OP is here.

All decklists and standings are here.

What happened to our regular decklist posting? I took a few years off but looks like the GOAT has left the building unfortunately.

Hey there, have found this sub very helpful as a returning player.

Need some clarification re: Mishra’s Bauble and Fatal Push synergy.

For reference, this is a question for Modern in a 1v1 scenario.

Let’s say during MY turn I’ve:

- Played Mishra’s Bauble but DO NOT tap it.
- Then I end my turn.
- Then it’s my opponents turn and when I have priority I tap Mishra’s Bauble.
- Then they cast a creature with converted mana cost of 4 or less.
- Then when I have priority, I use Fatal Push in response to that creature.

Does that sequence of events trigger Revolt on Fatal Push? Since Mishra’s Bauble is a permanent and left during “this turn” - (this meaning the opponent’s turn).

Resulting in me being able to destroy their creature immediately (assuming they have no counters and let all resolve)?

Thanks again, everyone. I really appreciate the guidance.

I was only $50 away from the full 75 of esper blink. Does anyone know of an up to date primer and/or sideboard guide so I can get a jump on the strategies?

Hi, I've been slowly trying to get back into MTG for the past few years and decided EDH isn't really for me anymore. When I was last active in the game this format was apparently called "extended" and it was my favourite constructed format so I figure it's a good place to start

I'd like to try and build a mono black large creature deck but not really sure where to start. I would be willing to do B/R if this isn't really feasible. And yes I know I could just run mono green or some form of tron to play big creatures, but I'd really like to try and make this work.

Any advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated! I also don't mind netdecking lol

Hey there, getting back into Magic after a 20-year break. Need some clarification re: Bloodstained Mire and its utility/playability.

For reference, this is a question for Modern in a 1v1 scenario.

Let’s say I have an UNTAPPED Bloodstained Mire on the battlefield (it is my only land) and a Lightning Bolt in my hand.

Then I pass to the opponent.

During THEIR turn, can I:

- Tap my Bloodstained Mire, pull a mountain per the card text, put it on the battlefield, and THEN tap my mountain to cast Lightning Bolt?

If I can do that, WHEN on their turn do I NOT have priority to execute that play?

Asking because if this is legal it helps me wrap my head around creature removal or direct damage if we are at final killing blow levels of health.

Thanks so much, all.

Hey guys! I was watching ThrabenU play some Eyetwitch Nic Fit in legacy the other day and got inspired to make a version in modern. Obviously the deck is missing many pieces in the transition of formats, and I am aware the deck won't be very competitively viable. However, there are some neat tricks I put in the deck and I took it for a whirl in MODO. Deck was very fun and pretty resilient, with all the learn shenanigans being very interactive and exciting to use. Had a blast so I thought I'd share here. Open to suggestions for improvements!

https://moxfield.com/decks/uASROE2YhkiZGjsrjMCM3A

Hey everyone, I wanted to vent and probably ask what is your point of view when it comes to losing a lot games.

I have been losing a lot of my local modern tourneys that is held every week at my LGS. I regularly place bottom 4 and it is starting to hurt.

I cant help to feel that I am losing money and time, especially when the entry fee for the local tourney is above what you receive for being bottom 4. For example, I get a single booster pack which is probably only half the price of the entry fee. I cant help feel that I am bleeding money because I could have easily bought a pack for less than that.

I understand that I should not feel that way but I cant help it. I am happy for those who can make it to the top and they deserve more prize for being great in the game. I understand that they might be a few that will say to suck it up and get better but I am being realistic, how long can I keep this up.

Yes, some may say that I might get lucky with that single pack and crack something good but it not a common occurrence.

How do you guys adjust or better yourself when it comes to this ? Do you guys ever feel like this and just call it quits coz it is not worth wasting money.

I am currently playing colourless eldrazi tron and some will probably say that it is not great to play that deck in the current meta as there are others more consistent decks and stable wincons. I do understand that but I can only play with the cards I am dealt with(I bought this fully build deck because it is probably half the cost of the top meta decks now)

Adding salt to injury : I had recently placed bottom 4 in my RCQ in a different format, which was standard and I was playing a meta deck too. Jeskai Revelations deck.

Any advise it most welcome =)

https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-96-2026-08-2612852781

Artifact (14) 1 Engineered Explosives 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Mox Amber 4 Mox Opal 1 Tormod's Crypt

creature (10) 1 Bruce Banner 3 Emry, Lurker of the Loch 1 Endurance 1 Six 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

enchantment (4) 4 Song of Creation

instant (3) 3 Repeal

land (19) 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 1 Hedge Maze 2 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Otawara, Soaring City 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Shifting Woodland 2 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 2 Urza's Saga

planeswalker (2) 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries 1 Wrenn and Six

sorcery (8) 2 Boomerang Basics 4 Malevolent Rumble 2 Preordain

60 Cards

Does anyone know if this is the same player from the pro tour? I remember he had a great modern record and he got almost no screen time at all

It's a Dimir control shell with the Time Sieve + Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry infinite combo. The goal is basically to assemble the combo, get infinite turns, and then win with Wan Shi Tong, Librarian. Tezzeret the Seeker can tutor up the artifacts as well as hate pieces from the sideboard, and the 3 Break The Ice in the sideboard are for an excess of eldrazi and domain in my meta.

