Swords to Plowshares representative art for Orzhov Control

Art: Jeff A. Menges © Wizards of the Coast

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Orzhov Control

4 decks from 4 events · 12 Aug – 8 Sep 2026

4Decks1.4% of published lists▾ 0.4 pp vs. the 30 days before
60.9%Win rate 40.8–77.8% · 14–9–0 · 23-match sample▴ 20.1 pp vs. the 30 days before
42.5 of 75 DebatedSlots settled12 cards, each in 80% of lists or more
32.5 slotsStill argued overspread over 37 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

9 cards · 37 slots
Caves of Koilos 100% Caves of Koilos1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Decree of Justice 100% Decree of Justice1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Duress 100% Duress1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Exalted Angel 100% Exalted Angel1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 25%
Phyrexian Furnace 100% Phyrexian Furnace1st 100%
Plains 100% Plains1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75% · 5th 75% · 6th 75% · 7th 75% · 8th 75% · 9th 75%
Swamp 100% Swamp1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75% · 5th 75% · 6th 75% · 7th 75% · 8th 75% · 9th 75%
Swords to Plowshares 100% Swords to Plowshares1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 100%
Vindicate 100% Vindicate1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 100% · 4th 75%

Still argued over

22 cards · 23 slots
Cabal Therapy 75% Cabal Therapy1st 75%
Dust Bowl 75% Dust Bowl1st 75% · 2nd 75%
Eternal Dragon 75% Eternal Dragon1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75%
Gerrard's Verdict 75% Gerrard's Verdict1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75% · 4th 75%
Haunting Echoes 75% Haunting Echoes1st 75%
Seal of Cleansing 75% Seal of Cleansing1st 75%
Secluded Steppe 75% Secluded Steppe1st 75%
Skeletal Scrying 75% Skeletal Scrying1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75%
Wrath of God 75% Wrath of God1st 75% · 2nd 75% · 3rd 75%
Adarkar Wastes 25% Adarkar Wastes1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Diabolic Edict 25% Diabolic Edict1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Disenchant 25% Disenchant1st 25%
Dromar's Cavern 25% Dromar's Cavern1st 25%
Fact or Fiction 25% Fact or Fiction1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Flooded Strand 25% Flooded Strand1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Impulse 25% Impulse1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Island 25% Island1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25%
Mana Leak 25% Mana Leak1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Meddling Mage 25% Meddling Mage1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Polluted Delta 25% Polluted Delta1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25% · 4th 25%
Shadowmage Infiltrator 25% Shadowmage Infiltrator1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25%
Underground River 25% Underground River1st 25%

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 · 5.5 slots
Engineered Plague 100% Engineered Plague1st 100% · 2nd 100% · 3rd 75%
Seal of Cleansing 100% Seal of Cleansing1st 100% · 2nd 75%
Tormod's Crypt 100% Tormod's Crypt1st 100%

Still argued over

15 cards · 9.5 slots
Defense Grid 75% Defense Grid1st 75%
Enlightened Tutor 75% Enlightened Tutor1st 75%
Haunting Echoes 75% Haunting Echoes1st 75%
Phyrexian Arena 75% Phyrexian Arena1st 75%
Powder Keg 75% Powder Keg1st 75%
Presence of the Master 75% Presence of the Master1st 75%
Sacred Ground 75% Sacred Ground1st 75%
Warmth 75% Warmth1st 75% · 2nd 75%
Annul 25% Annul1st 25% · 2nd 25%
Black Knight 25% Black Knight1st 25%
Cleansing Meditation 25% Cleansing Meditation1st 25%
Hydroblast 25% Hydroblast1st 25% · 2nd 25% · 3rd 25%
Perish 25% Perish1st 25%
Scour 25% Scour1st 25%
Tsabo's Web 25% Tsabo's Web1st 25% · 2nd 25%

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

The lists people registered 4 published lists in this window. Pick one. The lists can reach past this window. The numbers above count only this window.

