Cephalid Breakfast 
Cephalid Breakfast Legacy decklist played by Gaz Hirst at Legacy Showdown - European Legacy Masters Qualifier (21 Feb 2026).
- Player
- Gaz Hirst
- Finish
- #4 of 38, 4-2
- Archetype
- Cephalid Breakfast
- Staples
- Cephalid Breakfast
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (17)
- 4 Cephalid Illusionist
- 3 Narcomoeba
- 3 Nomads en-Kor
- 3 Stoneforge Mystic
- 1 Thassa's Oracle
- 3 Voice of Victory
Planeswalkers (3)
Instants (11)
Sorceries (7)
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Return
- 4 Ponder
- 1 Step Through
Artifacts (2)
- 1 Kaldra Compleat
- 1 Shuko
Lands (20)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Cephalid Breakfast list
Average of 9 decks in the 30 days up to Feb. 21, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Stoneforge Mystic (3 vs 0.3)
- +3 Teferi, Time Raveler (3 vs 0.3)
- +2 Voice of Victory (3 vs 1.1)
- +1 Polluted Delta (4 vs 2.7)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (0 vs 3.6)
- -1 Daze (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Orim's Chant (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Misty Rainforest (0 vs 1.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Surgical Extraction (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Prismatic Ending (3 vs 1.7)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Swords to Plowshares (0 vs 1.6)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 9 cards away from the average.
Combos in this deck
3 combos from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list, the most popular first.
Deck stats
Mana curve
1.60 average mana value · 2.23 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 1 |
Lands
20 33.3% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 71.7%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 63.8%
- Same, on the draw
- 72.2%
Colors: costs and sources
-
15 symbols (31.3%)
13 sources (33.3%)
-
30 symbols (62.5%)
15 sources (38.5%)
-
3 symbols (6.3%)
11 sources (28.2%)
Card types
- Creatures 17 (28.3%)
- Planeswalkers 3 (5.0%)
- Instants 11 (18.3%)
- Sorceries 7 (11.7%)
- Artifacts 2 (3.3%)
- Lands 20 (33.3%)