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Day 2 Metagame Breakdown

Nick Miller

By Nick Miller
05/19/2019

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All players with 18 points made Day 2, meaning 113 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Standard Open at #SCGNY. After Mono-Red Aggro dominated the Richmond Standard Open two weeks ago, the deck has taken the top spot on Day 2 here in Syracuse. And while Simic Nexus was the most-played deck in Richmond, only one copy of the deck made Day 2 this weekend.

 

Following Mono-Red Aggro, Izzet Phoenix has surged back into the meta after it won two online MCQs. Esper is still a heavily played deck, taking the next two spots with Esper Midrange and Esper Control at 13 and 10 copies, respectively. Also at 10 copies, Azorius Aggro – the other favored aggressive strategy in the format.

 

Planeswalker-heavy decks showed up in force as well, with Jeskai SuperFriends and Four-Color Dreadhorde clocked in with six copies. Grixis Control including eight copies of Nicol+Bolas cards also had six players making the second day of competition. Esper SuperFriends, a take on Esper Control going above 15 Planeswalkers, had four pilots in Day 2, along with Bant Midrange.

 

Interesting one-ofs to make the Day 2 cut include: Simic Ramp, Jeskai Feather, Jund Midrange, and Sultai Dreadhorde.

 

The full metagame breakdown looks like this:

 

Mono-Red Aggro – 21

Izzet Phoenix – 14

Esper Midrange – 13

Esper Control – 10

Azorius Aggro – 10

Jeskai SuperFriends – 6

Four-Color Dreadhorde – 6

Grixis Control – 6

Esper SuperFriends – 4

Bant Midrange – 4

Gruul Aggro – 3

Bant Nexus – 2

Bant Flash – 2

Mono-White Aggro – 2

Jeskai Feather – 1

Simic Ramp – 1

Selesnya Tokens – 1

Simic Nexus – 1

Sultai Dreadhorde – 1

Dimir Control – 1

Sultai Midrange – 1

Rakdos Midrange – 1

Jund Midrange – 1

Naya Midrange – 1




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