Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Modern”
Welcome back for the April 2022 edition of the Modern tier list! Since the last update SCGCON Dallas, and NRG Fort Wayne took place. These events combined with the normal MTGO challenges give us a fair bit of data to analyze. A couple more decks have made their way to S-tier this month as the metagame solidifies. As usual we …
Here we are: the release of New Capenna. A set full of unique tools. Today, we are going to cover a deck in each of the main paper format along with a bonus Standard deck. Lets not waste any time and jump into the deck lists! UW Heroic Standard this late into its life often needs one of two things …
Shadow of Mortality is coming in Streets of New Capenna, and Michael looks at different Modern decks it could find a home in. Shadow of Mortality is perhaps the card that I’m most excited for in Streets of New Capenna. Shadow of Mortality is a clear homage to Death’s Shadow, one of my favorite cards of all time. The first …
Streets of New Capenna holds a lot of promise, and Michael looks at 5 cards from the new set that are poised to make an impact in Modern! Welcome back everyone, another new set, another top five cards for Modern! This time we’re sifting through the crime filled streets of New Capenna. As is the case with most standard sets …
Modern Dredge has been dormant for a bit, but Michael thinks the deck is poised for a comeback in the volatile format. Everyone Forgot About Dre(dge) Dredge has struggled since the release of Modern Horizons 2, which I use as my benchmark for what I call, “New Modern”. In recent weeks Dredge has started to make a resurgence with a …
Mason takes a look at one of Magic’s defining characters in Yawgmoth – and where the archvillain of lore fits into the Modern format. If you have been playing Modern for the last couple of years you might have heard of the Yawgmoth deck. Since its first big debut at SCG Knoxville in 2020 by Aaron Barich winning the whole …
An archetype stampedes back into the Modern limelight, and Michael Rapp is here to break down the strengths and weaknesses of Rhinos! Great news! The crash is back! It would seem that over the last couple of weeks the Rhinos population has skyrocketed from the endangered state it was in before the Lurrus ban. The question is, why? The deck …
Welcome back for the March 2022 edition of the Modern Tier List. Last weekend we had the Team Trios event, and a $5K in Indianapolis, as well as the MTGO challenges to take data from. While a Team Trios event isn’t the most concrete source to take data from with regard to win rate, we can still look at popularity. …
When Lurrus was banned, I had an initial feeling of, “well what do I do now? I’m flying to a tournament in two weeks” the answer to that question is simple: get into the lab and figure it out. I believe in a relatively public testing process. Today I want to go into my testing process, my experiences along the …
The more things change, the more they stay the same. We are heading into the first big paper tournament after the Lurrus ban two weeks ago. We have had an online Super and some other events to draw information from, but what will people end up bringing? Today we are going over what I predict will be the five most …
