight Arena of Glory: granting haste matters when a combo creature needs to tap before generating value. The practical takeaway is to examine how the deck assembles and protects its engine, then test interaction against that sequence. Dyer points to Force of Will as an answer, but that recommendation is strategic interpretation, not a measured matchup guarantee.
This is an online tournament signal, not evidence of equivalent paper adoption. Repeated pilots, changing deck classifications and the small weekly sample limit confidence. Reality Fracture is also entering the environment, so the current standings provide a baseline for the next round of results rather than a settled post-release metagame.
Original source: This Week in Legacy: Fractured ↗MTGGoldfish