Most Popular cards on M-L in MODERN (04-12-11)
Written by CMA-Flippi on December 05, 2011
Magic-League holds A LOT of tournaments, and we have A LOT of data gathered on decks, players and formats. I'm publishing collations of the data (or similar data) on a semi-regular basis.
I got asked to also compare the compilation of each sequence with the previous sequence.
Therefore on most tables you see a >; <; or = next to it. The symbols describe a card's rank in comparison with the previous month. ">" means the card climbed up in ranks, a "<" the opposite. A "=" means the card could keep its rank. Cards that are newcomers in the list are marked with (NEW).
With the MODERN Invitational and a PTQ season in sight, Modern is the format to look at at the moment.
My last article about the format was in September. Things have changed since. Cloudpost, Ponder and Green Sun's Zenith got a ban along with some other cards in the meantime. Some of these cards still show up in the list of top played cards because the bans were effective on September 20th on magic-league.
Without further ado, I present to you the card statistics from the MODERN tournaments played on magic-league since September 4th.
1. Maindeck cards in MODERN
2. Sideboard cards in MODERN
3. Lands in MODERN
| Maindeck cards in MODERN (September 4th – December 4th, 2011) | |||||
| # | September 4th – December 4th | # | Anything before September 4th | ||
| 1 | Tarmogoyf | 1940 | = | Tarmogoyf | 1540 |
| 2 | Lightning Bolt | 1807 | > | Path to Exile | 1432 |
| 3 | Path to Exile | 1585 | < | Lightning Bolt | 1405 |
| 4 | Noble Hierarch | 1007 | > | Preordain | 986 |
| 5 | Kitchen Finks | 991 | > | Knight of the Reliq. | 927 |
| 6 | Knight of the Reliquary | 905 | < | Noble Hierarch | 831 |
| 7 | Thoughtseize | 860 | > | Bloodbraid Elf | 734 |
| 8 | Remand | 841 | > | Mana Leak | 733 |
| 9 | Lightning Helix | 813 | = | Lightning Helix | 710 |
| 10 | Wild Nacatl | 808 | > | Remand | 705 |
| 11 | Mana Leak | 695 | < | Cryptic Command | 702 |
| 12 | Inquisition of Kozilek (NEW) | 640 | > | Green Sun's Zenith | 699 |
| 13 | Sakura-Tribe Elder (NEW) | 588 | > | Wild Nacatl | 669 |
| 14 | Green Sun's Zenith | 580 | < | Primeval Titan (OUT) | 628 |
| 15 | Bloodbraid Elf | 576 | < | Ponder | 621 |
| 16 | Snapcaster Mage (NEW) | 573 | > | Kitchen Finks | 590 |
| 17 | Cryptic Command | 561 | < | Thoughtseize | 578 |
| 18 | Dark Confidant | 560 | = | Dark Confidant | 560 |
| 19 | Vendilion Clique | 557 | > | Explore (OUT) | 530 |
| 20 | Punishing Fire | 548 | > | Expedition Map (OUT) | 528 |
| 21 | Preordain | 534 | < | Punishing Fire | 522 |
| 22 | Birds of Paradise | 488 | > | Qasali Pridemage | 463 |
| 23 | Ponder | 461 | < | Birds of Paradise | 448 |
| 24 | Eternal Witness (NEW) | 457 | > | Seething Song (OUT) | 445 |
| 25 | Qasali Pridemage | 437 | < | Rite of Flame (OUT) | 439 |
| 26 | Rune Snag (NEW) | 435 | > | Simian Spirit Guide (OUT) | 438 |
| 27 | Emrakul, the Aeons Torn | 419 | > | Vendilion Clique | 425 |
| 28 | Spell Snare | 418 | > | Lotus Bloom (OUT) | 391 |
| 29 | Serum Visions (NEW) | 392 | > | Goblin Guide | 389 |
| 30 | Sleight of Hand (NEW) | 392 | > | Grim Lavamancer (OUT) | 381 |
| 31 | Spell Pierce (NEW) | 379 | > | AEther Vial (OUT) | 363 |
| 32 | Wall of Roots (NEW) | 373 | > | Kird Ape (OUT) | 360 |
| 33 | Garruk Wildspeaker (NEW) | 365 | > | Emrakul, the Aeon. | 360 |
| 34 | Elspeth, Knight-Errant (NEW) | 362 | > | Ancient Stirrings (OUT) | 360 |
