Sneak and Show and Jeskai Midrange Gain Legacy Share

Sneak and Show reached 10.2% of published Legacy lists in the week of November 2, 2026, while Jeskai Midrange climbed to 7.1%. Sneak and Show accounted for 13 of 127 lists, up from 10 of 155 (6.5%) in the week of October 26; Jeskai Midrange went from 3 of 155 (1.9%) to 9 of 127.

The four Challenges from November 3 to November 7 totalled 199 entrants. Sneak and Show reached all four top eights, taking 5 slots; Jeskai Midrange reached two and won one. Those results give the share gains substance, but the two archetypes arrived there with very different degrees of agreement about their builds.

Sneak and Show Keeps Its Core

RyanWu finished 7–2 in second place in the 56-player November 7 Challenge, beating Doomsday and then another Sneak and Show list before losing to White Beanstalk. MTGO’s published results also put JPA93 fourth in the same event.

RyanWu and November 3 runner-up TomJubarte both played 4 Atraxa, Grand Unifier, 4 Show and Tell, 4 Sneak Attack and 4 Stock Up, backed by 4 Brainstorm and 4 Force of Will. Ancient Tomb and Lotus Petal let the deck threaten Show and Tell on turn 2; the cantrips assemble a threat, an enabler and protection rather than asking it to win a fair exchange.

The differences are in acceleration and protection. RyanWu played 4 Lotus Petal, 1 Omniscience and 2 Daze; TomJubarte played 3 Lotus Petal, 2 Omniscience and 2 Flusterstorm. RyanWu omitted Flusterstorm, which appeared in 96.4% of the 55 comparison lists. We read this run as success for an established shell, not a new card package.

Both sideboards pair Defense Grid with Pyroblast for blue opposition and carry Abrade, Brotherhood's End and Pyroclasm for permanent-heavy games. Their graveyard plans differ: RyanWu uses 2 Ghost Vacuum, while TomJubarte spreads those slots across Faerie Macabre, Grafdigger's Cage and Surgical Extraction.

Jeskai Midrange Splits Between Tempo and Control

ShadowTitan1 won the 62-player November 7 Challenge 8–1, defeating Grixis Reanimator, Mardu Energy and Dimir Hogaak in the playoffs. The published winning list puts 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd and 4 Quantum Riddler alongside 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student, with 4 Stifle and 4 Wasteland attacking the opponent’s mana.

This build wants to establish a threat, then make the opponent’s next turn fail. Its 3 Daze reinforce that plan: spending a turn recovering from Wasteland makes paying for Daze harder. Only 3.2% of the 31 comparison lists played Daze, and ShadowTitan1 skipped Prismatic Ending despite its presence in every comparison list.

Ketofol’s November 3 top-eight build takes another route. It runs 4 Flow State, 3 Force of Negation, 2 Back to Basics and 2 Chandra, Chill of Compliance, with no Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd or Wasteland. Wrath of the Skies starts in its main deck; ShadowTitan1 keeps both copies in the sideboard. Jeskai Midrange’s share therefore combines a mana-denial creature deck with a slower control build.

ShadowTitan1’s sideboard offers Rest in Peace against graveyard decks and Wrath of the Skies against developed battlefields. Ketofol instead has 2 Damping Sphere and 2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade alongside 2 Containment Priest. The label alone will not tell you which post-sideboard game you face.

The Playoffs Show Mixed Matchups

Across the six-week top-eight sample, Sneak and Show went 3–1 against Sewer-Cam Combo, but 2–2 against both Dimir Tempo and Doomsday. It went 1–2 against both Eldrazi and Mardu Energy, and 0–2 against Grixis Reanimator. Those are small playoff records, not full-field matchup win rates.

Jeskai Midrange went 1–1 against Dimir Hogaak and 1–0 against each of Doomsday, Grixis Reanimator, Jeskai Energy and Mardu Energy. Its losses include 0–1 records against Depths, Eldrazi and Izzet Delver. Ketofol also lost 0–2 to Sewer-Cam Combo in the November 3 playoffs, a useful contrast with Sneak and Show’s positive record against that deck.

Legacy Is Moving in Several Directions

The 14-day picture is less dramatic for Jeskai Midrange: 3.8%, up from 3.2%, against Sneak and Show’s 7.5%, up from 4.2%. White Beanstalk rose from 3.2% to 5.8%, while Dimir Tempo fell from 5.8% to 4.9% and Death & Taxes fell from 5% to 2.6%, across 346 published lists versus 379 in the preceding 14 days.

We give Sneak and Show the stronger trend verdict: its weekly share has risen from 3.7% to 4.5%, then 6.5% and 10.2%, and its latest results span four Challenges. Jeskai Midrange’s next week will distinguish a sustained increase from a 9-list burst, particularly whether players adopt ShadowTitan1’s Stifle and Wasteland build.