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

control

Psychatog

2.5% of decks (#13)±0.0 pts162 decks, 32 winsmedian list €274

Blue-black control: Counterspell, Foil and Duress hold the fort while Accumulated Knowledge and Gush fill the hand, then one swing from Psychatog ends it.

Key cards

100% · 3.9×
100% · 4.0×
99% · 3.2×
99% · 4.0×
86% · 4.0×
82% · 1.8×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Edward P. Beard, Jr., Liz Danforth, Bradley Williams, Kev Walker, Randy Gallegos, Scott M. Fischer; images from Scryfall, ©Wizards of the Coast.

What changed

New techSickening Dreams
5% of lists in Nov ’25 → 86% in Oct ’26.
Dip and returnFact or Fiction
67% in Nov ’25, fell to 16% in May ’26, back to 75% in Oct ’26.
FadingWonder
Peaked at 76% in Nov ’25, 14% in Oct ’26.
New techLim-Dûl's Vault
0% of lists in Nov ’25 → 32% in Oct ’26.

The list over time

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

Main Sideboard

Month Week

% of lists Avg copies

Psychatog main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
Card	Novn=21	Decn=21	Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=27	Febn=27	Marn=29	Aprn=16	Mayn=31	Junn=25	Juln=32	Augn=24	Sepn=39	Octn=28	Nov→Oct
	2025		2026
Moving · inclusion swung ≥ 20 points
Sickening Dreams	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	59	75	85	86	+81
Impulse	52	90	89	70	79	94	77	72	50	54	77	93	+40
Portent	67	95	70	89	83	100	97	88	100	100	100	100	+33
Lim-Dûl's Vault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13	32	+32
Foil	67	90	96	96	93	100	100	84	84	100	100	96	+30
Annul	10	5	4	4	17	6	3	0	50	54	33	29	+19
Tsabo's Web	10	0	7	0	14	6	0	4	28	33	3	29	+19
Armageddon	0	0	0	33	21	44	29	20	16	13	13	11	+11
Mox Diamond	5	0	4	33	21	44	32	24	19	8	8	14	+10
Fact or Fiction	67	29	33	30	48	19	16	36	41	17	59	75	+8
Powder Keg	29	67	59	33	41	50	13	40	13	29	33	36	+7
Swords to Plowshares	5	0	0	37	24	44	32	24	19	13	13	11	+6
Undiscovered Paradise	5	0	4	4	7	19	23	16	3	4	5	11	+6
City of Brass	10	0	4	37	24	44	32	28	19	13	15	14	+5 (not significant)
Fire // Ice	10	5	0	22	17	25	13	16	9	8	8	14	+5 (not significant)
Meddling Mage	5	0	0	4	7	44	29	16	6	8	10	7	+2 (not significant)
Cunning Wish	0	5	22	7	10	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	±0
Duress	90	95	100	56	66	56	71	64	78	83	90	89	−1 (not significant)
Chain of Vapor	33	19	26	7	14	38	32	24	38	54	46	32	−1 (not significant)
Flooded Strand	14	0	0	37	28	44	32	24	19	13	13	11	−4 (not significant)
Vendetta	5	0	4	26	14	19	42	8	6	8	10	0	−5 (not significant)
Smother	90	100	85	52	69	56	68	72	75	88	87	86	−5 (not significant)
Polluted Delta	95	100	100	63	76	56	68	76	84	92	90	89	−6
Accumulated Knowledge	100	95	96	93	100	100	100	76	94	92	77	93	−7
Deep Analysis	29	29	26	26	45	13	58	28	19	17	8	21	−7
Ghastly Demise	19	0	15	0	10	0	3	20	6	0	3	7	−12
Underground River	95	100	96	52	62	50	68	60	44	46	72	82	−13
Boomerang	14	24	15	0	3	0	3	4	0	8	5	0	−14
Intuition	38	29	26	41	34	13	55	44	13	17	5	21	−17
Mana Leak	33	10	15	19	21	19	26	16	16	17	41	11	−23
Opt	52	86	67	85	72	63	68	56	53	75	79	29	−24
Cephalid Coliseum	33	14	4	4	7	19	3	4	6	8	3	0	−33
Circular Logic	71	52	52	19	24	38	10	32	19	8	13	11	−61
Wonder	76	48	48	67	66	75	65	52	19	29	10	14	−62
Flex slots · 7 cards
Glory	0	0	0	4	7	13	19	4	6	8	3	7	+7
Peek	0	0	0	4	3	6	13	4	16	4	15	0	±0
Sleight of Hand	0	0	0	4	7	0	16	4	9	0	0	0	±0
Mishra's Factory	0	5	19	0	0	0	0	4	6	4	0	0	±0
Parallax Tide	5	5	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−5 (not significant)
Zombie Infestation	19	5	0	0	7	0	0	8	0	0	15	7	−12
Force Spike	19	5	4	0	3	0	3	4	6	4	0	0	−19

