There are just 23 matches in this batch, but it turns out that Round 1 still had a surprise in store…

1,481 Bracketeers voted in Batch 255, and the grand total of votes in Round 1 is 7,789,177. You can see all the results for Round 1 here!

Coming up later today will be a post of Round 1 highlights plus stats galore!

The final results for this round are:

Zurgo Helmsmasher defeats Mephitic Ooze with 89.45% of the vote

Zirilan of the Claw defeats Foxfire Oak with 87.23% of the vote

Spirit of the Night defeats Repel the Darkness with 79.36% of the vote

Hex Parasite defeats Mirror Golem with 78.21% of the vote

Oath of Scholars defeats Aspect of Gorgon with 73.81% of the vote

Tainted Pact defeats Emrakul’s Influence with 73.76% of the vote

Grindclock defeats Gather the Pack with 72.12% of the vote

Staying Power defeats Dakmor Scorpion with 71.88% of the vote

Riptide Director defeats Dismal Backwater with 70.49% of the vote

Angelic Overseer defeats Animist’s Awakening with 68.02% of the vote

Lunge defeats Rewards of Diversity with 65.47% of the vote

Loyal Sentry defeats Waveskimmer Aven with 64.23% of the vote

Barrage Tyrant defeats Scrapheap with 63.06% of the vote

Penumbra Spider defeats Urza’s Filter with 59.69% of the vote

Selenia, Dark Angel defeats Bioplasm with 59.10% of the vote

Rain of Salt defeats Revive with 56.72% of the vote

Airdrop Condor defeats Narrow Escape with 55.02% of the vote

Dreadbringer Lampads defeats Split-Tail Miko with 52.84% of the vote

Gravedigger defeats Gleemax with 52.14% of the vote

Discordant Spirit defeats Stratadon with 51.58% of the vote

Explore defeats Torpor Orb with 50.44% of the vote

Death Pulse defeats Seedcradle Witch with 50.15% of the vote

Mana Web ties with Aura Gnarlid

That’s right, we got a tie in the last batch! Tiebreaker post will be up soon!