Modern metagame chart
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Posted on June 28, 2015, 9:11 p.m. by Matsi883
I took the available lists from the SCG Invitational, the SCG IQs at Indianapolis and Baltimore, and the GPs in Charlotte, Copenhagen, and Singapore and combined them into a pie chart that shows the modern meta today. It is sorted by number of finishes, and than alphabetical order.
The decks that make up the "other" section (decks with one finish in the tournaments): Show
The metagame chart: Show
@GlistenerAgent: 5% of it was remembering how to make a graph on Excel. The rest of it was visiting websites and copy info.
Since I also confirmed with MTGgoldfish, it should be legit.
June 28, 2015 9:24 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #4
Good job. Looks good. I'd say the meta looks pretty healthy and good right now.
It's good to see that something like the Lantern Mill deck placed. I played against it at FNM, and it's the most boring yet fun deck to play against.
June 28, 2015 9:26 p.m.
Now I get to tweak 72 Percent to fit the metagame. Even though the top deck runs Olivia Volderan, which is absolutely horrible for my deck to face.
June 28, 2015 9:32 p.m. Edited.
Hm kinda surprising that some decks are run less than I expected like grixis twin and some are run alot more than I thought like grixis control....either way a fantastic chart thank you!
June 28, 2015 11:46 p.m.
So, based on this, what tiers would decks fall into?
Maybe something like this:
Tier 1:
- Jund
- Affinity
- Grixis Delver
- U/R Twin
- Burn
- Zoo
- Amulet Bloom
Tier 1.5:
- Abzan Company
- Grixis Twin
- Abzan Midrange
- Goryo's Vengeance
- Grixis Control
- Infect
- Merfolk
- R/G Tron
- U/W/x
- Ad Nauseum
- Hatebears
- Scapeshift
- Temur Twin
Tier 2:
- Bogles
- Elves
- Faeries
- Ghostway
- Jeskai Twin
- Lantern Mill
- Living End
- Sultai Delver
- Tokens
- Wilted Abzan
Or maybe something like this?
Tier 1:
- Jund
- Affinity
- Grixis Delver
- U/R Twin
- Burn
- Zoo
- Amulet Bloom
- Abzan Company
- Grixis Twin
- Abzan Midrange
- Goryo's Vengeance
- Grixis Control
- Infect
Tier 1.5:
- Merfolk
- R/G Tron
- U/W/x
- Ad Nauseum
- Hatebears
- Scapeshift
- Temur Twin
Tier 2:
- Bogles
- Elves
- Faeries
- Ghostway
- Jeskai Twin
- Lantern Mill
- Living End
- Sultai Delver
- Tokens
- Wilted Abzan
June 29, 2015 10:29 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #10
Jund Affinity Delver Twin Burn are the Tier 1 decks.
June 29, 2015 10:40 a.m.
Some of these seem new to me. Does anyone have a good example decklist for Ghostway?
June 29, 2015 11 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #12
It was exactly one decklist. A guy played a bunch of ETB creatures and Restoration Angels and stuff alongside Ghostway to generate some value.
June 29, 2015 11:38 a.m. Edited.
JaceArveduin says... #13
Now I kinda want to make a Impact Tremors/Purphoros, God of the Forge deck with Ghostway...
June 29, 2015 11:47 a.m.
@GlistenerAgent: Then Zoo would go with T1 b/c it has as many finishes as Burn.
June 29, 2015 11:52 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #15
Eh, I think it's more of a rule of thumb. Zoo hasn't done as well online as Burn has. I think MtGSalvation does a reasonable job of separating things into tiers.
June 29, 2015 12:01 p.m.
JaceArveduin, I've made a r/w token deck with purphoros and impact tremors that works pretty well.
June 29, 2015 12:07 p.m.
Oh... i didn't know that bogles was only a tier 2 deck... what's the problem there?
GlistenerAgent says... #2
Ah, good. This must have taken effort. Well done.
Cross checking with MtGGoldfish... Seems legit.
June 28, 2015 9:18 p.m.