All players with 20 points made Day 2, meaning 64 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Modern Open at #SCGKY. While War of the Spark is having an impact on the Modern format, Humans continues to preform with or without new tools. Humans leads the way on Day 2 with nine pilots, though Izzet Phoenix, Mono-Green Tron, and Amulet Titan all got new toys from the latest set. The powerful Planeswalkers like Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, Karn, the Great Creator, and Narset%2C+Parter+of+Veils show up all over the place. Azorius Control takes the best advantage of Narset while also getting help from Teferi%2C+Time+Raveler.
Dredge and Mono-Red Phoenix join Azorius Control at four copies, with Burn at three, and Titan Shift, Eldrazi Tron, and Jeskai Control at two each. From there, Modern does what Modern does as the rest of the field is filled with one-ofs. Interesting decks with one copy include: Merfolk, Whir Prison, Living+End, and Azorius Spirits.
The full metagame breakdown looks like this:
Humans – 9
Izzet Phoenix – 8
Mono-Green Tron – 6
Amulet Titan – 5
Dredge – 4
Azorius Control – 4
Mono-Red Phoenix – 4
Burn – 3
Titan Shift – 2
Eldrazi Tron – 2
Jeskai Control – 2
Affinity – 1
Hardened+Scales – 1
Merfolk – 1
Azorius Spirits – 1
Whir Prison – 1
Golgari Midrange – 1
Jund – 1
Naya Zoo – 1
Living+End – 1
Counters Company – 1
Storm -1
Boaryo’s Vengeance – 1
Mono-White Eldrazi Taxes – 1
Boros Prison – 1
Mono-Red Prison – 1
