Here is a comprehensive list of all the current Tier 1 decks. I will keep it updated as much as I can, possibly with commentary. If I missed a deck, PM me and I will fix that.
Also, this isn't for decks that you think are good. It's for the decks that all the pros play and that you see at every tournament. If it hasn't top 8ed at least once, it will not find a home here.
{U}{R}{G}Twin Exarch{U}{R}{G}
5 {Island}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
3 {Misty Rainforest}
3 {Sulfur Falls}
3 {Steam Vents}
2 {Mountain}
1 {Desolate Lighthouse}
1 {Stomping Ground}
1 {Tectonic Edge}
23 Lands[/size]
4 {Snapcaster Mage}
4 {Deceiver Exarch}
2 {Pestermite}
2 {Spellskite}
2 {Vendilion Clique}
1 {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker}
15 Creatures
4 {Serum Visions}
4 {Lightning Bolt}
3 {Remand}
2 {Cryptic Command}
1 {Spell Snare}
1 {Peek}
1 {Flame Slash}
1 {Dispel}
1 {Electrolyze}
18 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Splinter Twin}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Flame Slash}
1 {Dispel}
1 {Threads of Disloyalty}
2 {Relic of Progenitus}
1 {Echoing Truth}
2 {Blood Moon}
2 {Batterskull}
2 {Ancient Grudge}
2 {Anger of the Gods}
15 Sideboard
{U}{R}{G}RUG Twin{U}{R}{G}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
3 {Steam Vents}
2 {Sulfur Falls}
2 {Island}
2 {Hinterland Harbor}
1 {Breeding Pool}
1 {Stomping Ground}
1 {Mountain}
1 {Forest}
21 Lands
4 {Snapcaster Mage}
4 {Tarmogoyf}
3 {Deceiver Exarch}
3 {Pestermite}
2 {Scavenging Ooze}
16 Creatures
4 {Remand}
4 {Serum Visions}
4 {Lightning Bolt}
2 {Cryptic Command}
2 {Flame Slash}
2 {Gitaxian Probe}
1 {Electrolyze}
19 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Splinter Twin}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Scavenging Ooze}
1 {Engineered Explosives}
1 {Nature's Claim}
1 {Negate}
1 {Spellskite}
1 {Dispel}
1 {Dispel}
1 {Dismember}
1 {Counterflux}
1 {Combust}
1 {Batterskull}
2 {Anger of the Gods}
2 {Ancient Grudge}
1 {Sword of Feast and Famine}
15 Sideboard
{R}{W}{U}Patriot Twin{R}{W}{U}
4 {Arid Mesa}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Celestial Colonnade}
2 {Sulfur Falls}
2 {Island}
2 {Mountain}
2 {Sacred Foundry}
2 {Steam Vents}
1 {Plains}
1 {Hallowed Fountain}
24 Lands
4 {Deceiver Exarch}
4 {Wall of Omens}
4 {Restoration Angel}
3 {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker}
2 {Snapcaster Mage}
17 Creatures
4 {Lightning Bolt}
4 {Path to Exile}
4 {Remand}
3 {Lightning Helix}
15 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Splinter Twin}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Lightning Helix}
2 {Stony Silence}
2 {Spellskite}
2 {Sowing Salt}
1 {Engineered Explosives}
3 {Dispel}
3 {Anger of the Gods}
1 {Wear / Tear}
15 Sideboard
{G}{W}{B}Melira Pod{G}{W}{B}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
4 {Verdant Catacombs}
3 {Forest}
3 {Gavony Township}
3 {Razorverge Thicket}
2 {Overgrown Tomb}
1 {Godless Shrine}
1 {Swamp}
1 {Temple Garden}
1 {Woodland Cemetery}
23 Lands[/size]
4 {Birds of Paradise}
4 {Kitchen Finks}
3 {Noble Hierarch}
2 {Wall of Roots}
2 {Voice of Resurgence}
2 {Murderous Redcap}
1 {Scavenging Ooze}
1 {Shriekmaw}
1 {Spellskite}
1 {Viscera Seer}
1 {Reveillark}
1 {Ranger of Eos}
1 {Eternal Witness}
1 {Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1 {Melira, Sylvok Outcast}
1 {Orzhov Pontiff}
1 {Qasali Pridemage}