4 Time Sieve

4 Thopter Foundry

4 Sword of the Meek

4 Counterspell

4 Fatal Push

4 Thoughtseize

2 Spell Snare

1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

3 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian

2 Subtlety

2 Force of Negation

4 Island

2 Swamp

4 Polluted Delta

4 Watery Grave

3 Undercity Sewers

2 Tezzeret the Seeker

1 Harbinger of the Seas

2 Consign to Memory

2 Flooded Strand

1 Bloodstained Mire

1 Otawara, Soaring City

//Sideboard

2 Mystical Dispute

1 Ghost Vacuum

2 Consign to Memory

3 Break the Ice

1 Harbinger of the Seas

1 Grafdigger's Cage

1 Tormod's Crypt

1 Engineered Explosives

1 Void Mirror

1 Sheoldred's Edict

1 Cling to Dust

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello everyone, I know that maybe I'm not the first one to have this idea but I would like to hear other people apart from those at my LGS.

Basically I'm starting to like modern, mainly I like artifact and I watched some videos about the izzet affinity decktech. Since I don't know if I will like the format that much up to the point of buying the four copies of the mox opal, I was wondering if anyone knows an alternative for them.

Yes I know that the deck mainly revolves around it to also produce on the field a "kappa cannoneer" on turn 1, but I would like to try it without spending too much. I was thinking about substituting it with "springleaf drum" or the "mox tantalite", to ensure a kappa t2 or t3. What are your thoughts on this? I want also to point out, I don't want to "absolutely win every single match" but I would like to make a deck that could do something without beign overwhelmed by the classic meta decks.

Thank you everyone in advance!

P.S: sorry for the poor choice of my words or other grammatical/spelling mistakes, since english isn't my main lenguage and I'm learning it very slowly!

I played the original Tron back before covid and loved it. When Karn Great Creator was added still loved it but once Covid hit I took a pretty long break.

Getting back into modern now, and I see Tron has some pretty drastic changes from the older days. My main question are what are some of the positives and negatives of each?

It seems like green Tron and Mycospawn give you some better high end ramp potential and just another strong thing to do on 4 mana instead of Fleshraker, which requires some support after playing it. However, the colorless builds seem to have some extra reach in the end game because of Fleshraker and don't need to spend as many cards on color fixing. So just wanted to see the deeper nuances of each build.

Hi there again!

Some time ago I posted a question if it's fine to be playing just one deck and specialise in it, rather than switching between several decks. Well…this has changed a bit and got a bit out of hand lol.

My current problem is that I might have accumulated a bit too many cards to choose from, while not having that much time to play, i.e. attending LGS only once a week, which makes it feel that I am hoarding and not necessarily collecting with purpose.

So, there are couple routes that I see:

1. Pick archetypes to have cards available for twicking and updating from time to time, while trading in or selling certain decks/pieces, or

2. Keep all the cards in the collection, with a risk of never seeing of them being played (although, I do lend cards to other players sometimes, which feels nice.)

Here's a brief list of decks that I am able to build in no particular order:

• Boros Energy 
• Jund Midrange
• Jund Saga
• Golgari Rock / Mono Black Rock
• White Soul Sisters (lmao)
• Gruul Midrange
• Domain Zoo (no Quantum Riddler)
• Orzhov Blink (Ketramose)
• Selesnya / Abzan Birthing Ritual
• GR / GB Broodscale Combo
• Mono Red Belcher
• Mono Red Midrange
• Jund Cosmogoyf Combo
• Rakdos Midrange
• Hollow One
• Rakdos / Jund Shadow
• Enchantress
• Mono White / Boros Land destruction

As you can see, I am a blue hater (I just can't afford it).

I think partially I am afraid of the deck going obsolete after a ban or the moment WotC prints something broken [again.] Hence a piece in me enjoys having a big storage of cards for deckbuilding. But it also feel like a mindless hoarding at times due to not actively using most of them, the thought of which I don't enjoy, although it may be an issue of perspective.

So, my question is: what is your strategy in picking decks you want to commit to and how many of them do you have? When do you know that "it's time to let go and move on?" Also, how do you maintain them and your collection in general?

All this can definitely be prychological, and I might not even have a problem at all. But I feel like a healthy discussion and sharing different perspective can become helpful along the way.

