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[MODERN] TWO more Regional Championships played across the Globe! | Recap Champions Cup Finals & RC Ottawa in one, massive Recap! | Win Rates for all decks & more! | Detailed video analysis in the post | Recap the RCs statistically!

PNG Tables via Tweet (multiple posts) + H2H Matrix:

Twitter Version of PNG Tables

PNG Tables via Bsky (multiple posts) + H2H Matrix:

Bsky Version of PNG Tables

Event Page (ALL DECKLISTS!):

RC Yokohama Event Page

RC Ottawa Event Page

Google Sheet to search by deck name (CTRL+F or Copy it)

Video Recap & Analysis (In-Depth)

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See the deck list Google Sheet above where I post the original listed deck name assigned on Melee.gg next to the deck name I change it to.

There are 472 total changes, some are renaming things like "Esper Goryo's" -> "Goryo's Vengeance" but over half are straight archetype fixes.

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Statistics Key

Archetype/Deck Name - The name of the Deck

Decks - Number of Decks at the Event

Matches - Number of Bo3 Matches Played

Wins - Match Wins

Losses - Match Losses

Ties - Match Draws

WIN% - Win Rate (Wins / Matches)

Shows overall win rate against everything - including mirrors & ties

META% - Metagame Share (Decks / Total Decks)

Shows deck archetype representation at an Event

WIN%-T - Win Rate without Ties (Wins / Wins + Losses)

No ties shows how many matches a deck WON versus it's record due to time restrictions

NM Matches - Non-Mirror Matches (Same Archetype vs Archetype)

NM WIN% - Non-Mirror Win Rate

Non-Mirror Win Rate shows how a deck performs against the rest of the meta - not itself

