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Remember Me: Forgotten Lessons

Remember Me: Forgotten Lessons

March 17, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

The time after a set release or a major ban is always exciting. The format is in flux, the metagame undefined, and everything seems playable. This is even more true right now, thanks to the ban taking away a metagame…

Testing Hypergenesis: Qualitative Data and Conclusion

Testing Hypergenesis: Qualitative Data and Conclusion

March 9, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

And now, to wrap things up. I’ve talked about the setup and the hard data, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. It’s usually the intangible or at least unquantifiable observations that most inform decisions. I made a number of…

Friendly Fire: The New Banlist’s Splash Damage

Friendly Fire: The New Banlist’s Splash Damage

March 3, 2021 – by Jordan Boisvert 0

The latest banlist announcement did a number on Modern’s top decks, decimating the Uro piles which week and again would claim top of the heap as well as the new bullies on the block, cascade-powered decks abusing the latest Tibalt…

Testing Hypergenesis: Quantitative Data

Testing Hypergenesis: Quantitative Data

March 2, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

Having finished the appetizer, it’s time for the main course: the data from my Hypergenesis test. This is the hard, quantitative data, and I’ve done statistics on them to determine the validity of the test. For the stats people out…

Testing Hypergenesis: Experimental Setup

Testing Hypergenesis: Experimental Setup

February 23, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

It’s been quite a while, but your eyes do not deceive: this is another full banlist test series! It’s been almost two years since I did one of these. Not for lack of trying, mind you, but there are only…

Nuked From Orbit: The February ’21 Banning

Nuked From Orbit: The February ’21 Banning

February 16, 2021 – by David Ernenwein 0

Wow. There are bannings, and then there are bannings. This was definitely the latter. Wizards looked at non-Standard Constructed, saw that it was poor, and nuked it. All of it, Historic, Pioneer, Legacy, and most importantly, Modern. Vintage also saw an…

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Current metagame: 12/1 – 12/31

RankDeckMetagame %
1Grixis Shadow5.5%
2Burn5.4%
3Gx Tron5.2%
4Jeskai Tempo4.8%
5RG Valakut4.7%
6Eldrazi Tron4.6%
7Affinity4.5%
8Humans4.5%
9Gifts Storm4.4%
10Counters Company3.7%

NOTE: Metagame % is calculated from the unweighted average of all MTGO leagues, paper T8s/T16s, and GP/PT/Open Day 2s in the date range. Data is tracked in the Top Decks page, which you can browse for more details.

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