More than two years ago, in early 2016, I noticed that the number of different Magic cards that existed was pretty close to 16,000. And by adding in the silver-bordered cards and the rest of the new cards printed in 2016, we would have almost perfectly 2^14 cards - enough that a single-elimination contest could find the community’s favourite card.

The Magic Bracket grew out of that realisation. When it first began, I had no idea if anyone else cared. But more than thirteen thousand of you showed up for the finals - so I guess it wasn’t just me!

The Bracket took two years to go from 16,343 cards to just one. 590 surveys along the way steadily eliminated all remaining candidates until we had just two. The total number of votes cast was 16,291,069. And now, without further ado, allow me to crown the winner of the Magic Bracket:

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