All players with 21 points made Day 2, meaning 72 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGDFW. In the first Modern main event since the unbanning of Jace%2C+the+Mind+Sculptor and Bloodbraid+Elf, the format looks stable for now. Neither card dominated the Day-2 field, with only 20 of the 72 decks on the second day of competition using any of the recent unbannings (11 Bloodbraid+Elf decks and nine Jace decks).
While most predicted Jund to be the most played deck by a wide margin, U/R Gifts Storm took the top spot at seven copies, leaving Jund and Burn as the No. 2 decks at six pilots each. Jeskai Control, G/W Hexproof, Eldrazi Tron, and Counters Company all had four players while Merfolk, G/R Ponza, Humans, and Mono-Green Tron clocked in with three pilots each.
Once the dominant deck in the format, Grixis Death’s Shadow dropped to just two copies on Day 2, along with Infect, Affinity, G/B Tron, and B/R Hollow+One. Unique strategies making it to the second day of competition include: Four-Color Pyromancer, Sultai Tezzeret, Tribal Zoo, R/G Hollow Vine, and G/B Company.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
U/R Gifts Storm – 7
Jund – 6
Burn – 6
G/W Hexproof – 4
Eldrazi Tron – 4
Jeskai Control – 4
Counters Company – 4
Merfolk – 3
G/R Ponza – 3
Mono-Green Tron – 3
Humans – 3
G/B Tron – 2
Infect – 2
B/R Hollow+One – 2
Affinity – 2
Grixis Death’s Shadow – 2
U/W Control – 1
Amulet Titan – 1
Sultai Tezzeret – 1
Mardu Pyromancer – 1
Four-Color Pyromancer – 1
Living+End – 1
Blue Moon – 1
U/G Eldrazi – 1
Colorless Eldrazi – 1
U/B Faeries – 1
R/G Hollow Vine – 1
G/W Company – 1
G/B Company – 1
Dredge – 1
Tribal Zoo – 1
