All players with 21 points made Day 2, meaning 81 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGWOR. The popularity of Izzet Phoenix has been growing, peaking this weekend after Burn, also in double digits with 10 pilots. Grixis Death’s Shadow has bounced back, taking the third slot with eight players leveraging the power of an early Death's Shadow and Stubborn+Denial.
Bant Spirits is still hanging strong with seven copies, though Amulet Titan and Storm have come back in the meta with five pilots each. Jeskai Control is up next with three pilots, championed by the last undefeated player in the field, Jonathan Sukenik. Ironworks has dipped in numbers with inly three players making Day 2 with the consensus most-broken deck in the format.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Izzet Phoenix – 13
Burn – 10
Grixis Death’s Shadow – 8
Bant Spirits – 7
Amulet Titan – 5
Storm – 5
Jeskai Control – 4
Ironworks – 3
Jund – 3
Mono-Green Tron – 3
Azorius Control – 3
Hollow+One – 2
Dredge – 2
Colorless Eldrazi – 2
Infect – 1
Living+End – 1
Faeries – 1
Humans – 1
Elves – 1
Dimir Mill – 1
Selesnya Taxes – 1
Hardened+Scales – 1
Azorius Turns – 1
Skred Red – 1
Eldrazi Taxes – 1