28 Creatures
3 {Chord of Calling}
2 {Abrupt Decay}
5 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Birthing Pod}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Voice of Resurgence}
1 {Scavenging Ooze}
2 {Slaughter Pact}
1 {Sin Collector}
2 {Path to Exile}
1 {Obstinate Baloth}
1 {Kataki, War's Wage}
1 {Harmonic Sliver}
1 {Entomber Exarch}
4 {Thoughtseize}
15 Sideboard
{R}{W}{G}{U}Birthing Pod{R}{W}{G}{U}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
4 {Grove of the Burnwillows}
3 {Arid Mesa}
2 {Fire-Lit Thicket}
2 {Gavony Township}
1 {Sacred Foundry}
1 {Plains}
1 {Hallowed Fountain}
1 {Breeding Pool}
1 {Forest}
1 {Steam Vents}
1 {Temple Garden}
1 {Stomping Ground}
23 Lands
4 {Birds of Paradise}
4 {Restoration Angel}
3 {Wall of Roots}
3 {Noble Hierarch}
2 {Kitchen Finks}
2 {Voice of Resurgence}
2 {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker}
2 {Scavenging Ooze}
1 {Zealous Conscripts}
1 {Eternal Witness}
1 {Spellskite}
1 {Qasali Pridemage}
1 {Murderous Redcap}
1 {Linvala, Keeper of Silence}
1 {Deciever Exarch}
1 {Glen Elendra Archmage}
30 Creatures
3 {Chord of Calling}
3 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Birthing Pod}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Thragtusk}
1 {Thrun, the Last Troll}
3 {Path to Exile}
1 {Ancient Grudge}
1 {Avalanche Riders}
2 {Combust}
1 {Shatterstorm}
1 {Fiery Justice}
1 {Kataki, War's Wage}
2 {Negate}
1 {Ethersworn Canonist}
15 Sideboard
{1}{R}{B}Affinity{1}{R}{B}
4 {Blinkmoth Nexus}
4 {Darksteel Citadel}
4 {Glimmervoid}
4 {Inkmoth Nexus}
1 {Island}
17 Lands
4 {Arcbound Ravager}
4 {Ornithopter}
4 {Signal Pest}
4 {Vault Skirge}
3 {Memnite}
3 {Steel Overseer}
2 {Etched Champion}
2 {Master of Etherium}
26 Creatures
4 {Springleaf Drum}
4 {Mox Opal}
4 {Cranial Plating}
1 {Welding Jar}
13 Other Spells (Some decks make room for {Thoughtcast} {Thoughtseize} or {Galvanic Blast})
SIDEBOARD
1 {Etched Champion}
2 {Thoughtseize}
2 {Spellskite}
1 {Spell Pierce}
2 {Rule of Law}
1 {Grafdigger's Cage}
1 {Dismember}
1 {Blood Moon}
3 {Ancient Grudge}
1 {Whipflare}
15 Sideboard
{R}{U}Storm{R}{U}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
3 {Island}
3 {Steam Vents}
3 {Shivan Reef}
1 {Mountain}
18 Lands
3 {Goblin Electromancer}
3 Creatures
4 {Manamorphose}
4 {Gitaxian Probe}
4 {Desperate Ritual}
4 {Pyretic Ritual}
4 {Serum Visions}
4 {Sleight of Hand}
3 {Past in Flames}
3 {Grapeshot}
3 {Faithless Looting}
2 {Lightning Bolt}
35 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Pyromancer Ascension]
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Lightning Bolt}
2 {Anger of the Gods}
3 {Defense Grid}
1 {Echoing Truth}
3 {Empty the Warrens}
3 {Swan Song}
2 {Torpor Orb}
15 Sideboard
{R}{U}{W}America Control{R}{U}{W}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
4 {Celestial Colonnade}
4 {Tectonic Edge}
3 {Arid Mesa}
2 {Sulfur Falls}
2 {Hallowed Fountain}
2 {Island}
2 {Steam Vents}
1 {Mountain}
1 {Sacred Foundry}
1 {Plains}
26 Lands
4 {Snapcaster Mage}
1 {Vendilion Clique}
5 Creatures
4 {Lightning Helix}
4 {Lightning Bolt}
4 {Mana leak}
3 {Electrolyze}
3 {Path to Exile}
3 {Cryptic Command}
2 {Sphinx's Revelation}
2 {Remand}
1 {Anger of the Gods}
1 {Spell Snare}
25 Instants/Sorceries
2 {Ajani Vengeant}
2 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Anger of the Gods}
1 {Timely Reinforcements}
1 {Threads of Disloyalty}
2 {Stony Silence}
