Modern Metagame

Modern is wide open: Energy leads at just 10.8% across 1,555 recent appearances, and Izzet Steel-Cutter is surging (+140%) over the last 14 days.

Challenges

Finishes by Strategy

Top strategies by Challenge Top 8s, League 5-0s, or both.

  1. 1. Energy — 32 Top 8s, 66 League 5-0s
  2. 2. Affinity — 16 Top 8s, 63 League 5-0s
  3. 3. Storm — 11 Top 8s, 49 League 5-0s
  4. 4. Eldrazi Tron — 14 Top 8s, 42 League 5-0s
  5. 5. Goryo's Vengeance — 8 Top 8s, 40 League 5-0s
  6. 6. Prowess — 13 Top 8s, 55 League 5-0s
  7. 7. Broodscale Combo — 10 Top 8s, 42 League 5-0s
  8. 8. Boros Land Destruction — 10 Top 8s, 35 League 5-0s
  9. 9. Blink — 7 Top 8s, 37 League 5-0s
  10. 10. Grixis Persist — 12 Top 8s, 27 League 5-0s

Metagame Mix Over Time

Share of the field held by the top 10 strategies (~70% of the meta), over the last 90 days.

  1. 1. Energy10.8%
  2. 2. Affinity8.5%
  3. 3. Storm6.9%
  4. 4. Eldrazi Tron6.4%
  5. 5. Goryo's Vengeance6.3%
  6. 6. Prowess6.0%
  7. 7. Broodscale Combo5.4%
  8. 8. Boros Land Destruction4.8%
  9. 9. Blink4.8%
  10. 10. Grixis Persist4.5%

Modern Metagame Movers

Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 14-day window.

Gaining Modern Metagame Share

last 14d vs prior 14d
  • 0.26% → 0.63% share

    +140% lift (+0.4 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 3.4% → 7.3% share

    +114% lift (+3.9 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 0.26% → 0.50% share

    +92% lift (+0.2 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)

Losing Modern Metagame Share

last 14d vs prior 14d
  • 1.3% → 0.25% share

    −81% lift (−1.1 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 1.7% → 0.38% share

    −78% lift (−1.3 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)
  • 2.3% → 0.63% share

    −73% lift (−1.7 pp vs the prior 14 days, challenge share)

Newest Modern Rogue decks

Brews from the last 14 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.

Rankings are based on 799 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.

Modern is a non-rotating competitive format legal for cards printed in core or expansion sets from Eighth Edition onward (2003–present).