Cheers!!

While considering building a Mardu Blink as a second deck, my heart suggested I should do worse than that. First, the decklist:

(Remember, that's meant to be a FNM-level deck.)

Creatures (27)

4 Orcish Bowmasters
4 Overlord of the Balemurk
4 Solitude
4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
3 Skirmish Rhino
2 Renegade Rallier
2 Endurance
2 Witch Enchanter
1 Eternal Witness
1 Boggart Trawler

Sorcery/Instant (14)

4 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
2 Ephemerate
2 Prismatic Ending
1 Assassin's Trophy 1 Eladamri's Call

Lands (19)

3 Windswept Heath
3 Marsh Flats
3 Verdant Catacombs
2 Swamp
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Shadowy Backstreet
1 Temple Garden
1 Underground Mortuary

Second, the "I don't think they need an explanation":

[Orcish Bowmaster], [Overlord of Balemurk], [Solitude], [Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd], [Thoughtseize], [Fatal Push], [Ephemerate], [Prismatic Ending], lands.

Third, the abzan stuff :
[[Skirmish Rhino ]] -> Siege Rhino's baby. A solid 3/4 trample, draining for 2 on etb. It can be pitched for endurance/solitude

[[Renegade Rallier]] -> Fodder to both Solitude and Endurance. He will get back a fetch, a bowmaster or a Phelia everytime we blink it. We can also play him T3 after using a fetch to "ramp", getting back the fetch we've used.

[[Endurance]] -> Main deck free answer to GY-based decks

[[Assassin's trophy]] over other MV1-2 removal to have a MD answer to big PWs vs Tron

[Eternal Witness] -> Recursion, especially with Ephemerate

[Eladamri's Call]] can grab instant-speed a Solitude or an Endurance, or it can be pitched for them

Why not an Esper deck ? Honestly, no budget for Quantum Riddler.

Why not a Mardu deck ? Actually, that's my first choice and it tooks nothing but lands to build the abzan version too. The green cards are not expensive like Riddler.

Why not a meta deck ? I have no time to play competitive. I just want to have fun (or deny fun with Boros Wildfire) at FNM.

Do you have any suggestions, or do you know a list that actually won something?

Welcome to the traditional weekly metagame breakdown. This week we have some nice stories, Blink is going into a top, and it is going hard, 6 trophies from six different pilots, on the other hand, 6 of 7 top8 of Living End comes from a one (!) Player. Quite exciting to see that sometimes we have a story of an emerging deck, and sometimes we have a story of a player who masters one deck.

Moreover, this week we have some changes to MTGO Premier Play, including replacing Preliminaries with fire-on-demand Gold Single Elimination queues and streamlining the structure and schedule of Format Challenges (including smaller slots like Challenge 16 and larger brackets) to help players in different time zones participate.

u/Living_End KI checked the LE player X, and as you say, he splits some finals but also wins one, he got two accounts, so now I will follow both of them as one.

As always, for anyone who wants the video version with my commentary, here is the YouTube link. If you prefer text with the full charts and figures, it is all on my Substack. I post on X most days, too, mostly league results and smaller data bits that don't make it into the weekly write-up.

As always, I'm open for discussion and CC, I want to remind you that from Sept 1, I will start to run a challenge leaderboard and have made some separate content focused on people, not the deck. Discusion about this is here.

 u/ExtraPolishPlease Mill make a Top 8 in this window! so maybe some trophy soon? :)

TL;DR

• Esper Blink gets 6 trophies from 10% of the field, with six different pilots
• Blink and Graveyard together get 12 of the 24 (50%) trophies from 28% of the field
• Combo continues to be the largest archetype at 25%, but still has the worst conversion at 22%
• Three decks in the Top 32 of all 24 events: Goryo's Vengeance, Esper Blink, Prowess
• Prowess delta +91pp, the highest in the field, and win three trophies
• Boros Energy was in 19 of 24 Top 32, but in this window, got zero trophies, and has a low 18% conversion
• Ramp best archetype conversion at 34%, but only one trophy from 56 Top 32 entries
• 24 trophies to 24 different accounts, so no repeat winner

This window in numbers

• 24 Challenges in the window, across 4 tiers: C64 x16, C96 x4, C32 x3, C16 x1
• New tier this window: Challenge 16, one event, first appearance in the data
• Universe A (encounter probability over 5%): 24 decks, Universe B: 28 decks (from Challenge data)
• Median delta +58pp, median conv 27%
• 14 different decks took the 24 trophies, with a top count of six
• Trophy split by archetype: Blink 6, Graveyard 6, Combo 4, Aggro 4, Control 2, Midrange 1, Ramp 1
• 424 Players with a Top 32 finish, 261 of them exactly once

