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Punishing Fire: Qualitative Results and Conclusion

Punishing Fire: Qualitative Results and Conclusion

May 21, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 3

Last week, I unveiled the first part of my Punishing Fire test. With the data compiled and revealed, it’s time for the less-concrete part. The data is the data and speaks for itself. However, that’s not the whole story. Magic isn’t…

Testing Punishing Fire: Quantitative Data

Testing Punishing Fire: Quantitative Data

May 14, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 5

And now it’s time for everyone’s favorite part of the banlist test: the experimental data. With 500 matches of Jund with and without Punishing Fire under my belt, I have developed a very strong opinion on unbanning the card. Today,…

Testing Punishing Fire: Experimental Setup

Testing Punishing Fire: Experimental Setup

May 7, 2019 – by David Ernenwein 2

The time has come to start rolling out the results of my latest foray into the Modern banlist. In the past, the return of this series was hailed with a public vote for which card I’d work on, followed by…

Green Sun’s Zenith Tests: Intangibles/Conclusion

Green Sun’s Zenith Tests: Intangibles/Conclusion

November 20, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 3

It is a common trap to look only to hard data when making decisions. After all, numbers are clear and unequivocal. However, they don’t tell the full story of the data. Confounding variables and intangible effects color the results and…

Green Sun’s Zenith Testing: Quantitative Results

Green Sun’s Zenith Testing: Quantitative Results

November 13, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 2

Finally, it’s time for everyone’s favorite part of the banlist test: the experimental data. After playing 500 matches with GB Elves over several months, I can finally put some data to the speculation about the impact of unbanning Green Sun’s…

Green Sun’s Zenith Testing: Experimental Setup

Green Sun’s Zenith Testing: Experimental Setup

November 6, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 2

It’s finally time for another banlist testing report. Back in May, readers chose as the next banned card to test, which I’ll just call GSZ from here on out. I’ve spent the intervening months grinding games and recording results to…

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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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