Metagame tier list — Modern

Ranks every Challenge-played strategy in the window by a hybrid signal: 75% Wilson-lower-bound match win rate from Challenges and 25% League 5-0 trophy throughput, modulated by a mild presence multiplier so popular decks edge slightly ahead of fringe ones. Leagues stay out of the MWR (every League row is 5-0 by construction) and contribute only through the trophy term. S is reserved for decks with Wilson lower-bound ≥ 58%, ≥ 200 matches, ≥ 5% meta share, and composite ≥ 0.62 — at most 2 per window.

800 Challenge appearances from 2026-05-30 to 2026-06-13.

S

Dominant, format-warping — must expect, test against, and plan for. Capped at 2 per window; an empty S means no single deck is running the format.

2 decks
Energy
MWR 68.3%over 748 matches

Wilson0.95 64.9% · GW 60.6% · score 0.678

Meta share 12.9% (103 apps)

Trophies: 101
Broodscale Combo
MWR 69.2%over 477 matches

Wilson0.95 64.9% · GW 64.6% · score 0.651

Meta share 8.1% (65 apps)

Trophies: 66

A

Solidly above the field. Reliable Challenge performers, often with steady League trophies too.

15 decks
Prowess
MWR 69.4%over 353 matches

Wilson0.95 64.4% · GW 62.4% · score 0.650

Meta share 6.1% (49 apps)

Trophies: 84
Affinity
MWR 66.2%over 343 matches

Wilson0.95 61.0% · GW 62.7% · score 0.627

Meta share 6.0% (48 apps)

Trophies: 76
Blink
MWR 65.7%over 434 matches

Wilson0.95 61.1% · GW 59.2% · score 0.617

Meta share 7.4% (59 apps)

Trophies: 62
Goryo's Vengeance
MWR 70.4%over 321 matches

Wilson0.95 65.2% · GW 62.7% · score 0.600

Meta share 5.3% (42 apps)

Trophies: 29
Eldrazi Tron
MWR 65.1%over 229 matches

Wilson0.95 58.7% · GW 58.4% · score 0.579

Meta share 4.0% (32 apps)

Trophies: 51
Grixis Persist
MWR 63.9%over 451 matches

Wilson0.95 59.3% · GW 58.9% · score 0.577

Meta share 7.9% (63 apps)

Trophies: 33
UW Control
MWR 67.9%over 299 matches

Wilson0.95 62.4% · GW 62.3% · score 0.563

Meta share 5.0% (40 apps)

Trophies: 19
Eldrazi Ramp
MWR 66.5%over 176 matches

Wilson0.95 59.2% · GW 61.4% · score 0.552

Meta share 3.0% (24 apps)

Trophies: 28
Storm
MWR 65.3%over 202 matches

Wilson0.95 58.6% · GW 62.4% · score 0.538

Meta share 3.6% (29 apps)

Trophies: 20
Domain Zoo
MWR 67.2%over 125 matches

Wilson0.95 58.6% · GW 62.4% · score 0.533

Meta share 2.1% (17 apps)

Trophies: 22
Boros Land Destruction
MWR 63.0%over 138 matches

Wilson0.95 54.7% · GW 59.9% · score 0.532

Meta share 2.5% (20 apps)

Trophies: 34
Necrodominance
MWR 70.2%over 121 matches

Wilson0.95 61.6% · GW 63.8% · score 0.531

Meta share 2.0% (16 apps)

Trophies: 15
Amulet Titan
MWR 66.2%over 157 matches

Wilson0.95 58.5% · GW 61.1% · score 0.504

Meta share 2.8% (22 apps)

Trophies: 11
Yawgmoth
MWR 67.9%over 106 matches

Wilson0.95 58.5% · GW 60.5% · score 0.499

Meta share 1.9% (15 apps)

Trophies: 12
Mono-Blue Belcher
MWR 65.3%over 124 matches

Wilson0.95 56.6% · GW 62.1% · score 0.464

Meta share 2.1% (17 apps)

Trophies: 6

B

Roughly average winrate after sample-size correction.

9 decks
Fanatic Eldrazi
MWR 69.4%over 49 matches

Wilson0.95 55.5% · GW 59.8% · score 0.496

Meta share 0.8% (6 apps)

Trophies: 23
Living End
MWR 61.3%over 142 matches

Wilson0.95 53.1% · GW 57.1% · score 0.490

Meta share 2.5% (20 apps)

Trophies: 18
Samwise Combo
MWR 63.9%over 72 matches

Wilson0.95 52.4% · GW 56.0% · score 0.477

Meta share 1.3% (10 apps)

Trophies: 21
Birthing Ritual
MWR 65.1%over 43 matches

Wilson0.95 50.2% · GW 58.1% · score 0.436

Meta share 0.8% (6 apps)

Trophies: 12
Frog
MWR 57.1%over 63 matches

Wilson0.95 44.9% · GW 54.4% · score 0.429

Meta share 1.1% (9 apps)

Trophies: 18
Esper Control
MWR 64.6%over 48 matches

Wilson0.95 50.4% · GW 62.2% · score 0.428

Meta share 0.9% (7 apps)

Trophies: 8
Izzet Steel-Cutter
MWR 65.9%over 41 matches

Wilson0.95 50.5% · GW 62.7% · score 0.390

Meta share 0.8% (6 apps)

Trophies: 3
Grixis Control
MWR 65.7%over 35 matches

Wilson0.95 49.2% · GW 63.9% · score 0.368

Meta share 0.6% (5 apps)

Trophies: 2
Cosmogoyf
MWR 63.3%over 30 matches

Wilson0.95 45.5% · GW 55.0% · score 0.357

Meta share 0.5% (4 apps)

Trophies: 4

C

Below average but still scored. Stable enough to rank.

1 deck
Burn
MWR 58.2%over 55 matches

Wilson0.95 45.0% · GW 55.1% · score 0.399

Meta share 1.0% (8 apps)

Trophies: 9

Fringe / insufficient data

Insufficient sample — under 30 Challenge matches in the window (or below the 0.35 score floor) but at least 1% of meta share. Surfaced for visibility — not ranked.

1 deck
Rogue
MWR 62.8%over 86 matches

Wilson0.95 52.2% · GW 56.0% · score 0.448

Meta share 1.5% (12 apps)

Trophies: 10

Methodology. mixed = 0.75 × Wilson0.95(matchWins, matchWins + matchLosses) + 0.25 × log1p(trophies)/log1p(formatMaxTrophies); score = mixed × (0.85 + 0.15 × log1p(meta%·100)/log1p(100)). S is reserved for decks with Wilson lower-bound ≥ 58%, ≥ 200 matches, ≥ 5% meta share, and composite ≥ 0.62 — at most 2 per window, and an empty S is a real signal that no single deck is running the format. A/B/C are 0.50 / 0.42 / 0.35 score floors. Anything under 30 Challenge matches drops to Unranked regardless of WR. A "notable niche" override promotes any deck with raw MWR ≥ 0.60 over 30+ matches to at least B (≥ 0.65 over 50+ matches to A), so genuinely strong but low-share decks like Premodern Replenish aren't penalized for sample size; the override never promotes to S. Records from Leagues stay out of the MWR — every League row is 5-0 by construction and would skew every Wilson interval upward — they contribute only through the trophy term.