23 September 2026

Results September 10th, 2026

Zeta is here! We all thought the new banlist would be the biggest change since last time, but nooo! Our dear friends at Wizards of the Coast decided to downshift a whole batch of powerful (and some less powerful) cards for the sake of capitalism! This even prompted an emergency update to the fresh banlist, because Narcomoeba at common and Doomsday at uncommon were deemed a little bit too dangerous to exist in the format. That still leaves us with a smattering of impactful new tools. While the Zeta set contains a couple of interesting cards new at uncommon, Raffine, Scheming Seer chief among them, its biggest contribution to Peasant will undoubtedly be the downshift of several powerful uncommons to common. While the cap at 5 uncommons made several of these cards unattractive before, they are now very useful tools. I feel the most notable new commons are Baleful Strix, Cut Down, Dispatch, Price of Progress, Soul-Guide Lantern, and Vandalblast, and four of these saw play tonight!

Now on to the tournament itself! For the first time since we rebooted the format, yours truly managed to clinch the 4-0! Sweet victory! I must confess that it is a win with a small blemish, since I discovered I had accidentally not sided out two uncommons when adjusting my deck last minute at half past midnight the day before the tournament. Je m'excuse! I was very relieved I didn't draw the cards in question during my games against Stefan, and quickly corrected this error when I realized what had happened after the game. To be honest, I fully expected my only points to come from the bye, since this deck was slapped together so last minute. However, while I did get the bye in the first round, the deck delivered some very tense and exciting games in the other three rounds. The Vandalblasts were key in snatching victory against Stefan's very exciting Esper Glitters update, which was running full playsets of both Dispatch and Baleful Strix. He was most impressed by Dispatch, which is essentially an upgraded Swords to Plowshares in his deck. However, I also overheard Arjan noting Baleful Strix was super problematic for the Blue Terror deck, since you have no good removal for the bird, and all your important threats die to it in combat.

Now, someone on the French Discord server noted I should have been running Price of Progress in my sideboard, and I fully agree, but my copies hadn't arrived in time. Other players did run the card though, and proved red is still strong without Painter's Studio and Reckless Bushwhacker. Despite Kuldotha Rebirth being relegated to the sidelines for now, three out of thirteen players arrived with a mono red deck. Madness burn edged out the two pure burn decks, congrats to Johan for claiming second place! The other 3-1 was a masterful four-color combo deck piloted by Arjan. Hawkeye's Bow has been on people's radar since it got released, and even prompted the Pauper Council to ban Seeker of Skybreak, the bow's counterpart in a two card combo. In Peasant both cards are still legal, and what's more, Arjan had five uncommons to make the combo that much more consistent. However, not only does Aphetto Alchemist combo off with the bow like Seeker of Skybreak does, it can also untap artifact lands to generate extra mana while you are looking for your combo! As his fifth uncommon, Arjan played Tinker to tutor for the bow. Great little synergies all around. Congrats on a nice third place!

Alright, I think I rambled on quite enough. This blog post is already late due to a particularly busy schedule and a stubborn cold. Let's get to the decklists already!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Hennink *
UR Tempo
4/4/0
02.
Johan *
Madness Burn
4/3/0
03.
Arjan *
Bow Combo
4/3/0
04.
Stefan *
Esper Glitters
4/2/1
05.
Rob *
Black Initiative
4/2/1
06.
Nathan *
Burn
4/2/1
07.
Melle
Rakdos Reanimator
4/2/0
08.
Martijn B *
Burn
4/2/0
09.
Rutger *
UG Initiative
4/2/0
10.
Ivan *
Blue Terror
4/1/1
11.
Luciano *
Landfall
4/1/1
12.
Niels *
Naya Gates
4/1/0
13.
Reinder *
Ux Tron
4/0/1
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

29 August 2026

Results August 20th, 2026

Still in the holiday season, but we got 9 players together for four rounds of Peasant. The last tournament worldwide under the old banlist (or the old old banlist, I should say, more on that later), since our organizer decided the ban announcement came too late for people to reasonably change decks. One player opted to give Painter's Studio a final hurray before the deck fades back into obscurity. Or reinvents itself, you never know with Kuldotha Rebirth! Stefan only got 3rd place though, beating Joris on tiebreakers, whose strong Elves deck dropped a game to Melle's reanimator deck. Both lost the tiebreakers to two different flavors of White Weenie though! Congrats to Johan and, in particular, Rutger, for finishing on top with nothing but white (and colorless) cards!

