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

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Welder Control

0.1% of decks (#73)+0.1 pts7 decks, 1 winmedian list €4,721

Key cards

  • Goblin Welder, art by Scott M. Fischer

    100% · 4.0×

  • Altar of Dementia, art by Brom

    100% · 2.5×

  • Tinker, art by Mike Raabe

    100% · 4.0×

  • Tangle Wire, art by Glen Angus

    100% · 4.0×

  • Winter Orb, art by Mark Tedin

    100% · 3.0×

  • Phyrexian Devourer, art by Mark Tedin

    100% · 2.0×

Share of lists playing each card main deck, and copies when played. Card art by Scott M. Fischer, Brom, Mike Raabe, Glen Angus, Mark Tedin; 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 Welder Control lists playing each card (main deck), by month (last 12 months). Cards that moved most are on top; basic lands are left out.

Welder 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=0Decn=0Jan (ban-list change: Parallax Tide banned (2026-01-18))n=0Febn=0Marn=0Aprn=0Mayn=0Junn=0Juln=0Augn=0Sepn=0Octn=2Oct→Oct
Flex slots · 18 cards
City of Brass–––––––––––50–
Ensnaring Bridge–––––––––––50–
Fellwar Stone–––––––––––50–
Fire // Ice–––––––––––50–
Fling–––––––––––50–
Icy Manipulator–––––––––––50–
Intuition–––––––––––50–
Karn, Silver Golem–––––––––––50–
Masticore–––––––––––50–
Mind Stone–––––––––––50–
Mishra's Helix–––––––––––50–
Mox Diamond–––––––––––50–
Phyrexian Furnace–––––––––––50–
Smokestack–––––––––––50–
Sphere of Resistance–––––––––––50–
Thran Dynamo–––––––––––50–
Triskelion–––––––––––50–
Tsabo's Web–––––––––––50–

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.

View as table
Welder Control share of the field by month
MonthShare
Nov 20250.0%
Dec 20250.0%
Jan 20260.0%
Feb 20260.0%
Mar 20260.0%
Apr 20260.0%
May 20260.0%
Jun 20260.0%
Jul 20260.0%
Aug 20260.0%
Sep 20260.0%
Oct 20260.4%

Cost to build

€4,721 median of 2 lists

80% of lists cost €3,118–€6,323 (range €2,717–€6,724). Cheapest printings, Cardmarket 2026-10-30.

Where the money goes

City of Traitors is 37% of the cost. Lists without it →

Typical list (closest to the average): Ian Hendry, Gush Endstep Invitational 3 @ Wax Packs and Throwbacks (Linwood, NJ) (opens MTGTop8) · €2,717

Results 7

Aug 2026 – 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

  • Welder Tinker1
  • Welder Stax1

Source labels

names the sources gave decks mapped here

  • Welder Control7

How decks were classified

see Methodology

  • tcdecks label7