Lantern of Insight representative art for Lantern Control

Art: Greg Hildebrandt © Wizards of the Coast

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Lantern Control

2 decks from 2 events · 12 Aug – 10 Sep 2026

2Decks0.1% of published lists▴ 0.0 pp vs. the 30 days before
78.6%Win rate 52.4–92.4% · 11–3–0 · 14-match sample▴ 38.6 pp vs. the 30 days before
75 of 75 LockedSlots settled32 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
0 slotsStill argued overspread over 0 cards, in both boards

Maindeck 60 slots

4 copies in every list 4 copies in 1 list out of 4 1 copy in every list always 1 copy, sometimes 2 Grey means 80% of lists or more. Violet means fewer.

Settled core

23 cards · 60 slots
Academy Ruins 100% Academy Ruins1st 100%
Codex Shredder 100% Codex Shredder1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Cursed Totem 100% Cursed Totem1st 100%
Darkslick Shores 100% Darkslick Shores1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Disruptor Flute 100% Disruptor Flute1st 100%
Ensnaring Bridge 100% Ensnaring Bridge1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Grafdigger's Cage 100% Grafdigger's Cage1st 100%
Harbinger of the Seas 100% Harbinger of the Seas1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Inquisition of Kozilek 100% Inquisition of Kozilek1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Island 100% Island1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100%
Lantern of Insight 100% Lantern of Insight1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Mox Opal 100% Mox Opal1st 100%
Pithing Needle 100% Pithing Needle1st 100% · 2nd 100%
Pyxis of Pandemonium 100% Pyxis of Pandemonium1st 100% · 2nd 100%
River of Tears 100% River of Tears1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
The Filigree Sylex 100% The Filigree Sylex1st 100%
The Underworld Cookbook 100% The Underworld Cookbook1st 100%
Thoughtseize 100% Thoughtseize1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Torpor Orb 100% Torpor Orb1st 100%
Underground River 100% Underground River1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Urza's Saga 100% Urza's Saga1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Watery Grave 100% Watery Grave1st 100%
Whir of Invention 100% Whir of Invention1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%

Still argued over

0 cards · 0 slots

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Sideboard 15 slots

Settled core

9 cards · 15 slots
Bloodchief's Thirst 100% Bloodchief's Thirst1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Consign to Memory 100% Consign to Memory1st 100% · 2nd 100%
Cursed Totem 100% Cursed Totem1st 100%
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 100% Emrakul, the Aeons Torn1st 100%
Soulless Jailer 100% Soulless Jailer1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100%
Spellskite 100% Spellskite1st 100%
The Stone Brain 100% The Stone Brain1st 100%
Vexing Bauble 100% Vexing Bauble1st 100%
Void Mirror 100% Void Mirror1st 100%

Still argued over

0 cards · 0 slots

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#10 Taddy_99 Modern Challenge 64 · 2026-08-30 · 5-2-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (4)
  • 4 Harbinger of the Seas 100%
Sorceries (8)
  • 4 Inquisition of Kozilek 100%
  • 4 Thoughtseize 100%
Instants (4)
  • 4 Whir of Invention 100%
Artifacts (23)
  • 1 Mox Opal 100%
  • 4 Codex Shredder 100%
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage 100%
  • 4 Lantern of Insight 100%
  • 2 Pithing Needle 100%
  • 2 Pyxis of Pandemonium 100%
  • 1 The Underworld Cookbook 100%
  • 1 Cursed Totem 100%
  • 1 Disruptor Flute 100%
  • 1 The Filigree Sylex 100%
  • 1 Torpor Orb 100%
  • 4 Ensnaring Bridge 100%
Lands (21)
  • 1 Academy Ruins 100%
  • 4 Darkslick Shores 100%
  • 3 Island 100%
  • 4 River of Tears 100%
  • 4 Underground River 100%
  • 4 Urza's Saga 100%
  • 1 Watery Grave 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Bloodchief's Thirst 100%
  • 2 Consign to Memory 100%
  • 1 Vexing Bauble 100%
  • 1 Cursed Totem 100%
  • 3 Soulless Jailer 100%
  • 1 Spellskite 100%
  • 1 The Stone Brain 100%
  • 1 Void Mirror 100%
  • 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 100%
Harbinger of the Seas
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
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#1 Taddy_99 Modern Challenge 32 · 2026-08-15 · 8-1-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (4)
  • 4 Harbinger of the Seas 100%
Sorceries (8)
  • 4 Inquisition of Kozilek 100%
  • 4 Thoughtseize 100%
Instants (4)
  • 4 Whir of Invention 100%
Artifacts (23)
  • 1 Mox Opal 100%
  • 4 Codex Shredder 100%
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage 100%
  • 4 Lantern of Insight 100%
  • 2 Pithing Needle 100%
  • 2 Pyxis of Pandemonium 100%
  • 1 The Underworld Cookbook 100%
  • 1 Cursed Totem 100%
  • 1 Disruptor Flute 100%
  • 1 The Filigree Sylex 100%
  • 1 Torpor Orb 100%
  • 4 Ensnaring Bridge 100%
Lands (21)
  • 1 Academy Ruins 100%
  • 4 Darkslick Shores 100%
  • 3 Island 100%
  • 4 River of Tears 100%
  • 4 Underground River 100%
  • 4 Urza's Saga 100%
  • 1 Watery Grave 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 4 Bloodchief's Thirst 100%
  • 2 Consign to Memory 100%
  • 1 Vexing Bauble 100%
  • 1 Cursed Totem 100%
  • 3 Soulless Jailer 100%
  • 1 Spellskite 100%
  • 1 The Stone Brain 100%
  • 1 Void Mirror 100%
  • 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn 100%
Harbinger of the Seas
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Method

A slot is one card in the average list. For each card, we count the lists that play at least one copy, then at least two, then at least three. We add those shares. Add every card and the boards total 60 and 15.

The settled bound is chosen at 80% of published lists. Settled slots are grey. Other slots are violet. Cards in fewer than 10% of lists still count in the argued-over total, but their rows are not shown.

The band bounds are chosen. Locked starts at 60 settled slots out of 75. Consolidated starts at 50. Debated starts at 40. Open is below 40. A locked deck is not a better deck.

Share is share of published decklists, not of the field. MTGO publishes exactly 32 decklists per Challenge, whatever the field size. A 448-player event gives the same 32 lists as a 32-player one. Those 32 lists lean heavily toward the top of the standings.

Leagues publish 5–0 decklists and no match data. They count in the deck total, in the share, in the card slots, and in the pilots, because a registered list is a registered list. They stay out of the win rate, because there is no match to count. So deck counts and shares cover all published decklists, and win rates cover paired events only.

Preliminaries contribute nothing. They publish match records but no decklists, so their matches have no archetype to attach to.

Win rates count only matches where both players published a decklist. The published 32 are the top finishers. Counting their matches against players who did not publish a list would push every archetype's rate up. With both sides counted, every win has a matching loss. So the pool always balances at exactly 50% wins.