90sMTG Legacy Championship Top 8 Decklists
On April 19, 2026, a sold-out Hex and Company on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NY, hosted 64 players to compete for glory at the 90sMTG Legacy Championship. For most, it was the first time competing with and against the expected Secrets of Strixhaven powerhouse {Flow State}, which had just become legal two days prior.
Matthieu Dupuy ranked second overall with four copies of {Flow State} in his Jeskai deck, which also featured two copies of {Monastery Mentor}. Aside from that, the Top 8 was absent any additional copies of the dreaded second coming of {Expressive Iteration}.
The top of the podium was claimed by Herman Lee and their Boros Energy deck — a port of the strategy that has been dominant in Modern with some Legacy upgrades, including {Karakas}, {Wasteland}, and {Swords to Plowshares}.
90sMTG Legacy Championship Top 8 Decklists
April 19, 2026
First Place — [w][r] Boros Energy | Herman Lee
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (29)
4 {Ajani, Nacatl Pariah} [1][w]
4 {Amped Raptor} [1][r]
4 {Guide of Souls} [w]
4 {Ocelot Pride} [w]
4 {Voice of Victory} [1][w]
3 {Hexing Squelcher} [1][r]
3 {Sand Scout} [1][w]
3 {Thalia, Guardian of Thraben} [1][w]
Instants (4)
4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
Enchantments (4)
2 {Goblin Bombardment} [1][r]
2 {Static Prison} [w]
Lands (23)
4 {Arid Mesa}
4 {Wasteland}
2 {Karakas}
2 {Lazotep Quarry}
2 {Plains}
2 {Plateau}
2 {Sunbaked Canyon}
2 {Windswept Heath}
1 {Elegant Parlor}
1 {Marsh Flats}
1 {Mountain}
Sideboard
4 {Leyline of the Void} [2][b][b]
2 {Clarion Conqueror} [2][w]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Prismatic Ending} [x][w]
2 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Stony Silence} [1][w]
1 {Forth Eorlingas!} [x][r][w]
DECKLIST_END
Second Place — [u][w][r] Jeskai Mentor | Mattieu Dupuy
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (8)
4 {Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student} [u]
2 {Monastery Mentor} [2][w]
2 {Snapcaster Mage} [1][u]
Instants (16)
4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]
4 {Swords to Plowshares {w]
1 {Erode} [w]
1 {Force of Negation} [1][u][u]
1 {Prismari Charm} [u][r]
1 {Spell Pierce} [u]
Sorceries (14)
4 {Ponder} [u]
4 {Flow State} [1][u]
2 {Lórien Revealed} [3][u][u]
2 {Prismatic Ending} [x][w]
1 {Forth Eorlingas!} [x][w][r]
1 {Wrath of the Skies} [x][w][w]
Enchantments (1)
1 {Back to Basics} [2][u]
Lands (20)
4 {Flooded Strand}
3 {Island}
2 {Plains}
2 {Prismatic Vista}
2 {Scalding Tarn}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Meticulous Archive}
1 {Mountain}
1 {Mystic Sanctuary}
1 {Plateau}
1 {Tundra}
1 {Volcanic Island}
Sideboard
3 {Consign to Memory} [u]
3 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Hydroblast} [u]
1 {Flusterstorm} [u]
1 {Force of Negation} [1][u][u]
1 {Prismari Charm} [u][r]
1 {Ruination} [3][r]
1 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Triumph of Saint Katherine} [4][w]
1 {Wrath of the Skies} [x][w][w]
DECKLIST_END
Third Place — [g] Lands | Alec Montalvo
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (1)
