Modern Hammer Time
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Hammer Time has held steady around 0.4% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 0.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Modern Hammer Time maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 45 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Colossus Hammer | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mox Opal | 3.8 | 100% |
| Plains | 3.4 | 100% |
| Puresteel Paladin | 4.0 | 100% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 100% |
| Urza's Saga | 4.0 | 100% |
| Stoneforge Mystic | 4.0 | 96% |
| Inkmoth Nexus | 2.1 | 93% |
| Leyline Axe | 4.0 | 93% |
| Esper Sentinel | 3.8 | 87% |
| Ornithopter | 3.8 | 87% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 2.4 | 80% |
| Lavaspur Boots | 1.0 | 76% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 3.8 | 76% |
| Flooded Strand | 3.2 | 71% |
| Meticulous Archive | 1.5 | 69% |
| Cryptic Coat | 1.0 | 62% |
| Battlefield Improvisation | 3.2 | 60% |
| Marsh Flats | 2.7 | 51% |
| Paradise Mantle | 1.1 | 47% |
| Super-Soldier Serum | 3.9 | 44% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 33% |
| Windswept Heath | 3.5 | 33% |
| Arid Mesa | 3.3 | 31% |
| Memnite | 3.1 | 22% |
| Springleaf Drum | 1.3 | 22% |
| Sigarda's Aid | 2.8 | 18% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 1.0 | 13% |
| Sacred Foundry | 2.0 | 13% |
| Skateboard | 1.0 | 13% |
| Sunbaked Canyon | 3.3 | 13% |
| Surge of Salvation | 1.8 | 13% |
| Umezawa's Jitte | 1.3 | 13% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.0 | 13% |
| Elegant Parlor | 1.0 | 11% |
| Forge Anew | 1.0 | 11% |
| Steelshaper's Gift | 3.8 | 11% |
| Cori-Steel Cutter | 4.0 | 9% |
| Kaldra Compleat | 1.0 | 9% |
| Seachrome Coast | 2.5 | 9% |
Typical Modern Hammer Time sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 45 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 45 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Vexing Bauble | 2.1 | 87% |
| Consign to Memory | 3.0 | 76% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.3 | 73% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 62% |
| Surge of Salvation | 1.5 | 60% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 1.9 | 56% |
| Portable Hole | 1.2 | 49% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 1.6 | 40% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.9 | 33% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 33% |
| Mystical Dispute | 1.6 | 31% |
| Stern Scolding | 1.1 | 24% |
| Flare of Fortitude | 1.3 | 22% |
| Sanctifier en-Vec | 2.7 | 22% |
| Forge Anew | 1.3 | 16% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 1.1 | 16% |
| Soulless Jailer | 1.2 | 13% |
| Wear/Tear | 2.0 | 13% |
| Suncleanser | 2.0 | 11% |
| Erode | 2.3 | 9% |
| Prismatic Ending | 1.3 | 9% |
| Rest in Peace | 1.8 | 9% |
| Containment Priest | 2.0 | 7% |
| Damn | 1.3 | 7% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 7% |
| Spell Snare | 1.3 | 7% |
| Chainsaw | 1.0 | 4% |
| Detect Intrusion | 1.5 | 4% |
| Disruptor Flute | 2.5 | 4% |
| Drannith Magistrate | 2.0 | 4% |
| High Noon | 2.0 | 4% |
| Kaldra Compleat | 1.0 | 4% |
| Mana Tithe | 2.5 | 4% |
| March of Otherworldly Light | 2.5 | 4% |
| Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor | 1.0 | 4% |
| Orim's Chant | 2.0 | 4% |
| Path to Exile | 3.0 | 4% |
| Slippery Bogle | 4.0 | 4% |
| Tezzeret, Cruel Captain | 1.0 | 4% |
| Umezawa's Jitte | 1.5 | 4% |
Hammer Time Modern FAQ
Is Hammer Time good in Modern right now?
Hammer Time is 0.4% of Modern decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−28%) over the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 11th (5-2) at Modern Challenge 64 on Jul 24, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Hammer Time?
Nearly every list runs Colossus Hammer, Mox Opal, Puresteel Paladin, and Shadowspear (99%+ of Modern Hammer Time decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 32 Azorius vs 5 Mono-White lists.
What's a typical Modern Hammer Time sideboard?
The most common Modern Hammer Time sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Vexing Bauble (87% of lists), Consign to Memory (76% of lists), Tormod's Crypt (73% of lists), and Pithing Needle (62% of lists).
Are there different builds of Modern Hammer Time?
Recent lists split into Azorius, Mono-White, and Boros 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 Hammer Time decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 124 Modern Hammer Time decklists all-time (6 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Hammer Time result Jul 26, 2026.