Legacy
Stax
Taxes or denies opponents' lands, mana, and actions, locking the game down rather than racing it.
Stax
46% (2,436 games, 446 decks)
Stax by Color Identity
Temur
62% (47 games, 8 decks)
Orzhov
61% (126 games, 20 decks)
Dune-Brood
61% (36 games, 6 decks)
Mono-Black
61% (64 games, 10 decks)
Mardu
60% (58 games, 10 decks)
Grixis
60% (70 games, 13 decks)
Yore-Tiller
58% (48 games, 7 decks)
Witch-Maw
58% (175 games, 26 decks)
Glint-Eye
58% (203 games, 32 decks)
Five-Color
58% (177 games, 27 decks)
Dimir
57% (84 games, 12 decks)
Bant
57% (23 games, 4 decks)
Abzan
54% (61 games, 10 decks)
Rakdos
54% (132 games, 22 decks)
Cards That Overperform in Stax
- The Fantasticar+13% (n=28)
- Tezzeret, Cruel Captain+11% (n=68)
- Warping Wail+11% (n=40)
- Mystic Forge+11% (n=77)
- Basalt Monolith+11% (n=43)
- Ugin, Eye of the Storms+10% (n=58)
- Disruptor Flute+10% (n=358)
- Voltaic Key+9% (n=75)
- Manifold Key+9% (n=98)
- Candelabra of Tawnos+9% (n=44)
Cards That Underperform in Stax
- Tropical Island-17% (n=20)
- Veil of Summer-17% (n=21)
- Prismatic Ending-12% (n=22)
- Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar-12% (n=22)
- Brainstorm-10% (n=99)
- Ponder-9% (n=96)
- Brotherhood's End-9% (n=38)
- Flusterstorm-9% (n=50)
- Show and Tell-8% (n=58)
- Omniscience-8% (n=57)
Most-Played Cards in Stax
- Ancient Tomb80% (n=3887)
- Disruptor Flute60% (n=2934)
- Lotus Petal54% (n=2645)
- City of Traitors51% (n=2471)
- The One Ring43% (n=2105)
- Urza's Saga40% (n=1944)
- Leyline of the Void37% (n=1787)
- Pithing Needle36% (n=1735)
- Simian Spirit Guide34% (n=1672)
- Grafdigger's Cage34% (n=1650)