Hello all! The Magic Bracket is a long-term project running a single-elimination contest to find the greatest Magic cards yet!

This week we have Ancestral Recall, Birds of Paradise, three Swords, Ooze vs Mentor, and Wurmcoil Engine vs Arcbound Ravager - plus the largest win in R5 so far. See the full highlights below:

Currently open batches - links are to posts advocating for that card:

Batch 5.25 - featuring Ancestral Recall, Birds of Paradise, Serra Angel, Deathrite Shaman, Time Vault, Monastery Swiftspear, Sword of Body and Mind, Gilded Lotus, Trinisphere, and Opposition vs Godless Shrine

Batch 5.24 - featuring the Swords of both Feast and Famine and Light and Shadow, plus Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker vs Demonic Pact, Crucible of Worlds, flip Jace vs Aluren, and Ensnaring Bridge vs Hypnotic Specter

Batch 5.23 - featuring Arcbound Ravager vs Wurmcoil Engine, Moat vs Fastbond, Treasure Cruise vs Future Sight, and Tooth of Nail vs Overbeing of Myth

Batch 5.22 - featuring Stoneforge Mystic vs Serum Visions, Library of Alexandria vs Dark Depths, Erebos vs Noble Hierarch, Mishra’s Workshop vs Craterhoof Behemoth, Siege Rhino, Mindslaver, and Glimpse of Nature

Batch 5.21 - featuring Vindicate vs Vesuva, Scavenging Ooze vs Monastery Mentor, Sol Ring vs Kaya, Rite of Replication vs Oblivion Stone, Cryptic Command, Figure of Destiny, Chain Lightning, and Enlightened Tutor

Batch 5.20 - featuring Counterspell vs Prodigal Sorcerer, Rest in Peace vs Ugin, Mystical Tutor vs Chromatic Sphere, Reliquary Tower vs Eternal Witness, @askkrenko, Spectral Procession, and Enduring Renewal vs Intuition

Batch 5.19 - featuring Mox Opal vs Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Wasteland vs Life from the Loam, Strip Mine vs Voltaic Key, Imperial Recruiter, Rampant Growth, Mystic Snake, and Vault of the Archangel vs Wall of Roots

On the results side of things: The week’s biggest win was Rancor over Commander Greven il-Vec, with the largest score so far in R5 of 93.01%. At the other extreme, Mirri’s Guile edged out Yeva, Nature’s Herald with just 50.20%.

This time next week the last batch of Round 5 will be out - see you then!