Dimir Looting holds Standard firm while Legacy's top three run nearly level
Standard's S-Tier leader is backed by finish quality, Legacy's board is the tightest it has been in weeks, and Grixis Faeries opens a gap in Pauper.
Death & Taxes leads Legacy's Power Index, Doomsday sits just behind it in second, and Azorius Midrange is third — less than two points separating all three A-Tier archetypes. That is the tightest cluster at the top of the Legacy board in the trailing window, and it means no single archetype has been converting at a meaningfully higher rate than its rivals. The open question is whether Death & Taxes can put distance between itself and the field, or whether the cluster holds.
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Standard
Dimir Looting leads the Standard Power Index at S Tier, which measures recent finish quality weighted by event size — a win in a large event counts for more than a smaller-field result. Jeskai Lessons and Temur Prowess are both S Tier as well, sitting just behind it, which tells us the top tables are genuinely competitive rather than one-deck dominated right now.
VitorCarvalho01 has nine Top 8s from 15 events in the last 30 days, the strongest conversion rate among Standard players this week. ShadowTitan1 is close behind with eight Top 8s from 10 events in the same window — a record that shows real consistency against the field. Our player rankings reward that kind of consistent strong finishing against tough fields over time, not raw volume of events played, so a player climbs by beating good fields, not by grinding.
Legacy
The tightest board in Legacy right now puts Death & Taxes at the top, Doomsday in second, and Azorius Midrange in third, with all three A-Tier archetypes sitting within two points of each other on the Power Index. When three archetypes finish that closely on a board that weights finish quality by event size, it signals a field where no single deck is consistently converting better than the others. Whether Death & Taxes holds the lead or the order reshuffles is too early to call on one week of data.
Modern
GWT has eight Top 8s from 12 events in the last 30 days — the clearest run of form among Modern players this week, and a record that reflects strong results against competitive fields. On the board, Izzet Cutter leads at S Tier with a Power score that puts clear distance between it and Mardu Energy in second, also S Tier, and Jund Titan in third at A Tier. That gap between first and second shows Izzet Cutter has been finishing better than its rivals across the trailing window, not merely showing up more often.
Pauper
The split between Grixis Faeries and Mono Blue Faeries is the Pauper story worth tracking. Both are Faeries decks, but they are built differently and finishing differently: Grixis Faeries leads the board at S Tier with a Power score of 26.3, while Mono Blue Faeries sits second at A Tier with a Power score of 24.4. Grixis Faeries is the only S-Tier archetype on the Pauper board, and that tier separation is the signal that it has been converting at a higher rate than its rivals, not just playing more events. Golgari Garden rounds out the top three at A Tier.
Luminati has six Top 8s from 14 events in the last 30 days and is the player to follow in Pauper right now.
Vintage
Vintage's board has three A-Tier archetypes at the top — Doomsday leading at a Power score of 24.2, PO in second at 21.7, and UB Lurrus Control in third at 20.8. The scores are close enough that small swings in finish quality could reshuffle the order. Whether any of the three can open a gap is the open question for the coming week.
Premodern
Selesnya Enchantress leads Premodern at a Power score of 23.5, with Stiflenought second at 22.3 and Gruul Survival third at 19.8. The gap between second and third is slightly larger than the one at the top of the board, which means Gruul Survival trails the leading pair by a clearer margin — all three archetypes are A Tier. Whether that lower gap closes is worth watching over the next week.
Videos
- Legacy IS THIS A SLEEPER? Does Machines from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (MTG TMT) | Magic: The Gathering by The EPIC Storm — Bryant Cook runs a TMNT-powered artifact storm combo deck in a Legacy League, testing Does Machines as a potential sleeper card.
- Vintage One last Tournament before Fantasticar - POath Vintage RCQ by IamActuallyLvL1 — A Vintage RCQ league run with Paradoxical Oath is documented across five rounds before the Fantasticar set releases.
- Standard Thank god we have a playable lessons deck in Standard... by CovertGoBlue — CovertGoBlue plays Jeskai Lessons on the MTG Arena Standard ranked ladder following the Strixhaven release.
- Legacy Izzet Delver vs Cloudpost | MTG Legacy by 90s MTG — A Legacy match between Izzet Delver and Cloudpost is played out on the 90s MTG stream.