Modern Metagame

Strategy	Tier	Style	Meta	CMC	Lands	Top 8s	Shift
Energy	S	Aggro	13.5%	1.8	22.6	220	−22%
Affinity	S	Aggro	8.9%	1.7	15.5	128	+47%
Blink	A	Midrange	6.7%	2.6	20.6	88	−34%
Prowess	A	Aggro	6.3%	1.2	18	67	+44%
Eldrazi Tron	A	Ramp	4.7%	3.7	22.1	43	−39%
Goryo's Vengeance	A	Midrange	4.4%	3.1	21.1	60	+81%
Broodscale Combo	A	Combo	4.3%	2.7	22.2	75	+194%
Storm	A	Combo	4.1%	2.3	18	57	−34%
Grixis Persist	A	Midrange	4.0%	2.3	18.5	65	+87%
Boros Land Destruction	A	Midrange	3.7%	2.1	24.1	43	>+999%
Amulet Titan	A	Combo	2.8%	2.5	30.8	51	+2%
Living End	A	Combo	2.8%	3.9	15.7	49	+2%
Domain Zoo	A	Aggro	2.7%	3.6	22.1	35	−11%
Eldrazi Ramp	A	Ramp	2.3%	4.1	22.3	26	−11%
Frog	A	Tempo	2.0%	2.3	19.4	17	+42%
UW Control	A	Control	1.9%	2.4	24.1	34	+9%
Mono-Blue Belcher	A	Combo	1.8%	2.8	0	31	−5%
Birthing Ritual	A	Midrange	1.8%	2.7	18.6	27	−25%
Esper Control	A	Control	1.8%	2.4	22.1	32	−23%
Rogue	—	Other	1.8%	2.1	20.1	9	−35%
Necrodominance	A	Midrange	1.5%	2.8	16.5	15	+117%
Yawgmoth	A	Midrange	1.5%	1.9	21	23	+27%
Neoform	A	Combo	1.3%	3.4	15.2	20	−54%
Samwise Combo	A	Combo	1.2%	1.8	21.2	9	+87%
Hollow One	B	Aggro	1.0%	2.2	17.4	6	−11%
Fanatic Eldrazi	A	Ramp	0.8%	4.4	16.1	19	New
Burn	B	Aggro	0.8%	1.6	19.6	8	+241%
Izzet Steel-Cutter	A	Aggro	0.8%	1.5	17.4	12	−45%
Boros Belcher	B	Combo	0.6%	2.8	0	6	>+999%
Cosmogoyf	B	Combo	0.6%	2.6	23.5	8	+122%
Crashing Footfalls	B	Tempo	0.5%	3.3	22.6	3	New
Wizards	B	Midrange	0.5%	2.1	21.1	6	+94%
Persist	A	Midrange	0.5%	3.2	19.3	6	New
Mill	B	Combo	0.4%	2.1	22.2	4	−19%
Blue Eldrazi Tron	C	Ramp	0.4%	3.8	21.5	0	+63%
Devoted Druid Combo	A	Midrange	0.4%	2	20.8	5	+9%
Grixis Control	B	Control	0.4%	2	23.8	5	−72%
Jeskai Control	A	Control	0.4%	2.4	22.8	4	−3%
Dredge	B	Combo	0.4%	2.1	19.1	6	+478%
Hammer Time	B	Aggro	0.4%	1.6	19.5	3	−24%
Eldrazi Aggro	C	Aggro	0.4%	3.5	22.1	1	−39%
Indomitable Creativity	B	Combo	0.3%	2.9	23.7	2	−23%
Soultrader Combo	B	Combo	0.3%	2.2	20.9	1	+145%
Merfolk	B	Tempo	0.3%	2.2	15.9	3	−33%
4 Color Omnath	C	Control	0.3%	3.2	22.6	2	−51%
Mono-Black Eldrazi	A	Midrange	0.2%	1.5	24	6	−26%
Death's Shadow	C	Tempo	0.2%	1.6	18.2	0	−51%
RG Valakut	A	Midrange	0.2%	2.4	27	4	New
Lantern Control	—	Control	0.2%	1.4	20.6	2	+154%
Asmo Food	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.1	17.8	2	−33%
Reanimator	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.4	18	0	−35%
Song of Creation	—	Combo	0.1%	1.4	19.7	0	−56%
Izzet Phoenix	—	Tempo	0.1%	1.4	18	0	+78%
Jund Saga	—	Aggro	0.1%	1.5	22.7	0	+167%
Mono-Green Midrange	—	Midrange	0.1%	2	18.3	0	+345%
Through the Breach	—	Combo	0.1%	5.2	21.3	0	−74%
Bogles	—		0.0%	1.5	20	0	−70%
Boros Cori-Steel Cutter	—		0.0%	1.3	19.5	0	New
Humans	—	Aggro	0.0%	2	17.5	0	−70%
Primal Prayers	—	Combo	0.0%	2.6	22	0	New

Finishes by Strategy

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

1. 1. Energy — 220 Top 8s, 585 League 5-0s
2. 2. Affinity — 128 Top 8s, 464 League 5-0s
3. 3. Blink — 88 Top 8s, 309 League 5-0s
4. 4. Prowess — 67 Top 8s, 378 League 5-0s
5. 5. Eldrazi Tron — 43 Top 8s, 269 League 5-0s
6. 6. Goryo's Vengeance — 60 Top 8s, 195 League 5-0s
7. 7. Broodscale Combo — 75 Top 8s, 240 League 5-0s
8. 8. Storm — 57 Top 8s, 164 League 5-0s
9. 9. Grixis Persist — 65 Top 8s, 182 League 5-0s
10. 10. Boros Land Destruction — 43 Top 8s, 204 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 — 13.5%
2. 2. Affinity — 8.9%
3. 3. Blink — 6.7%
4. 4. Prowess — 6.3%
5. 5. Eldrazi Tron — 4.7%
6. 6. Goryo's Vengeance — 4.4%
7. 7. Broodscale Combo — 4.3%
8. 8. Storm — 4.1%
9. 9. Grixis Persist — 4.0%
10. 10. Boros Land Destruction — 3.7%

Modern Metagame Movers

Strategies gaining or losing share vs the prior 90-day window.

Gaining Modern Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  Boros Belcher

  0.02% → 0.74% share

• 
  Boros Land Destruction

  0.17% → 3.5% share

• 
  Dredge

  0.08% → 0.48% share

Losing Modern Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  Through the Breach

  0.36% → 0.09% share

• 
  Grixis Control

  1.8% → 0.50% share

• 
  Song of Creation

  0.17% → 0.07% share

Newest Modern Rogue decks

Brews from the last 90 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).