Metagame tier list — Pioneer

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.

1,036 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.

0 decks

No deck is dominating this format right now — nothing clears all four S gates.

A

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

1 deck
Mono-Red Prowess
MWR 54.3%over 990 matches

Wilson0.95 51.2% · GW 53.7% · score 0.525

Meta share 16.9% (175 apps)

Trophies: 18

B

Roughly average winrate after sample-size correction.

2 decks
Golgari Midrange
MWR 54.5%over 681 matches

Wilson0.95 50.7% · GW 53.6% · score 0.480

Meta share 12.0% (124 apps)

Trophies: 9
Mono-Black
MWR 61.3%over 31 matches

Wilson0.95 43.8% · GW 56.9% · score 0.314

Meta share 0.9% (9 apps)

Trophies: 1

C

Below average but still scored. Stable enough to rank.

1 deck
Lessons
MWR 58.1%over 308 matches

Wilson0.95 52.5% · GW 57.2% · score 0.394

Meta share 5.4% (56 apps)

Trophies: 1

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.

2 decks
Rogue
MWR 55.6%over 3,254 matches

Wilson0.95 53.8% · GW 55.0% · score 0.643

Meta share 61.2% (634 apps)

Trophies: 69
Jund Sacrifice
MWR 55.4%over 83 matches

Wilson0.95 44.7% · GW 56.0% · score 0.297

Meta share 1.8% (19 apps)

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.