Traditional Standard (BO3) Metagame Tier List and Rankings: Innistrad: Crimson Vow – Janauary 2022

Introduction

Discover the best Magic: The Gathering Arena Standard decks and archetypes that the players are using to climb the ranked ladder and win tournaments. Explore the Traditional (BO3) Standard metagame as we regularly rank the top decks in a tier list, as well as our comprehensive analysis and review.

• Click here to view the separate analysis and tier list for Arena Standard (BO1).
• Click on the deck archetype name to go to MTG Meta and find detailed statistics on the deck, and the latest decklists representing it from tournaments.
• On the tier list. each deck will be ranked in numerical order as well as tier order. The higher something is within the tier, the better it is than other decks.
• The metagame matrix measures matches between each popular deck and how they fare against each other.

Meta Snapshot – December 29, 2021

Tier List and Rankings

• Tier 1: Decks are selected by their strong win rate versus other decks (greater than 50%), the probability of encountering them, and a minimum meta share and threshold being met.
• Tier 2: Tier 2 follows the same parameters as the tier 1 decks, but don’t have as high of a win rate (less than 50%) and/or meta share.
• Tier 3: Decks that either have a low meta share or a low win rate.
• Tier 4: Off-meta decks – not enough meta share to be reliable or a low win rate.

Tier 1

? DECKS ARE SELECTED BY THEIR STRONG WIN RATE VERSUS OTHER DECKS, THE PROBABILITY OF ENCOUNTERING THEM, AND A MINIMUM METASHARE THRESHOLD BEING MET.

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jund midrange

53.19% expected win rate3.11% metashare500$

mono-white aggro

53% expected win rate14.32% metashare218$

mono-green aggro

50.32% expected win rate17.83% metashare259$

Tier 2

? TIER 2 FOLLOWS THE SAME PARAMETERS AS THE TIER 1 DECKS, BUT DON'T HAVE AS HIGH OF A WIN RATE AND/OR META SHARE

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temur aggro

49.4% expected win rate3.21% metashare465$

izzet turns

46.56% expected win rate16.45% metashare304$

Tier 3

? DECKS THAT EITHER HAVE A LOW METASHARE OR A LOW WIN RATE

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azorius tempo

51.9% expected win rate0.78% metashare197$

selesnya ramp

51.4% expected win rate0.84% metashare373$

sultai midrange

50.4% expected win rate1.18% metashare480$

orzhov midrange

49.9% expected win rate1.76% metashare428$

gruul werewolves

48.8% expected win rate1.47% metashare405$

grixis turns

48.2% expected win rate2.64% metashare302$

orzhov clerics

47.7% expected win rate0.64% metashare288$

izzet dragons ️

47.1% expected win rate7.48% metashare442$

jeskai control

47% expected win rate0.51% metashare438$

gruul aggro

46.7% expected win rate0.52% metashare283$

mono-black control

46.6% expected win rate1.79% metashare496$

esper control

46.5% expected win rate1.21% metashare476$

boros aggro

46.1% expected win rate0.91% metashare155$

rakdos midrange

45.4% expected win rate0.63% metashare693$

grixis control

45.2% expected win rate0.84% metashare384$

rakdos vampires

45% expected win rate0.90% metashare91$

Tier 4

? Decks with not enough metashare to be reliable or a low win rate

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selesnya counters

100% expected win rate0.01% metashare196$

dimir aggro

100% expected win rate0.01% metashare292$

orzhov ramp

81.8% expected win rate0.02% metashare528$

selesnya angels

75% expected win rate0.01% metashare737$

5c tempo

75% expected win rate0.01% metashare445$

mardu sacrifice

75% expected win rate0.01% metashare312$

decklist

75% expected win rate0.12% metashare235$

simic tokens

75% expected win rate0.01% metashare143$

esper combo

66.7% expected win rate0.01% metashare264$

Standard Metagame Matrix

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win
rate

vs

mono-green aggro

vs

izzet turns

vs

mono-white aggro

vs

izzet dragons ️

vs

dimir control

vs

temur aggro

vs

jund midrange

vs

grixis turns

vs

azorius control

vs

mono-black control

vs

orzhov midrange

vs

gruul werewolves

vs

esper control

vs

sultai midrange

mono-green aggro

17.83% metagame

7979 matches

global 54.1% [53%-55.2%]

