Peak Legacy Tournament Results | NYC 10/11/26

Magic: The Gathering · by ForceofPhil · October 15, 2026

The second Peak Legacy paper tournament took place at Hex & Co. in Union Sq. in New York City on Oct. 11, 2026. A downpour of rain and New York Comic Con at the Javits Center across town ate into turnout, but nine players wouldn't be denied slinging wizardry.

After four rounds, three players finished 3-1, and the breakers put the SWB with Elves (with {Blood Moon} in the sideboard) in the top spot to win the two altered {Gurmag Angler} prize!

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At the first Peak Legacy paper meet-up, Grixis Control won, and Death & Taxes in various flavors was the most represented archetype. At this meet-up, Grixis Delver came to out-tempo the opposition.

Peak Legacy Decklists | NYC 10/11/26

Elves by SWB | 3-1

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Creatures

4 {Wirewood Symbiote} [g]
4 {Nettle Sentinal} [g]
4 {Deathrite Shaman} [bg]
4 {Elvish Visionary} [1][g]
3 {Heritage Druid} [g]
3 {Quirion Ranger} [g]
2 {Birchlore Rangers} [g]
2 {Craterhoof Behemoth} [5][g][g][g]
1 {Fyndhorn Elves} [g]
1 {Scavenging Ooze} [1][g]
1 {Reclamation Sage} [2][g]

Sorceries

4 {Green Sun's Zenith} [x][g]
4 {Glimpse of Nature} [g]
3 {Natural Order} [2][g][g]

Enchantment

1 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]

Lands

2 {Verdant Catacombs}
2 {Wooded Foothills}
2 {Windswept Heath}
2 {Misty Rainforest}
2 {Bayou}
2 {Forest}
1 {Taiga}
4 {Gaea's Cradle}
2 {Dryad Arbor}

Sideboard

3 {Blood Moon} [2][r]
3 {Abrupt Decay} [b][g]
2 {Thoughtseize} [b]
2 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Progenitus} [w][w][u][u][b][b][r][r][g][g]
1 {Gaddock Teeg} [g][w]
1 {Null Rod} [2]

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Grixis Delver by Will (peatsheep) | 3-1

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Creatures

4 {Delver of Secrets} [u]
4 {Deathrite Shaman} [bg]
3 {Young Pyromancer} [1][r]
2 {Gurmag Angler} [6][b]
1 {Vendilion Clique} [1][u][u]

Instants

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

Sorceries

4 {Ponder} [u]
4 {Gitaxian Probe} [up]
2 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
1 {Forked Bolt} [r]

Lands

2 {Flooded Strand}
2 {Polluted Delta}
2 {Scalding Tarn}
2 {Misty Rainforest}
3 {Volcanic Island}
2 {Underground Sea}
1 {Tropical Island}
4 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

1 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
2 {Flusterstorm} [u]
1 {Spell Pierce} [u]
1 {Pyroblast} [r]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
2 {Winter Orb} [2]
1 {Dread of Night} [b]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Dismember} [1][bp][bp]
1 {Ancient Grudge} [1][r]
2 {Baleful Strix} [u][b]

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Grixis Delver by Jonah Acosta | 3-1

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Creatures

4 {Deathrite Shaman} [bg]
4 {Delver of Secrets} [u]
3 {Young Pyromancer} [1][r]
2 {Gurmag Angler} [6][b]
1 {Grim Lavamancer} [r]

Instants

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Lightning Bolt} [r]
4 {Daze} [1][u]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries

4 {Gitaxian Probe} [up]
4 {Ponder} [u]
2 {Cabal Therapy} [b]

Lands

1 {Flooded Strand}
2 {Misty Rainforest}
2 {Polluted Delta}
2 {Scalding Tarn}
3 {Underground Sea}
3 {Volcanic Island}
1 {Tropical Island}
4 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

1 {Abrade} [1][r]
1 {Ancient Grudge} [1][r]
1 {Cabal Therapy} [b]
1 {Darkblast} [b]
1 {Dismember} [1][bp][bp]
1 {Engineered Explosives} [x]
1 {Forked Bolt} [r]
1 {Liliana, the Last Hope} [1][b][b]
1 {Price of Progress} [1][r]
1 {Pithing Needle} [1]
1 {Pyroblast} [r]
1 {Red Elemental Blast} [r]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
1 {Vendilion Clique} [1][u][u]

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Dark Maverick by Mike Bognar | 2-2

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Creatures

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

Instants

4 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]

Sorceries

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

Artifacts

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

Enchantments

2 {Sylvan Library} [1][g]

Lands

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

Sideboard

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

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4c Jeskai Ascendency by Sam Feldman | 2-2

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Creatures

4 {Birds of Paradise} [g]
1 {Noble Hierarch} [g]
2 {Fatestitcher} [3][u]
4 {Sylvan Caryatid} [1][g]

