Standard Metagame

The best Magic: The Gathering decks in the metagame for the Standard format, for both Best of One (Bo1) and Best of Three (Bo3). Our metagame data is provided by MTGArena.pro (for MTG Arena) and MTG Meta (tournaments), and the tier list and rankings are carefully curated based on a variety of factors and sources by our expert players.

Standard Best of One (Bo1) Meta Tier List

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Standard Best of Three (Bo3) Meta Tier List

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Metagame Matchup Matrix

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07 Aug 2023 - 04 Dec 2023
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rate
vs
rakdos scam
vs
4c midrange
vs
temur rhinos
vs
izzet murktide
vs
green tron
vs
yawgmoth
vs
amulet titan
vs
burn
vs
hammer time
vs
living end
vs
mono-black control
vs
hardened scales
vs
dimir control
vs
creativity
vs
jund saga
vs
domain zoo
vs
other
vs
merfolk
vs
death's shadow
rakdos scam
16.22% metagame
2848 matches
global 54.7% [52.9%-56.5%]
-
55.6%
313 matches
49.2%
236 matches
51.7%
180 matches
60.7%
224 matches
55.5%
173 matches
60.6%
175 matches
57.0%
200 matches
45.0%
189 matches
51.9%
108 matches
49.4%
81 matches
40.4%
104 matches
52.3%
65 matches
47.5%
61 matches
50.7%
67 matches
62.0%
50 matches
78.9%
19 matches
62.9%
35 matches
40.6%
32 matches
rakdos scam
16.22% metagame
2848 matches
global 54.7% [52.9%-56.5%]
4c midrange
8.52% metagame
1637 matches
global 50.6% [48.2%-53%]
44.4%
313 matches
-
53.3%
120 matches
72.5%
80 matches
33.3%
117 matches
47.6%
84 matches
38.0%
92 matches
46.8%
111 matches
64.5%
93 matches
52.7%
55 matches
50.0%
36 matches
47.9%
48 matches
75.0%
36 matches
45.7%
35 matches
35.7%
28 matches
45.7%
35 matches
78.3%
23 matches
58.8%
17 matches
52.9%
17 matches
4c midrange
8.52% metagame
1637 matches
global 50.6% [48.2%-53%]
temur rhinos
5.22% metagame
1277 matches
global 52.5% [49.7%-55.2%]
50.8%
236 matches
46.7%
120 matches
-
54.3%
81 matches
57.3%
103 matches
61.3%
75 matches
66.7%
57 matches
43.3%
90 matches
42.3%
71 matches
30.4%
56 matches
63.3%
30 matches
40.9%
22 matches
30.8%
26 matches
52.6%
19 matches
64.0%
25 matches
80.0%
10 matches
75.0%
12 matches
35.3%
17 matches
62.5%
16 matches
temur rhinos
5.22% metagame
1277 matches
global 52.5% [49.7%-55.2%]
izzet murktide
5.07% metagame
1043 matches
global 48.1% [45.1%-51.2%]
48.3%
180 matches
27.5%
80 matches
45.7%
81 matches
-
48.1%
77 matches
42.6%
47 matches
47.5%
59 matches
67.6%
68 matches
44.4%
54 matches
44.4%
36 matches
33.3%
27 matches
42.4%
33 matches
36.4%
22 matches
58.8%
17 matches
55.0%
20 matches
37.5%
16 matches
92.9%
14 matches
45.0%
20 matches
44.4%
9 matches
izzet murktide
5.07% metagame
1043 matches
global 48.1% [45.1%-51.2%]
green tron
4.94% metagame
1257 matches
global 45.3% [42.5%-48%]
39.3%
224 matches
66.7%
117 matches
42.7%
103 matches
51.9%
77 matches
-
43.9%
57 matches
28.8%
66 matches
28.4%
74 matches
33.8%
74 matches
59.5%
42 matches
38.2%
34 matches
52.5%
40 matches
30.8%
26 matches
43.5%
23 matches
61.1%
36 matches
46.7%
15 matches
58.3%
24 matches
29.4%
17 matches
61.5%
13 matches
green tron
4.94% metagame
1257 matches
global 45.3% [42.5%-48%]
yawgmoth
4.83% metagame
