All players with 18 points made Day 2, meaning 143 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGBALT. Bant Spirits has taken the title of most-played deck here in Baltimore, passing Humans and many other decks. At 14 copies, Spirits edged out Mono-Green Tron by one, while Ironworks rounded out the decks in double digits, slotting in with 11 pilots.
Humans, Infect, and Hardened+Scales all clocked in with nine copies, followed by Izzet Phoenix, the latest breakout deck, with eight players harnessing the power of Arclight+Phoenix in Modern. Usual suspects like Burn, Jund, and Jeskai Control rounded filled out the middle of the metagame as Grixis Shadow, Hollow+One, and Dredge all had four pilots.
Rogue decks that showed up include: Slivers, Allies, Titan Breach, Grixis Whir, Jeskai Saheeli, and two copies of Mono-White Martyr.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Bant Spirits – 14
Mono-Green Tron – 13
Ironworks – 11
Humans – 9
Infect – 9
Hardened+Scales – 9
Izzet Phoenix – 8
Burn – 7
Jund – 5
Jeskai Control – 5
Grixis Death’s Shadow – 4
Hollow+One – 4
Dredge – 4
Golgari Midrange – 3
Azorius Control – 3
Storm – 3
Runaway Red – 3
Colorless Eldrazi – 3
Selesnya Hexproof – 3
Titan Shift – 2
Amulet Titan – 2
Counters Company – 2
Mono-White Martyr – 2
Elves – 2
Mardu Pyromancer – 2
Mono-Red Hollow+One – 1
Mono-Red Phoenix – 1
Azorius Spirits – 1
Grixis Whir – 1
Titan Breach – 1
Jeskai Saheeli – 1
Slivers – 1
Allies – 1
Jund Death’s Shadow – 1
Selesnya Company – 1
