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Golgari Cradle Control — Legacy metagame & decklists | CastHaven
Legacy archetype
Golgari Cradle Control
Meta share · 30d
0.8%
n=1,185 decks
Top 8s · 30d
1
finishes of 8th or better
Best finish
2nd
Legacy Challenge 32, Jun 6, 2026
Current top-performing list
Golgari Cradle Control — 2nd place
Legacy Challenge 32 · Jun 6, 2026 · CeylonskiyChai
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Legacy
Creatures · 27
4
Badgermole Cub
4
Ignoble Hierarch
4
Wight of the Reliquary
3
Birds of Paradise
3
Springheart Nantuko
2
Endurance
1
Allosaurus Shepherd
Planeswalkers · 1
1
Grist, the Hunger Tide
Spells · 10
4
Green Sun's Zenith
3
Natural Order
3
Once Upon a Time
Lands · 22
4
Verdant Catacombs
4
Wasteland
3
Bayou
3
Gaea's Cradle
2
Windswept Heath
1
Ba Sing Se
1
Bojuka Bog
Sideboard · 15
4
Leyline of the Void
4
Thoughtseize
2
Abrupt Decay
2
Disruptor Flute
1
Alpha Deathclaw
1
Gaddock Teeg
Core vs. flex
Staples
In ≥90% of lists (modal quantity shown) · mainboard · last 30 days · n=9 lists · top 12 of 17
Insufficient data (n=9)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Past top performers
Date
Event
Finish
Player
Compare
Jun 6, 2026
Legacy Challenge 32
2nd
CeylonskiyChai
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Legacy Challenge 32
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Jun 6, 2026 · CeylonskiyChai
Finish
2nd
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Top 8 finishes · last 30 days · rows expand to the full copyable list.
Trends
Golgari Cradle Control adoption
% of classified Legacy decks · weekly · n=32,214
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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1
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
1
Collector Ouphe
1
Craterhoof Behemoth
1
Fiend Artisan
1
Icetill Explorer
1
Reclamation Sage
1
Dryad Arbor
1
Forest
1
Talon Gates of Madara
1
Underground Mortuary
1
Talon Gates of Madara
Flex slots
Inclusion rate · mainboard · last 30 days · n=9 lists · top 12 of 27
Insufficient data (n=9)
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Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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Rotated out
Allosaurus Shepherd
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 1.6× per list
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 1× per list
Bojuka Bog
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 1× per list
Grist, the Hunger Tide
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 1.1× per list
Natural Order
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 3.2× per list
Springheart Nantuko
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jul 7, 2024 · avg 2.3× per list
Wasteland
last seen Jun 8, 2026 · in lists since Jun 1, 2025 · avg 2.6× per list
Snuff Out
last seen Jun 7, 2026 · in lists since Jun 19, 2024 · avg 3.2× per list
Cards this deck used to play, from the archetype’s full card-pool history — when they were last seen and how many copies lists ran.
0.7%
▲ 0.7 pts since Jun 10
Jun 10
Jun 8
Finish distribution
Final standings finishes · last 30 days · n=4 decks
View as table
1st
0
2nd
1
Top 4
0
Top 8
0
Other
3
Data as of Jun 13, 2026 · MTGO + paper
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