Every list

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Show decklist for Slyker
#5 Slyker Premodern Challenge 32 · 2026-09-08 · 5-2-0 Representative

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (10)
  • 4 Meddling Mage 25%
  • 3 Shadowmage Infiltrator 25%
  • 3 Exalted Angel 100%
Sorceries (9)
  • 4 Duress 100%
  • 3 Vindicate 100%
  • 2 Decree of Justice 100%
Instants (17)
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares 100%
  • 2 Diabolic Edict 25%
  • 1 Disenchant 25%
  • 4 Impulse 25%
  • 4 Mana Leak 25%
  • 2 Fact or Fiction 25%
Artifacts (1)
  • 1 Phyrexian Furnace 100%
Lands (23)
  • 2 Adarkar Wastes 25%
  • 4 Caves of Koilos 100%
  • 1 Dromar's Cavern 25%
  • 4 Flooded Strand 25%
  • 3 Island 25%
  • 2 Plains 100%
  • 4 Polluted Delta 25%
  • 2 Swamp 100%
  • 1 Underground River 25%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Tormod's Crypt 100%
  • 2 Annul 25%
  • 3 Hydroblast 25%
  • 1 Black Knight 25%
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing 100%
  • 2 Tsabo's Web 25%
  • 1 Cleansing Meditation 25%
  • 2 Engineered Plague 100%
  • 1 Perish 25%
  • 1 Scour 25%
Meddling Mage
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 Scappie
#8 Scappie Premodern Challenge 32 · 2026-08-18 · 4-3-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (5)
  • 2 Exalted Angel 100%
  • 3 Eternal Dragon 75%
Sorceries (21)
  • 1 Cabal Therapy 75%
  • 4 Duress 100%
  • 4 Gerrard's Verdict 75%
  • 4 Vindicate 100%
  • 4 Decree of Justice 100%
  • 3 Wrath of God 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Instants (7)
  • 3 Skeletal Scrying 75%
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares 100%
Artifacts (1)
  • 1 Phyrexian Furnace 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing 75%
Lands (25)
  • 4 Caves of Koilos 100%
  • 2 Dust Bowl 75%
  • 9 Plains 100%
  • 1 Secluded Steppe 75%
  • 9 Swamp 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Tormod's Crypt 100%
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor 75%
  • 1 Defense Grid 75%
  • 1 Powder Keg 75%
  • 1 Sacred Ground 75%
  • 2 Seal of Cleansing 100%
  • 2 Warmth 75%
  • 3 Engineered Plague 100%
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena 75%
  • 1 Presence of the Master 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Exalted Angel
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 digdude13
#6 digdude13 Premodern Challenge 32 · 2026-08-15 · 5-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (5)
  • 2 Exalted Angel 100%
  • 3 Eternal Dragon 75%
Sorceries (21)
  • 1 Cabal Therapy 75%
  • 4 Duress 100%
  • 4 Gerrard's Verdict 75%
  • 4 Vindicate 100%
  • 4 Decree of Justice 100%
  • 3 Wrath of God 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Instants (7)
  • 3 Skeletal Scrying 75%
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares 100%
Artifacts (1)
  • 1 Phyrexian Furnace 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing 75%
Lands (25)
  • 4 Caves of Koilos 100%
  • 2 Dust Bowl 75%
  • 9 Plains 100%
  • 1 Secluded Steppe 75%
  • 9 Swamp 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Tormod's Crypt 100%
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor 75%
  • 1 Defense Grid 75%
  • 1 Powder Keg 75%
  • 1 Sacred Ground 75%
  • 2 Seal of Cleansing 100%
  • 2 Warmth 75%
  • 3 Engineered Plague 100%
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena 75%
  • 1 Presence of the Master 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Exalted Angel
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 digdude13
#10 digdude13 Premodern Challenge 32 · 2026-08-14 · 4-2-0

Maindeck (60)

Creatures (5)
  • 2 Exalted Angel 100%
  • 3 Eternal Dragon 75%
Sorceries (21)
  • 1 Cabal Therapy 75%
  • 4 Duress 100%
  • 4 Gerrard's Verdict 75%
  • 4 Vindicate 100%
  • 4 Decree of Justice 100%
  • 3 Wrath of God 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Instants (7)
  • 3 Skeletal Scrying 75%
  • 4 Swords to Plowshares 100%
Artifacts (1)
  • 1 Phyrexian Furnace 100%
Enchantments (1)
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing 75%
Lands (25)
  • 4 Caves of Koilos 100%
  • 2 Dust Bowl 75%
  • 9 Plains 100%
  • 1 Secluded Steppe 75%
  • 9 Swamp 100%

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Tormod's Crypt 100%
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor 75%
  • 1 Defense Grid 75%
  • 1 Powder Keg 75%
  • 1 Sacred Ground 75%
  • 2 Seal of Cleansing 100%
  • 2 Warmth 75%
  • 3 Engineered Plague 100%
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena 75%
  • 1 Presence of the Master 75%
  • 1 Haunting Echoes 75%
Exalted Angel
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.