Null Rod

First printed in Weatherlight (1997)

All 2 prints

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Vintage Masters (VMA) #278, 2014 (digital)
Weatherlight (WTH) #154, 1997

Null Rod

Artifact

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

In the last 30 days 17.9% of Legacy decks played it (192 of 1071). Most played in Boros Energy. In the last 30 days 43.6% of Vintage decks played it (191 of 438). Most played in Tinker Vault.

Staple

Legacy staples: sideboard, 14% of decks (#12)
Colorless, Artifacts
Vintage staples: main deck, 13% of decks (#64); sideboard, 40% of decks (#1)
Colorless, Artifacts

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

7 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Legacy Other periods →

In 192 of 1071 decks (17.9%).

Share of decks

17.9%

▲ 4.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

192

0 main, 192 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

29 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	7.8%	27%
UBG (unclassified)	6.0%	58%
Bant Murktide	5.8%	13%
Eldrazi	5.5%	90%
Dimir Midrange	4.9%	57%
Omni-Tell	3.8%	12%
Dimir Tempo	3.5%	11%
Izzet Cutter	3.3%	20%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUG McWinSauce in Legacy Showcase Challenge	10-1 91%
WUG cool95 in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
UBG mortr3d in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Dimir Midrange boytriton in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Dimir Midrange IDontNeedAName in Legacy Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Eldrazi Sujiro_Kimimame in Legacy Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Dimir Midrange Oceansoul92 in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%
UBG KurumimBagoRosa in Legacy Challenge 32	6-1 86%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Eldrazi Zolgia108, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
Jeskai Control cleverPPZ, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
WUBG Yukke, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
WUG cool95, 27 Oct	1 side	#1 8-1
Dimir Midrange Oceansoul92, 27 Oct	1 side	#5 6-1
Eldrazi Nanovo, 27 Oct	3 side	#7 5-2
UBG 416FrowningTable, 27 Oct	2 side	#8 4-3
UBG boytriton, 27 Oct	1 side	#9 4-2

Vintage Other periods →

In 191 of 438 decks (43.6%).

Share of decks

43.6%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

191

59 main, 171 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.9

in the main deck

Win rate

54%

41 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tinker Vault	16.4%	4%
Psychic Frog	14.8%	75%
Forth Eorlingas	13.2%	57%
White Initiative	9.4%	95%
UBR (unclassified)	6.2%	4%
Colorless (unclassified)	5.5%	29%
UB (unclassified)	5.3%	48%
Breach Storm	4.6%	15%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Wasteland	97%	2.4
Strip Mine	95%	2.2
Mox Sapphire	92%	1.0
Black Lotus	92%	1.0
Urza's Saga	90%	1.2
Mox Jet	83%	0.9
Mox Pearl	75%	0.9
Gitaxian Probe	73%	1.4
Force of Negation	73%	1.4
Mental Misstep	73%	1.2

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Psychic Frog Pietart in Vintage Challenge 32	8-1 89%
White Initiative ejk in Vintage Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Psychic Frog DaveKaplan in Vintage Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Psychic Frog burrarun in Vintage Challenge 16	7-1 88%
Psychic Frog Ark4n in Vintage Challenge 32	7-1 88%
UB otakkun in Vintage Challenge 16	5-1 83%
Oath Michael Maka in From The Vault: Vintage 5	4-1 80%
Psychic Frog Ark4n in Vintage Challenge 32	7-2 78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UB FGC, 28 Oct	1 side	5-0
Shops juanjo123, 27 Oct	4 main	5-0
Colorless HazuhiroNakamura, 27 Oct	4 side	5-0
Psychic Frog flyingpie, 26 Oct	2 main 1 side	5-0
Mono-Green Trailovsky, 26 Oct	2 main	5-0
Shops LordRaistlin23, 26 Oct	4 main	5-0
Psychic Frog MatthewB3, 26 Oct	2 main 1 side	5-0
UR lifeisaresource, 26 Oct	2 side	5-0

Premodern Other periods →

In 3 of 590 decks (0.5%).

Share of decks

0.5%

▲ 0.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3

0 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Goblins	4.9%	3%
Replenish	3.6%	5%
Elves	1.4%	13%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Replenish Augusto Orellana in Kikopen 4	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Goblins MattFlako, 17 Oct	1 side	5-0
Elves Gabaman, 11 Oct	2 side	5-0
Replenish Augusto Orellana, 3 Oct	1 side	#8 3-2

Commander Other periods →

In 108 of 6150 decks (1.8%).

Share of decks

1.8%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

108

108 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

34%

27 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	7.4%	2%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma	1.9%	34%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand	1.3%	1%
Winota, Joiner of Forces	1.0%	3%
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods	0.8%	25%
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	0.6%	37%
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard	0.4%	36%
Aang, at the Crossroads	0.2%	7%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Gemstone Caverns	95%	1.0
Ancient Tomb	81%	0.9
Boseiju, Who Endures	78%	1.7
Verdant Catacombs	78%	1.2
Collector Ouphe	77%	10.5
Gaea's Cradle	77%	2.1
Delighted Halfling	75%	2.3
Misty Rainforest	72%	1.0
Command Tower	71%	0.8
Talon Gates of Madara	69%	2.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Julien Vlaminck in TAP THAT TUNDRA - EU CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER	5-1 83%
The Fantasticar Tom Schweizer [SNAP] in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik	3-2 60%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma [CONE] Callum Ross in Merchants' Guild Qualifier October	3-2 60%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma Bryan Lee in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma Marwin Zimmermann in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik	3-3 50%
Erinis, Gloom Stalker + Street Urchin Christian P Roberts in OBG & Draw Dawgz Presents: Dawg Pile CEDH Tournament	2-3 40%
Nissa, Resurgent Animist Dylan Western in Blast Off Gaming Whispers From The Archives cEDH Tournament!	2-3 40%
Tayam, Luminous Enigma Stephen Simmons in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods John, 25 Oct	1 main	#11 0-1
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa + Tymna the Weaver Luke T Roberson, 25 Oct	1 main	#13 1-2
Tayam, Luminous Enigma Will, 25 Oct	1 main	#36 0-4
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard Isaac Cooper (Trinisphere)[BD.GG], 25 Oct	1 main	#1 3-0
Tayam, Luminous Enigma Riccardo Tonarelli, 25 Oct	1 main	#29 0-0
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Felix R., 25 Oct	1 main	#39 0-4
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Chris Judd, 24 Oct	1 main	#14 1-3
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods Dustin Almendarez, 24 Oct	1 main	#21 0-3

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