The Diverse Meta of the First Peak Legacy Paper Tournament

Magic: The Gathering · by ForceofPhil · August 18, 2026

On Aug. 16, 2026, the first Peak Legacy paper event took place in New York City. Ten players came to battle.

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The vibes were immaculate, and the meta was diverse, with eight different archetypes featured in the proxy-friendly format:

Grixis Control featuring {Tasigur, the Golden Fang} went undefeated to take home the prize: an altered set of {Young Pyromancer}.

Peak Legacy Decklists

Grixis Control by AWeirdWizard

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Creatures (9)

4 {Baleful Strix} [u][b]
2 {Gurmag Angler} [6][b]
2 {Snapcaster Mage} [1][u]
1 {Tasigur, the Golden Fang} [5[b]

Instants (19)

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Lightning Bolt} [r]
2 {Spell Pierce} [u]
2 {Diabolic Edict} [1][b]
3 {Kolaghan's Command} [1][r][b]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries (9)

4 {Ponder} [u]
2 {Thoughtseize} [b]
3 {Hymn to Tourach} [b][b]

Planeswalkers (4)

1 {Liliana, the Last Hope} [1][b][b]
3 {Jace, the Mind Sculptor} [2][u][u]

Lands (21)

4 {Polluted Delta}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Underground Sea}
2 {Volcanic Island}
2 {Badlands}
2 {Island}
2 {Swamp}
1 {Mountain}

Sideboard

3 {Red Elemental Blast} [r]
2 {Flusterstorm} [u]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Meltdown} [x][r]
1 {Blue Elemental Blast} [u]
1 {Blood Moon} [2][r]
1 {Kozilek's Return} [2][r]
1 {Toxic Deluge} [2][b]
1 {Ensnaring Bridge} [3]
1 {Liliana, the Last Hope} [1][b][b]
1 {Ruination} [3][r]

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Grixis Delver by sf45

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Creatures (11)

4 {Delver of Secrets} [u]
4 {Monastery Swiftspear} [r]
1 {Young Pyromancer} [1][r]
1 {Bedlam Reveler} [6][r][r]
1 {Stormchaser Mage} [u][r]

Instants (19)

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Lightning Bolt} [r]
2 {Spell Snare} [u]
4 {Daze} [1][u]
1 {Fire//Ice} [1][r]/[1][u]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries (11)

4 {Ponder} [u]
4 {Gitaxian Probe} [up]
3 {Chain Lightning} [r]

Lands (19)

4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
2 {Flooded Strand}
4 {Volcanic Island}
3 {Wasteland}
1 {Island}
1 {Mountain}

Sideboard

3 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Counterbalance} [u][u]
2 {Smash to Smithereens} [1][r]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Spell Snare} [u]
1 {Snapcaster Mage} [1][u]
1 {Price of Progress} [1][r]
1 {Searing Blaze} [r][r]
1 {Lava Dart} [r]
1 {Rough//Tumble} [1][r]/[5][r]

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Infect by swb

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Creatures (12)

4 {Glistener Elf} [g]
4 {Noble Hierarch} [g]
4 {Blighted Agent} [1][u]

Instants (24)

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Vines of Vastwood} [g]
2 {Berserk} [g]
2 {Spell Pierce} [u]
4 {Daze} [1][u]
4 {Invigorate} [2][g]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries (8)

4 {Ponder}
4 {Gitaxian Probe}

Lands (18)

4 {Inkmoth Nexus}
4 {Tropical Island}
2 {Verdant Catacombs}
2 {Windswept Heath}
2 {Wooded Foothills}
1 {Misty Rainforest}
1 {Forest}
1 {Pendelhaven}
1 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

1 {Bojuka Bog}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Wasteland}
2 {Crop Rotation}
2 {Flusterstorm
1 {Pithing Needle}
1 {Surgical Extraction}
2 {Spellskite}
1 {Sylvan Library}
1 {Dismember}
2 {Krosan Grip}

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Dark Maverick by mkbgnr

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Creatures (24)

4 {Deathrite Shaman} [bg]
4 {Mother of Runes} [w]
1 {Noble Hierarch} [g]
1 {Gaddock Teeg} [g][w]
2 {Qasali Pridemage} [g][w]
1 {Scavenging Ooze} [1][g]
2 {Stoneforge Mystic} [1][w]
4 {Thalia, Guardian of Thraben} [1][w]
1 {Courser of Kruphix} [1][g][g]
4 {Knight of the Reliquary} [1][g][w]

