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Nether Spirit Control
Real tournament results for Nether Spirit Control: meta share over time, card choices and the latest lists, with links to every source. Data through .
- Meta share · 90d
- 0.4%
- −0.7 pp down 62.8% over vs previous 90 days
- Meta share · 30d
- 0.3%
- −0.1 pp down 20.9% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 13
- 44 in the last year · 11 Top 8s
- MTGO win rate · 90d
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- no Challenge records
Average list
Built from 13 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 Nether Spirit Control lists (last 90 days) that play each card, average copies, and the change vs the previous 90 days (20 lists).
Main deck
| Card | In lists | Avg | vs prev. |
|---|---|---|---|
 Swamp | 100% | 11.5 | +0 pp |
 Nether Spirit | 100% | 4.0 | +0 pp |
 Cabal Therapy | 100% | 4.0 | +0 pp |
 Duress | 100% | 3.9 | +0 pp |
 Mishra's Factory | 100% | 3.6 | +0 pp |
 Rishadan Port | 100% | 3.5 | +10 pp |
 Zombie Infestation | 100% | 3.5 | +5 pp |
 Contamination | 100% | 3.3 | +0 pp |
 Skeletal Scrying | 100% | 2.6 | +0 pp |
 Innocent Blood | 92% | 3.3 | −3 pp |
 Phyrexian Furnace | 92% | 1.8 | +7 pp |
 Smother | 92% | 1.7 | −8 pp |
 Wasteland | 85% | 3.1 | −10 pp |
 Powder Keg | 69% | 2.2 | −11 pp |
 Llanowar Wastes | 46% | 4.0 | +16 pp |
 Sickening Dreams | 46% | 1.2 | −9 pp |
 Pernicious Deed | 39% | 4.0 | +14 pp |
 Chromatic Sphere | 39% | 4.0 | +19 pp |
 Tainted Wood | 39% | 1.2 | +19 pp |
 Contagion | 31% | 1.3 | −9 pp |
 Engineered Plague | 23% | 2.0 | −17 pp |
 Cursed Scroll | 23% | 1.7 | −7 pp |
 Snuff Out | 23% | 1.0 | −37 pp |
 Diabolic Edict | 23% | 1.0 | +8 pp |
 Dust Bowl | 15% | 2.0 | +10 pp |
 Phyrexian Arena | 15% | 1.5 | −15 pp |
 Spinning Darkness | 15% | 1.0 | +15 pp |
 Urza's Bauble | 8% | 4.0 | −2 pp |
 Funeral Charm | 8% | 3.0 | −7 pp |
 Bloodstained Mire | 8% | 2.0 | +3 pp |
 Polluted Delta | 8% | 2.0 | +3 pp |
 Diabolic Intent | 8% | 2.0 | +8 pp |
 Unmask | 8% | 2.0 | +8 pp |
 Smokestack | 8% | 2.0 | +8 pp |
 High Market | 8% | 1.0 | −32 pp |
 Naturalize | 8% | 1.0 | +3 pp |
 Jinxed Idol | 8% | 1.0 | +8 pp |
Sideboard
| Card | In lists | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Engineered Plague | 85% | 3.1 |
 Dystopia | 77% | 2.3 |
 Gloom | 62% | 2.0 |
| Naturalize | 46% | 2.3 |
 Tranquil Domain | 46% | 2.2 |
| Phyrexian Furnace | 46% | 1.2 |
| Powder Keg | 46% | 1.0 |
| Smother | 39% | 1.0 |
 Haunting Echoes | 39% | 1.0 |
 Tormod's Crypt | 31% | 1.5 |
| Diabolic Edict | 31% | 1.5 |
| Cursed Scroll | 31% | 1.3 |
 Lurking Skirge | 23% | 3.0 |
 Cursed Totem | 23% | 1.3 |
| Contagion | 23% | 1.3 |
| Snuff Out | 23% | 1.0 |
| Spinning Darkness | 23% | 1.0 |
| Contamination | 23% | 1.0 |
 Perish | 15% | 2.0 |
 Null Rod | 15% | 2.0 |
 Rejuvenation Chamber | 15% | 1.5 |
 Phyrexian Processor | 15% | 1.0 |
| Smokestack | 15% | 1.0 |
| Sickening Dreams | 15% | 1.0 |
 Phyrexian Negator | 8% | 3.0 |
Top lists
Best finishes (last 90 days), largest events first. Open a list to see all 75, or follow the source link.
1stJan PavlíkEvent @ Najáda (Prague, Czech Republic)19 players
1stJean-luc KittelUC Late Night @ Ultra Comix (Nuremberg)17 players
2ndNoah HaagLeague Esslingen #4-3 @ Würfelzwerg (Esslingen, Germany)15 players
2ndTheonetreehillELS - Weekly Tournament @ Eternal League (Spezzina, Italy)11 players
Main (60)
Sideboard (15)
Source: MTGTop8 decklist (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) · event page (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab)
3–4Hodei UnamunoVII Jornada I Liga @ Altsasu (Spain)18 players
3–4Kiel CruzEvent @ Magic Lair (Buenos Aires, Argentina)15 players
Recent results
| Finish | Event | List |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | League Esslingen #4-3 @ Würfelzwerg (Esslingen, Germany) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5–8 | Premodern & Hooters 9 @ Online WebCam Tournament via Discord · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5-0 | Premodern League · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 5–8 | Event @ Magic Lair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 3–4 | Liga Covilhã 11 @ Roll'Oriental (Covilhã, Portugal) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 2nd | ELS - Weekly Tournament @ Eternal League (Spezzina, Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 3–4 | Event @ Magic Lair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 1st | UC Late Night @ Ultra Comix (Nuremberg) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5-0 | Premodern League · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 5–8 | Rose City Quarterly: August - Charity Event @ Lucky Labrador (Portland, OR) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 1st | Event @ Najáda (Prague, Czech Republic) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 3–4 | VII Jornada I Liga @ Altsasu (Spain) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5–8 | Lega Milano - Season 3 invitational @ WipeOut (Milano, Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 11th(4-2) | Premodern Challenge 32 · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 3–4 | PREM Brescia - S3.5T4 @ Planet Fun (Rovato, Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 5–8 | Event @ Magic Lair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 26th(2-2) | Premodern Challenge 32 · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 5th(4-2) | Premodern Challenge 32 · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
| 1st | Tappa Lega @ Empoli (Italy) · Paper | MTGTop8 (opens MTGTop8 in a new tab) |
| 10th(4-2) | Premodern Challenge 32 · MTGO | mtgo.com (opens mtgo.com in a new tab) |
How lists are classified
A list counts as Nether Spirit Control when its main-deck signature cards reach the rule threshold (5): Nether Spirit (2), Contamination (2), Zombie Infestation (1.5), Skeletal Scrying (1), Innocent Blood (1), Urza's Bauble (0.5). Rules 2026-10-18.v3; see the methodology.