As said, this was the final tournament under the old banlist. However, even though we didn't have another tournament, a new banlist has already been published, all courtesy to WotC's Zeta Secret Lair stunt. This Secret Lair contains randomized boosters, and to make it work, they use different rarities, including Common and Uncommon. In total, a whopping 27 cards got downshifted, prompting the Peasant Committee to take immediate steps, publishing a new banlist. Even though Doomsday and Narcomoeba got banned, I expect a number of other downshifts to heavily impact the format, including, but not limited to, Baleful Strix, Dispatch, and Price of Progress. The full list of legal downshifst can be found here. Happy brewing!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Rutger *
White Weenie
4/3/0
02.
Johan *
White Weenie
4/3/0
03.
Stefan *
Kuldotha Madness
4/3/0
04.
Joris *
Elves
4/3/0
05.
Melle
Rakdos Reanimator
4/2/0
06.
Hennink *
Naya Cloak
4/2/0
07.
Nathan *
Inscription Burn
4/2/0
08.
Tijmen
Mono Black Initiative
4/1/0
09.
Henk-Jan
Blue Delver
4/1/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

04 July 2026

Results July 2nd, 2026

July, the summer has started, players leave for their holidays, some prefer the cool of their homes. Yet eight people soldiered on and played some cards! Turns out, you don't even need all the uncommons to win! Congrats to Arjan, for taking first place with no uncommons in the main, and only three in the side :)

On to the decklists!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Arjan *
Blue Terror
3/3/0
02.
Stefan *
Infect
3/2/0
03.
Jona *
GW Bogles
3/2/0
04.
Jasper *
Hunting Storm
3/2/0
05.
Melle *
Abiding Grace
3/1/1
06.
Arne *
Jeskai Ephemerate
3/1/0
07.
Jurjen *
Hawkeye's Elves
3/0/1
08.
Jiri
Red Dredge
3/0/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

15 June 2026

Results June 10th, 2026

Another month, another tournament, still going strong! Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend myself, so I don't have any cool stories. You'll notice that not a single Energy Flux or Dust to Dust got played though. ARTIFACT DECKS ARE BACK ON THE MENU BABY! This is going to be an interesting cat and mouse game :) Let's see what happens next time! For now, though, congratulations to a repeat winner, Joris, who once again finished on top with his Dionus-fueled Elves deck.

On to the decklists!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Joris *
Elves
4/4/0
02.
Arne *
Black Sac
4/3/0
03.
Johan *
White Weenie
4/3/0
04.
Melle *
Abiding Grace
4/2/1
05.
Stefan *
Counter Top
4/2/0
06.
Arjan *
Glitter Bots
4/2/0
07.
Jannes *
Poison Storm
4/1/1
08.
Lisa-Marie
Bogles
4/1/0
09.
Jona *
Red Rally
4/1/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

11 May 2026

Results May 7th, 2026

For the second time in a row, we had a top 4 with 9 points each, and this time Jasper had the best tiebreakers, taking Hunting Pack to a first place. Congratulations Jasper! Kudos to Jannes, Joep and Stefan too, rounding out the top four with two mono red decks and a Tron deck! Johan promised to bring his Dimir Flux deck again, and it showed, with not a single Glitter Bots deck being played for the first time since August last year! Sadly, that meant he also wasn't able to capitalize as hard on the meta, but he still finished with 6 points. I wonder if he'll stick to his Energy Fluxes next time!

