Modern Tier 1 Decks

[Taysby]

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

[fj76ts4]

Unfortunately, Tron doesn't look quite so well positioned in the new meta

[rarehuntertay]

Merfolk has also moved up into tier 1 status

[Talock]

Don't forget Living End.

[abstractApathist]

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

[Spencer Addington]

What about zoo?

[abstractApathist]

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

[Teysa karlov]

8-rack maybe? Lol
I know it's tier 1.5

[Spencer Addington]

8-rack maybe? Lol
I know it's tier 1.5

I'd love to see a good 8-rack.

[imthelolrus]

Meta has shifted so much, we'll have a better understanding once the results from PT BotG are in.

[Spencer Addington]

When will that happen?

[Silent1236]

I'm really pretty excited to see how modern plays out in PT BNG.

[abstractApathist]

When will that happen?

Next weekend

8-rack maybe? Lol
I know it's tier 1.5

I'd love to see a good 8-rack.

8-rack is tier 2 at best.

[Kaworu, the Fifth Child]

What makes something tier one?

[abstractApathist]

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)