Standard Metagame

Standard tier list

Izzet Prowess leads the Standard metagame at 15.3% of 4,773 recent appearances, and Dimir Reanimator's share is up 4x over the last 90 days.

Strategy	Tier	Style	Meta	CMC	Lands	Top 8s	Shift
Izzet Prowess	S	Aggro	15.3%	2	21	172	>+999%
Landfall	S	Aggro	11.4%	2.3	25.8	98	−29%
Izzet Elementals	A	Midrange	9.8%	3	20.4	105	+117%
Lessons	A	Tempo	8.9%	2.3	22.6	97	−21%
Selesnya Offense	A	Aggro	8.3%	2.2	22.5	102	New
Dimir Excruciator	A	Midrange	7.0%	3.2	25.8	67	−2%
Temur Prowess	A	Aggro	6.3%	1.5	20.6	56	−47%
4C Control	A	Control	6.2%	3.1	26.8	63	New
Rogue	—	Other	4.4%	2.7	23.5	33	+71%
Azorius Skies	A	Midrange	3.9%	2.4	21.1	34	+34%
Mardu Discard	A	Midrange	2.8%	1.8	22.3	19	+147%
Golgari Midrange	B	Midrange	1.8%	2.7	24.3	14	+174%
Azorius Blink	B	Midrange	1.7%	2.6	24.9	17	+26%
Boros Aggro	C	Aggro	1.7%	2	23.3	11	−62%
Jeskai Control	B	Control	1.5%	2.7	26	16	−55%
Airbending	B	Midrange	1.4%	2.3	22.6	5	−75%
Spellementals	B	Midrange	1.1%	3.7	24.9	11	−67%
Simic Omniscience	C	Combo	1.0%	3.8	25.3	6	−2%
Dimir Reanimator	B		0.9%	3.2	25.5	15	+316%
Dimir Midrange	C	Midrange	0.8%	2.1	23.9	9	−88%
Izzet Aggro	C	Aggro	0.7%	2	22.7	1	−76%
Boros Weapons	—		0.5%	2.4	24.7	8	+88%
Gearhulk	B		0.4%	1.7	22.8	3	New
Jeskai Artifacts	C		0.4%	2.8	23.5	3	+35%
Sultai Reanimator	C	Combo	0.4%	4.1	24.5	4	−85%
Boros Dragons	—	Midrange	0.3%	2.9	24.1	1	−86%
Azorius Prowess	—		0.2%	1.6	21	0	New
Mono-Green	—		0.2%	2.6	21.3	1	New
Azorius Artifacts	—		0.2%	2.8	23.5	1	New
Simic Ouroboroid	—	Midrange	0.2%	2.6	22.4	2	−98%
Golgari Roots	—		0.1%	2.9	23.7	0	+57%
Mono-White	—		0.1%	2.1	23.2	0	+170%
Azorius Control	—	Control	0.1%	2.4	26.4	0	−85%
Esper Pixie	—		0.1%	1.6	22.4	0	−80%
Mono-Black Aggro	—		0.1%	1.8	22	1	New
Mono-Green Stompy	—		0.1%	2.9	22.4	0	New
Temur Harmonizer	—		0.1%	2.2	25.3	0	−97%
Gruul Aggro	—		0.1%	1.8	22	0	−10%
Mono-Black	—		0.0%	2.5	22.5	1	New
Mono-Blue	—		0.0%	2.5	20	1	−55%
Mono-Red	—		0.0%	2.3	22	0	New

Standard metagame trends

Challenge and League finishes, weekly field mix, and archetype share movers for the last 90 days.

Finishes by Strategy

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

1. 1. Izzet Prowess — 172 Top 8s, 114 League 5-0s
2. 2. Landfall — 98 Top 8s, 129 League 5-0s
3. 3. Izzet Elementals — 105 Top 8s, 60 League 5-0s
4. 4. Lessons — 97 Top 8s, 71 League 5-0s
5. 5. Selesnya Offense — 102 Top 8s, 39 League 5-0s
6. 6. Dimir Excruciator — 67 Top 8s, 47 League 5-0s
7. 7. Temur Prowess — 56 Top 8s, 48 League 5-0s
8. 8. 4C Control — 63 Top 8s, 40 League 5-0s
9. 9. Rogue — 33 Top 8s, 32 League 5-0s
10. 10. Azorius Skies — 34 Top 8s, 40 League 5-0s

1. 1. Izzet Prowess — 15.3%
2. 2. Landfall — 11.4%
3. 3. Izzet Elementals — 9.8%
4. 4. Lessons — 8.9%
5. 5. Selesnya Offense — 8.3%
6. 6. Dimir Excruciator — 7.0%
7. 7. Temur Prowess — 6.3%
8. 8. 4C Control — 6.2%

Standard Metagame Movers

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

Gaining Standard Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  Izzet Prowess

  0.34% → 15.5% share

• 
  Dimir Reanimator

  0.23% → 0.94% share

• 
  Golgari Midrange

  0.65% → 1.8% share

Losing Standard Metagame Share

last 90d vs prior 90d

• 
  Simic Ouroboroid

  6.7% → 0.13% share

• 
  Temur Harmonizer

  1.5% → 0.05% share

• 
  Dimir Midrange

  7.1% → 0.84% share

Newest Standard Rogue decks

Brews from the last 90 days that didn't match any archetype rule yet.

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Rankings are based on 3,919 recent MTGO Challenge appearances in the selected window.

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