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Metagame Breakdown

Archetype Decks META%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Broodscale 161 16.1%
Izzet Prowess 125 12.5%
Goryo's Vengeance 59 5.9%
Boros Energy 52 5.2%
Esper Blink 43 4.3%
Devoted Druid Combo 34 3.4%
Amulet Titan 31 3.1%
Domain Zoo 27 2.7%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Tron 24 2.4%
Ruby Storm 23 2.3%
Grixis Affinity 22 2.2%
Izzet Affinity 22 2.2%
Dimir Midrange 21 2.1%
Simic Neoform 21 2.1%
Boros Land Destruction (Kaheera) 19 1.9%
Grixis Reanimator 18 1.8%
Azorius Control (Kaheera) 16 1.6%
Esper Midrange 14 1.4%
Living End 14 1.4%
Colorless Eldrazi Tron 12 1.2%
Boros Land Destruction 11 1.1%
Jeskai Control 11 1.1%
Jeskai Control (Kaheera) 11 1.1%
Tameshi Belcher 11 1.1%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Trudge 10 1.0%
Boros Hollow One 7 0.7%
Gruul Broodscale 7 0.7%
Izzet Murktide 6 0.6%
Mono-Blue Merfolk 6 0.6%
Samwise Gamgee Combo 6 0.6%
Boros Burn 5 0.5%
Dimir Mill 5 0.5%
Gruul Eldrazi Ramp 5 0.5%
Izzet Metalcraft 5 0.5%
Mono-Blue Tron 5 0.5%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Ramp 5 0.5%
Rakdos Aggro 5 0.5%
Four-Color Ritual 4 0.4%
Gruul Scapeshift 4 0.4%
Jeskai Blink 4 0.4%
Jund Cosmogoyf 4 0.4%
Rakdos Hollow One 4 0.4%
Azorius Hammer 3 0.3%
Darklight Dredge 3 0.3%
Dimir Reanimator 3 0.3%
Four-Color Control 3 0.3%
Golgari Necro 3 0.3%
Golgari Yawgmoth 3 0.3%
Izzet Storm 3 0.3%
Jeskai Energy 3 0.3%
Mono-Green Broodscale 3 0.3%
Arclight Dredge 2 0.2%
Boros Hammer 2 0.2%
Dimir Control 2 0.2%
Dimir Tron 2 0.2%
Esper Control 2 0.2%
Esper Reanimator 2 0.2%
Five-Color Goryo's 2 0.2%
Golgari Eldrazi Ramp 2 0.2%
Izzet Loki 2 0.2%
Simic Eldrazi Tron 2 0.2%
Song of Creation 2 0.2%
Sultai Ritual 2 0.2%
Azorius Control 1 0.1%
Azorius Energy 1 0.1%
Azorius Loki 1 0.1%
Bant Control (Kaheera) 1 0.1%
Bant Ritual 1 0.1%
Boros Belcher 1 0.1%
Boros Dragons 1 0.1%
Boros Legends 1 0.1%
Boros Prowess 1 0.1%
Boros's Belcher 1 0.1%
Cycle Burn (Zirda) 1 0.1%
Five-Color Ritual 1 0.1%
Four-Color Ulamog Combo 1 0.1%
Golgari Aggro 1 0.1%
Golgari Soultrader 1 0.1%
Grixis Crag 1 0.1%
Grixis Dredge 1 0.1%
Grixis Goryo's 1 0.1%
Grixis Wizards 1 0.1%
Gruul Eldrazi Aggro 1 0.1%
Heliod Combo 1 0.1%
Incinerator Burn 1 0.1%
Izzet Breach 1 0.1%
Izzet Ruby Storm 1 0.1%
Izzet Shape Anew 1 0.1%
Jeskai Affinity 1 0.1%
Jeskai Ascendancy Combo 1 0.1%
Jeskai Wizards 1 0.1%
Jund Soultrader 1 0.1%
Mardu Energy 1 0.1%
Mardu Hollow One 1 0.1%
Mono-Black Control 1 0.1%
Mono-Black Necro 1 0.1%
Mono-Black Reanimator 1 0.1%
Mono-Blue Control 1 0.1%
Mono-Blue Loki 1 0.1%
Mono-Red Belcher 1 0.1%
Mono-White Midrange 1 0.1%
Oops All Lands 1 0.1%
Restore Balance 1 0.1%
Rhinos 1 0.1%
Ruby Belcher 1 0.1%
Selesnya Amulet Titan 1 0.1%
Selesnya Eldrazi Ramp 1 0.1%
Selesnya Ritual 1 0.1%
Simic Broodscale 1 0.1%
Simic Ritual 1 0.1%
Sultai Living End 1 0.1%
Temur Eldrazi Aggro 1 0.1%