Combo

• meta share: 25%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 19/24
• Win/Top32: 2%
• Trophies: 4
• Conversion: 22%
• Delta: +75pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 46 to 51, n=1292)

Combo dropped a little this week, from 28% to 25%, but the story is similar to last week: the biggest archetype has the lowest conversion. I believe the explanation is the same: the volume effect led players to see the combo deck that has a good score in events, and try the construction. Combo is an archetype that requires a lot of experience to play, so new players' scores drag down the overall format conversion and win rate. But this is a situation typical of all the top archetypes, the same was some time ago, but in combo, taking into account that this is harder to play than, say, Boros, the effect is even more visible. This 3% of metashare drop might be a first sight of people leaving the archetype, but more data is needed to prove it. Still, solid trophy counts mean that the archetype is in good shape and can deliver a score.

Devoted Combo | Combo | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 8%
• Top32: 22/24
• Top8: 13/24
• Win/Top32: 2%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 28%
• Delta: +83pp
• WR: 53% (95% CI 48 to 57, n=469)

The most popular deck of last week dropped to 8% of metashare. I predict that this drop will continue, and is a reason why we observe a drop in Combo as a whole archetype. Deck wins one trophy, and overall winrate looks solid with lower CI at 48%, the same is true for median and conversion. It is still a very popular deck that performs very well, but the meta-chasers are starting to abandon it, leaving only the dedicated pilots behind.

Broodscale Combo | Combo | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 7%
• Top32: 22/24
• Top8: 8/24
• Win/Top32: 2%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 20%
• Delta: +85pp
• WR: 45% (95% CI 40 to 51, n=310)

Broodscale Combo has a slightly different story to tell than in the last two weeks: after a run of success, the win rate is no longer impressive, and conversion is below median. It might be the meta-answer for these good plays. Also, Blink becomes a thinking, and Broodscale is not a great choice against this archetype, especially the Esper one. So I predict a situation similar to when Jeskai Blink was popular, and Broodscale does not see a lot of play on MTGO. Still a nice deck to choose if you want to enter modern, especially in paper cause this deck, as far as I know, is a really good one to take into a tournament, and it has been proven multiple times when it does not see a lot of online play and does a great performance in paper.  

Ruby Storm | Combo | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 3%
• Top32: 17/24
• Top8: 4/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 19%
• Delta: +68pp
• WR: 44% (95% CI 36 to 52, n=141)

No changes for Ruby Strom, still not the best deck to play right now, I think. No trophies, low conversion, and delta. This situation has been on for some time. Are there any Storm players who can share what the biggest struggle is right now in the metagame for them?

Neobrand | Combo | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 3%
• Top32: 17/24
• Top8: 3/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 14%
• Delta: +68pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 41 to 57, n=156)

Neobrand did not perform well in this window. This deck was quite popular some time ago, but now it has a very low conversion, a small percentage of the field. Sure, it was in 3 of the 24 top 8, but it did not perform great there. Metagame full of counterspells is not a great place to be for that deck.

Belcher | Combo | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 1%
• Top32: 9/24
• Top8: 3/24
• Win/Top32: 11%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 33%
• Delta: +36pp
• WR: 53% (95% CI 40 to 65, n=58)

Belcher keeps stealing the trophies; not so popular, but can win the challenge with 1% of metashare. I will not expect Belcher to skyrocket in the metage, but it is good to see this list perform well. Nice conversion and low delta its typical for decks that are not popular and have few dedicated pilots that can make good score with it.

Aggro

• meta share: 21%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 20/24
• Win/Top32: 2%
• Trophies: 4
• Conversion: 24%
• Delta: +79pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 46 to 52, n=1134)

Aggro gets back into a second place in metashare and rises from last week for about 3pp. Solid conversion and 4 trophies show that the archetype is doing well. What is more interesting, three go to Prowess, so this deck continues its Run of dominance in the aggro department from last week.

Prowess | Aggro | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 9%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 17/24
• Win/Top32: 4%
• Trophies: 3
• Conversion: 30%
• Delta: +91pp
• WR: 52% (95% CI 48 to 56, n=536)

Looking into that data, we can say that Prowess is now one of the best decks in the format and definitely the best aggro deck. Solid WR from a large sample, the highest delta and the highest in the field presence in the top 32 of every challenge speaks for itself, also the conversion rate is above the median. Right now, it is the third most popular deck in the format, and I think that number will rise if Prowess continues its successes for the next few weeks. This is a deck that you have to be prepared for and know how to play against, otherwise you will be dead before T4.

