Legacy Lands
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Lands has slipped from ~5.2% to 3.0% of the Legacy metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~5.2% to 3.0% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Lands cards
Cards gaining share within Lands vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swords to Plowshares | New | 15% | +15% |
| Once Upon a Time | New | 15% | +15% |
| Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar | 26% | 40% | +13.7% |
| Savannah | 11% | 20% | +9.5% |
| Sejiri Steppe | 16% | 25% | +9.2% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 37% | 50% | +13.2% |
| Disruptor Flute | 21% | 30% | +8.9% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 32% | 40% | +8.4% |
| Blast Zone | 47% | 55% | +7.6% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 32% | 35% | +3.4% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icetill Explorer | 26% | 55% | +28.7% |
| Pithing Needle | 11% | 30% | +19.5% |
| Dismember | 37% | 70% | +33.2% |
| Faerie Macabre | New | 15% | +15% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 5% | 15% | +9.7% |
| Drop of Honey | 47% | 55% | +7.6% |
Typical Legacy Lands maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 179 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 3.0 | 100% |
| Forest | 1.3 | 100% |
| Ghost Quarter | 1.4 | 100% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 99% |
| Expedition Map | 1.0 | 99% |
| Exploration | 4.0 | 99% |
| Life from the Loam | 3.9 | 99% |
| Maze of Ith | 1.2 | 99% |
| Mox Diamond | 4.0 | 99% |
| The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale | 1.0 | 99% |
| Urza's Saga | 4.0 | 99% |
| Wasteland | 4.0 | 99% |
| Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | 3.8 | 99% |
| Karakas | 1.0 | 98% |
| Bojuka Bog | 1.0 | 97% |
| Crop Rotation | 4.0 | 97% |
| Dark Depths | 3.0 | 97% |
| Thespian's Stage | 3.5 | 97% |
| Ancient Tomb | 1.6 | 96% |
| Malevolent Rumble | 3.9 | 94% |
| Skateboard | 1.0 | 88% |
| Sphere of Resistance | 4.0 | 51% |
| Disruptor Flute | 2.7 | 49% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 46% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 44% |
| Blast Zone | 1.0 | 42% |
| Sejiri Steppe | 1.0 | 41% |
| Once Upon a Time | 3.0 | 32% |
| Icetill Explorer | 1.5 | 24% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 23% |
| Walk-In Closet // Forgotten Cellar | 1.0 | 22% |
| Talon Gates of Madara | 1.0 | 13% |
| Glacial Chasm | 1.0 | 12% |
| Savannah | 1.2 | 7% |
| Lush Portico | 1.0 | 6% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 2.0 | 6% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 5% |
| Shifting Woodland | 1.0 | 5% |
| Windswept Heath | 1.7 | 5% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.0 | 4% |
Typical Legacy Lands sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 179 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 179 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Force of Vigor | 2.7 | 99% |
| Endurance | 2.4 | 96% |
| Disruptor Flute | 2.2 | 90% |
| Dismember | 2.1 | 74% |
| Choke | 1.9 | 67% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.7 | 49% |
| Icetill Explorer | 1.3 | 41% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 30% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 30% |
| Drop of Honey | 1.7 | 28% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.9 | 18% |
| Torpor Orb | 1.4 | 16% |
| Ghost Quarter | 1.0 | 15% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.9 | 11% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 10% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 9% |
| Mindbreak Trap | 1.8 | 8% |
| Twinshot Sniper | 1.8 | 7% |
| Void Mirror | 2.2 | 6% |
| Legolas's Quick Reflexes | 1.9 | 4% |
| Thrun, the Last Troll | 1.0 | 4% |
| Erode | 1.0 | 3% |
| Pyroblast | 2.5 | 3% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 2.3 | 3% |
| Cephalid Coliseum | 1.0 | 3% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.0 | 3% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 3% |
| Sylvan Library | 2.0 | 3% |
| The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale | 1.0 | 3% |
| Veil of Summer | 1.6 | 3% |
| Containment Priest | 1.8 | 2% |
| Elvish Reclaimer | 2.0 | 2% |
| Emrakul, the Promised End | 1.0 | 2% |
| Pyrite Spellbomb | 1.0 | 2% |
| Agent of Treachery | 2.0 | 2% |
| Ancient Tomb | 1.0 | 2% |
| Leyline of the Void | 4.0 | 2% |
| Song of the Dryads | 1.3 | 2% |
| Abrupt Decay | 3.0 | 1% |
| Elephant Grass | 1.0 | 1% |
Lands Legacy FAQ
Is Lands good in Legacy right now?
It's a fringe pick right now at 3.0% of decklists in the last two weeks, with 5 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 2nd (7-2) at Legacy Challenge 32 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Legacy Lands?
The most-played cards are Pithing Needle (99% of lists), Expedition Map (99% of lists), and Exploration (99% of lists) over the last 90 days. Builds split 120 Mono-Green vs 8 Selesnya lists.
What's a typical Legacy Lands sideboard?
The most common Legacy Lands sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Force of Vigor (99% of lists), Endurance (96% of lists), Disruptor Flute (90% of lists), and Dismember (74% of lists). Icetill Explorer is the fastest riser, up from 26% to 55% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Legacy Lands?
Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Mono-Green and Selesnya camps.
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 Lands decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 661 Legacy Lands decklists all-time (20 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Lands result Jul 28, 2026.