Premodern Metagame

Strategy	Tier	Style	Meta	CMC	Lands	Top 8s	Shift
Stiflenought	A	Tempo	16.3%	2.1	17.1	124	+23%
Enchantress	A	Combo	10.4%	2.1	22	64	+85%
Sligh	A	Aggro	7.9%	1.9	21	27	−36%
Goblins	A	Aggro	7.2%	2.6	23.9	34	−17%
Standstill	A	Control	6.4%	2.4	26.2	38	+61%
Replenish	A	Combo	5.2%	3.3	25.2	26	+1%
Moneyball Black	A	Midrange	4.8%	1.9	23.1	28	+35%
GR Zoo	B	Aggro	3.9%	1.6	22.4	19	+368%
Terrageddon	A	Midrange	3.3%	2	26.1	13	+19%
Oath Ponza	A	Tempo	3.0%	2.1	27.9	8	+22%
Survival Madness	B	Midrange	2.6%	2.2	22.5	20	+621%
Iggy Pop	B	Combo	2.5%	1.8	16	16	+59%
Hermit Druid Combo	B	Combo	2.4%	2.2	21.9	5	−55%
Rock	C	Midrange	1.9%	2.7	25.1	8	−31%
Stasis	B	Control	1.9%	2.4	22.7	15	+2%
Rogue	—	Other	1.8%	2.4	23	6	−40%
TerraOath	A	Tempo	1.7%	2.2	27.6	8	−45%
Dream Halls	C	Combo	1.4%	3.3	21.2	8	New
UW Control	C	Control	1.3%	2.7	25.1	4	+1%
UB Psychatog	C	Control	1.3%	2.4	19.2	2	−56%
Reanimator	B	Combo	1.1%	3.2	14.1	7	−54%
Gro-A-Tog	B	Tempo	1.0%	2.2	19.3	3	−3%
BG Survival	C	Midrange	0.9%	2.4	20.9	1	+8%
Cradle Control	—	Midrange	0.9%	2.4	20.1	0	−12%
Elves	C	Aggro	0.9%	2.2	18.9	1	−88%
5 Color Psychatog	C	Midrange	0.8%	2.3	20.6	2	+29%
Frantic Storm	C	Combo	0.7%	2.2	19.5	4	−3%
Mono-Red Land Destruction	—	Tempo	0.7%	2.2	26	1	−31%
Orzhov Control	—	Control	0.7%	3.1	25	2	−68%
GW Madness	—	Aggro	0.6%	2	22.8	1	−82%
Contamination	B	Control	0.4%	1.9	23.8	5	New
White Weenie	—	Aggro	0.4%	2.1	22.7	1	−71%
The Rack	—	Midrange	0.3%	1.6	22.9	1	−69%
UW Aggro	B	Aggro	0.3%	2.2	22.8	2	−80%
Rector Combo	—	Combo	0.3%	3	22	0	New
Tradewind Survival	B	Midrange	0.3%	2.4	20.4	3	−7%
Balancing Tings	—	Combo	0.3%	2.3	24	0	+24%
Devourer Combo	—	Combo	0.3%	2.2	20.6	2	−77%
Living Death	—	Combo	0.3%	2.8	22.8	0	−54%
Deadguy Ale	—	Midrange	0.2%	2.4	22.7	0	New
Zombie Infestation	—	Midrange	0.2%	2.5	21.2	0	−74%
Aluren	—	Combo	0.2%	2.4	23.4	1	−61%
UG Madness	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.6	21.5	0	−90%
Pattern Combo	—	Combo	0.1%	2.4	21	0	New
Sneak Attack	—	Combo	0.1%	3.1	22	0	New
Welder Prison	—	Midrange	0.1%	2.5	21	0	+54%
Astral Slide	—	Midrange	0.1%	3.3	24	0	New
Merfolk	—	Aggro	0.1%	2.4	20	0	New
Mono-Black Aggro	—	Aggro	0.1%	1.9	19	0	−61%
Parfait	—	Control	0.1%	2.6	24	0	New
Slivers	—	Aggro	0.1%	2	19.5	0	New
Mono-Black Coffers	—	Control	0.0%	3	25	0	−23%

Finishes by Strategy

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

1. 1. Stiflenought — 124 Top 8s, 110 League 5-0s
2. 2. Enchantress — 64 Top 8s, 122 League 5-0s
3. 3. Sligh — 27 Top 8s, 104 League 5-0s
4. 4. Goblins — 34 Top 8s, 74 League 5-0s
5. 5. Standstill — 38 Top 8s, 55 League 5-0s
6. 6. Replenish — 26 Top 8s, 70 League 5-0s
7. 7. Moneyball Black — 28 Top 8s, 22 League 5-0s
8. 8. GR Zoo — 19 Top 8s, 19 League 5-0s
9. 9. Terrageddon — 13 Top 8s, 28 League 5-0s
10. 10. Oath Ponza — 8 Top 8s, 57 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. Stiflenought — 16.3%
2. 2. Enchantress — 10.4%
3. 3. Sligh — 7.9%
4. 4. Goblins — 7.2%
5. 5. Standstill — 6.4%
6. 6. Replenish — 5.2%
7. 7. Moneyball Black — 4.8%
8. 8. GR Zoo — 3.9%
9. 9. Terrageddon — 3.3%
10. 10. Oath Ponza — 3.0%

Premodern Metagame Movers

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

Gaining Premodern Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  Survival Madness

  0.38% → 2.7% share

• 
  GR Zoo

  1.1% → 5.0% share

• 
  Enchantress

  5.3% → 9.8% share

Losing Premodern Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  UG Madness

  0.51% → 0.05% share

• 
  Elves

  2.9% → 0.34% share

• 
  GW Madness

  3.3% → 0.59% share

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