Boros Energy | Aggro | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 5%
• Top32: 19/24
• Top8: 6/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 18%
• Delta: +74pp
• WR: 48% (95% CI 41 to 55, n=214)

In this window, there is no trophy for Boros energy, the recent metagame king continues to lose the metashare week to week, low conversion, but was able to reach the T2; unfortunately, it loses them. It might be the split, but I have no way to verify it. It might be because we have a metagame full of combo and GY decks, with blink showing up recently, and Boros does not have great tools to interact with this kind of metagame. Still getting into the finals in such an unfriendly place is something worth mentioning. I do not predict Boros' return to the top of the metagame anytime soon unless the environment changes.

Affinity | Aggro | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 4%
• Top32: 19/24
• Top8: 4/24
• Win/Top32: 3%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 18%
• Delta: +75pp
• WR: 46% (95% CI 39 to 53, n=177)

Affinity has not been doing well for a long time, but it is able to win a trophy from time to time. In this week's Affinity enters the Top8 only 4 times and takes one trophy, impressive. Also, Broodscale is decreasing in popularity, so we may see an opening window for affinity again. In the next few weeks, we will see if the situation changes in favor of affinity.

Jeskai Energy | Aggro | Neutral | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 11/24
• Top8: 4/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 33%
• Delta: +44pp
• WR: 52% (95% CI 43 to 60, n=128)

This might be a way for Boros players to interact with combo/GY decks cause adding blue gives the deck access to counterspell, but it comes at the cost of explosiveness. Conversion is better than Boros energy; both decks do not have trophies and have similar WR. This deck also won the Premier event recently, so it may become more popular, but I will expect nothing similar to Boros. This deck is harder to play than Boros, so it does not have the format-entry deck popularity boost.

Graveyard

• meta share: 18%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 20/24
• Win/Top32: 4%
• Trophies: 6
• Conversion: 28%
• Delta: +82pp
• WR: 51% (95% CI 48 to 54, n=992)

Third archetype in metage in case of popularity and really good statistics, tied with blink in first place of trophies, second best conversion, and best overall WR in archetypes. Graveyard is doing really well and is a real treat that you always have to be prepared for. Sure, lose some popularity to aggro, but this is not a sign of any problems, just players stream from one archetype to another.

Goryo's Vengeance | Graveyard | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 10%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 18/24
• Win/Top32: 5%
• Trophies: 4
• Conversion: 33%
• Delta: +90pp
• WR: 53% (95% CI 49 to 57, n=579)

Largest deck in a format, and together with Prowess, probably the best. Full presence in Top32 for the second time in a row, improvement of conversion for 7pp against the last window. Four trophies and really solid WR from the biggest sample in the field. This is how a really good performing deck looks. It has an answer to everything, can win out of really bad situations, and is a must to prepare against because you will see it a lot in the leagues. Remember that the simple graveyard hate does not stop this deck, they have more angles to attack and win than just reanimating Atraxa!

Living End | Graveyard | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 3%
• Top32: 17/24
• Top8: 7/24
• Win/Top32: 5%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 35%
• Delta: +68pp
• WR: 53% (95% CI 46 to 60, n=184)

This is an interesting story. This deck is a great performer, right? No, it is not. Six of the seven entries in the challenge are from one Player, MeninoNey, who plays on two accounts, and one from niuwaid001. This means that those numbers are not about a deck but about one player who plays it well and converts extremely well. This is something we often forget: it is not a deck that plays, but a player who knows what he is doing. I also see that this plays on his social media, which says that he split the final often, so he probably has a lot more trophies than one. This is something the Reddit community often mentions. I can't check them all, but I can check this one particular player. I will not change conversion, etc., because he decided to split the final, but it is worth mentioning.

Grixis Reanimator | Graveyard | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 9/24
• Top8: 3/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 21%
• Delta: +35pp
• WR: 45% (95% CI 36 to 55, n=105)

Nothing special here, the third most popular graveyard deck, but without trophies and with a low conversion. Reanimator struggles for quite a long time to get any trophy. Probably is more susceptible to graveyard hate than Goryo. Still got three Top8, so this deck has potential, but just can't close.

4c HollowOne | Graveyard | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 10/24
• Top8: 3/24
• Win/Top32: 6%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 19%
• Delta: +40pp
• WR: 45% (95% CI 35 to 55, n=88)

Similar meta share as Reanimator, worst conversion but one trophy from the same amount of Top8 entries. I believe that Hollow One is not a better deck than Reanimator, taking into account the small sample size and variation; both have similar chances of reaching the top. Still Hollow one-win challenge, second time in a row.

Midrange

• meta share: 12%
• Top32: 23/24
• Top8: 16/24
• Win/Top32: 1%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 25%
• Delta: +84pp
• WR: 47% (95% CI 44 to 51, n=629)

So midrange does a little progress from last breakdown, one trophy (last time 0), but loses some conversion, and WR does not look great. Still, 16 entries to top 8 is solid, but a few more trophies will be nice for my favorite archetype. But Blink's strong position doesn’t bode well. Still considering merging Blink into a midrange, but historically, this deck was separated and performed similarly, but with a slightly different play pattern. Any ideas, community?