953 matches
global 52.4% [49.2%-55.5%]
44.5%
173 matches
52.4%
84 matches
38.7%
75 matches
57.4%
47 matches
56.1%
57 matches
-
66.1%
56 matches
48.4%
62 matches
50.0%
58 matches
50.0%
22 matches
50.0%
26 matches
46.9%
32 matches
79.2%
24 matches
63.6%
22 matches
50.0%
14 matches
57.1%
14 matches
33.3%
6 matches
80.0%
10 matches
12.5%
8 matches
yawgmoth
4.83% metagame
953 matches
global 52.4% [49.2%-55.5%]
amulet titan
4.49% metagame
937 matches
global 55.1% [51.9%-58.2%]
39.4%
175 matches
62.0%
92 matches
33.3%
57 matches
52.5%
59 matches
71.2%
66 matches
33.9%
56 matches
-
76.4%
55 matches
66.7%
66 matches
29.2%
24 matches
57.1%
28 matches
67.7%
31 matches
52.9%
17 matches
41.7%
12 matches
64.3%
14 matches
52.9%
17 matches
80.0%
15 matches
77.8%
9 matches
75.0%
8 matches
amulet titan
4.49% metagame
937 matches
global 55.1% [51.9%-58.2%]
burn
4.45% metagame
1123 matches
global 46.8% [43.9%-49.8%]
43.0%
200 matches
53.2%
111 matches
56.7%
90 matches
32.4%
68 matches
71.6%
74 matches
51.6%
62 matches
23.6%
55 matches
-
34.3%
67 matches
50.0%
44 matches
50.0%
22 matches
25.9%
27 matches
54.5%
22 matches
57.1%
14 matches
43.8%
16 matches
50.0%
12 matches
35.7%
14 matches
21.4%
14 matches
45.5%
11 matches
burn
4.45% metagame
1123 matches
global 46.8% [43.9%-49.8%]
hammer time
4.20% metagame
1028 matches
global 52.0% [49%-55.1%]
55.0%
189 matches
35.5%
93 matches
57.7%
71 matches
55.6%
54 matches
66.2%
74 matches
50.0%
58 matches
33.3%
66 matches
65.7%
67 matches
-
45.2%
31 matches
50.0%
24 matches
51.6%
31 matches
54.5%
22 matches
41.7%
12 matches
31.3%
16 matches
61.5%
13 matches
63.6%
11 matches
18.2%
11 matches
62.5%
16 matches
hammer time
4.20% metagame
1028 matches
global 52.0% [49%-55.1%]
living end
3.60% metagame
621 matches
global 54.3% [50.3%-58.1%]
48.1%
108 matches
47.3%
55 matches
69.6%
56 matches
55.6%
36 matches
40.5%
42 matches
50.0%
22 matches
70.8%
24 matches
50.0%
44 matches
54.8%
31 matches
-
36.4%
11 matches
62.5%
16 matches
53.3%
15 matches
63.2%
19 matches
100.0%
7 matches
36.4%
11 matches
71.4%
7 matches
40.0%
5 matches
14.3%
7 matches
living end
3.60% metagame
621 matches
global 54.3% [50.3%-58.1%]
mono-black control
3.35% metagame
448 matches
global 53.1% [48.5%-57.7%]
50.6%
81 matches
50.0%
36 matches
36.7%
30 matches
66.7%
27 matches
61.8%
34 matches
50.0%
26 matches
42.9%
28 matches
50.0%
22 matches
50.0%
24 matches
63.6%
11 matches
-
61.5%
13 matches
14.3%
7 matches
75.0%
4 matches
40.0%
5 matches
62.5%
8 matches
87.5%
8 matches
28.6%
7 matches
83.3%
6 matches
mono-black control
3.35% metagame
448 matches
global 53.1% [48.5%-57.7%]
hardened scales
3.16% metagame
524 matches
global 55.5% [51.3%-59.7%]
59.6%
104 matches
52.1%
48 matches
59.1%
22 matches
57.6%
33 matches
47.5%
40 matches
53.1%
32 matches
32.3%
31 matches
74.1%
27 matches
48.4%
31 matches
37.5%
16 matches
38.5%
13 matches
-
69.2%
13 matches
100.0%
2 matches
66.7%
6 matches
55.6%
9 matches
100.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
66.7%
9 matches
hardened scales
3.16% metagame
524 matches
global 55.5% [51.3%-59.7%]
dimir control
2.12% metagame
393 matches
global 48.6% [43.7%-53.5%]
47.7%
65 matches
25.0%
36 matches
69.2%
26 matches
63.6%
22 matches
69.2%
26 matches
20.8%
24 matches
47.1%