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Decks by META%

Deck Name Decks Wins Losses Ties Matches NM Matches WIN% NM WIN% % Meta
Mono-Green Eldrazi Broodscale 161 809 642 53 1504 1198 53.8% 55.4% 16.1%
Izzet Prowess 125 486 525 11 1022 898 47.6% 47.2% 12.5%
Goryo's Vengeance 59 183 242 22 447 413 40.9% 41.2% 5.9%
Boros Energy 52 199 216 4 419 401 47.5% 47.9% 5.2%
Esper Blink 43 210 183 10 403 385 52.1% 52.2% 4.3%
Devoted Druid Combo 34 129 150 2 281 267 45.9% 45.7% 3.4%
Amulet Titan 31 141 139 2 282 260 50.0% 50.0% 3.1%
Domain Zoo 27 147 115 1 263 249 55.9% 56.2% 2.7%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Tron 24 95 95 1 191 189 49.7% 49.7% 2.4%
Ruby Storm 23 89 87 4 180 180 49.4% 49.4% 2.3%
Grixis Affinity 22 129 94 1 224 216 57.6% 57.9% 2.2%
Izzet Affinity 22 105 98 1 204 198 51.5% 51.5% 2.2%
Simic Neoform 21 90 96 0 186 182 48.4% 48.4% 2.1%
Dimir Midrange 21 79 93 1 173 169 45.7% 45.6% 2.1%
Boros Land Destruction (Kaheera) 19 49 68 11 128 128 38.3% 38.3% 1.9%
Grixis Reanimator 18 76 76 0 152 150 50.0% 50.0% 1.8%
Azorius Control (Kaheera) 16 92 58 10 160 158 57.5% 57.6% 1.6%
Esper Midrange 14 63 55 4 122 118 51.6% 51.7% 1.4%
Living End 14 47 56 0 103 103 45.6% 45.6% 1.4%
Colorless Eldrazi Tron 12 40 44 3 87 87 46.0% 46.0% 1.2%
Tameshi Belcher 11 53 45 0 98 98 54.1% 54.1% 1.1%
Jeskai Control (Kaheera) 11 46 38 11 95 95 48.4% 48.4% 1.1%
Jeskai Control 11 37 49 6 92 92 40.2% 40.2% 1.1%
Boros Land Destruction 11 26 40 6 72 68 36.1% 36.8% 1.1%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Trudge 10 36 41 2 79 79 45.6% 45.6% 1.0%
Boros Hollow One 7 40 32 0 72 72 55.6% 55.6% 0.7%
Gruul Broodscale 7 11 23 2 36 36 30.6% 30.6% 0.7%
Samwise Gamgee Combo 6 30 27 0 57 57 52.6% 52.6% 0.6%
Izzet Murktide 6 23 27 1 51 51 45.1% 45.1% 0.6%
Mono-Blue Merfolk 6 11 24 0 35 35 31.4% 31.4% 0.6%
Rakdos Aggro 5 24 14 2 40 40 60.0% 60.0% 0.5%
Izzet Metalcraft 5 21 22 0 43 43 48.8% 48.8% 0.5%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Ramp 5 22 21 4 47 47 46.8% 46.8% 0.5%
Dimir Mill 5 13 19 0 32 32 40.6% 40.6% 0.5%
Gruul Eldrazi Ramp 5 14 20 1 35 35 40.0% 40.0% 0.5%
Mono-Blue Tron 5 9 16 1 26 26 34.6% 34.6% 0.5%
Boros Burn 5 10 19 0 29 29 34.5% 34.5% 0.5%
Four-Color Ritual 4 28 16 3 47 47 59.6% 59.6% 0.4%
Jund Cosmogoyf 4 16 15 0 31 31 51.6% 51.6% 0.4%
Jeskai Blink 4 18 15 2 35 35 51.4% 51.4% 0.4%
Rakdos Hollow One 4 17 18 0 35 35 48.6% 48.6% 0.4%
Gruul Scapeshift 4 13 15 0 28 28 46.4% 46.4% 0.4%
Jeskai Energy 3 15 8 2 25 25 60.0% 60.0% 0.3%
Dimir Reanimator 3 16 11 0 27 27 59.3% 59.3% 0.3%
Golgari Necro 3 16 12 1 29 29 55.2% 55.2% 0.3%
Darklight Dredge 3 11 12 0 23 23 47.8% 47.8% 0.3%
Azorius Hammer 3 8 11 0 19 19 42.1% 42.1% 0.3%
Four-Color Control 3 7 10 3 20 20 35.0% 35.0% 0.3%
Mono-Green Broodscale 3 7 13 0 20 20 35.0% 35.0% 0.3%
Golgari Yawgmoth 3 6 14 0 20 20 30.0% 30.0% 0.3%
Izzet Storm 3 2 8 4 14 14 14.3% 14.3% 0.3%
Sultai Ritual 2 10 7 0 17 17 58.8% 58.8% 0.2%
Golgari Eldrazi Ramp 2 13 10 0 23 23 56.5% 56.5% 0.2%
Simic Eldrazi Tron 2 8 8 0 16 16 50.0% 50.0% 0.2%
Esper Control 2 8 10 0 18 18 44.4% 44.4% 0.2%
Izzet Loki 2 6 9 0 15 15 40.0% 40.0% 0.2%
Arclight Dredge 2 5 8 0 13 13 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Boros Hammer 2 5 8 0 13 13 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Song of Creation 2 5 8 0 13 13 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Dimir Control 2 4 7 0 11 11 36.4% 36.4% 0.2%
Five-Color Goryo's 2 7 12 2 21 21 33.3% 33.3% 0.2%
Dimir Tron 2 4 10 0 14 14 28.6% 28.6% 0.2%
