Modern Burn
Meta
0.8%
Colors
Shift
−35%
Variability
High
26 decks in Lightning Helix
| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| Jul 6, 2025 | View | DemianDesposito10 | Modern Challenge 32 2025-07-06 | 20th | — | — |
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Burn has climbed from ~0.1% to 0.8% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~0.1% to 0.8% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Burn cards
Cards gaining share within Burn vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raucous Theater | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Bump in the Night | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Seal of Fire | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Chandra's Incinerator | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Blood Crypt | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Arena of Glory | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 42% | 54% | +11.7% |
| Barbarian Ring | 84% | 100% | +15.8% |
| Rift Bolt | 42% | 46% | +4% |
| Mountain | 89% | 100% | +10.5% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exquisite Firecraft | 47% | 77% | +29.6% |
| Pyroclasm | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Damping Sphere | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Molten Rain | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Rain of Gore | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Rakdos Charm | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Faerie Macabre | 32% | 46% | +14.6% |
| Surgical Extraction | 37% | 54% | +17% |
| Smash to Smithereens | 63% | 85% | +21.5% |
| Skullcrack | 42% | 54% | +11.7% |
| Searing Blaze | 42% | 46% | +4% |
| Deflecting Palm | 42% | 46% | +4% |
Typical Modern Burn maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 96 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Bolt | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mountain | 3.3 | 98% |
| Boltwave | 4.0 | 94% |
| Lava Spike | 4.0 | 94% |
| Monastery Swiftspear | 4.0 | 94% |
| Skewer the Critics | 3.9 | 94% |
| Goblin Guide | 4.0 | 93% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 1.7 | 92% |
| Eidolon of the Great Revel | 3.5 | 88% |
| Wooded Foothills | 1.5 | 88% |
| Barbarian Ring | 3.3 | 84% |
| Arid Mesa | 1.8 | 82% |
| Sunbaked Canyon | 3.8 | 77% |
| Boros Charm | 4.0 | 72% |
| Sacred Foundry | 1.9 | 72% |
| Searing Blaze | 3.7 | 69% |
| Inspiring Vantage | 3.5 | 64% |
| Skullcrack | 3.2 | 64% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.3 | 59% |
| Rift Bolt | 3.9 | 45% |
| Elegant Parlor | 1.0 | 26% |
| Seal of Fire | 4.0 | 25% |
| Lightning Helix | 2.6 | 22% |
| Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | 1.9 | 22% |
| Chandra's Incinerator | 3.1 | 21% |
| Arena of Glory | 2.9 | 20% |
| Raucous Theater | 1.1 | 18% |
| Blood Crypt | 2.0 | 14% |
| Bump in the Night | 4.0 | 14% |
| Shard Volley | 1.5 | 8% |
| Cori-Steel Cutter | 4.0 | 6% |
| Experimental Synthesizer | 4.0 | 6% |
| Galvanic Blast | 4.0 | 6% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 4.0 | 6% |
| Mogg Fanatic | 4.0 | 6% |
| Mox Opal | 4.0 | 6% |
| Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep | 1.0 | 6% |
| Shrapnel Blast | 4.0 | 6% |
| Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance | 1.0 | 6% |
| Urza's Saga | 4.0 | 6% |
Typical Modern Burn sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 96 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 96 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Roiling Vortex | 3.1 | 66% |
| Searing Blood | 2.7 | 61% |
| Exquisite Firecraft | 1.6 | 53% |
| Smash to Smithereens | 2.4 | 52% |
| Deflecting Palm | 2.0 | 48% |
| Molten Rain | 1.6 | 36% |
| Wear/Tear | 2.2 | 34% |
| Skullcrack | 1.7 | 33% |
| Searing Blaze | 1.7 | 32% |
| Rest in Peace | 2.4 | 29% |
| Meltdown | 2.1 | 28% |
| Damping Sphere | 2.0 | 26% |
| Surgical Extraction | 2.0 | 22% |
| Obsidian Charmaw | 1.9 | 20% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.1 | 16% |
| Faerie Macabre | 2.7 | 14% |
| Rain of Gore | 1.2 | 14% |
| Rakdos Charm | 2.0 | 14% |
| Sanctifier en-Vec | 2.0 | 13% |
| Path to Exile | 1.8 | 9% |
| Magebane Lizard | 2.0 | 7% |
| Stony Silence | 2.0 | 7% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 6% |
| Vexing Bauble | 2.0 | 6% |
| Whipflare | 2.2 | 6% |
| Blood Moon | 2.2 | 5% |
| Disruptor Flute | 1.0 | 5% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 5% |
| Orim's Chant | 1.2 | 5% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 2.0 | 5% |
| Void Mirror | 1.0 | 4% |
| Wear / Tear | 2.0 | 4% |
| Kor Firewalker | 2.0 | 3% |
| Magus of the Moon | 3.0 | 3% |
| Relic of Progenitus | 2.0 | 3% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 3% |
| Shattering Spree | 2.0 | 3% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.3 | 3% |
| Eidolon of the Great Revel | 1.0 | 2% |
| Lithomantic Barrage | 2.0 | 2% |