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 3 cards · show as rows

Psychatog ≥95%
Counterspell ≥90%
Gush ≥88%

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

Psychatog share of the field by month
Month	Share
Nov 2025	2.0%
Dec 2025	2.9%
Jan 2026	2.4%
Feb 2026	2.3%
Mar 2026	2.3%
Apr 2026	1.5%
May 2026	2.2%
Jun 2026	2.2%
Jul 2026	3.0%
Aug 2026	2.1%
Sep 2026	2.6%
Oct 2026	2.8%

Cost to build

€274 median of 91 lists

80% of lists cost €176–€606 (range €144–€3,319). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Mox Diamond €76844%
Polluted Delta €1914%
Powder Keg €5612%

Mox Diamond is 44% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Nesi Lorenzo, Lega Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy @ Accademia degli Eterni (Empoli, Italy) (opens MTGTop8) · €274

Results 162

Aug 2026 – Oct 2026

MonthPlays cardWithout itPlacingList up to (EUR)

Sort:Newest Biggest events Cheapest

3rd of 36 · Alex Martorell (opens tcdecks.net)€280Clasificatorio Pudraiser Supercup · 25 Oct 2026
Top 4 · Bryce Menard (opens MTGTop8)€293$1K Sunday 9:30am @ SCG CON Hartford · 25 Oct 2026
Top 8 · Qjc1142pigs (opens MTGTop8)€3,319$1K Sunday 9:30am @ SCG CON Hartford · 25 Oct 2026
12th of 47 · Chris Roy (opens tcdecks.net)€275Shoe City Showdown #5 - Camp Crystal Lake of the Dead @Zoo Crew · 24 Oct 2026
6th of 27 · Justin Provencal (opens tcdecks.net)€287$1K Saturday 10:00am @ SCG CON Hartford · 24 Oct 2026
1st of 16 · Furnace_Scamp (opens tcdecks.net)–MTGO Premodern League 5-0 - 2026-10-24 · 24 Oct 2026
2nd of 54 · Michele Zino (opens tcdecks.net)€274Lega Premodern Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy · 23 Oct 2026
4th of 54 · Nesi Lorenzo (opens tcdecks.net)€274Lega Premodern Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy · 23 Oct 2026
10th of 24 · mysteryman21 (opens tcdecks.net)–Premodern MTGO Challenge 16 - 2026-10-23 · 23 Oct 2026
8th of 23 · DANIELE Mazzoleni (opens tcdecks.net)€289Lega premodern Milano 4/6 @Premodern Milano · 23 Oct 2026

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

Tog3
Crosis Control1
4cc Gush1
Ub Tog1
Uw Tog1
GAT1
Tog Of The Herd1
Ubw Tog1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

Psychatog160
Crosis Control1
Tog Of The Herd1

How decks were classified

see Methodology

tcdecks label156
MTGTop8 label4
card-list classifier2