Esper Reanimator 2 2 7 0 9 9 22.2% 22.2% 0.2%
Bant Control (Kaheera) 1 10 3 1 14 14 71.4% 71.4% 0.1%
Gruul Eldrazi Aggro 1 8 5 0 13 13 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Izzet Breach 1 8 4 1 13 13 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Mono-Blue Loki 1 8 5 0 13 13 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Simic Broodscale 1 8 5 0 13 13 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Simic Ritual 1 8 5 0 13 13 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Cycle Burn (Zirda) 1 8 6 0 14 14 57.1% 57.1% 0.1%
Mono-Red Belcher 1 4 3 0 7 7 57.1% 57.1% 0.1%
Five-Color Ritual 1 5 4 0 9 9 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Grixis Wizards 1 5 4 0 9 9 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Izzet Ruby Storm 1 5 4 0 9 9 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Jeskai Affinity 1 5 4 0 9 9 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Jund Soultrader 1 5 5 0 10 10 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Azorius Loki 1 4 4 0 8 8 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Mardu Hollow One 1 4 4 0 8 8 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Temur Eldrazi Aggro 1 4 5 0 9 9 44.4% 44.4% 0.1%
Azorius Control 1 3 4 0 7 7 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Golgari Aggro 1 3 4 0 7 7 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Grixis Dredge 1 3 4 0 7 7 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Selesnya Ritual 1 5 5 2 12 12 41.7% 41.7% 0.1%
Boros Legends 1 3 5 0 8 8 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Jeskai Ascendancy Combo 1 3 5 0 8 8 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Mono-Blue Control 1 3 5 0 8 8 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Boros Prowess 1 3 6 0 9 9 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Boros's Belcher 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Grixis Crag 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Izzet Shape Anew 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Mardu Energy 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Mono-Black Necro 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Restore Balance 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Selesnya Amulet Titan 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Sultai Living End 1 2 4 0 6 6 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Incinerator Burn 1 2 5 0 7 7 28.6% 28.6% 0.1%
Rhinos 1 2 5 0 7 7 28.6% 28.6% 0.1%
Ruby Belcher 1 2 6 0 8 8 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Bant Ritual 1 1 3 0 4 4 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Golgari Soultrader 1 1 3 0 4 4 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Mono-White Midrange 1 1 3 0 4 4 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Azorius Energy 1 1 4 0 5 5 20.0% 20.0% 0.1%
Selesnya Eldrazi Ramp 1 1 4 0 5 5 20.0% 20.0% 0.1%
Jeskai Wizards 1 1 4 1 6 6 16.7% 16.7% 0.1%
Mono-Black Control 1 1 2 3 6 6 16.7% 16.7% 0.1%
Boros Belcher 1 1 6 0 7 7 14.3% 14.3% 0.1%
Heliod Combo 1 1 7 0 8 8 12.5% 12.5% 0.1%
Boros Dragons 1 0 4 0 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Four-Color Ulamog Combo 1 0 3 0 3 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Grixis Goryo's 1 0 3 0 3 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Mono-Black Reanimator 1 0 3 0 3 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Oops All Lands 1 0 1 0 1 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%

