Metagame

Modern metagame

Modern, over the last
3381Decks
86Events
52Archetypes
14 Aug – 12 SepWindow

The field every block is sized by its share of published decklists

  • Block size: share of published decklists.
  • Gold edge: win rate above 50%.
  • Blue edge: win rate below 50%.
  • Corner tag: places gained or lost against the previous window.
  • Hatched block: everything the list does not name.
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  1. 1 Broodscale Combo 9.8% share333 decks Up 2 places +3.2 50.5% win rate, 95% range 46.8% to 54.1% 362–355–0 wins, losses and draws 717 matches
  2. 2 Izzet Prowess 9.3% share316 decks Up 4 places +4.3 50.3% win rate, 95% range 46.8% to 53.8% 393–389–0 wins, losses and draws 782 matches
  3. 3 Esper Blink 8.3% share279 decks Up 10 places +5.4 54.3% win rate, 95% range 50.6% to 57.9% 394–332–0 wins, losses and draws 726 matches
  4. 4 Esper Reanimator 7.4% share251 decks Down 2 places −0.2 49.7% win rate, 95% range 45.9% to 53.5% 335–339–0 wins, losses and draws 674 matches
  5. 5 Devoted Combo 5.5% share185 decks Same place +0.1 49.7% win rate, 95% range 44.8% to 54.7% 196–198–0 wins, losses and draws 394 matches
  6. 6 Dimir Midrange 4.8% share162 decks Down 2 places −1.3 50.1% win rate, 95% range 45.1% to 55.2% 189–188–0 wins, losses and draws 377 matches
  7. 7 Izzet Affinity 4.5% share151 decks Up 1 place +1.0 48.4% win rate, 95% range 42.5% to 54.3% 132–141–0 wins, losses and draws 273 matches
  8. 8 Boros Energy 3.6% share122 decks Down 7 places −4.6 43.6% win rate, 95% range 37.5% to 49.9% 105–136–0 wins, losses and draws 241 matches
  9. 9 Boros Ponza 3.5% share117 decks Up 8 places +1.2 52.4% win rate, 95% range 47.0% to 57.7% 174–158–0 wins, losses and draws 332 matches
  10. 10 Ruby Storm 3.2% share108 decks Up 2 places +0.2 53.4% win rate, 95% range 47.4% to 59.3% 142–124–0 wins, losses and draws 266 matches
  11. 11 Living End 2.8% share96 decks Down 2 places −0.4 52.7% win rate, 95% range 46.4% to 58.9% 128–115–0 wins, losses and draws 243 matches
  12. 12 Eldrazi Rigging 2.6% share89 decks Down 5 places −2.1 52.5% win rate, 95% range 45.6% to 59.3% 105–95–0 wins, losses and draws 200 matches
  13. 13 Tron 2.6% share88 decks Up 15 places +1.7 49.1% win rate, 95% range 41.8% to 56.5% 85–88–0 wins, losses and draws 173 matches
  14. 14 4c HollowOne 2.2% share76 decks Up 4 places +0.1 47.9% win rate, 95% range 41.0% to 55.0% 92–100–0 wins, losses and draws 192 matches
  15. 15 Domain Zoo 2.1% share70 decks Down 4 places −1.0 48.3% win rate, 95% range 41.0% to 55.7% 84–90–0 wins, losses and draws 174 matches
  16. 16 Simic Neoform 1.8% share62 decks Down 6 places −1.3 47.5% win rate, 95% range 40.7% to 54.4% 96–106–0 wins, losses and draws 202 matches
  17. 17 Eldrazi Tron 1.8% share61 decks Down 3 places −1.0 44.9% win rate, 95% range 35.8% to 54.3% 48–59–0 wins, losses and draws 107 matches
  18. 18 Mono-Blue Belcher 1.4% share48 decks Up 5 places +0.1 55.3% win rate, 95% range 46.8% to 63.5% 73–59–0 wins, losses and draws 132 matches
  19. 19 Izzet Steel-Cutter 1.4% share48 decks Up 14 places +0.8 47.8% win rate, 95% range 39.7% to 56.1% 66–72–0 wins, losses and draws 138 matches
  20. 20 Jeskai Energy 1.4% share47 decks Up 26 places +1.2 49.1% win rate, 95% range 41.5% to 56.7% 80–83–0 wins, losses and draws 163 matches

19.9% of the field is not in the list above. That is 672 decks across 32 further archetypes and the unclassified lists. Together they go 732–784–0 over 1516 matches.

Show all 52 archetypes

Recent events grouped by day. The name opens the event page

15 Aug
Modern Challenge 32
won by Lantern Control · Taddy_99 34 players · 32 lists
Modern Challenge 64
won by Broodscale Combo · Ashigaruu 70 players · 32 lists
Modern RC Super Qualifier
won by Jeskai Energy · TrueHero 301 players · 32 lists
Modern League
56 five-win lists 56 players · 56 lists
#RecordDeckPlayer
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Affinity Arcbound_Papi
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Affinity Aschop
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Devoted Combo Asmut16
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Ruby Storm azax
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Ruby Storm azax
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Ruby Storm azax
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Devoted Combo Bagoot
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Esper Reanimator BigB3N
#RecordDeckPlayer
no rank: the source published none 5–0 4c HollowOne Blinkmoth-Nexus
no rank: the source published none 5–0 4c HollowOne Blinkmoth-Nexus
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Broodscale Combo BLJ
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Broodscale Combo BLJ
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Through the Breachthe archetype the source reported BrokenVerse
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Prowess Ch4ppy
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Esper Reanimator CHAR_AZNABLE
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Devoted Combo connormc02

A League publishes 5–0 lists with no ranking. These are the first 16.

All 56 players and lists →
14 Aug
Modern Challenge 64
won by Esper Blink · RandomGameActions 104 players · 32 lists
Modern League
58 five-win lists 58 players · 58 lists
#RecordDeckPlayer
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Eldrazi Rampthe archetype is an automated guess* 6argamel
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Sewer-Veillance Combo AgentP
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Eldrazi Rigging Ambulance
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Ruby Storm Anaxkoraz
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Affinity Aschop
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Devoted Combo bakkenal
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Esper Reanimator billskillz
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Affinity Blindside09
#RecordDeckPlayer
no rank: the source published none 5–0 4c HollowOne breedn
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Devoted Combo Crimsons
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Eldrazi Ramp CrisMTG77
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Grixis Reanimator Cyncopath
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Dimir Midrange Datkros
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Steel-Cutterthe archetype is an automated guess* DB_DackFayden7
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Steel-Cutter don_mars
no rank: the source published none 5–0 Izzet Affinity Dragonfly99

A League publishes 5–0 lists with no ranking. These are the first 16.

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Method

Share is share of published decklists, not of the field. MTGO publishes exactly 32 decklists per Challenge, whatever the field size. A 448-player event gives the same 32 lists as a 32-player one. Those 32 lists lean heavily toward the top of the standings.

Leagues publish 5–0 decklists and no match data. Deck counts and shares count them, because a registered list is a registered list. Win rates cannot, because a League has no matches. So counts and shares cover all published decklists, and win rates cover paired events only.

Preliminaries contribute nothing. They publish match records but no decklists, so their matches have no archetype to attach to.

Win rates count only matches where both players published a decklist. The published 32 are the top finishers. Counting their matches against players who did not publish a list would push every archetype's rate up. With both sides counted, every win has a matching loss. So the pool always balances at exactly 50% wins.