| 35 | Goblin Guide | 358 | < | Spell Snare | 339 |
| Sideboard cards in MODERN (September 4th – December 4th, 2011) | |||||
| # | September 4th – December 4th | # | Anything before September 4th | ||
| 1 | Ancient Grudge | 1096 | > | Ethersworn Canonist | 801 |
| 2 | Blood Moon | 608 | > | Chalice of the Void (OUT) | 735 |
| 3 | Dismember | 503 | > | Relic of Progenitus | 582 |
| 4 | Flashfreeze | 466 | > | Firespout | 568 |
| 5 | Spellskite | 439 | > | Kitchen Finks | 516 |
| 6 | Threads of Disloyalty | 434 | > | Nature's Claim (OUT) | 421 |
| 7 | Firespout | 425 | < | Blood Moon | 411 |
| 8 | Kitchen Finks | 378 | < | Ancient Grudge | 374 |
| 9 | Thoughtseize | 375 | > | Meddling Mage (OUT) | 355 |
| 10 | Mindbreak Trap (NEW) | 371 | > | Krosan Grip (OUT) | 337 |
| 11 | Relic of Progenitus | 359 | < | Spell Pierce | 324 |
| 12 | Gideon Jura (NEW) | 318 | > | Path to Exile | 313 |
| 13 | Qasali Pridemage | 317 | > | Thoughtseize | 311 |
| 14 | Obstinate Baloth | 293 | > | Leyline of Sanctity | 302 |
| 15 | Duress | 278 | > | Pithing Needle (OUT) | 296 |
| 16 | Deathmark (NEW) | 273 | > | Obstinate Baloth | 275 |
| 17 | Spell Pierce | 273 | < | Tormod's Crypt (OUT) | 268 |
| 18 | Ethersworn Canonist | 265 | < | Dismember | 264 |
| 19 | Dark Confidant (NEW) | 264 | > | Gaddock Teeg | 253 |
| 20 | Hurkyl's Recall (NEW) | 264 | > | Threads of Disloyalty | 248 |
| 21 | Vendilion Clique (NEW) | 263 | > | Volcanic Fallout (OUT) | 232 |
| 22 | Leyline of Sanctity | 259 | < | Mental Misstep (OUT) | 218 |
| 23 | Timely Reinforcements (NEW) | 256 | > | Negate (OUT) | 216 |
| 24 | Aven Mindcensor (NEW) | 252 | > | Beast Within (OUT) | 210 |
| 25 | Surgical Extraction | 250 | > | Burrenton Forge-Tender (OUT) | 210 |
| 26 | Gaddock Teeg | 247 | < | Duress | 208 |
| 27 | Unified Will (NEW) | 229 | > | Flashfreeze | 202 |
| 28 | Shattering Spree (NEW) | 228 | > | Qasali Pridemage | 186 |
| 29 | Seal of Primordium (NEW) | 216 | > | Surgical Extraction | 176 |
| 30 | Path to Exile | 203 | < | Spellskite | 176 |
| Maindeck land cards in MODERN (September 4th – December 4th, 2011) | |||||
| # | September 4th – December 4th | Anything before September 4th | |||
| 1 | Island | 3092 | = | Island | 2693 |
| 2 | Misty Rainforest | 2210 | > | Forest | 2264 |
| 3 | Mountain | 1977 | = | Mountain | 2073 |
| 4 | Scalding Tarn | 1771 | > | Misty Rainforest | 1923 |
| 5 | Forest | 1749 | < | Scalding Tarn | 1558 |
| 6 | Verdant Catacombs | 1676 | > | Plains | 1484 |
| 7 | Arid Mesa | 1370 | = | Arid Mesa | 1431 |
| 8 | Swamp | 1317 | > | Verdant Catac. | 1387 |
| 9 | Plains | 1246 | < | Temple Garden | 908 |
| 10 | Marsh Flats | 965 | > | Stomping Ground | 880 |
| 11 | Grove of the Burnwillows | 861 | > | Swamp | 842 |
| 12 | Steam Vents | 832 | > | Hallowed Fountain | 783 |
| 13 | Stomping Ground | 796 | < | Marsh Flats | 771 |
| 14 | Overgrown Tomb | 739 | > | Glimmerpost (OUT) | 684 |
| 15 | Hallowed Fountain | 646 | < | Cloudpost (OUT) | 684 |
| 16 | Temple Garden | 546 | < | Steam Vents | 657 |
| 17 | Treetop Village (NEW) | 533 | > | Vesuva (OUT) | 647 |
| 18 | Breeding Pool | 523 | > | Sacred Foundry | 637 |
| 19 | Sacred Foundry | 472 | < | Grove of the Burnw. | 562 |
| 20 | Watery Grave (NEW) | 457 | > | Tectonic Edge | 539 |
| 21 | Mutavault | 452 | = | Mutavault | 495 |
| 22 | Tectonic Edge | 415 | < | Breeding Pool | 493 |
| 23 | Ghost Quarter (NEW) | 362 | > | Overgrown Tomb | 477 |
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