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

control · BUG Control

UBG Control

0.2% of decks (#61)+0.1 pts10 decks, 2 winsmedian list €89

Key cards

  • Gaea's Blessing, art by Rebecca Guay

    100% · 2.0×

  • Pernicious Deed, art by Christopher Moeller

    100% · 4.0×

  • Wall of Blossoms, art by Heather Hudson

    100% · 3.5×

  • Accumulated Knowledge, art by Randy Gallegos

    100% · 4.0×

  • Diabolic Edict, art by Ron Spencer

    100% · 2.0×

  • Fact or Fiction, art by Terese Nielsen

    100% · 3.8×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Rebecca Guay, Christopher Moeller, Heather Hudson, Randy Gallegos, Ron Spencer, Terese Nielsen; 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 UBG Control 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
UBG Control main deck: % of lists playing each card, Nov 2025 – Oct 2026. Rows grouped Moving, Flex and Core; n = card lists per month.
20252026
CardNovn=3Decn=4Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=2Febn=0Marn=2Aprn=2Mayn=0Junn=3Juln=0Augn=2Sepn=2Octn=0Nov→Sep
Moving · inclusion swung ≥ 20 points
Salt Marsh000–00–33–100100–+100
Dust Bowl000–00–0–100100–+100
Krosan Tusker000–00–33–50100–+100
Ravenous Baloth0250–00–0–50100–+100
Spiritmonger000–00–0–50100–+100
Miscalculation000–00–0–0100–+100
Treetop Village000–00–0–050–+50
Diabolic Edict6775100–1000–67–100100–+33
Mystic Snake33250–00–33–5050–+17
Smother10075100–100100–100–100100–±0
Gaea's Blessing100100100–100100–67–100100–±0
Llanowar Wastes100100100–100100–67–100100–±0
Pernicious Deed100100100–100100–67–100100–±0
Yavimaya Coast100100100–100100–67–100100–±0
Duress100100100–100100–100–50100–±0
Underground River100100100–100100–67–50100–±0
Wall of Blossoms10075100–1000–33–100100–±0
Impulse0250–0100–33–00–±0
Grand Coliseum000–0100–33–00–±0
Infest0250–00–33–500–±0
Chainer's Edict000–0100–0–00–±0
Probe000–0100–0–00–±0
Prohibit000–00–33–500–±0
Bane of the Living000–00–0–500–±0
Phyrexian Furnace000–00–0–500–±0
Adarkar Wastes000–00–33–00–±0
Caves of Koilos000–00–33–00–±0
Decree of Justice000–00–33–00–±0
Decree of Pain000–00–33–00–±0
Exalted Angel000–00–33–00–±0
Flooded Strand000–00–33–00–±0
Forbid000–00–33–00–±0
Meddling Mage000–00–33–00–±0
Mother of Runes000–00–33–00–±0
Seafloor Debris000–00–33–00–±0
Shadowmage Infiltrator000–00–33–00–±0
Swords to Plowshares000–00–33–00–±0
Vindicate000–00–33–00–±0
Feast or Famine0250–00–0–00–±0
Funeral Charm0250–00–0–00–±0
Haunting Echoes0250–00–0–00–±0
Naturalize0250–00–0–00–±0
Powder Keg0250–00–0–00–±0
Innocent Blood33250–00–33–00–−33
Lobotomy3300–00–0–500–−33
Dominate6750100–1000–33–500–−67
Mana Leak10075100–100100–67–1000–−100
Grizzly Fate100100100–100100–67–500–−100
Lat-Nam's Legacy100100100–100100–33–500–−100
City of Brass100100100–100100–33–00–−100
Annul10075100–1000–33–500–−100

Core · in ≥ 84% of lists every month · 5 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
UBG Control share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20250.2%
Dec 20250.3%
Jan 20260.3%
Feb 20260.0%
Mar 20260.1%
Apr 20260.1%
May 20260.0%
Jun 20260.1%
Jul 20260.0%
Aug 20260.1%
Sep 20260.2%
Oct 20260.1%

Cost to build

€89 median of 4 lists

80% of lists cost €81–€147 (range €81–€169). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

Polluted Delta is 44% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Antoine Hamelin, Mercadian Frogs @ Troll2jeux (Paris, France) (opens MTGTop8) · €96

Results 10

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

  • BUG Control3
  • BUG Blessing Control1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • UBG Control10

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label10