![]() Of course, it was never in any danger of losing its S Tier position – just being joined by Keruga Fires. While last week, its playrate was beat out for the first time in Explorer’s history – by 4c Keruga Fires, nonetheless – it reclaimed its spot as the most-played deck in Explorer Bo3. Rakdos Midrange hasn’t left S Tier since day one of the Explorer format. Players should be prepared to face these decks multiple times throughout a series of games on the ladder or in a single constructed event. These decks are the core that the rest of the meta revolves around. Until then, let’s get into what the meta looks like! S Tierĭecks in this tier are the most heavily played and format dominant. With the printing of cards like Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Fiery Impulse, Brave the Elements, Mutavault, Rending Volley, Eidolon of the Great Revel and Wastes (just kidding), next week should bring us even closer to Pioneer, introducing innocent Explorer players to the deck known as Green Devotion. It appears as though Explorer players are looking to Pioneer more and more recently, as the Explorer metagame shifted more drastically after the Pioneer Regional Championships than it has in a while. Still a week before Explorer Anthology 2, where the Explorer format will get some crucial missing links between it and Pioneer, the Explorer best-of-three metagame is already starting to look more and more like Pioneer proper, with 4c Keruga Fires and Gruul Vehicles entering the mix in a big way just a couple of weeks after the same shift happened in Pioneer. The input from our competitive guides, combined with the data, makes up our weekly tier lists. While leaning on the data as much as possible, the competitive team often shifts decks up and down based on their experience and feelings about expected matchups. The data above is broken down by our Explorer Competitive Guides – a group of players on the PlayingExplorer team (which includes the authors of this article) who have met certain metrics to qualify to be a Competitive Guide and maintained those metrics each month to remain on the competitive team. The Pizza Box Open (79 Players) Explorer Competitive Guides Since Explorer data is not yet released by Wizards the way it is for Standard and Historic, we use a major tracker that we are affiliated with in combination with Explorer tournaments with more than 50 players. This week, we have our standard set of data from the ranked ladder from Platinum and up. ![]() This metagame breakdown article will accompany that tier list each Friday, and will go over the top decks, why they have seen increases, decreases, or stagnation in play, and cover what stands out as to why these decks are contenders in the metagame. If you’re looking for an example of that tier list, here is this week’s best-of-three and best-of-one tier lists. These tier lists include a rolling average to ensure decks don’t move too volatility on the tier list after one good week. ![]() We take what data we have and break down which decks sit where in the Explorer metagame. ![]() Each week, we at PlayingExplorer take a deep dive into the available MTGA ranked ladder data from players in Platinum rank and above.
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