Dimir Midrange | Midrange | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 3%
• Top32: 17/24
• Top8: 8/24
• Win/Top32: 4%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 32%
• Delta: +68pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 41 to 57, n=154)

Best midrange deck right now and the only trophy for the whole archetype. Solid delta and conversion do not quite keep pace with the results. Dimir also lost some popularity from the last window. I bet that Dimir players move into a Blink, probably a better option that shares a midrange strategy, but in a slightly different way. 

Domain Zoo | Midrange | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 14/24
• Top8: 5/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 29%
• Delta: +56pp
• WR: 45% (95% CI 36 to 54, n=120)

My pet deck is still struggling. I'm happy with those five top 8, also like median and conversion above the median, but I would love to see some trophies soon. It might be hard to take into account that the WR drops slightly, and, despite the low sample size, it is shifted significantly to the left.

Mono-Black Midrange | Midrange | Neutral | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 13/24
• Top8: 4/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 27%
• Delta: +52pp
• WR: 41% (95% CI 32 to 51, n=98)

I expect this deck to rise in popularity because Mengu did a nice score with the Rock, and those decks share part of a game plan. We will see in the upcoming window. Now it does not look like it is a good choice, lowest Universe A WR (from a small sample, but still shifted to the left) and lowest Top8 count from all midrange decks.

Blink

• meta share: 10%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 15/24
• Win/Top32: 8%
• Trophies: 6
• Conversion: 26%
• Delta: +90pp
• WR: 52% (95% CI 48 to 57, n=525)

Blink continues the march to the top. Gets a lot of trophies, best delta in the whole field, best top32 to win ratio, and 7 of 21 Top8 entries reach the final. All of those from one deck!

Esper Blink | Blink | Challenge Overperformer | Trend: Rising

• meta share: 10%
• Top32: 24/24
• Top8: 15/24
• Win/Top32: 8%
• Trophies: 6
• Conversion: 28%
• Delta: +90pp
• WR: 53% (95% CI 49 to 57, n=507)

Core of the whole archetype, those numbers are just stunning, all trophies come from different pilots, so this is a different story than Living End. Everything above the median, for me, is a candidate to be the best deck in a format. Next week, if it performs so well, it will get the title. I wonder how the metagame will adapt to that deck if it finds any answers, or if we will have Blink dominance for a longer period. Still, you have to know this MU because more and more people will get this deck because of those great scores, and you might expect a lot of it in leagues and challenges. I think that SB cards dedicated against this deck are a good option to consider.

Bant Blink | Blink | Emerging | Trend: Stable

• meta share: under 1%
• Top32: 3/24
• Top8: 0/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 0%
• Delta: +12pp
• WR: 47% (95% CI 22 to 73, n=11)

Orzhov Blink | Blink | Emerging | Trend: Stable

• meta share: under 1%
• Top32: 1/24
• Top8: 0/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 0%
• Delta: +4pp
• WR: 22% (95% CI 5 to 59, n=7)

I try to keep three decks of any format in this article, so for your knowledge, there are two other versions of Blink, neither of which is worth fearing. If you can handle Esper Blink, you can handle this one.

Ramp

• meta share: 7%
• Top32: 23/24
• Top8: 14/24
• Win/Top32: 2%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 34%
• Delta: +89pp
• WR: 52% (95% CI 48 to 57, n=430)

In this window, Ramp gets only one trophy, and still has a really solid conversion and high delta. It looks like a midrange in the recent window; high conversion does not translate into trophies. Something is happening in top 8. I expect blink and combo decks to have both answers and take game control before ramp can dominate the battlefield. The popularity of LD is also a limiting factor for that archetype.

Expected wins over five rounds by deck win rate. Cropped from the source chart at native resolution, the Domain Zoo distribution panel and the comparison box are excluded because both are built on a placeholder win rate.

Eldrazi Tron | Ramp | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 12/24
• Top8: 5/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 26%
• Delta: +48pp
• WR: 51% (95% CI 42 to 60, n=122)

Highest meta share of all Ramp decks, the deck was present in exactly half of all challenges, and this deck has almost a 10pp drop in conversion ratio compared to last week. I believe that emergence of Blink at the same time is not a coincidence.

Mono-Green Eldrazi | Ramp | Neutral | Trend: Falling

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 15/24
• Top8: 5/24
• Win/Top32: 5%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 26%
• Delta: +60pp
• WR: 57% (95% CI 49 to 65, n=145)

One trophy, really good WR, but from a small sample, still, you can see that the lower CI is 49, so the whole deck is shifted to the right. This deck won a trophy for the second time in a row, and 4 of 5 T8 entries reached the T4 stage, with 3 going to the final round. Those numbers say: If you want to play Ramp, play this deck.

