Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| Jun 14 | View | hxlfnxxsx | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jun 13 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 32 | 1st | 8-1 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Jun 7 | View | greedofdeath | Modern Challenge 32 | 14th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Jun 7 | View | EndoZoa | Modern Challenge 32 | 19th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jun 7 | View | katoriarch123 | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Jun 6 | View | Nicopanico | Modern Challenge 32 | 6th | 5-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| Jun 6 | View | hugeowl | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jun 5 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 64 | 8th | 5-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Jun 5 | View | Nicopanico | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 31 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 32 | 11th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 30 | View | gazmon48 | Modern Challenge 32 | 10th | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 29 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 64 | 6th | 6-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 28 | View | Nicopanico | Modern Challenge 64 | 16th | 5-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 26 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 32 | 2nd | 6-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 22 | View | redmogg | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 18 | View | wft | Modern Challenge 32 | 13th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 17 | View | stopfish | Modern League 2026-05-17 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 15 | View | kasa | Modern Rc Qualifier | 3rd | 7-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 15 | View | ItsukiS | Modern League 2026-05-15 | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 13 | View | Evalinn | Modern League 2026-05-13 | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 12 | View | Rangelon | Modern League 2026-05-12 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 11 | View | CORESET_OMEGALUL | Modern Challenge 32 | 18th | 4-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 11 | View | Rangelon | Modern League 2026-05-11 | — | 5-0 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 10 | View | hugeowl | Modern Challenge 32 | 3rd | 7-1 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 | |
| May 10 | View | CORESET_OMEGALUL | Modern Challenge 32 | 28th | 2-3 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 |
Izzet Steel-Cutter has slipped from ~1.1% to 0.4% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~1.1% to 0.4% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Cori-Steel Cutter | 3.9 | 100% |
| Emry, Lurker of the Loch | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mishra's Bauble | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mox Amber | 3.1 | 100% |
| Mox Opal | 4.0 | 100% |
| Steam Vents | 2.1 | 100% |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 4.0 | 100% |
| Urza's Saga | 3.9 | 100% |
| Island | 1.5 | 98% |
| Scalding Tarn | 3.8 | 95% |
| Flame of Anor | 1.9 | 92% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 3.5 | 92% |
| Thundering Falls | 1.0 | 90% |
| Aether Spellbomb | 1.0 | 88% |
| Mountain | 1.0 | 88% |
| Breeding Pool | 1.0 | 86% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 86% |
| Unholy Heat | 3.7 | 83% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.0 | 81% |
| Spirebluff Canal | 1.6 | 76% |
| Haywire Mite | 1.0 | 75% |
| Fiery Islet | 1.6 | 73% |
| Quantum Riddler | 2.5 | 71% |
| Skateboard | 1.0 | 53% |
| Repeal | 1.6 | 46% |
| Strix Serenade | 1.0 | 42% |
| Lavaspur Boots | 1.0 | 39% |
| Lightning Bolt | 2.2 | 34% |
| Preordain | 1.1 | 32% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 25% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 22% |
| Flooded Strand | 1.6 | 19% |
| Sink into Stupor | 1.7 | 19% |
| Boomerang Basics | 2.4 | 17% |
| Minamo, School at Water's Edge | 1.0 | 17% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 17% |
| Expressive Iteration | 3.8 | 15% |
| Galvanic Blast | 2.3 | 10% |
| Ledger Shredder | 2.4 | 8% |
| Misty Rainforest | 3.0 | 8% |
Typical Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 59 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Consign to Memory | 3.1 | 98% |
| Force of Negation | 2.0 | 86% |
| Fire Magic | 1.9 | 78% |
| Mystical Dispute | 1.7 | 78% |
| Haywire Mite | 1.1 | 58% |
| Blood Moon | 1.8 | 56% |
| Shadowspear | 1.0 | 54% |
| Strix Serenade | 1.1 | 54% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 51% |
| Engineered Explosives | 1.0 | 37% |
| Pithing Needle | 1.0 | 37% |
| Lightning Bolt | 1.2 | 34% |
| Vandalblast | 1.9 | 27% |
| Harbinger of the Seas | 2.1 | 19% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.0 | 19% |
| Flame of Anor | 1.0 | 17% |
| Unholy Heat | 1.8 | 15% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.1 | 14% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.5 | 14% |
| Annul | 2.0 | 12% |
| Grafdigger's Cage | 1.0 | 12% |
| Whipflare | 2.3 | 12% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.5 | 7% |
| Quantum Riddler | 1.3 | 5% |
| Boomerang Basics | 1.5 | 3% |
| Hurkyl's Recall | 1.0 | 3% |
| Metallic Rebuke | 2.0 | 3% |
| Spell Pierce | 2.0 | 3% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.0 | 2% |
| Kappa Cannoneer | 1.0 | 2% |
| Obsidian Charmaw | 2.0 | 2% |
| Surgical Extraction | 1.0 | 2% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 2.0 | 2% |
Izzet Steel-Cutter Modern FAQ
Is Izzet Steel-Cutter good in Modern right now?
Izzet Steel-Cutter is 0.4% of Modern decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−26%) over the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 12th (5-2) at Modern Challenge 64 on Jul 25, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter?
Nearly every list runs Cori-Steel Cutter, Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Mishra's Bauble, and Mox Amber (99%+ of Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (33); variants add Boomerang Basics (9) and Expressive Iteration (6).
What's a typical Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter sideboard?
The most common Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Consign to Memory (98% of lists), Force of Negation (86% of lists), Fire Magic (78% of lists), and Mystical Dispute (78% of lists).
Are there different builds of Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter?
Recent lists split into Boomerang Basics, Expressive Iteration, and Stock approaches.
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 Izzet Steel-Cutter decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 401 Modern Izzet Steel-Cutter decklists all-time (7 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Izzet Steel-Cutter result Jul 25, 2026.