Deck guide
Premodern Tinker Deck Guide
Also known as: Mono-Blue Tinker · Trinket Tinker
Tinker is a Rogue combo deck in Premodern.
At a glance
Event decklists
73 decklists on file
Showing the 8 most recent.
| Finish | Players | Decklist | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-8 | 40 | Jack Landes Tinker — $1K @ The Quest (Portland, OR) (5-8) | 2026-05-17 |
| 5-8 | 51 | PM_Arnie Tinker — MTGO Challenge 32 (5-8) | 2026-05-05 |
| 5 | 64 | Telmo Dores Tinker — Side Event - Campeonato Nacional Portugal 2026 @ Mercado Municipal D. Pedro V (Coimbra, Portuhal) (5) | 2026-04-18 |
| 3-4 | 32 | Dariorod Tinker — Nacional Costa Rica 2026 @ SPMCR (San Jose, Coasta Rica) (3-4) | 2026-04-18 |
| 2 | 33 | Paulin Ferro Tinker — Fight Club MtgVar Last Event @ Immatérium Team(Toulon,France) (2) | 2026-03-27 |
| 5-8 | 127 | Mikael Rasmussen Tinker — Denmark Nationals 2026 (5-8) | 2026-03-21 |
| 1 | 32 | Paulin Ferro Tinker — GP Toulon - Fight Club MtgVar @ Immatérium Team (Toulon, France) (1) | 2026-03-13 |
| 5-8 | 33 | Luca Marroni Tinker — FNM Lega PM Mana & Malto @ Comix cafè (Grosseto, Italy) (5-8) | 2026-03-13 |
Sample list
Most-recent decklist
Jack Landes Tinker — $1K @ The Quest (Portland, OR) (5-8) — 5-8 · 2026-05-17
Mainboard (60)
| Qty | Card |
|---|---|
| 4 | Ancient Tomb |
| 4 | City of Brass |
| 2 | City of Traitors |
| 4 | Crystal Vein |
| 3 | Gemstone Mine |
| 4 | Shivan Reef |
| 4 | Phyrexian Devourer |
| 4 | Fling |
| 4 | Impulse |
| 4 | Tinker |
| 4 | Altar of Dementia |
| 4 | Chromatic Sphere |
| 4 | Defense Grid |
| 1 | Fellwar Stone |
| 4 | Mind Stone |
| 3 | Tangle Wire |
| 3 | Tsabo's Web |
Sideboard (15)
| Qty | Card |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hoodwink |
| 2 | Hydroblast |
| 2 | Overload |
| 3 | Pyroclasm |
| 2 | Red Elemental Blast |
| 2 | Rushing River |
| 1 | Tsabo's Web |
| 2 | Xantid Swarm |
Game plan
What Tinker is trying to do
A blue Tinker shell that sacrifices a small artifact to fetch a finisher like Masticore or a Memory Jar — historical because both Memory Jar and Grim Monolith are banned in Premodern. It plays as a combo deck in Rogue of the current Premodern metagame.
Core cards
What defines Tinker
Sideboarding & matchups
How Tinker fares
Matchup win-rate data for Tinker is being compiled.
See the full matchup matrix for head-to-head pairings across the format.
Strategy
How to play Tinker
A full written primer for Tinker — mulligan decisions, sequencing, and the sideboard plan — is in progress. The decklists, key cards, and matchup data above are kept current in the meantime.
FAQ
Common questions
- Is Tinker a good deck in Premodern?
- Tinker is a Rogue deck in Premodern. See its matchup spread and decklists for how it performs.
- What colors is Tinker?
- Tinker is a Blue deck.
- How much does Tinker cost to build?
- A current Tinker list costs roughly $2,608 to build in paper.
Next steps
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