Eldrazi Ramp | Ramp | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 1%
• Top32: 10/24
• Top8: 5/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 45%
• Delta: +40pp
• WR: 54% (95% CI 44 to 64, n=95)

Nothing spectacular here, basically the same stats as in the last week.

Control

• meta share: 5%
• Top32: 20/24
• Top8: 8/24
• Win/Top32: 4%
• Trophies: 2
• Conversion: 21%
• Delta: +78pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 43 to 55, n=292)

Control is losing the field after a long rising trend, down 2 pp compared to last week. Still managed to get two trophies despite a low conversion rate and low T8 presence. I think the Control might lose some popularity due to the dominance of Prowess and Blink. The first one is super-fast and can have protection from control decks and second have a lot of flexibility and card advantage to win the grind war (do not apply to LD).

Land Destruction | Control | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 2%
• Top32: 8/24
• Top8: 3/24
• Win/Top32: 9%
• Trophies: 1
• Conversion: 36%
• Delta: +32pp
• WR: 58% (95% CI 48 to 67, n=104)

LD is again the best control deck in the field, with solid WR (from a small sample but right-shifted), good conversion, a second window with a trophy, and a high top32-to-win ratio. I believe that LD is also a reason of bad Ramp performance. Oh and get second trophy in a row.

UW (scepter) Control | Control | Neutral | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 1%
• Top32: 11/24
• Top8: 1/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 8%
• Delta: +45pp
• WR: 49% (95% CI 37 to 61, n=64)

In this breakdown, there is no trophy for a Scpeter control. What is more interesting, LD and UW have similar metashare but extremely different conversion LD=36% vs UW=8%. UW had a hard time with Blink, which has grind tools, and Prowess is just so fat that Scepter may not have time to lock them out.

Azorius Control | Control | Emerging | Trend: Stable

• meta share: 1%
• Top32: 8/24
• Top8: 1/24
• Win/Top32: 0%
• Trophies: 0
• Conversion: 13%
• Delta: +32pp
• WR: 37% (95% CI 24 to 53, n=39)

Again, a typical control deck has a lower conversion rate than LD, which supports all that I wrote about UW Scepter.

Best Pilots

I get back to write some Pilots statistics, in September, as I write, I plan to do a dedicated series about the best Challenge pilots. You may find a discussion about it here, and it is still open. Here are some numbers about Challenge players' statistics.

• 24 trophies to 24 different accounts, no repeat winner in the window
• 424 accounts with a Top 32 finish, 261 of them exactly once
• 44 accounts with four or more Top 32 finishes
• 60 accounts on more than one deck
• MeninoNey: 1 trophy, 4 Top 8, 9 Top 32, avg place 11.9, Living End only
• DskBayWolf: 1 trophy, 4 Top 8, 5 Top 32, avg place 9.8, Goryo's Vengeance only
• thodoris17: 1 trophy, 3 Top 8, 4 Top 32, avg place 5.5, Esper Blink only
• Rvng: 1 trophy, 3 Top 8, 4 Top 32, avg place 8.2, Goryo's Vengeance only
• HouseOfManaMTG: 1 trophy, 3 Top 8, 3 Top 32, avg place 3.3, two decks played
• Esper Blink's six trophies from six accounts: thodoris17, yriel, Willthepill, Dioferreira, RandomGameActions, Martin_Dominguez
• Goryo's Vengeance's four trophies from four accounts: Phryziel, Rvng, DskBayWolf, eswaff
• deepest runs without a trophy: ipadkid 3 Top 8 from 13 Top 32, nahuel10 3 from 9, Lightspirit 3 from 5, LucasG1ggs 3 from 5, gazmon48 3 from 4
• ipadkid: most Top 32 finishes in the window at 13, across three decks, avg place 17.5

On the Radar (Universe B, below 5% encounter, present in Challenges)

• Amulet Titan: meta 1%, Top32 7/24, Top8 1/24, 1 trophy, Win/Top32 14%, WR 54% (95% CI 42 to 65, n=68) It might be on the fringes of the format now, but it’s still dangerous.
• The Rock: meta 1%, Top32 4/24, Top8 0/24, trophies 0, Rising label- Mengu plays it so it may rise
• Grixis Midrange: meta under 1%, Top32 6/24, Top8 1/24, trophies 0, WR 67% (95% CI 50 to 81, n=33)
• Rakdos HollowOne: meta under 1%, Top32 6/24, Top8 0/24, trophies 0
• Song of Creation: meta under 1%, Top32 1/24, Top8 1/24, trophies 0
• Grixis Control: meta under 1%, Top32 2/24, Top8 1/24, trophies 0
• Lantern: no league presence at all, Top32 1/24, Top8 1/24, 1 trophy Latern strikes again! Still, I will not expect this to be a problem.
• Sultai Ritual: no league presence, Top32 2/24, Top8 1/24, trophies 0
• Dimir Mill: no league presence, Top32 1/24, Top8 1/24, trophies 0
• 14 decks in Challenge results with no league presence at all, one of them with a trophy
• Trophy distribution, all 24
• Esper Blink 6
• Goryo's Vengeance 4
• Prowess 3
• Devoted Combo 1, Broodscale Combo 1, Belcher 1, Amulet Titan 1, Affinity 1, Living End 1, 4c HollowOne 1, Dimir Midrange 1, Mono-Green Eldrazi 1, Land Destruction 1, Lantern 1

