Modern Persist
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
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| May 31 | View | MAFS | Modern Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 31 | View | LarvaFlacida | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 29 | View | ShzockChan | Modern Challenge 64 | 3rd | 7-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 29 | View | jmar834 | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 27 | View | soggymeatball | Modern Challenge 64 | 8th | 5-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| May 26 | View | DemonicTutors | Modern Challenge 64 | 30th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 25 | View | JeromeAlce | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 24 | View | Jayjay44 | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 23 | View | JeromeAlce | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 21 | View | UninspiredMehjagic | Modern League | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 20 | View | Pizzapiebob | Modern League 2026-05-20 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 19 | View | moon11 | Modern Challenge 64 | 14th | 5-2 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 19 | View | ShzockChan | Modern League 2026-05-19 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 18 | View | soggymeatball | Modern Challenge 64 | 22nd | 4-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 18 | View | Spellyp | Modern Challenge 64 | 25th | 3-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 17 | View | rundas121 | Modern League 2026-05-17 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 17 | View | psych4tog | Modern League 2026-05-17 | — | 5-0 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| May 16 | View | xfile | Modern Challenge 32 2026-05-16 | 3rd | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 16 | View | soggymeatball | Modern Rc Super Qualifier | 17th | 6-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 16 | View | ShzockChan | Modern League 2026-05-16 | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 15 | View | Mr_richard93 | Modern Rc Qualifier | 21st | 5-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 15 | View | soggymeatball | Modern Challenge 64 | 26th | 3-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 15 | View | daviddmtg | Modern Rc Qualifier | 32nd | 4-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 14 | View | soggymeatball | Modern Challenge 64 | 8th | 5-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 14 | View | dack_fayden07 | Modern League 2026-05-14 | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 |
Persist has held steady around 0.7% of the Modern metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Held near 0.7% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Modern Persist maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 62 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Archon of Cruelty | 4.0 | 100% |
| Boggart Trawler | 1.9 | 100% |
| Emperor of Bones | 2.9 | 100% |
| Eyetwitch | 4.0 | 100% |
| Flare of Malice | 2.6 | 100% |
| Overlord of the Balemurk | 3.5 | 100% |
| Persist | 3.7 | 100% |
| Phyrexian Tower | 3.5 | 100% |
| Stitcher's Supplier | 4.0 | 100% |
| Swamp | 4.0 | 100% |
| Crypt of Agadeem | 3.8 | 97% |
| Thoughtseize | 2.5 | 97% |
| Overgrown Tomb | 1.3 | 94% |
| Underground Mortuary | 1.0 | 94% |
| Bone Shards | 1.0 | 90% |
| Spymaster's Vault | 1.5 | 90% |
| Troll of Khazad-dûm | 1.7 | 90% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 2.3 | 89% |
| Street Wraith | 3.7 | 85% |
| Verdant Catacombs | 3.7 | 84% |
| Deceit | 1.0 | 68% |
| Inquisition of Kozilek | 1.0 | 56% |
| Poet's Quill | 1.0 | 42% |
| Dawnhand Dissident | 1.1 | 32% |
| Baron Helmut Zemo | 1.9 | 24% |
| Takenuma, Abandoned Mire | 1.0 | 24% |
| Polluted Delta | 3.2 | 23% |
| Bloodstained Mire | 2.3 | 13% |
| Hollow Marauder | 1.0 | 13% |
| Cling to Dust | 1.0 | 10% |
| Blood Crypt | 1.4 | 8% |
| Fatal Push | 2.0 | 6% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.3 | 6% |
| Troll of Khazad-dum | 2.0 | 6% |
| Abhorrent Oculus | 2.0 | 5% |
| Forest | 1.0 | 5% |
| Psychic Frog | 3.3 | 5% |
| Raucous Theater | 1.0 | 5% |
| Revitalizing Repast | 1.0 | 5% |
| Summon: Bahamut | 1.0 | 5% |
Typical Modern Persist sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 62 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 62 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ruinous Waterbending | 1.0 | 100% |
| Decorum Dissertation | 1.0 | 98% |
| Origin of Metalbending | 1.0 | 94% |
| Ozai's Cruelty | 1.0 | 90% |
| Dai Li Indoctrination | 1.0 | 87% |
| Dauthi Voidwalker | 1.2 | 85% |
| Force of Despair | 1.6 | 85% |
| Break the Ice | 1.6 | 84% |
| True Ancestry | 1.0 | 82% |
| Thoughtseize | 1.2 | 77% |
| Engineered Explosives | 2.0 | 69% |
| Necrotic Fumes | 1.0 | 58% |
| Fulminator Mage | 1.2 | 44% |
| Faerie Macabre | 1.0 | 23% |
| Culling Ritual | 1.9 | 21% |
| Vexing Bauble | 1.2 | 18% |
| Void Mirror | 1.0 | 16% |
| Fatal Push | 1.5 | 10% |
| Mai, Scornful Striker | 1.8 | 6% |
| Nihil Spellbomb | 1.8 | 6% |
| Plague Engineer | 1.0 | 6% |
| Redirect Lightning | 1.0 | 6% |
| Ashiok, Dream Render | 1.3 | 5% |
| Consign to Memory | 3.3 | 5% |
| Mystical Dispute | 1.3 | 5% |
| Price of Freedom | 1.7 | 5% |
| Forest | 1.0 | 3% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.0 | 3% |
| Improvisation Capstone | 1.0 | 3% |
| Iroh's Demonstration | 1.0 | 3% |
| Orcish Bowmasters | 1.0 | 3% |
| Pick Your Poison | 2.0 | 3% |
| Boomerang Basics | 1.0 | 2% |
| Chalice of the Void | 3.0 | 2% |
| Damping Sphere | 1.0 | 2% |
| Feed the Swarm | 1.0 | 2% |
| Firebending Lesson | 1.0 | 2% |
| Spell Pierce | 2.0 | 2% |
| Tormod's Crypt | 1.0 | 2% |
| Toxic Deluge | 1.0 | 2% |
Persist Modern FAQ
Is Persist good in Modern right now?
It's rising fast. Persist is 0.7% of Modern decklists in the last two weeks (up 75% vs the prior window). Best recent finish: 12th (5-2) at Modern Challenge 64 on Jul 21, 2026.
What are the key cards in Modern Persist?
Nearly every list runs Archon of Cruelty, Boggart Trawler, Emperor of Bones, and Eyetwitch (99%+ of Modern Persist decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (34); variants add Baron Helmut Zemo (12).
What's a typical Modern Persist sideboard?
The most common Modern Persist sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Ruinous Waterbending (100% of lists), Decorum Dissertation (98% of lists), Origin of Metalbending (94% of lists), and Ozai's Cruelty (90% of lists).
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 Persist decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 63 Modern Persist decklists all-time (11 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Persist result Jul 27, 2026.