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Grave Matters: GP Birmingham Analysis

Grave Matters: GP Birmingham Analysis

August 20, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 0

Another event-filled weekend, another data dump, another chance for Modern to adapt and contain the arisen menace. It may not be likely, but as someone locked into making the trip to GP Las Vegas, I feel the need to hope.…

Grave Concerns: GP Minneapolis Analysis

Grave Concerns: GP Minneapolis Analysis

August 13, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 4

With another GP in the books, it’s time once again to dig into the data. When I last did so right after the big MC weekend, the picture was muddied by contradictory results. Half indicated that Hogaak was a dominant…

Metagame Tide’s Changing: GP Calgary

Metagame Tide’s Changing: GP Calgary

April 2, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 4

Nothing lasts forever; the mighty will eventually fall; time erases all wounds; change is the only constant. All such platitudes mean for Modern is that one deck can only remain on top of the format for so long. Eventually, the format…

Firebird’s Shadow: GP Weekend Analysis

Firebird’s Shadow: GP Weekend Analysis

March 19, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 5

One weekend. Three events. So much data. With an SCG Open and two GPs this weekend, I can better evaluate whether the extreme trends seen in the Regionals data actually have weight, or were the outliers I speculated. Is Phoenix…

The New is the Old: Metagame Analysis

The New is the Old: Metagame Analysis

February 20, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 2

The Modern format is so diverse, both quantitatively and competitively, that it can prove tough to quantify; certain players subsequently claim there is no metagame, while others focus only on tournament-winning decks. Each approach lacks some degree of nuance. Today,…

Hindsight 20/18: Metagame Review

Hindsight 20/18: Metagame Review

December 11, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 2

The Modern metagame cycles, though the process is slow and hard to see. This complicates determining which trends are just flashes in the pan and which must be accounted for and adapted to. Metagame-specific decks, like Death and Taxes at…

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Current metagame: 12/1 – 12/31

RankDeckMetagame %
1Grixis Shadow5.5%
2Burn5.4%
3Gx Tron5.2%
4Jeskai Tempo4.8%
5RG Valakut4.7%
6Eldrazi Tron4.6%
7Affinity4.5%
8Humans4.5%
9Gifts Storm4.4%
10Counters Company3.7%

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.

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