MagicFest Nagoya 2019 Top 8 Decklists and Metagame Breakdown
MagicFest (or formerly known as Grand Prix) Nagoya is one of the two Standard MagicFest tournaments on this weekend (the other in Lyon), with a total of 1755 competitors gathered in Japan. Thanks to the coverage team at MTG Japan, here we have the top 8 decklists and the metagame breakdown of the tournament.
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Top 8 Decklists
Azorius Control makes its way to the top again in a sea of Oko decks, following another strong result by edmvyrus in his run in the Mythic Championship VII Qualifier last weekend.
Source: https://mtg-jp.com/coverage/mfnag19/decklist/0033312
Day 2 Metagame Breakdown
339 players made the second day of the Grand Prix out of the 1755 and perhaps not surprisingly, more than half of the decks were based on the Oko Food decks. The expected second tier decks are there in full force, with Azorius Control and Temur Reclamation being the breakout decks in recent times.
| Deck Archetype | Number of Decks | % of Decks |
|---|---|---|
| Sultai Food | 127 | 37.5% |
| Simic Food | 58 | 17.1% |
| Golgari Adventures | 19 | 5.6% |
| Jeskai Fires | 17 | 5.0% |
| Temur Reclamation | 16 | 4.7% |
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 3.5% |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 3.2% |
| Jund Aristocrats | 10 | 2.9% |
| Other | 69 | 20.4% |
The other 20% of the metagame consisted of the following deck archetypes:
| Deck Archetype | Number of Decks | % of Decks |
|---|---|---|
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 2.4% |
| Selesnya Adventures | 8 | 2.4% |
| Rakdos Knights | 8 | 2.4% |
| Esper Control | 8 | 2.4% |
| Bant Food | 7 | 2.1% |
| Simic Flash | 6 | 1.8% |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 1.2% |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 0.9% |
| Grixis Fires | 3 | 0.9% |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 0.6% |
| Four-Color Fires | 2 | 0.6% |
| Four-Color Aristocrats | 2 | 0.6% |
| Mono Red Aggro | 2 | 0.6% |
| Sultai Food Flash | 1 | 0.3% |
| Grixis Aristocrats | 1 | 0.3% |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0.3% |
| Mono Blue Dredge | 1 | 0.3% |
| Temur Food | 1 | 0.3% |
| Jund Adventures | 1 | 0.3% |
Wow oko azorius oko oko, oko oko oko, and oko in the top 8…
Sell those oko’s quick the ban hammer must be mid swing.