Draft Deck Meta

Core Set 2020 Draft Deck Metagame

Draft deck metagame only consists of decks with the maximum number of wins (3 wins in Traditional and 7 wins in Quick and Premier drafts).
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Mono White card breakdown - 1 decks, 2.94% of meta

Creatures

4.0 This card seems kind of silly, but it is actually quite powerful! By the time you get to 6 mana, it isn’t unusual for this to be able to gain you life. After all, it has 6 toughness on its own – you don’t need a whole lot more to get yourself to 10+ life. It is amazing how often playing this helps someone stabilize. The activated ability is definitely expensive, but it also makes the Lifechanter often capable of ending the game in a single swing, so your opponent has to contribute resources to stopping this Elephant from running them over. 4.3 1x in 100%

2.5 There are enough tokens in this format that Inspiring Captain often comes down and has an immediate impact on the board. Now, you do need a reasonable board state in most cases to really take advantage, but this tends to be better than something like Inspired Charge, since its failed case is still something that adds to the board. 1.5 1x in 100%

4.0 A 7mana 7/7 with Flying and Lifelink is certainly nice, but the triple White and such a high mana cost does it make it a little less attractive to me. Making your other flyers indestructible could be nice, but Sephara still dies to a ton of removal in this set, and that won’t feel so good after paying 7 mana. It is also highly unlikely you’re ever going to manage to cast her for her alternate cost. Still, left unchecked she does take over games – Lifelink on such a huge creature is virtually impossible to race. 5 1x in 100%

2.0 Well, this is interesting – this is an incredibly powerful Angel buildaround…unfortunately there aren’t really enough Angels in this set for this to do its thing very often. Good news is that it start out as a two-mana ¼, which is a decent enough body, so running it even when you only have one Angel is probably worth it for the upside. 3 1x in 100%

0.5 You’re only going to play this if you’re in the slowest, most controlling deck ever. Sure, it blocks well, but that has rapidly diminishing values as the game goes on. 0.8 1x in 100%

2.5 This starts as a 3-mana 1/1 with Vigilance, which is obviously horrendous -- it is also the kind of body that dies to pretty much everything, including spells that are one to 2 mana cheaper than it is. Obviously, it starts to get bigger as the game goes on – but the fact that it only counts your spells is kind of a pain. Still, it does tend to get counters often enough that it is a reasonable card in most decks. 4.2 1x in 100%

4.0 This is a great Uncommon. For 4 -mana you get 5/5 worth of stats across two bodies. This is one of the most imposing and efficient ways to go wide in this format. There are also a few other playable Golems in this set (Meteor Golem, Pattern Matcher, Prismite to a lesser extent) that will get boosted by it too! 4.3 2x in 100%

3.0 This has alright stats and an alright death trigger. Having Vigilance matters on a creature like this, because – obviously enough – you can attack and block, and using this to trade often feels pretty good because you come out ahead as a result of that +1/+1 counter. 2.4 2x in 100%

2.5 This frequently attacks as a ¾ Flyer, which feels pretty good. Sometimes it will be a 2/3, but it will also sometimes be a 5/6 if you have ways to make counters! 2.3 2x in 100%

3.0 This card really overperforms. The statline isn’t pretty, but the ETB ability plays quite well. This set has a lifegain archetype, but adding a real threat to the board that also gains you life has a surprisingly big impact on games. 2.8 3x in 100%

2.0 This is a decent two-drop that is especially useful in the BW archetype, but its nothing special. 1.7 3x in 100%
Instant, Sorcery

2.5 This sort of sorcery speed situational removal spell is certainly not premium, but it is pretty solid. The big downside is that generally, the creature you want to kill gets to attack you once first, which means you’re losing some life or chump blocking. Now, this does make up for that fact a bit by having a minor flying payoff clause on it, and certainly gaining a 1 or 2 life when you cast this does take away that downside a bit. But it is still sorcery speed, and not particularly good when you are the aggressor, since it can’t get a blocker out of your way. 3.3 1x in 100%

0.5 // 3.5 There is a reasonable chance your opponent will have something this can target, but not really enough of one that you want to put it in your main deck, since it can pretty much be a blank card against some opponents. Excellent card out of the sideboard though! -0 1x in 100%

1.5 Combat tricks are really at their best at one mana. This is because it is much easier to have the mana available to use them, and you get blown out less if your opponent has removal. This costs two, but it does give a decent bonus +2/+2 is enough to win a lot of combats, and lifelink also feels good when you’re racing. Still, this is pretty much limited to aggro decks. 1.8 1x in 100%
Enchantment, Artifact

1.5 Equipment that just boosts power doesn’t tend to be amazing, though it does work well on things like tokens, since they become much more formidable. 2 1x in 100%

