Vintage Tinker
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| Jul 16 | View | musasabi Challenge Semifinalist | Vintage Challenge 32 | 3rd | 6-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 24 | View | cormano Challenge Semifinalist | Vintage Challenge 32 | 3rd | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 28 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jul 25 | View | Billbuscus | Vintage Challenge 32 | 14th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jul 25 | View | Bezerra_da_Silva | Vintage Challenge 32 | 15th | 4-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 25 | View | karatedom | Vintage Challenge 32 | 27th | 2-2 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 25 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage Challenge 32 | 31st | 2-4 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 25 | View | andersoneclair | Vintage Challenge 32 | 32nd | 2-4 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 24 | View | cormano | Vintage Challenge 32 | 3rd | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 24 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage Challenge 32 | 25th | 1-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 24 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 23 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage Challenge 32 | 14th | 3-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jul 20 | View | XShockWaveX | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 19 | View | scalo94 | Vintage Challenge 32 | 4th | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 19 | View | musasabi | Vintage Challenge 32 | 9th | 3-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 19 | View | reojund | Vintage Challenge 32 | 19th | 2-3 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 19 | View | reojund | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 18 | View | KingSedris | Vintage Challenge 32 | 8th | 4-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 18 | View | maouthunder | Vintage Challenge 32 | 25th | 2-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jul 17 | View | musasabi | Vintage Challenge 32 | 20th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 16 | View | musasabi | Vintage Challenge 32 | 3rd | 6-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 11 | View | Ark4n | Vintage Challenge 32 | 23rd | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jul 11 | View | KingSedris | Vintage Challenge 32 | 32nd | 1-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jul 9 | View | T1_Tinker | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Jul 5 | View | JOANANTON | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jul 4 | View | usea | Vintage League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 27 | View | ruzapyea | Vintage Challenge 32 | 6th | 4-3 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 |
Showing 1–25 of 125 all-time decklists
Tinker has climbed from ~5.1% to 7.3% of the Vintage metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~5.1% to 7.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Vintage Tinker maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 116 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ancestral Recall | 1.0 | 100% |
| Black Lotus | 1.0 | 100% |
| Force of Will | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mental Misstep | 1.0 | 100% |
| Mox Emerald | 1.0 | 100% |
| Mox Jet | 1.0 | 100% |
| Mox Pearl | 1.0 | 100% |
| Mox Ruby | 1.0 | 100% |
| Mox Sapphire | 1.0 | 100% |
| Sol Ring | 1.0 | 100% |
| Time Walk | 1.0 | 100% |
| Tinker | 1.0 | 100% |
| Urza's Saga | 1.0 | 100% |
| Gitaxian Probe | 1.0 | 98% |
| Tolarian Academy | 1.0 | 98% |
| Stock Up | 3.7 | 95% |
| Flooded Strand | 2.5 | 91% |
| Bolas's Citadel | 1.0 | 91% |
| Island | 1.8 | 91% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.9 | 90% |
| Force of Negation | 1.9 | 89% |
| Lórien Revealed | 3.2 | 89% |
| Mana Crypt | 1.0 | 88% |
| Manifold Key | 1.0 | 85% |
| Time Vault | 1.0 | 85% |
| Flow State | 3.8 | 84% |
| Mystical Tutor | 1.0 | 81% |
| Karn, the Great Creator | 1.0 | 77% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.0 | 77% |
| Demonic Tutor | 1.0 | 72% |
| Underground Sea | 2.4 | 72% |
| Vampiric Tutor | 1.0 | 69% |
| Brainstorm | 1.0 | 68% |
| Yawgmoth's Will | 1.0 | 67% |
| Polluted Delta | 1.5 | 63% |
| Sensei's Divining Top | 1.0 | 63% |
| Tundra | 2.7 | 59% |
| Meticulous Archive | 1.0 | 48% |
| Tezzeret, Cruel Captain | 1.7 | 45% |
| Monastery Mentor | 1.0 | 44% |
Typical Vintage Tinker sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 116 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 116 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sphinx of the Steel Wind | 1.0 | 63% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.3 | 57% |
| Portal to Phyrexia | 1.0 | 56% |
| Consign to Memory | 2.1 | 54% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 54% |
| Swords to Plowshares | 3.0 | 51% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 1.2 | 50% |
| Hullbreacher | 2.0 | 48% |
| Portable Hole | 1.7 | 46% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.1 | 41% |
| Force of Negation | 1.1 | 37% |
| Mindbreak Trap | 1.2 | 33% |
| Containment Priest | 2.5 | 30% |
| Flusterstorm | 1.6 | 29% |
| Leyline of the Void | 3.8 | 28% |
| Long Goodbye | 1.2 | 26% |
| The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale | 1.1 | 22% |
| Mycosynth Lattice | 1.0 | 21% |
| Plains | 1.0 | 20% |
| Pyroblast | 2.0 | 19% |
| Abrade | 2.0 | 17% |
| Opposition Agent | 1.0 | 16% |
| Dismember | 1.1 | 14% |
| Yixlid Jailer | 1.0 | 13% |
| Steel Sabotage | 1.5 | 12% |
| Commandeer | 1.7 | 9% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.1 | 9% |
| Hexing Squelcher | 1.7 | 8% |
| Prismatic Ending | 1.1 | 7% |
| The One Ring | 1.0 | 7% |
| Suspend | 1.7 | 6% |
| Chain of Vapor | 1.0 | 5% |
| Snuff Out | 1.7 | 5% |
| Virtue's Ruin | 1.0 | 5% |
| Blightsteel Colossus | 1.0 | 4% |
| Unable to Scream | 2.0 | 4% |
| Grim Bauble | 1.0 | 3% |
| Null Rod | 1.8 | 3% |
| White Plume Adventurer | 2.5 | 3% |
| Azure Beastbinder | 1.7 | 3% |
Tinker Vintage FAQ
Is Tinker good in Vintage right now?
It's a solid choice — and rising fast. Tinker is 7.3% of Vintage decklists in the last two weeks (up 292% vs the prior window), with 4 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 3rd (5-2) at Vintage Challenge 32 on Jul 24, 2026.
What are the key cards in Vintage Tinker?
Nearly every list runs Ancestral Recall, Black Lotus, Force of Will, and Mental Misstep (99%+ of Vintage Tinker decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 30 Dimir vs 19 Esper lists.
What's a typical Vintage Tinker sideboard?
The most common Vintage Tinker sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Sphinx of the Steel Wind (63% of lists), Soul-Guide Lantern (57% of lists), Portal to Phyrexia (56% of lists), and Consign to Memory (54% of lists).
Are there different builds of Vintage Tinker?
There's a clear stock core with real flex slots. Recent lists split into Dimir, Esper, and Grixis camps. For an off-stock take, see karatedom's Jul 25 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 Vintage Tinker decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 125 Vintage Tinker decklists all-time (19 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Tinker result Jul 28, 2026.