Meltdown

First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)

All 4 prints

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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2296, 2025
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #282, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #418, 2024
Urza's Saga (USG) #203, 1998

Meltdown

Sorcery

Destroy each artifact with mana value X or less.

In the last 30 days 19.9% of Modern decks played it (452 of 2268). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 4.7% of Legacy decks played it (50 of 1071). Most played in UBG (unclassified).

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 15% of decks (#12)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Board wipes, Artifact removal
Legacy staples: sideboard, 6% of decks (#43)
Red, Sorceries, Removal, Board wipes, Artifact removal

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 452 of 2268 decks (19.9%).

Share of decks

19.9%

▲ 7.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

452

0 main, 452 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

80 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Moonshadow	10.4%	91%
Prowess	7.3%	72%
Boros Energy	6.3%	20%
Ruby Storm	4.1%	1%
WUBRG (unclassified)	2.7%	2%
WBRG (unclassified)	1.7%	38%
UR (unclassified)	1.6%	86%
RG (unclassified)	1.1%	4%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	9-0 100%
Moonshadow Capitano_CL in Modern Challenge 32	8-0 100%
UBR _Atraxa_ in Modern Challenge 64	9-1 90%
Prowess simoneromarm in Modern Challenge 96	9-1 90%
Moonshadow gazmon48 in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Moonshadow SureThing in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Moonshadow rastaf in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy Craigpuncher, 28 Oct	1 side	#6 5-2
Moonshadow rastaf, 28 Oct	2 side	#23 3-3
Moonshadow jaximus5, 28 Oct	2 side	#30 1-4
Moonshadow HouseOfManaMTG, 28 Oct	2 side	#32 2-3
BR aspiringspike, 28 Oct	3 side	5-0
Moonshadow MarcoIa, 27 Oct	2 side	#9 4-2
Prowess R_Mac, 27 Oct	2 side	#16 4-2
UBRG DB_cntrlfreak_ttv, 27 Oct	1 side	#17 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 50 of 1071 decks (4.7%).

Share of decks

4.7%

▲ 0.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

50

0 main, 50 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

59%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UBG (unclassified)	6.0%	2%
Izzet Cutter	3.3%	77%
UR (unclassified)	2.5%	33%
Reanimator	2.3%	8%
URG (unclassified)	1.0%	27%
BRG (unclassified)	0.9%	10%
WU (unclassified)	0.6%	50%
Grixis Midrange	0.3%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Izzet Cutter i_b_TRUE in Legacy Challenge 32	8-1 89%
URG silviawataru in Legacy Challenge 32	8-2 80%
Izzet Cutter Avperwat in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
WU K J in BCDL 29 - Texas	5-2 71%
Izzet Cutter Avperwat in Legacy Challenge 32	6-3 67%
Izzet Cutter PekkaChu in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Izzet Cutter i_b_TRUE in Legacy Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Grixis Midrange Will Alexander in BCDL 29 - Texas	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Izzet Cutter PekkaChu, 27 Oct	1 side	#12 4-2
Izzet Cutter TheGenz, 27 Oct	1 side	#23 3-3
Izzet Cutter Doc_B, 27 Oct	1 side	5-0
WU newbrak, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Izzet Cutter Jumba, 25 Oct	1 side	#7 3-3
Izzet Cutter i_b_TRUE, 25 Oct	1 side	#11 4-2
Izzet Cutter Avperwat, 25 Oct	1 side	#20 7-2
Izzet Cutter RyanWu, 25 Oct	1 side	#14 3-2

Vintage Other periods →

In 1 of 438 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1

0 main, 1 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

40%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
UR (unclassified)	0.5%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
UR Matt Kunze in From The Vault: Vintage 5	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR Matt Kunze, 17 Oct	1 side	#15 2-3

Premodern Other periods →

In 2 of 590 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.3 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2

0 main, 2 sideboard

Avg. copies

–

in the main deck

Win rate

40%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Sligh	7.8%	4%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Sligh João Pedro Santos Ribeiro in Emjati's Eternal Sunday III - Premodern	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Sligh João Pedro Santos Ribeiro, 4 Oct	1 side	#11 2-3
Sligh Carlos P Olate Rojas, 3 Oct	1 side	#12 2-2

Commander Other periods →

In 10 of 6150 decks (0.2%).

Share of decks

0.2%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

10

10 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

37%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Crystal, Inhuman Princess	2.0%	1%
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers	0.5%	6%
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave	0.1%	20%
Jaws, Relentless Predator	0.1%	75%
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed	0.0%	50%
Urabrask	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Ancient Tomb	100%	1.1
Gemstone Caverns	100%	1.1
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Jeska's Will	90%	2.9
Pyroblast	90%	2.9
Rite of Flame	90%	2.2
Gamble	90%	2.1
Mana Vault	90%	1.1
Mox Diamond	90%	1.0
Lotus Petal	90%	1.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Urabrask Connor Matthews in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	4-2 67%
Urabrask Connor Matthews in Perfect Storm Comics & Games - Tabernacle 10K	2-3 40%
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers Masson Beckley in TITANS OF THE UNDERGROUND INVITATIONAL	1-4 20%
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed Parker McDonald in TITANS OF THE UNDERGROUND INVITATIONAL	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Urabrask Connor Matthews, 24 Oct	1 main	#6 4-2
Jaws, Relentless Predator Louie Lyons [CORVO], 20 Oct	1 main	#10 0-2
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave Jay "hoobs" Griffiths [He/Man], 18 Oct	1 main	#49 0-4
Urabrask Connor Matthews, 17 Oct	1 main	#20 2-3
Jaws, Relentless Predator Allen Mok, 11 Oct	1 main	#15 1-2
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers Amar Ahmetovic, 11 Oct	1 main	#38 0-3
Crystal, Inhuman Princess EDHsenpai [BAD], 4 Oct	1 main	#57 0-4
Jaws, Relentless Predator Louie Lyons [CORVO], 3 Oct	1 main	#5 2-2

No recent decks in: Duel Commander.