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Partial Resurrection: Assessing the New Dredge

Partial Resurrection: Assessing the New Dredge

October 30, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 5

As the metagame shifts, decks rise and fall. Sometimes, that churning is explosive. Such events are exciting and foster discussion and articles. However, it is important to remember to temper excitement with reason. Spikes and oscillations are just that, and…

Dropping Destructive Revelry: Why to Keep Your Burn Board Boros

Dropping Destructive Revelry: Why to Keep Your Burn Board Boros

September 19, 2018 – by Andreas Breuer 9

The earth is round, the pope is catholic, and Destructive Revelry belongs in the sideboard of every Modern Burn deck. While the first and the second principle might be unbreakable, I’d like to smash the third one to smithereens. In this…

The Hidden Strength of Krark-Clan Ironworks

The Hidden Strength of Krark-Clan Ironworks

July 31, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 3

I’ve spoken about Krark-Clan Ironworks on several occasions now, but continued testing has reinforced my belief that many Modern players don’t really understand how it works. The combo itself is incredibly complicated once it gets going, and as a result,…

Just a Phase, Pt. 3: Mains and Ending

Just a Phase, Pt. 3: Mains and Ending

May 25, 2018 – by Jordan Boisvert 2

Experienced Magic players stress the importance of testing matchups sideboarded—after all, more than half of all games in a given tournament are played sideboarded. So too must I stress the importance of mastering the main phases, of which there are…

Why Not Control? – Attacking the Humans Meta

Why Not Control? – Attacking the Humans Meta

May 15, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 5

Humans is currently the best deck in Modern. The data is very clear about this: Humans is on top everywhere and has been for most of the year. This is causing a kind of dynamic stability to take over the…

New Tricks: A Dominarian Merfolk Interlude

New Tricks: A Dominarian Merfolk Interlude

May 8, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 2

Merfolk has always been my workhorse Modern deck, but I haven’t written about it in months. The metagame has shifted to a place I don’t like with Merfolk, and so I’ve been playing other decks; as such, I had nothing…

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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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