1 {Icetill Explorer} [2][g][g]
Instants (4)
4 {Crop Rotation} [g]
Sorceries (8)
4 {Life from the Loam} [1][g]
4 {Malevolent Rumble} [1][g]
Artifacts (11)
4 {Mox Diamond} [0]
3 {Disruptor Flute} [2]
1 {Expedition Map} [1]
1 {Grafdigger's Cage} [1]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Skateboard} [1]
Enchantments (8)
4 {Exploration} [g]
Lands (33)
4 {Urza's Saga}
4 {Dark Depths}
4 {Thespian's Stage}
4 {Wasteland}
4 {Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth}
3 {Boseiju, Who Endures}
2 {Forest}
1 {Ancient Tomb}
1 {Bojuka Bog}
1 {Ghost Quarter}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Maze of Ith}
1 {Otawara, Soaring City}
1 {Talon Gates of Madara}
1 {The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale}
Sideboard
3 {Dismember} [1][bp][bp]
3 {Force of Vigor} [2][g][g]
2 {Choke} [2][g]
2 {Damping Sphere} [2]
2 {Endurance} [1][g][g]
1 {Disruptor Flute} [2]
1 {Faerie Macabre} [1][b][b]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
DECKLIST_END
Fourth Place — [w][r][b] Mardu Energy | Edward Arce
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (24)
4 {Ajani, Nacatl Pariah} [1][w]
4 {Amped Raptor} [1][r]
4 {Guide of Souls} [w]
4 {Ocelot Pride} [w]
3 {Orcish Bowmasters} [1][b]
3 {Voice of Victory} [1][w]
2 {Hexing Squelcher} [1][r]
Instants (4)
4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
Sorceries (7)
4 {Thoughtseize} [b]
3 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
Enchantments (2)
2 {Goblin Bombardment} [1][r]
Lands
4 {Arid Mesa}
4 {Marsh Flats}
4 {Wasteland}
2 {Karakas}
2 {Plateau}
2 {Scrubland}
1 {Badlands}
1 {Elegant Parlor}
1 {Plains}
1 {Shadowy Backstreet}
1 {Silent Clearing}
Sideboard
4 {Leyline of the Void} [2][b][b]
2 {Clarion Conqueror} [2][w]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Deafening Silence} [w]
2 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Static Prison} {w}
1 {Null Rod} [2]
DECKLIST_END
Fifth Place — [b][g] Golgari Pox | Matthew Ivans
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (6)
4 {Orcish Bowmasters} [1][b]
2 {Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis [5][bg][bg]
Planeswalker (1)
1 {Grist, the Hunger Tide} [1][b][g]
Instants (6)
4 {Once Upon a Time} [1][g]
2 {Witherbloom Charm} [g][b]
Sorceries (14)
4 {Small Pox} [b][b]
4 {Thoughtseize} [b]
3 {Life from the Loam} [1][g]
2 {Witherbloom Command} [b][g]
1 {Inquisition of Kozilek} [b]
Artifacts (7)
4 {Mox Diamond} [0]
1 {Nihil Spellbomb} [1]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Skateboard} [1]
Enchantments (1)
1 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]
Lands (25)
4 {Urza's Saga}
4 {Eumidian Hatchery}
4 {Verdant Catacombs}
4 {Wasteland}
2 {Bayou}
2 {Boseiju, Who Endures}
1 {Ba Sing Se}
1 {Forest}
1 {Ghost Quarter}
1 {Snow-Covered Swamp}
1 {Underground Mortuary}
Sideboard
2 {Barrowgoyf} [2][b]
2 {Disruptor Flute} [2]
2 {Endurance} [1][g][g]
2 {Force of Vigor} [2][g][g]
1 {Bontu's Last Reckoning} [1][b][b]
1 {Chains of Mesphistopheles} [1][b]
1 {Dauthi Voidwalker} [b][b]
1 {Faerie Macabre} [1][b][b]
1 {Fatal Push} [b]
1 {Haywire Mite} [1]
1 {Sheoldred's Edict} [1][b]
DECKLIST_END
