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Modern Top 5 (Halloween Edition): Black Cards

Modern Top 5 (Halloween Edition): Black Cards

October 25, 2019 – by Jordan Boisvert 0

Happy halloween, everyone! By the time my next article rolls around, we’ll all have Kit-Katted (or in my case, Coffee Crisped) ourselves into a spooky stupor. So what better time than now to head off a Modern Top 5 series…

Tough as Nails: Combat, Removal, and Stats

Tough as Nails: Combat, Removal, and Stats

August 17, 2018 – by Jordan Boisvert 2

Lightning Bolt once set Modern’s high-water mark: the most efficient and flexible removal spell at its price point, Bolt dictated which creatures did and didn’t see play in Modern almost single-handedly. Today, Bolt’s no longer the end-all-be-all of Modern kill spells.…

Modern Top 5: Unban Winners

Modern Top 5: Unban Winners

February 23, 2018 – by Jordan Boisvert 4

Bloodbraid Elf and Jace, the Mind Sculptor have been unbanned in Modern for a week now. Contrary to what we’ve heard since the announcement, the format is just fine, and perhaps even better: it’s fresher, to be sure, with new…

A Fatal Push Retrospect and the Future of Fair

A Fatal Push Retrospect and the Future of Fair

November 17, 2017 – by Jordan Boisvert 2

Modern’s detractors have long cast the format as a writhing mess of linear decks, all ignoring each other or skillfully opening sideboard hosers all the way to each hyper-aggressive Top 8. But until recently, Modern’s pound-for-pound fairest deck—Jund—has commanded more metagame…

Pushing Back: How to Goyf in 2017

Pushing Back: How to Goyf in 2017

November 3, 2017 – by Jordan Boisvert 3

In “What’s in a Goyf? Benchmark Creature Playability in Modern,” I considered the bar creatures must meet to make the cut in this format. Aether Revolt gave us Fatal Push, and that bar has since changed—but no creature has felt the…

Push It: Analyzing Modern’s Kill Spells

Push It: Analyzing Modern’s Kill Spells

August 4, 2017 – by Jordan Boisvert 12

In The Bolt Test: Modern’s High-Water Mark, I revisited an old Mike Flores article on toughness. Flores claimed a format was often defined by the amount of damage its red removal spell dealt. Burn spells generally serve as some of the most…

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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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