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July ’20 Metagame Update: Post-Astrolabe Ban

July ’20 Metagame Update: Post-Astrolabe Ban

August 4, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 2

Another month gone in quarantine. At least, I think it’s been a month. Time is steadily losing all meaning to me. What even is this year, and what was I talking about? Oh yeah, it’s August now, so I need…

Balance and Blades: Honing Stoneforge Mystic

Balance and Blades: Honing Stoneforge Mystic

October 22, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 0

Unbannings always trigger a surge of interest, articles, and brewing. When the card’s utility and thus its home is obvious, the cards is quickly adopted, as was the case for Bloodbraid Elf. For those whose power is tougher to unlock,…

Happy Endings for Throne of Eldraine Spoilers

Happy Endings for Throne of Eldraine Spoilers

September 24, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 2

All good stories must come to an end. Hopefully, they’ll be paced better than Game of Thrones‘s was. The Throne of Eldraine prerelease is this weekend and the spoiler is finished, so it’s time to wrap up my set review. There…

Punishing Fire: Qualitative Results and Conclusion

Punishing Fire: Qualitative Results and Conclusion

May 21, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 3

Last week, I unveiled the first part of my Punishing Fire test. With the data compiled and revealed, it’s time for the less-concrete part. The data is the data and speaks for itself. However, that’s not the whole story. Magic isn’t…

Testing Punishing Fire: Quantitative Data

Testing Punishing Fire: Quantitative Data

May 14, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 5

And now it’s time for everyone’s favorite part of the banlist test: the experimental data. With 500 matches of Jund with and without Punishing Fire under my belt, I have developed a very strong opinion on unbanning the card. Today,…

Testing Punishing Fire: Experimental Setup

Testing Punishing Fire: Experimental Setup

May 7, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 2

The time has come to start rolling out the results of my latest foray into the Modern banlist. In the past, the return of this series was hailed with a public vote for which card I’d work on, followed by…

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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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