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.

1,944 Challenge appearances from 2026-05-14 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 66.2%over 1,362 matches

Wilson0.95 63.6% · GW 59.6% · score 0.670

Meta share 12.3% (240 apps)

Trophies: 205
Affinity
MWR 65.1%over 853 matches

Wilson0.95 61.8% · GW 61.5% · score 0.641

Meta share 7.9% (154 apps)

Trophies: 160

A

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

23 decks
Broodscale Combo
MWR 67.8%over 678 matches

Wilson0.95 64.2% · GW 63.9% · score 0.637

Meta share 5.6% (108 apps)

Trophies: 118
Prowess
MWR 66.0%over 624 matches

Wilson0.95 62.2% · GW 60.7% · score 0.634

Meta share 5.3% (104 apps)

Trophies: 161
Blink
MWR 64.4%over 857 matches

Wilson0.95 61.1% · GW 58.7% · score 0.625

Meta share 7.4% (143 apps)

Trophies: 135
Eldrazi Tron
MWR 65.5%over 397 matches

Wilson0.95 60.7% · GW 60.1% · score 0.601

Meta share 3.6% (70 apps)

Trophies: 113
Grixis Persist
MWR 65.3%over 686 matches

Wilson0.95 61.7% · GW 60.5% · score 0.597

Meta share 5.6% (109 apps)

Trophies: 70
Goryo's Vengeance
MWR 67.5%over 508 matches

Wilson0.95 63.3% · GW 61.8% · score 0.590

Meta share 4.2% (82 apps)

Trophies: 53
Boros Land Destruction
MWR 64.1%over 393 matches

Wilson0.95 59.3% · GW 58.3% · score 0.573

Meta share 3.8% (74 apps)

Trophies: 70
Living End
MWR 64.1%over 368 matches

Wilson0.95 59.1% · GW 59.6% · score 0.568

Meta share 3.3% (65 apps)

Trophies: 65
Domain Zoo
MWR 65.1%over 295 matches

Wilson0.95 59.5% · GW 60.7% · score 0.557

Meta share 2.5% (49 apps)

Trophies: 52
Storm
MWR 63.8%over 437 matches

Wilson0.95 59.2% · GW 60.6% · score 0.557

Meta share 4.1% (80 apps)

Trophies: 43
Birthing Ritual
MWR 70.3%over 111 matches

Wilson0.95 61.2% · GW 62.3% · score 0.551

Meta share 1.2% (23 apps)

Trophies: 49
Yawgmoth
MWR 70.3%over 192 matches

Wilson0.95 63.5% · GW 65.5% · score 0.548

Meta share 1.9% (37 apps)

Trophies: 24
Amulet Titan
MWR 66.6%over 344 matches

Wilson0.95 61.4% · GW 59.6% · score 0.546

Meta share 3.1% (61 apps)

Trophies: 29
Eldrazi Ramp
MWR 63.6%over 280 matches

Wilson0.95 57.8% · GW 58.6% · score 0.544

Meta share 2.3% (45 apps)

Trophies: 53
Necrodominance
MWR 67.3%over 217 matches

Wilson0.95 60.8% · GW 62.5% · score 0.544

Meta share 1.6% (32 apps)

Trophies: 36
UW Control
MWR 67.3%over 321 matches

Wilson0.95 62.0% · GW 62.2% · score 0.544

Meta share 2.5% (48 apps)

Trophies: 26
Fanatic Eldrazi
MWR 69.7%over 142 matches

Wilson0.95 61.7% · GW 60.7% · score 0.536

Meta share 1.2% (23 apps)

Trophies: 32
Mono-Blue Belcher
MWR 68.6%over 274 matches

Wilson0.95 62.9% · GW 64.5% · score 0.528

Meta share 2.2% (43 apps)

Trophies: 15
Samwise Combo
MWR 64.3%over 129 matches

Wilson0.95 55.8% · GW 57.1% · score 0.507

Meta share 1.2% (24 apps)

Trophies: 39
Esper Control
MWR 62.4%over 229 matches

Wilson0.95 56.0% · GW 61.4% · score 0.502

Meta share 2.0% (38 apps)

Trophies: 23
Burn
MWR 62.8%over 183 matches

Wilson0.95 55.6% · GW 59.5% · score 0.501

Meta share 1.9% (36 apps)

Trophies: 26
Izzet Steel-Cutter
MWR 67.4%over 89 matches

Wilson0.95 57.1% · GW 64.7% · score 0.447

Meta share 0.7% (13 apps)

Trophies: 6
Mono-Black Eldrazi
MWR 70.5%over 61 matches

Wilson0.95 58.1% · GW 60.4% · score 0.392

Meta share 0.6% (12 apps)

Trophies: 1

B

Roughly average winrate after sample-size correction.

10 decks
Crashing Footfalls
MWR 63.7%over 124 matches

Wilson0.95 55.0% · GW 58.4% · score 0.489

Meta share 1.2% (24 apps)

Trophies: 26
Frog
MWR 54.4%over 114 matches

Wilson0.95 45.2% · GW 54.3% · score 0.457

Meta share 0.9% (18 apps)

Trophies: 52
Neoform
MWR 63.5%over 85 matches

Wilson0.95 52.9% · GW 59.7% · score 0.447

Meta share 0.9% (17 apps)

Trophies: 13
Persist
MWR 63.4%over 71 matches

Wilson0.95 51.8% · GW 59.9% · score 0.443

Meta share 0.6% (12 apps)

Trophies: 15
Jeskai Control
MWR 69.2%over 39 matches

Wilson0.95 53.6% · GW 64.2% · score 0.423

Meta share 0.4% (7 apps)

Trophies: 7
Hollow One
MWR 61.8%over 34 matches

Wilson0.95 45.0% · GW 60.0% · score 0.422

Meta share 0.4% (8 apps)

Trophies: 26
Hammer Time
MWR 66.7%over 36 matches

Wilson0.95 50.3% · GW 61.2% · score 0.403

Meta share 0.3% (6 apps)

Trophies: 8
Mill
MWR 64.0%over 50 matches

Wilson0.95 50.1% · GW 63.8% · score 0.399

Meta share 0.4% (8 apps)

Trophies: 6
Grixis Control
MWR 61.9%over 63 matches

Wilson0.95 49.6% · GW 60.7% · score 0.385

Meta share 0.5% (10 apps)

Trophies: 4
Cosmogoyf
MWR 60.3%over 58 matches

Wilson0.95 47.5% · GW 54.7% · score 0.383

Meta share 0.4% (8 apps)

Trophies: 7

C

Below average but still scored. Stable enough to rank.

1 deck
Boros Belcher
MWR 57.6%over 92 matches

Wilson0.95 47.4% · GW 55.5% · score 0.372

Meta share 0.8% (16 apps)

Trophies: 4

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 57.0%over 114 matches

Wilson0.95 47.8% · GW 51.0% · score 0.429

Meta share 1.0% (20 apps)

Trophies: 20

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.