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Against the Odds: The Best Wins of 2025

by SaffronOlive // Dec 31, 2025

As we wrap up the year today we look back on some of the most spectacular, most hilarious and most epic Against the Odds wins of 2025!

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Against the Odds: PlaceholderSubType476 is the New Slivers (Standard), Feb 11, 2026
Against the Odds: F-ing Treefolk (Standard), Feb 4, 2026
Against the Odds: Meek Attack (Lorwyn Eclipsed Standard), Jan 28, 2026
Against the Odds: Mirrorform (Lorywn Eclipsed Standard), Jan 21, 2026
Against the Odds: I Made My Opponent Discard Their BATTLEFIELD , Jan 14, 2026
Against the Odds: Icetill Explorer Shreds Hedges (Standard), Jan 8, 2026
Against the Odds: The Best Wins of 2025 (current), Dec 31, 2025
Against the Odds: The "Play More Win Cons, Standard Players" Challenge, Dec 24, 2025
Against the Odds: Mono-Blue Stasis (Premodern), Dec 17, 2025
Against the Odds: 20 Shrines vs. Standard, Dec 10, 2025

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