Invitational Day 2 Metagame Breakdown
All players with 15 points made Day 2, meaning 170 players would return to battle for a shot at the Top 8 of the Season One Invitational. The split-format event showcased Standard and Modern with the first half of each day being four rounds of Standard followed by four rounds of Modern.
Standard
Mono-Red Aggro – 31
Esper Superheroes – 30
Gruul Aggro – 22
Izzet Phoenix – 14
Sultai Dreadhorde – 11
Four-Color Dreadhorde – 7
Esper Superfriends – 7
Bant Mass Manipulation – 6
Simic Nexus – 5
Azorius Aggro – 5
Bant Nexus – 4
Mono-White Aggro – 3
Selesnya Tokens – 3
Boros Aggro – 3
Jeskai Superfriends – 2
Golgari Midrange – 2
Esper Control – 2
Boros Feather – 2
Bant Midrange – 2
Five-Color Dreadhorde – 1
Naya Feather – 1
Jeskai Feather – 1
Bant Ramp – 1
Simic Mass Manipulation – 1
Golgari Citadel – 1
Jund Aggro -1
Sultai Midrange -1
Grixis Midrange – 1
Modern
Izzet Phoenix – 30
Humans – 29
Azorius Control – 17
Dredge – 12
Mono-Green Tron – 12
Burn – 10
Mono-Red Phoenix – 7
Amulet Titan – 5
Eldrazi Tron – 5
Eldrazi Taxes – 5
Jeskai Control – 4
Counters Company – 4
Ad+Nauseam – 2
Golgari Midrange – 2
TitanShift – 2
Jeskai Saheeli – 2
Selesnya Hexproof – 2
Devoted Devastation – 2
Grixis Death’s Shadow – 2
Azorius Spirits – 2
NeoBrand – 1
Storm – 1
Whir Prison – 1
Mardu Pyromancer – 1
Infect – 1
Sultai Thopter Foundry – 1
Affinity – 1
Mono-Green Control – 1
Mono-Blue Tron – 1
Colorless Eldrazi – 1
Orzhov Tokens – 1
Jeskai Spirits – 1
Jund Death’s Shadow – 1
Hardened+Scales – 1
Mono-Red Prison – 1