Esper Control: Approaching Perfection

March 30, 2017 – by Trevor Holmes 5

Since my article last week detailing why I think Esper Control is strongly positioned in Modern, I’ve been tweaking and tuning my list online. In the process I’ve learned a great deal about both the archetype and the current state…

The Next Level: The Case for Esper

March 23, 2017 – by Trevor Holmes 8

If you want to play control in Modern this week, Grixis is not the answer. Corey Burkhart has an excellent list that he’s been using to great success, and if you’ve read my articles over the past couple weeks by…

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.