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Decks by WIN%

Deck Name Wins Losses Ties Matches WIN% NM WIN% WIN%-T % Meta
Bant Control (Kaheera) 10 3 1 14 71.4% 71.4% 76.9% 0.1%
Gruul Eldrazi Aggro 8 5 0 13 61.5% 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Izzet Breach 8 4 1 13 61.5% 61.5% 66.7% 0.1%
Mono-Blue Loki 8 5 0 13 61.5% 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Simic Broodscale 8 5 0 13 61.5% 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Simic Ritual 8 5 0 13 61.5% 61.5% 61.5% 0.1%
Rakdos Aggro 24 14 2 40 60.0% 60.0% 63.2% 0.5%
Jeskai Energy 15 8 2 25 60.0% 60.0% 65.2% 0.3%
Four-Color Ritual 28 16 3 47 59.6% 59.6% 63.6% 0.4%
Dimir Reanimator 16 11 0 27 59.3% 59.3% 59.3% 0.3%
Sultai Ritual 10 7 0 17 58.8% 58.8% 58.8% 0.2%
Grixis Affinity 129 94 1 224 57.6% 57.9% 57.8% 2.2%
Azorius Control (Kaheera) 92 58 10 160 57.5% 57.6% 61.3% 1.6%
Cycle Burn (Zirda) 8 6 0 14 57.1% 57.1% 57.1% 0.1%
Mono-Red Belcher 4 3 0 7 57.1% 57.1% 57.1% 0.1%
Golgari Eldrazi Ramp 13 10 0 23 56.5% 56.5% 56.5% 0.2%
Domain Zoo 147 115 1 263 55.9% 56.2% 56.1% 2.7%
Boros Hollow One 40 32 0 72 55.6% 55.6% 55.6% 0.7%
Five-Color Ritual 5 4 0 9 55.6% 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Grixis Wizards 5 4 0 9 55.6% 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Izzet Ruby Storm 5 4 0 9 55.6% 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Jeskai Affinity 5 4 0 9 55.6% 55.6% 55.6% 0.1%
Golgari Necro 16 12 1 29 55.2% 55.2% 57.1% 0.3%
Tameshi Belcher 53 45 0 98 54.1% 54.1% 54.1% 1.1%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Broodscale 809 642 53 1504 53.8% 55.4% 55.8% 16.1%
Samwise Gamgee Combo 30 27 0 57 52.6% 52.6% 52.6% 0.6%
Esper Blink 210 183 10 403 52.1% 52.2% 53.4% 4.3%
Esper Midrange 63 55 4 122 51.6% 51.7% 53.4% 1.4%
Jund Cosmogoyf 16 15 0 31 51.6% 51.6% 51.6% 0.4%
Izzet Affinity 105 98 1 204 51.5% 51.5% 51.7% 2.2%
Jeskai Blink 18 15 2 35 51.4% 51.4% 54.5% 0.4%
Amulet Titan 141 139 2 282 50.0% 50.0% 50.4% 3.1%
Grixis Reanimator 76 76 0 152 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 1.8%
Simic Eldrazi Tron 8 8 0 16 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.2%
Jund Soultrader 5 5 0 10 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Azorius Loki 4 4 0 8 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Mardu Hollow One 4 4 0 8 50.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.1%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Tron 95 95 1 191 49.7% 49.7% 50.0% 2.4%
Ruby Storm 89 87 4 180 49.4% 49.4% 50.6% 2.3%
Izzet Metalcraft 21 22 0 43 48.8% 48.8% 48.8% 0.5%
Rakdos Hollow One 17 18 0 35 48.6% 48.6% 48.6% 0.4%
Jeskai Control (Kaheera) 46 38 11 95 48.4% 48.4% 54.8% 1.1%
Simic Neoform 90 96 0 186 48.4% 48.4% 48.4% 2.1%
Darklight Dredge 11 12 0 23 47.8% 47.8% 47.8% 0.3%
Izzet Prowess 486 525 11 1022 47.6% 47.2% 48.1% 12.5%
Boros Energy 199 216 4 419 47.5% 47.9% 48.0% 5.2%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Ramp 22 21 4 47 46.8% 46.8% 51.2% 0.5%
Gruul Scapeshift 13 15 0 28 46.4% 46.4% 46.4% 0.4%
Colorless Eldrazi Tron 40 44 3 87 46.0% 46.0% 47.6% 1.2%
Devoted Druid Combo 129 150 2 281 45.9% 45.7% 46.2% 3.4%
Dimir Midrange 79 93 1 173 45.7% 45.6% 45.9% 2.1%
Living End 47 56 0 103 45.6% 45.6% 45.6% 1.4%
Mono-Green Eldrazi Trudge 36 41 2 79 45.6% 45.6% 46.8% 1.0%
Izzet Murktide 23 27 1 51 45.1% 45.1% 46.0% 0.6%
Esper Control 8 10 0 18 44.4% 44.4% 44.4% 0.2%
Temur Eldrazi Aggro 4 5 0 9 44.4% 44.4% 44.4% 0.1%
