The Magic Bracket started with 16,343 cards and one mission: To find the community’s favourite through exhaustive (and some might argue exhausting) single elimination. With five rounds now in the books, we are now down to the Top 512.

In case you think that 512 sounds like a good size for a Cube, you are not alone! The slightly kooky Bracket Cube can be drafted here.

Here are some highlights of Round 5:

The biggest winner this round was Cryptic Command, which posted 94.09% against Pentad Prism. Things are definitely getting closer though, with the average scores coming in towards 50%.

No ties this round, though - the closest was Merfolk Looter over Stuffy Doll, with 50.08%.

The full pairings, results, and some estimated strength ratings of the R5 cards can be seen right here.

With the numbers thinning down, this was a round with a fair few extinctions - Starter 1999, Commander 2015, Prophecy, and Homelands all died out, as did Jund (BRG) and Jeskai (WRU) cards. The remaining shocklands all lost, Mox Jet became the third Power 9 card to go down, Mana Drain ran into an unfortunate matchup against Umezawa’s Jitte, and Arcbound Ravager was consumed by Wurmcoil Engine. Almost nothing is safe - except for the basic lands, the only undefeated cycle left in the Bracket.

We also lost the king of meme cards - Storm Crow fell narrowly to Purphoros, God of the Forge. But there are still some fan favourites going - Grizzly Bears is still live, as is the last remaining silver-bordered card, Richard Garfield, Ph.D.

Read the voters’ highlights here.

Average voter numbers are at an all-time high, the subreddit is really active with debates, discussions, and campaigning for pet cards - overall, I’m really pleased with where the project is right now. Thanks for all your support and look forward to seeing you Monday for the start of Round 6!