Instants

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
3 {Cerulean Wisps} [u]
1 {Spell Pierce} [u]

Sorceries

4 {Ponder} [u]
4 {Preordain} [u]
4 {Gitaxian Probe} [up]
4 {Glittering Wish} [g][w]
3 {Ideas Unbound} [u][u]
1 {Deep Analysis} [3][u]

Enchantments

3 {Jeskai Ascendency} [w][u][r]

Lands

2 {City of Brass}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
3 {Scalding Tarn}
2 {Flooded Strand}
1 {Island}
2 {Tropical Island}
1 {Taiga}
1 {Savannah}
1 {Tundra}
1 {Volcanic Island}

Sideboard

1 {Jeskai Ascendency} [w][u][r]
1 {Scarscale Ritual} [1][ub]
1 {Flesh // Blood} [3][b][g]/[r][g]
1 {Life // Death} [g]/[1][b]
1 {Assault // Battery} [r]/[3][g]
1 {Wear // Tear} [w]/[1][r]
1 {Izzet Staticaster} [1][u][r]
2 {Pyroblast} [r]
1 {Hydroblast} [u]
1 {Spell Pierce} [u]
2 {Swords to Plowshares} [w]
1 {Set Adrift} [5][u]
1 {Carpet of Flowers} [g]

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4c Delver by Michael Atkin | 2-2

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Creatures

4 {Deathrite Shaman} [bg]
4 {Delver of Secrets} [u]
3 {Snapcaster Mage} [1][u]
2 {Tarmogoyf} [1][g]
2 {True-Name Nemesis} [1][u][u]

Instants

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
4 {Lightning Bolt} [r]
3 {Spell Pierce} [u]
4 {Daze} [1][u]
3 {Abrupt Decay} [b][g]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries

4 {Ponder} [u]

Lands

3 {Flooded Strand}
3 {Polluted Delta}
3 {Scalding Tarn}
2 {Tropical Island}
2 {Underground Sea}
2 {Volcanic Island}
4 {Wasteland}

Sideboard

4 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
2 {Flusterstorm} [u]
2 {Pithing Needle} [1]
2 {Thoughtseize} [b]
2 {Umezawa's Jitte} [2]
1 {Dismember} [1][bp][bp]
2 {Painful Truths} [2][b]

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Miracles by ForceofPhil | 2-2

Creatures

4 {Squadron Hawk} [1][w]

Instants

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
1 {Spell Snare} [u]
4 {Predict} [1][u]
3 {Unexpectedly Absent} [x][w][w]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Sorceries

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

Artifacts

4 {Sensei's Divining Top} [1]
1 {Elixir of Immortality} [1]

Enchantments

4 {Counterbalance} [u][u]

Planeswalker

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

Lands

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

Sideboard

3 {Hydroblast} [u]
2 {Surgical Extraction} [bp]
2 {Monastery Mentor} [2][w]
2 {Containment Priest} [1][w]
2 {Spell Snare} [u]
1 {Unexpectedly Absent} [x][w][w]
1 {Flusterstorm} [u]
1 {Engineered Explosives} [x]
1 {Disenchant} [1][w]

Slivers by Michael Nusbaum | 2-2

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Creatures

4 {Galerider Sliver} [u]
4 {Sinew Sliver} [1][w]
4 {Hibernation Silver} [u][b]
4 {Muscle Sliver} [1][g]
4 {Predatory Sliver} [1][g]
3 {Crystalline Sliver} [u][w]
1 {Winged Sliver} [1][u]

Instants

4 {Brainstorm} [u]
3 {Daze} [1][u]
4 {Force of Will} [3][u][u]

Artifacts

4 {Aether Vial} [1]

Lands

1 {Island}
4 {Flooded Strand}
4 {Mutavault}
4 {Cavern of Souls}
4 {Sliver Hive}
2 {Tundra}
1 {Tropical Island}
1 {Underground Sea}

Sideboard

2 {Vapor Snag} [u]
1 {Darkheart Sliver} [b][g]
1 {Flusterstorm} [u]
1 {Divert} [u]
3 {Harmonic Sliver} [1][g][w]
2 {Tormod's Crypt} [0]
1 {Grafdigger's Cage} [1]
1 {Invasive Surgery} [u]
2 {Swan Song} [u]

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Grixis Control by Jurgen Sula | 1-3

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Creatures

3 {Baleful Strix} [u][b]
2 {Snapcaster Mage} [1][u]
4 {Young Pyromancer} [1][r]
2 {Gurmag Angler} [6][b]

Instants

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

Sorceries

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

Planeswalkers

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

Lands

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

Sideboard

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

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Featured image: {Elvish Visionary} by D. Alexander Gregory