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Testing Hypergenesis: Experimental Setup

Testing Hypergenesis: Experimental Setup

February 23, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

It’s been quite a while, but your eyes do not deceive: this is another full banlist test series! It’s been almost two years since I did one of these. Not for lack of trying, mind you, but there are only…

Nuked From Orbit: The February ’21 Banning

Nuked From Orbit: The February ’21 Banning

February 16, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

Wow. There are bannings, and then there are bannings. This was definitely the latter. Wizards looked at non-Standard Constructed, saw that it was poor, and nuked it. All of it, Historic, Pioneer, Legacy, and most importantly, Modern. Vintage also saw an…

Modern Banlist Watchlist: 2021 Edition

Modern Banlist Watchlist: 2021 Edition

December 29, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 2

Final article of the year! Good riddance, 2020. Hopefully, things start to turn around quickly and we can have the gathering part of Magic: The Gathering back again. But, this isn’t about a virus or vaccine. Today, I have business that…

Underestimation Escalation: Umezawa’s Jitte

Underestimation Escalation: Umezawa’s Jitte

July 28, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 0

There are many old sayings about plans going awry. Even when it seems like everything lines up perfectly, there’s always a chance for something to go wrong. Throw in a global health crisis, and everything goes out the window. The…

Late Summer Thaw: Arcum’s Astrolabe Banned

Late Summer Thaw: Arcum’s Astrolabe Banned

July 14, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 0

But for copyright concerns, I would have led off this article with the lyrics to “Another One Bites the Dust.” I hope perfectly reasonable intellectual property law is happy with itself. There’s been another B&R Announcement. This time something actually…

A Banlist Visitation: Scraping the Barrel

A Banlist Visitation: Scraping the Barrel

May 25, 2020 – by Jordan Boisvert 0

Discussing the Modern banlist has always been a favorite pastime of the format’s aficionados. In times like these (and I don’t mean COVID-19, but that other c-word), player attention is turned towards what needs to be banned; pundits have suggested…

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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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