The February Modern Metagame Update is here, and its data seems deeply at odds with the claims Wizards made about format win rates. What’s the real story?
David Ernenwein
David has been playing Magic since Odyssey block. A dedicated Spike, he's been grinding tournaments for over a decade, including a Pro Tour appearance. A Modern specialist who dabbles in Legacy, his writing is focused on metagame analysis and deck evolution.
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The January Modern Metagame Update is here. In this month, the top decks remain stable while the lower tiers show more innovation and experimentation.
Jeskai Underworld Breach spent January evolving from a hybrid aggro-combo deck into a value-tempo sleeper. David E.’s got the three best cards to hate it out.
With most of the flagship cards already spoiled, role players begin to emerge. Decks need support cards to function, and One offers all formats potent ones.
This new Nahiri is already looking to pack way more of a punch than her predecessor, however tragic her story… although not in the deck one might expect.
There’s been a leak of rares from Phyrexia: All Will Be One. One of those rares looks to completely rewrite the rules of Modern, as David E. explains.
New month, new Modern metagame update. While there have been shakeups within the Tiers, the last update of 2022 looks familiar… and that’s alarming.
The end of the year means an update to the Modern Ban Watchlist. The metagame has failed to deal with its outliers and so corrective bans may be incoming.
