Vintage Metagame

Raker Shops and Lurrus Control are locked in a dead heat atop the Vintage metagame (16.4% vs 16.3% of 1,519 recent appearances), and Tinker's share is up 13x over the last 60 days.

Challenges

Finishes by Strategy

Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.

  1. 1. Raker Shops — 49 Top 8s, 72 League 5-0s
  2. 2. Lurrus Control — 57 Top 8s, 50 League 5-0s
  3. 3. Paradoxical Outcome — 23 Top 8s, 37 League 5-0s
  4. 4. Mono-White Initiative — 20 Top 8s, 22 League 5-0s
  5. 5. Sphere Shops — 30 Top 8s, 13 League 5-0s
  6. 6. Oath — 26 Top 8s, 23 League 5-0s
  7. 7. Dredge — 23 Top 8s, 20 League 5-0s
  8. 8. Tinker — 16 Top 8s, 25 League 5-0s
  9. 9. Underworld Breach — 10 Top 8s, 18 League 5-0s
  10. 10. Lurrus PO — 13 Top 8s, 12 League 5-0s

Metagame Mix Over Time

Share of the field held by the top 7 strategies (~70% of the meta), over the last 90 days.

  1. 1. Raker Shops16.4%
  2. 2. Lurrus Control16.3%
  3. 3. Paradoxical Outcome9.8%
  4. 4. Mono-White Initiative8.4%
  5. 5. Sphere Shops8.0%
  6. 6. Oath7.7%
  7. 7. Dredge7.6%

Vintage Metagame Movers

Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 60-day window.

Gaining Vintage Metagame Share

last 60d vs prior 60d
  • 0.47% → 6.3% share

    +1243% lift (+5.9 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)
  • 0.28% → 2.1% share

    +636% lift (+1.8 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)
  • 0.94% → 1.9% share

    +102% lift (+1.0 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)

Losing Vintage Metagame Share

last 60d vs prior 60d
  • 0.57% → 0.09% share

    −85% lift (−0.5 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)
  • 7.8% → 4.0% share

    −49% lift (−3.8 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)
  • 7.2% → 3.9% share

    −46% lift (−3.3 pp vs the prior 60 days, challenge share)

Newest Vintage Rogue decks

Brews from the last 60 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.

Rankings are based on 1,151 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.

Vintage is Magic's most powerful eternal format, granting access to the full card pool with a restricted list in place of outright bans.