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Broodscale mana base variations twelve week comparison

1 requestsStarted 9/23/2026, 6:05:14 PM
for the last 12 weeks, compare lists of Broodscale playing (1) 22 lands 5 forest 2 talisman of resilience and 1 gemstone cavern maindeck with lists playing (2) 23 lands 6 forest 0 talisman of resilience and 1 gemstone cavern and with lists playing (3) 22 lands 6 forest 2 talisman of resilience 0 gemstone cavern. Compare overall winrate between those 3 variations and winrate in the mirror.

I'll need to look up the card IDs and archetype info first, then run the detailed comparisons. Let me fetch everything in parallel!

Got all the IDs. Now let me run all three variation queries plus their mirror matchup queries simultaneously. The date range is ~12 weeks back from 2026-09-22 = 2026-06-29.

🛠️QueryArchetype match results with specific mana base
🛠️QueryArchetype Performance with Specific Land Configuration
🛠️QueryArchetype Performance Against Specific Mana Base

Let me fix the queries — the issue is likely the comment syntax. Retrying all three overall winrate queries plus the three mirror queries simultaneously:

🛠️QueryArchetype Match Results Against Non-Mirror Opponents
🛠️QueryArchetype Match Results for Specific Land Configuration
🛠️QueryArchetype Match Performance with Specific Land Configuration

The entries are matching but the match join is returning zero W/L/D — likely an issue with how matches link to entries. Let me investigate the matches table structure to fix the join.

🛠️QueryMatches for specific archetype
🛠️QueryMatches for specific archetype

Good progress! Got overall WR for all 3 variants and mirror WR for variant 1. Now I need mirror WR for variants 2 and 3:

🛠️QueryArchetype Mirror Match Performance Statistics
🛠️QueryArchetype mirror match results with specific mana base

All data collected! Here's the full breakdown:

🐛 Broodscale Build Comparison — Last 12 Weeks

Build definitions:

  • V1 — 22 lands, 5 Forest, 2 Talisman of Resilience, 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • V2 — 23 lands, 6 Forest, 0 Talisman of Resilience, 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • V3 — 22 lands, 6 Forest, 2 Talisman of Resilience, 0 Gemstone Caverns

📊 Overall Winrate (excl. mirrors)

BuildEntriesWLDWR
V140135102357.0%
V22266354533158.3%
V373518066.0%

🪞 Mirror Winrate

BuildEntriesWLDMirror WR
V1182210168.8%
V21078786650.3%
V3214020.0%

🔍 Key Takeaways

  • V2 (23 lands, 6 Forest, no Talisman, 1 Caverns) is by far the most popular build (226 entries, ~82% of the sample), with a solid 58.3% overall WR — clearly the community default.
  • V3 (22 lands, 6 Forest, 2 Talisman, no Caverns) posts the highest overall WR at 66%, though the sample is very small (only 7 entries) — treat with caution.
  • V1 (22 lands, 5 Forest, 2 Talisman, 1 Caverns) sits in between with 57.0% overall — respectable but trails V2 in sample confidence.
  • In the mirror, V1 dominates at 68.8% — the 2 Talisman + Gemstone Caverns combination looks like a real edge in same-archetype matchups, possibly enabling faster or more resilient starts.
  • V2 is essentially 50/50 in the mirror (50.3%), which makes sense as the "default" build fighting itself.
  • V3's mirror sample (2 entries, 1W-4L) is too small to draw conclusions.

⚠️ V3's small sample (7 entries) makes its 66% WR unreliable — likely noise. V1 (40 entries) and V2 (226 entries) are the statistically meaningful data points.

Sources: Data from 207 tournaments (2026-06-29 to 2026-09-22), 71% MTGO / 29% Melee.