Azorius Control 3 4 0 7 42.9% 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Golgari Aggro 3 4 0 7 42.9% 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Grixis Dredge 3 4 0 7 42.9% 42.9% 42.9% 0.1%
Azorius Hammer 8 11 0 19 42.1% 42.1% 42.1% 0.3%
Selesnya Ritual 5 5 2 12 41.7% 41.7% 50.0% 0.1%
Goryo's Vengeance 183 242 22 447 40.9% 41.2% 43.1% 5.9%
Dimir Mill 13 19 0 32 40.6% 40.6% 40.6% 0.5%
Jeskai Control 37 49 6 92 40.2% 40.2% 43.0% 1.1%
Gruul Eldrazi Ramp 14 20 1 35 40.0% 40.0% 41.2% 0.5%
Izzet Loki 6 9 0 15 40.0% 40.0% 40.0% 0.2%
Arclight Dredge 5 8 0 13 38.5% 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Boros Hammer 5 8 0 13 38.5% 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Song of Creation 5 8 0 13 38.5% 38.5% 38.5% 0.2%
Boros Land Destruction (Kaheera) 49 68 11 128 38.3% 38.3% 41.9% 1.9%
Boros Legends 3 5 0 8 37.5% 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Jeskai Ascendancy Combo 3 5 0 8 37.5% 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Mono-Blue Control 3 5 0 8 37.5% 37.5% 37.5% 0.1%
Dimir Control 4 7 0 11 36.4% 36.4% 36.4% 0.2%
Boros Land Destruction 26 40 6 72 36.1% 36.8% 39.4% 1.1%
Four-Color Control 7 10 3 20 35.0% 35.0% 41.2% 0.3%
Mono-Green Broodscale 7 13 0 20 35.0% 35.0% 35.0% 0.3%
Mono-Blue Tron 9 16 1 26 34.6% 34.6% 36.0% 0.5%
Boros Burn 10 19 0 29 34.5% 34.5% 34.5% 0.5%
Five-Color Goryo's 7 12 2 21 33.3% 33.3% 36.8% 0.2%
Boros Prowess 3 6 0 9 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Boros's Belcher 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Grixis Crag 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Izzet Shape Anew 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Mardu Energy 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Mono-Black Necro 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Restore Balance 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Selesnya Amulet Titan 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Sultai Living End 2 4 0 6 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 0.1%
Mono-Blue Merfolk 11 24 0 35 31.4% 31.4% 31.4% 0.6%
Gruul Broodscale 11 23 2 36 30.6% 30.6% 32.4% 0.7%
Golgari Yawgmoth 6 14 0 20 30.0% 30.0% 30.0% 0.3%
Dimir Tron 4 10 0 14 28.6% 28.6% 28.6% 0.2%
Incinerator Burn 2 5 0 7 28.6% 28.6% 28.6% 0.1%
Rhinos 2 5 0 7 28.6% 28.6% 28.6% 0.1%
Ruby Belcher 2 6 0 8 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Bant Ritual 1 3 0 4 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Golgari Soultrader 1 3 0 4 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Mono-White Midrange 1 3 0 4 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.1%
Esper Reanimator 2 7 0 9 22.2% 22.2% 22.2% 0.2%
Azorius Energy 1 4 0 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.1%
Selesnya Eldrazi Ramp 1 4 0 5 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.1%
Jeskai Wizards 1 4 1 6 16.7% 16.7% 20.0% 0.1%
Mono-Black Control 1 2 3 6 16.7% 16.7% 33.3% 0.1%
Izzet Storm 2 8 4 14 14.3% 14.3% 20.0% 0.3%
Boros Belcher 1 6 0 7 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 0.1%
Heliod Combo 1 7 0 8 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 0.1%
Boros Dragons 0 4 0 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Four-Color Ulamog Combo 0 3 0 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Grixis Goryo's 0 3 0 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Mono-Black Reanimator 0 3 0 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Oops All Lands 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%

