Modern Grixis Persist
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Grixis Persist has slipped from ~3.9% to 2.2% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~3.9% to 2.2% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Grixis Persist cards
Cards gaining share within Grixis Persist vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Riddler | 16% | 43% | +27.5% |
| Marsh Flats | 7% | 24% | +17.3% |
| Plains | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Solitude | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Shadowy Backstreet | 5% | 19% | +13.7% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 7% | 19% | +11.9% |
| Ephemerate | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Faithful Mending | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Prismatic Ending | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Preordain | 9% | 16% | +7.4% |
| Flooded Strand | 9% | 22% | +12.8% |
| Meticulous Archive | 7% | 16% | +9.2% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force of Negation | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Wrath of the Skies | 5% | 16% | +11% |
| Thoughtseize | 4% | 11% | +7.3% |
| Soulless Jailer | 4% | 8% | +4.6% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 4% | 8% | +4.6% |
| Emperor of Bones | 4% | 8% | +4.6% |
| Toxic Deluge | 4% | 8% | +4.6% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 4% | 8% | +4.6% |
| Damping Sphere | 68% | 76% | +7.3% |
Typical Modern Grixis Persist maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 398 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Polluted Delta | 4.0 | 99% |
| Psychic Frog | 4.0 | 99% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.2 | 98% |
| Watery Grave | 1.7 | 98% |
| Archon of Cruelty | 4.0 | 97% |
| Persist | 4.0 | 97% |
| Thoughtseize | 3.9 | 95% |
| Unearth | 3.8 | 95% |
| Fatal Push | 4.0 | 94% |
| Swamp | 1.9 | 94% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 3.8 | 94% |
| Abhorrent Oculus | 3.9 | 94% |
| Emperor of Bones | 3.4 | 92% |
| Island | 1.0 | 92% |
| Blood Crypt | 1.0 | 90% |
| Faithless Looting | 4.0 | 90% |
| Steam Vents | 1.0 | 89% |
| Raucous Theater | 1.0 | 86% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.3 | 83% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.8 | 77% |
| Thought Scour | 3.2 | 74% |
| Thundering Falls | 1.0 | 40% |
| Sink into Stupor | 1.0 | 30% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 1.9 | 22% |
| Quantum Riddler | 2.0 | 21% |
| Darkslick Shores | 1.2 | 16% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.2 | 11% |
| Otherworldly Gaze | 2.1 | 11% |
| Marsh Flats | 3.0 | 10% |
| Gran-Gran | 3.5 | 9% |
| Flooded Strand | 2.9 | 8% |
| Preordain | 1.2 | 7% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 1.3 | 7% |
| Prismari Charm | 1.5 | 6% |
| Snow-Covered Island | 1.1 | 6% |
| Snow-Covered Swamp | 2.0 | 6% |
| Fallaji Archaeologist | 4.0 | 5% |
| Flare of Denial | 3.6 | 5% |
| Godless Shrine | 1.0 | 5% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 1.1 | 5% |
Typical Modern Grixis Persist sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 398 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 398 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Consign to Memory | 3.4 | 98% |
| Mystical Dispute | 2.0 | 88% |
| Meltdown | 2.0 | 86% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.8 | 81% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.8 | 73% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.2 | 67% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.8 | 66% |
| Harbinger of the Seas | 1.6 | 26% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.3 | 26% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.0 | 18% |
| Force of Despair | 2.0 | 16% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.4 | 12% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.2 | 11% |
| Spell Snare | 1.4 | 11% |
| Force of Negation | 2.6 | 9% |
| Strix Serenade | 1.5 | 8% |
| Molten Collapse | 1.2 | 6% |
| Wrath of the Skies | 2.8 | 4% |
| Feed the Swarm | 1.1 | 4% |
| Abrade | 1.0 | 3% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.1 | 3% |
| Thoughtseize | 2.0 | 3% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 1.4 | 3% |
| Fire Magic | 1.5 | 3% |
| Fulminator Mage | 1.8 | 3% |
| Brotherhood's End | 2.2 | 3% |
| End of the Hunt | 1.4 | 3% |
| Pest Control | 1.6 | 3% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 2.2 | 2% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.8 | 2% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.4 | 2% |
| Kaito, Bane of Nightmares | 1.3 | 2% |
| Quantum Riddler | 1.0 | 2% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 1.6 | 2% |
| Soulless Jailer | 1.0 | 2% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.2 | 2% |
| Into the Flood Maw | 1.2 | 2% |
| Mai, Scornful Striker | 2.0 | 2% |
| Emperor of Bones | 1.0 | 1% |
| Extirpate | 1.0 | 1% |
Grixis Persist Modern FAQ
Is Grixis Persist good in Modern right now?
Still one of Modern's most-played decks at 2.2%, though it's fallen sharply (−35%) over the last two weeks, with 2 Challenge wins and 6 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 1st (10-0) at Modern Challenge 96 on Jul 27, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Grixis Persist?
The most-played cards are Psychic Frog (99% of lists), Archon of Cruelty (97% of lists), and Persist (97% of lists) over the last 90 days. Builds split 217 Grixis vs 14 Esper lists.
What's a typical Modern Grixis Persist sideboard?
The most common Modern Grixis Persist sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Consign to Memory (98% of lists), Mystical Dispute (88% of lists), Meltdown (86% of lists), and Pyroclasm (81% of lists). Force of Negation is the fastest riser, up from 5% to 16% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Modern Grixis Persist?
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 Grixis Persist decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 966 Modern Grixis Persist decklists all-time (37 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Grixis Persist result Jul 28, 2026.