I'm in Northern California (San Francisco) and it's weird because literally nobody is running jund out here even though it seems to be the most popular deck. Bant Control is rampant right now. For every American Control at an event, there is 3-4 Bant Control. Zombies are putting up decent numbers too. Those appear to be the three main decks. I run an agressive mid-range G/W and have only seen 1 other person with a similar deck. It loses to bant control, so that may be why. I do still see a few of the restoration/thragtusk G/W builds hanging on, but I think they are getting tired of losing and switching over to Bant Control.
in new zealand, right now its filled with jund and selesnya midrange/aggro, and a few b/r zombies, u/w control is played by very few people but they seem to be the winners most of the times, hell we even have rdw, bolas controls and turbofog elocutors running around lol...
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I'm in Southern CA. I see a decent amount of Zombie decks and GW decks. RDW is fairly rampant. Then there are some Bant Control, UWr Control, and UWr midrange. A few Jund decks too. The rest are probably rogue decks like Epic Experiment.
I would estimate...
Zombies - 18%
GW decks - 18%
RDW - 15%
Bant Control - 8%
UWR Control and Midrange - 8%
Jund Midrange - 8%
Other - 25%
Maybe more GW Aggro and Midrange variants. Also forgot a small percentage on Reanimator strategies (probably 5%).
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Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
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Lots of G/W with thrags/restos 3 of top 4 of the latest FNM with another 1-2 more pauper versions. Couple mono B and B/G zombies. Couple B/R aggro without zombies. Some odd 1 of decks like a discard one with shrieking affliction, the 1st place R/W humans with sublimes, U/W detain deck, one person had the U/W miracle control, but it didn't do too well. Then there was me with my B/R control/beats deck which always gets mana screwed against the top decks.
no Zombies (Surprising)
Jund variants
Bant variants
1-2 guys have American mid/control
and the 1 guy who always has reanimator ever since INN came out.
In any case, there is WAY too many Thragtusks out there. I see it in almost every match >.<
I think theres around 40 people who play t2 on my LGS.
WG Midrange, Bant Midrange and Bant Control are very common (i think those 3 together makes for 50%~60% of my meta).
Jund Midrange and BR Zombies are the other decks i believe theres 3+ people running.
Theres one guy who plays Rites (although every weekend his deck has a different color), and other who plays Delver. Theres also a single one playing WUR Miracles and he is problably the best local player. Theres also me playing BR Aggro ("Dos Rakis").
In my last 13 matchs i faced Thragtusk on the MB or in the SB. Freaking boar infestation !
I'm in Northern California (San Francisco) and it's weird because literally nobody is running jund out here even though it seems to be the most popular deck. Bant Control is rampant right now. For every American Control at an event, there is 3-4 Bant Control. Zombies are putting up decent numbers too. Those appear to be the three main decks. I run an agressive mid-range G/W and have only seen 1 other person with a similar deck. It loses to bant control, so that may be why. I do still see a few of the restoration/thragtusk G/W builds hanging on, but I think they are getting tired of losing and switching over to Bant Control.
FWIW I think you live in the best city in the US (maybe tied with Boston).
I am mostly a MODO grinder; Jund, Bant Control and Zombies are all very popular.
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25% Bant Control
25% UWR Tempo (Thundermaw/Geist of Saint Traft + friends)
15% UW(r)x Control
15% Jund Control/Midrange
10% GW Aggro
10% Other
Very very little Zombies. UW(r)x Control is a big category, mostly consisting of UWR Control/Miracles, but also inclusive of 4 Color Control and Esper Token style stuff (Sorin, Tamiyo, Jace).
Mine is a little weird right now:
30 % are green decks, a minority of them playing Thragtusk (M13 didn't sell a lot here so until now people are chasing for copies). All of them are Selesnya and one of them is Junk Tokens. Most of the decks are played by less experienced players.
50 % are blue control variants: there's UW miracles, Grixis, an Epic Experiment control deck and Bant. Most have permission MD and some bounce (ugh)
20 % are rogue or budget decklists.
Given the situation, I have set aside my GW midrange decks because I'm looking for something else than the mirror or control decks. Currently working in an almost Rakdos Planeswalker deck (blue for Nicol Bolas only).
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Standard: Mardu Midrange, Jeskai Wins, Naya Walkers, Boss Sligh, Mono Black Aggro
Modern: RUG Scapeshift, Burn, UG Infect
Legacy: Death n Taxes, Burn, Tendrils
EDH: Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Krenko, Mob Boss, Narset, Enlightened Master
I would estimate...
Zombies - 18%
GW decks - 18%
RDW - 15%
Bant Control - 8%
UWR Control and Midrange - 8%
Jund Midrange - 8%
Other - 25%
Maybe more GW Aggro and Midrange variants. Also forgot a small percentage on Reanimator strategies (probably 5%).
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)there's around 8-12 people on sunday/wednesday
and 16-24 people on friday
but i think one person noticed and decided to build it, so I might finally be able to play against one by the end of the week.
The only time I DIDN'T play against bant ramp was in the last round, and I played against UW Miracles. I was playing Burn at the Stake.
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We have a 5k in a couple weeks and I really don't know what to play in this meta, but I'm leaning GB Zombies.
Jund variants
Bant variants
1-2 guys have American mid/control
and the 1 guy who always has reanimator ever since INN came out.
In any case, there is WAY too many Thragtusks out there. I see it in almost every match >.<
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WG Midrange, Bant Midrange and Bant Control are very common (i think those 3 together makes for 50%~60% of my meta).
Jund Midrange and BR Zombies are the other decks i believe theres 3+ people running.
Theres one guy who plays Rites (although every weekend his deck has a different color), and other who plays Delver. Theres also a single one playing WUR Miracles and he is problably the best local player. Theres also me playing BR Aggro ("Dos Rakis").
In my last 13 matchs i faced Thragtusk on the MB or in the SB. Freaking boar infestation !
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FWIW I think you live in the best city in the US (maybe tied with Boston).
I am mostly a MODO grinder; Jund, Bant Control and Zombies are all very popular.
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Probably why our meta is weird...
25% Bant Control
25% UWR Tempo (Thundermaw/Geist of Saint Traft + friends)
15% UW(r)x Control
15% Jund Control/Midrange
10% GW Aggro
10% Other
Very very little Zombies. UW(r)x Control is a big category, mostly consisting of UWR Control/Miracles, but also inclusive of 4 Color Control and Esper Token style stuff (Sorin, Tamiyo, Jace).
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30 % are green decks, a minority of them playing Thragtusk (M13 didn't sell a lot here so until now people are chasing for copies). All of them are Selesnya and one of them is Junk Tokens. Most of the decks are played by less experienced players.
50 % are blue control variants: there's UW miracles, Grixis, an Epic Experiment control deck and Bant. Most have permission MD and some bounce (ugh)
20 % are rogue or budget decklists.
Given the situation, I have set aside my GW midrange decks because I'm looking for something else than the mirror or control decks. Currently working in an almost Rakdos Planeswalker deck (blue for Nicol Bolas only).