Death and Taxes 
Death and Taxes Legacy decklist played by Badmaths222 at Legacy Showdown - European Legacy Masters Qualifier (21 Feb 2026).
- Player
- Badmaths222
- Finish
- #2 of 38, 4-1
- Archetype
- Death and Taxes
- Staples
- Death and Taxes
- Format
- Legacy
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (80)
Creatures (38)
- 1 Extraction Specialist
- 2 Flickerwisp
- 1 Lion Sash
- 4 Mother of Runes
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 4 Recruiter of the Guard
- 3 Skyclave Apparition
- 4 Solitude
- 2 Spirit of the Labyrinth
- 4 Stoneforge Mystic
- 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- 4 White Orchid Phantom
- 2 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
Instants (4)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (31)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Death and Taxes list
Average of 16 decks in the 30 days up to Feb. 21, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +5 Plains (11 vs 6.0)
- +3 Flagstones of Trokair (4 vs 0.6)
- +3 Mother of Runes (4 vs 0.9)
- +3 Rishadan Port (4 vs 0.9)
- +2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben (3 vs 0.9)
- +2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Spirit of the Labyrinth (2 vs 0.5)
- +1 White Orchid Phantom (4 vs 2.6)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Marsh Flats (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Thoughtseize (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Overlord of the Balemurk (0 vs 2.7)
- -2 Prismatic Vista (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Scrubland (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Orcish Bowmasters (0 vs 1.7)
- -1 Arid Mesa (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Windswept Heath (0 vs 1.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Mindbreak Trap (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Wrath of the Skies (3 vs 1.6)
Fewer than usual
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Most unusual list in this period: Ivo Minikowski in CLC 2026 | Etapa 01 (27 cards away from the average)
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.10 average mana value · 2.51 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 2 |
Lands
31 38.8% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 76.1%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 75.9%
- Same, on the draw
- 82.9%
Colors: costs and sources
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56 symbols (100.0%)
24 sources (96.0%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
1 source (4.0%)
Card types
- Creatures 38 (47.5%)
- Instants 4 (5.0%)
- Artifacts 7 (8.8%)
- Lands 31 (38.8%)