#Cat ninja 2 project refresh update#

We've heard often enough the sentinment of banning cards like Murktide Regent and Expressive Iteration and that is a good start to work with, but another way they can address this is by printing card specifically for other format pillars. There's a number of ways Wizards can address this situation, the obvious one to talk about being bans.

The biggest issue with Legacy as a format right now is that the format pillars are not functionally equal. This is unlike other formats where multiple format pillars stand at the same strength comparatively. What this means is that there essentially one functional format pillar that stands far taller than every other format pillar, and every other pillar has to revolve and fight around that single pillar. What does this tell us about Legacy directly though? Well, for me, the data is painting a picture of a format revolving around one single potentially S-Tier strategy (UR Delver) and that beyond trying to beat Delver each archetype is trying to circularly work against the others in that sphere.

is all very important to succeeding in Legacy. Furthermore, it is important to keep the decks at the top here also in mind for bigger events, so considering decks like Jeskai, D&T, 8Cast, Elves, etc. Despite all odds, Delver continues to remain the titan to topple and is the one deck you should be prepping for in an event regardless of what it is you're playing. The big thing this data is saying is that it seems like no matter what, Delver is the defacto best deck strategy in all of Legacy right now, and not just Delver in general but specifically UR Delver. We then move down to Elves and Reanimator. Right below those we have D&T and 8Cast at similar levels, both of which have a positive-ish win rate. This comparatively is absurd given the amount of data we have on these Challenge events. The next best deck here is Jeskai Control at only 8.2% of the metagame.

This is incredible and I think this really shows the true popularity and power level of this deck. What this is showing us is that despite all odds and despite the entire format gunning for the deck it is still putting up an exceptionally positive win rate while also being still 20% of the current metagame. With an estimated win rate of 53.8% non-mirror this is pretty amazing to see. Now let's take a look at the Subarchetypes and associated win rate charts.īy itself, UR Delver is 20.9% of the overall metagame, meaning that 2-3% of the Tempo macro archetype is not Delver. This is what we've come to expect out of Legacy for sure, but it's definitely interesting to see it on paper.

Combo and Stompy decks are definitely showing up in force, and overall the basic metagame is a blue blue world. Control makes up 18.8% of the overall metagame, and then we move way way way down below 15% to Spell Combo at 11.6% and then below 10% for the rest of the options. Let's start by checking in on the macro archetypes of the format, and where Legacy is sitting in that regards.Īs is to be expected, both Tempo and Midrange/Control type strategies are a huge portion of the format right now with Tempo by itself taking a 23.6% portion of the overall metagame. This is a lot of data for sure! That number is growing week by week by week, so if you think you can help out the project in any way, please go check out the Patreon for the project. Within the Legacy Data Collection Project we're now at just under 5,000 total entries recorded at 4,864 entries. I always like to make sure people can find it easily in these updates, as there's a lot going on. As for the current data set we'll be discussing, you can find the currently updated combined sheet of all the MTGO data since over here. I've been itching to do another one of these metagame updates, and even more so we've got another Legacy Round Table coming up in just a week, so we're going to be getting a great look at where the format is and what people think about it for sure.

#Cat ninja 2 project refresh update#

Without further ado, let's dive right in! The July Metagame Update Howdy folks! It's time yet again for another edition of This Week in Legacy! I'm your host, Joe Dyer, and this week we're going to be diving into a metagame update for the month of July! We're also going to be looking at a paper Legacy 5K from SCGCon Syracuse in addition to some Challenges from this past weekend and of course, having a Spice Corner.