1.0 The boost this tends to give just isn’t worth the massive mana investment and the risk of getting 2-for-1’d. 1.4 1x in 100%
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1.0 The boost this tends to give just isn’t worth the massive mana investment and the risk of getting 2-for-1’d. 1.4 1x in 100%

1.5 Equipment that just boosts power doesn’t tend to be amazing, though it does work well on things like tokens, since they become much more formidable. 2 1x in 100%

1.5 Combat tricks are really at their best at one mana. This is because it is much easier to have the mana available to use them, and you get blown out less if your opponent has removal. This costs two, but it does give a decent bonus +2/+2 is enough to win a lot of combats, and lifelink also feels good when you’re racing. Still, this is pretty much limited to aggro decks. 1.8 1x in 100%

2.0 This is a decent two-drop that is especially useful in the BW archetype, but its nothing special. 1.7 3x in 100%

2.0 Well, this is interesting – this is an incredibly powerful Angel buildaround…unfortunately there aren’t really enough Angels in this set for this to do its thing very often. Good news is that it start out as a two-mana ¼, which is a decent enough body, so running it even when you only have one Angel is probably worth it for the upside. 3 1x in 100%

2.5 This sort of sorcery speed situational removal spell is certainly not premium, but it is pretty solid. The big downside is that generally, the creature you want to kill gets to attack you once first, which means you’re losing some life or chump blocking. Now, this does make up for that fact a bit by having a minor flying payoff clause on it, and certainly gaining a 1 or 2 life when you cast this does take away that downside a bit. But it is still sorcery speed, and not particularly good when you are the aggressor, since it can’t get a blocker out of your way. 3.3 1x in 100%

2.5 This frequently attacks as a ¾ Flyer, which feels pretty good. Sometimes it will be a 2/3, but it will also sometimes be a 5/6 if you have ways to make counters! 2.3 2x in 100%

2.5 This starts as a 3-mana 1/1 with Vigilance, which is obviously horrendous -- it is also the kind of body that dies to pretty much everything, including spells that are one to 2 mana cheaper than it is. Obviously, it starts to get bigger as the game goes on – but the fact that it only counts your spells is kind of a pain. Still, it does tend to get counters often enough that it is a reasonable card in most decks. 4.2 1x in 100%

2.5 There are enough tokens in this format that Inspiring Captain often comes down and has an immediate impact on the board. Now, you do need a reasonable board state in most cases to really take advantage, but this tends to be better than something like Inspired Charge, since its failed case is still something that adds to the board. 1.5 1x in 100%

3.0 This card really overperforms. The statline isn’t pretty, but the ETB ability plays quite well. This set has a lifegain archetype, but adding a real threat to the board that also gains you life has a surprisingly big impact on games. 2.8 3x in 100%

3.0 This has alright stats and an alright death trigger. Having Vigilance matters on a creature like this, because – obviously enough – you can attack and block, and using this to trade often feels pretty good because you come out ahead as a result of that +1/+1 counter. 2.4 2x in 100%

4.0 This is a great Uncommon. For 4 -mana you get 5/5 worth of stats across two bodies. This is one of the most imposing and efficient ways to go wide in this format. There are also a few other playable Golems in this set (Meteor Golem, Pattern Matcher, Prismite to a lesser extent) that will get boosted by it too! 4.3 2x in 100%

4.0 A 7mana 7/7 with Flying and Lifelink is certainly nice, but the triple White and such a high mana cost does it make it a little less attractive to me. Making your other flyers indestructible could be nice, but Sephara still dies to a ton of removal in this set, and that won’t feel so good after paying 7 mana. It is also highly unlikely you’re ever going to manage to cast her for her alternate cost. Still, left unchecked she does take over games – Lifelink on such a huge creature is virtually impossible to race. 5 1x in 100%

4.0 This card seems kind of silly, but it is actually quite powerful! By the time you get to 6 mana, it isn’t unusual for this to be able to gain you life. After all, it has 6 toughness on its own – you don’t need a whole lot more to get yourself to 10+ life. It is amazing how often playing this helps someone stabilize. The activated ability is definitely expensive, but it also makes the Lifechanter often capable of ending the game in a single swing, so your opponent has to contribute resources to stopping this Elephant from running them over. 4.3 1x in 100%

Dimir	61 matches	8 decks
23.53% of Metagame
Azorius	60 matches	7 decks
20.59% of Metagame
Orzhov	28 matches	4 decks
11.76% of Metagame
Izzet	26 matches	3 decks
8.82% of Metagame
Gruul	26 matches	3 decks
8.82% of Metagame
Selesnya	17 matches	2 decks
5.88% of Metagame
Simic	18 matches	2 decks
5.88% of Metagame
Golgari	17 matches	2 decks
5.88% of Metagame
Boros	17 matches	2 decks
5.88% of Metagame
Mono White	8 matches	1 decks
2.94% of Metagame

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Core Set 2020 Draft Deck Metagame

Mono White card breakdown - 1 decks, 2.94% of meta

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