Let's show you the decklists!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Jasper *
Hunting Storm
4/3/0
02.
Jannes *
Madness Burn
4/3/0
03.
Joep *
Learning Tron
4/3/0
04.
Stefan *
Kuldotha Red
4/3/0
05.
Pieter *
Dredge
4/2/1
06.
Johan *
Dimir Flux
4/2/0
07.
Henk-Jan *
U Delver
4/2/0
08.
Arne *
Skred Faeries
4/2/0
09.
Hennink *
Naya Cloak
4/2/0
10.
Heijo *
Sligh
4/2/0
11.
Summer *
Boros Bounce
4/1/1
12.
Bruno *
White Weenie
4/1/0
13.
Melle *
UR Delver
4/1/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

11 April 2026

Results April 9th, 2026

Last month's winner found himself mulliganing practically every game, and consequently found himself way down in the ranking this month. Nobody was ready to claim the undefeated crown this time around though, with our top four players all ending up with 9 points in 4 games! Stefan ended up on top thanks to the best second tiebreaker score (game win percentage)! His Esper Glitter Bots deck lost only to second place Johan's Dimir Flux deck. Yeah, a deck playing three main deck Energy Fluxes, and a fourth one on side, cannibalized our artifact heavy metagame, dropping his first match in the finals to Bruno's Madness Burn deck. That only leaves Arjan, who piloted a more traditional WU Glitter Bots list to third place. Congrats to the top 4!

I myself brought yet another update of my Fright Night deck, and I feel I have gotten closer to the correct build yet again. Unfortunately, I ran into a maniac running maindeck Energy Fluxes :P One of these days! *Shakes fist* On to the decklists!

Now on to the decklists!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Stefan *
Glitter Bots
4/3/0
02.
Johan *
Dimir Flux
4/3/0
03.
Arjan *
Glitter Bots
4/3/0
04.
Bruno *
Madness Burn
4/3/0
05.
Hennink *
Fright Night
4/2/0
06.
Melle *
Anvil Control
4/2/0
07.
Jiri *
Mono Red Reanimator
4/2/0
08.
Jona *
Bogles
4/2/0
09.
Joris *
Mayhem Jund
4/2/0
10.
Martijn B *
Git Gut
4/1/0
11.
Joost *
Bomberman
3/0/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.

15 March 2026

Results March 12th, 2026

Peasant is gaining more traction in Groningen! At some point we even had the maximum of 18 sign-ups! Unfortunately we're still in that time of the year where people get sick, but we started the evening with a healthy 14 players. As usual, multiple proven archetypes floated to the top of the standings, but at the end of the night, the only undefeated player was Martijn B. Finally returning to Peasant after more than 13 years away from the format, he claimed the win with a true brew, leveraging Gut, True Soul Zealot. Amazing! Congratulations on the win!

Right behind Martijn B, Jasper piloted Neral's Jund Wildfire list to a solid 3-0 finish, proving the deck has some legs in our "meta" as well (our meta being 50% janky brews, obviously ;)). In third place we find newcomer Jona, playing the outsider archetype Bogles. Welcome to Peasant, and congrats on the nice finish!

On to the decklists!


Rank
Player
Deck
Colors
P/W/D
01.
Martijn B *
Git Gut
4/4/0
02.
Jasper *
Jund Wildfire
4/3/0
03.
Jona *
Bogles
4/3/0
04.
Thomas *
Glitter Bots
4/2/1
05.
Donald *
3 Land Spy
4/2/1
06.
Rutger *
UB Tinker
4/2/1
07.
Hennink *
Fright Night
4/2/0
08.
Stefan *
Red Assaultless
4/1/2
09.
Jannes *
Poison Storm
4/1/1
10.
Melle *
Anvil control
4/1/0
11.
Martijn L *
Infect
4/1/0
12.
Arjan *
Pox
4/1/0
13.
Siebe
Garden Class
1/0/0
14.
Johan *
Gut Tokens
3/0/0
Click or tap on a * row to see a decklist.