Modern

Andrea Mengucci's personal list of the best decks

From the same person as the previous thread, a list of matchups and win percentages from MTGO data

Daybreak Games data dump for MTGO events has allowed some savvy people to dig deeper into the Modern meta and figure out estimated meta representation and winrates

Decks by meta representation (excluding leagues)

1. Footfalls - 11.5%
2. Murktide - 10.3%
3. Yawgmoth - 9.9%
4. Amulet Titan - 6.7%
5. Green Tron - 6.6%
6. Living End - 6.1%
7. Rakdos Midrange - 5.1%
8. Burn - 3.5%
9. Hammer Time - 3.5%
10. Hardened Scales - 2.7%
11. Creativity - 2.6%
12. Domain Zoo - 2.5%
13. Coffers Control - 2.2%
14. Grixis Control - 1.9%
15. Omnath Control - 1.5%
16. Merfolk - 1.3%
17. Mill - 1.3%
18. Prowess - 1.1%
19. Dimir Shadow - 1%
20. Jund Saga - 1%
21. Izzet Control - 1%

Decks by winrate:

1. Yawgmoth - 56.9
2. Amulet Titan - 56
3. Rakdos Midrange - 54.1
4. Grief Blade - 53.8
5. Omnath Control - 52.8
6. Coffers Control - 52.7
7. Hardened Scales - 52.1
8. Green Tron - 50.8
9. Living End - 50.3
10. Domain Zoo - 50.0
11. Dimir Shadow - 50.0
12. Merfolk - 50.0
13. Murktide - 49.8
14. Footfalls - 49.5
15. Prowess - 48.1
16. Asmo Food - 48.1
17. Creativity - 47.9
18. Dredge - 47.8
19. Golgari Midrange - 47.2
20. Hammer Time - 47.1
21. Burn - 45.5
22. Grixis Control - 43.8
23. Jund Sage - 42.3
24. Mill - 37.6

Decks by meta % and winrate (excluding leagues):

More charts and info from the user's Reddit or Twitter accounts or check their Discord at https://discord.gg/F9U5qSq

GDS-in-modern playing RUG Rhinos took down the Sunday, July 15, 2023 Modern Challenge! They ran 4 [[Lórien Revealed]] and had to fight through 8 (8!) BR Grief decks. RW Burn showed up as well at #2 and #3, with ShikiXYZ piloting it to the second place finish.

Decklists

Breakdowns

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

    8 BR Grief
    3 UR Murktide
    3 5c Creativity
    2 Temur Rhinos
    2 RW Burn
    2 Bx Asmoranimator (1 Sultai, 1 BG)
    2 4c Breach Station
    1 4c Omnath
    1 Mono G Tron
    1 BG Yawgmoth
    1 Living End
    1 Mono W Hammer
    1 UB Control
    1 Abzan Asmo Footsteps
    1 Mono B Coffers
    1 Jeskai Sagablade
    1 4c Control

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

    5 BR Grief
    2 5c Creativity
    2 Temur Rhinos
    2 RW Burn
    1 UR Murktide
    1 Bx Asmoranimator (1 Sultai)
    1 4c Omnath
    1 Mono G Tron
    1 BG Yawgmoth
    1 Living End
    1 Mono W Hammer
    1 UB Control
    1 Abzan Asmo Footsteps
    1 Mono B Coffers
    1 Jeskai Sagablade

New cards (LTR)

    Lórien Revealed
    Delighted Halfling
    The One Ring
    Reprieve
    Orcish Bowmasters
    Mount Doom
    Stern Scolding
    Cast into the Fire
    Stone of Erech
    Generous Ent
    Oliphaunt
    Forge Anew
    Sauron's Ransom
    Samwise Gamgee
    Troll of Khazad-dûm

Tournament Highlights

• Rhinos never left! The winner is GDS-in-modern on Temur Rhinos!

• ShikiXYZ is our runner-up and played RW Burn!

• Gnarlid was on RW Burn.

• Do0mSwitch was on 4c Omnath.

• ejcos531 was on BR Grief.

• oinkmage22 was on UR Murktide.

• Edel was on BR Grief.

• Urthstrype rounds out our T8 with Temur Rhinos!

• In the rest of the 6-2 bracket, I spy Zorro7x4 on Sultai Asmoranimator (Persist)!

• And in the 5-3 bracket, we see Delthar on BG Asmoranimator (Goryo's Vengeance)!

