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Izzet Spellementals

12 decks from 7 events · 12 Aug – 8 Sep 2026

12Decks1.7% of published lists▴ 1.6 pp vs. the 30 days before
50.0%Win rate 35.8–64.2% · 22–22–0 · 44-match sample▴ 50.0 pp vs. the 30 days before
57.1 of 75 ConsolidatedSlots settled18 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
17.9 slotsStill argued overspread over 28 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

15 cards · 51.2 slots
Consider 100% Consider1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Eddymurk Crab 100% Eddymurk Crab1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Fiery Impulse 100% Fiery Impulse1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100% Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Island 100% Island1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100% · 5th 92% · 6th 8%
Prismari Charm 100% Prismari Charm1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 50%
Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100% Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 50%
Riverpyre Verge 100% Riverpyre Verge1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 50%
Sleight of Hand 100% Sleight of Hand1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Spirebluff Canal 100% Spirebluff Canal1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Steam Vents 100% Steam Vents1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Stubborn Denial 100% Stubborn Denial1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 50% · 4th 25%
Sunderflock 100% Sunderflock1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Spell Snare 83% Spell Snare1st 83%
Traumatic Critique 83% Traumatic Critique1st 83% · 2nd 83% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%

Still argued over

10 cards · 8.8 slots
Fading Hope 58% Fading Hope1st 58% · 2nd 58%
Opt 58% Opt1st 58% · 2nd 58% · 3rd 58% · 4th 58%
Burst Lightning 50% Burst Lightning1st 50% · 2nd 33%
Shivan Reef 50% Shivan Reef1st 50% · 2nd 42%
Winternight Stories 50% Winternight Stories1st 50%
Abrade 42% Abrade1st 42%
Otherworldly Gaze 42% Otherworldly Gaze1st 42% · 2nd 42% · 3rd 42% · 4th 42%
Get Out 17% Get Out1st 17% · 2nd 17% · 3rd 17% · 4th 17%

2 cards are in fewer than 10% of lists. Their rows are not shown. Their 0.2 slots still count in the total above.

Point to a card to read its copies. Each percentage is the share of lists that play at least that many.

Sideboard 15 slots

Settled core

3 cards · 5.8 slots
Soul-Guide Lantern 100% Soul-Guide Lantern1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 17% · 4th 17%
Stormwing Entity 100% Stormwing Entity1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 17%
Mystical Dispute 83% Mystical Dispute1st 83% · 2nd 50%

Still argued over

18 cards · 9.2 slots
Abrade 58% Abrade1st 58% · 2nd 50%
Change the Equation 50% Change the Equation1st 50% · 2nd 50%
Disdainful Stroke 50% Disdainful Stroke1st 50% · 2nd 17% · 3rd 17%
Reckoner Bankbuster 50% Reckoner Bankbuster1st 50% · 2nd 50%
Redcap Melee 50% Redcap Melee1st 50% · 2nd 17%
Spell Snare 50% Spell Snare1st 50%
Stubborn Denial 50% Stubborn Denial1st 50%
Annul 42% Annul1st 42% · 2nd 17%
Pyroclasm 42% Pyroclasm1st 42% · 2nd 17% · 3rd 17%
Spell Pierce 33% Spell Pierce1st 33%
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 25% Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft1st 25%
Ral, Crackling Wit 25% Ral, Crackling Wit1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Roast 25% Roast1st 25%
Stock Up 25% Stock Up1st 25% · 2nd 25%

4 cards are in fewer than 10% of lists. Their rows are not shown. Their 0.4 slots still count in the total above.

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5–0 Paul16 Pioneer League · 2026-09-07 · 5-0-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (6)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 2 Treasure Cruise 8%
Instants (24)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 4 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 4 Get Out 17%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
Lands (18)
  • 4 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Annul 42%
  • 4 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 3 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 3 Pyroclasm 42%
  • 3 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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5–0 Paul16 Pioneer League · 2026-09-07 · 5-0-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
Instants (24)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 4 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 4 Get Out 17%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
Artifacts (1)
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam 8%
Lands (19)
  • 6 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Annul 42%
  • 4 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 3 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 3 Pyroclasm 42%
  • 3 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for JV_7777
#27 JV_7777 Pioneer RC Super Qualifier · 2026-09-06 · 6-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
Instants (25)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 3 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 1 Abrade 42%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 4 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Annul 42%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Pierce 33%
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 1 Pyroclasm 42%
  • 1 Roast 25%
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 25%
  • 1 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stock Up 25%
  • 2 Ral, Crackling Wit 25%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#25 medvedev Pioneer RC Super Qualifier · 2026-09-06 · 6-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
Instants (25)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Otherworldly Gaze 42%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 4 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Pierce 33%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 1 Weathered Runestone 8%
  • 2 Anger of the Gods 8%
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render 8%
  • 1 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#8 E_Kaminuma Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-09-05 · 4-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
Instants (25)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 3 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 1 Abrade 42%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 4 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Annul 42%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Pierce 33%
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 1 Pyroclasm 42%
  • 1 Roast 25%
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 25%
  • 1 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stock Up 25%
  • 2 Ral, Crackling Wit 25%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#16 HolaChico Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-09-05 · 3-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 2 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Otherworldly Gaze 42%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 2 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for ChuChuMTFKR
#15 ChuChuMTFKR Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-08-31 · 4-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 2 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Otherworldly Gaze 42%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 1 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#29 SFDK Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-08-31 · 3-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 2 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Otherworldly Gaze 42%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 2 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#6 ChuChuMTFKR Pioneer Showcase Challenge · 2026-08-30 · 7-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 2 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Otherworldly Gaze 42%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 2 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#7 J_tekt Pioneer Showcase Challenge · 2026-08-30 · 6-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (4)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
Instants (25)
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 3 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 1 Abrade 42%
  • 4 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 4 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 3 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 3 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Annul 42%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Pierce 33%
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke 50%
  • 1 Pyroclasm 42%
  • 1 Roast 25%
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft 25%
  • 1 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stock Up 25%
  • 2 Ral, Crackling Wit 25%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
Point to a card to read its copies. Bright names are in 80% of lists or more. Dim names are still argued over.
Show decklist for ChuChuMTFKR
#15 ChuChuMTFKR Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-08-24 · 4-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 1 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 1 Abrade 42%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 2 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Redcap Melee 50%
  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 1 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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#21 ChuChuMTFKR Pioneer Challenge 32 · 2026-08-20 · 3-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (12)
  • 4 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius 100%
  • 4 Eddymurk Crab 100%
  • 4 Sunderflock 100%
Sorceries (5)
  • 4 Sleight of Hand 100%
  • 1 Winternight Stories 50%
Instants (24)
  • 1 Burst Lightning 50%
  • 4 Consider 100%
  • 2 Fading Hope 58%
  • 4 Fiery Impulse 100%
  • 4 Opt 58%
  • 1 Spell Snare 83%
  • 2 Stubborn Denial 100%
  • 1 Abrade 42%
  • 3 Prismari Charm 100%
  • 2 Traumatic Critique 83%
Lands (19)
  • 5 Island 100%
  • 2 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway 100%
  • 2 Riverpyre Verge 100%
  • 2 Shivan Reef 50%
  • 4 Spirebluff Canal 100%
  • 4 Steam Vents 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 100%
  • 1 Spell Snare 50%
  • 1 Stubborn Denial 50%
  • 2 Abrade 58%
  • 2 Change the Equation 50%
  • 2 Reckoner Bankbuster 50%
  • 2 Mystical Dispute 83%
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils 8%
  • 2 Stormwing Entity 100%
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
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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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.