Breakout Archetypes and Metagame Lessons from GP Charlotte

May 26, 2016 – by Trevor Holmes 8

This week in Magic, everything is freakin’ awesome. Seriously, I have not been this excited about a Modern metagame since before Splinter Twin was a deck (so, like the format’s conception). Recently, Modern has experienced a roller-coaster of shifts, with…

Hype Train Derailed: Modern GP Weekend Qualitatively

May 24, 2016 – by David Ernenwein 28

That was quite a weekend, wasn’t it? Two Modern Grand Prix and neither was won by a Tier 1 deck. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Modern is wide open! You can play anything and win. The key to…

Rank	Deck	Metagame %
1	Grixis Shadow	5.5%
2	Burn	5.4%
3	Gx Tron	5.2%
4	Jeskai Tempo	4.8%
5	RG Valakut	4.7%
6	Eldrazi Tron	4.6%
7	Affinity	4.5%
8	Humans	4.5%
9	Gifts Storm	4.4%
10	Counters Company	3.7%

NOTE: Metagame % is calculated from the unweighted average of all MTGO leagues, paper T8s/T16s, and GP/PT/Open Day 2s in the date range. Data is tracked in the Top Decks page, which you can browse for more details.