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If you enjoy these recap posts, I cover more statistics such as Head to Head match ups, comparison among Popularity Tier decks & more in my recap videos over on YouTube - which is the best way to Support more analysis! You can also use my ManaPool Code or my ManaTraders Code OTTV_MODERN2 if this breakdown inspired you to build a new deck!

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u/optimustomtv — 7 days ago
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[Standard] First time playing in an RCQ, are they all like this?

I played my first RCQ today (Standard) and was wondering if you guys felt or experienced these same things.

First off, I'm running Boros Dragons in standard, I had every piece except a couple Voice of Victories were magda or Jennifer Walters to save some money. I've played the deck plenty on Arena BO3 and know it inside and out, but..

Every single player at this tourney (that only had 9 players btw) was playing some form of control. Now im not super anti-control or a giga hater, but I think I saw maybe 2 or 3 creatures the entire 5 hours of this RCQ.

Despite playing an aggro deck, the rock paper scissors idealogy failed me and control just beats kinda everything in standard now in case you havent played (Mono green landfall only exception).

Aggro doesn't really exist anymore after the bans, and midrange is pretty much dead outside of Mono Green and occasional Dimir (which is actually Tempo).

But honestly I have no major issues with any of that, thats just how the meta has worked out.

My bigger issues were my opponents manners and the insane amount of flooding/screwing. Out of 5 rounds I played, at least 2 out of 3, one player was getting screwed or mana flooded and lost directly as a result.

I'm not lying, I saw multiple matches completely decided by screw and flood for every single player. It felt like half of the entire tournament was just decided by RNG. Do people really find pleasure in driving half to a full hour to play at these events for 30$ just to get nothing in return even with a few wins?

These shops all stopped providing any kind of fun single booster reward here and there for coming and winning a couple games.

But to top it off, my control players all just had the craziest mannerisms, and a few pretty salty and annoying behaviors that just pointed towards a more lack of social awareness than rudeness I hope but can't be sure.

I'm talking like, these control players would take 6+ minutes deciding what to play, just to pass with nothing played and holding all their mana. Which I GET, but they had they AUDACITY multiple times to ask me if I was done yet as SOON as i hit main phase two and not even two seconds has passed.

I shit you not, one guy asked me if I pass the moment combat phase was over after he killed my momo, and I was like umm no I have a main phase two and I'm gonna play my second momo. Then of course takes 10 minutes to play a Tablet and pass.

Is this really the RCQ experience? Has anyone else been to one lately and experienced any similar sentiments?

I'm just left wondering if this is what competitive magic has become, it just doesnt feel worth it to grind RCQs to grind RC to grind pro tour just to have a chance at the Championship.

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u/1wayticket2Lumbridge — 11 days ago
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[Standard] Rakdos Lizards gained a lot from Reality Fracture. Worth pursuing?

[[Master of Barbs]] is a Lizard and fits nicely with the "an opponent lost life this turn" theme of the Lizard tribe from Bloomburrow because they offer a lot of ways to trigger it. I've put together a very aggressive build on Arena and snagged the "win 25 games with 20 nonland maindeck cards from Reality Fracture" achievement using it.

The list is here: Rakdos Lizards

The sideboard is a piece of crap right now, but that's probably something I could improve on. Do you think it's worth putting any more effort (and possibly Arena wildcards) into tuning it? It's certainly able to generate a lot of damage very quickly, but I don't know how good it really is because I'm still sitting at Platinum on Arena after the monthly reset.

One thing I tried that didn't work out as well as I'd hoped was the 4/4 God for 2RR that makes noncombat damage to opponents do at least four - it was hard to consistently cast at four mana and it required other cards on the board to do that boosted damage.

u/CronoDAS — 10 days ago
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[Standard] Darklight in Standard?

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So I've been messing around with Darklight Pheonix, and I've arrived at a deck thats pretty fun while also winning a good amount of the time... in bo1. I think there may be something here, but there are two big problems I need help solving.

1: We need a plan for graveyard hate. This is the reason I've kept to bo1 thus far. I dont know how the deck functions when there's a RIP in play.