• Shoutout to ejcos531 for going undefeated in the Swiss!

• Congrats to GDS-in-modern for taking the tournament down!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by /u/bamzing. Follow him on twitter at @bamzing_mtg.

claudiohmtg playing BG Yawgmoth took down the Saturday, July 14, 2023 Modern Challenge! They ran quad Strangleroot Geist, Orcish Bowmasters, and Delighted Halflings. deck_MeninoNey is the runner-up and played Living End. 4 Living Ends went X-2 or better and 5 BR Griefs made it to the top 32!

Decklists

Breakdowns

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

5 BR Grief
4 Living End
3 BG Yawgmoth
3 4c Omnath
3 Mono B Coffers
3 RW Burn
2 5c Creativity
2 UR Murktide
1 UB Control
1 4c Enchantress
1 Jund
1 Hardened Scales
1 5c Humans
1 UR Lutri
1 Amulet Titan

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

4 Living End
3 4c Omnath
3 Mono B Coffers
2 BR Grief
2 BG Yawgmoth
2 RW Burn
2 UR Murktide
1 5c Creativity
1 UB Control
1 4c Enchantress
1 Jund
1 Hardened Scales
1 5c Humans

New cards (LTR)

Delighted Halfling
Orcish Bowmasters
The One Ring
Generous Ent
Oliphaunt
Sauron's Ransom
Lórien Revealed
Stone of Erech
Reprieve
Cast into the Fire
Stern Scolding
Mount Doom

Tournament Highlights

• Strangleroot Geist > The One Ring! The winner is claudioh on BG Yawgmoth!

• MeninoNey is our runner-up and played Living End!

• jakobpablo was on UB Control. Woah

• LucasG1ggs was on Living End.

• kyon1024 was on 61-cards 4c Omnath.

• Dr_D1ck_Forest was on Living End.

• christiano7 was on BR Grief.

• novaschin22 rounds out our T8 with 4c Omnath!

• In the rest of the 5-2 bracket, I spy ezebessone on Jund featuring The One Ring!

• And in the 4-3 bracket, we see jonahc18043 on UR Lutri with Lutri! Always a welcome surprise

• Shoutout to MeninoNey for going undefeated in the Swiss!

• Congrats to claudioh for taking the tournament down!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by /u/bamzing. Follow him on twitter at @bamzing_mtg.

pumpkinwavy playing BR Scam took down the July 8, 2023 Modern Challenge! They went deep on the Fable plan this time. SleepingSnorunt is the runner-up and played BG Yawgmoth, playing The One Ring version of the archetype popularized by Xerk.

Decklists

Breakdowns

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

6 BG Yawgmoth
4 Bx Grief (3 BR, 1 Mono B)
3 RW Burn
2 Amulet Titan
2 Omnath (1 5c, 1 4c)
2 Mono G Tron
2 Living End
2 Calibrated Blast
1 5c Creativity
1 BR Shadow
1 Abzan Sacrifice
1 UB Mill
1 RG WishShift
1 Domain
1 Jeskai Control
1 Golos Tron
1 UR Murktide

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

4 Bx Grief (3 BR, 1 Mono B)
3 BG Yawgmoth
2 Amulet Titan
2 Omnath (1 5c, 1 4c)
2 Living End
1 RW Burn
1 Mono G Tron
1 5c Creativity
1 BR Shadow
1 Abzan Sacrifice
1 UB Mill
1 RG WishShift

New cards (LTR)

Orcish Bowmasters
Delighted Halfling
The One Ring
Reprieve
Samwise Gamgee
Generous Ent
Oliphaunt
Cast into the Fire
Mount Doom

Tournament Highlights

• Scamazed! The winner is pumpkinwavy on BR Grief! Going deep on the Fable plan!

• SleepingSnorunt is our runner-up and played BG Yawgmoth! Playing the The One Ring version of the archetype popularized by Xerk!

• ltbeast was on BG Yawgmoth. Also on the The One Ring version!

• NathanOfTheGiltLeaf was on Amulet Titan. Great use of that The One Ring card!

• mark_68 was on 5c Creativity. Guess it's still good after all!

• OtherWhiteStuff was on BR Shadow. Ooooo we haven't seen this archetype perform since the printing of Solitude and Dress Down! That's HYPE

• AlexanderRosdahl was on Abzan Sacrifice. Orcish Bowmasters and Delighted Halfling do this archetype a lot of good, they're both awesome with MH2 all-star Grist the Hunger Tide!