-

58.0%

1743 matches

41.0%

1524 matches

61.6%

778 matches

57.6%

283 matches

52.8%

379 matches

51.8%

276 matches

55.1%

323 matches

61.8%

220 matches

51.9%

181 matches

47.0%

164 matches

68.7%

147 matches

52.9%

87 matches

47.1%

136 matches

mono-green aggro

17.83% metagame

7979 matches

global 54.1% [53%-55.2%]

izzet turns

16.45% metagame

7473 matches

global 52.3% [51.2%-53.4%]

42.0%

1743 matches

-

49.8%

1512 matches

57.3%

641 matches

59.5%

306 matches

43.2%

257 matches

43.1%

311 matches

59.2%

211 matches

60.6%

175 matches

69.7%

155 matches

68.7%

230 matches

37.7%

106 matches

50.5%

95 matches

50.0%

110 matches

izzet turns

16.45% metagame

7473 matches

global 52.3% [51.2%-53.4%]

mono-white aggro

14.32% metagame

6750 matches

global 54.0% [52.8%-55.2%]

59.0%

1524 matches

50.2%

1512 matches

-

51.4%

591 matches

57.3%

246 matches

52.7%

256 matches

47.5%

297 matches

49.5%

196 matches

54.7%

139 matches

52.9%

136 matches

38.3%

175 matches

51.3%

76 matches

58.1%

86 matches

54.9%

71 matches

mono-white aggro

14.32% metagame

6750 matches

global 54.0% [52.8%-55.2%]

izzet dragons ️

7.48% metagame

3635 matches

global 47.1% [45.5%-48.7%]

38.4%

778 matches

42.7%

641 matches

48.6%

591 matches

-

48.5%

97 matches

49.0%

208 matches

33.6%

110 matches

50.0%

108 matches

44.4%

81 matches

57.4%

61 matches

71.1%

45 matches

47.1%

70 matches

51.5%

33 matches

56.7%

60 matches

izzet dragons ️

7.48% metagame

3635 matches

global 47.1% [45.5%-48.7%]

dimir control

3.67% metagame

1603 matches

global 43.9% [41.5%-46.4%]

42.4%

283 matches

40.5%

306 matches

42.7%

246 matches

51.5%

97 matches

-

28.9%

45 matches

41.3%

46 matches

28.6%

42 matches

46.4%

28 matches

45.8%

24 matches

45.7%

35 matches

28.6%

28 matches

50.0%

28 matches

44.0%

25 matches

dimir control

3.67% metagame

1603 matches

global 43.9% [41.5%-46.4%]

temur aggro

3.21% metagame

1619 matches

global 52.7% [50.3%-55.1%]

47.2%

379 matches

56.8%

257 matches

47.3%

256 matches

51.0%

208 matches

71.1%

45 matches

-

32.0%

50 matches

51.1%

47 matches

83.3%

30 matches

44.4%

18 matches

40.0%

5 matches

56.3%

16 matches

76.5%

17 matches

53.8%

26 matches

temur aggro

3.21% metagame

1619 matches

global 52.7% [50.3%-55.1%]

jund midrange

3.11% metagame

1619 matches

global 54.8% [52.4%-57.2%]

48.2%

276 matches

56.9%

311 matches

52.5%

297 matches

66.4%

110 matches

58.7%

46 matches

68.0%

50 matches

-

48.6%

37 matches

73.3%

30 matches

28.0%

25 matches

37.2%

43 matches

41.7%

12 matches

76.7%

30 matches

35.0%

20 matches

jund midrange

3.11% metagame

1619 matches

global 54.8% [52.4%-57.2%]

grixis turns

2.64% metagame

1298 matches

global 48.2% [45.5%-50.9%]