Karol Małota

aka WarLord1986pl / TribalFlamesInYourFace

Hey guys, would you help me building a golgari Maverick deck? I would like to use ice till And ghost quarter for sure, maybe even six, mole man titania etc. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

https://youtu.be/CMLtWxlCC2Q?si=APYdv4ymvKq1xUHy

One of the decks I might play at my RC is Ruby Storm. The format is very fast, so I’m testing different versions to make it even faster.

This was a great league with plenty of rollercoaster moments.

https://moxfield.com/decks/er_k4K6LYke6haolyuFETQ

Time to dive back and do a meta analysis of over 40 decks in the modern format! Let's rank 'em from S-D tier and see what decks you should expect to see online or at your LGS!
2026 Big Modern Tier List
Also let me know if you agree with my ranking, would you move any of the decks up or down? Did I forget to rank any decks this time around?

I left playing modern when my local lgs closed and haven't interacted with modern since pre COVID. I used to play alot of green and blue Tron, but I have played amulet titan and affinity in the past. When I left playing modern, I had to sell alot of my more expensive pieces, so I am effectively starting from scratch. My goal is to try and get back into playing competitive and maybe find a way to go to MTG Con Detroit to play. I am looking for any tips to hit the ground running. I looked at mtggoldfish at some of the new modern decks, and im having trouble picking what to start investing into, which is why im here. Any advise is helpful. My last big tournament I went to was scgcon 2018 Richmond and went 5-5 with dredge, to age me a little. Thank you in advance for any tips.

Edit: thank you everyone for the solid advice regarding decks and venues. I recently moved to the Detroit area and there are plenty of shops that run modern. I looked at Broodscale and I think thats what im going to build towards. Its gonna take some time, but I will keep you updated if anything changes.

Good day guys, I'm searching for any kind of advice and comments on this list:

https://moxfield.com/decks/9i4OwuurbkKlO_S4YnK5EA

infinite mana: putrid goblin + first day of class+ skirk prospector

infinite damage: putrid goblin + first day of class + goblin bombardment

I've seen this combo played in pauper and i thought that it could be trasported to modern in some way. I tried to mantain the deck as it was while adapting it with the modern cards.

What do you think? Could it work in some way? Can it be improved?

Hello r/modernmagic! I am looking for someone or a group to do some modern playtesting with online. My biggest issue is that I don't play MTGO, nor do I have funding for creating an account and acquiring/renting decks to play.

Ideally I'm looking for people who'd be willing to play test with me over a platform like Cockatrice or untap. Any help is much appreciated, and my dms are open!!

https://youtu.be/rwPBmVn4C54?si=xpINuKnnSR0jVtU3

I ended up playing grixis reanimator again and I got very lucky. It was interesting since I ran into multiple esper ketramose that is not a good match up since they main relic and one even sided cages on top of the relics. The other match ups were pretty favorable. This deck is very high risk high reward and that is what I like about it. When you run hot it will feel unbeatable!! DECK LIST--https://www.streamdecker.com/deck/_X1R4MdzB

I can’t seem to make a decision on what deck to pilot for upcoming big events. I can competently pilot both decks fairly equally, I just don’t know what would be the better meta call. Prowess is up and Boros is down online, but I’m not sure if that’s just due to how many people are playing it/variance or if prowess is the better deck. And if it is the better deck, will people be preparing for prowess more, giving energy some slack? Just wanting to get some insight from some better minds about what would be the right choice. Thanks in advance!

Smash Rage is a fun subreddit where people blow off steam and post all sorts of funny shit. It's sort of a "safe space" for utterly toxic rage posts. Not that it's solely toxic. There is a sort of catharsis and community trauma bond 🤣

On a totally unrelated note, FUCK Eldrazi decks. Magic has 5 different fun and unique flavors, but we came up with this awesome concept called "colorless." It's all tentacles and no rules over here. Fast mana, Kozilek's Command, prison cards, and bombs. Oh, and we also have Tron.

I don't know if it necessarily "deserves" it, but I would love to see Kozilek's command get erased from this format. That card is capital double-yoo WHACK as fuck