Sixth Place — [u] Merfolk | Derek Heaton
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (30)
4 {Harbinger of the Seas} [1][u][u]
4 {Lord of Atlantis} [u][u]
4 {Master of the Pearl Trident} [u][u]
4 {Tide Shaper} [u]
4 {Voldalian Hexcatcher} [1][u]
3 {Floodpits Drowner} [1][u]
1 {Glasspool Mimic} [2][u]
1 {Mindspring Merfolk} [u]
1 {Phantasmal Image} [1][u]
1 {Rishadan Dockhand} [u]
1 {Svyelun of the Sea and Sky} [1][u][u]
1 {Sygg, River Cutthroat} [ub][ub]
1 True-Name Nemesis [1][u][u]
Instants (8)
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]
4 Sink into Stupor} [1][u][u]
Artifacts (4)
4 {Aether Vial}
Lands (18)
9 {Island}
4 {Cavern of Souls}
4 {Wasteland}
1 {Fiery Islet}
Sideboard
3 {Dismember} [1][bp][bp]
2 {Blue Elemental Blast} [u]
2 {Consign to Memory} [u]
1 {Force of Negation} [1][u][u]
1 {Gilded Drake} [1][u]
1 {Hullbreacher} [2][u]
1 {Jace, the Mind Sculptor} [2][u][u]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Tishana's Tidebinder} [2][u]
1 {Weathered Runestone} [2]
DECKLIST_END
Seventh Place — [b][u][g] AllurenTell | Zachary Kling
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (8)
4 {Atraxa, Grand Unifier} [4][w][b][g][u]
3 {Acererak the Archlich} [2][b]
1 {Formidable Speaker} [2][g]
Instants (10)
4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Ponder} [u]
2 {Veil of Summer}
Sorceries (12)
4 {Ponder} [u]
4 {Show and Tell} [2][u]
4 {Stock Up} [2][u]
Artifacts (4)
4 {Lotus Petal} [0]
Enchantments (2)
2 {Omniscience} [7][u][u][u]
Lands (20)
4 {Ancient Tomb}
1 {Boseiju, Who Endures}
1 {City of Traitors}
1 {Flooded Strand}
1 {Forest}
2 {Hedge Maze}
1 {Island}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
1 {Polluted Delta}
1 {Scalding Tarn}
3 {Tropical Island}
Sideboard
3 {Carpet of Flowers} [g]
3 {Defense Grid} [2]
2 {Consign to Memory} [u]
2 {Veil of Summer} [g]
1 {Force of Negation} [1][u][u]
1 {Force of Vigor} [2][g][g]
1 {Hydroblast} [u]
1 {Into the Flood Maw} [u]
1 {Nature's Claim} [g]
DECKLIST_END
Eighth Place — [g][w] Depths | Adam Darisse
DECKLIST_START
Creatures (14)
4 {Elvish Reclaimer} [g]
4 {Knight of the Reliquary} [1][g][w]
1 {Icetill Explorer} [2][g][g]
1 {Outland Liberator} [1][g]
1 {Sylvan Safekeeper} [g]
Instants (9)
4 {Crop Rotation} [g]
4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
1 {Legolas's Quick Reflexes} [g]
Sorceries (7)
4 {Green Sun's Zenith} [x][g]
2 {Prismatic Ending} [x][w]
1 {Life from the Loam} [1][g]
Artifacts (4)
4 {Mox Diamond} [0]
Lands (29)
1 {Bojuka Bog}
1 {Boseiju, Who Endures}
2 {Dark Depths}
1 {Dryad Arbor}
1 {Echoing Deeps}
2 {Flagstones of Trokair}
2 {Forest}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Lush Portico}
1 {Plains}
1 {Savannah}
1 {Sejiri Steppe}
1 {Talon Gates of Madara}
3 {Thespian's Stage}
4 {Wasteland}
4 {Windswept Heath}
2 {Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth}
Sideboard
1 {Choke} [2][g]
1 {Collector Ouphe} [1][g]
2 {Deafening Silence} [w]
2 {Disruptor Flute} [2]
2 {Endurance} [1][g][g]
2 {Force of Vigor} [2][g][g]
1 {Gaddock Teeg} [g][w]
1 {Maze of Ith}
1 {Prismatic Ending} [x][w]
2 {Veil of Summer} [g]
DECKLIST_END
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