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

midrange · Ponza Red

Ponza

1.0% of decks (#22)−0.2 pts (not significant)66 decks, 11 winsmedian list €376

Mono-red land destruction: Stone Rain, Pillage and Avalanche Riders keep the opponent off mana while Grim Lavamancer, Cursed Scroll and Lightning Bolt finish them.

Key cards

  • Pillage, art by Richard Kane Ferguson

    90% · 3.9×

  • Stone Rain, art by Daniel Gelon

    90% · 3.9×

  • Avalanche Riders, art by Edward P. Beard, Jr.

    88% · 3.2×

  • Grim Lavamancer, art by Jim Nelson

    88% · 2.8×

  • Lightning Bolt, art by Christopher Rush

    90% · 4.0×

  • Veteran Brawlers, art by Paolo Parente

    73% · 3.3×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Richard Kane Ferguson, Daniel Gelon, Edward P. Beard, Jr., Jim Nelson, Christopher Rush, Paolo Parente; 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 Ponza 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
Ponza main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
20252026
CardNovn=13Decn=6Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=7Febn=15Marn=14Aprn=19Mayn=20Junn=17Juln=18Augn=18Sepn=11Octn=12May→May
Flex slots · 13 cards
Phyrexian Furnace38500533658805956726483–
Earthquake233329472163755344836458–
Barbarian Ring38672927435370291733917–
Firebolt05043274358657150675517–
Black Vise80140144240533939558–
Dwarven Miner05002029323524611917–
Masticore00077323035221108–
Veteran Brawlers855071475726302928676492–
Pyrokinesis15171400162060008–
Nevinyrral's Disk000714515126172717–
Raze23171400515121717917–
Rorix Bladewing15002029211560090–
Wooded Foothills315029604316151817281833–

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 12 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.

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Ponza share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20251.1%
Dec 20250.6%
Jan 20260.8%
Feb 20261.3%
Mar 20260.9%
Apr 20261.2%
May 20261.2%
Jun 20261.2%
Jul 20261.3%
Aug 20261.4%
Sep 20260.8%
Oct 20260.9%

Cost to build

€376 median of 41 lists

80% of lists cost €230–€523 (range €204–€3,567). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Mox Diamond is 28% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Mariano Moscardino, Magico Conclave Etrusco - Lega Spartana tappa 4 @ Magicodromo (Riparbella, Italy) (opens MTGTop8) · €303

Results 66

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

  • Ponza Red26
  • Mono Red Ponza3
  • RG Ponza2
  • Gw Oath Ponza1
  • Black Land Loss1
  • LLL1
  • Sligh (RDW)1
  • Red Ponza1
  • RG Land Loss1
  • Oath Ponza1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • Ponza65
  • Ponza Red1

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label65
  • MTGTop8 label1