Legacy Dimir Tempo
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Dimir Tempo has climbed from ~11.9% to 19.2% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~11.9% to 19.2% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Dimir Tempo cards
Cards gaining share within Dimir Tempo vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snuff Out | 27% | 66% | +39.2% |
| Wasteland | 56% | 79% | +22.8% |
| Stifle | New | 5% | +5% |
| Quantum Riddler | 6% | 13% | +7% |
| Mystic Sanctuary | 6% | 11% | +4.5% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 52% | 75% | +22.9% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 50% | 69% | +19.2% |
| Nethergoyf | 43% | 60% | +17.4% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 5% | 13% | +8% |
| Fatal Push | 55% | 76% | +20.5% |
| Duress | 3% | 11% | +7.6% |
| Barrowgoyf | 20% | 31% | +10.6% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystical Dispute | 3% | 18% | +14.3% |
| Duress | 7% | 21% | +13.4% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 16% | 29% | +13.2% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 11% | 22% | +11% |
| Feed the Swarm | New | 9% | +9.2% |
| Hydroblast | 55% | 74% | +18.8% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 9% | 18% | +9% |
| Toxic Deluge | 12% | 19% | +7.5% |
| Narset, Parter of Veils | New | 7% | +6.7% |
| Baleful Strix | New | 5% | +5% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 7% | 13% | +5.9% |
| Strategic Betrayal | 5% | 10% | +4.7% |
Typical Legacy Dimir Tempo maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 435 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm | 4.0 | 100% |
| Force of Will | 4.0 | 100% |
| Polluted Delta | 3.8 | 100% |
| Ponder | 3.8 | 100% |
| Underground Sea | 3.8 | 98% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.7 | 97% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.1 | 96% |
| Flow State | 3.5 | 92% |
| Island | 1.2 | 90% |
| Daze | 3.0 | 89% |
| Swamp | 1.0 | 83% |
| Wasteland | 4.0 | 82% |
| Fatal Push | 3.4 | 81% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 3.9 | 78% |
| Flooded Strand | 1.5 | 77% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 3.3 | 77% |
| Murktide Regent | 2.1 | 71% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.3 | 69% |
| Misty Rainforest | 1.4 | 63% |
| Snuff Out | 1.2 | 62% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 1.7 | 61% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 1.2 | 55% |
| Nethergoyf | 3.2 | 47% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.1 | 44% |
| Barrowgoyf | 2.0 | 43% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 1.2 | 38% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 3.0 | 38% |
| Force of Negation | 1.3 | 26% |
| Marsh Flats | 1.3 | 21% |
| Dark Ritual | 4.0 | 16% |
| The Fantasticar | 4.0 | 16% |
| Lotus Petal | 4.0 | 16% |
| Mystic Sanctuary | 1.0 | 13% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 1.0 | 9% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.0 | 8% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.0 | 7% |
| Snow-Covered Swamp | 1.0 | 6% |
| Boomerang Basics | 2.8 | 6% |
| Quantum Riddler | 4.0 | 6% |
| Stormchaser's Talent | 4.0 | 5% |
Typical Legacy Dimir Tempo sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 435 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 435 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Consign to Memory | 2.6 | 97% |
| Force of Negation | 1.8 | 87% |
| Barrowgoyf | 2.0 | 81% |
| Hydroblast | 1.9 | 75% |
| Massacre | 1.4 | 55% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.5 | 47% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 1.7 | 40% |
| Sheoldred's Edict | 1.4 | 30% |
| Fatal Push | 1.9 | 28% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.3 | 27% |
| Null Rod | 1.2 | 27% |
| Snuff Out | 1.0 | 27% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.1 | 26% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.2 | 23% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.7 | 21% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.3 | 20% |
| Harbinger of the Seas | 1.5 | 16% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.3 | 15% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 1.4 | 14% |
| Blue Elemental Blast | 1.2 | 14% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 1.0 | 13% |
| Mystical Dispute | 1.2 | 11% |
| Duress | 1.3 | 10% |
| Unlicensed Hearse | 1.3 | 8% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.5 | 7% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 1.1 | 7% |
| Ghost Quarter | 2.2 | 7% |
| Strategic Betrayal | 1.0 | 5% |
| Disruptor Flute | 1.4 | 4% |
| Echoing Truth | 1.5 | 4% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.0 | 4% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.4 | 3% |
| Spell Snare | 1.0 | 3% |
| Feed the Swarm | 1.0 | 3% |
| True-Name Nemesis | 1.5 | 3% |
| Stifle | 1.0 | 2% |
| Feed the Cycle | 1.0 | 2% |
| Invasive Surgery | 1.9 | 2% |
| Narset, Parter of Veils | 1.1 | 2% |
| Baleful Strix | 2.0 | 1% |
Dimir Tempo Legacy FAQ
Is Dimir Tempo good in Legacy right now?
Yes — and rising fast. Dimir Tempo is 19.2% of Legacy decklists in the last two weeks (up 27% vs the prior window), with 3 Challenge wins and 20 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (7-2) at Legacy Challenge 32 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Legacy Dimir Tempo?
Nearly every list runs Brainstorm, Force of Will, and Ponder (99%+ of Legacy Dimir Tempo decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (141); variants add Barrowgoyf (127) and Lotus Petal (42).
What's a typical Legacy Dimir Tempo sideboard?
The most common Legacy Dimir Tempo sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Consign to Memory (97% of lists), Force of Negation (87% of lists), Barrowgoyf (81% of lists), and Hydroblast (75% of lists). Mystical Dispute is the fastest riser, up from 3% to 18% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Legacy Dimir Tempo?
There's a clear stock core with real flex slots. Recent lists split into Barrowgoyf, Lotus Petal, and Stock approaches.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Legacy Dimir Tempo decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 2,653 Legacy Dimir Tempo decklists all-time (120 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Dimir Tempo result Jul 29, 2026.