Grixis Reanimator climbs to tied second in Legacy Power Index
Legacy's Power Index reshuffled at the top this week, and Standard's three-way S-Tier split makes the cross-format picture sharper than it has been in a month.
Grixis Reanimator climbing two places in Legacy's Power Index is the clearest structural move of the week — not a meta spike that could dissolve next weekend, but a finish-quality signal backed by a rankings system that weights event size and shrinkage-adjusts so one good Sunday cannot game it. Standard, meanwhile, is running three S-Tier decks at once, a distribution that shapes every matchup decision in the format right now.
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Death & Taxes leads the Legacy Power Index. Grixis Reanimator climbed two places this week and now sits tied at second with Doomsday — both in A Tier. The Power Index is worth a quick word here: it measures recent finish quality, scaled by event size and shrinkage-adjusted so a win in a large event outweighs a clutch of small-event Top 8s. A deck climbing on that measure is demonstrating sustained finish quality, not a one-weekend bulge. Grixis Reanimator meets that bar.
PNascimento is in top form in Legacy: six Top 8s from 14 events in the last 30 days, a conversion rate that has them moving up the player rankings.
Whether Grixis Reanimator can close the gap on Death & Taxes — or whether Doomsday, sharing that second slot, pushes back — is the open question heading into next week. Watch the Power scores at the top of the Legacy rankings; that is where this story will first resolve.
Standard
Three S-Tier decks at once is the defining feature of the Standard Power Index right now. Dimir Looting leads, Jeskai Lessons is second, and Temur Prowess is third — all three in the top tier. Finish quality is distributed across all three rather than concentrated in one archetype, which makes the format genuinely open at the top.
VitorCarvalho01 leads the Standard player rankings in form: nine Top 8s from 14 events in 30 days is the strongest conversion rate in the Standard field this week. ShadowTitan1 is close behind with eight Top 8s from 10 events.
What to watch: whether Dimir Looting extends its lead or whether Jeskai Lessons — just one place behind — closes on it.
Modern
Izzet Cutter leads Modern's Power Index at S Tier, with Mardu Energy second also at S Tier. Jund Titan holds third in A Tier. The gap between the S-Tier pair and Jund Titan is the live question: Jund Titan's Power score reflects strong finish quality, but it has not crossed into S Tier yet.
GWT is in top form in Modern: eight Top 8s from 12 events in 30 days puts them among the most consistent competitors in the format right now.
Watch whether Jund Titan's finish quality continues at its current rate — if the Power score keeps rising, the A-Tier ceiling may not hold.
Pauper
Two faerie decks sit at the top of the Pauper Power Index, built differently enough to occupy separate tiers. Grixis Faeries leads at S Tier; Mono Blue Faeries is second in A Tier. Golgari Garden holds third, also in A Tier. The split at the top suggests the field has not converged on one faerie build as the format answer — both are finishing well enough to sustain their own positions.
The open question is whether one faerie build pulls ahead of the other as pilots commit — watch which deck's Power score moves first.
Premodern
Selesnya Enchantress leads the Premodern Power Index, with Stiflenought second and Gruul Survival third — all three in A Tier. The top of the rankings is close, and no single archetype has separated itself from the others.
PNascimento is in top form in Premodern: six Top 8s from 14 events in 30 days is a consistent run across the format's competitive events.
Vintage
Doomsday leads the Vintage Power Index at A Tier, with PO second and UB Lurrus Control third, both also in A Tier. The Power scores here reflect steady finish quality across all three archetypes rather than a dominant surge from one deck.
Watch whether Doomsday's lead at the top of Vintage's Power Index widens or whether PO's finish quality catches up — that gap is where the Vintage story will first resolve.
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