• deftjad rounds out our T8 with Amulet Titan! The One Ring is really a natural fit in Amulet Titan, oh goodie!

• In the rest of the 6-2 bracket, I spy aspiringspike the master on Mono B Grief! No Coffers, just linear mana and a cohesive midrange plan augmented by The One Ring!

• And in the 5-3 bracket, we see more of what we've come to know in these past few weekends!

• Shoutout to ltbeast for going undefeated in the Swiss!

• Congrats to pumpkinwavy for taking the tournament down!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by /u/bamzing. Follow him on twitter at @bamzing_mtg.

Qua4tre playing BR Scam took down the July 8, 2023 Modern Showcase Qualifier! They ran a playset of Orcish Bowmasters and 2 other BR Scam decks joined them in the top 8.

Decklists

Breakdowns

Top 16 Archetype Breakdown

3 BR Grief
2 URx Breach (1 Jeskai, 1 UR)
2 4c Omnath
1 Hardened Scales
1 Grixis Shadow
1 Abzan Sacrifice
1 Living End
1 UB Mill
1 Mono G Tron
1 Glimpse
1 5c Creativity
1 UR Murktide

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

3 BR Grief
2 URx Breach (1 Jeskai, 1 UR)
2 4c Omnath
1 Hardened Scales
1 Grixis Shadow
1 Abzan Sacrifice
1 Living End
1 UB Mill
1 Mono G Tron
1 Glimpse
1 5c Creativity
1 UR Murktide

New cards (LTR)

Orcish Bowmasters
Mount Doom
Cast into the Fire
Delighted Halfling
Samwise Gamgee
Boromir, Warden of the Tower
Generous Ent
Oliphaunt
The One Ring
Reprieve

Tournament Highlights

• BOW DOWN TO YOUR ORCISH OVERLORDS! The winner is Qua4tre on BR Grief! BR Grief was the most successful deck of this high-stakes tournament! The What Ring?

• komattaman is our runner-up and played BR Grief! Komattaman is an outstanding player, and I'm hoping this top finish in the Modern Showcase Qualifier will put them ahead in the Showcase Leaderboard race of the season!

• BaDzIo was on Hardened Scales. Awesome to see Hardened Scales on the map in such a prestigious event!

• DethFrmAbove was on BR Grief. We didn't tell you, but Orcish Bowmasters is the card to watch out for!

• azatoyellow was on Grixis Shadow with Jegantha. Another great home for Orcish Bowmasters!

• jessy\_samek was on Jeskai Breach with Jegantha. Actually shocking to see no LTR cards in this T8 deck!

• Karstico was on Abzan Sacrifice. The random Elesh Norn Mother of Machines in there xd

• sebastianpozzo rounds out our T8 with Living End! Super interesting to see people not playing Fury despite the finish last weekend, I tried that build last week and thought the Fury were oustanding!

• In the rest of the 3-2 bracket, I spy billsive on Glimpse! Playing the Chancellor variant!

• Shoutout to BaDzIo for going undefeated in the Swiss!

• Congrats to Qua4tre for taking the tournament down!

Repost from [/r/modernmagic] by /u/bamzing. Follow him on twitter at @bamzing_mtg.

Winner

@BWD\_shine** on Living End!

Decklists

Breakdowns

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

7 Living End
4 5c Creativity
3 BG Yawgmoth
3 Omnath (2 4c, 1 5c)
3 Amulet Titan
2 Jeskai Control
2 BR Grief
1 RW Convoke
1 Hardened Scales
1 Abzan Asmo
1 Golos Tron
1 UR Breach
1 Mono G Tron
1 UR Murktide
1 Niv to Light

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

7 Living End
3 BG Yawgmoth
2 5c Creativity
2 BR Grief
1 Omnath (1 4c)
1 Jeskai Control
1 RW Convoke
1 Hardened Scales
1 Abzan Asmo
1 Golos Tron
1 UR Breach
1 Mono G Tron

New Cards (LTR)

Generous Ent
Flowering of the White Tree
Orcish Bowmasters
Mount Doom
Call of the Ring
Samwise Gamgee
Oliphaunt
Stone of Erech
Cast into the Fire
The One Ring
Reprieve
Delighted Halfling
Lórien Revealed

Tournament Highlights

• (If you are curious about The One Ring's impact in Modern, go check out my post from yesterday!)

