2nd out of 72 on Kaalia yesterday. Undefeated all the way up till the last round. The top 16 was one of the best games I've ever played, winning with raw combat damage while chanted on a final fortune turn. Ggs and wp to all! https://t.co/iWgyqEGAbP https://t.co/x7WxRyw3pQ

3 player games from Steel City were not included.

Win rates by seat order for the Steel City 20k (purple) and Fishbowl 6 (blue).

Oh btw, at fishbowl, one LOS teammate won main and another won the redemption 😈 Thank you @HigherMTG for hosting, much love and excellent event ♥️

Sylvie is one of the most humble and hard working players in the So Cal scene. This was her first time playing in a 120 person+ tournament and she specifically came out just to support the homies... and she won it all!! It's been an honor gaming with you for so many years,

This weekend was incredible. So many amazing moments, so many memories made. I couldn’t do this without the help of this amazing community. Congrats to everyone who made top 16 and a special shout out to Sylvie who took down the entire tournament.

Imagine being this transphobic. Who the fuck raised these people? Sylvie, you had an insane run! I hope you can enjoy it and ignore this shit. Winning a large event takes a lot of guts regardless of your gender. Fuck those who have nothing better to do than shit on hard work.

Results from the TopDeck cEDH Health Survey are in. We have a little over 1500 respondents. I have created an interactive dashboard that lets you filter by games, tournaments played, elo, responses, and more. Link at the bottom of this thread.

In terms of isolating why draw rates increased and why seat 4 is punished so hard the factors could be any combination of the mana bans, a meta shift in terms of deck choices, or simply a change in strategy. While I don't have the 2024 decklist breakdown on hand, I do roughly

The reason why these tournaments are important to look at relative to open meta ones is because this is as close to we can humanly get for looking at cedh when play patterns are "optimal". This is a look at the top tactics pre and post mana bans. Open meta tournaments should be

Win rates by turn order for the 2024 Topdeck invi in red vs win rates by turn order for the 2025 Topdeck invi in green.

Tymna Kraum Matchup Data

Tymna Thrasios Matchup Data

Sisay Matchup Data

Kinnan Matchup Data

Rog Si Matchup Data

Rog Thras Matchup Data

Winrates By Commander at The Topdeck 2025 Invitational (Corrected)

Winrates by seat order of the 3 player games:

Winrates by seat order excluding 3 player games: