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Machine Head
Real tournament results for Machine Head: meta share over time, card choices and the latest lists, with links to every source. Data through .
- Meta share · 90d
- 0.5%
- +0.5 pp
- Meta share · 30d
- 0.4%
- −0.7 pp down 64.9% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 6
- 8 in the last year · 5 Top 8s
- MTGO win rate · 90d
- —
- only 6 matches (need 30)
Average list
Built from 6 lists in the last 90 days: the most-played cards at their typical counts. A reference point, not a recommendation.
Main deck (60)
Card play rates
Share of Machine Head lists (last 90 days) that play each card, average copies, and the change vs the previous 90 days.
Main deck
| Card | In lists | Avg | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|
 Swamp | 100% | 7.7 | — |
 Bloodstained Mire | 100% | 4.0 | — |
 Lightning Bolt | 100% | 4.0 | — |
 Sulfurous Springs | 100% | 4.0 | — |
 Hypnotic Specter | 100% | 4.0 | — |
 Duress | 100% | 4.0 | — |
 Cabal Therapy | 100% | 3.0 | — |
 Terminate | 100% | 2.5 | — |
 Mountain | 100% | 2.3 | — |
 Dark Ritual | 83% | 4.0 | — |
 Ravenous Rats | 83% | 4.0 | — |
 Lavaborn Muse | 83% | 3.0 | — |
 Grim Lavamancer | 83% | 2.8 | — |
 Mishra's Factory | 67% | 3.8 | — |
 The Rack | 67% | 1.8 | — |
 Skeletal Scrying | 67% | 1.3 | — |
 Cursed Scroll | 67% | 1.3 | — |
 Withered Wretch | 50% | 3.7 | — |
 Nantuko Shade | 50% | 2.3 | — |
 Diabolic Edict | 50% | 1.3 | — |
 Smother | 50% | 1.0 | — |
 Phyrexian Arena | 50% | 1.0 | — |
 Tainted Peak | 33% | 1.0 | — |
 Polluted Delta | 17% | 4.0 | — |
 Graveborn Muse | 17% | 3.0 | — |
 Knight of Stromgald | 17% | 3.0 | — |
 Rotting Giant | 17% | 3.0 | — |
 Phyrexian Scuta | 17% | 2.0 | — |
 Shadowblood Ridge | 17% | 1.0 | — |
Sideboard
| Card | In lists | Avg |
|---|---|---|
 Engineered Plague | 83% | 3.0 |
 Pyroblast | 83% | 2.0 |
 Overload | 83% | 2.0 |
 Red Elemental Blast | 83% | 1.4 |
 Dystopia | 67% | 2.5 |
| Withered Wretch | 50% | 2.7 |
 Tormod's Crypt | 50% | 2.0 |
| Smother | 50% | 2.0 |
 Meltdown | 17% | 4.0 |
 Pyroclasm | 17% | 4.0 |
| Phyrexian Arena | 17% | 2.0 |
 Tsabo's Web | 17% | 2.0 |
 Perish | 17% | 2.0 |
 Gloom | 17% | 1.0 |
 Anarchy | 17% | 1.0 |
| Cursed Scroll | 17% | 1.0 |
 Spinning Darkness | 17% | 1.0 |
Top lists
Best finishes (last 90 days), largest events first. Open a list to see all 75, or follow the source link.
1stZhang NaifuPM Magic Beijing #56 @ PMBJ (Beijing, China)27 players
Main (60)
Sideboard (15)
Source: MTGTop8 decklist (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) · event page (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab)
1stGiovanni FavettaApocalypse 2026 @ M.A.T.E. Aps (Albissola Marina, Italy)14 players
Main (60)
Sideboard (15)
Source: MTGTop8 decklist (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) · event page (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab)
1stJuan Rafael GómezLiga Albacete - Septiembre @ Saruman Games (Albacete, Spain)13 players
3–4Oscar ZamoraMonthly OG Septiembre @ SPMCR (San Jose, Costa Rica)16 players
Main (60)
Sideboard (15)
Source: MTGTop8 decklist (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) · event page (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab)
3–4JsfernandesTournament @ Arena (Porto, Portugal)10 players
29thMadHatter1442Premodern Challenge 3242 players
Recent results
| Finish | Event | List |
|---|---|---|
| 3–4 | Tournament @ Arena (Porto, Portugal) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 3–4 | Monthly OG Septiembre @ SPMCR (San Jose, Costa Rica) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 1st | Apocalypse 2026 @ M.A.T.E. Aps (Albissola Marina, Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 1st | PM Magic Beijing #56 @ PMBJ (Beijing, China) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 1st | Liga Albacete - Septiembre @ Saruman Games (Albacete, Spain) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 29th(2-4) | Premodern Challenge 32 · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 1st | ELS - Weekly Tournament @ Eternal League (Spezzina, Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5-0 | Premodern League · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
How lists are classified
A list counts as Machine Head when its main-deck signature cards reach the rule threshold (5): Terminate (2), Lavaborn Muse (1), Hypnotic Specter (1), Phyrexian Negator (1), Nantuko Shade (1), Lightning Bolt (1), Withered Wretch (0.5), Grim Lavamancer (0.5), Cabal Therapy (0.5), Dark Ritual (0.5). Must include B + R nonland cards. Rules 2026-10-18.v3; see the methodology.