All players with 21 points made Day 2, meaning 67 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGCIN. Grixis Death’s Shadow has taken back the top spot in the metagame, but a surprise deck has just as many copies in Day 2. Counters Company, the Collected+Company combo deck combining Devoted+Druid and Vizier+of+Remedies alongside Duskwatch+Recruiter and Walking+Ballista, had seven pilots to go along with Grixis Death’s Shadow.
U/R Gifts Storm and Elves, two recent risers in the format, each had four copies reach the second day of competition, but they are joined by Infect, a deck that had almost disappeared after the banning of Gitaxian+Probe. At three copies each, Five-Color Death’s Shadow, Scapeshift, Affinity, Burn, Eldrazi Tron, Burn, and B/W Eldrazi Taxes make up the middle chunk of the field. The Five-Color build of Death’s Shadow, championed by Clay Spicklemire and friends, takes the best of Jund and Grixis into one deck, using white cards like Lingering+Souls and Ranger of Eos from the sideboard.
Abzan, Jeskai Control, and G/B Tron make up the decks with two copies, including one of the two 9-0 players on Day 1 on G/B Tron. Unique one-ofs on the second day include: Ad Nausea, U/G Merfolk, G/R Ponza, and Humans.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Grixis Death’s Shadow – 7
Counters Company – 7
U/R Gifts Storm – 4
Elves – 4
Infect – 4
Five-Color Death’s Shadow – 3
Scapeshift – 3
Affinity – 3
Eldrazi Tron – 3
Burn – 3
Jund – 3
B/W Eldrazi Taxes – 3
Abzan – 2
Jeskai Control – 2
G/B Tron – 2
Ad+Nauseam – 1
8-Rack – 1
Living+End – 1
U/G Merfolk – 1
Bant Retreat – 1
Abzan Company – 1
Humans – 1
G/W Tron – 1
G/W Company – 1
G/R Ponza – 1
Bant Spirits – 1
U/W Control – 1
Grixis Delver – 1
Death and Taxes – 1