• Living Ent! The winner is azatoyellow on Living End! Foregoing Oliphaunt and instead only playing Generous Ent in this build!

• ArgentumSky is our runner-up and played RW Convoke! The Modern-turned-Pioneer-turned-back-to-Modern deck is back, is Legacy next? First sighting of Flowering of the White Tree!

• The\_Bza was on Jeskai Control with Kaheera. It might have been an accessibility issue, but this deck kinda looks like The One Ring would be great in!

• BaDzIo was on Hardened Scales. We are seeing a comeback of Artifact decks huh

• DethFrmAbove was on BR Grief. Playing the Orcish Bowmasters, which seems quite good in a The One Ring metagame! And Mount Doom for good measure!

• billsive was on Abzan Asmo. Playing the hot new combo card Samwise Gamgee! Can you identify the three card combo?

• LaturatheLucis was on Living End. This one playing Oliphaunt!

• Folero rounds out our T8 with Golos Tron with Jegantha! No rings in sight, but it is playing hot card Wandering Archaic!

• In the rest of the 8-2 bracket, I spy katuo079595 on 5c Creativity with the new card Reprive! It's probably easier on the W splash with it now! There's also SpicyLeche and Xerk on BG Yawgmoth playing the new cards Delighted Halfling and Orcish Bowmasters. And then I see Gerardo94 on 4c Omnath playing Delighted Halfling and The One Ring, which is an amazing shell for the card!

• And in the 7-3 bracket, we see Oscar_Franco on 5c Omnath playing the Delighted Halfling and The One Ring here as well, with the B splash for Unmoored Ego (naming opponent's The One Ring?). I also look at the amuletheads Mistakenn and Aeonyx on Amulet Titan playing The One Ring since the card is great if you play it out early! And I'm also looking at KazukiOoyama on 5c Creativity playing Lorien Revealed (better known as Lórien Revealed). And of course, our second favorite Canadian (me being the first, right?) CanadianNinja on 67-cards Niv to Light! I still don't get the 67 cards but eh?

• Congrats to azatoyellow for taking the tournament down!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by @bamzing_mtg.

Winner: @KingofTraitors on 5c Creativity

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

5 UR Murktide
4 Creativity (2 5c, 2 4c)
4 BR Grief
3 Wx Hammer (2 Mono W, 1 BW)
2 Domain
2 UBx Shadow (1 UB, 1 Grixis)
2 Mono U Merfolk
2 Living End
1 Eldrazi Tron
1 4c Omnath
1 Mono G Tron
1 Jeskai Breach
1 Niv to Light
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 Twiddle
1 Temur Rhinos

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

4 UR Murktide
3 Creativity (2 5c, 1 4c)
3 BR Grief
2 Wx Hammer (1 Mono W, 1 BW)
2 Domain
2 UBx Shadow (1 UB, 1 Grixis)
1 Mono U Merfolk
1 Living End
1 Eldrazi Tron
1 4c Omnath
1 Mono G Tron
1 Jeskai Breach
1 Niv to Light

New Cards (MAT)

Nissa, Resurgent Animist
Filter Out

Tournament Highlights

• Strike It Rich! The winner is MentalMisstep on 5c Creativity!

• Patxi is our runner-up and played BR Grief!

• zarbo was on Domain with Jegantha.

• Rebellion1308 was on UB Shadow. Does this archetype have legs after all? We've been seeing a few top finishes lately!

• tzio was on UR Murktide.

• ejcos531 was on BR Grief.

• mashmalovsky was on Eldrazi Tron. Very traditionnal-looking build, with no Tablets (I thought those were nice when I tried them)

• Daddycooks7 rounds out our T8 with 70-cards 4c Omnath! Is 70 backed up by math or is it just a vibe

• In the rest of the 5-2 bracket, I spy CanadianNinja on 67-cards Niv to Light! Pretty sure it's not their first 67-cards finish either

• And in the 4-3 bracket, we see Sunbird17 on Twiddle! This one having a more classic build of the archetype compared to Matt Nass's, with access to Tolaria West as a Sylvan Scrying. Pretty sweet!

• Shoutout to MentalMisstep for going undefeated in the Swiss!

• Congrats to MentalMisstep for taking the tournament down!