44.9%

323 matches

40.8%

211 matches

50.5%

196 matches

50.0%

108 matches

71.4%

42 matches

48.9%

47 matches

51.4%

37 matches

-

50.0%

32 matches

44.0%

25 matches

41.7%

24 matches

42.9%

14 matches

57.1%

14 matches

47.1%

17 matches

grixis turns

2.64% metagame

1298 matches

global 48.2% [45.5%-50.9%]

azorius control

2.17% metagame

1017 matches

global 44.1% [41%-47.1%]

38.2%

220 matches

39.4%

175 matches

45.3%

139 matches

55.6%

81 matches

53.6%

28 matches

16.7%

30 matches

26.7%

30 matches

50.0%

32 matches

-

52.2%

23 matches

71.4%

14 matches

41.2%

17 matches

44.4%

9 matches

56.3%

16 matches

azorius control

2.17% metagame

1017 matches

global 44.1% [41%-47.1%]

mono-black control

1.79% metagame

920 matches

global 46.6% [43.4%-49.9%]

48.1%

181 matches

30.3%

155 matches

47.1%

136 matches

42.6%

61 matches

54.2%

24 matches

55.6%

18 matches

72.0%

25 matches

56.0%

25 matches

47.8%

23 matches

-

52.9%

17 matches

62.5%

16 matches

36.4%

11 matches

33.3%

12 matches

mono-black control

1.79% metagame

920 matches

global 46.6% [43.4%-49.9%]

orzhov midrange

1.76% metagame

981 matches

global 49.9% [46.8%-53.1%]

53.0%

164 matches

31.3%

230 matches

61.7%

175 matches

28.9%

45 matches

54.3%

35 matches

60.0%

5 matches

62.8%

43 matches

58.3%

24 matches

28.6%

14 matches

47.1%

17 matches

-

55.6%

9 matches

46.7%

15 matches

33.3%

6 matches

orzhov midrange

1.76% metagame

981 matches

global 49.9% [46.8%-53.1%]

gruul werewolves

1.47% metagame

735 matches

global 48.8% [45.2%-52.5%]

31.3%

147 matches

62.3%

106 matches

48.7%

76 matches

52.9%

70 matches

71.4%

28 matches

43.8%

16 matches

58.3%

12 matches

57.1%

14 matches

58.8%

17 matches

37.5%

16 matches

44.4%

9 matches

-

60.0%

5 matches

27.3%

11 matches

gruul werewolves

1.47% metagame

735 matches

global 48.8% [45.2%-52.5%]

esper control

1.21% metagame

576 matches

global 46.5% [42.5%-50.6%]

47.1%

87 matches

49.5%

95 matches

41.9%

86 matches

48.5%

33 matches

50.0%

28 matches

23.5%

17 matches

23.3%

30 matches

42.9%

14 matches

55.6%

9 matches

63.6%

11 matches

53.3%

15 matches

40.0%

5 matches

-

57.1%

7 matches

esper control

1.21% metagame

576 matches

global 46.5% [42.5%-50.6%]

sultai midrange

1.18% metagame

649 matches

global 50.4% [46.5%-54.2%]

52.9%

136 matches

50.0%

110 matches

45.1%

71 matches

43.3%

60 matches

56.0%

25 matches

46.2%

26 matches

65.0%

20 matches

52.9%

17 matches

43.8%

16 matches

66.7%

12 matches

66.7%

6 matches

72.7%

11 matches

42.9%

7 matches

-

sultai midrange

1.18% metagame

649 matches

global 50.4% [46.5%-54.2%]

vs

mono-green aggro

vs

izzet turns

vs

mono-white aggro

vs

izzet dragons ️

vs

dimir control

vs

temur aggro

vs

jund midrange

vs

grixis turns

vs

azorius control

vs

mono-black control

vs

orzhov midrange

vs

gruul werewolves

vs

esper control

vs

sultai midrange