2 {Relic of Progenitus}
2 {Porphyry Nodes}
1 {Logic Knot}
1 {Izzet Staticaster}
1 {Crucible of Worlds}
1 {Counterflux}
1 {Celestial Purge}
1 {Wear / Tear}
15 Sideboard
{U}{R}Blue Moon{U}{R}
10 {Island}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
4 {Scalding Tarn}
3 {Steam Vents}
1 {Mountain}
22 Lands
3 {Snapcaster Mage}
2 {Master of Waves}
5 Creatures
4 {Spell Snare}
4 {Serum Visions}
4 {Lightning Bolt}
3 {Remand}
2 {Vapor Snag}
2 {Mana Leak}
2 {Cryptic Command}
21 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Blood Moon}
2 {Vedalken Shackles}
2 {Threads of Disloyalty}
2 {Spreading Seas}
2 {Batterskull}
12 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
2 {Spreading Seas}
2 {Vandalblast}
1 {Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir}
1 {Negate}
1 {Flame Slash}
1 {Counterflux}
1 {Combust}
3 {Anger of the Gods}
3 {Vendilion Clique}
15 Sideboard
{B}{G}{R}Jund{B}{G}{R}
4 {Blackcleave Cliffs}
4 {Verdant Catacombs}
2 {Raging Ravine}
2 {Swamp}
2 {Overgrown Tomb}
2 {Marsh Flats}
2 {Treetop Village}
1 {Twilight Mire}
1 {Copperline Gorge}
1 {Forest}
1 {Stomping Ground}
1 {Blood Crypt}
1 {Misty Rainforest}
24 Lands
4 {Dark Confidant}
4 {Tarmogoyf}
3 {Courser of Kruphix}
3 {Scavenging Ooze}
2 {Grim Lavamancer}
16 Creatures
4 {Lightning Bolt}
3 {Thoughtseize}
3 {Inquisition of Kozilek}
2 {Abrupt Decay}
2 {Terminate}
2 {Maelstrom Pulse}
16 Instants/Sorceries
4 {Liliana of the Veil}
4 Other Spells
SIDEBOARD
1 {Abrupt Decay}
2 {Ancient Grudge}
2 {Bitterblossom}
3 {Fulminator Mage}
3 {Anger of the Gods}
1 {Damnation}
1 {Golgari Charm}
2 {Grafdigger's Cage}
15 Sideboard
{R}{G}{B}Scapeshift{R}{G}{B}
4 {Stomping Ground}
4 {Steam Vents}
3 {Island}
3 {Forest}
2 {Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle}
2 {Mountain}
2 {Misty Rainforest}
1 {Breeding Pool}
1 {Halimar Depths}
1 {Flooded Grove}
1 {Cascade Bluffs}
24 Lands
4 {Sakura-Tribe Elder}
3 {Snapcaster Mage}
7 Creatures
4 {Remand}
4 {Serum Visions}
4 {Scapeshift}
4 {Search for Tomorrow}
3 {Cryptic Command}
3 {Izzet Charm}
3 {Telling Time}
2 {Electrolyze}
2 {Repeal}
29 Instants/Sorceries
SIDEBOARD
2 {Swan Song}
1 {Spellskite}
2 {Relic of Progenitus}
2 {Obstinate Baloth}
1 {Engineered Explosives}
1 {Batterskull}
2 {Anger of the Gods}
2 {Ancient Grudge}
2 {Vendilion Clique}
15 Sideboard
Unfortunately, Tron doesn't look quite so well positioned in the new meta :(
Merfolk has also moved up into tier 1 status
Don't forget Living End.
Kiki-Pod: https://www.starcitygames.com/article/26476_Kiki-Pod-In-BBQ-Town.html?mobile_site_continue=1
Living End: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1167979
What about zoo?
Quote from: Spencer Addington on February 15, 2014, 06:27:31 PM
What about zoo?
We'll have to wait til after PT BotG to see what zoo will look like for the new meta. The most accurate list currently is probably Channel Fireball's: http://www.channelfireball.com/videos/channel-_shipitholla-modern-testing-zoo-vs-melira-pod/
Edit: There's domain zoo also, but idk whether it will just submit to naya zoo or not. http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=6372&d=236703
8-rack maybe? Lol
I know it's tier 1.5
Quote from: Teysa karlov on February 15, 2014, 07:14:01 PM
8-rack maybe? Lol
I know it's tier 1.5
I'd love to see a good 8-rack.
Meta has shifted so much, we'll have a better understanding once the results from PT BotG are in.