Instants (4)

4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]

Sorceries (4)

4 {Green Sun's Zenith} [x][g]

Artifacts (3)

1 {Umezawa's Jitte} [2]
1 {Sword of Fire and Ice} [3]
1 {Sword of Light and Shadow} [3]

Enchantment (1)

1 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]

Lands (23)

4 {Windswept Heath}
4 {Verdant Catacombs}
4 {Wasteland}
2 {Forest}
2 {Savannah}
1 {Bayou}
1 {Dryad Arbor}
1 {Gaea's Cradle}
1 {Horizon Canopy}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Plains}
1 {Scrubland}

Sideboard

4 {Thoughtseize} [b]
2 {Abrupt Decay} [g][b]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Zealous Persecution} [w][b]
1 {Ethersworn Canonist} [1][w]
1 {Gaddock Teeg} [g][w]
1 {Qasali Pridemage} [g][w]
1 {Banishing Light} [2][w]
1 {Choke} [2][g]

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Goblin Stompy by Homeless

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Creatures (23)

4 {Simian Spirit Guide} [2][r]
1 {Stingscourger} [1][r]
4 {Goblin Rabblemaster} [2][r]
4 {Magus of the Moon} [2][r]
4 {Moggcatcher} [2][r][r]
1 {Murderous Redcap} [2][rb][rb]
1 {Goblin Settler} [3][r]
1 {Tuktuk Scrapper} [3][r]
2 {Seige-Gang Commander} [3][r][r]
1 {Kiki-Jiki Mirror Breaker} [2][r][r][r]

Artifacts (13)

4 {Chalice of the Void} [x][x]
4 {Chrome Mox} [0]
3 {Trinisphere} [3]
1 {Umezawa's Jitte} [2]
1 {Sword of Fire and Ice} [3]

Enchantments (4)

4 {Blood Moon} [2][r]

Lands (21)

10 {Mountain}
4 {Ancient Tomb}
4 {City of Traitors}
3 {Cavern of Souls}

Sideboard

4 {Faerie Macabre} [1][b][b]
3 {Ensnaring Bridge} [3]
3 {Koth of the Hammer} [2][r][r]
3 {Fiery Confluence} [2][r][r]
1 {Stingscourger} [1][r]
1 {Goblin Sharpshooter} [2][r]

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Suggested edits from the pilot, Nick:

Mulch Lands by adam.darisse

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Creatures

Instants (4)

4 {Crop Rotation} [g]
4 {Punishing Fire} [1][r]

Sorceries (8)

4 {Life from the Loam} [1][g]
4 {Mulch} [1][g]

Artifacts (4)

4 {Mox Diamond} [0]

Enchantments (4)

4 {Exploration} [g]

Lands (36)

4 {Dark Depths}
4 {Rishadan Port}
4 {Thespian's Stage}
4 {Wasteland}
4 {Grove of the Burnwillows}
3 {Forest}
3 {Maze of Ith}
2 {Tranquil Thicket}
2 {Wooded Foothills}
1 {Ghost Quarter}
1 {Glacial Chasm}
1 {Horizon Canopy}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Mountain}
1 {The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale}

Sideboard

4 {Sphere of Resistance} [2]
4 {Krosan Grip} [2][g]
3 {Pithing Needle} [1]
3 {Leyline of the Void} [2][b][b]
1 {Bojuka Bog}

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Lands by Truthcult, played by Ezrasfadda

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Instants (8)

4 {Crop Rotation} [g]
4 {Punishing Fire} [1][r]

Sorceries (8)

4 {Gamble} [r]
4 {Life from the Loam} [1][g]

Artifacts (4)

4 {Mox Diamond} [0]

Enchantments (5)

4 {Exploration} [g]
1 {Manabond} [g]

Lands (35)

4 {Dark Depths}
4 {Grove of the Burnwillows}
4 {Rishadan Port}
4 {Thespian's Stage}
4 {Wasteland}
3 {Maze of Ith}
2 {Taiga}
2 {Tranquil Thicket}
1 {Forest}
1 {Glacial Chasm}
1 {Karakas}
1 {Riftstone Portal}
1 {The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale}
1 {Verdant Catacombs}
1 {Windswept Heath}
1 {Wooded Foothills}

