Modern Living End
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Living End has slipped from ~3.1% to 2.3% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~3.1% to 2.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Living End cards
Cards gaining share within Living End vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Foundry | 6% | 41% | +34.8% |
| Mountain | 13% | 18% | +5.4% |
| Vibrance | 9% | 21% | +11.1% |
| Wooded Foothills | 3% | 10% | +7.1% |
| Curator of Mysteries | 63% | 85% | +22.1% |
| Valakut Awakening | 41% | 49% | +8.1% |
| Deceit | 3% | 10% | +7.1% |
| Flooded Grove | 19% | 26% | +6.9% |
| Thundering Falls | 69% | 77% | +8.2% |
| Mistrise Village | 34% | 41% | +6.7% |
| Temple Garden | 38% | 44% | +6.1% |
| Commercial District | 69% | 77% | +8.2% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faerie Macabre | New | 10% | +10.3% |
| Brazen Borrower | New | 8% | +7.7% |
| Harvester of Misery | 9% | 15% | +6% |
| Brotherhood's End | 66% | 77% | +11.3% |
| Clarion Conqueror | 38% | 44% | +6.1% |
Typical Modern Living End maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 287 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Breeding Pool | 1.0 | 100% |
| Endurance | 4.0 | 100% |
| Force of Negation | 4.0 | 100% |
| Generous Ent | 3.6 | 100% |
| Living End | 3.1 | 100% |
| Shardless Agent | 4.0 | 100% |
| Subtlety | 4.0 | 100% |
| Forest | 1.0 | 100% |
| Hedge Maze | 1.0 | 100% |
| Misty Rainforest | 4.0 | 99% |
| Sink into Stupor | 1.6 | 99% |
| Island | 1.0 | 99% |
| Street Wraith | 3.4 | 98% |
| Wistfulness | 3.8 | 97% |
| Colossal Skyturtle | 1.3 | 89% |
| Curator of Mysteries | 3.3 | 85% |
| Steam Vents | 1.0 | 64% |
| Violent Outburst | 4.0 | 64% |
| Stomping Ground | 1.0 | 64% |
| Oliphaunt | 2.2 | 64% |
| Thundering Falls | 1.0 | 63% |
| Mistrise Village | 1.0 | 61% |
| Commercial District | 1.0 | 60% |
| Otawara, Soaring City | 1.0 | 55% |
| Waker of Waves | 2.1 | 41% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 1.0 | 38% |
| Temple Garden | 1.0 | 36% |
| Striped Riverwinder | 2.0 | 34% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 1.0 | 29% |
| Overgrown Tomb | 1.1 | 26% |
| Overlord of the Balemurk | 4.0 | 26% |
| Formidable Speaker | 2.2 | 26% |
| Underground Mortuary | 1.2 | 26% |
| Watery Grave | 1.1 | 26% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.0 | 25% |
| Halo Forager | 1.0 | 25% |
| Flooded Grove | 1.0 | 24% |
| Scalding Tarn | 1.0 | 22% |
| Polluted Delta | 1.4 | 21% |
| Disciple of Freyalise | 1.0 | 20% |
Typical Modern Living End sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 287 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 287 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mystical Dispute | 3.3 | 100% |
| Inevitable Betrayal | 2.1 | 95% |
| Force of Vigor | 2.1 | 78% |
| Foundation Breaker | 1.4 | 57% |
| Brotherhood's End | 1.9 | 40% |
| Commandeer | 1.2 | 39% |
| Teferi, Time Raveler | 2.0 | 38% |
| Dismember | 1.7 | 36% |
| Clarion Conqueror | 3.0 | 33% |
| Deafening Silence | 1.0 | 29% |
| Culling Ritual | 1.9 | 21% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.1 | 20% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.0 | 19% |
| Ingot Chewer | 1.1 | 17% |
| Mai, Scornful Striker | 1.0 | 17% |
| Damping Matrix | 2.1 | 16% |
| Dead/Gone | 2.1 | 15% |
| Fracturing Gust | 1.0 | 10% |
| Brazen Borrower | 1.1 | 8% |
| Leyline of the Void | 3.1 | 7% |
| Blood Moon | 1.5 | 7% |
| Magebane Lizard | 1.2 | 6% |
| Murderous Rider | 1.0 | 6% |
| Fade from History | 1.5 | 5% |
| Boseiju, Who Endures | 1.0 | 4% |
| Mistrise Village | 1.0 | 4% |
| Obsidian Charmaw | 3.1 | 4% |
| Vibrance | 1.0 | 4% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.6 | 3% |
| Endurance | 1.1 | 3% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.2 | 3% |
| Drannith Magistrate | 1.0 | 3% |
| Temple Garden | 1.0 | 3% |
| Harbinger of the Seas | 2.4 | 2% |
| Quantum Riddler | 1.2 | 2% |
| Colossal Skyturtle | 1.0 | 1% |
| Kataki, War's Wage | 1.0 | 1% |
| Klothys, God of Destiny | 1.0 | 1% |
| Dead | 2.7 | 1% |
| Flare of Denial | 1.0 | 1% |
Living End Modern FAQ
Is Living End good in Modern right now?
Yes — Living End is 2.3% of Modern decklists in the last two weeks (up 19% vs the prior window), with 8 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 2nd (7-3) at Modern Challenge 64 on Jul 17, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Living End?
Nearly every list runs Endurance, Force of Negation, Generous Ent, and Living End (99%+ of Modern Living End decklists in the last 90 days). Builds split 136 UBRG vs 17 WUBG lists.
What's a typical Modern Living End sideboard?
The most common Modern Living End sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Mystical Dispute (100% of lists), Inevitable Betrayal (95% of lists), Force of Vigor (78% of lists), and Foundation Breaker (57% of lists). Faerie Macabre is the fastest riser — new this window at 10% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Modern Living End?
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 Living End decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 765 Modern Living End decklists all-time (39 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Living End result Jul 29, 2026.