Entering LTR Modern

• The latest set The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle-Earth (LTR) will be available on MTGO starting this week! Which cards are you expecting to see pop up in the coming month? I can think of at least One...!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by /u/bamzing

Winner: @LennnyMTGO on UR Murktide

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

4 UR Murktide
4 BR Grief
4 BG Yawgmoth
3 Living End
2 Omnath (1 5c, 1 4c)
2 5c Creativity
1 Twiddle
1 Domain
1 RG Ponza
1 Jeskai Control
1 Mono W Hammer
1 RW Burn
1 Mono B Coffers
1 Jeskai Prowess
1 Temur Rhinos
1 Golos Tron
1 Dredge
1 Grixis Shadow
1 Mono G Tron

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

4 BG Yawgmoth
3 UR Murktide
3 BR Grief
2 Living End
1 Twiddle
1 Domain
1 RG Ponza
1 Jeskai Control
1 Mono W Hammer
1 RW Burn

New Cards (MAT)

Nissa, Resurgent Animist

Tournament Highlights

• Murked! The winner is Lennny on UR Murktide!

• christiano7 is our runner-up and played BR Grief!

• sokos13 was on UR Murktide.

• mattn was on Twiddle. This is the deck to talk about today. It's a Twiddle deck that utilizes all MDFC lands and a single Lotus Field in order to enable Abundant Harvest being 1 mana Sylvan Scrying, and might as well kill with Belcher and Recross since all the lands in the deck are the MDFC lands. Insanely innovative, hats off. The entire run was streamed on Matt Nass's Twitch, go check the vod!

• Matti was on Domain with Jegantha.

• OrnatePuzzles was on RG Ponza.

• AwesomPossum was on BG Yawgmoth.

• Egormaister rounds out our T8 with BR Grief!

• In the rest of the 6-2 bracket, I spy MeninoNey on Living End in 9th place after a win on Friday. And... actually, just check my next post!

• And in the 5-3 bracket, we see a pretty big sea of different archetypes, it's pretty nice really

• Congrats to Lennny for taking the tournament down!

Repost from /r/modernmagic by /u/bamzing

I want to make a Wizard's Tower cube dedicated to the "fallen heroes" of Modern. Essentially my idea is to create something that hearkens back to the earlyish days of modern up until maybe Eldrazi Winter or something.

I know there are many cards that used to be staples or commonly played that have become less relevant or unplayable due to the printing of better cards, meta shifts, bans, etc.

What are your favourite cards that used to be widely played and known in modern, but aren't anymore (at least not anywhere close to what it used to be)?

I have been out of the game for several years so I expect to be surprised!

Here are some of mine, but there are so many examples I can't think of right now:

[[Birthing Pod]] – Its namesake deck was of course iconic

[[Huntmaster of the Fells]] – Still played in Jund on occasion but there are so many other powerful creatures nowadays

[[Jund Charm]] – A strange bit of sideboard tech for Living End that was quite versatile and fun to use. Saw play in Jund as well

Standings

1. Azorius Control [Kaheera] - WaToO
2. Red Prison - DiamondAtog
3. Azorius Hammer - FishMasterino
4. Living End - Gabanaci
5. Boros Burn - FerMTG
6. Izzet Murktide - teruteru8140
7. 5-Color Creativity - CharLy
8. Rakdos Scam - kenjinsakura
9. Jeskai Breach [Jegantha] - TokaraStrait
10. Izzet Murktide - O danielakos
11. Rakdos Scam - Jeppeapan
12. Azorius Control [Kaheera] - POLZi
13. Izzet Murktide - madd2
14. Temur Rhinos - Olivetti
15. Rakdos Scam - surohanzu
16. Boros Burn - NickNorman
17. Jund Creativity - Alan07
18. Mono-White Hammer - KarmageTSH
19. Azorius Hammer - Duki mtg
20. Rakdos Scam - zarbo
21. Affinity - Tezzey
22. Jeskai Breach - Fatcaster Mage
23. Jund - ezebessone
24. Rakdos Scam - MJ 23
25. Izzet Murktide - ura frst
26. Azorius Control - ZYURYO
27. 4-Color Goryo's Vengeance - bobthedog
28. Esper Goryo's Vengeance - flashjack711
29. Mono-White Hammer - TombSimon
30. Izzet Murktide - tzio
31. Izzet Murktide - PieGonti
32. Mono-Blue Merfolk - mashmalovsky

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