Sideboard

4 {Sphere of Resistance} [2]
4 {Krosan Grip} [2][g]
2 {Tireless Tracker} [2][g]
2 {Boil} [3][r]
1 {Chalice of the Void} [x][x]
1 {Boseiju, Who Shelters All}
1 {Bojuka Bog}

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Death & Taxes by Tenceri

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Creatures (26)

2 {Mother of Runes} [w]
4 {Stoneforge Mystic} [1][w]
4 {Thalia, Guardian of Thraben} [1][w]
1 {Leonin Arbiter} [1][w]
1 {Phyrexian Revoker} [2]
1 {Spirit of the Labyrinth} [1][w]
4 {Blade Splicer} [2][w]
4 {Flickerwisp} [1][w][w]
2 {Mirran Crusader} [1][w][w]
1 {Brimaz, King of Oreskos} [1][w][w]
1 {Aven Mindcensor} [2][w]

Instants (4)

4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]

Artifacts (7)

4 {Aether Vial} [1]
1 {Umezawa's Jitte} [2]
1 {Sword of Fire and Ice} [3]
1 {Batterskull} [5]

Lands (23)

2 {Flagstones of Trokair}
2 {Ghost Quarter}
1 {Horizon Canopy}
2 {Karakas}
2 {Mishra's Factory}
11 {Plains}
3 {Rishadan Port}

Sideboard

1 {Path to Exile} [w]
1 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
1 {Ethersworn Canonist} [1][w]
1 {Kataki, War's Wage} [1][w]
1 {Manriki-Gusari} [2]
2 {Rest in Peace} [1][w]
1 {Council's Judgment} [1][w][w]
3 {Eidolon of Rhetoric} [2][w]
2 {Fiendslayer Paladin} [1][w][w]
1 {Ghostly Prison} [2][w]
1 {Sword of Feast and Famine} [3]

DECKLIST_END

Death & Taxes by Truthcult

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Creatures (26)

4 {Mother of Runes} [w]
4 {Phyrexian Revoker} [2]
4 {Stoneforge Mystic} [1][w]
4 {Thalia, Guardian of Thraben} [1][w]
4 {Flickerwisp} [1][w][w]
2 {Serra Avenger} [w][w]
2 {Mirran Crusader} [1][w][w]
1 {Brimaz, King of Oreskos} [1][w][w]
1 {Mangara of Corondor} [1][w][w]

Instants (4)

4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]

Artifacts (7)

4 {Aether Vial} [1]
1 {Umezawa's Jitte} [2]
1 {Sword of Fire and Ice} [3]
1 {Batterskull} [5]

Lands (23)

9 {Plains}
4 {Rishadan Port}
4 {Wasteland}
3 {Karakas}
1 {Cavern of Souls}
1 {Horizon Canopy}
1 {Mishra's Factory}

Sideboard

3 {Rest in Peace} [1][w]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Ethersworn Canonist} [1][w]
2 {Path to Exile} [w]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Disenchant} [1][w]
1 {Manriki-Gusari} [2]
1 {Council's Judgement} [1][w][w]
1 {Sword of War and Peace} [3]
1 {Cataclysm} [2][w][w]

DECKLIST_END

Miracles by ForceofPhil

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Instants (18)

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
4 {Predict} [1][u]
2 {Unexpectedly Absent} [x][w][w]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries (10)

4 {Ponder} [u]
2 {Entreat the Angels} [x][x][w][w][w]
4 {Terminus} [4][w][w]

Artifacts (5)

4 {Sensei's Divining Top} [1]
1 {Relic of Progenitus} [1]

Enchantments (4)

4 {Counterbalance} [u][u]

Planeswalkers (3)

3 {Jace, the Mind Sculptor} [2][u][u]

Lands (20)

4 {Flooded Strand}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
2 {Arid Mesa}
4 {Tundra}
4 {Island
2 {Plains}

Sideboard

3 {Flusterstorm} [u]
3 {Rest in Peace} [1][w]
2 {Disenchant} [1][w]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Vendilion Clique} [1][u][u]
1 {Venser, Shaper Savant} [2][u][u]
1 {Entreat the Angels} [x][x][w][w][w]
1 {Karakas}

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Featured image: {Tasigur, the Golden Fang} by Chris Rahn