17 matches
45.5%
22 matches
45.5%
22 matches
46.7%
15 matches
85.7%
7 matches
30.8%
13 matches
-
100.0%
5 matches
66.7%
15 matches
20.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
42.9%
7 matches
dimir control
2.12% metagame
393 matches
global 48.6% [43.7%-53.5%]
creativity
1.91% metagame
312 matches
global 48.7% [43.2%-54.2%]
52.5%
61 matches
54.3%
35 matches
47.4%
19 matches
41.2%
17 matches
56.5%
23 matches
36.4%
22 matches
58.3%
12 matches
42.9%
14 matches
58.3%
12 matches
36.8%
19 matches
25.0%
4 matches
0.0%
2 matches
0.0%
5 matches
-
80.0%
5 matches
75.0%
4 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
6 matches
creativity
1.91% metagame
312 matches
global 48.7% [43.2%-54.2%]
jund saga
1.82% metagame
371 matches
global 50.4% [45.3%-55.5%]
49.3%
67 matches
64.3%
28 matches
36.0%
25 matches
45.0%
20 matches
38.9%
36 matches
50.0%
14 matches
35.7%
14 matches
56.3%
16 matches
68.8%
16 matches
0.0%
7 matches
60.0%
5 matches
33.3%
6 matches
33.3%
15 matches
20.0%
5 matches
-
66.7%
9 matches
57.1%
7 matches
83.3%
6 matches
60.0%
5 matches
jund saga
1.82% metagame
371 matches
global 50.4% [45.3%-55.5%]
domain zoo
1.64% metagame
291 matches
global 47.1% [41.4%-52.8%]
38.0%
50 matches
54.3%
35 matches
20.0%
10 matches
62.5%
16 matches
53.3%
15 matches
42.9%
14 matches
47.1%
17 matches
50.0%
12 matches
38.5%
13 matches
63.6%
11 matches
37.5%
8 matches
44.4%
9 matches
80.0%
5 matches
25.0%
4 matches
33.3%
9 matches
-
50.0%
6 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
domain zoo
1.64% metagame
291 matches
global 47.1% [41.4%-52.8%]
other
1.25% metagame
229 matches
global 32.3% [26.6%-38.6%]
21.1%
19 matches
21.7%
23 matches
25.0%
12 matches
7.1%
14 matches
41.7%
24 matches
66.7%
6 matches
20.0%
15 matches
64.3%
14 matches
36.4%
11 matches
28.6%
7 matches
12.5%
8 matches
0.0%
5 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
42.9%
7 matches
50.0%
6 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
14.3%
7 matches
other
1.25% metagame
229 matches
global 32.3% [26.6%-38.6%]
merfolk
0.97% metagame
215 matches
global 50.2% [43.6%-56.9%]
37.1%
35 matches
41.2%
17 matches
64.7%
17 matches
55.0%
20 matches
70.6%
17 matches
20.0%
10 matches
22.2%
9 matches
78.6%
14 matches
81.8%
11 matches
60.0%
5 matches
71.4%
7 matches
0.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
16.7%
6 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
75.0%
4 matches
merfolk
0.97% metagame
215 matches
global 50.2% [43.6%-56.9%]
death's shadow
0.88% metagame
211 matches
global 48.3% [41.7%-55.1%]
59.4%
32 matches
47.1%
17 matches
37.5%
16 matches
55.6%
9 matches
38.5%
13 matches
87.5%
8 matches
25.0%
8 matches
54.5%
11 matches
37.5%
16 matches
85.7%
7 matches
16.7%
6 matches
33.3%
9 matches
57.1%
7 matches
50.0%
6 matches
40.0%
5 matches
0.0%
1 matches
85.7%
7 matches
25.0%
4 matches
-
death's shadow
0.88% metagame
211 matches
global 48.3% [41.7%-55.1%]
vs
rakdos scam
vs
4c midrange
vs
temur rhinos
vs
izzet murktide
vs
green tron
vs
yawgmoth
vs
amulet titan
vs
burn
vs
hammer time
vs
living end
vs
mono-black control
vs
hardened scales
vs
dimir control
vs
creativity
vs
jund saga
vs
domain zoo
vs
other
vs
merfolk
vs
death's shadow

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