How Cheap Planeswalkers Are Warping Modern

November 1, 2019 – by Jordan Boisvert 0

To me, the breakout Modern development of 2019 wasn’t the long-awaited Stoneforge Mystic unban, the rise and fall of Arclight Phoenix, or the frightening flash of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis. Rather, it was the introduction of cheap planeswalkers on a massive…

Two Weeks In: War of the Spark Tech Review

May 10, 2019 – by Jordan Boisvert 4

It’s been half a month since War of the Spark went live on Magic Online, and we’re already seeing the myriad effects it’s having on Modern—heck, on all non-rotating formats. But of course, being Modern Nexus, we’ll focus on just…

Rank	Deck	Metagame %
1	Grixis Shadow	5.5%
2	Burn	5.4%
3	Gx Tron	5.2%
4	Jeskai Tempo	4.8%
5	RG Valakut	4.7%
6	Eldrazi Tron	4.6%
7	Affinity	4.5%
8	Humans	4.5%
9	Gifts Storm	4.4%
10	Counters Company	3.7%

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.