Modern Broodscale Combo
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Broodscale Combo has climbed from ~1.5% to 7.4% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~1.5% to 7.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Broodscale Combo cards
Cards gaining share within Broodscale Combo vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial District | 13% | 54% | +41.7% |
| Misty Rainforest | 8% | 52% | +43.8% |
| Pithing Needle | 7% | 37% | +29.5% |
| Gemstone Caverns | 5% | 34% | +29.1% |
| Talisman of Impulse | 4% | 21% | +17.2% |
| Writhing Chrysalis | 17% | 37% | +19.5% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 28% | 47% | +19% |
| Stomping Ground | 41% | 62% | +20.7% |
| Thought-Knot Seer | New | 9% | +8.8% |
| Dismember | 20% | 29% | +8.8% |
| Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | New | 8% | +8% |
| Wooded Foothills | 38% | 46% | +7.4% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipflare | New | 29% | +28.8% |
| Firespout | 3% | 25% | +22.1% |
| Life from the Loam | <1% | 19% | +18.3% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | New | 20% | +20% |
| Unholy Heat | 32% | 49% | +17% |
| Gemstone Caverns | 39% | 60% | +20.9% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 11% | 20% | +9.1% |
| Torpor Orb | 5% | 8% | +3.5% |
| Six | New | 5% | +4.8% |
| Basking Broodscale | New | 5% | +4.8% |
| Thought-Knot Seer | 3% | 14% | +10.9% |
| Writhing Chrysalis | 4% | 8% | +4.4% |
Typical Modern Broodscale Combo maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 580 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Basking Broodscale | 4.0 | 100% |
| Blade of the Bloodchief | 3.4 | 100% |
| Eldrazi Temple | 4.0 | 100% |
| Forest | 3.5 | 100% |
| Kozilek's Command | 4.0 | 100% |
| Malevolent Rumble | 4.0 | 100% |
| Urza's Saga | 4.0 | 100% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 1.7 | 99% |
| Emrakul, the Promised End | 2.5 | 99% |
| Ancient Stirrings | 3.8 | 99% |
| Vexing Bauble | 2.0 | 99% |
| Glaring Fleshraker | 3.8 | 99% |
| Springleaf Drum | 1.1 | 98% |
| Haywire Mite | 1.0 | 96% |
| Grove of the Burnwillows | 3.7 | 94% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 92% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.3 | 73% |
| Walking Ballista | 1.6 | 57% |
| Stomping Ground | 1.1 | 46% |
| Sowing Mycospawn | 3.0 | 44% |
| Unholy Heat | 2.5 | 42% |
| Ugin's Labyrinth | 3.8 | 38% |
| Wooded Foothills | 1.2 | 36% |
| Commercial District | 1.0 | 35% |
| Devourer of Destiny | 4.0 | 35% |
| Writhing Chrysalis | 3.0 | 33% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 1.1 | 29% |
| Windswept Heath | 1.1 | 25% |
| Shifting Woodland | 1.0 | 24% |
| Misty Rainforest | 1.1 | 22% |
| Dismember | 1.3 | 21% |
| Delighted Halfling | 2.6 | 18% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 15% |
| Gemstone Caverns | 1.0 | 10% |
| Ghost Quarter | 1.0 | 7% |
| Sire of Seven Deaths | 1.0 | 7% |
| Bojuka Bog | 1.0 | 7% |
| Prismatic Vista | 3.5 | 6% |
| Talisman of Impulse | 1.3 | 6% |
| Traverse the Ulvenwald | 1.6 | 6% |
Typical Modern Broodscale Combo sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 580 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 580 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Nature's Claim | 2.1 | 90% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.4 | 86% |
| Thief of Existence | 2.0 | 84% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 83% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 78% |
| Soulless Jailer | 1.4 | 71% |
| Dismember | 1.8 | 53% |
| Gemstone Caverns | 1.0 | 48% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.6 | 42% |
| Warping Wail | 1.4 | 37% |
| Unholy Heat | 1.7 | 36% |
| Emrakul, the Promised End | 1.0 | 34% |
| Sire of Seven Deaths | 1.2 | 30% |
| Trinisphere | 2.0 | 23% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.7 | 21% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.2 | 20% |
| Veil of Summer | 1.8 | 19% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.9 | 14% |
| Sowing Mycospawn | 1.8 | 11% |
| Firespout | 1.6 | 11% |
| Pick Your Poison | 1.7 | 10% |
| Writhing Chrysalis | 1.8 | 10% |
| Thought-Knot Seer | 2.0 | 9% |
| Torpor Orb | 1.3 | 9% |
| Blasphemous Act | 1.6 | 7% |
| Whipflare | 1.0 | 6% |
| Haywire Mite | 1.0 | 5% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 1.0 | 5% |
| Force of Vigor | 1.3 | 5% |
| Life from the Loam | 1.0 | 4% |
| Ugin, Eye of the Storms | 1.3 | 3% |
| Disruptor Flute | 1.2 | 3% |
| Fire Magic | 1.7 | 3% |
| Wastescape Battlemage | 1.7 | 3% |
| Blade of the Bloodchief | 1.0 | 2% |
| All Is Dust | 1.1 | 2% |
| Bojuka Bog | 1.0 | 2% |
| Walking Ballista | 1.0 | 2% |
| Icetill Explorer | 1.6 | 1% |
| Culling Ritual | 2.0 | 1% |
Broodscale Combo Modern FAQ
Is Broodscale Combo good in Modern right now?
Yes — Broodscale Combo is 7.4% of Modern decklists in the last two weeks (up 11% vs the prior window), with 1 Challenge win and 9 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (8-1) at Modern Challenge 32 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Broodscale Combo?
Nearly every list runs Basking Broodscale, Blade of the Bloodchief, Kozilek's Command, and Malevolent Rumble (99%+ of Modern Broodscale Combo decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 191 Mono-Green vs 184 Gruul lists.
What's a typical Modern Broodscale Combo sideboard?
The most common Modern Broodscale Combo sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Nature's Claim (90% of lists), Vexing Bauble (86% of lists), Thief of Existence (84% of lists), and Pithing Needle (83% of lists). Whipflare is the fastest riser — new this window at 29% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Modern Broodscale Combo?
There's a clear stock core with real flex slots. Recent lists split into Mono-Green, Gruul, and Golgari camps.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Modern Broodscale Combo decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 1,280 Modern Broodscale Combo decklists all-time (125 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Broodscale Combo result Jul 29, 2026.