MTG Salvation

The community has spoken! Here are the results of this year's Power Rankings voting for the SHARDS/WEDGES:

A full list of results, with all cards that received votes and the number of lists a card appeared on, can be found on this Google spreadsheet.











Thanks to all 12 voters!

Trivia, Useless Ramblings, and Facts (TURF)

Abzan - Warden of the First Tree and Seige Rhino are fairly close with Warden being just a bit more popular. No other cards received a significant number of votes.
Bant - Bant hasn't gotten any strong options for a long while. Only Tamiyo, Field Researcher has broken into Bant since 2016 at #2.
Esper - Surprising no one, Sphinx of the Steel Wind is dominant in this tricolor set.
Grixis- If you're name ain't Bolas, we ain't interested. 4 of the top 5 Grixis slots belong to a Bolas variant but Kess, Dissident Mage breaks in at #3.
Jeskai - Almost every Jeskai card is new to the list. Soulfire Grand Master and Kykar, Wind's Fury are the significant cards in this grouping.
Jund - Jund is for the dragons. Hellkite Overlord, Broodmate Dragon, and Darigaaz Reincarnated lead this grouping.
Mardu - Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is the most universally agreed upon top shard/wedge card for its grouping with a 1.83 (2 is a perfect score).
Naya - Wild Nacatl and Ghired, Conclave Exile were the only significant vote getters in this grouping.
Sultai - Tasigur, the Golden Fang and Leovold, Emissary of Trest were the clear favorites nearly tied with only 1 other card getting a single vote for the grouping.
Temur - Yasova Dragonclaw and Maelstrom Wanderer were the significant vote getters of this grouping.

Voting for the COLORLESS grouping will begin tomorrow!

The ten best Shards/Wedges tend to be set in stone without much wiggle room, mostly just due to lack of good options. Running either of the two options presented here could be correct depending on the make up of your cube and what you're trying to support. Some do have a defensible third option, but for the most part people know what to expect in these sections.

The only vote that surprised me here were people voting for Esper Charm over Dromar's Charm. Even if Dromar's Charm lost the five life option, countering (any) spell or nugging an X/2 is way better than any of the options presented on Esper Charm.

Also, Sen Triplets doesn't get enough love. That card was super fun (albeit fragile) to play with back before we realized how good Sphinx was. And yeah, I've been cubing for that long.

Thanks for compiling the results man! I know it's a lot of work.

Just occurred to me that Ghired, Conclave Exile should not have been eligible. Whoops. No harm, no foul I guess.

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Just occurred to me that Ghired, Conclave Exile should not have been eligible. Whoops. No harm, no foul I guess.

I wondered about that, but decided to just go with it.

This section has the least surprises of any, which is also no surprise. Even with Kykar, Jeskai could really use a better card. As much as I love Bolas, I think I'd prefer a good Tinker/reanimator target in this slot.

Cheers,
rant