Premodern Rock
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| May 28 | View | mysteryman21 Challenge Semifinalist | Premodern Challenge 32 Special | 3rd | 6-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jul 23 | View | 5erpent Challenge Top 8 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 5th | 6-1 | — | |
| Jul 25 | View | pokerswizard | Premodern Challenge 32 | 29th | 2-4 | — | |
| Jul 23 | View | 5erpent | Premodern Challenge 32 | 5th | 6-1 | — | |
| Jul 11 | View | LilChalupa | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 4 | View | Khann | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jun 28 | View | Strongmind | Premodern Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-4 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 27 | View | 2ndSiegeRhino | Premodern Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 26 | View | mysteryman21 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 17th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jun 25 | View | mysteryman21 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 11th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jun 25 | View | Bolas299 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 17th | 3-3 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Jun 23 | View | _Batutinha_ | Premodern Challenge 32 | 29th | 1-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 20 | View | LilChalupa | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jun 19 | View | _Batutinha_ | Premodern Challenge 32 | 21st | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Jun 19 | View | Strongmind | Premodern Challenge 32 | 28th | 2-4 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 18 | View | Strongmind | Premodern Challenge 32 | 13th | 3-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 18 | View | FranBenitez91 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jun 9 | View | FunkyBrewster | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jun 6 | View | nether_spirit | Premodern Challenge 32 | 29th | 1-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 5 | View | SorryImSoTilted | Premodern Challenge 32 | 22nd | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jun 5 | View | LilChalupa | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Off-beat · band 8 of 10 · 8 | |
| Jun 4 | View | 2ndSiegeRhino | Premodern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 2 | View | John1111 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 30 | View | nether_spirit | Premodern Challenge 32 | 8th | 4-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 30 | View | mysteryman21 | Premodern Championship Week Finals | 27th | 5-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 28 | View | mysteryman21 | Premodern Challenge 32 Special | 3rd | 6-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 23 | View | mysteryman21 | Premodern Challenge 32 | 8th | 4-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 |
Showing 1–25 of 153 all-time decklists
Rock has slipped from ~1.5% to 0.6% of the Premodern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~1.5% to 0.6% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Premodern Rock maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 43 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Duress | 3.6 | 100% |
| Forest | 7.3 | 100% |
| Llanowar Wastes | 4.0 | 100% |
| Pernicious Deed | 3.9 | 100% |
| Swamp | 7.4 | 100% |
| Cabal Therapy | 3.9 | 98% |
| Treetop Village | 3.8 | 98% |
| Smother | 2.8 | 95% |
| Wall of Blossoms | 3.4 | 86% |
| Wall of Roots | 3.6 | 86% |
| Dust Bowl | 2.4 | 77% |
| Genesis | 1.6 | 77% |
| Krosan Tusker | 2.7 | 77% |
| Ravenous Baloth | 3.3 | 53% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 2.1 | 47% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 2.4 | 37% |
| Yavimaya Elder | 3.0 | 37% |
| Diabolic Edict | 1.8 | 28% |
| Ravenous Rats | 2.9 | 28% |
| Blastoderm | 2.5 | 26% |
| Graveborn Muse | 2.1 | 23% |
| Call of the Herd | 3.0 | 21% |
| Spiritmonger | 1.8 | 21% |
| Birds of Paradise | 2.9 | 16% |
| Gigapede | 1.0 | 12% |
| Natural Order | 3.0 | 12% |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1.8 | 12% |
| Verdant Force | 1.4 | 12% |
| Pine Barrens | 1.5 | 9% |
| Reflecting Pool | 1.0 | 9% |
| Snuff Out | 1.0 | 9% |
| Sylvan Library | 1.8 | 9% |
| Volrath's Stronghold | 1.0 | 9% |
| Withered Wretch | 2.3 | 9% |
| Chainer's Edict | 1.7 | 7% |
| Deranged Hermit | 1.7 | 7% |
| Haunting Echoes | 1.0 | 7% |
| Uktabi Orangutan | 1.0 | 7% |
| Undead Gladiator | 2.0 | 7% |
| Bane of the Living | 2.0 | 5% |
Typical Premodern Rock sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 43 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 43 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Naturalize | 2.6 | 98% |
| Engineered Plague | 3.6 | 77% |
| Tranquil Domain | 1.9 | 67% |
| Ravenous Baloth | 2.1 | 65% |
| Haunting Echoes | 1.6 | 53% |
| Gaea's Blessing | 1.7 | 49% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 2.3 | 47% |
| Vendetta | 1.6 | 33% |
| Blastoderm | 1.8 | 28% |
| Snuff Out | 1.0 | 26% |
| Compost | 1.6 | 23% |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 1.5 | 19% |
| Duress | 1.0 | 12% |
| Gloom | 2.2 | 12% |
| Uktabi Orangutan | 1.8 | 12% |
| Bone Shredder | 1.8 | 9% |
| Dust Bowl | 1.0 | 9% |
| Smother | 1.0 | 9% |
| Bottle Gnomes | 1.3 | 7% |
| Cabal Therapy | 1.0 | 7% |
| Gigapede | 1.0 | 7% |
| Plaguebearer | 1.0 | 7% |
| Skeletal Scrying | 1.0 | 7% |
| Genesis | 1.0 | 5% |
| Infest | 1.5 | 5% |
| Nantuko Vigilante | 1.5 | 5% |
| Natural Order | 3.0 | 5% |
| Sylvan Library | 1.5 | 5% |
| Verdant Force | 2.0 | 5% |
| Absolute Law | 2.0 | 2% |
| Aura of Silence | 2.0 | 2% |
| Braids, Cabal Minion | 1.0 | 2% |
| Diabolic Edict | 1.0 | 2% |
| Hidden Gibbons | 2.0 | 2% |
| Pernicious Deed | 2.0 | 2% |
| Ray of Revelation | 1.0 | 2% |
| Reverent Silence | 1.0 | 2% |
| Sphere of Law | 2.0 | 2% |
| Spike Feeder | 2.0 | 2% |
| Tsabo's Web | 2.0 | 2% |
Rock Premodern FAQ
Is Rock good in Premodern right now?
Rock is 0.6% of Premodern decklists in the last two weeks, with 1 Top 8. Best recent finish: 5th (6-1) at Premodern Challenge 32 on Jul 23, 2026.
What are the key cards in Premodern Rock?
Nearly every list runs Duress and Pernicious Deed (99%+ of Premodern Rock decklists in the last 90 days). Approaches split Nantuko Vigilante (11 lists) vs Call of the Herd (9).
What's a typical Premodern Rock sideboard?
The most common Premodern Rock sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Naturalize (98% of lists), Engineered Plague (77% of lists), Tranquil Domain (67% of lists), and Ravenous Baloth (65% of lists).
Are there different builds of Premodern Rock?
Recent lists split into Nantuko Vigilante, Call of the Herd, Blastoderm, and Natural Order approaches. For an off-stock take, see LilChalupa's Jul 11 list.
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 Rock decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 153 Premodern Rock decklists all-time (2 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Rock result Jul 25, 2026.