2: There needs to be a compelling reason to play Darklight instead of Bringer of the Last Gift combo. If we're putting effort into filling the graveyard, it would be better to just win the game instead of attacking with 3/2s.

For problem one, I know other formats like modern use [[Pheonix Fleet airship]] to beat GY hate, but I dont think thats viable in standard. Saccing stuff is a genuine hurdle, we cant do it every turn for free like they can. Maybe we could try building up cards in hand and then bouncing the RIP, discarding the Pheonixes, and having a big turn that way, but I think that plan is too vulnerable to the opponent doing anything. I think the answer might be to have a plan to mill the opponent instead. If we shift to a more controlling build we could run [[Singularity Rupture]] maindeck and then have some Riverchurns in the sideboard to combo them out. That might solve problem 2 as well, a control deck doesnt overlap with Bringer combo as much.

Those two issues are what I want the most input on but obviously I'd love to hear more generic suggestions as well.

u/BT--7275 — 10 days ago
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[Standard] With Jace tokens and Ajani, Unrelenting is Super Friend back?

With all the Jace tokens and Ajani, Unrelenting kicking it in draft will we see the return of a plainswalker centered deck in standard? Is anybody doing some brewing in that direction? I'd like to try, but this project would be a huge wildcard sink, and I don't have to WC budget to start from scratch.
Thoughts guys?

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u/RidesInFowlWeather — 13 days ago
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[Standard] How good would a 5 mana dragon have to be to be playable in standard? All Boros lists cut their top end dragons :(

Real talk? Boros dragons has become entirely aggro now? All lists cut the 5 drops Lorehold and Dragonhawk. I dont really count Nova because it is mainly played for its warp.

Seriously, how good would a 5 drop dragon have to be in this meta to be playable?

Every dragon printed from now on basically requires haste to be playable

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u/1wayticket2Lumbridge — 14 days ago
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[Standard] On the path of Affinity Artifacts, Part 1. Help, please.

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well.

I've been wanting to play a new deck for a while now—something other than Control or Mardu Discard.

Artifact Affinity caught my eye because there are 12 cards that fit the archetype perfectly; in fact, 8 of them are the same ones used in Modern (ignoring the fact that there are many more tools available there).

Emissary Pinnacle, Weapons Manufacturing, and Ravenous Robots have incredible synergy with Springleaf Drum and—with the new *The Hobbit* release—Giant's Boulder.

You can generate solid value using Tezzeret to tutor up a 1-drop and Krang to draw up to 4 cards.

I've been thinking about win conditions:

Improvised Arsenal can deliver a massive hit; it combos well with the Skateboard, or even with Gingerbrute to make it unblockable.

Or perhaps even with Rust Harvester to deal significant damage to the opponent.

I'm running into a few issues with this deck:

  1. I'm not really utilizing the Munitions tokens created by Weapons Manufacturing at all. I feel like I'm missing out on a huge opportunity there.

I considered a Jund Sacrifice-style build with Biotech Specialist and The Sackville-Bagginses, but that’s a different kind of deck—it focuses more on the token gimmick than on artifacts.

I also thought about Legion Extruder, but it costs 4 mana (2 to cast and 2 more for the ability). Maybe Umbral Collar Zealot? I'm not sure.

  1. I feel like I'm still lacking value. Krang is great, but costs 2 Blue mana (which is tough if I've been spamming spells), and Tezzeret—at best—comes down on turn 2 to fetch a 1-drop.

Quantum Riddle might be an option, but I want to keep the deck mostly artifact-based to maximize triggers for Pinnacle, Ravenous, and Weapons.

Could you guys throw some ideas my way?

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u/BurningAbyss2023 — 13 days ago
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Weekly Deck Check Thread | Monday, October 05, 2026

Hello spikes!

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Feel free to discuss most anything here. We only ask that with any question, you also make sure to post your decklist so people have some context to answer your question. Otherwise, have at it! If you have any questions, shoot us a modmail and we'll be happy to help you out. Survive your deck check and survive your competition!

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