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

control · The Rack / Mono Black Rack

Pit Rack

1.0% of decks (#21)+0.3 pts (not significant)68 decks, 9 winsmedian list €530

Mono-black discard: Duress, Funeral Charm and Bottomless Pit empty the opponent's hand, then The Rack and Cursed Scroll punish them for it.

Key cards

  • The Rack, art by Richard Thomas

    100% · 3.9×

  • Funeral Charm, art by Greg Spalenka

    95% · 3.6×

  • Smother, art by Carl Critchlow

    98% · 2.1×

  • Duress, art by Lawrence Snelly

    100% · 4.0×

  • Cursed Scroll, art by D. Alexander Gregory

    93% · 2.3×

  • Bottomless Pit, art by Kev Walker

    78% · 3.0×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Richard Thomas, Greg Spalenka, Carl Critchlow, Lawrence Snelly, D. Alexander Gregory, Kev Walker; 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 Pit Rack 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
Pit Rack main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
20252026
CardNovn=18Decn=16Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=15Febn=12Marn=20Aprn=14Mayn=13Junn=8Juln=6Augn=15Sepn=14Octn=12Mar→Mar
Flex slots · 16 cards
Cabal Therapy565653508079777567739375–
Wasteland83100879280936988100938692–
Dark Ritual7894879275506263100935050–
Funeral Charm948887927593771001009310092–
Ravenous Rats395653587064546367737183–
Diabolic Edict728860756557625083875758–
Skittering Skirge615067676057547550536450–
Snuff Out394427505529231317204333–
Chain of Smog727553835057312567331458–
Innocent Blood1713200253646381774325–
Phyrexian Furnace111378252138380135033–
Withered Wretch11257252521382533532942–
Plague Spitter22131382021311317700–
Skeletal Scrying171313820211513177025–
Bane of the Living2267815210000017–
Phyrexian Arena66717151415001378–

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 7 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
Pit Rack share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20252.1%
Dec 20251.2%
Jan 20260.9%
Feb 20260.8%
Mar 20261.2%
Apr 20260.8%
May 20260.9%
Jun 20260.5%
Jul 20260.8%
Aug 20261.3%
Sep 20261.0%
Oct 20260.9%

Cost to build

€530 median of 41 lists

80% of lists cost €386–€678 (range €139–€742). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Cursed Scroll is 33% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Skyler Peterson, Bay Area Eternal 3K Open @ Merlion Games (San Carlos, CA) (opens MTGTop8) · €470

Results 68

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

  • The Rack18
  • Mono Black Rack7
  • Mono Black Control3
  • BW Rack1
  • Pit Pox1
  • Mono Black Negator Control1
  • Aggro Pox1
  • Pox Pit Rack1
  • The Pitt Rack1
  • Mono Blue Control1
  • Rats On Clark1
  • Mono Black Control - Pit Rack1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • Pit Rack63
  • The Rack4
  • The Pitt Rack1

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label63
  • card-list classifier5