All players with 21 points made Day 2, meaning 73 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGDFW. The aggressive Texas metagame is no joke, as a majority of the top decks into Day 2 revolved around attacking early and often. Burn leads the way as the No. 1 deck with 10 of the 73 Day-2 players sleeving up Lava+Spikes. Death’s Shadow came in second with eight players opting for the latest breakout deck in the format.
Bant Eldrazi and Revolt Zoo showed up with five pilots each, followed by Eldrazi Tron at four copies. Abzan Company, Affinity, Merfolk, and Abzan all put three players into Day 2. From there, the only other decks with multiple copies were Ad+Nauseam, W/R Prison, Grixis Delver, and Scapeshift. The only decks not playing efficient creatures in the top decks were W/R Prison, Ad+Nauseam, and Scapeshift.
The rest of the metagame was filled with one-of strategies, leaving 21 unique decks in the field of 73 players. Interesting archetypes with solo pilots include: Five-Color Aggro, Skred Red, Living+End, B/R Pack+Rat, and Mono-Green Devotion.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Burn – 10
Death’s Shadow – 8
Bant Eldrazi – 5
Revolt Zoo – 5
Eldrazi Tron – 4
Abzan Company – 3
Affinity – 3
Merfolk – 3
Abzan – 3
Ad+Nauseam – 2
W/R Prison – 2
Grixis Delver – 2
Scapeshift – 2
Infect – 1
Jeskai Saheeli – 1
Eldrazi Taxes – 1
B/R Pack+Rat – 1
G/R Ponza – 1
Skred Red – 1
Goryo’s Vengeance – 1
Dredge – 1
Elves – 1
U/W Control – 1
Five-Color Aggro – 1
Grixis Shadow – 1
Blue Moon – 1
G/R Tron – 1
R/G Breach – 1
Living+End – 1
8-Rack – 1
Grixis Control – 1
Mono-Green Devotion – 1
Jeskai Flash – 1
G/W Company – 1
