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Aug 1 – Oct 29, 2026 · 6,531 decks · 698 events · updated Oct 29

control · Mono Blue Control

Mono Blue

0.3% of decks (#48)±0.0 pts20 decks, 2 winsmedian list €340

Key cards

  • Force Spike, art by Bryon Wackwitz

    86% · 2.7×

  • Nevinyrral's Disk, art by Mark Tedin

    86% · 2.7×

  • Prohibit, art by Adam Rex

    86% · 1.5×

  • Fact or Fiction, art by Terese Nielsen

    86% · 2.3×

  • Counterspell, art by Mark Poole

    100% · 4.0×

  • Mana Leak, art by Christopher Rush

    86% · 3.2×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Bryon Wackwitz, Mark Tedin, Adam Rex, Terese Nielsen, Mark Poole, Christopher Rush; images from Scryfall, ©Wizards of the Coast.

What changed

No big changes to report: no card moved by 20 points or more across months with at least 20 lists.

The list over time

Share of Mono Blue lists playing each card (main deck), by month (last 12 months). Cards that moved most are on top; basic lands are left out.

MainSideboard
MonthWeek
% of listsAvg copies
Mono Blue main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
20252026
CardNovn=0Decn=2Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=3Febn=1Marn=2Aprn=1Mayn=3Junn=3Juln=1Augn=3Sepn=2Octn=2Dec→Oct
Moving · inclusion swung ≥ 20 points
Powder Keg–0100100010067671006750100+100
Nevinyrral's Disk–0100010010010067010050100+100
Fact or Fiction–010001001006767067100100+100
Quicksand–01000100100673306750100+100
Forbid–033100100033003350100+100
Morphling–0671000067330670100+100
Wasteland–06710001003300330100+100
Force Spike–0670100000010050100+100
Capsize–0330100033330330100+100
Chain of Vapor–501001001001001003310067100100+50
Impulse–50100100100100671001001000100+50
Mishra's Factory–50100100100100100670100100100+50
Faerie Conclave–5010010010010010033010050100+50
Mana Leak–50100010010010067010050100+50
Dust Bowl–010010010001003306710050+50
Rainbow Efreet–033010010067330675050+50
Standstill–06710001003300675050+50
Prohibit–0670006767010010050+50
Miscalculation–033001006733033050+50
Flash of Insight–50331001000676710033050±0
Thawing Glaciers–0005001003303300±0
Opt–00000067100000±0
Control Magic–00000336703300±0
Peek–0000000100000±0
Propaganda–0010000000000±0
Teferi's Response–0010000000000±0
Thwart–0000000100000±0
Phyrexian Furnace–0000000033500±0
Adarkar Wastes–000000000500±0
Arcane Denial–000000000500±0
Coastal Tower–000000000500±0
Decree of Justice–000000000500±0
Disenchant–000000000500±0
Dominate–000000000500±0
Flooded Strand–000000000500±0
Masticore–000000000500±0
Rewind–000000000500±0
Skycloud Expanse–000000000500±0
Swords to Plowshares–000000000500±0
Wrath of God–000000000500±0
Annul–000000330000±0
Bottle Gnomes–000000330000±0
Cabal Therapy–000003300000±0
Cunning Wish–000000330000±0
Decree of Pain–000003300000±0
Diabolic Edict–000003300000±0
Duress–000003300000±0
Polluted Delta–000003300000±0
Reality Ripple–000000330000±0
Smother–000003300000±0
Underground River–000003300000±0
Wall of Tears–000000330000±0
War Tax–000000330000±0
Accumulated Knowledge–100330100067330675050−50
Portent–5033100000331000500−50
Daze–50010000033100000−50
Stifle–5033000033100000−50
Misdirection–500000330100000−50
Phyrexian Dreadnought–500000033100000−50
Vision Charm–500000033100000−50
Quicksilver Dragon–50000003303300−50
Boomerang–5000000003300−50
Lat-Nam's Legacy–5000000330000−50
Compulsion–500000000000−50
Dermoplasm–500000000000−50
Dragon Wings–500000000000−50
Exalted Angel–500000000000−50
Krosan Colossus–500000000000−50
Mage's Guile–500000000000−50
Memory Lapse–500000000000−50
Riptide Shapeshifter–500000000000−50
Silent Specter–500000000000−50
Soul Collector–500000000000−50
Wormfang Drake–500000000000−50
Gush–1000100000331000500−100
Foil–100010000033100000−100

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 1 cards · show as rows

0%100% of listsn = card lists that month (dimmed under 50; months under 20 are faded and ignored for grouping). ⊘ = ban-list change. Select a cell to see those decks.

Share of the field

Nov 2025 – Oct 2026; the shaded band is the selected range, dashed lines are ban-list changes.

View as table
Mono Blue share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20250.0%
Dec 20250.2%
Jan 20260.1%
Feb 20260.2%
Mar 20260.4%
Apr 20260.3%
May 20260.3%
Jun 20260.3%
Jul 20260.1%
Aug 20260.5%
Sep 20260.2%
Oct 20260.2%

Cost to build

€340 median of 7 lists

80% of lists cost €138–€397 (range €132–€447). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Powder Keg is 44% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Antonini Alessandro, Lega Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy @ Accademia degli Eterni (Empoli, Italy) (opens MTGTop8) · €257

Results 20

Aug 2026 – Oct 2026

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Decks and events open on tcdecks.net or MTGTop8. Price: the list (main + sideboard) at each card's cheapest Cardmarket printing (2026-10-30); ≈ when a card has no price; – when the deck has no card list.

About this data: variant names, source labels, classification

Variant names

MTGTop8 deck names

  • Mono Blue Control6
  • Landstill (UW Control)1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • Mono Blue19
  • Mono Blue Control1

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label20