Modern Metagame

Strategy	Tier	Style	Meta	CMC	Lands	Top 8s	Shift
Energy	S	Aggro	11.7%	1.8	22.5	138	−39%
Affinity	S	Aggro	8.4%	1.7	15.6	94	+3%
Prowess	A	Aggro	6.8%	1.2	18	52	+17%
Blink	A	Midrange	6.4%	2.7	19.9	58	−44%
Broodscale Combo	A	Combo	5.3%	2.7	22.2	64	+226%
Eldrazi Tron	A	Ramp	5.2%	3.7	22.1	37	+4%
Goryo's Vengeance	A	Midrange	4.7%	3.1	21.1	44	+28%
Grixis Persist	A	Midrange	4.4%	2.2	18.5	55	+125%
Boros Land Destruction	A	Midrange	4.2%	2.1	24.2	38	+382%
Storm	A	Combo	4.0%	2.3	18	36	−5%
Living End	A	Combo	2.8%	3.9	15.4	29	+6%
Domain Zoo	A	Aggro	2.6%	3.6	22.1	24	−2%
Amulet Titan	A	Combo	2.5%	2.4	30.6	32	−33%
Frog	A	Tempo	2.2%	2.3	19.4	13	+19%
Eldrazi Ramp	A	Ramp	2.1%	4.1	22.4	13	+11%
UW Control	A	Control	2.1%	2.4	24.2	28	+14%
Birthing Ritual	A	Midrange	1.7%	2.7	18.8	18	−26%
Necrodominance	A	Midrange	1.6%	2.8	16.6	15	+127%
Esper Control	A	Control	1.6%	2.4	22.7	27	+29%
Mono-Blue Belcher	A	Combo	1.5%	2.8	0	23	−25%
Rogue	—	Other	1.5%	2.1	20.6	4	−28%
Yawgmoth	A	Midrange	1.5%	1.9	20.9	19	+123%
Samwise Combo	A	Combo	1.4%	1.8	21.2	7	+170%
Fanatic Eldrazi	A	Ramp	1.1%	4.4	16.1	19	New
Burn	B	Aggro	1.0%	1.6	19.6	8	>+999%
Hollow One	B	Aggro	1.0%	2.2	17.5	5	−12%
Neoform	A	Combo	0.9%	3.4	15.3	12	−70%
Crashing Footfalls	B	Tempo	0.7%	3.3	22.6	3	New
Persist	A	Midrange	0.6%	3.3	19.3	6	New
Izzet Steel-Cutter	A	Aggro	0.6%	1.5	18	8	−39%
Devoted Druid Combo	A	Midrange	0.6%	2	20.8	5	New
Boros Belcher	C	Combo	0.5%	2.8	0	2	+94%
Mill	B	Combo	0.5%	2.1	22.3	4	+123%
Cosmogoyf	B	Combo	0.5%	2.5	23.2	3	−14%
Wizards	C	Midrange	0.5%	2.1	20.5	1	−14%
Blue Eldrazi Tron	B	Ramp	0.4%	3.8	21.3	0	+168%
Eldrazi Aggro	C	Aggro	0.4%	3.5	22.1	1	+16%
Jeskai Control	A	Control	0.4%	2.4	22.3	4	+36%
Hammer Time	B	Aggro	0.4%	1.6	19.6	3	+20%
Merfolk	B	Tempo	0.4%	2.2	15.9	3	New
Dredge	B	Combo	0.4%	2	19	2	+44%
Soultrader Combo	A	Combo	0.4%	2.2	21.1	1	+261%
Mono-Black Eldrazi	A	Midrange	0.3%	1.5	24	6	New
4 Color Omnath	—	Control	0.3%	3.1	22.6	1	−28%
Indomitable Creativity	A	Combo	0.3%	2.9	23.8	2	−34%
Death's Shadow	C	Tempo	0.3%	1.6	18.2	0	+15%
RG Valakut	B	Midrange	0.2%	2.4	26.9	2	+61%
Grixis Control	B	Control	0.2%	2	24.1	3	−84%
Lantern Control	—	Control	0.2%	1.4	20.4	1	+25%
Asmo Food	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.2	17.8	2	+61%
Reanimator	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.4	18.1	0	+15%
Song of Creation	—	Combo	0.1%	1.3	19.9	0	−73%
Mono-Green Midrange	—	Midrange	0.1%	2	18.6	0	+221%
Bogles	—		0.0%	1.5	20	0	New
Boros Cori-Steel Cutter	—		0.0%	1.3	19.5	0	New
Humans	—	Aggro	0.0%	2	17.5	0	−73%
Primal Prayers	—	Combo	0.0%	2.6	22	0	New
Through the Breach	—	Combo	0.0%	5.6	21	0	−84%

Finishes by Strategy

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

1. 1. Energy — 138 Top 8s, 367 League 5-0s
2. 2. Affinity — 94 Top 8s, 306 League 5-0s
3. 3. Prowess — 52 Top 8s, 304 League 5-0s
4. 4. Blink — 58 Top 8s, 229 League 5-0s
5. 5. Broodscale Combo — 64 Top 8s, 209 League 5-0s
6. 6. Eldrazi Tron — 37 Top 8s, 209 League 5-0s
7. 7. Goryo's Vengeance — 44 Top 8s, 152 League 5-0s
8. 8. Grixis Persist — 55 Top 8s, 137 League 5-0s
9. 9. Boros Land Destruction — 38 Top 8s, 151 League 5-0s
10. 10. Storm — 36 Top 8s, 116 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. Energy — 11.7%
2. 2. Affinity — 8.4%
3. 3. Prowess — 6.8%
4. 4. Blink — 6.4%
5. 5. Broodscale Combo — 5.3%
6. 6. Eldrazi Tron — 5.2%
7. 7. Goryo's Vengeance — 4.7%
8. 8. Grixis Persist — 4.4%
9. 9. Boros Land Destruction — 4.2%
10. 10. Storm — 4.0%

Modern Metagame Movers

Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 60-day window.

Gaining Modern Metagame Share

last 60d vs prior 60d

• 
  Burn

  0.03% → 1.2% share

• 
  Boros Land Destruction

  0.90% → 4.3% share

• 
  Soultrader Combo

  0.06% → 0.23% share

Losing Modern Metagame Share

last 60d vs prior 60d

• 
  Through the Breach

  0.16% → 0.03% share

• 
  Grixis Control

  1.6% → 0.26% share

• 
  Neoform

  3.3% → 1.0% share

Newest Modern Rogue decks

Brews from the last 60 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.

AChord4Five

Modern Challenge 64

ChallengeJul 65th6-2

Alakai

Modern Challenge 96

ChallengeJul 620th5-2

MHayashi

Modern League

LeagueJul 65-0

elvin7

Modern League

LeagueJul 55-0

bloscott220

Modern League

LeagueJul 55-0

J4K3ST3R02

Modern Challenge 64

ChallengeJul 420th5-2

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