Metagame Reports
Alchemy Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – August 4, 2022
Alchemy event coming up and not sure where to start? DoggertQBones has the list of every major deck and a few up and comers that are looking extremely promising!
Top Pioneer Trophy Brews of the Week – August 3, 2022
The most creative decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format.
Historic Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – August 3, 2022
Looking to see how the Anthologies impacted Historic? DoggertQBones has the stand out decks for this week and the best lists! Find out what you should be playing this week!
Explorer Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – August 2, 2022
Looking to see how Explorer Anthology 1 impacted Explorer? DoggertQBones has the stand out decks for this week and the best lists! Find out what you should be playing this week!
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – July 28, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Standard Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – July 21, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Standard format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Standard Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – June 29, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Standard format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – June 25, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of June 15, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.
Explorer Metagame Snapshot: Post-Expressive Iteration Ban Predictions – Top Decks for the Week of June 8, 2022
The Explorer Play-In and Qualifier events are nearly upon us, Expressive Iteration was just banned, and we need to know what the best decks are! Thankfully, darthjacen has us covered with his top decks for this week and some recommendations for this weekend as well!
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of June 1, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 25, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.
Standard Metagame Breakdown: New Capenna Championship
A breakdown of the best Standard decks the competitors are playing in the New Capenna Championship.
Historic Metagame Breakdown: New Capenna Championship
A breakdown of the best Historic decks the competitors are playing in the New Capenna Championship.
Explorer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 19, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Explorer format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists.
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 18, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Standard format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists for both best-of-one and best-of-three.
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 13, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format for the week of May 13, 2022, and our recommendations.
Explorer Post-Winota Ban Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 12, 2022
Hello everyone! We want you to have the most up to date information on Explorer so we’ll provide analysis on the standout decks, whether they stand out for their strength, weaknesses, or they have a large change in positioning. As…
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 10, 2022
Hello everyone! We want you to have the most up to date information on Standard, and initially, we did that by providing deck guides to fill out your knowledge. However, we realized that we could still do more so we’re…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 4, 2022
This week we saw the Magic Online and Magic Arena release of Streets of New Capenna (SNC). While it’s always exciting when a new set comes out, the way cards make their way into the Magic Online ecosystem takes a…
Standard Preliminary Metagame Snapshot: The Best Decks for Streets of New Capenna Week One
Hello everyone! Streets of New Capenna is finally here and I’ve already seen a deluge of deck ideas seeing play or being speculated on in such a short period of time. That’s why I personally find new set time to…
Explorer Preliminary Metagame Snapshot: The Best Decks for Streets of New Capenna Week One
Hello everyone! Streets of New Capenna is finally here and I’ve already seen a deluge of deck ideas seeing play or being speculated on in such a short period of time. That’s why I personally find new set time to…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 21, 2022
The new Explorer format coming to MTG Arena has been announced, which will act as a bridging format to eventually turn into Pioneer – Standard sets from Return to Ravnica forward. This will happen over the next few years as…
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 13, 2022
Hello everyone! We have started a new initiative last week, as we want you to have the most up to date information on Standard, and initially, we did that by providing deck guides to fill out your knowledge. However, we…
Alchemy Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 7, 2022
Hello everyone! Starting with this week, we’re going to be acting upon a new initiative! We want you to have the most up to date information on the formats, and initially, we did that by providing deck guides to fill…
Historic Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 6, 2022
Hello everyone! Starting with this week, we’re going to be acting upon a new initiative! We want you to have the most up to date information on the formats, and initially, we did that by providing deck guides to fill…
Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 5, 2022
Hello everyone! Starting with this week, we’re going to be acting upon a new initiative! We want you to have the most up to date information on the formats, and initially, we did that by providing deck guides to fill…
Standard Metagame Analysis – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Week 3
Tournaments It’s the third week of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty standard, and while there’s still a good few tournaments, they’re starting to slow down and get a little smaller. Since the start of March, there’s been 10 tournaments, though the majority…
Standard Metagame Analysis – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Week 2
Tournaments We’re now into the second week of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty standard, and there’s been plenty of tournaments this week. Between the 21st and the 27th, there’s been over 15 different Standard tournaments. Many of them are fairly small but…
Standard Metagame Analysis – Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Week 1
Tournaments Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty is out, and with it a bunch of cool new cards. The set brings a bunch of new Ninjas, Artifacts, and Enchantments – along with some powerful planeswalkers. There were several tournaments this weekend, and the…
February 2022 Historic Metagame Snapshot – The Synergy Takeover
Hello everyone! Yesterday I covered what’s going on in Standard and today we’re going to look at what’s up with Historic! Despite Historic changing less dramatically than Standard during a set release, there’s still been some large shifts happening within…
February 2022 Standard Metagame Snapshot – The Explosion of Creature Decks
Hello everyone! With a set of bans and a whole new set being introduced into Standard, I think it’s safe to say that a good amount has changed in Standard. As the metagame begins to settle in its place and…
Alchemy Metagame Analysis – Post-Rebalance Week 1
Tournaments Earlier this week I wrote an article about the Alchemy changes and how they would affect the format. This week, we get to see some of the results of this, with four tournaments to look at. Out of the…
December 2021 Standard Meta Snapshot: The Best Options for the Decathlon and the Meta Killer That I’m Considering
Hello everyone! As everyone is now aware, the impact of Alchemy has been the center of Magic discourse. It’s cool to see how these new cards and rules shake things up, but they aren’t the only formats that matter! With…
December 2021 Historic Meta Snapshot: The Impact of Alchemy and the Unexpected Deck That May Be Great
Hello everyone! With Alchemy’s release, everyone has been focused on the aforementioned format, but that’s not the only one that’s been impacted. Although there wasn’t an excess of cards released, there were still a few that had a big impact…
Historic Best of Three Meta Snapshot – November 2021
DoggertQBones examines Best of Three Historic to see what's going on there! What're the best strategies, what decks are on their way out, and what underrated decks should you be playing? Find out here!
Historic Best of One Meta Snapshot – November 2021
DoggertQBones reviews the happenings of Best of One Historic and talks about his findings! What're the best strategies, what decks are on their way out, and what underrated decks should you be playing? Find out here!
Standard Best of Three Meta Snapshot – November 2021
Hello everyone! Like I said in the Bo1 Standard snapshot, we’ll be doing snapshots for each of the tier lists we provide so you can get an idea on why the meta is the way it is! If you want…
Standard Best of One Meta Snapshot – November 2021
Hello everyone! With the advent of our new Bo3 Tier Lists, we’ll be doing meta snapshots a bit differently. Best of One Tier Lists will still be curated by me and/or the other members of MTG Arena Zone and they’ll…
Standard Metagame Analysis – Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Final Week and Crimson Vow Cards to Look Out For
Tournaments With Crimson Vow coming out in a few days, this week’s tournaments were both small and few. With tournaments ranging from 8 to 72 players, there’s only about 500 games total to look at this week, which makes for…