Premodern Moneyball Black
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Moneyball Black has held steady around 4.8% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 4.8% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Moneyball Black cards
Cards gaining share within Moneyball Black vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritmonger | New | 16% | +15.8% |
| Ravenous Rats | 50% | 79% | +28.9% |
| Naturalize | 6% | 16% | +9.5% |
| Tainted Wood | 13% | 16% | +3.3% |
| Llanowar Wastes | 13% | 16% | +3.3% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plaguebearer | 6% | 37% | +30.6% |
| Spinning Darkness | 31% | 53% | +21.4% |
| Drain Life | 50% | 68% | +18.4% |
| Tranquil Domain | 13% | 16% | +3.3% |
| Engineered Plague | 88% | 100% | +12.5% |
Typical Premodern Moneyball Black maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 122 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Duress | 4.0 | 100% |
| Graveborn Muse | 2.3 | 100% |
| Hypnotic Specter | 4.0 | 100% |
| Swamp | 17.0 | 100% |
| Dark Ritual | 4.0 | 99% |
| Cabal Therapy | 4.0 | 98% |
| Diabolic Edict | 2.0 | 98% |
| Withered Wretch | 3.9 | 98% |
| Smother | 2.4 | 98% |
| Cursed Scroll | 2.0 | 94% |
| Mishra's Factory | 3.9 | 94% |
| Wasteland | 2.1 | 93% |
| Nantuko Shade | 2.4 | 90% |
| Plaguebearer | 1.4 | 68% |
| Knight of Stromgald | 3.3 | 52% |
| Ravenous Rats | 3.4 | 50% |
| Snuff Out | 1.1 | 48% |
| Chainer's Edict | 1.0 | 28% |
| Bane of the Living | 1.0 | 15% |
| Spawning Pool | 1.1 | 11% |
| Grinning Demon | 1.4 | 10% |
| Phyrexian Arena | 1.1 | 10% |
| Urza's Bauble | 3.8 | 10% |
| Llanowar Wastes | 4.0 | 4% |
| Tainted Wood | 4.0 | 4% |
| Naturalize | 2.0 | 3% |
| Drain Life | 1.0 | 2% |
| Spiritmonger | 1.3 | 2% |
| Black Knight | 4.0 | 2% |
| Blackmail | 3.0 | 2% |
| Ebon Stronghold | 4.0 | 2% |
| Funeral Charm | 2.5 | 2% |
| Hatred | 4.0 | 2% |
| Lake of the Dead | 1.0 | 2% |
| Masticore | 1.5 | 2% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 3.0 | 2% |
| Spinal Graft | 3.0 | 2% |
| Cabal Pit | 1.0 | <1% |
| Corrupt | 2.0 | <1% |
| Diabolic Intent | 1.0 | <1% |
Typical Premodern Moneyball Black sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 122 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 122 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineered Plague | 3.8 | 94% |
| Dystopia | 3.1 | 93% |
| Gloom | 2.8 | 93% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.4 | 69% |
| Cursed Scroll | 1.2 | 63% |
| Diabolic Edict | 1.0 | 54% |
| Drain Life | 1.1 | 47% |
| Graveborn Muse | 1.0 | 34% |
| Spinning Darkness | 1.4 | 34% |
| Plaguebearer | 1.4 | 32% |
| Vendetta | 1.0 | 24% |
| Snuff Out | 1.1 | 18% |
| Powder Keg | 1.1 | 17% |
| Haunting Echoes | 1.4 | 12% |
| Grinning Demon | 1.4 | 9% |
| Phyrexian Arena | 1.4 | 9% |
| Wasteland | 1.0 | 8% |
| Tranquil Domain | 4.0 | 4% |
| Smother | 2.5 | 3% |
| Bane of the Living | 1.3 | 2% |
| Funeral Charm | 1.0 | 2% |
| Perish | 1.0 | 2% |
| Withered Wretch | 1.3 | 2% |
| Dust Bowl | 1.0 | 2% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.0 | 2% |
| Infest | 2.5 | 2% |
| Skeletal Scrying | 1.0 | 2% |
| Spiritmonger | 1.0 | 2% |
| Vicious Hunger | 1.5 | 2% |
| Blackmail | 2.0 | <1% |
| Bottle Gnomes | 2.0 | <1% |
| Cabal Therapy | 1.0 | <1% |
| Chainer's Edict | 1.0 | <1% |
| Contagion | 1.0 | <1% |
| Corrupt | 1.0 | <1% |
| Dark Ritual | 1.0 | <1% |
| Hatred | 2.0 | <1% |
| Innocent Blood | 4.0 | <1% |
| Masticore | 1.0 | <1% |
| Mind Sludge | 1.0 | <1% |
Moneyball Black Premodern FAQ
Is Moneyball Black good in Premodern right now?
It's rising fast. Moneyball Black is 4.8% of Premodern decklists in the last two weeks (up 28% vs the prior window), with 5 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 3rd (5-3) at Premodern Challenge 32 on Jul 17, 2026.
What are the key cards in Premodern Moneyball Black?
Nearly every list runs Duress, Graveborn Muse, Hypnotic Specter, and Dark Ritual (99%+ of Premodern Moneyball Black decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 80 Mono-Black vs 4 Golgari lists.
What's a typical Premodern Moneyball Black sideboard?
The most common Premodern Moneyball Black sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Engineered Plague (94% of lists), Dystopia (93% of lists), Gloom (93% of lists), and Tormod's Crypt (69% of lists). Plaguebearer is the fastest riser, up from 6% to 37% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Premodern Moneyball Black?
Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Mono-Black and Golgari 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 Premodern Moneyball Black decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 321 Premodern Moneyball Black decklists all-time (19 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Moneyball Black result Jul 28, 2026.