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A four-color Zoo list using Bello, Bard of the Brambles finished second in an MTGO Legacy Challenge, where Bello converts Leylines into 4/4 indestructible attackers that draw cards.
Read Brief →Wizards' official sealed guide defines ten two-color archetypes: allied pairs follow Hexhaven's colleges while enemy pairs center the set's major characters.
A new Azorius Standard build went 5–0 in an MTGO League by looping two Arachne, Psionic Weaver copies through Eirdu, then using Dour-Port Mage to draw its deck or Aunt May to gain unlimited life.
A Sewer-veillance Cam deck finished second in an 81-player Legacy Challenge while pilots continue testing Affinity, dedicated combo, Jegantha and Aphetto Alchemist variants.
A new Pioneer control shell uses Field of Ruin, Cleansing Wildfire and Avengers Disassembled to exhaust nonbasic-heavy mana bases while retaining sweepers for aggressive matchups.
Combined US and China Regional Championship data shows Broodscale Combo doubling from 6.3% to 12.6% of the field while posting a statistically significant 55.3% non-mirror win rate.
Across 147 decklists from three MTGO Vintage Challenges, Initiative was most played at 23 entries and Raker Shops was third at 13 with a 61.3% non-mirror win rate.
Basking Broodscale won the 1,494-player Baltimore Regional Championship, placed four copies in the Top 8 and claimed 11 of 32 Pro Tour invites after already posting repeated high finishes at the Pro Tour and two Spotlight events.
Across 243 tracked MTGO decklists, Tron led the Legacy field with 30 entries and several Top 8s, although its 45.8% non-mirror win rate shows popularity has not yet become dominance.
Reality Fracture is reprinting Tarmogoyf at mythic rare, moving the former Modern and Legacy staple into Standard and Pioneer for the first time.
A new cEDH tournament platform uses Elo-style local and global ratings, seat-adjusted tiebreakers and losses for eliminated players to reduce incentives for intentional draws.