When will that happen?
I'm really pretty excited to see how modern plays out in PT BNG.
What makes something tier one?
Quote from: Mishra, Artificer Extraordinaire on February 15, 2014, 10:27:56 PM
What makes something tier one?
Competitive Decks Representing the Current Metagame
Proven decks are updated every ban cycle. A Proven thread must have a primer updated since the last ban cycle. A deck is considered "Proven" if it fulfills TWO or more of the following criteria:
Makes up 3%+ of the MTGO metagame over the last 3 months (i.e. has prevalence greater than one standard deviation over average MTGO deck prevalence)
Has 1+ Grand Prix/Pro Tour Top 8 appearance in the last 6 months
Has 3+ Grand Prix/Pro Tour Top 16 appearances in the last 6 months
Makes up 5%+ of the Day 2 metagame at all GPs in the last 6 months (i.e. has prevalence greater than one standard deviation over average day 2 prevalence at GPs)
Makes up 4%+ of the Paper Top 8 metagame for events, held in the last 6 months, with 50+ players (i.e. has prevalence greater than one standard deviation over average deck prevalence at large paper events)
I don't know what half this stuff is, so Curly brackets would be much appreciated
Quote from: Sparkle Ninja on February 15, 2014, 11:14:01 PM
I don't know what half this stuff is, so Curly brackets would be much appreciated
It's a big job.. Time and whatnot.
I know. I'd be willing to do it if I could edit the page. I just want to know what a majority of the stuff is
Quote from: Sparkle Ninja on February 15, 2014, 11:14:01 PM
I don't know what half this stuff is, so Curly brackets would be much appreciated
Tayaby said he'll clean it up when he gets a chance to, but it was extremely nice of him to compile this either way. Thanks Taysby!
After the next tournament when this is updated and cleaned up I think it should be stickied. It's really helpful for people like me who are really interested in getting into modern to get a really good idea of what it's all about and what to expect.
Quote from: LordJanova on February 15, 2014, 11:44:14 PM
After the next tournament when this is updated and cleaned up I think it should be stickied. It's really helpful for people like me who are really interested in getting into modern to get a really good idea of what it's all about and what to expect.
^ what he said
Gift control had DRS in it
None of the fae, tokens, or gifts lists are accurate since the first 2 need {Bitterblossom} and the last one has {Deathrite Shaman}. I'd wait to add them til after PT BotG.
Quote from: Taysby on February 16, 2014, 10:53:55 PM
Yes yes yes, I know. I'm taking them off of mtg top 8. Like I said before, everything will get fixed post tourney.
👍
Gifts isn't tier 1, same as BW Tokens. And UR Faes isn't that, that is UR Delver.
Hey Tay, the first one you put B as U, it appears as Jund, it should be Ceta ;) ({R}{U}{G})
Wasn't Kiki pods first round in top 8 of Richmond against melira pod?
Quote from: Taysby on March 24, 2014, 11:21:30 PM
I'll check it and fix.
The site that I use (www.mtgtop8) just says birthing pod for all of the pod decks. It's really annoying
Merlia pod and Kiki pod have both been doing really well atm
We are talking about a few options on this. Or something similar
If this doesnt get stickied its just going to constantly bumped to the top anyways -.- this is silly
Great post and very informative. And Sticky to the 🔝 it shall be!
VICTORY!!! Thank you taysby and sticky master!
Try this UrzaTron list:
Invented by Stealth818 from Los Angeles.
Destruction Tron
4 expedition map
4 ancient stirrings
4 sylvan scrying
4 oblivion stone
4 all is dust
4 beast within
4 wurmcoil engine
4 Karn Liberated
2 relic progenitus
1 ulamog infinite gyre
1 emrakul
3 ghost quarter
2 crucible of worlds
1 eye of ugin
6 forest
12 tron lands
Sideboard
4 krosan grip
4 torpor orb
2 relic progenitus
1 ghost quarter
4 natures claim
Once you figure out to ghost quarter them every turn with crucible of worlds you really stop most shenanigans. I've beaten control blue this way. I've stopped zoo and Merfolk.
I say Merfolk is one of the hardest matchups for me.
Try the list it is surprisingly good in the meta.
I play it. I can't go to the GP in May but next one close to Los Angeles I'm going. Maybe 2015? I own that list
Well tron looked like it had a chance but didn't top 16. Here taysby. ( http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Events.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpmin14/welcome ) there is a new top 8. Also a new deck to list
Thanks