Revolution, July, 2025

The Revolution marches on as players continue to explore all the new strategies afforded by the format's two youngest sets: Kitsuo: Dusk of Time and Errors in the Weft. Competitors this month even had a couple extra new toys to play with as a package of Cybaros cards also received buffs to mark that set's one-year anniversary in the format. Changes to Corpsepyre Fiend and Gi-Gecha, Tide Of Victory in particular inspired new twists on old favorite decks. After four rounds of valiantly-fought matches, the field was cut to a Top 8 playoff.

The decks that bubbled to the top this month tended to occupy the murky middle of midrange, though with lots of different flavors. On either end of the spectrum, CatInTree brought an aggressive token strategy built around Eo, the Great Equalizer and Scribbl brought a classic creatureless control deck with boardwipes, counterspells, and planeswalkers galore. Two players, platypeople and CovetedPeacock, brought decks centered around the new Corpsepyre Fiend and its powerful interaction with Data Weaver, with Peacock splashing white while platypeople kept it all-black. Silver brought red-greed Weftheart, kumrac brought black-green Biaas, Dr Chipmunk brought blue-black BORROW(), and Zangy brought a new take on Regis that only played blue and green and leaned more into counterspells. In the end it would be CatInTree's Naya aggro against Dr Chipmunk's Dimir midrange for a color-balanced finals match.

The jellyfish lurking in the code turned out to be too much to handle for Eo and their token army. In fact, Eo turned out to be a blessing in disguise increasing the size of the BORROW() tokens with their symmetrical board effect. The finals match was a clean 2-0 for Dr Chipmunk, adding to their stunning run of 3 wins in 4 months, a feat matched only by Philippe Saner. Congratulations to Dr Chipmunk, commiserations to CatInTree, and remember, the best time to join the Revolution is now!

For video coverage of the finals with commentary, please check it out here! https://youtu.be/Fj63oyGyFCk