All players with 18 points made Day 2, meaning 116 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Standard Open at #SCGATL. With the emergency banning of Felidar+Guardian it comes as no surprise that Mardu Vehicles took over the top spot, putting 28 copies into the second day of competition. B/G Delirium regained its following from early in the Aether Revolt meta, showing up as the second most popular deck on Day 2 with 14 pilots.
Control decks relying on Torrential+Gearhulk come in third and fourth with U/R Control at seven copies and Jeskai Control at six copies, showcasing Censor and Pull from Tomorrow from Amonkhet. G/W Tokens, using Gideon%2C+Ally+of+Zendikar and Nissa%2C+Voice+of+Zendikar, also had six copies. B/G Aggro had five pilots make Day 2, looking similar to the aggressive build of the deck championed by Ulamog%2C+the+Ceaseless+Hunger into play is still a viable strategy. A clump of decks clocked in with three copies, including: B/G Energy, G/R Energy, B/R Eldrazi, Sultai Delirium, G/R Monsters, Bant Aetherworks, Sultai Control, W/R Humans, and U/R Emerge.
Jund Monsters, Jund Delirium, and B/R Aggro each had two copies, all taking advantage of Glorybringer from Amonkhet. Rogue strategies at one copy included: B/W Zombies, Mono-Black Aggro, U/R Thermo-Alchemist, U/G Ramp, and Bant Control.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Mardu Vehicles – 28
B/G Delirium – 14
U/R Control – 7
Jeskai Control – 6
G/W Tokens – 6
B/G Aggro – 5
Temur Aetherworks – 4
B/G Energy – 3
Sultai Delirium – 3
G/R Monsters – 3
B/R Eldrazi – 3
G/R Energy – 3
Bant Aetherworks – 3
Sultai Control – 3
U/R Emerge – 3
W/R Humans – 3
B/R Aggro – 2
Jund Delirium – 2
Jund Monsters – 2
Mono-Black Zombies – 1
Mono-Black Aggro – 1
Mono-White Humans – 1
G/R Aetherworks – 1
Temur Dynavolt – 1
Abzan Aggro – 1
Bant Control – 1
B/W Zombies – 1
Abzan Midrange – 1
W/B Midrange – 1
U/W Flash – 1
U/R Thermo-Alchemist – 1
U/G Ramp – 1
